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behind a mass shooting in california had a huge arsenal and carefully planned their attack. this is al jazeera live from doha. also ahead on the program, russian and turkish foreign ministers meet for the first time since the downing of the russian jet near the syrian border, but the stand off continues. germany will voluntarily on plans to deploy its military in the fight against i.s.i.l. plus
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oil ministers meet in vienna to discuss fall prices. we are there-- falling prices. we are there live. starting breaking news. we're getting reports that at least 18 people have been killed in a blast in egypt. security officials say that a molotov blew up in a nightclub in the capital of cairo. as soon as we have details we will bring them to you. pipe bombs and thousands of rounds of ammunition have been found in the home of the couple at the center of that mass shooting in california. detectives are trying to find the motive for the murder of 14 people and the injuring of 19 people. syed farook and tashfeen malik
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have were shot dead. >> as we entered into the conference room, the situation was surreal. it was something that i think you can prepare for. we get everything thrown at you to prepare you for dealing with that. what you're seeing, what you're hearing, what you're spelling, and it was all of that and more. it was unspeakable, the carnage that we saw, the number of people injured and, unfortunately, already dead, and the pure panic on the face of the individuals that were still in need and needed to be safe meanwhile victims of the shooting are being remembered at a candle light vigil at a stadium in san bernardino. about two thousand people gathered to mourn the dead and also to offer prayers for the 21
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people injured. the sense of disbelief is also being felt by the city's muslim community and by those who knew the suspected attackers personally. >> reporter: these people worshipped with syed farook at this mosque. they say there were no signs that he was radicalized or capable of mass murder. >> how could that be? it doesn't make sense. he was married with a six month old daughter. he had a good job. what would make a person do such a thing. >> reporter: they say he never appeared angry or like a person holding a grudge >> he was a very respectful individual. you didn't talk about policyics? reporter: they do say that he took his muslim faith seriously and memorised the entire quaran. the men who prayed with him at
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this mosque say they are shocked and baffled as anybody else as to why anyone did what they did. >> we knew him for a few years now. he seemed like a nice person. it's for all of us very shocking that someone that we know that actually did this crime. >> reporter: on thursday afternoon police allowed journalists to get close to the inland regional center where the killings happened. what shocks many people here most is how he and his wife could have made pipe bombs and planned mass murder while caring for a six month old baby girl. criminal behaviour expert says such cases are not unheard of. >> sometimes hateful idea ideology is indeed a family fair and often we will see a prior actor who directs aggression in a more vulnerable person who is manipulated. >> reporter: thursday evening members of the muslim community
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gathered, praying, mourning and trying to make sense of an unfathomable crime russian foreign minister lavrov said that he heard nothing new from his turkish counterpart regarding ankara's position on the downing of the re a russian jet. the two men were on the sidelines of a conference in belgrade. it was the first time they met since the incident. the stand off continues with president putin warning of further action against turkey. >> reporter: this was a chance for russia and turkey to diffuse tensions, a face-to-face meeting between the two countries, foreign ministers on the sidelines of a conference in belgrade. he said it was unrealistic to solve problems with russia in just one meeting. >> translation: these meetings are important. both sides do not want to escalate the tensions.
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both sides want to repair relations. we have different opinions and positions. turkey wants to narrow down these differences. i'm sure once the sentimentality is left behind common sense will prevail. >> reporter: in moscow putin delivered his state of address, which he has done 12 years. after a moment of silence for russian service men and civilians killed abroad recently, he reiterated a call for global action. >> translation: we need to set aside to create a united front which will act on the basis of international order and under the auspices of the united nations. >> reporter: for turkey, a threat that more retailation will follow. indeed, negotiations have just been suspended for one of the
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country's biggest joint energy projects, the planned gas hype line. this would have been a ways for the gas destined for european markets to avoid another neighbour that russian now has explosive relations with. ukraine. now, talk of russia's international isolation is often overblown but it has lost key allies in the last two years. responding to russian allegations that turkey has been buying oil from i.s.i.l., president erdogan hit back with accusations of his own. >> translation: who is buying that oil? let me tell you. a syrian who has a russian passport, george hashrawi. he is the biggest trader. he buys oil from d.a.e.s.h. sells it to the syrian regime and international oil traders. most recently the u.s. department of the treasury made this public.
