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you're with al jazeera, i'm martine de. a palestinian woman teamed to bomb a checkpoint. three people wounded in an attack in kabul. and how family farms are dying
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out in the philippines as young people move to the cities for greener pastures. >> turkey is observing a period of mourning for the victims of two suicide boament bombings in. 95 people killed and 250 injured at a peace rally. that included the prokurdish pkk party. parliamentary elections are due on november the 1st. thousands of people have been marching in central istanbul in protest. police maintained a heavy presence, at protesters blamed recep tayyip erdogan.
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antigovernment protests also took place in several other turkish cities. >> world leaders are condemned the bombings in turkey. u.s. president barack obama offered his condolence as he said american people stand in solidarity with the turkish people. >> translator: i want to express my deep condolence to the turkish people. surely this is an attempt to destabilize our friendly country. it is an obvious provocation. >> morak suma is a political science professor at koch university in istanbul. >> what needs to be expressed here is who has political
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responsibility. and it is clear that the government has primary political responsibility for, first, tailing to protect the right to live of all its citizens, as it should, indiscriminately. and second, for failing to -- for contributing to an atmosphere of polarization and oppression and lawlessness. in fact, the justice and development party, the government and president erdogan regularly conduct rallies that are of much bigger scale than the one yesterday in ankara. >> israeli police say a palestinian woman attempted to set off a bomb in her car. the latest of a wave of violence
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across israel. 23 palestinians and four israelis have been killed since the beginning of the month. israeli police say the woman tried to attack them after being stopped santa checkpoint in the occupied west bank. they say she's critically injured. and earlier a pregnant woman and her four-year-old daughter died in an israeli air strike in gaza. the unrest began several weeks ago at the al-aqsa mosque compound in occupied east jerusalem. well we have a team of journalists following this latest unrest. we have hoda abdel hamid live for us in the occupied west bank but first, mike hanna in west jerusalem. could you tell us about this incident in which a woman apparently detonated a bomb in a car? >> well, yes, this occurred in the occupied west bank near the settlement of el adamin.
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near west jerusalem about. she got out of the car and police say she debt nateed the explosive device in the car. a nearby policeman was also injured as was she. photographs of the car after the blast show very little damage but once again significant in that it's if first time in the n recent days that an explosive device has been used in a random attack, the random attacks taking the form of night attacks in recent days. this is first time that some kind of explosive device according the police has been used. >> so with tension rising then what is prime minister netanyahu doing? >> well, he's due to be holding a full cabinet meeting within the next few hours. this is the first full cabinet
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meeting that has been held in nearly three weeks because he was in the united states and then there was an extended jewish holiday. but already he has beenin been mentioning new measures overnight. talking in the region of 1500 other police officers who will join the police officers on the street. this is a significantly large call-up of the reservist force. once again we also had from benjamin netanyahu the pledge that he is looking at the incitement in particular, he's callings for the islamic movement the body being be responsible for this ongoing incitement. but his security has made clear he is investigating right wing israeli groups, thinking of banning one of these groups in particular. so the cabinet meeting that is
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expected to last a long period of time given what has happened in the weeks since it last sat. >> mike hanna west jerusalem. and hoda abdel hamid is live for us, an resumption of israeli air strikes on gaza. >> well, yes, that happened overnight. it followed actually two rockets launched from gaza, into southern israel. one landed in an empty field, the other was intercepted by the iron dome system. israelis carried out two air strikes one in northern gaza, one in central gaza, targeting al kasam breagdz. kasam brigades.
