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double attack in yemen and a hotel used by the vice president are rocked by explosions. ♪ hello i'm laura kyle and you are watching al jazeera and also on the program nato rejects in saying that going in the turkish air space was an accident and said it must not happen again. demolish two houses in jerusalem last year and a deal worth celebrating or a threat to jobs,
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we will have reaction to the biggest trade agreement in a generation. ♪ a hotel used by the government and a villa occupied by saudi coalition forces in the yemeni city of aiden have been attacked, the vice president and other ministers who returned from exile two weeks ago have been using the hotel as a base and they have been flown to safety and coalition troops were from the united arab emirates and the vice president has made a statement on his official facebook page, he says two rockets fell at the entrance of the palace hotel and others fell elsewhere. he goes on to say this comes in addition to the hundreds of daily mortar rockets that fell on the innocent civilians in aiden and the provinces in the foolish war that some insist in
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carrying out without understanding the great nation of ours that the improved ideologies cannot breathe on our lands and we have been reporting from yemen and following the events closely and joins us in the studio and are hearing differing information on these two attacks and what is the latest you have getting on that? >> we have conflicting reports and they are saying they are suicide bombing attacks targeting the main entrance of the palace hotel used by the coalition forces and mainly forces from the united emirate and the vice president refers to rocket attacks and we are talking about rocket attacks and you have two options or two scenarios and either rocket repaired grenades in aiden because the houthis are no longer present in aiden, they are in thai, for them to fire rockets they need to have more
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military capabilities and the former president has ballistic missiles and the one who could launch advanced missiles targeting the government and the coalition forces in aiden so it's fast moving. >> it's not safe and secure and maybe they returned from exile prematurely. >> it was politically motivated to show the people they are on the ground and they have more political say because they have been accused of rivals saying they are in saudi arabia trying to pull the strings from there, they have managed to push the houthis from most areas in the southern part of the country but they are backed by the former president and still a powerful group in a huge area that goes from sanaa north to the city of thai in the center, i think this could be a message by the
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houthis, by the former president that they are far from defeated and the only way out of the crisis in yemen should be a political way out and should have a bigger political say. >> where are we at in terms of a political negotiations, what is happening on that front? >> the u.n. had high hopes saying all the factions and all international leaders were meeting in the u.n. general assembly the issue of yemen would be based and that is not the case. they are pretty much concerned and say we have been under minded and there is no solution in the future because the saudi-led coalition and saying they will finish the work on the ground and then they will talk about a political way out which means we will see more fighting in the coming weeks in yemen. >> thanks very much for coming in and explaining a little more what is happening in yemen. now it doesn't look like an accident, those are the words of
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nato rejecting russia's explanation of what it was doing in turkish air space and now he is talking in brussels right now. russia said in the past few days it was a mistake and he is in brussels. >> i call on russia to avoid escalating tensions with the alliance. russia must dec-conflict activities in syria and i'm also concerned russia is not targeting i.s.i.l. but instead attacking the syrian opposition and civilians. >> reporter: peter sharp joins us live from moscow and pretty strong comments from nato, any response from russia? >> no, not yet. we probably expect something later in the day but this was pretty out spoken support by the 27 nato members with turkey when
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it came that the air space had been violated for a second time on sunday and they said the first instance which took place on saturday was an accident that took place in bad weather and lasted only a few seconds and it's yet to respond to turkish allegations in another breach of its air space that took place the day after. at the moment now the u.s. secretary of state john kerry spoke out and said that turkey is quite within its rights to shoot down these jets if they breach its air space and what is really concerning nato is that this chance of an accidental clash is now greater than any time since the end of the cold war. >> nato is concerned about russia's maneuvers in the sky and worried about the presence they have off the syrian coast.
