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the u.s. secretary of state is in te middle east to work on ideas he says could be a game-changer for syria. you're watching al jazeera live from the headquarters in doha. ahead, hurricane patricia lashes mexico, flooding is a major threat. criticism as a palestinian man was wrongly arrested. we go night the archives to
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see how millions of records are kept in order. hello, the u.s. secretary of state is in the middle east to push on a new diplomatic ideas in syria. he's now traveled ojordan a day after russia's foreign minister says jordan has agreed to coordinate air strikes with moscow. kerry will head to another round of talks in vienna next week. nizreen, how much coordination do we expect to see between the russians and jordanians, and why
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the they have agreed to take the step at this particular time? >> reporter: well, what we do know that since the start of the conapplicant iconflict in syriad very hard to secure its border with syria, 340 kilometers. they have in a way become allied with the jordanian government. this week, jordan has managed to secure its border and keep the southern part of syria quite stable. now, the fear has been that since the russian air strikes began on syria many western officials have criticized russia for not only striking i.s.i.l. targets but bombarding and
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hitting areas where antii.s.i.l. fighters operate jordan has been concerned striking its interests, we understand now following this agreement between russia and jordan that the military cooperation is going to focus exactly on that area, on southern syria to make sure that the jordanian border remains secure and its interests are not struck by russia in syria. that is not osay tha to say than is not part of the coalition, jordan is a very important part of that coalition, this is not going to change jordan's role, but jordan allied with more countries to fight terrorism and terrorist groups. >> thank you for that nizreen.
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the u.s. space agency nasa have released these images showing the extent of hurricane patricia. riding out the storm in shelters. andy gallagher reports. >> reporter: hurricane patricia formed in just 36 hours making landfall with winds 236 kilometers per hour. the authorities have little time to organize evacuations and get residents to safety. thousands flew out of the region whilst others rode ultimat out e storm. >> if there are fewer services, what they recommend ask that they stay here at the shelter. >> reporter: but the initial reports from the authorities are
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that the storm has caused no loss of life. >> i insist the most dangerous part of the hurricane has yet to enter the national territory. besides we expect large amounts of rain, i ask the people of mexico to be watchful over the next hours. >> as hurricane patricia moves on land it poses a more serious threat to the rural communities. the risk of heavy rain and mudslides could be a real threat. the storm remains very dangerous for those who remain in their path.
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>> i suppose everyone is waiting to see the amount of damage the storm has done andy gallagher. >> the mexican government has suspended the hurricane warning, some regions are no longer under tropical storm categories either, winds are 155 kilometers per hour. there are still some great risks from flooding, particularly as this storm moves into the more remote mountainous regions, whether there's little communication or people live in ramshackle homes, we have had reports that so far there has been no report of major the damage or loss of life.
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just how huge hurricane patricia was, at one point the winds were 350 kilometers per hour. in the next five hours the authorities will be able to get a much better idea of what damage has been done but certainly those forecast catastrophic damage don't seem to be happening at this point in time. >> sounds like people as well as just normal people were well informed about this storm. >> the authorities seemed to have done a good job of getting people to shelters, certainly tens of nows of tourists left that area already. it seems when this storm did hit
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land it dissipated very, very quickly. that eye of storm was very very concentrated. those folks are lucky pickup the details we're getting from the authorities here is that there was no major damage and essentially no loss of life. >> thank you andy for the update from mexico city. richard is here to tell us whether the worst of the hurricane was over. as andy was reporting, the storm is weakening to a category 2 storm. >> yes, the most powerful cyclones to have run off of the history. it hit with winds of 320
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kilometers per hour, and the central pressure was 979 mill meets. we think there could well have been a storm surge of 5 kilometers. we think it is certainly at least the third strong typhoon out of the area. certainly one of the most powerful storms of all. it's going to take a vast amount of rain with it. weakened all the time. if you like the surface portion of this hurricane begins to, give 150 millimeters of rain there. uf up the coast. there's that he were at a
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procession in jacobivad. demanding better security from the government. hundreds of pakistan's minority shia have been killed in sectarian attacks over the last decades. shia ishia in bangladesh fit time the shia minority has been targeted in bangladesh. wrongful arrest of a plrnian bobby has been scrit sized by a cc timplet group. standing at the encumbrance to a storeroom where he works, where
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israeli police start to kick and beat him before arresting him. riced that video says the boy was held for two days before he was evening questioned and it took a full three day three day. his friend was released. uks secretary of state john >> united states secretary of state john kerry will work with easing tensions, people there vai they continue to suffer under the abolishingades. are andrew simmons has the story. >> returning from prayer,
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palestinians said they will get better. >> it's ruining our lives, it is very hard 90,. >> reporter: there are three ways in and out of isawea. the security forces say they have sealed off the village in order to keep the peace. this is center of the village and the confrontation point between israeli forces and palestinian protesters. for anyone living in the vicinity it's a nightmare. >> but for 65-year-old h e-hodir had is, sunset out to drive her to hospital but he says soldiers held him for half an hour before letting him take her to
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hospital. by then he says it was too late. she died of a heart ataj. >> i was angry as i wanted to save her life. what happened to me didn't matter. at the time in the village it wasn't blocked. it would have cost me only a few minutes to ream myization but. >> our twin 300 cannot even comb to my house. >> reporter: the police say there was no delay at this checkpoint. he can see how close this villages is to the hospital. just beyond the blocked main area of isawa. sake of up to two-hour delays at