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another chess player in the oil trade. we have documents that we will make public to the world. >> reporter: russia is demanding an apology from turkey for the loss of its plane. turkey is urging russia to keep a cool head. for now, the war of words goes on britain as prime minister says air strikes against i.s.i.l. targets in syria will take time and require persistence. david cameron has been speaking for the first time is since they gave the go ahead to go into action in syria. >> reporter: there will be very strong support from muslim countries, gulf countries that have asked us to take part in this action as part of a process that will actually help to deliver the political and diplomatic change that we need in syria as well, but we're going to need to be patient and persistent. this will take time. it is complex, it is difficult, but what we're asking our pilots
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to do but our thoughts should be with them and their families as they commence the important work the german parliament is vo voting on sending soldiers to fight i.s.i.l. protesters are against the plan. france appealed for german help after last month's paris attacks. analyst is with us. germany getting into in, as far as you can tell, what type of public support does this have?
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if france is using its troops in other parts of the world like africa, germany could step in and take up some of their operations and give french troops the opportunity to act where they want to act. it seems as france wants germany to be visibly involved in this and this is the commitment that germany wants to take because france is the closest ally how long do you see germany willing to be involved?
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indicated that there will be a vast majority within the parliament to the french thank you so much. political analyst joining us from berlin. >> you're welcome police in thailand are reported to have received a warning from russia of possible i.s.i.l. linked attacks against russian visitors. an flernl police document linked to local media says ten syrian nationals who entered thailand. oil ministers from the opex exporters are meeting in vienna, oil ministers arrived in vienna on thursday. on the agenda is oil production. so far they haven't been able to strike a deal. oil prices continue to slump.
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we seem to have an idea of what the agenda is supposed to be. any idea how they're actually going to tackle it? >> reporter: well, there will be a very big debate amongst the 12 ministers. on the one hand i think it's fair to say that you have the saudi arabian position which is that the current level of production should be maintained regardless of the short term impact on oil prices; in other words, the zaudis are prepared to see this glut of oil on the international market which has contributed to the current dramatic fall in oil prices in recent days going beneath $45 a barrel. the saudi strategy is to put high cost oil producers out of business through this low oil price. for example, people who are
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producing oil from shale through the frocking proceed in the states, people who are producing oil in very deep waters, say off the coast of brazil. people who are looking for oil, they would like to see these people pushed out of the market production. other companies, venezuela, algelee i can't, who lead a more hands to mouth existence who need high prices day-to-day to fund their government social projects, their security concerns and so on, and they will be saying to the saudis, please let's cut back production and push the oil price back up to roughly at least 60/70 dollars a barrel would give us some flexiblity and that the nature of the debate that will
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nightclub has killed 18 people in egypt. pipe bombs and thousands of rounds of ammunition have been found in the home of a couple at the center of the multiple shooting in california. detectives are trying to find a motive to find the killing of people. russian prime minister has met his turkish counterpart for the first time since the shooting down of the russian jet. south africa are meeting about chinese investment. president xi jinping has already signed deals worth s and is in
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cooperation with africa. china has investigated heavily in numerous african countries including zam bia. beijing has a growing stake in the agriculture sector. >> reporter: this man came here as a farm laborer. over the years he has worked the way up to the ranks to become a manager of one of the biggest chinese owned farms in zambia. although people here is suspicious of chinese owned companies, here relations are good. >> at the moment because of the high production, we've been able to send our school children to school using the farm trust, which is good. so that is how there has been an improvement on the people's lives as well.
