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>> this is al jazeera. hello, i am lauren taylor, coming up. the u.n. admits it failed to investigate allegations. >> rival libyan leaders signed a u.n. packed peace deal put not everyone was on side. the british.says members of the plus >> tunisia remembers askisy.
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>> in doha, one story dominating the sporting headlines this thursday. from the special one to the unemployed one, jose marino leighs chelsea for the last time, we have the latest reaction, coming up after learning that frenching peace keepers allegedly sexually abused young boys. the damming report says that the allegations were passed from desk to desk, and in box to in box, with no one willing to take responsibility for the allegations. joining us now in new york, what do they recommend be done against is that. >> well, lauren, this is the much anticipated report, it is over 100 pages long, and
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it is very thick, very detailed as you can imagine. i can tell you we have rarely ever seen a report this damming of the united nations. let's just take you back to where this all started. it was in 2014, the accusations against french peace keepers that were not blue helmets. they were working in france outside of the u.n. as peace keepers, however, after allegations of sexual abuse are the the hands of these peace capers an official wrote a brief report, sent it up the chain of command, and that's where according to this report, the u.n. and almost top to bottom level did absolutely nothing about it. as you mentioned, the report details how ever single person within the u.n., or within the u.n. system, did not address those very serious allegations. now, with the basically the report is laying bare, is that the u.n. has no sort of
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system in place, to sort of deal with these sort of allegations, or at least a centralized system, that can hold people or hold peace keepers accountability when they are accused of such terrible terrible crimes. now, the report lays out wrongdoing, or turning the other eye to this by u.n. officials. now the report lays out a series of different recommendations on what should be done. i will say that a ban ki-moon spokesperson did speak. they say that there frees that there are systematic failures among the system when it comes to addressing these, and the relations of haw moon rights. but as far as what recommendations out of this,
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the u.n. secretary general is going to implement, we don't know yet, but i can tell you there's a whole series of recommendations in this report. but at the top of it all is basically that the u.n. a needs to take these accusations seriously, but beyond that, have a better system to deal with it because this report says right now, they clearly don't. >> okay, gabriel thank you very much indeed. while the incident stems from allegations of sexual abuse by french peace keepers the u.n. has faced several allegations in the past. the organization has a zero tolerance policy on sexual assault and abuse. in 2012, an independent team of experts was brought in to investigate it's peace keeping missions since then, the number of allegations have fallen. last year, there were 79 compared with 96 the year before. 60% are complaints made since 2010, were found to be unsubstantiated, there have been several campaigns
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launched pushing for peace keepers to lose their immunity. >> she joins us a report, we heard that the secretary general said that the united nations failed to response meaningfully, when faced with information about reprehensible crimes against children. are you satisfied with the tone and the kind of response to the report. >> but certainly from what i have heard and the press conference that i heard given the panelist themselves, i feel as though this is a scathing report, that does justice to the sorts of allegations and the crimes that we exposed back in april of 2015. it vindicates everything that
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my organization, and our campaign code blue exposed and brought to the public's attention. >> we mentioned the issue of zero tolerance, how is it supposed to work? what do you think went wrong. >> everything went wrong. zero tolerance means just that, it means there isn't a bit of leeway for anyone who commit as crime, or who knows about crimes that were committed and there simply is absolutely no -- according to the stated policy, the stated commitment of the secretary general. given to you in the testimony of young boys that provide the level of details that they did back in 2014. and then you must act in every arm of the united nations needs to act, unicef did not act, it is appalling
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the negligence of unicef, the office of the high commission for human rights didn't about, and then as the reports went up the chain, there was just negligence, and an omission of duty, everywhere you could turn within the united nations. the secretary general is ultimately responsible and he is demonstrated the zero tolerance is just a slogan for him. >> now one thing that the panel found, as you mentioned what you described as failure, but just on the kind of what you do about it, there's the issue of accountability, one of the difficulties is that the u.n. does haven't the authority to prosecute soldiers. while they are under it's command, and one of the recommendations is they would suggest the model that nato has. they can in some cases can allow when the alleged perpetrator government does.
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the sort of jurisdictional response, and solution, that the panel has recommended i would like to look at that carefully, and i don't believe that at the moment, that something that would be adopted certainly not easily by the member states and it would certainly be backed at by the united nations secretary. but every proposal that can solve this problem, is worth serious consideration. the fight and how to end the conflict in syria. russia's president reflected
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his countries reemerging status as a key global player, when he held haze annual news conference, the reports from moscow. >> this was a relaxed performance from a president that looked like he was enjoying himself at this annual event, and he didn't dodge the big questions. >> the president said we will stay on. >> i have said on many occasions and i want to repeat it that we will never agree with the idea that somebody from outside, whoever it is, should impose the idea of who should rule another country. it simply doesn't fit with any kind of common sense, or international law. >> the secretary of state asked me about this, i told him our position has not changed, we believe the people have to determine who should rule them. >> he said russia's expanded presence will continue it's support, for asaad's forces just as long the army continues it's operations. >> putin returns again again
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and again to the shooting down of one of his aircraft, it wasn't an unfriendly act, it was a hostile act. >> our people died when they shot down the plane, what made us particularly indignant is that if it had been an accident, and they didn't really know it was our aircraft, they would have apologized. that didn't happen. so nato started getting involved. is that really necessary. >> putin said a sophisticated surface system is now in place, and he warned turkey not to cross into syrian air space. >> and then a year that saw russia play a key role in the peace process in ending the war, putin said this week's talks in moscow with the u.s. diplomates confirmed that the plan was very similar, to america's.