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>> the headlines on al jazeera. u.s. secretary of state john kerry is in the middle east to try to push on with a new diplomacy in syria. after russian foreign minister said jordan is willing to coordinate air flights with moscow. hurricane patricia is the strongest hurricane recorded in the western hem western hemisph. more than 50,000 people have been moved away from the coast. home made bombs at thousands of shia muslims in dacca. hours earlier a suicide bomber in pakistan killed at least 22 shia worshipers there. well russia' russia's intr n
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from baghdad, imtiaz tyab has the details. >> reporter: this is what many across iraq want to see. russian air strikes against sieferl like these once in syria. well it's too soon to say how successful moscow's campaign has been. there is growing frustration, to help take the vast territory i.s.i.l. still controls across iraq. hakim zamalie, one of the most vocal supporters of russian involvement in the fight against i.s.i.l. >> we know russia did not get involved in the middle east for our sake but for rather their interests. >> it's not just politicians who
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want to see russia take a more powerful role, late last month russia and iraq signed an intelligence sharing agreement that also included syria and iran. washington says it does not want russia in the region targeting i.s.i.l. abadi now finds himself in a position of trying to appease its political and security allies while keeping washington on list side. whatever the case, it would appear that the position has already worked to his advantage. >> yes, they well not ask for any help from russian. giving iraq countertroorm
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vehicles tanks and u.s. weapons in the coming days. in recent days the coalition has intensified strikes on beaj in n the north. it would appear that the 37t tht of a russian role spurred into action. the question is how long would it last and would its lead to any meaningsful imains gains? imtiaz tyab, al jazeera, baghdad. maiduguri the capital of
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borno state, attack killed almost 27 people. main opposition leader under house arrest, opposition supporters have been protesting against the president's decision. >> removing barricades left behind from antigovernment protests, the exam seems quieter than usual. there is a heafs opposition presence in some are strongholds. >> they will stop and we will die, but i want to restore peace and the government is there to secure people. >> reporter: the police come and shoot us and flow grenades. the people are oppressed. we need to find a solution about
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this one of. >> the president cannot run for a third term. president has 72 years old and already served two seven-year terms. >> he doesn't speak of this thing. i think it will be a subject perhaps in a few months. we are not in the election for presidency. it will come -- perhaps -- in may or june of 2016. not yet. yet, it's for the constitution of a country. >> more protests are feared before sunday's affirm. opposition leaders say they are not giving up. government officials sea the resolution will go ahead after
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monday. >> the presidential election is due to be held in july of next year. the proposed changes to the constitution will ultimately help the nation's poor but many don't believe them. haru mutasa, al jazeera, brazeville. >> a 21-year-old man killed a teacher and a student with a swortd on friday. hundreds of mourners gathered at the school to take part in a candlelight vigil. >> a memorial is due to take place in france after 43 members of a bus tour were killed in a crash. slovenia's prime minister has called for closer
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coordinationen for countries involved in the migration. robin frech forester. reports. >> ali from iraq wanted to make one thing clear,. >> he i love my being fream but we are a threat from militias. >> you can tell from the grooun thats that are well worn routes and the numbers keep on coming. that is a burden slovenian can't bears without man mowr, leading
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refugees towards an illegal poured crossing. slovenia's people will not tell us where they will send those people. they just push them through the border, unexpectedly. sometimes not very good condition and this is very hard then for us. >> when the pliements's visit officially returns to the camp on friday. transport laid on for them to continue their journey towards the australia ran border. no more buses so down came a fence. the uncontrolled exodus continues. robin forester walker, al jazeera, slovenia.
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>> well, friday's session of parliament was suspended after the opposition let off tear gas canisters. they want the cins to gak out of deals with serbia and montenegro. , chronic mall nutrition. david mercer reports from the guam's world. >> these guatemala children, their mother josefa says it's impossible to break the life of poverty. i wish we had the mine to buy the medicine outside of the hod,
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with it but we don't. it's very hard. >> a few measures down the road, here too the guatemalan government is absent. with the second round of votes coming on monday. how they will bring the change to the people who need it the most? two nach hours away from gooment >> guatemala city. >> under 12% of gnp is collected in taxes which is very far.than brazil who is 30%.
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>> led to months of protest and brought down guatemala's president. the spobility the provide basic services for the children' chils tarveg for ds answer them presidents. unsecretary-general says that although the body has contributed to a better wocialtd it haworld ithas faced some cha. >> i'm bridget fisk and i'm chief of u.s. ar ciefers. records and archives of operations that are created as a result of a consistently refltion. we fulfill a number of authorizational and objectives,
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some are requirements from member-states for accountability. our whole thinking about preservation, what archives look like, is radically changing. it's quite frightening when you open a box and you find, do you remember the great big floppy 12 inch disks? then you find the little hard disks and nobody has a vhs player anymore. one of the media that is the most stable, i can't believe i'm going to tell you this, the most of embarrassing is microfilm. one great thing about microfilm is you can hold it up to light and read it. you don't need any machine whatsoever. we have the 55 flags that were flown at lake success, the
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temporary headquarters of the united nations during the general assembly's first session. i think i've got the best job, i really do. >> you can look for top stories at aljazeera.com. >> in 2009 peace came to sri lanka after 26 years of civil war. >> government troops had crushed the tamil tigers - a guerrilla force which had waged a brutal insurgency seeking self-rule for the tamils c a minority making up about 12 percent of sri lanka's population mainly living here in the north.
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