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>> that's right, it's coming to an end so the russians say of an exercise but yesterday the senior defense officials were suggesting that the russian fleet which is in the waters between syria and cyprus could be used to blockade syria if it was necessary and even more dangerously suggested that it could use its navel power to attack targets, anti-assad malitias inside syria so that is a real concern to nato this morning. >> peter, what is moscow's aim in syria? >> well, it depends who you talk to quite honestly. its aim appears to be to prop up the assad regime and moscow is assisting that if assad fell there would be a power vacuum
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there and it's an area that it is vital and it's clear although russia or the russian kremlin says it attacks i.s.i.l. targets they are also attacking the opposition malitia in other areas of syria, that's basically moscow's role in this. >> peter sharp joining us live from moscow and thanks very much for the update peter. turkey deputy prime minister says air strikes in syria could create a million refugees and says a max influx in turkey because it shifted the balance of power in heavily populated regions and right now no build up on the turkey-syria border. saved more than 1800 refugees
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and navy ships were involved of reservoir cues off the libya coast and another vessel also corrected to the operation. the president of the european council defended the handling of the refugee crisis and describes europe as the most open and tolerant place in the world and said the ones that criticize the most do not admit any refugees and urged members to stop fighting and call for solidarity. israeli security forces demolished the home of men accused of attacks on israelis in 2014. the demolitions are illegal under international law because they amount to collective punishment and had tension and deaths on both sides. israeli cabinet met to discuss the situation monday even and mike hanna reports from west jerusalem. >> reporter: a 13-year-old boy shot in a clash between
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demonstrators and the israeli army and the occupied west bank and died while receiving treatment in hospital. the army says it's investigating the circumstances of the death. in the village the funeral of a 18-year-old and he was shot dead by israeli soldiers during clashes sunday according to palestinian police. >> translator: it's not the first and he won't be the last matter, he died for the sake of the homeland, the people and the national unity. >> reporter: in addition to the dead the red cress sensation well over 400 palestinians have been wounded by israeli forces in the past three days and in gaza angry reaction to what is happening in the west bank. >> translator: we tell them to stop the coordination with israelis and most free the hands of the palestinian resistance to allow them to defend the people. >> reporter: israeli army announced it captured five
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palestinians responsible for the shooting of two settlers last week, the killing of hank and his wife norma sparked this off in the west bank and the prime minister benjamin netanyahu had to say. >> translator: the security forces solve the murder which took place and quickly caught the people who shot them dead last thursday and a heavy hand against terrorism and insiders. >> reporter: some israelis continue to insist the prime minister is not doing enough. members of a right wing group gather outside the damascus gate outside of jerusalem with shouts on palestinians and threatening to burn arab homes and some are arrested and the rest dispersed but passions are running high on all sides. mike hanna, al jazeera, west jerusalem. do stay with us here on al
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jazeera, still to come we will be finding out how the malaysia prime minister is defending himself in a multi million dollar corruption scandal and why and angola is under pressure to tell why it has jailed 15 young men.
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>> we're here to fully get into the nuances of everything that's going on, not just in this country, but around the world. getting the news from the people who are affected. >> people need to demand reform... >> ali velshi on target hello again the top stories on al jazeera, in southern yemen a hotel used by government leaders and a villa occupied by saudi coalition forces have been attacked in the port city of aiden and ministers have been
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flown to safety. nato secretary has said russia eastern couragement to russia air space doesn't look like accident and said it was not a mistake and must not happen again. security forces demolished the home of two palestinian men accused in attack last year and followed days of tensions between israelis and palestinians with deaths on both sides. japan is urging china to join the newly signed partnership to increase security and growth in the asian pacific region and after long running negotiation the trade deal for to fifths of the world economy was agreed by 12 nations on monday and parliament needs to give approval but china is working on setting up a rival agreement. trans negotiation is in secret and we don't know much detail
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but there has been leaks and a summary has been released and the tpp will open up markets to foreign companies creating jobs and growth say its proponents and critics say local industries cannot compete with companies and intellectual property will be protected and will mean an end to generic drugs and there are state owned monopolies to talk about services and they will allow corporations to sue for not following rules and tpp contains four of latin america companies latin american, mexico, chilly and peru and there is a blow to reach trade agreements and we are at the capitol santiago. >> reporter: the modern trade pact ever but the main food and vegetable market the trans
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pacific partnership solicits a very large question mark. >> translator: i watch the news everyday and i've never heard of it. >> translator: anything that helps us sell products like these abroad is great but i have no idea about the details. >> reporter: and that seems to be the general consensus and sounds good but could it be too good to be true? inspired by the so called asian tigers leaders of columbia, meks ka, peru and chile predict the tpp will turn their countries into the south american pumas and critics could not disagree more and saying farmers and manufacturers from these countries will be left at the mercy of the more industrialized companies. the four latin american nations who signed up are the biggest market in the region but some worry this new free trade agreement goes too far.
