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>> another escalation of violence in israel and the palestinian territories, the israel prime minister said that all available means will be use to the top attacks. i'm lauren taylor. also coming up. dutch investigators say that flight mh 17 should never have been flying over the war zone at the time it was brought out. and derailing hillary clinton's hopes for democratic presidential nomination. we'll be live at the party's first debate. [ gunfire ]
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>> the ugandan film director making movies with a $200 budget. >> hello, the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu said he'll use all means to restore order after flood shed in the palestinian territory. 30 palestinians and 7 israelis have been killed since the beginning of october. the unrest is because of the anger in occupied jerusalem. the jewish groups are given freer rein to visit the site. thal aqsa controversy comes against the backdrop of frustration in the expansion of
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the settlements. mike hanna has more from jerusalem. >> the cameron man is told not to daughters disorder. this is a regular seven, the officer says. random searches in the city. this palestinian resident told us off camera that he had been stopped and searched four times since leaving his house a short while before. coming off renewed attacks, the most serious com coming from west jerusalem and the occupy police. israelis were killed and a number injured. one in critical condition. the city's israeli mayor was quickly on the scene the attack
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taking place a short distance away. one was shot dead. another was injured and he was taken to the hospital. another israeli killed. the attacker was arrested. earlier the bus station was the target of the central israeli city, a number of israelis were likely wounded in what israeli police say was a knife attack. a palestinian arrested. the increased deployment of police appears to have had little success in stopping these random and sporadic attacks. the growing israel perception is that no one is safe. every bus stop, every street corner is the scene of an
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attack. this time there are no organizers to arrest, no chain of command to cut. >> the israeli prime minister emerged from an emergency meeting from a security cabinet to make a brief statement in parliament. >> israel will settle the score with the murderers, the killers, and those who try to murder, and those who assist them. i'm calling on the head of the palestinian authority to stop lying, stop the ensitement. >> mike hanna, al jazeera, west jerusalem. >> palestinian israels and northern israel have been staging peaceful protests. >> thousands fill the streets of this counsel carrying a strong protest message against the israeli government. these are palestinian israelis citizens of a state, and amongst them their representatives.
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13 members of the israeli parliament of the knessett. >> what is happening is not us. it is actions of the israeli government. this continuous occupation, all of this into this legitimate anger. >> but the sort of anger here seen here was not violent. in instead, hard-hitting speeches hitting the prime minister's actions. >> this rally with its backed out town square is seeing the litmus test, a barometer of support for resistence. right now it's peaceful. the police and army are not in sight. that's the way it stayed. this rally showed overwhelming solidarity with the resistence to the occupation. organizers say that 95% of this town had come out on strike. all the shops from closed. and speakers call for a peaceful
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solution. among them was a jewish professor. >> who wants to live in this country had to defend the arab minority within israel against the attack by our government. and that netanyahu is playing with fire and it's dangerous for both our people. >> andrew simmons, al jazeera, northern israel. >> the air space where a jet was shot down in ukraine should have been close. the dutch investigation board concluded that the plane was hit by a russian missile killing all
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298 people on board. neave barker reports. >> in a dutch military hanger lies the broken shell of mh 17. 298 people died on board this aircraft, shot down over the war zone in eastern ukraine. it's a grim puzzle that has helped investigators piece together their final technical report about the flight's last moments. >> flight mh 17 crashed because of a 9 m 319 war hit that fits the surface to air missile system. >> it is pitted by shrapnel from warhead that exploded. the section broke away in midair. it would have been a quick death for those piloting this plane. the one thing that the report cuss not answer is where the missile was fired from, and the burning question of who is
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responsible, but suspicions are riped. it is believed it was a missile supplied by russia. russia denies this. russia has prepared a parallel report including this life-size reconstruction that refutes the dutch findings. russia claims that the type of missile used to shut done mh 17 only exists in ukraine's arsenal and said that the weapon was fired from ukrainian-held territory. from the families of those killed it's been a desperate seven for answers including why the plane was allowed to fly over a war zone. the report calls on airline companies to call on precautions, and suggests that ukraine should have closed it's air space. we know where and why mh 17 crashed, but we don't know who is to blame.
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the results of a criminal investigation are expected next year. evidence that could lead to charges of war crimes and murder. neave barker, from the air base in the netherlands. >> eight people have been killed in a series of explosions in maidugari. >> rather than say the people got suspicious and then challenged them. they suspect this is the work of suicide-bombers. this is an area hit repeatedly by boko haram.