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a pregnant woman and her four-year-old daughter died as a result of this. tensions happened over the past few days, the youth there first came out in solidarity with what was happening in the occupied west bank and occupied east jerusalem and -- but it has been escalating ever since. yesterday there were many youth all along that fence that separates both sides. some try to storm that fence and ten of them were detained by the israeli forces. this is just an indication about how these fires are erupting everywhere, whether it's in gaza or in the occupied west bank. and i have to say these are not organized by political parties or factions. these are youth who are angry and it will be very difficult to see how you will control them. because every day that passes with every incident that happens, well, their anger increases and they say they want to take matters into their own
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hands. >> we're witnessing as you say an increase in young palestinian frustration. they have been described as post-oslo generation. what does that mean in terms of how they view the situation? >> well, those are when you go to the clashes, they're young people, some of them are teenagers, 15, 16, some of them are in their early 20s. so mainly born after these oslo accords. they keep saying we have heard about a peace settlement, but we have never seen peace, never tasted peace. one young guy told me yesterday, things have become more complicated, they have seen a wall erected separating them from gaza, and they see wars being waged against gaza strip which they found very provocating. they have also seen a expansion of land grabs. for them, as far as they are concerned there is no peace
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settlement and there should be no negotiations between the palestinian authority and the israeli government of any kind of peace because they say that they are on the losing part here. >> okay hoza, thank you very much, hoda abdel hamid live for us in ramallah. top story, the blast that occurred in the turkish capital ankara, in which 95 people died. our correspondent in istanbul bernard. smith. investigation gets under way as to exactly what happened in ankara. >> reporter: yes, it is, martine. the government has always told the prime minister that this suspicion was carried out by two suicide bombers. but no claims of responsibility yet, the government suggesting it could be i.s.i.l, or it could
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be the pkk. now, the kurdistan workers party, the pkk. now they actually have been trailing a ceasefire in the last two or three days and that was supposed to be announced officially today, in fact they announced it on the saturday straight after that bombing and the pkk normally pretty quick to claim responsibility for any attacks it might have launched. it is certainly never done anything on this scale but no indication yet as to who is responsible for this bombing. certainly no claims of responsibility from i.s.i.l. or even the possibility of a far left wing group here in turkey. they have launched attacks in the last few months but really on a much, much smaller scale than this which is the biggest terror attack inside turkey in turkey's modern history. >> it does appear ethnic divisions are deepening.
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in front of the elections on still due for november the 1st? >> yes, those elections will go forward on november the 1st but the campaigning you will see will be on security. whereas in the june elections there was a lot more focus on economy, turkey's economy is is struggling and slowing down. but since those elections failed to return a majority for ruling ak party, and there was a failure to form a coalition government then president recep tayyip erdogan called for another election in november. similar to june, there will have to be some sort of coalition government. of course there's been no polls since yesterday but in the runup to yesterday, everything suggesting we were going to have a similar result to that we had in june, martine.
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>> thank you bernard smith live in istanbul. the taliban has claimed responsibility for a morning suicide attack in kabul. the bombing focused often a care van of military. we'll give you more information as soon as we get it. at least 37 people have been killed after five suicide bombers targeted a village in chad. bagasola close to the border with nigeria. more than 50 people were wounded. the security forces are blaming boko haram for the bombings which targeted a market and a refugee camp. now the polls have opened for guinea's presidential election. 20,000 police and security guards have been deployed across the country to respond to violence in the runup to the ballot. president alfa konde is
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attempting to win a reelection, allegations of election malpractice. we've got a lot more to come here at al jazeera, including the relocation plan of thousands of refugees currently in greece and italy. >> if you can't straighten out your kids... >> they're mine. >> this is the true definition of tough love.
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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 weeknights 10:30p et >> hello again you're with al jazeera, a reminder of the top stories. suicide bombings in ankara, at
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least 95 were killed and 250 others injured. train station attack on saturday. elections due on november the 1st. israeli forces said a palestinian woman attempted to set off a bomb in her car, the latest incident, in a wave of violence across the area. the taliban has claimed responsibility for a morning suicide attack in the afghan capital kabul. the bomber targeted a central part of the city. nebl's placement is due to select a new prime minister. the new leader will have to deal with minorities protesting against the constitution. neighboring india is also opposed at the constitution and
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trucks supplying food have not passed the border in the last two week. the current prime minister, sushil kiorala and candidates from the communist party kp oli. >> a playground in ohio when he was shot. the reviews say the officer exercised a reasonable use of force and had reason to believe the boy was a serious threat. the killing of tamir and other black men have become part of an outcry of the killing of black men. marking the 20th anniversary of the million man march. allen fisher has more. >> in the shadow of u.s. capital building they came tens of
