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♪ ♪ two palestinians are killed and two israelis critically injured in the latest wave of violence. ♪ ♪ hello and well to al jazeera live from our head quarters in dough ham. i am elizabeth pa ran am: concerned about russia's involvement in syria and the type of bombs being used. funerals for victims of the bomb beings in turkey as they blamed isil. forget the fairytale authors in argentina give young girls real south american icon to his look up to.
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♪ ♪ israeli forces have shot dead at least three palestinians in yet another day of violence in the region. israel has vowed to stop the wave of knife attacks after two israelis were critically injured in monday's unrest. in the latest incident a palestinian man was killed in west jerusalem. andrew simmons has the details 67 now, the police have issued a further statement about that attack in west jerusalem. they say after the soldier was fighting with the palestinian and civilians became involved. police got on the bus. they got involved as well. and that at one point a pistol came out of a holster of one of the officers and the palestinian went to grab the pistol. that point, the police say, an officer fired and shot the palestinian dead.
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now the atmosphere really is did declining all the time in terms of fear and in terms of resolve amongst security forces to be quick witted in respond to go any potential attacks. that, in turn, is leading to a real climate of fear amongst palestinians who are concerned about working in the -- in west jerusalem. there is a response from many palestinians to this situation. varies as to how they are responding. some aren't going to work, somee are trying to change their habits and trying onto avoid any possible confrontation with israelis. and also we have a situation where after that attack in the outside of a high school in occupied east jerusalem, parents are now calling on all parents of children not to send them to school. so there could be a stay away on
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tuesday. that coupled with a general strikes called for right across israel. it's a situation that is getting -- that isn't getting any easier and some say it could be the start of the third inning fa tad a. it certainly isn't an organized uprising but there are inherent dangers in the way this is progressing and the risk of it escalating even further. >> palestinian foreign minister al-maliki says the isreali prime minister wants to inning at this time gate a third inning fa tad a of a stallion up rising. >> what he has done in h escalating is to elevate the confrontation from being a political problem for a religious problem. it's at this time for contain it or control it.
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>> benjamin netanyahu dismissed allegations buys palestinians that he wants to change access to the al-aqsa compound which is hole toy both jews and palestinians. >> translator: they repeat over and over again their lies that we intend to destroy al-aqsa or change the status quo here, this is an absolutely. it's the exact opposite of course we are committed to maintain the status quo at temple mount. >> palestinians are calling on shop owners in the occupied west bank to stay closed on tuesday in protest against the escalation of violence, some businesses already caught up in the conflict have been shut for weeks. >> reporter: it's a lone house in the strategic location on one side, the headquarters of the israeli forces in the occupied west bank. and on the other, the road that has become the epicenter of the daily clashes. the house is often surrounded by the black smoke of burning tires, mixed with the white fumes of tear gas.
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times ambulances have to rush to extract him. but he always returns home shortly after. he's been living here since 1978. and won't budge. >> translator: where do you want us to go? israel wants us to leave. but i live here with my daughter and i won't leave my house, even if it collapses on our heads. this is my land. who would i leave the house to? i told the youth, don't come here. the israelis are looking for any excuse to come here, so please go. >> reporter: he and his daughter's home is located in the so-called zone-c. according to the oslo accords, it's under full israeli civil and security control. during the fighting, the soldiers surround it and often come on to the property. >> translator: they come in to our garden and take position along our fence, they won't allow any of us to move. we are under psychological pressure. with each battle there are more spent bullets and empty gas
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canisters laying around. >> reporter: here is bethlehem this is the flash points where there have been daily con problem takes rights lately just at the foot of the separation wall and the refugees camp nearby. many of the young protesters come from there. now, all the shops and restaurants in this area have closed down. the instability is taking a toll on those who live and work in the area. sammy hasn't opened his restaurant for two weeks. >> translator: we want to stay in this area. if we leave the israelis will take this land as well. many people here have already left. if the area is deserted if will be occupied. >> reporter: he is the only one to open. but just in the morning. he won't be able to sustain this for long. him and his neighbors complain the local government is not doing anything to help them survive. and there is no sign detentions are easing. nearby, some teenagers are getting ready for a new round of confrontations. they are picking up marbles from the day before.
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they say it's more about getting their frustration out. and shortly after, the grocery shop shuts down and the street turns in to a battle zone once again. al jazeera, in the occupied west bank. kurdish fighters? nba syria have announced an alliance with rebel groups to fight isil. the u.s. has air dropped weapons and surprise in the area where the group is broughting. isil controls large parts of syria with a strong hold in the raqqa province. one of the groups ago that's been able to make advances against isil is the kurdish y.p.g. syrian government forces remain in control of western parts of the country. staying in syria and rights groups are once again highlighting what they say is the illegal use of cluster munitions. rebels say that since russian air strikes began new types of bombs are being dropped in areas under their control. >> reporter: this is what syrian rebels say a russian air strike looks like from the ground.
