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ukraine should have closed its air space, the final report in the downing of mh 17. ♪ hello, i'm laura kyle with your global news update. also ahead. three israelis are killed in two separate attacks by palestinians has rallies are held in the occupied west bank and israel. grim details of a hume situation in yemen, the number of children at risk of acute malnutrition has tripled.
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plus. forget the fairytales, argentina gives young girls real south american icons to look up to. ♪ dutch investigators have released their final report in the downing of mh-17. they have laid out the clearest picture yet of what happened in the final moments on board. we have reaction from around the world to their findings. neave barker is in the netherlands where the report was released. >> reporter: the dutch safety board have released this, a 300-page final report, detailing the last moments of mh-17 over eastern ukraine. the main thrust of this report shows just before the crash in eastern ukraine, it was hit by a
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buk surface-to-air missile, a russian made missile. there are also some other key questions asked by investigators. why of course, a civilian aircraft was even allowed to fly over a war zone. and that's has raised some key questions for airlines and for the countries involved as well. countries like ukraine, of course that some people are saying ukraine should of course closed off its air space, but we gather too that several other aircrafts were flying over the war zone at the time. was this surely an overnight on behalf of some of the airlines involved. this report, however, does not answer the question who is responsible? a later investigation is expected to give its findings towards the end of the year or early next year. we know where the plane came down, we now know the technical reasons why, but we still don't know who is responsible.
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later in the year, we may see dutch detectives push forward criminal charges of murder and war crimes. >> let's get some reaction from kuala lumpur. what are we hearing there from malaysian airlines? >> reporter: in the last few hours we have heard statements from malaysian air lines, the transport ministry, and from the prime minister, and all are saying to paraphrase that they will continue to work with investigators both in ukraine and the netherlands and in terms of the prime minister's statement, he reiterates from the transport minister is also saying. they will continue they fight for justice for all of the victims on mh-17. and while their attempt to have an international tribunal failed, they will continue to find some way to get justice not
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just for malaysian airlines and the malaysians on board but the 298 passengers and crew. the prime minister has been speaking to his australian and dutch counter parts just before the report was released earlier on tuesday, and he was setting up his thoughts on how he hopes to proceed with his government and perhaps gaining and garnering support and ideas from his counter parts in australia and the netherlands, but as far as one victim's wife was concerned, she is the wife of one of the cockpit crew. she said the report is not going to do anything for her. it's not going to bring her husband back, or bring the perpetrators, those the pushed the button on the missile to justice. so still a lot of questions. >> thank you for that.
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maria takes a look back now at how the tragedy unfolded. >> reporter: may -- malaysian airlines was south down in eastern ukraine. several makeses including the ukraine and the u.s. accuse the separatists of shooting down the plane. both the russians and ukrainian armies have them. the russian government blamed the ukrainian military. it become clear that a civilian aircraft had crashed. investigators studied shrapnel from the crash sight.
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images of buk launcher was in the area. the plane was hit by objects that pierced the plane at high velocity from outside of the aircraft. this final report draws attention back to finding out who was behind that attack. >> to israel now where attacks on israelis by palestinians appear to be on the rise. at least three israelis have been killed in two separate attacks in jerusalem. since the beginning of october 28th palestinians and 6 israelis have been killed. we'll be live with andrew simmons in just a moment, but first here is mike hanna. >> reporter: horror among morning commuters, the attack on the line between east jerusalem and the occupied west. at least one man was armed with
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a weapon and opened fire. paramedics say israelis were killed and a number injured. the city's israeli mayor was quickly on the scene. the attack taking place a short distance away from his offices. one of the attackers was shot dead. the second was injured, placed in handcuffs and taken to hospital for treatment. this followed an attack in a nearby suburb of west jerusalem, israeli police say a palestinian drove his car into a bus station and then leapt out and attempted to stab bystanders. another israeli killed. the attacker was arrested. and earlier a bus station was again the target of an attack in the central israeli city of ramallah, a number of israelis were likely wounded in the knife attack. a palestinian arrested. the increase in police appears to have little success in stopping these random attacks.
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the growing perception for israelis is no place is safe. every bus station, every street corner is the scene of potential attacks. and this time there are no organizers to arrest, no chain of command to cut. after pledging to parliament deal effectively with the threat, the prime minister has called an emergency meeting. mike hanna. al jazeera. west jerusalem. live now to andrew similar mons in the northern israeli town where a protest is taking place. andrew it looks like a pretty good turnout there. >> reporter: it's a large turnout, laura, and this is a significant rally in the sense that it really is a litmus test, a barometer, if you will, on the political temperature right now in terms of support for the
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resistance that is going on throughout israel towards the government towards israelis. now we're talking here about palestinian-israelis with full voting rights who are citizens and this is really more of a question of, if these people were to show the sort of extreme protests that others are, then the problem would be massive compared to the serious nature it is already in. now we have already had a warning from the israeli prime minister, benjamin netenyahu, that some of the -- of the palestinian-israeli members of parliament are fermenting some of the violence. he has accused at least two of them of doing so. we have all 13 members of the joint list elected to serve for palestinian-israelis in the elections in march. they are all here, and one of them is with me now.
