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♪ russia's sports minister rejects allegations of doping from a scandal that has shaken the sports world. ♪ hello there i'm shiulie-ghosh and david cameron calls for reforms of the eu or britain may have to exit the world body. 20 years on commemorating the life and death of nigeria's ken and how 3d printing is a big draw at one of the world's largest air shows and we will take you to dubai.
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♪ russia's sports ministry has said it's not surprised by the latest allegations that drugs cheating is widespread in russian athletics but in a mixed message the sport minister also completely rejected the world antidoping agency's conclusions and charlie described the accusations that doping in russia was state sponsored as baseless and fictional and also insisted russia doping agencies are totally independent and collect 15,000 samples annually with disqualification of 2% of athletes tested and accused double standards and claiming similar investigations are not commissioned in other countries and rory challenge has more from moscow. >> takes work to unpick what has been said by the sports ministry here in russia but i've been doing that over the last few hours and i can detect three
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different strands in their message, the first is compliance, essentially the sports ministry is saying whatever the iaaf decides in a week or so russia will comply with that. it is going to adhere to the decisions made by the international sporting body. the second strand is evasiveness and basically saying we have not been given enough time in the report and accusations contained in it and need to go through it properly and we need to look at the individual accusations and workout whether they are true or not. the last strand is of course defe defending and it it has had a bit of an issue with doping but it has a bad apple theory for this saying these issues were to do with individual athletes and their coaches and not a systemic issue so that is why the sports minister is saying that the
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report is fictitious and baseless and refuting the allegation that this was something that the russian state itself was complicit in. now, as to how this whole thing is being interpreted by russian media well you really only have to look at the headline proper, a tabloid newspaper here that said the events in geneva on monday were like a bomb going off. >> john good body ports reporter with the uk sunday times think russia faces suspension, possibly worse. >> much will depend initially on the decision of the iaaf council which meets this weekend, friday, saturday and what their reaction is because the russians had to respond to this and give their explanation officially to the iaaf, that is the world governing body for track and field athletics then of course
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the iaaf will make a decision about whether they should suspend russia and my guess is they probably will and then there is also the reaction of the international olympic committee who of course are guardians of the olympic games and whether they want to have russia in the games next year, certainly for track and field athletics and possibly for other sports as well. european election monitors in myanmar have said the poll was generally transparent but not flawless, and aung san suu kyi league for democracy is on track for a landslide victory and could give opposition the presidency and loosen the military grip on the country and wayne has the latest from outside the leader's house. >> reporter: the eu delegation in myanmar to observe the election says the process wasn't perfect but acknowledge that myanmar has come a long way and reports from the polling stations around the country
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themselves were largely positive but some concerns were raised about the process for early voting for advanced voting and voter registration. those are similar concerns that have been raised by the national league for democracy party in the form of official protest to the election commission. the eu also spoke about concerns about the process from here on and the fact that 25% of seats in parliament are reserved for the military and wants to see in the future at least one of the houses of parliament reserved 100% for elected members of parliament and doing away from the appointed seats for the military and a handful of results have been announced so far from the election commission, it's a very slow process so far and overwhelming majority of those seats have been won by the national league for democracy which appears on track for a very large win. british prime minister david cameron has been talking about reforms he wants to see in the eu before a crucial referendum
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to determine if the uk stays in the 28 nation block and linked membership of eu to national security. >> the day as we confront fresh threats and dangers to the country i'm in no doubt that for britain the european question is not just a matter of economic security but national security too and not just a matter of jobs and trade but of the safety and security of our nation. equally when europe and the european union accounts for almost half of our trade it matters for our commission security that the eu is competitive and succeeds in prosperity for its members. >> reporter: and our reporter has more. >> well mr. cameron has set out a fairly broad set of aims here, not demands so much because they have to be negotiated with his fellow leaders of the european union but aims for the terms upon which britain might continue to be a member of the