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by the way, right now it's actually under curfew until probably tomorrow we'll get a clearer picture. but for the time being my sources tell me that the police, the military, and they're trying to find out what happened. >> to the first of six presidential debates that are get under way in las vegas later, hillary clinton is facing tougher than expected competition from bernie sanders. >> you just wanted to look at bernie sanders and think political rock star. he's far from young and hip. but he is drawing the biggest most enthusiast tick crowd on the democratic side of the race. >> they're sick and tired of
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establishment politics. >> his politics often described as socialist. he's blunt and unlike every past presidential candidate he refuses to run negative campaign ads, and it seems to be working. on the campus of georgetown university his support is easy to spot. >> do you want to learn more about bernie sanders. >> these sporters say that they don't just like him but love his policies, promising to raise minimum wage, abolish mass incarceration and increasing tax reform. he'll make college freebie taxing wall street. students were excited for president barack obama but not like this. >> the take up for the sanders campaign was really fast. and urged organically, and it has intensified. >> i do want to be the champion for every day americans. >> and sanders is coming close to clinton on fundraising. she raised $28 million last quarter. he raised $26 million, and
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unlike clinton his cash is mostly coming from small donors, another selling point for these students. >> i think that bernie is doing a good job of bringing attention to the working class, and the people who don't necessarily have the same voice and pull in national politics. >> but most analysts are skeptical that this enthusiasm will last. >> it's really unlikely that bernie sanders wins. he is an extreme member of the democratic party. he's far to the left. when you look at electability and eventually a lot of democrats are going to look at the question of who is going to win the general election match up, they're going to question bernie sanders credentials. >> there is nothing, nothing that together we cannot accomplish. thank you all very much. [ cheering ] >> his supporters respond the last time hillary clinton ran around that this time, everyone assumed she would be the nominee. but in the end it went to the
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candidate no one thought could win. >> well, let's get more from patty culhane who is in las vegas. how important is this debate for the candidates? >> well, i can tell you right now, lauren, 13 months until the first votes are cast for the president. probably not going to decide who, in fact, gets to be the democratic nominee for president, but it sure could get rid of some of the candidates. the three lower-tiered candidate they have to make an amazing first impression if they want to move beyond the 1% they're showing in the polls. for bernie sanders, he has to prove that he does not just appeal to the far left, the progressives, he needs to prove that he can actually win the general election, and for former secretary of state hillary clinton she has a couple of things she needs to do tonight. first, make no mistakes. that could definitely her her with bernie sanders so close in the polls. the second thing, try to make people not only like her but trust her. her poll raters are abysmal
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heading into a general election. it could doom some canale candidacy, but we're going to hear about the growing inequality in the united states, an ironic setting for that. this is inside one of the wynn hotels in los angeles. this is where people come and play millions of dollars on a single hand on poker yet some of the workers are making minimum wage struggling to feed their families. how can these candidates help these workers, and not the people who play here, that will be the top of the discussion. >> patty culhane, thank you. still to come on the program, the u.s. and russia keeping close quarters in the skies over syria as the two sides hit isil targets. and a supreme court ruling that could change the lives of
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>> a reminder of the top stories. violence in israel and palestine has continued for a 13th day with three israelis killed in two separate attacks. since the beginning of october, 30 palestinians and 7 israelis have died. dutch safety board investigation into malaysian flight mh 17 concluded that the plane was hit by a missile. all 298 people on board died in
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the incident. at least eight people have been killed in a series of explosions in the northeastern city of maidugari who conclude three suspected suicide-bombers and five civilians. there has been more protest in ankara in peace rallies. with elections coming up, the bombing may sway voters. >> and protests persist, more and more officials are calling for unity, even as the political division in turkey seem to grow deeper. analysts say that the country is more polarized than ever. >> it's as if the winner takes it all game and no one is the loser.