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regulating everything from health services to labor laws even internet access and government investment. in the rest of the region it is seen as a kiss of death to the dream of establishing a latin american common market, a project pushed by brazil, argentina and venezuela. >> translator: they have not gotten very far so when a better opportunity presents itself chile and peru are not waiting for others because they have global and regular ambitions and trade. >> reporter: whether the tpp will help diversify trade and improve the lives of people here could depend very much on the fine print of an unprecedented agreement whose details still remain a mystery. al jazeera, santiago. andrew thomas is in sidney to look at the effects it will have on australia and saying
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many manufacturers there are concerned. >> for australia the big winners are if the agricultural sectors and should put the products in united states, malaysia and japan and all producers to sell more commodities tarif free and advertis advertisers and banking and an area they see they have a competitive advantage of they can be sold more cheaply elsewhere and manufacturing industries in australia are concerned and cheaper imports from clothes from vietnam can push down wages and cost job as andrew rob the trade minister said it would be a good deal for australia and increase gdp even up to 1% and concerns about medicine costs were unfounded because he is held firm over demands by the united states to increase copyright and he says the cost of medicines will not go up as a result of this deal.
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a cricketer who played for the team is in course di after torturing a 11-year-old girl and he hands himself over to authorities on monday after being on the run for more than three weeks and suspended from all forms of cricket by bangladesh and he and his wife are accused of assaulting the 11-year-old girl who was working for them illegally as a house maid. poverty action group says around 3900 girls are forced into marriage everyday and care international says 62 million girls are kept from school and half of them are adolescents and this is the top of the list where forced marriage is common and care says the main causes include wars and conflict, cultural expectations and being given dowry money. angola to explain the jailing of 15 men without charge and
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accused of having a coup but human rights groups say they are prisoners of conscious and barney phillips reports. >> reporter: 15 young men more than 100 days in prison and no charges against them and include activists su activists who have been protesting for years against what they say is a lack of democratic freedom in angola and they were arrested in june when according to friends they gathered to discuss a book about peaceful protests against repressive regimes and many of them spend weeks in solitary confinement. angola is led by desantos and in charge since 1979 and his government says the men now in prison were planning a coup and the attorney general told state media he is preparing a case against them. >> translator: they were carrying out acts which could have been preparation for the overthrow of the legitimately
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elected government. >> reporter: families of detainees have tried to stage demonstrations and some of these have been broken up by the poli police. in angola in theory the constitution guarantees democratic freedoms, in practice it takes courage to protest. >> freedom of expression and assembly association all of that is curtailed in angola and what the young people were trying to do is exercise those freedoms but unfortunately that has been curtailed so i'm really calling on the authorities in angola to release them or bring them before a competent court to try them. >> reporter: angola is a country of great contrasts, one of africa's leading oil producers where few enjoy fabulous wealth but most live in squallar and it has hurt the economy and according to groups made the government less tolerant of decenting voices.
