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>> the russian and syrian foreign minister question turkey's efforts over the do you understand russian jet. >> you're watching al jazeera live from doha. >> we know who the enemy is, it's i had red. >> the french president promises to destroy isil as a ceremony to honor the victims at the paris attacks. >> pope francis speaks out against corruption, poverty and environmental degradation in kenya. plus an unlikely tourist destination, how traders on
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north korea's borders with china are cashing in on a boom with visitors. >> russian foreign minister sergey lavrov says moscow has question about turkey's commitment in fighting what he called terrorism in syria. he's been holding a press conference in moscow along with his syrian counterpart. they agreed that the only way for a political peace process to begin is to get the opposition and the sir i can't be government talking with the help of the international community. >> we agreed that a list of terrorist groups that will be excluded from any political negotiations needs to be drafted. it will be the needs to go through the u.n. security council. it is absolutely clear that without it, political peace talks cannot take place. >> this is what the syrian
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foreign minister had to say: >> isis militants received weapons and free passage. they didn't have to use parachutes, we are talking militants that received medical help and weapons from turkey. turkey made the step to shoot down the russian jet because it supports and encourages those terrorists. >> let's bring in rory challands joining us from moscow. rory, both foreign ministers, both strong allies on the same page when it kim to everything that they were discussing from the downed russian jet to the political process for syria going forward. not surprising, really. >> yes, strategic partners is what he calls russia and syria. they were, i think singing from the same hymn sheet here. we heard a lot of criticism of turkey. we heard that from the syrian foreign minister, who was left to deliver the fiercest criticisms of its northern
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neighbor. it basically said that turkey has been carrying out aggressive acts towards syria for the last five years. it said it had sympathy with russia for having been hit in similar way over the last few days. of course, referring to the downing of the russian jet, but this is something that syria believes it has been undergoing for at least since the war in syria started. he said that turkey was supporting various terrorist groups inside syria and that particularly, the illegal trade in isil's oil is something that turkey's involved in. the prime minister said that it might be because russia has been striking that illegal oil trade that turkey chose to shoot down one of its jets. of course there were other things there besides. they were talking about the
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vienna peace process. there was fierce, fierce criticism from the foreign minister for turkey. >> rory, when it comes to the peace process for syria, sergey lavrov calling on external players, as he said, to create the conditions necessary to create an intra syria dialogue going forward. they are trying to push forward the political peace process, but i wonder how this will be received by other countries involved in the vienna talks. >> well, i think as long as this goes according to the vienna plan, then the countries that were involved in the vienna peace process dialogue will be broadly supported. the devil is in the details, of course. basically, the vienna dialogue calls for a number of different things. it calls for this intra syrian dialogue. it then calls for a new constitution. it then calls for fresh
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elections. it calls also for a truce, essentially to allow all of this to happen. the first thing that needs to happen is, well, according to the russians and the syrians is that a list needs to be drown of of factory who is to be called a terrorist, because it's only one list drown up that you can have a ceasefire with the ones who aren't terrorists. that's going to be a difficult thing. also getting this intra syrian dialogue is going to be difficult, because although damascus says that it knows exactly who it's going to send to the talks, it's now the responsibility of the opposition to work out what their political platform is and who they are going to choose to speak with the syrian government, so many different points along the road at which this could all fall apart. >> thank you for that update. >> france has been holding a ceremony to remember those killed in the paris attacks two
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weeks ago. ♪ >> families of the victims and. some survivors gathered at the complex. they stood to attention for a military band playing. a minute of silence was held followed by the reading of the names and ages of all victims. president francois hollande gave the key note speech, promising that destroy what he called the army of fanatics behind the attacks. >> france was struck in a cowardly way. i simply want to say these words, france will be at your side, we will unit our strength to ease our pain and after having buried the dead, it will be up to us to heal those still alive. i promise you france will do everything possible to destroy the army of fanatics that committed these crimes.
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we know the enemy, it's hatred, the hatred that kills in bamako and madrid. the enemy is fanaticism. >> in hebron, a palestinian was killed after allegedly trying to run over two israeli pedestrians. the two israelis were slightly wounded. 102 palestinians and 21 israelis have been killed since the latest wave of violence began last month. we are outside an israeli prison in the occupied west bank. stephanie, tell us what you've seen throughout the day at this israeli prison and the surrounding areas. >> when it's the usual friday protest, they happen in certain areas across the occupied west
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bank. it's a prison where they often hold palestinian prisoners in administrative detention, which means without charge up to six months which is then renewable under a military court. there is the standoff. it is winding down. we just had a barrage of tear gas. the palestinians will tell you this is a back and forth. they call it tom and jerry jokingly. they've move forward, throw stones and molotov cocktails. the army will respond with stun grenades. it's winding down, so everyone getting tired. the message here, it's youth. we are not talking hike numbers, 100 to 150 maximum, now even less than that. they are frustrated, which is why they come out to make their point and be remembered. as we've heard just on our air earlier, many here will tell you that the eyes of the world are preoccupied elsewhere and that the palestinian cause is
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certainly not top of any agenda. there's no real sign on the table of any next negotiations between the two sides. things at the moment worse than in a long time, so there is a lot of frustration here. that's why the youth will continue to protest to get the message across. speaking to the older generation, they've lost hope that anything is going to change in their generation when it comes to ending the occupation. >> is there a sense, stephanie, that this is going to keep on escalating? so far, 102 palestinians have been killed, 21 israelis, since this wave of violence began at the beginning of october. >> yes, and i think in a way, it sounds odd to say it, but it's become the norm here. every day, we have incidents, today we had three. it's sort of a ticking over of incidents of its alleged ram are or stabbing attacks, soldiers shoot to kill.