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thank you for joining us on al jazeera. now what -- you are showing solidarity here about resistance, but what about this violence. it's spiralling to a point that is out of control. are you supporting that? >> we are not. and we are not just in solidarity with our people in east jerusalem and palestinian-occupied territories, we consider it our own struggle to march to protest, to use every possible political peaceful means in our hand in order to protect al aqsa mosque and prevent benjamin netenyahu and its right-wing radical, crazy government from its ongoing attempt to change the [ inaudible ] inside al aqsa mosque, and we will continue
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protesting until he changes -- >> but what about the violence. what is your take on that? you have three israelis killed today. a number of young lives lost in those attacking these people with knives. what do you say to that? are you condemning it? >> no, we don't use this terminology at all. and i suggest for you not to use it as a israeli media use it. we can't compare between the victims of the occupation, those who goes under very cruel circumstances to protect their lives, to protect their holy places. we can't compare them with occupier, with, really, aggressive [ inaudible ] we can't compare. we think that palestinian people have the right to resist occupation, as every people, other people in the world did in history. but at the same time, we don't see ourselves, the one hand
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million palestinians in israel using violence. we don't -- and we didn't, unlike what netenyahu lied yesterday accusing us of calling for violence. we call for peaceful, popular resistance inside our communities and also in the west bank and gaza. >> you have answered my next question there. but briefly, please, sir, where do you see this all going? >> i think this will not stop again as it happened in 2000 until netenyahu and this government declares -- >> are you suggesting this is intra-a few da. >> until he declares that no more jews will continue to enter the al aqsa mosque.
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>> reporter: thank you very much indeed for that. that is the situation. a very hot political temperature here. not the violence we're seeing in occupied east jerusalem today, but certainly tension in the air. back to you laura. >> andrew thanks very much for bringing us the latest from that scene there. do stay with us here on al jazeera, still ahead, a report from the world's most heavily guarded border which divides north and south korea. and giving a voice to the people. a grassroots alternative to the u.n. climate summit came up with in bolivia. ♪
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hello again, you are watching al jazeera, a reminder of our top stories. dup investigators have confirmed that malaysian flight mh-17 was hit by a missile. they say the ukrainian government should have closed its air space. three israelis have been killed in two separate attacks in jerusalem. since the beginning of october, 28 palestinians, and 6 israelis have been killed. and palestinian-israelis are holding a rally against the benjamin netenyahu government. hundreds of palestinians have protested also in gaza at the border with israel. this was the scene at the
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crossing earlier on tuesday. israeli solders fired rubber-coated steel bullets and tear gas. five people were injured. in afghanistan five rockets have hit the southeastern city, killing four people. the taliban had earlier attempted to storm the city, which is 120 kilometers from the capitol. jennifer glasse has more. >> reporter: they can still make their presence known. the government says the taliban have been on the outskirts of the city for several weeks, and on monday concerns came to a head. residents are shutting down their businesses. afghan reinforcements, police and army reinforcements were brought in to the city, and repelled a taliban attack. but the taliban do still control stretches of highway 1.
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that's the major highway, and they control parts of the highway between kabul and kandahar. that highway has been closed for two days. thousands of afghan travelers stranded on the highway. many having to spend a cold night on the highway monday night. taliban apparently have blown up sections of highway 1 in the province and mined part of the road. this is a major transit route, a big blow for afghanistan travelers who can't afford to fly between the two cities, and as i said thousands of them stranded on highway 1. aid agency unicef theys the number of children suffering from malnutrition in yemen has tripled since the beginning of
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the war. >> reporter: mia is one of many children in yemen who's lives are at risk. she suffers from malnutrition, and needs immediate treatment. her mother traveled a long distance to get to this hospital. mohammed faces complications from months of malnutrition. >> translator: my child is sick. he had one surgery, which cost $2,000. now the doctor says he needs another. all of this because of malnutrition. my husband had to borrow the money for the first surgery. >> reporter: the level of malnutrition in yemen is among the highest in the world. international aid agencies are worried about the war. they say if it continues many children will die. >> the situation is terrible. now after six months of conflict, we have half a million children who are severely and
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acutely malnourished. at the same time last year, we had less than 160,000 children. so it's got three times worse. >> reporter: this hospital was targeted many times. doctors here fear they may have to relocate to a temporary clinic. the hospitals are overwhelmed with the growing casualties. putting thousands of children at further risk of death. hashem ahelbarra, al jazeera. amnesty international is accusing kurdish forces of carrying out war crimes against civilians in northern syria. the ypg is a key ally of the u.s.-lead coalition against the islamic state of iraq and the levant. but amnesty international says the military wing of the ypg has been carrying out a wave of attacks on civilians caught in the middle of the fight.