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what's new about attacks like these are the multiple blasts instead of the single explosions they have become used to. but the trail of death and destruction that all airstrikes leave is all too familiar. >> translator: they are using cluster bombs on civilians not military targets. look at the land. it's full of unexploded cluster bombs, not even birds survive here. >> reporter: these images are floating on the internet appeared to to show submunitions, rights groups show there is mounting video and evidence that cluster bombs are being used in the latest air campaign by rauch and syria. human rights watch has documented the use of cluster bombs by syrian forces since 2012. it's raised grave concerns that russia is either using cluster munitions in syria or providing the syrian air force with new types. cluster bombs have been banned by most countries. also because the bombs which often fail to explode remain a threat similar to that caused by
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land mines. moscow maintains that it is only targeting isil but rebels say its planes are hitting those opposed to president assad. >> translator: if 24 hours time russian military jets have destroyed 25 fortifications and defensive positions of the terrorists. >> reporter: the syrian military is trying to take advantage of russia's air campaign. where rebels say their positions have been hit. in the heartlands of alawite support for assad. government forces say they have captured it earth with help from russia's intimates vision. but opposition fighters say they are holding their ground. on the mountains. they say they have repulsed the syrian army advance on multiple front. since the beginning of russia's air campaign, more families have been force today leave their homes. adding to more than 12 million syrians in need of humanitarian aid. at this makeshift camp in idlib, no one is too young to help. these are among the 7 1/2
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million children acted by war in syria. those less than five years old have only ever known a life without proper housing, food, healthcare and education. and their playfulness perhaps remains the only hope of a better future. al jazeera. turkey says isil is the main suspect for saturday's suicide bombing in the capital. there were more funeral on his monday for victims of the attack in which 97 people died. the victim had his been attending a peace rally. so far there has been no claims of responsibility. mohamed jam newspaper has th ja. >> reporter: you can see it in their faces and hear it in their sighs. with each passing hour sadness deepens. with every passing day, resentment grows. >> translator: in the heart of the capital and these explosions occur? this just raises so many
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questions. >> reporter: since the attacks near the main train station on saturday, two of his nieces have been missing. mother to three children, seen here on the right was the mother of two. both were attending a peace rail rally when the suicide bombers attacked. in the painful wait to locate their bodies. he and his relatives are as angry as they are sad. >> translator: how can anyone say there is no security weakness when it comes to this situation? how do these people bring the bombs here? how do they enter the square? how do they detonate the bombs? >> reporter: as questions pile up satisfactory answers have yet to be found. these tents were set up immediately after at tack to accommodate families of the victims. now, most of the people we have spoken with today are curr dirk they have donated dna to help authorities identify the remains of their loved ones. family members wait outside the medical forensic authority
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complex. farmer had been working the field in her village when she heard the news. >> translator: my daughter came here for a peace rally. did she have a gun this her hand? no. she came empty handed. she just came to ask for peace. >> reporter: like many other kurds she accuses the government of treating her like a second class citizen. >> translator: i have been here for the last three days. i have gotten no information whatsoever. is my daughter dead or alive? if she is dead, then show me her body. show me nigh flesh and blood. no one here is helping. >> reporter: at a time of great tension in turkey, it's clear more and more of the kurdish population feels a grieved and targeted. >> translator: we lived together for 1,000 years, how come today they call us separatists. we are just pro peace, we are living for peace, dieing for it. and even in our death we are asking for peace and peace only. >> reporter: that so many people were killed at a rally where
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they were demanding peace only makes it hurt that much more. with trauma this severe, these wounds will be extremely hard to heal. mohamed jamjoon, al jazeera, turkey. still to come on the program. germany may have opened their borders to refugees, but many are now questioning how long the government's generosity will last. and we look at u.s. senator bernie sanders' unexpected rise to stardom. we'll have a profile of the democratic candidate taking on hillary clinton.
