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>> celebrations on the streets of burkina faso as the army moves into the capital to try end the coup. hello, i'm darren jordan with the world news. also on the program. >> our part is now finished. >> libya has a possible break through.
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and. >> if we had another year as severe as this one i'll say all betts arbets are off. >> what's threatening their future? burkina faso's armies enter the capital city to disarm the presidential guard who staged last week's coup. people celebrate on the streets of ouagadougo. nicolas hak is in ouagadougo. >> special forces and command owes have entered the capital. many more troops are expected to come in the hours to come. meanwhile, the army and the presidential guards are at the negotiation table trying to find a solution. remember the chief of staff has offered an amnesty for all the presidential guards that are willing to lay down their arms.
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there are some that will succeed and some who won't. we have heard that a plane from togo was turned away from the airport. no confirmation whether it was for jendare or not. it was for a high ranking official of the presidential guard. the chief of staff of the army emphasized he wanted to find a peaceful resolution and no confrontation. the chief was going to hand over power to the interim government came with celebration in the capital but make no mistake tension continues to rise here as more soldiers enter into the capital. this crisis is far from over. >> the unite united nations has provided a document for the government of libya, must take it or leave it.
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paul tradersgian reports. >> it's a final text. so our part of the process is now finished. >> u.n. own invoice bernard leon says it's the way forward to end the conflict in libya but not aa deal yet. >> in this situation in libya such strong confrontation, killings humanitarian crisis with so many problems, they must expect if there is a solution, if this proposal is the solution. >> libya has been in a state of civil war and crisis insistence revolution in 2011. among those filling the vacuum are two rival government a re
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renegade general and many rebel groups. >> creating a two dimensional government a government that will end up at best having two sides coming to the table but ultimately two sides want to annihilate each other. international war but both sides want to anigh late each other. >> leon is now calling for a an mead ceasefire between these factions. >> they have to be positive, they wanted to see what this process is going to bring to this country but not be concerned what they would have liked to see in the text or see as outcome of this process and will not be there. this is not question today. the question today is to get libya back to track to build
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peace, development, prosperity in the country. >> marie onwas given an october 20th deadline to get a unity government in place, that is the anniversary of the death of moammar khadafi. close are than before. paul tradergian, al jazeera. >> more from the united nations, from james bays. >> what special envoy bernardino leon is saying, a final text. we don't have a file agreement and what has to happen now is negotiators from both political blocks have to go back to libya to get buy in from their wider constituencies for this final text. remember, libya is a deeply divided country. it has two governments.
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two parliaments. numerous militia. it has part of its territory that is under the control of i.s.i.l. if they do get buy-in from the authorities in tripoli and from the rival authorities in tobruk the next stage would be coto come here to the united nations in the next week where all sides will have a final meeting to try and do the final agreement. but that agreement won't be signed here in new york. there's one last stage. all the libyan parties say this is an historic agreement if they want to get it for libya and they want it to be signed on libya soil. >> after a shell landed on embassy compound in the syrian city of damascus. attack targeted a popular neighborhood market. israeli and russia say they will coordinate their military
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actions in syria to accidentally not cross fire. israel's concern russian weapons could end up reaching fighters ton border with the golan heights which israel seized in 1957. after winning sunday's parliamentary elections, barnaby phillips has the story of the man who will be closely watched by european governments. >> reporter: he still adopts the symbolism of the radical left. for the second time, alexis tsipras was sworn in in a secular ceremony and he never wears a tie not even in this important state event. but alexis tsipras has learned the art of compromise.
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in july faced with the prospect of greece's expulsion from the eurozone, he agreed to another bailout program and the despair of many of his supporters. here at syriza headquarters there is great interest in the lineup of the news government. alexis tsipras has to please various domestic constituencies, but his actions are being watched closely across all of europe. european government is hoping for a new administration which is genuinely committed to reform of the state. alexis tsipras and syriza are a strong position to implement 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
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that the country remains in the euro. >> but if you were looking for owe mens ioomens in the weathers the time for it to come. safe prediction. barnaby phillips, al jazeera, athens. >> the u.s. justice department has launched a criminal investigation into volkswagen. the car maker accused of rigging tests in diesel vehicles. >> the had was the frankfurt car show on monday. under the bonnet of this volkswagen, it says has been falsifying data for years to embellish the clean air credentials of its much prized turbodiesel tdi engine.
