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>> and it is very good to have your company for this al jazeera news hour. live from london. we'll take a look at some of the stories we'll study in detail in the next 60 minutes. israeli troops kill six palestinians as violence spreads to the gaza strip. the meant gone scraps its rebel training program and looks for other options. also these groups have no respect for human life.
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>> you're forces gain international backing to stop people smuggling across the mediterranean. winning the noble peace prize for help t helping to save its country from the brink of civil war. >> and helping to the win they need against luxembourg. >> in the week of violence in the occupied west bank, it's now spread to gaza where israeli soldiers killed palestinians on friday. fouwe'll give an update from east jerusalem, but first this
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report from ramallah. >> it took israel six days to return the body of 19-year-old. he had killed two israelis. one by stabbing in occupied east jerusalem before being shot dead. his funeral was a show of solidarity and defiance. defiance that later turned into violence. palestinians took their anger to the streets here on the northern edge of ramallah. it comes as tension remains over the al aqsa mosque compound. they subject israel of changing the rules of the holy site that allows views to come to the compound but not pray. they say that the status quo remains unchanged, but here among the protesters there is little trust in the words of the prime minister. after several hours there is no sign of the situation easing up. actually, the palestinians were
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able to spread out in those fields. past the position of the israeli army. now, similar clashes were happening elsewhere in the west bank, and also in gaza. the violence was a deadliest in gaza. earlier in the day protesters had come out in support of the occupied west bank. they hurled rocks through the metal fence that separates both sides. the response was gunfire, rubber-coated steel bullets, stun grenades. and tear gas. >> from the watch. >> then came this video released on social media, which al jazeera cannot independently verify. an israeli-palestinian teenager in is holding a knife. israeli police orders her to drop it while off camera voices of bystanders shout at the police to kill her. she's surrounded and then shot
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point blank several sometimes. she's in critical condition. israel says she posed an imminent threat, and many palestinians wandered why the lone woman was not overpowered. both prime minister benjamin netanyahu and palestinian president mahmood abbas has called for more fighting. >> for those of you from the occupied west bank now we hear from mike hannah who is in east jerusalem. >> a number of the texts still occurring in the occupied west bank and in israel proper, some of them somewhat different from what we've seen in recent days. in northern israel palestinian israeli woman attempted to stab an israeli soldier. she was shot, moderately wounded. then in an attack four arabs.
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two of them residents of the west bank. two of them residents of the negev village. they're seeing an pattern in activity. there have been those shouting insults towards arabs saying they're going to march in jerusalem. and a number of those israelis were dispersed. so continuing tension in various parts of israel and the occupied west bank, police say very difficult to deal with these stepping attacks regardless of where they come from because they are unorganized and they are random. >> we will now take a look at another end that we've seen on social media. we cannot independently verify what it is alleged t to it.
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a woman is surrounded, as you can see on what appear to be armed israeli police. there are the multiple gunshots, and she falls to the ground. a spokesman said that she tried to stab a security guard. she's reportedly alive but seriously injured. we'll talk about certain protests of this. robin, if confronted by someone deeing a knife, why the need to shoot? >> well, the rules of engagement with any soldier are based on the laws of self defense, and israeli laws are based on british common law which means that it must be reasonable, proportionate, and necessary to take a life in in that action. if you feel that your life is at danger or the life of somebody
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you're at duty to protect, then you're justified to take that life to prevent a life being taken. if the troops on the ground, however well trained believe their life or the life of someone it was their duty to protect was in danger, even if they later on found out it was different, but if they believed it-- >> but proportionate response. that's something that you have to consider. we hear six shots. six shots. four, perhaps from the same weapon. two from another one. or two different ones? >> yes, usually if someone takes a shot at someone who is well trained is usually going to take one or two shots in order to put somebody down. what i see in the footage is that there are six grown men with weapons who seem to struggle to control somebody that--a woman with a knife. but when they're frightened, when they're in danger, when they feel they're in danger, and
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other people have been stabbed in similar circumstances, then that fear is sometimes going to overtake whatever training they've had. rather than pulling the trigger once, they'll pull the trigger several times. >> when you were serving in the british army, you were obviously well trained. but there might have been times when you worked along side less experienced people. in the israeli army, they have to do their national service, that alters the dynamics. >> it changes the quality of the soldiers. you get special forces on the ground who train for hours hours and weeks and weeks and years and years, they do a job without thinking. they do it very well. if you take ordinary conscripts with a limited amount of ammunition and life experience, and put them in that situation for the first time, they're not going to behave absolutely right, but they're going to be acting with the best intentions. if someone is threatening your life with a knife then they can
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cover a great deal of distance and cause a lot of damage in the amount of time that it may take someone to pull a trigger. >> the reports earlier was that she had died, but now we learned that she's in the hospital receiving treatment for her injuries. it indicates that perhaps this was not a shoot to kill but was designed to incapacitate. >> i think there is a possibility under the circumstances. six bullets in somebody is an awful lot. one will usually kill somebody, but six? it leaves us to ask the question have they shot at the limbs? had they tried to incapacitate that person? this will come out later as we gather information. one would hope so. >> robin, thank you. thank you very much, indeed. >> now the u.s. said its stopping its syrian rebel training program.