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but on social media families and friends of the detainees are speaking out, increasingly anxious they feel they have no choice, baal jazeera. california is to become the fifth u.s. state to allow assisted suicide and doctors allowed to prescribe lethal doses of medicine for patients who are physically capable of taking the drug themselves and the new right to die law goes into effect in january of next year. u.n. has released the first draft of an ambitious plan for tackle climate change in a conference taking place in paris in december to keep the rise in world temperature below two degrees celsius and green peace says the plans are not ambitious enough. at least 11 people have died from flooding in the u.s. state of south carolina and more than 60 centimeters of rain fell in the past three days and damages
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overflowed forces people from their homes and schools and businesses closed because of the floods. forest fires in indonesia has record levels of smoke in asia and covered singapore and malaysia for a month and urging the indonesia government to stop the slash and burn by farmers. malaysia prime minister trying to get a lawsuit against him thrown out of court and sued for allegedly keeping 700 million dollars donated to his ruling party and says he has done nothing wrong and the charges are politically motivated and we report from kuala-lumpur. >> reporter: this is when she first made headlines. an angry speech, accusing the malaysia prime minister who is also president of the ruling party of cheating. and has been involved in a scandal since july when it was revealed 700 million had been
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deposited into his personal bank account, the money was alleged to have been channelled through a state owned investment firm one mdb and it was in his capacity as a finance minister and after weeks of silence the prime minister said it was a donation for the party from unnamed donors in the middle east. but that explanation is not enough for a small role representing issues in the ruling party and when her complaint yielded no results she took legal action and was proper. >> i think i have the responsibility to make sure that the country is governed by the right person and led by the right person, the right way, not only clean but also seen clean. >> reporter: the prime minister lawyers are attempting to have the lawsuit thrown out. >> she is no longer a member and
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also that she is not an office barrier and neither is she a publish -- public officers and the suit she is bringing is standing before the courts. ♪ there are plenty of other whose are also seeking an explanation from the prime minister. a two-day protest in three cities in august attracted tens of thousands of people. another former unknown member who tried to urge foreign investigators to probe the accounts and assets of the state owned investment arm has been arrested under security law. >> we think that malaysia as a country which is looking forward to being a good luck country and for example in less than five years would have almost all of the dealings above the board and so on, the series of resent months, events that is coded
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into pressure. >> reporter: denies wrongdoing and says the accusations are all part of a conspiracy to topple him and many feel that response is not enough and until there are clearer answers accusations of corruption will continue to follow him, kuala-lumpur. multi million scandal with the biggest companies in brazil cost workers thousands of jobs and the money stolen could have been used to lift 10 million brazilians out of poverty and we report. >> reporter: at the museum exhibits are embarrassing others and the paintings some worth close to 400,000 were seized who is under investigation for alleged corruption. >> wondering where exactly did the money come from to get this artwork and where was this art placed if it was placed in private homes, well, where
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exactly again where did they get the money and who are the other people on the other side of the fence. >> reporter: like thousands of other brazilians he was building an oil refinery, videos on his phone show a time of prosperity where thousands were employed as the new found oil wealth transformed the country. >> translator: i was able to get a loan for a car and even send some money to my own mother but with the scandal we lost everything, i went from heaven to hell overnight. >> reporter: in the last five years the town's population quadrupled and streets were full of life and business was booming, today thousands of those who flooded here moved back and shops have closed. the signs of this instant growth are no where to be seen. the boom count is now bust. signs for rent hang from empty buildings and shops don't bother to open, customers either left or have no money.
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police say the scandal revealed an intricate web of price fixing and it was worth $2 billion paid by business men for hefty service contracts and insists the scandal has also shown brazil has institutions to see it through the crisis. >> we are in a major process of investigating a large, a massive corruption and i think it's going well. i mean, the justice is playing their role and society is very satisfied with that, the media is playing the role so everything is going by the rules. >> reporter: he disagrees. >> translator: i feel abandon by my government and my country, i feel i'm no one, i feel embarrassed to be brazilian. >> it's a feeling shared by many
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in the 7th largest economy in the world and one expected to cost the government dearly, al jazeera, brazil. and of course you can always keep up to date with the very latest news, developments on our website, there it is on your screen, al jazeera.com. ? the news that taliban fighters in afghanistan had taken over the northern city of kunduz last week was bad enough. it meant that afghan government forces had handed the taliban a huge prize: the capture of a