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european union. they deal with things like migration, he wants caps and limits on migration to this country, he wants a sort of sovereignty drive greater power for national power and wants britain to opt out of moves to a close union and wants key protections for the financial center here in the city of london, how it all goes down with his fellow leaders that is going to be a tricky negotiation and kicks off in the middle of december at a big meeting of leaders and some and among them eastern european countries that won't like his stance on migration and mr. cameron may have to soften the edges of his aims here but the balancing act will be careful not to water things down so much that he fails to be able to convince the british public of the benefits of remaining in the eu because the polls at the moment are beginning to suggest that there may be a majority of britain's thinking very seriously now about voting against european union membership when that
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referendum comes around, perhaps in 2016 but before the end of 20 2017. >> possibility of leaving eu turkey has still not joined the block despite almost ten years of negotiations and on tuesday the european union published a report to let them in and may never be allowed to join and we report from istanbul. >> too big, too poor, too muslim the words of a former eu commissioner just before turkey ended into formal talks for entry in the european union and a statement that help set the ten years that the talks have dragged on so the latest generation of turkish students of the eu are more pragmatic than enthusiastic of the prospect of membership. >> it is the biggest partner of turkey in the trade but i think that is all. i really don't believe that
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turkey is a european union member. >> translator: i believe it was the eu who blocked the process in the first place. there may be various reasons for this. one may be turkey's huge population and there is also a debate about its culture, is turkey a european country or not? >> translator: i really want turkey to be an eu member. i see eu membership as a way to advance democracy and human rights but when we look at our current foreign policy it doesn't look likely that turkey will become a member soon. >> and he has been teaching the classes for seven years and noticed a decline in support for eu membership among her students. >> there used to be much more enthusiasm for membership because i think they believed the prospect of turkey's membership at the moment but right now many of the students will tell you that they seem to see a very weak prospect for turkey so they don't really
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believe it's going to happen in the near future and also they have talked about whether the eu is really sincere about taking turkey in as a member. >> the ruling ak party and when it swept to party in 2002 eu membership was the priority. but as progress stalled, prime minister now president erdogan turned east attempting to establish turkey as a leading power in the muslim world. in the ten years since turkey went knocking on the eu's door rapid economic growth although it's slowing now has pulled millions of turkss out of poverty and many of them and hope one day to join the eu it doesn't seem as important now, bernard smith, al jazeera, istanbul. u.s. secretary of state john kerry heading to vienna for more talks to resolve the crisis in syria and special envoy to syria will brief the council on
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tuesday has been to moscow and others to the negotiating table and so far no success. on the ground the fighting continues and people displaced by the conflict are facing the on set of winter as dana reports. >> reporter: it's a daily struggle for survival and the number of syrians faced with this reality is only growing. and she says she can no longer cope, she has been living in this tent for weeks, her family is among the more than 100 syrians who have been displaced by the recent fighting. >> translator: we left and came here because of the bombing and we were afraid, we need help and need milk and blankets and clothes for the children. >> reporter: winter has arrived and the displaced have little protection from the cold and rain, they come from the northern countryside of hana providence win battleground where the syrian government and allies have launched offensives to recapture territory. >> translator: we have left because of the syrian government bombing and the russian planes,
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people fled 45 towns for the southern countryside of idlib and living in orchards and no organization has given us help. >> overwhelmed by the scale of the crisis gaining access to those in need is a challenge, further south in homs the u.n. managed to deliver aid for the first time in six months to to the opposition stronghold in the city, the district is home to tens of thousands who are under siege but the u.n. is now facing an even more difficult task, special envoy staffan de mistura has been asked by the key players in the conflict to restart a diplomatic process and work on a nationwide ceasefire. world and regional power whose met in vienna agreed on a diplomatic process and u.n. has to get the government and opposition to sit down for talks to clear the way for elections and a new constitution but the players have first to agree on a list of government members and opposition representatives who will be allowed to take part in
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those talks. the end to the war cannot come fast enough for those effected and the bargaining may take a while and the warring sides do not recognize each other and no fate of bashar el assad and more fighting as they try to gain the upper hand on the ground to be able to make gains at the negotiating table, beirut. coming up, later in the program and telling you why some candidates for the u.s. republican nomination think children of undocumented workers are a big threat and report from hong kong where thousands of refugees say they are isolated and kept away from the rest of the population. ♪ the only way to get better is to challenge yourself,
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♪ welcome back i'm shilulie-ghosh and sports ministry says it's not surprised that drug cheating is widespread in russiarussian athletics and slammed the antidoping agency saying it's baseless and fictional. myanmar's action was generally transparent but more reforms are needed and opposition leader has won 54 in the national parliament out of 62 that have been announced and british prime minister david cameron talking about reforms he wants to see in the eu before a crucial referendum that will determine whether the uk stays in the 18-nation block and for the