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$500million was to prepare thousands of troops outside of syria to take on isil. the islamic state in iraq and the levant. but only a handful made it to syria. many of those gave themselves and their weapons up to the enemy. here is roslind jordan. >> when i sathree years to raise an army some 1500 men strong. a year later the u.s. is dumping that idea and is planning to give support to existing groups including peshmerga. >> enable, motived forces on the ground to retake territory from isil and reclaim syrian territory from extremism.
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>> fewer than 100 people graduated from the u.s.' train and assist program, and they collapsed when they entered the battlefield. it was not embarrassment for the obama administration. >> can you tell us what the total number of trained fighters remains? >> it's a small number, and the ones that are in the fight, we're talking four or five. >> as i see it right now, this four or five u.s. trained fighters, let's not kid ourselves, that's a joke. >> once the syrian civil war ends these fighters should have a seat at the political table. >> one of the reasons to provide support to a variety of opposition groups in syria is clearly to fight isil. but another reason is to ensure that there are credible opposition factions in the country who could be a part of a transition. >> but with russia now running
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it's own military operations in syria, the u.s. is worried there won't be any alternatives to assad or isil once the civil war ends. >> what we've seen so far in terms of russian military activity and the strikes they're taking, that they're predominantly against opposition groups. >> even with this one change in u.s. policy the situation is syria is still unstable. the u.s. has no quick way of ending the violence. roslind jordan, al jazeera, washington. >> well, russia says it's latest airstrikes in syria have killed 200 fighters and destroyed an underground facility. they have added that the plains have killed 111 fighters in the aleppo region. five were killed in a camp for internally displaced people. another 50 were injured in the strike on the village in idlib province. the french defense minister said
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more airstrikes were planned in syria. overnight french fighters targeted a training camp that is an isil stronghold. french government leaders say 80 to 90% of russian strikes in syria are not targeting isil. >> stay with us on the news hour. we have this coming up. i beg your pardon. before we do that, let me tell you about another story out of syria. iran's revolutionary guards confirm the death of a top general. he was an adviser to president bashar al-assad's army. this comes neighboring lebanon. >> he was a top-ranking member of iran's revolutionary guards. but his death in syria's northern province of aleppo leaves more questions than answers. a statement from the
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revolutionary guard said he was killed by isil forces while on a mission to advise the syrian army. some reports suggested that the general was supposed to supervise a major operation. iran admits its military advisers are on the ground, but denies had has ground troops. however, fighters from the lebanese movement hezbollah are in syria. thousands of its fighters have helped president assad in power. in the past he has spoken about his overstretched army and lack of manpower, but now another assad ally, russia, has stepped in providing military support from the skies. [ explosions ] >> their airstrikes have struck strongholds. a few have hit isil-controlled regions, but isil is on the move, advancing on the ground. despite airstrikes russia carried out a surprise attack.