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thousands from all over the cub marking the day 20 years ago when black men gathered prayed and called for change. >> it is a great experience to see this many people come together for this great cause. i really believe over the past 20 years a lot have changed and it is time for us to continue doing these things to continue to make progress in what's going on in this country today. >> truly aplaysing. 20 years from now like this is so historic. >> reporter: the 1995 event was considered a watershed moment, the largest gathering on the national mall. authorities claim there were one and a half million there, lewis farrakand, the leader of the nation of islam, called upon people to take control of themselves and their families. several fatal shootings respond
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the black lives matter campaign, a growing political force in the u.s. >> the cops in the community need to come together and realize black lives do matter, you can't do something any time you want and take away our lives. >> lieuist farrakand, now 82. >> what good is life if we are not free? what good is it to be alive and every day that you live you see your people suffering? what good is it to be continue in life under tyranny? >> it's thought the events 20 years ago led to a spike in black voter registration. 20 years ago there was an illinois senatorial in the crowd, his name was barack obama. a sign how many things stay the
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same. this was a peaceful gathering to remember the ground covered and the distance still to go. allen fisher, al jazeera, washington. >> back to an earlier story, nato suicide attack, jennifer glasse, tell us more. >> that's right, martine, this happened just after 9:00 in the morning local time on one of the main roads here in kabul. the target of that taliban attack, two heavily armed nato vehicles. three afghan people were injured. we saw noou a number of civilias damaged, two armed vehicles was smoking. again nato saying there were actually no casualties in that attack. this martine is the second taliban attack in kabul in less
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than a week. on thursday taliban attackers, on an intelligence figure. cs stepping up their campaign of violence in the afghan capital and in kunduz in the north. >> jennifer glasse live in kabul, thank you. now the oven refugee chief is due to visit temporary shelters in greece. some have escaped war in syria while others are looking for better economic opportunities. the european union has already agreed to relocate them to other european countries. john siropolous has more. >> because we don't have security, we don't have security and you cannot look for a job.
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in this case we need the country. >> what is the danger that you faced in your town? >> saw the explosion and the bomb and suicide attack. >> european officials are worried that if refugees continue to cross stern borders, the schengen treaty as it is known will fall apart. >> with a single vee you can pass across the european continent. that's why we have a responsibility to protect our external borders. without the control schengen would clatches in collapse in f
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weeks. >> considering to use its old airport as an emergency facility for surges of displaced people. but greece says it will not become a concentration camp for hundreds of thousands. the europea peurnl members euroe agreed to take 66,000 this year, documenting them in eu processing centers or hot spots then relocate them by flying them directly from here rather than leaving them to trek through eastern europe on foot. >> greece is to construct 6 hot spots in the next month. the first is to operate next week on the eastern aegean island of libb be lesbos.
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john siropolous, al jazeera, athens. >> the world bank and the imf, announce a new plan to raise money for them, and for the european nations who are is hosting hundreds of thousands of refugees. >> the scale of the crisis has now become global with migrants advancing into oourm an europe d beyond. social crises which are unprecedented. international community must urgently address these crises. >> presidential elections are being conducted in brus. belaru.
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the president has been in power for 21 years. the belarusian author,. >> what's important is who counts the votes. i think that's the case here. i don't think we can expect any changes. everyone thinks what's happening in russia and belarus will continue for a very long time. >> the decline in small farms in the philippines is increasing the concern that the country will soon be unable to meet its food demands. the exodus of young farmers has become a dying breed. >> working his land for over 50 years. now at 67 years old, he doubts
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he can retire any time soon. >> translator: it's a difficult job. it is hard, backbreaking work. children nowadays don't want this. young people nowadays are on their cell phones all the time. >> none of his children are willing to take his place. the country's farmers are aging. the average filipino farmer is 59 years old. much of the youth today have ignored tilling because of its perceived hardship and because of farming families belong to the country's poor. dependent on the agriculture sector, the number of family farms are joining them here. many of the farmers are small land holders who own an average of two hectares. and they say making their land profitable is difficult. there are no government subsidies here. more than 90% of farmers do not
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receive any assistance at all. >> i think there supposed to be some much more of the incentives that have to be given to agriculture. not only on the production, but on the manufacturing of this agriculture tax. >> part of problem is there aren't enough farmers to cultivate the lands. like 22-year-old jo jo and his friend. >> it's a really hard job. it hurts physically, i don't want to stay in this job. i will find a different job, anything but farm farming. >> heading into the city, a farmer's average annual salary is less than $500.
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many say that is not enough. the shortage of filipino farmers puts the country's food security at risk. the population of nearly 100 million people is growing at around 2% every year and is projected to reach 120 million by 2025. the philippines is already one of the biggest importer of rice, the economy has grown since president benino aquino has been elected in 2010. jamilla allendogan, al jazeera. the country's first virtual choir. fly high brings together the
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