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>> peter sharp, al jazeera, in moscow. >> political rivals have signed a u.n. backed peace deal, which is designed to end years of chaos and fighting. the agreement is large and complex, but these are the key points. it creates a government. >> the competing political treatment, you are competing in this process. you are turning the cage in
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the history of libya. from today, the agreement puts in place, a single set of legitimate institutions. the essential building blocks towards a prosperous. >> jason pack is a researcher on middle eastern issues. and president of libya analysis.com. he joins us now, thank you indeed. do you think it can hold. >> well, this is made to end the period where they have had rival governments two capitols and it's an attempt to replace it with one internationally recognized body.
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they don't represent stakeholders they were imposed by the community. >> what can they do, if they do have a stab at it, can they bring into the fold those that oppose the deal? what do they have to do to do that? >> well that's exactly right. that would be the best way forward. tomorrow, with the u.n. t vote, giving legitimacy to the deal. all the spoilers are going to get sanctioned anything that goes against this deal will suffer penalties and incentivizing other groups to join. however, i don't ski that as likely to work, because this process has continued on that, and he turned out to be
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corrupted and bought off by the united arab emirates. and the first thing that his replacement has done, is continued his policy. today, he went and met with the general, the anti-islamist, kind of military dictator in waiting for libya, and got him to sign on. that's not a very good optic for this deal, and it shows that it is as bias as the sale that came before it. >> yeah, the u.n. envoy, did say this is just the beginning of a long journey. >> there needs to be a starting point somewhere, so -- even if this is perhaps in your view flawed doesn't -- isn't it better than no deal at all? >> i think it is. and then three british and french military administrations into libya. and that process was done by the u.n. between 1949, and
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1951, what is happening now is that libya, essentially, exited the post gaddafi process and all of the legal steps created and rather than continuing and trajectory of the uprising the u.n. has been taken libya on, as it's kind of protege, and -- haw moon rights watched says they document the deaths over several years. they died in government
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custody and in two military hospitals around damascus. , there who found an anty asaad song on his cell phone. the family spent years searching for him, they found his picture among the photos. we have blurred the face out of respect for the family. >> they put a number on him. accused mad was a soul, and he became a number. >> human rights watch said they showed the image to forensic pathologies, their forget is that people were starved beat and tortured. it was systematic and on a massive scale. syrian's president has spoken about them before. he dismissed them as all allegation without evidence, adding that the pictures could have come from anywhere.
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what a difference a year makes we look at how relations stand between the u.s. and cuba. and in sport, receive blatter arrives to face the ethics committee over corruption allegations. membership of or links should be considered a possible indicator of extremism. the affiliates will be scrutinize bed i the government. reports from london. >> the long awaited review into the workings of the muslim brotherhood has concluded that it's members and associated should be considered a possible
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indicator of extremism. >> prime minister says the government will maintain the status quo, by continuing to refuse visas to members and associated who are on record as having made so called extremist remarks to ensure that charities with links to the muslim brotherhood are not miss used to supported. and to intensify scrutiny in the u.k. and groups associated with it. >> the brotherhood. they rejected violence, a statement from the muslim brotherhood in egypt, says the government review and fairly condemned millions of muslims around the word.
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between the united arab emirates but suspect ported others including qatar and turkey. all are major trade partners which is led to allegations of undue outside influence, on the british government. >> that may be or may not be deflected in the outcome of the report which stopped short of the organization. >> they tread a careful line with the i have view, the foreign affairs committee says it may run an inquiry
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towards political islam, that in response to complaints from lawyers representing the muslim brotherhood, in the u.k. and whether or not this is the end of the matter, may well depend on responses to come from britain's heavy weight business partners in the gulf, and beyond. jona hull, al jazeera, london. >> the offer of the new muslim brotherhood in the west, he joins me now, so that finding that any kind of association with, what do you make of that finding. >> i think it is the middle of the road, that they decided to strike, between those that the brother shooed should have been designated as a terrorist organization, which i don't think they ever considered to be an option, and both the review would basically exonerate it completely. i think the review strikes the middle road there, where basically says that the brotherhood is a very complex
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movement, with a lot of strains and different an evolution in the thinking, but basically cannot be considered a terrorist organization, it is not, but in the same time it has connections to certain elements of violence, and therefore it's to some degree considered an extremist movement. they try to strike the middle drowned there. >> they mentioned the issue of violence and the statement says some senior leaders have the commitment to violence, but others have failed to renounce the cause in some recent muslim brother hood statements. as you mentioned the movement there, it is part of the problem that it is a very large movement, rather than a single organization with specific stated aims. >> .