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it is now at the door steps of aleppo city. it then captured territory from the government and captured areas under the control of opposition in the eastern countryside of the province. isil now controls part of the main rebel supply line linking turkey to its stronghold in the city. aleppo is a divided city. the opposition controls the east and the government controls the west. but assad's forces hold positions on the outer edges in the industrial complex. isil's front line has moved. the group is now a few kilometers north of the industrial complex in the aleppo infantry academy, a base for the opposition. isil controlled the town of beb further east. opposition forces are stretched, fighting two enemies on multiple fronts, now they're trying to hold off an advance by government forces that is supported by russian airstrikes. another layer of confusion in
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the changing landscape of syria's war. al jazeera, beirut. >> okay, this is what we have coming up on the news hour. al jazeera sees evidence the european governments have been paying for the safe release of hostages abroad. more than 100,000 people live in buenos aires' shanty towns. winning games is only part of the story. >> european unions have given option to cease people smugglers vessels on the highway seas from libya. boats can be destroyed to help stop traffickers from exploiting refugees. >> the u.n. security couple voting to endorse an european
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union naval operation off the coast of libya. thousands of people have died making the journey. now the e.u. will patrol the high seas and intercept and later destroy the boats. the u.k. which drew up the resolution, said it will save lives. >> any smugglers stopped will be arrested, and their boats will be seized. we must not allow callous people smugglers to profit from others' despair. >> however, his libyan counterpart while welcoming the vote said that he believed it would lead to more people making the journey from libya to euro europe. >> we believe it will increase the number of migrants. >> thit did not go as far as
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the original plan in may. that suggested they operate on the coast destroying smuggling boats there. that idea is now on hold. >> a massive number of refugees arriving on greek islands in the last week alone. as many as 7,000 people have been landing every day in october. that's about four and a half thousand at the end of last month. the institute of migration said that people are trying to make the journey to europe before the weather gets worse in the northern winter. australia's trying to do a deal with the philippines to transfer asylum seekers being held in its off-shore detention center. many of them are on the pacific island nation of naru. they're said to have been given more freedoms but their living conditions have been in question for some time.
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australian foreign minister has discussed the $100 million plan with its filipino opposite member. in hong kong, they held a rally in what they claim to be beijing's interference in their academic freedom. showing their support for former law school dean johan es chan. chan is a human rights advocate and friends with one of the cofounders of last year's occupy movement. in guinea seven people have been killed. >> witnesses say at least 15 peopleere injured in pre-election clashes. police fired tear gas.
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>> they attacked me. a big guy hit me while i was on my motorcycle. when i fell off they rushed towards me. i barely escaped with my life. >> the nobel peace prize has been given to tunisia's national dialogue quartet. the group was praised for preventing a civil war. we have reports from tunis. >> the announcement is a surprise to be sure. >> the nobel peace prize fo for 2015 is to be awarded to the tunisian national dialogue quartets for its contribution to the building of a democracy. in the wake of the revolution of 2011. >> while many nobel watchers had
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tipped pope francis or german chancellor angela merkel could win, there was dialogue of pleasurism and dialogue. and while other countries are hit by violent con flick, tunisia was more peaceful. the the group is made up of four key organizations. the general labor union. con fed ways of industry, trade and handy craft, human rights league and order of lawyers. formed in 2013 when t tunisia's democratic process was in danger of collapsing. this was a period of socio-unrest and political assassination. the quartet pushed stability and inclusiveness and helped bring the country back from the brink of civil war. tunisia would go on to pass a new constitution and hold
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presidentialmentry and presidential elections. the nobel injurery hoped that the prize would contribute towards safeguarding democracy, and be an inspiration to all those who seek to promote peace and democracy in the rest of the world. inspiration that is still needed in a country that has suffered from major attacks, that have devastated its tourism industry. this prize may have been unexpected, but it's given hope to many tunisians in these difficult times. al jazeera, tunis. >> an indian woman working as a nanny in saudi arabia has accused her employer of chopping off one of her hands. she is being treated in hospital in riyadh. her employer shopped off the hand after she complained to authorities that her wages had not been paid. her family asked for the prime minister narendra modi to have
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her returned. >> some arab people had come up with mediators. now we fear that she might be killed. we want her brought back alive. we request the prime minister to help save her life. >> in parts of western kenya one in four people has contracted malaria this year. the deadly parasite is being helped by an invasive weed that is attracting the infected mosquitoes. we go to kenya for this report. >> scientists at the international center of insect and ecology in nairobi study the mosquito that transmits the malaria. it studies the plants it feeds on mosquitoes are attracted to
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the weed's nectar, which keeps them alive when there is no blood. the study is still in its early days but the preliminary findings are worrying. >> they can live very long because they get their resources here. it just tells us when the mosquitoes are carrying the parasite, it is survive a lot longer. the question is if the mosquito is now infected with the parasite what does it mean in terms of the impact on the survival of the mosquito? that we don't know. >> this weed originally from north and south america was introduced to east africa in the 1970s, and has been spreading fast displacing many other plants, it can grow in any environment, and any in weather. a big concern for this weed is what it could mean with the malaria prevalence rate that is still very high if the research
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concludes that the weed also keeps the mosquito parasite alive longer than this could potentially be a big problem here. malaria is widespread in western kenya. public awareness programs and other preventive strategies have helped to eyes the burden. despite that about a quarter of the people who live here have been diagnosed with malaria this year. many more don't seek treatment. doctors say that everyone must be made aware of the weed's danger. >> people need to know about this plant. it is common, but people don't know the effect it has on humans and on animals, and the effect it has on mosquitoes. >> this has been clearing the weed for years, but it always grows back. he doesn't know about the link with malaria. he does know that none of his other plants can grow when it's around.