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good to have you with us, i am elizabeth puranam in doha. these are the top stories on al jazeera. israeli forces shot dead at least three pa palestinianss ine latest wave of a violence. two palestinians were shot after stab two israelis who are not in critical condition. so far this month 27 palestinians and four israelis have been killed. human rights watch says cluster bombs are being used in the latest air campaign by russia and syria. they have been banned by many countries. the organization says it based its report on photos tang that show remnants of the munitionses. there have been more funerals in the turkish capital an cara for victims of saturday's twin bombings the government between isil is
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behind the attack that killed 97 people. dutch investigators are due to repeat the final report. all 298 people on board the both 777 died. many from the netherlands, neave barker reports. >> reporter: it was meant to have been a routine flight between amsterdam and koala lumpur. one of many airplanes traveling high above the fierce fighting in eastern ukraine remember but for the passengers of mh17, this is where at the lives ended. 298 people were killed, including 15 crew. most of them were dutch. >> there are so many questions at this moment. >> reporter: dennis is among hundreds of family members desperate for answers. his brother-in-law donnie was killed. he was on his way to the far east to holiday. >> we have lost so many lives and, of course, a lot of
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families have -- they have not been the same anymore. the whole families have changed and that's something that is -- that will stay forever. >> reporter: soon after the disaster the netherlands ordered an investigation. an early report concluded that the plane broke up in midair after being hit by high-energy objects. it didn't say it was brought down by a missile but ruled out have yovirtually everything els. ukraine and some western leaders accuse pro-russian separatists for using a bu k. russia denies it blaming the ukrainian military up ted. the reports to be announced at this dutch military base will focus four key areas, the were the people conscious or not. why the families of dutch victim had his to wait two days before receiving any confirmation that
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their loved ones were on board. the report will also try to answer why mh17 made the fateful decision to flyover a war seen. >> in the weeks leading up to the shoot down of the malaysian 17, there had been military planes shot down at greater altitudes, so there was already an indication that sophisticated weaponry was in the conflict zone. >> reporter: one thing the report will not answer, is the burning question of who is responsible. a separate criminal investigation led by dutch detectives will report its findings at the end of year. evidence that could lead to charges of war crimes and murder. we know where the plane crashed. and investigators are about to reveal their final thoughts on why. but we don't yet know who beyond reasonable doubt is two to blame. receive barker. southern netherlands.
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russia says it's foiled a terror plot by arresting several suspect in raids across the capital. security forces say they found explosives in an apartment and that an attack in moscow had been planned. no details have been released about the number of suspects or their identities. now being the u.n. refugees chief is questioning the e.u.'s strategy to build more camps in turkey to cope with the flow of refugees. more than 2 million syrian refugees are in the country but only 300,000 live in camps. many fear that moving in camps will prevent them from working and earning a living. >> i would say that an effective solidarity with the host countries, allowing for those countries also to provide refugees with the right to work, and with the possible of self reliance, would be a very important contribution to reduce this flow. >> germany was among the first countries to open its doors to the recent influx of asylum seekers, but as the flow of refugees continues some germans
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are given to go question their government's welcoming immigration policy. jonah hull reports from bavaria. >> reporter: when chance her angela merkel delivered what appeared to be an open invitation to refugees earlier this summer, it is like that even she did not foresee the effect. germany would take in 800,000 people this year, she said. the real figure could be almost double that. well, here we are in a small germantown on the bank of the inn river. on that side there, austria. this is the point where picture postcard meets the face of human tragedy. how long do you think you will stay here? >> four or five years. >> reporter: the rest of your lives? [ inaudible ] >> reporter: but there are signs that germany's generosity is wearing thin. last week mrs. merkel was tipped to win the nobel peace prize for her humanitarian leadership. she didn't. and even her closest political
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allies are turning against her policy on refugees. how many more people can germany take? >> translator: one of our main concerns is that unlimited migration could create insurmountable problems. >> reporter: already problems are mounting. videos posts on social media show fights breaking out in overcrowded reception centers. as frustration rises, state governments report a short i'm of winter housing. >> i think many people here. >> reporter: too many people. >> too many people. are just waiting. just waiting. >> reporter: waiting for what some. >> i do not know. >> reporter: they don't tell new. >> no, no no, just. [speaking at the same time] >> reporter: so what do you think will happen? >> i don't know. >> reporter: perhaps most significant is the change in cub lick opinion, -- public opinion, just over half of all germans say they now fear the refugees influx up from a third during
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the summer. >> i think we can take a lot of them. but not all. we have no houses, no flats no, jobs. of course they have to learn german. it's a problem. >> reporter: doindo you think ce lower merkel made a my snake? >> we'll see. we'll see. >> reporter: so the finger pointing has begun and while chancellor merkel insists the right to asylum has no upper limit, germany, it appears, just might. george a hull, al jazeera, in southern bavaria. opposition candidates are refusing to recognize the results of saturday's presidential election in begin a. guinea. all seven wants the ballot annulled because of what they say is fraud. facebook has reported just under $7,000 in company tax last year in the united kingdom. less tax than the average