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the ypg are committing abuses on people it suspects are isil supporters. the report comes as the u.s. abandoned a $5 million plan to train thousands of so-called moderate rebels to fight isil. one of the authors of the report says the u.s. has now launched an investigation into the finding. >> forcibly displacing a civilian population is a war crime when there is no military reason to do so. destroying civilian property is also a war crime. what we saw is while the residents were primarily bearing the brunt of these unlawful policies that some kurdish residents were also being forced to leave. we are talking about serious war crimes here, but we do not believe this is a case of ethnic cleansing. we're concerned that the ypg is using u.s. support to perpetrate rights abuse. and we are calling on the u.s. and other coalition states to
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con testimony these practices and ensure any future assistance is not being misused to violate the rights of the civilians. the residents that we spoke to believe in many cases the acts of displacement and demolitions were in retaliation for us is petitions that these individuals were supporting isis or other armed groups. but there was not evidence of these suspicions, and these individuals not -- did not have a chance to defend themselves. they were forced to leave their homes and in some cases everything they owned was destroyed. the border separating north and south korea is the most militaryized boundary. harry fawcett is there. >> reporter: we're here just a
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few kilometers short of the southern side. this is a routine training session going on. they are simulating coming under attack by north korean fire and repelling that fire. we're told this is routine training. it's something they do every day before they would go in. but at the moment, just over two months since the double land mine blast on the southern side, which the south koreans are blaming on the north korean side, all of this is being taken more seriously. >> translator: the area where the accident happened isn't far away from here as the enemy is nearby on the border, we're being more cautious. all units are in a state of increased readiness. >> reporter: this represents the southern side of the demilitarized zone. the situation here has changed a
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great deal since those land mine blasts just over two months ago. there was a real bout of very heightened tensions surrounding that, which came to an end at least temp tearily. since then we have seen a major military parade in the north, but no rocket launches, and also the prospects of family reunion event next week between separated families. so the situation has improved between north and south, but still people here remain on a heightened state of alert. the bolivian president has said that rampant [ inaudible ] it's a grass root's summit for act vests and [ inaudible ] leaders, so those most affected can have their voices heard. [ inaudible ] reports. >> reporter: the three-day conference ended with the president calling for the world
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to protect what he calls mother earth. a 10-point plan to send to paris, a plan representing different interests, agreed upon by delegates from far and wide, those who fear their voices won't be heard. >> mother earth, you know. she has certain things that go on, and when you start going against that, and it's -- you have -- there's no -- how can i say, there's no penalties or fine, there's only consequences. >> reporter: paris is where the world's politicians and scientists will negotiate over ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but people like this are affected by climate change who came here to have their say. in my town, my little place in the world we're seeing climate change, the water is drying up, and the cattle have nothing to drink. it's very worrying. what should we do now?
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>> translator: we hope the world's presidents listen to our proposals. from organizations, movements, people demanding our rights. >> reporter: the president called for one voice to emerge from diversity. these are just some of the voices that will be clammering to be heard in paris often to those who have little inclination to listen. but these people live with the climate change, and they say they have some solutions that should be considered. among the items on the 10-point plan sent to paris, are calls for industrialized countries to increase spending to fight the effects of climate change. and for an international tribunal to try those who commit crimes against nature. but some here have criticized the bolivian government for not adhering to their own promises, by allowing mining and
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deforestation. >> translator: people have come from all over bolivia to tell us what is happening. there is a case of an indigenous community being suppressed because of a coal mine being built on their land. >> reporter: they are all demanding their voices are heard in paris. damsels in distress have been replaced with real live heroines in a new series of children's books. >> reporter: these have come here to show children something new. tired of classic disney stories they invented one they call the anti-princess collection. >> translator: we are working to change the model that beauty is
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on the outside. the women in these story change their lives for themselves. >> reporter: the collection has two books and another one on the way. the first one tells the story of [ inaudible ] a famous mexican artist. the second one is the history of [ inaudible ], the chilean folk singer. the search for freedom and justice are some of the characteristics of this collection. the big difference with other children's stories that this anti-princesses are not a fantasy, they are some of latin america's most respected women. the third book is based on a south american military leader. the illustrator 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
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children can relate to the drawing. >> reporter: children here told us that they liked the books. >> translator: i loved the book, because the [ inaudible ] sings for the poor. >> reporter: the lives of the women in the books were no fairytale. this woman suffered from depression and killed herself. and freda tried several times. >> translator: we don't believe that children should not be exposed to the bad things that happen in the world. in disney fairytales there is a happy ending, but in the middle lots of terrible things happen. the mothers always die. the sisters destray each other. >> reporter: realism is what makes these books different, and what could inspire the new generations to come. zimbabwe has dropped a legal case against the u.s. man who killed cecil the lion.
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he says his hunting papers were in order, and he didn't know he was committing an offense. you can always keep up to dates with the latest news on our website. there it is on your screen, aljazeera.com. ♪ israel's prime minister holds an emergency meeting after the most intense eruption of violence yet. two palestinians attacked a bus, leaving three people dead. new details in the downing of malaysian flight mh17 has been released. and debate day, democratic candidates for president are hours away from squaring off. where they standing on the issues, and what they are saying to voters.