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>> it grows faster here. we don't know what to do about it. but we're trying to cut it. >> back in nairobi scientists continue to try to solve the buzzel of the malaria carrying mosquitoes. >> in terms health that is pretty bad. how about this one. a warning for men in china. a statistic of one in three is likely to die because of their smoking. also britain's national health service is in crisis, but debts keep mounting up. and we will find out why formula one drivers have been taken on an unexpected hazard in russia.
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>> we're in the "prairie state" yet we have such little of it left. >> now old-school methods meet cutting-edge science... >> we've returned this iconic mammal to illinois. >> with a much bigger long-term benefit. >> grasslands have a critical role in climate change. >> it's exciting. >> techknow's team of experts show you how the miracles of science... >> this is what innovation looks like. >> can affect and surprise us. >> i feel like we're making an impact. >> awesome! >> techknow - where technology meets humanity. >> and these are the top stories. six people have been shot and killed by the israeli army. they were demonstrating along the border of israel.
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a palestinian was killed in unrest in the occupied west bank. police say that a palestinian woman in the occupied west bank was shot after she stabbed an officer. four arabs and an israeli teenager was stabbed in a straight incident. >> our guest, former military intelligence and military adviser. it's overhauling and it's scrapping what it has been doing over the last year or so, training five and a half thousand syrians.
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>> it started with the train system of this force. any affiliation when you contrast that, we trusted sunni tribal leaders to build a force. we asked them to build a force and in the matter of months it built a force of 26,000 syrian we didn't want to train anybody who used to be an insurgent. you ended up with a 60 60-man force. >> was it such a mess because someone was playing politics and then said we have to vetera vet everybody or was it naivety and
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ineptitude. >> we were in place but was not allowed to train anybody who used to be part of an insurgent group. you can't grow a force unless you have these elements with it. the idea of bringing in restrictions, was someone doing something deliberately to make this go wrong or what? >> well, it's a delayed process. you're going to build a force to go into a battlefield where they're facing 30 to 60,000 adversaries, it's not a big
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enough force. at the and of three years you have 15,000 and then after this program we produced 60 with only four known still on the battlefield. we didn't do it. >> right now we're going to supply some kind of equipment. not heavy equipment for sure, but some kind of equipment to specific leaders of specific groups, which have already won the trust of the u.s. is that going to work? >> it's not going to work because there are going to be bombed by russian fighters and iran cruise missiles, and after they're bombed isis is just going to move in. you look at the gains of isis where they have russians have been fighting rebel positions.
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u.s.-trained rebels, and u.s.-backed rebels, and isis is exploiting those gains. it's not going to work as they're susceptible to airstrikes. we don't want an escalation between u.s. and russia. >> if america got in right in the first place, and was therefore ahead of the curve before the russians became so deeply entrenched, would it now be working in the u.s.' favor on the battlefield rather than in favor of the russian, which it would appear to be in the moment. is the u.s. way behind the russian team? >> we're 18 months behind isis. we're seven years behind the irans, and now six months behind the russians. they've been building this base and working it in syria for the last six months at least. we're way behind. we now have to look at what will russia, iran and syria do with this new axis, what will they do
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over the next 60 to 90 days? my concern is this new intelligence in baghdad we might see russian fighters hitting isis targets in baghdad. things we won't do. we won't fire on a target unless we have eyes on the ground. that accounts for the majority of u.s. air missions where we don't drop bombs because we can't verify targets. >> you paint a frightening picture. >> well, i didn't mean to. offer some solutions. >> thank you.
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>> the couple's release was a combination of diplomacy.
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>> if he government didn't, he wouldn't be here. >> to secure the release of their hostages held in syria, when hostages were released after several months after captivity in syria there were rumors of a ransom payment. al jazeera has spoken to eyewitness who is saw the cash handed over.