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there's a real fear amongst people of each other. it's become one-on-one. there is he i especially if youk to people in jerusalem, occupied east jerusalem, israelis, palestinians, everyone is suspicious of each other. this is difficult to calm. we've seen the u.s. secretary of state john kerry come here on tuesday in a last ditch effort to speak to both leaders, the israeli prime minister and palestinian president. we have had the white thousand say recently that there will be no two-state solution under obama's presidency. that is a message that i don't think surprising anyone here. what kerry took away is nothing was achieved. he couldn't get recessions or bring anything to the palestinian president who said i'm certainly not going to give you anything, because we're the ones under occupation. very, very difficult to see how this is going to be involved. some will tell you it's the failure have the international community to put pressure on
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israeli to have something the palestinian president can take to his people. it's difficult to see how both sides will come to a table and palestinians don't believe this good afternoon has any intention of ending its occupation. >> thank you. >> pope francis has left kenya and is heading to uganda for the second leg of his africa tour. he spoke out against what he called tribalism in kenya. he addressed thousands in nairobi. he said that kenyans need to unite in order for the country to develop.
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it can mean having a hand hidden behind your back and having a stone to throw at others. you won't have a dialogue if you don't listen to each other. it is like a worm that grows in society. >> what are the expectations of the people? >> people here are excite. we've just heard the pope said plane touchdown on the runway at the airport. that's a few hundred meters in this direction. this is the main road that runs from the international airport to the capital. allual it for the last couple of hours, crowds of thousands have been gathering. uganda is a fairly religious country, about 80% christian, about half catholic. there's about 14 million catholics here. on top of that, pope francis is the first pope for a very long time who's not a european.
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he's from the global south. he's argentinian and walked through slums living humbly. he's a champion of the poor. this his the second stop of his african tour and causing lots of excitement. >> what is he expected to do in uganda? >> the first stop is the residence of the president whose been in power here for nearly 30 years. the popes coming right in the middle of election season. there's campaigns going on now for a presidential election that will happen in february. the president wants to run again and him on the other opposition candidates part way through conducting their campaign across the country. pope francis almost certainly won't say anything much about party politics, but we can expect him to urge ugandans to try and have a peaceful election. after meeting the presidents at
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statehouse, he's got a number of other engagements today and saturday where he'll be speaking through tens of thousands of you began danes. >> malcolm, thank you for that update. >> coming up on the program poland's far right allies against the refugees as the country sees a surge of racist attacks. >> we'll take you to a film festival in qatar where more than 100 movies are being screened. screened.
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>> france holding a memorial ceremony for those killed in the paris attacks. president hollande promised to destroy the army of fanatics behind the attacks. the as her moneys brought together the families of the victims as well as survivors. >> pope francis in uganda for the second leg of his africa tour. he spoke out against corruption and tribalism, saying they hamper progress there.
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>> the turkland mountainous region in syria has become under intense airstrikes after it was captured by rebels. we have this report. >> the sound of shelling and airstrikes hardly stop in this area bordering turkey near the turkman mountains. right here in front of me is part of the turkman mountains that's been under heavy artillery shelling all morning. after an early offensive, it's been under heavy bombardment. this area has been hit on both sides. the regime controlled the area earlier this week. rebels retook it tuesday. this is when the russian airstrikes started to target the area then we had the whole situation with the russian fighter jet shot down by turkey.
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rebel forces were sweeping the area. the opposition fighters claimed they seized two tanks and a number of armored vehicles in addition to various weapons. this area has witnessed hit-and-run attacks and is difficult to predict what will take place and who will be in charge in the next few hours. >> germany deported around 60 asylum seekers from balkan countries after rejecting their applications. in a deal with kosovo, germany will send back refugees whose travel documents expired or have been destroyed. the government declared these countries safe. this means their citizens don't qualify for asylum. >> anti racism groups across europe reported a spike in attack on muslims and minorities in recent days. this is strong in eastern europe and in poland, a new right wing government wants to make it harder for refugees to enter.
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>> having your own restaurant may be a dream come true but for the opener of this place is a constant reminder of what he lost. he played for a leading football dreams. his career was interrupted after a racist attack left him with a broken arm. incessant abuse from polish fans wore him down. he gave it up to start his restaurant and raise a family and now his son is getting the abuse, as well. >> i came to pick my son from school and one of his friends said to him, alex, monkey's here for you. my son was so embarrassed. he was seven years old. i was looking at the teacher to do something. she didn't say anything. >> racism in poland is nothing new but getting worse.