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it lost more than a quarter of its value in trading. >> it will cost millions of dollars and class action lawsuit. what's more important volkswagen's image is severely damaged. >> the people's car, the famous beetle, famously remade, will only get worse. >> they're recalling at least half a mill vehicles, jetta, golfs and beetles, and volkswagen will be facing up to $reign billion, the highest amount levied on a oout auto
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manufacturer. >> and the european government has just launched a inquiry into the car maker's business. the very idea of clean diesel may be cast into doubt. >> the diesel has been found to produce noxious gases, and the viability of diesel will come into question for vw that invested so much in this clean diesel strategy, it is a very material blow. >> it is colossally damaging for brand. the ceo has been forced to apologize to customers for breaching their trust. jonah hull, al jazeera, london. >> time for a short break. when we come back, we meet
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africans in search of a better life in europe. a film festival in south korea achieves what politics could not. more on this, stay with us
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>> welcome back. a quick reminder of the top stories here in al jazeera. people in burkina faso have welcomed the fact that dr. gilbert dendare says he is
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willing to handled over power to civilian government. bernardino lee onset a time of october 20th for peace agreement to be signed in libya. volkswagen shares there dropped 20%. the presidents of venezuela and colombia have agreed to gradually open their borders. three border guards were shot and 1500 colombians were deported. >> more from th bogota.
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>> a gradual noirldzation of the border region. this is the first important step to solve the month-long crisis that paralyzed trade and movement over the border and saw 17,000 colombians either be deported or voluntarily returning to colombia for fear of reprisal, for fear they say of being responsible for the chronic shortages in venezuela, while juan manuel sanchez and nicholas maduro agreed to seven mutual points, they said they will take a joint investigation of the situation at the border and also called for a ministerial level meeting in wednesday on caracas, venezuela to discuss and then implement new sensible border policies. >> here, as president maduro said, wisdom prevails.
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this has been a peaceful debate, a respectful and productive dialogue. >> for now the though, the border crossings will remain shut. they will be reopened in a graduatgradual way but no detaie been given howp long that will take. >> applhow long that will take. >> apple has removed in effected apps from its app store. xi jinping does not engage in hacking or engage in those sentiments. agent brown reports, cyber security is just one of the topics expected to be discussed when he meets president obama. >> china's state controlled media portrays president xi
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jinping as a powerful leader, the guardian of an economy that remains strong even as it slows. >> is he arguably one of the strongest leaders sing deng chow pinning or mao ste ste tong. >> the two countries have some differences but that's not unusual. our shared interests are far wider than our differences. >> those differences are apparent in the south china sea. recent satellite photos appear to show china building a third runway in these disputed waters, despite a promise to end
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reclamation work. last month china showed off some of its latest military hardware. but it's the technology you don't see that worries the u.s. government. >> cyber warfare, president tse will not budge an inch because he is actually increasing the cyber warfare capacity. >> this will be the most important visit by a chinese head of state sings 36 years ago. this country was slowly emerging from decades of recession. but this is likely to be different. >> we have the hand huggers and the dragon slayers. most of the drag on slayers, are in china but this is much of an
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18th china feel to it. >> the mood appears different. this is a generation for which u.s. brands and culture had a lot of impact. >> i remember when i was young we were taught i have a dream. going to america would be my dream. >> i watch many american tv programs and moifts. they have a lot of influencand . they have a lot of influences on my life. >> for president xi jinping, this will be another opportunity to enhance american images. i might mention he will be president a lot longer than his host. adrienne brown, al jazeera, china. >> 15 republicans remain in the
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republican presidential campaign. >> i will suspend my campaign immediately. i encourage other republican presidential candidates to do the same so that the voters can focus on a limited number of candidates who can offer a positive, conservative look at the campaign. >> pope francis blessed the city from a hill. pope is now at santiago del cuba before leaving for united states. weapons such as rubber bullets and tear gas, hundreds of refugees have tried to leave there and board trains. >> until there is a united nations european stance, member