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>> i was present when the money was delivered. it was me when the money was brought. >> the money consists of packs of $100,000 each in a separate plastic bag. >> the italian government said the $4 million ransom was provided by the families of the hostages, but pierre insists his family did not pay while dominico said he's unaware of any family payment. al jazeera has obtained exclusive evidence that the italian government is willing to pay millions of dollars in ransom payment to a group one linked to al-qaeda. aid workers were released in january of 2015. these exclusive pictures show the $11 million handed over to representatives of al nusra for the two women. the italian government declined to comment on our allegations saying that their policy is not
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to pay ransoms. simon bosman. al jazeera. >> you can watch the full al jazeera investigates documentary "the hostage business" monday at 20 hours gmt on monday and online at www.aljazeera.co www.aljazeera.com/investigation s. between 250,000 and 300,000 people live in buenos aires, 17 shanty towns scatter the all around the city. that's a tenth of the population. it is growing. these people have never been seen on official maps because the settlements which they live was simply not meant to be permanent. they have been established for decades, and now they're finally being mapped. >> this is buenos aires' largest shanty town. housing roughly 40,000 people
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along side the railway tracks. along one the most exclusive neighborhoods. >> we cannot tolerate 300,000 people living segregated from the rest of the city. that's our main worry and we believe the solution is to integrate these neighborhoods. >> the shanty town was established more than 30 years ago on the edge of the city's nature reserve on the banks of the river. now it has 1,000 residents. the ambulance and fire services don't know where to go, and reliable infrastructure, drainage gas pipes running water cannot be installed without proper reference points. >> we don't exist because there is no interest in us in the city government. there is no political well to incorporate the constanty towns. we're the ones with the lease and we've always been neglected. >> of course they exist living their lives, working, bringing up the children like anybody else. but they don't exist according to the official maps. often ignored by the authorities
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and the other residents of buenos aires. now these activists for justice and equality are chanting the buenos aires shanty town. marking every alleyway and street most of them without names. >> with in gps we walk the streets of all the shanty towns. to digitally mark the route in which every alleyway and corner of the communities and we add it on to our web page. >> security in these often dangerous neighborhoods is not a problem. they want to be noticed, recognized and noticed and enjoy the same basic amenities as everyone else, but first they need to be recognized on an official map. >> a strong relationship between china and north korea is under severe strain because of a rise
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in border crime. soldiers are thought to be behind much of it as adrian brown discovered as he went to the border. >> north korea is tantalizingly close here. umunimpeded peak. the river marks the front here between two supposed allies. but it appears relations are not what they were. police roadblock outside of the chinese village where four people were murdered last december. we were turned away. china's government blames north korean soldiers who came looking for food. >> this local man says more needs to be done to protect the community. >> of course i worry about my safety, but there is nothing i can do about it. i live here. >> like most people here mr. lee is ethnic korean. he lives in the village where
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three police surveillance cameras have now been installed. in total, ten people have been murdered in this remote region since last december. chinese government officials confirm another citizen was shot in the area two weeks ago, but they won't say if they think north korea is to blame. in response to the murders, some have moved away. but villages have already begun to empty as younger generations left to find peter prospects. only the elderly remain, and they feel especially vulnerable now. >> when they cross the border looking for food, you just give it to them, and you'll be fine. if you don't, they might take revenge on you. >> the security fence is more than three meters high here, but some worry the barrier is not enough to protect them. >> just cross the border an i glimpse of every day life in
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north korea. as you can see there is a gap in the fanser fence making it easy for a north korean civilian or soldier to slip into china. >> china's government has shown willingness to publicize the murders, a sign of chinese growing anger and frustration with pyongyang. >> i would say that the relationship may not be at a tipping point, but it definitely much worse than it has ever been. >> but china's ties with south korea has never been better. >> beijing is now trying to present itself as a superpower, engaged geopolitically, interested in economic prosperity, and north korea is an embarrassing blight on that sort of agenda. >> for now, though, china remains north korea's most important and far richer friend, but the tensions it's provoking along this border could put that friendship at risk.
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adrian brown, al jazeera, on the china north korea border. >> one in three young chinese men will die from smoking-related illnesses is the pre-discussion of a study in a respected medical journey. but there is better news for the country's women as rob mcbride will tell us from hong kong. >> in a country where two-thirds of men start smoking mostly before they're 20, the dangerous of tobacco have long been known. this report spells is out in the starkest terms. by 2010 china was recording 1 million tobacco deaths per year. it current trends continue that figure will be two million a year by 2030. what gives these findings much weight is the survey they're based on. a quarter of million men were monitored in the 1990s, and they're being studied now to determine the scale of the
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problem across china. as china has become more affluent, the smoking population has bloomed growing one of china's biggest industries. >> for china the antismoking campaign is facing a big economic challenge. china has a huge population of smokers, and tobacco is one of the top ten industries. >> the problems are well-known, so are the solutions as shown in places like hong kong where public health campaigns have had longer to work. >> we have this legislation that can stop the tobacco industry to advertise and promote its product, and we could aim at smoke-free areas that could create favorable environment to create a folk-free lifestyle. >> one positive note is the falling smoking rates among women with their reduced risk of premature death. it's the men who have the problem and the excuses.