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in this demonstration in the city last week, they chanted poland must stay catholic. among refugees coming to poland, he said attacks in paris have given the far right all they need to feel morally justified. >> people who are with the refugees feel so broken. they feel that they are invalidated by what happened. all the conversations, their points they tried to make that muslims are peaceful people are stopped by people proving them wrong. what worries many is that right wing governments which now
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overtly say that migrants might be terrorists are given an open goal to violent racists. >> this cannot be used as a fry fix against any religion. in warsaw, as elsewhere, mosques have security to stop putting people from putting pig's heads through the windows in just the same way anti-semitism is growing, police didn't stop this crowd. this is exactly the sort of thing that isil wants to see in europe. lawrence lee, al jazeera in warsaw. >> despite a no round of peace talks, southern thailand continues to be plagued by violence. armed groups are fighting nor independence from buddhist toy land. 6.5000 people have been killed since 2004 in the region. we have this report from
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southern thailand. >> walking into the mosque is painful. it's where her father and 31 others were killed by the army 11 years ago. the military said they were all separatist fighters. she says her father was innocent. >> why wouldn't the army try to catch them alive? they were all killed. the authorities used full force to deal with the situation. it was too much. >> it was one of two major i wants in 2004. 85 protestors died during a demonstration outside a police station. almost 80 of them were suffocated in police trucks. since then, violent attacks by separatists have increased. a new round of unofficial peace talks is underway between the thigh army and the umbrella organization representing most of the ethnic muslim groups. >> independence is still the goal of all the groups.
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right up to this moment, no groups have dropped its claim for independence. >> independence is definitely not away option. >> the results are some doubt whether the right people are represented from the right group. >> it's obvious they do that not have command and control underground. that basically means that the violence will continue. >> as it does, the death toll rises. on this occasion, two border guard policemen were gunned down in an ambush. >> there is a certain level of support among muslims for independence, but for many people, the goal is much more simple. they say they want to receive a better deal from respective governments in the capital bangkok who they say have always dictated to them.
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they wanted greater say in their own destiny, better education, more jobs and they want to be heard. >> both sides need to hear our voices and our thoughts. we've been affected by the violence. they need to listen to us and include us in the peace process. >> there's no word on when the next round of talks will take place. the people in southern thailand can only hope that peace will eventually come. >> north and south korea will hold takes next month aimed at improving relations. the unification ministry in seoul said the summit will calm tensions along the shared border. relations have been strained since two screen soldiers were wounded by a land mine in august. things very different on north korea's other main front here. the river border with china is becoming increasingly popular with tourists. as rob mcbride reports,
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enterprising north korean traders are doing good business. >> it's the unofficial way through north korea's back door with one of the growing number of chinese tour groups taking a boat trip along the river, which separates china and north korea. this one goes right into north korean territory. >> just a couple of minutes from the chinese bank of the river, we're in the north korean part of the river with north korean territory on either side. >> the chinese tourists have a chance to peer to the lives of their reclusive neighbors, largely oblivious to the passing boats, daily live continues. we haven't escaped the attentions of the traders who make a living from these relatively rich visitors selling from their small boats. they didn't want to be filmed. this section of the river has become a floating market, and all under the gaze of border
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guards who don't seem to care. the north careens don't have much to sell, but our boat load of tourists seem to want what they do have, from food to cigarettes, we are soon stocked up. then, announced for sale, north korean bank notes, the perfect souvenir on a trip across a border that a little free enterprise seems to be making less impregnable. al jazeera between china and north korea. >> documentary fill i am makers from around the world are gathered in doha for a chance to see films with topics from the invasion of iraq to an all female football team in know pal. we have more. >> mr. president, mr. secretary em, we're giving our facts and conclusions based on solid intelligence. >> war of lies in an in depth
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interview with away iraqi refugee whos reports of weapons of mass destruction began the invasion. one big problem, his evidence was false. he said he helped remove former leader sadaam hussein. 12 years on, and iraq is still ravaged by war and infiltrated by violent armed groups such as isil. the film provides an intight to how the world got to this point. >> one more uplifting film headlining at a festival is about a nepalese football team made up from villages high in the himalayas. these women reach new heights despite life expectance only 39
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years. >> these are just some of the 147 films being shown here at the 11th annual international documentary film festival in qatar. this year's theme is horizons, because it broadens horizons and showcase talents, too. >> more than 50 countries are represented in films being screened at the festival. the lucky few will win top prizes, providing a boost for established and upcoming
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filmmakers in a competitive international industry. >> you can also keep up to date with all the latest news on our website. there it is on your screen, aljazeera.com. france pace tribute to the victims in the paris attacks. >> chicago protestors prepare to march on michigan avenue. >> donald trump demands an apology after claims he mocked a disabled reporter.