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first time linked british membership to eu national security. 20 years since he was executed and nigerians are remembering their champion of the environment. the activists has confronted oil giant shell over a series of spills and he was sentenced to death of being found guilty of involvement in four murders, a case condemned as a sham and from the river state region u von reports. >> thinking nothing would happen. >> reporter: 20 years after her husband's execution widow maria is happy his campaign against environmental pollution forced the energy company shell from their homeland but sad he never lived to see their grandchildren. supporters say he was prying for murder and campaigning against shell and criticizing the then military government for failing to control the foreign company. nigeria was expelled from the common wealth of mainly former british colonies after a
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military tribunal sentenced him to be hanged. >> for the people he gave us a voice and gave us courage to speak out and was able to bring to light the problem in the n, -- niger delta and paid dearly for it. >> reporter: has pipelines running through here but abandon its installations after his campaign. environmental activists say video recorded two months ago shows shell is still causing pollution. this oil facility owned by shell has caused several large oil spills and amnesty international and people here say. the last one occurred three years ago damaging farmland and fishing waters and shell has still not cleaned up the damage. in may shell was ordered to pay more than $4 million in damages
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to 91-year-old farmer robert powell. >> translator: they should pay me my compensation so i can use the money to find food to eat before i expire, before i die. >> reporter: shell is appealing the damages ruling and say they are cleaning up their spill but the amount of the pollution is caused by vandalizing pipelines to siphon off oil. this is around her late husband's study and it's evidence that shell is still wreaking havoc and must be stopped. >> the struggle is very much still going on because we have to keep harmony with the multi nationals and the government to remember that they have to make the multi nationals do what is right. >> reporter: thousands are due to hold a rally on tuesday in memory of their most famous sons
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to preach the continuation of nonviolent struggles for those who cause pollution and degradation. hundreds of troops and police ended a riot in an over crowded prison in guinea and 13 were injured in the capitol and the 60-year-old prison was designed to hold 220 inmates but currently it has got more than 2000. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and u.s. president barack obama have met for the first time since world powers reached a nuclear deal with iran. the white house billed the talks as attempt to move past disagreements and focus on how to make israel feel more secure and the two leaders tried to send a message of unity on the israel-palestinian conflict. >> we condemn in the strongest terms palestinian violence against innocent israeli citizens and i want to repeat once again it's my strong belief that israel has not just the
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right but the obligation to protect itself. >> never give up the hope for peace and i remain committed to a vision of peace for two states for two people a de-military state that recognizes the jewish state. >> reporter: u.s. republican candidates meet on tuesday for a fourth debate and forum will focus on the economy but another issue that is taking center stage is immigration and the children of undocumented workers and it has become the cornerstone for donald trump and protelled him to the top of the polls and john reports. >> reporter: the face of what some u.s. presidential candidates call the threat. >> i'm born in the united states means i'm 100% american but i mean like i feel myself as mexican too. >> reporter: janette were born here and under the u.s.
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constitution that makes them american citizen and their parents and sister were not and republican presidential candidates have a word for that. >> the anchor babies. >> reporter: argument is that the anchor baby comes first and then comes the rest of the family. >> people are bringing pregnant women in to have babies to give birth right citizenship. >> we now take care of that baby, social security, medicare, education, give me a break. >> reporter: there are cases of foreigners bearing children in the u.s. for citizenship but in reality children like janette cannot help their family be legal citizens and cannot apply for families to join them until they are 21 and years more if they are undocumented and the older sister cannot work or apply to college. >> she is not allowed to be in a college because she needs to be registered as an american here and i realize that she has been struggling a lot and working hard. >> reporter: advocates for immigrants say the talk in the
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republican presidential race victimizes an already oppressed minority. >> definitely speaks to scapegoating and demonizing a large amount of the population and not just latinos and around the world. >> people born in the united states and subject to the jurisdiction are citizens and added in 1868 just after the civil war, at the time the u.s. did not limit immigration so there was no concern about people entering illegally, the main reason for the addition was that slaves were not considered citizens and this guaranteed their children would be. janette's parents risk daily deportation. >> translator: it affects us because we go to work and we don't know if we are coming back. everyday we just pray that we can go to work and come home. >> reporter: each year u.s. immigration officials deport as many as 70,000 parents with u.s.