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>> i'd like to quit, but the best i can do is smoke less, maybe. >> but for millions of chinese men the clock is ticking. rob mcbride, al jazeera, hong kong. >> the hump backs having a whale of a time. and in sport find out how much it costs to buy a tattered piece of rugby history.
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>> the government has offered some successions and say that the doctor should be treated with fairness. but the widespread worry about the future of an once world renown free to use nhs. worry that a system which is supposed to be the gold standard in care for everyone and not just the rich, is being dismantled. something that many doctors deny. >> many fear that this will put pressure o on an already squeezed service as more and more go abroad to work. >> what we're really upset
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about, if we make dangerously long hours, then the decisions that we make, which could be life-and-death decisions, would be impaired. we don't want to put patients at risk because we're extremely tired or we're not able to make those decisions safely. >> if junior doctors do take tria industrial action, it is something that they won't wanting to through again. >> now to sana in. >> right thank you very much, david. defending the champion in spain they have qualified. spain winning this 4-0, the three-time euro champions have won eight in group c. there were injuries for two
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players. they will go to either slovakia or ukraine. both countries are now on 19 points in group e. england had already qualified. they beat estonian 2-0. and then already through after the win over san marino. and acting fifa president will chair an emergency meeting. it's possible that the next election could now be delayed. he said that he has no personal concerns about the ongoing criminal investigations. >> i have nothing to fear about. i'm very calm. all of these things that are happening now. you think. if those investigators had noticed something wrong with me they would let me in peace. no, they caught sepp blatter and
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michel platini, and but why am i free? because they found no charge against me. but for those who are continuing to disgrace me it's not good. >> new liverpool manager jurgen klopp said he could bring the premier league title to the club in the next four years. liverpool have not won the title for 25 years. klopp enjoyed a huge success in germany winning the bundesliga twice. the defending rugby world champion new zealand have a top spot in the qualifying pool in this year's tournament. they beat tonga 47-9, and the all blacks scored five tries to finish a convincing winners new zealand will play ireland or france. al blacks jersey from 1905
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has been sold for close to $300,000 in an auction in cardiff. it was one of new zealand captain and was bought by nigel ray, chairman of english rugby team. well, it's been a tough practice day for ahead of the formula one in russia. a cleaning truck dumped oil on the track causing a 30-minute delay before it was cleaned up. then the rain hit, and only eight drivers managed to set lap times. football club in south africa is playing it's part in trying to ease social tensions in the country. the johannesburg team was in hope of building a team including immigrants from across africa. we have reports that it's succeeding both on and off the
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pitch. >> it's sunday morning in the johannesburg suburb. they're getting ready for a game. he joined a local football club four years ago in an area where there are residents from across the continent. >> i love soccer. i was going to where i would get what i love. >> the team organizers wanted more than fun out of the team. they wanted to restore hope to a community riddled by divisions. in may 2008, 62 people were killed in attacks against foreigners to south africa. it was a coach who thought he could make up a team from immigrants and south africas.
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>> they would enjoy being together playing soccer. they would died. >> they get together once a week. >> we're here as africans, we're joined from different countries. we set our victory in humility as well. >> the team had to get special permission to take part in the league because of its ethnic makeup. >> organizers say that they're proud what the team has achieved so far. >> the sense of dislocation when coming to a foreign country is very painful. this hopefully heals that pain. >> the the football club has
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grown from community football to semi league competition. >> the league rules stipulate all players have to be south african. >> that's the nature. >> the football club says it will field two separate teams. one made up entirely of south everrens. but for this team the greater price is a strong community helping each other. >> that's it from me. back to david. >> before we take a look at these wonderful pictures a norwegian cameraman finding the humpback whales playing under the northern lights. the pictures were shot over two days, so he went back the second day. and you see that sight there, the whales came up time and time
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>> violence spreads to the gaza strip. you're watching al jazeera live from london. also in the next 30 minutes the pentagon scraps its rebel training program. and looks at other options. forces to stop people smuggling across the mediterranean.