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british person pays in a year. google, amazon and starbucks have all been criticized for paying very little tax in the u.k. to the u.s. now. the first of six democratic candidate debates will get underway on tuesday. hillary clinton is facing tougher than expected competition that senator bernie sands, he our white house correspondent patty culhane looks at the state of the race. >> reporter: you just wouldn't look at bernie sanders and think political rockstar. he doesn't come across as overly groomed. he's far from young and hip. [ chanting barry ] >> reporter: but he is drawing the biggest, most enthusiastic crowds on the democratic side of the race. >> they are sick and tired of establishment politics. >> reporter: his tol politics described at socialist. he's blunt and unlike every past presidential candidate he refuses to run negative campaign
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ads and it seems to be working. on the campus of georgetown university, his support is pretty easy to spot. >> hi. >> hi. >> document to learn about bernie sanders. >> reporter: these supporters say they don't just like him. they love his policies. promise to go raise the minimum wage. abolishing mass inning car operation and tax reform. >> go bernie. >> how is it going, would you like a cookie? >> reporter: he's promise to go make college free for everyone by taxing wall street. organizer kaleb weaver said students were excited president obama. but not like this. >> take up to the sanders campaign was really fast. and you know, emerges organically and been really intense as well. >> do i want to be the champion for every-day americans. >> reporter: and sanders is coming close to clinton on fundraising. she raised 20 aid million dollars last quarter. he raised almost 26 million. and unlike clinton, his cash is mostly coming from small donors, another selling point for these students. >> i than bernie is doing a really good job of bringing
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attention to like the working class and the people who don't necessarily have the same voice and pull in national politics. >> reporter: but most an lives are skeptical this enthusiasm will last. >> it's really unlikely that bernie sanders wins. he is an extreme mechanic of the democratic party. he's far to the left of the average democrat. and when you look at electability. and eventually a lot of democrats will look at the question of who will win a general election matchup. they'll start to question bernie sanders' credential. >> there is nothing, nothing that together we cannot accomplish. thank you all very much. [cheering and applause] >> reporter: his supporters' response, the last time hillary clinton ran, around this time, everyone assumed shell be the nominee. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: but in the end, it went to the candidate no one thought could win. patty culhane, al jazeera, washington. zimbabwe won't bring charges against an american dentist who
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sparked en national anger after killing a lion in the country. walter palmer killed cecil the lion in july, fueling debate about trophy hunting, a court in zimbabwe said that he had legal authority to hunt. the animal was lured away from a national park. police in chile have fought with indigenous people demanding the return of their ancestral land of a march by the indians in santiago turned violent. riot police fired tear gas and water cannon to disburse the crowds. they had been marking the anniversary of christopher columbus' arrival and the spanish colonizer's conquest of their land. now, tired of children stories where the main characters are damsels in distress, a publishing house in argentina has launch what had it considers a revolutionary proposal. a collection of anti-princesses books, the publication features real women who played an important role in latin american culture. teresa bo reports.
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>> reporter: nadia has come to the slum to show children something new. tired of classic disney stories, they invented one they called the anti-princesses collection. >> translator: we are working to change the model that beauty is on the outside. we are opposing a view that a woman is waiting to be rescued, they are waiting for a prince to change their lives, the women in these stories change it for themselves. >> reporter: the collection has two books, and another one on the way. the first one tells the story of frieda, a famous next can artist. the second one is the history of. [ inaudible ] the chilean folk singer. creatively and the search for treat up and justice are some of the characteristics of this collection. the big difference with other children's story is that this anti-princesses are not a fantasy. they are some of latin america's most respected women. the third book, is based on. [ inaudible ] a south american
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military leader. the sill straighter says he tries to make each character attractive for children. >> translator: i looked for old pictures of the characters. and i wanted to draw them in a minimalist way. simple. so children can relate to the drawing. >> reporter: children here told us that they like the books. >> translator: i love the book because she sings for the poor. >> reporter: the lives of the women in the books were no fairytale. she suffered from depression and killed herself. and frieda tried several times. >> translator: we don't believe that children should not be exposed to the bad things that happen in the world. in fairytales there is a happy ending, but in the middle lots of terrible things happen. the mother is always dieing, the sisters betray each other.
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>> reporter: really. is what makes these books different. and what could inspire the new generations to come. al jazeera, argentina. much more news on our website. al jazeera.com. ali velshi. "on target" tonight digital divide. the battle to bring high speed internet to those who want it and the laws that got in the way. plus, data crack down. the european ruling that could force american tech companies to make some changes. 19 years ago this month president bill clinton and vice president al gore announced a $100 million program to help create what they called the next generation internet. in their remarks, both men used a term that is unfortunately still a major cause he
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