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states will be forced to protect themselves from this brutal threat at grave costs. >> africans are among refugee status and allowed to stay and that uncertainty hasn't discouraged them from making the desperate journey as natasha guinane reports. >> this is as the border between guinea and mali, starting a new life in europe some of them don't make it. according to the international organization for migration, more than 2700 people died in the met this year this summer. his brother was one ever them. >> you wouldn't want to see a family member like that dying at sea. >> the prospect is enough for people like jakus to keep
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pushing ahead. this is the second time he's got to europe. >> when i website i was unfortunately when i mit this islamic attack. they decide id to attack and i decided to return on back and fawld fall in that ambush. moving northeast to the border between guinea and mali, north to libya where they hope to be be able to cross th the european union. >> since 1975, 15 countries have been part of a border isless
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region where people can move freely. but the goal is to bolster economic cooperation, for people determined to build a life in europe. >> when they received people massing through they had their national guard and passports, they say we want to go to malli, how can they know it's l malli or someplace older on. despite the borders in this region, an necessity international says they are facing the same ledge of risk. >> the children are dying, children get lost. i don't think it's fine. >> but disapproval danger and the woirts of family don't
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appear to be enough to squash the dreams of many immigrants heading north. >> students in in grair row's state have marched. the search for 53 missing colleagues. the victims' families say they're not convinced. now a drought in the u.s. state of california could be killing one of its most famous treasures. 89 sequoia trees, many and jake ward went to see how they were doing? >> giant sequoias are ancient,
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researchers are now worried about their future. >> they were using their older needles, older alleviate leavese i hadn't seen before. >> this wung predates crition chanty and slawms. more than 240 feet tall, scientists are going to go up in it today, to take some water sample manies and god help me i'm going to follow them. anthony ambrose leads a team from berkeley. he climbs to the very top to test them for stress. warmer temperatures mean the trees need encouragement amount of water. >> a typical sequoia trees could use 500 to 800 gallons of water in a typical summer day.
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>> but the area of california is at a all time low for water. rising temperatures is unprecedented. >> now that we're in the fourth year of this severe drought they still happen to be holding out pretty well. if we had another year as severe as this one i'd say all bets are off. history of the united states is a tiny fraction of its past. the question whether it and its kind can survive here in the future. jacob ward, al jazeera, sierra national park california. the 7th dmz film festival is underway in sout south korea. organizers have decided to focus more on the situations that
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divide north and south korea. >> it's not deja vu but as close as you can get. the dmz docks festival gets underway. the lead off film, the item that a propaganda painter which makes critical works of independent people. some lose nrtszing anxiety as plans attract attention. >> he's very honest and has a unique story. he's a defector who still really loves his home land. he does not love a lot of things about his home land.
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but his heart is -- he says he has a divided latter. >> for the festival's organizers, making this film an opener is somewhat of a statement of intent. as they focus more on korean issues. >> it's always been a special festival, one not just of the dmz issues, we have not established it that way. but we feel dmz issues have not received enough attention in the past. >> a significant pan asian documentary film event. in terms of scale this festival can't compete with south korea's biggest, the festival coming up in a couple of weeks time but what it does have and its name and location lend it is a particular focus, a focus on themes of peace. more than 100 films from around the world are due to be shown. most united in some way by that theme of peace just a shortly
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distance from the world's most heavheavily militarizeed zone. >> a reminder you can keep up to date on the address, aljazeera.com, that's aljazeera.com. i'm ali velshi. "on target" tonight, america wants access to cuba's 20 million citizens, but is there much return for that? i i'll interview a cuban citizen that says america should run the other way. and whether ben carson thinks a muslim can be president of the united states. as part of his historic visit to cuba, pope francis celeed