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born children like janette and john h intersection . under scrutiny in hong kong and record number of people facing years of living in limbo and rights of asylum seekers. >> a long way from her home in the philippines and susan was forced to flee when her husband was killed and a bounty was put on her head, her identity is being hidden for her protection. >> it's a very horrific experience and not easy to leave your country and your friends, your family, especially my kids. >> reporter: four years later she remains safe but desperately unhappy, last year her status as a refugee was recognized but hong kong won't allow her to work or volunteer and food allowance is one u.s. dollar per
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meal. >> experience being homeless, homelessness, we don't know where to go and we experience to sleep at the park. could can feel that sometimes the whole world is against you. >> more than 10,000 refugees in hong kong, that is an increase of more than 70% over the last two years. in a city where accommodation is expensive many are forced to live in slums and tiny flats. >> majority of them are living on really a very, very small amount every single month of what they can afford are for example there are rooms right behind a staircase, some of them are living there, some of them are living in coffin home as we call them. >> christian groups are helping and seeking protection in hong kong. >> basic needs are taken away from a lot of these people and that is really where the refugee community has to depend on
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community organizations like ours. >> reporter: the government wasn't available for comment. unlike most other nations hong kong is not a signatory for the convention on the status of refugees, china is but has not been extended here and the u.n. convention against torture which prohibits deporting them and face prosecution approval rate is 1% and 11 out of 13,000 cases accepted here since 1993. that compares to a global average of around 27%. even if they are successful and recognized as a refugee, the government in hong kong doesn't offer most of them the rights they would have under refugee convention including the right to work. >> best they can get is a temporary permission to work and that is only after years of misery and delay and there is no proper status. >> reporter: for the increasing number of refugees now living in
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the city some who fled persecution, the situation offers little hope to those wanting a new start, sarah clark, al jazeera, hong kong dubai air show usually makes the headlines for the billions worth of aircraft sold but many airlines are keeping their checkbooks closed at this year's show and using 3d printers are in the spotlight and we explain from the show. >> after two days of the air show in dubai the order books have been quiet and two years ago in 2013 it was a record number of orders 206 billion spent on new plane orders. this year the only things of note so far are jet airways from india spending $8 billion on 75 new 737 planes and emirates airline from dubai spending $16 billion on ge engines for its
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knew 777 when they arrive and the a 380 forget it and there has not been an order for one of those in three years and with not so much happening outside the focus has shifted to inside and this is the first time in dubai with one section of the show with 3d printing and a big part of the industry and air buses a 350 which started flying last year has a thousand parts on board which are manufactured through 3d printing. what we have here is something completely different and the world's first 3d printed drone or uab as they call it with a jet engine inside and what they managed to do is to construct it or print it from a material that can withstand the heat that a jet engine puts out, now that jet engine is pushing this drone up to 240 kilometers an hour and can imagine how that would change the whole way drones are
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used and at this stage it's not a concept and nothing that is mass produced or ordered and it's demonstrating of what 3d printing is capable of and what it can do in a very short space of time. controversial live show using killer whales in the u.s. city of san diego is to be faced out by 2017, seaworld says the performances will be replaced by a new display focusing on the whales natural habitat and behaviors and the company has seen the revenue drop and has been widely criticized following the release of a documentary in 2013 called black fish, the film was about whales in captivity. scientists have discovered what appears to be ice spewing volcano on the surface of pluto and the new horizon made a fly by this year and from the image ls it took researchers see two large mountains and on top depressions from a volcano found
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on mars and of course here on earth and volcano activity has not been seen in the solar system and rather than spewing rock the volcanos would have released water and frozen nitrogen. the college athletes that teamed up to take down their university president. president obama today has done something he has not done for more than a year. he shook hands and spoke face to face with israeli prime minister
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