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>> a huge worry for all the parties who posters hang throughout this city. while daily life in ankara has returned to normal it its no longer politics as usual. parliamentary elections may be around the corner, but political rallies have been suspended for the time being out of respect for victims of saturday's attack. it remains to be seen our how an if those bombings will effect voter opinions. >> outside of the main train station where the blasts occurred the makeshift memorial is still in place. carnations to commemorate victims and pictures sit amid the flowers. >> we can overcome this by our will to live together. we're mourning together and feeling the pain. we will not allow anyone to use the pain that we're feeling to further divide us. this is a terrorist attack. and this terrorist attack was
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aimed at the whole of this country living in unity. >> a member of checks and balances, and inter log initiative made up of members who live all over turkey. they came to reinforce their message while they may think differently they can solve by working together. >> i bleach the people who lost their lives, dialogue, dialogue. dialogue. >> tired of poisonous politics and an expanding conflict with the armed kurdish group pkk, they're hopeful that citizens working together can help turn the tide. >> all of turkey wants to return a cease-fire and dialogue. turkey needs the language of peace and dialogue and the negotiation. >> a language that these days seems to be spoken far less than
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ever before. al jazeera. >> reports that the taliban in kunduz. they seized control of the city, but a spokesman said that they're retreating to avoid further civilian casualties. attacks have killed four people, it comes a day after the fighters attempted to storm the city. al jazeera's jennifer glasse has the latest. >> the rockets fell at the end of the day into ghazni city. they may not be able to get into the capital, but they can still make their presence known. they have been on the outskirts of the city for several weeks and on monday concerns came to a head. residents shutting down their businesses. the streets very empty as they might all the the city. now afghan reinforcements were brought in to ghazni city and
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they repelled the taliban attack. they control stretches of highway one. they control parts of the highway between kabul and kandahar. africa's second largest city shutting down traffic. now that a highway has been closed for two days. thousands stranded look the highway. many having to spend a cold night on the highway and expected to happen again tuesday night even though they say they'll drive them off the highway. taliban has blown you have sections of highway one in ghazni province, this is a very major transit route. a big blow to afghan travelers who can't forward to fly between the two cities. thousands of them are stranded on highway one as forces try to dislodge the taliban from the area. >> the u.s. and russia are set to hold talks on air safety about syria after military aircraft from both countries
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came within site of each other. a spokesman for the u.s. military said that the incident, which happened on saturday under scores the need for air safety guidelines and spoke out against russia's intervention in syria. >> i find these airstrikes to be reckless and indiscriminate. they're doing the option of what they claim they want to do. they claim they want to fight isil. in reality these indiscriminate, irresponsible airstrikes have had the affect and will have the effect only of prolonging the suffering of this evil. >> in iraq the army is preparing to make another advance against the islamic state in iraq and the levant. roslind jordan has more from washington, d.c. >> the u.s. military isn't saying when they believe that iraqi forces are ready to lead
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126 pounds. although. >> like many young offenders he had a troubled past. abused in foster homes, shot in the face, convictions for robbery and other crimes. then he was sentenced as an adult for the murder of a rival gangster. but something happened inside. he grew up. >> in my growing sense of maturity and remorse, despite all that, you can still do something better with your life. you don't have to resign to this meaninglessness. you don't have to resign to this existential nightmare. you can do something better and give yourself that goal and that plan. >> his friend adolfo davis was also fortunate. he remains in prison 25 years later. the u.s. supreme court is now considering whether offenders such as davis should be
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resentenced. the court banned sentences of life without parole for children in 2012 saying children must consider their potential for change. the court is now considering whether that ban should apply to the more 2,000 offenders convicted before that ruling took place. >> the court told us that youth matters. the fact that they may be more impulsive than us. the fact that they're not fully developed. none of us is the person we were when we were 15 years old. we all change and grow and that's exactly what we expect. that's exactly what xavier demonstrates. >> ask xavier mcelgrath bay said that other children should have the chance to show that they've changed. >> they're no different than me or anyone else who has been given the opportunity. the sad reality is that he doesn't have that opportunity. i just think that it's completely inhumane, wrong, and
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immoral of us to discard him forever because of a childhood mistake. >> the court is expected to decide by summer whether boys who grew to manhood in prison who get the chance to enjoy the freedom he knows how now. al jazeera, chicago. >> now how much do you think it costs to make a modern blockbuster action movie? how about $200. that's the average movie budget for one successful ugandan director. malcolm web has this report from kampala. >> a rescue operation gone wrong, but the rescuers fight back. it's the plot of the latest action film. he makes almost one every month here at his studios in uganda's capital of kampala. >> many come from the ghettos, from the slums, so i focus on the live we go through in the movie. then it becomes a movie for them. [ gunfire ] >> and they're popular.
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extraordinary drama in familiar settings draws crowds in the neighborhood cinemas. since isaac started putting the trailers on youtube he has attracted fans from all over the world. this one went viral and has had more than 2 million views. the theatrics on screen are made possible by the creatively resourceful crews behind the scenes. all of the equipment homemade. this tripod is made by a carjack. this is made from a crane and bits of scrap metal welded together. the biggest prop here is a life-size model of a helicopter that the technicians are still building. and here is a giant machine gun made from water pipes and a lawnmower engine. the sound of gunfire. [ gunfire ] is added after. isaac has taught himself to use
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graphic software downloaded from the airport. and his wife marriott has become an expert in special effects. they're getting ready for the shot. >> we put in red a little blew, and then we put it in the con dome. >> the tactors mostly trained on the job say that they're here for more love than the movie. >> i need to be more, that's my dream. that's why i act all the time. if the director tell me to do anything, i can do. >> everyone here is dedicated. a torrential storm ends filming for the day and cuts off the electricity, but isaac won't stop. he's using a battery back up. this is his 40th movie. as soon as it's finished he'll start on the next.
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malcolm web, al jazeera, kampa kampala, uganda. >> and a quick reminder that you can keep up-to-date on all the stories we're reporting on. >> self insured people, better or cheaper options. the affordable care act c has reduced the number of uninsured people, but a number have dropped their coverage. what's theia
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