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we have classes where we're training our staff so that we can move teeth in terms of technology-- together in terms of technology. >> reporter: he was sent to china for further training. evidence day he shares knowledge with other staff. it's the kind of skills the governments want to see more of and there's plenty of opportunity for further development. the zambian government says only 15% of the country's aridable land is being farmed. agricultural development would help the region feed itself. at the moment drought is affecting southern africa but this farm's modern irrigation system means it can still supply 10% of the capital's wheat and maise. doing business in zam can be conflicted because the-- zambia can be difficult. things like fertiliser and
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machinery have to be imported. chinese investors can pas per if they have the right attitude. >> they should be developed, grow with the farms >> reporter: the government wants more of this kind of chinese investment and the transfer of skills and knowledge that come with it. so it can become more self-sufficient venezuelan heads to the polls on sunday for parliamentary reelections which could see the opposition make big gains. food shortages and high inflation rates has damaged the party. >> reporter: the government of
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the venezuelan and its president are calling this an historic battle to preserve the revolution and to prevent venezuela from being plunged into darkness. >> translation: i am conscious of what is at stake, not just the survival of the model in venezuela, but in all of latin america. >> reporter: no effort was spared to rally supporters here with the help of the vast media network. for the first time in 17 years the opposition has a good chance at chipping away at the revolution on state power. it's an election that many view as a referendum on the president who replaced the previous president when he died two years ago. you can see his image and the message is absolutely clear. don't betray him. he is watching. one of the world's largist oil
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producing nations has plunged into an acute economic crisis making it worse by the drop in oil prices. they say they are tied of shortages of food and medicine, basic services and the highest inflation rate in the world and more and more people here hold the government responsible. of all the government vows, they will respect the results, the president is sending a worrysome message that they must win the elections at all costs no matter what it takes to brazil where reaction to up coming impeachment against the president has ranged from anger to relief. she is accused the manipulating accounts. al jazeera went to shop of a metal worker and he gave us
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thoughts on his latest thoughts. >> translation: my name is bran. i work as a metal worker. it has been a year since i started here. i've had a lot of different jobs because these days you can't just have one. at the beginning of this year things were still moving, but lately it's really slowed down. it used to be that things got busy at the end of the year, but not this year. prices are going up and there's no room to breathe. you have to shoot yourself in the head to put food on the table. crime has gotten worse, hunger has gotten worse, we really believed in lula and she would do good things. the time in office for he was good, for a lot of people it was even better. before loola nobody had had an
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hdt serve. or even eating meat. we do that now. in term of our president i'm in agreement with impeaching her. tell us any good thing? i see unemployment, robbery in the streets. theft everywhere. all they talk about in congress is theft, theft, theft and nothing good for the people. it's waste, waste, waste all at the expense of the poor. this country needs their government. it is coming out of our pocket. it raises the price of everything. so now i hear that the speaker of the congress has begun to peach him. if he is helping the people to impact this government, it's better to go through a year of fighting than to have to live through four more years of
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suffering. that's the way i see it. better to fight for a year and see what happens u.s. prosecutors want to exodus tray diet two more senior executives. the executive committee meeting has been meeting in europe to discuss reforms. thailand is addressing human trade. this only address espart of the problem. >> reporter: the grim evidence of years of human trafficking gone unchecked and unhindered. a mass grave found last may in an abandoned migrant camp in the denies jungle between thailand and malaysia. the international outcry prompted a swift crack down by the thai government. that only pushed the problem off
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shore. thousands of rohinga immigrants in myanmar were left at sea. just weeks after the crack down, thailand hosted a high level regional meeting to deal with the issue and create a new criminal court sdwigs to prosecute-- division to prosecute subjects trafficking >> translation: in this new division judges give priority to human trafficking cases. it means trials related will be tried faster than other criminal cases >> reporter: last month the highest one happy. his attorney feels there's a political element to the new human trafficking division. >> translation: i believe the set-up of a new division is because of international pressure. for the case of the rohinga, it's about aiding my grant, not human trafficking. this damaged thailand's image
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>> reporter: this is where the 88 defendants will face trial, the criminal courts in bangkok. they are transferred to the southern border area to the new human trafficking division founded in august. the trial is expected to take at least a year. seven judges will preside over the case that includes charges of human trafficking dating back to 2011. 500 witnesses will be questioned. this man has been working with rohinga refugees for years. he sees the new court as a start but says much more needs to be done. >> translation: it doesn't matter how great the new court is. thailand needs to change the whole system and to make the public understand better the definition of human trafficking and the police need to clean up their act and enforce the law. >> reporter: if more change needs to happen, it needs to happen soon. the sailing season has started and there are reports that more rohinga have taken to the sea in smaller boats, but still taking
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