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>> and views and opinions here, renounced violence, both directly quote violence, and i think we have seen example some of the egyptian channels out of turkey, and even out of the u.k. so -- the complexity of the process, and when you try to define categorize such a broad movement, that has millions of followerring throughout and beyond, the review, dish in mind that released today are part of a much much larger report, this is around 150, 200 page which is tried to be more nuanced than drawing different implications. both when it comes to foreign policy, and domestic policy. >> one of the statements it
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makes is deliberately opaque and secretive, do they need to change in order to be perceived differently do you think. >> i am not sure what the legal standing would be. there's no legal implication, in what the government an assessment, and the movement that any government is entitled to do that. so i am not sure what the legal standing for a legal action would be. the accusation is obviously that of being -- obviously there is a reason why the brotherhood is an opaque movement. it has survived 90 years under the leaderships and certain environments. it is a necessity to operate that way, to survive the crack downs and in many cases
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brutal crack downs. the criticism at the same time, it is also secretly opaque, and ambiguous, other places where it is not outlawed. one opinion, and in english, one opinion in arab big, you get a lot of flip flopping. so it is a movement. there are reasons to be cautious about what the brotherhood really stands for. >> okay, lorenzo, thank you very much indeed for your thoughts on this. >> which could include strain relations. after the 2010 israeli nail attack on aid trying to breech the blockade. ten turkish activists were killed. israel later apologized and agrees to compensate the victims families under a u.s. brokers arrangement.
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the relations is accompanied by talks to lay down a natural gas pipeline from israel to turkey, according to israeli officials. riffing engulfing the entire region. meanwhile, the human rights council has a special section to discuss the on going violence. it began in april when the president sought a third term in office, which he went on to win. >> human rights violations have continued to escalate, and there is a growing alarming risk of regionalization of this crisis. we have documented 312 killings against a possible third term began, including 19 children. over the last bloody weekend the government figures indicate that another 87
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people were killed but figures we have received are considerably higher. >> mohammad is in the capitol ever the us, and sent us this update. >> the u.s. secretary general comments are part of an international chorus for urgent action. mr. ban ki-moon called the events of the last few days where people were killed on the streets and the capitol are chilling and said there was need for urgent talks to between the government and it's opponents been he is sending his official advisor, to come -- to talk to his opponents also who are opposed to having a third time in office. now, they are also plans for the deployment of u.n. peace keepers, something that the government has outrightly rejected. the spokes men said those who are looking for the deployment of foreign peace keepers have ulterior motives. he also says that the
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military and police are conducting themselves in a professional way, as they continue cutting out security pressures -- but also in other parts of the country. >> what became known as the arab spring would lead to protests and war. the family relied on the income, so they had to take the risk. the police decided to confiscate the cart and scales when he went to the municipality, he was turned away. they refused to speak to him. >> he wanted to earn enough
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money to help his family, but the constant police harassment, corruption, and poverty prevented him from achieving his ambitions. >> perhaps he felt humiliated, after a policewoman slapped him. or hopeless about the future. whatever his reasons, mohammad decided he wanted to die. right outside the offices of the officials who treated him so badly. >> his friend was close by.
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>> they were frustrating from the same frustrations. mohammad dies on the fourth of january. 2011. ten days later he fled the country. i remember how things were, they stood together, and unfortunately they make promises and failed to keep them.
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this is a change in the revolution. >> many say that it is more difficult now. but the deaths did give them the freedom and dignity, that alluded this young man, all of his life. al jazeera, tunisia. >> top funds and resources. and in sport, stars from barcelona and the club world cup in japan. goals coming up in 20 minutes.
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hello again. a u.n. investigation is found that the organization failed to investigate allegations of sexual abuse of young boys by
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french peace keepers in central african republic. sign add deal.ernment have and the u.k. is ramping up scrutiny of muslim brotherhood members in the country. a review into the group included membership or links to it should be considered an indicator of extremism. the commit key came up with a proposal to zack resources. paul brennen has this look at isil's finances. >> the u.n. committee has already imposed sanctions on 243 individuals the sanctions including travel bans and asset freezing. but understanding how as sin
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and the front finance their activities is crucial to making these sanctions effective. it is estimated that isil has a monthly income of $80 million. the sources of that funding are varied and variable, and there are six main categories. oil and gas production, faxization on commerce, confiscation of property, trafficking of drugs and antiquities and isil controlled businesses. and although air strikes with i the u.s., russia, france and others have targeted oil fields as a priority, latest estimates are that oil and gas contribute less than half of isil's income. in fact, a recent u.n. study confirmed isil's core finances continue to be mainly derived internally. through local taxation. there are taxes, on utilities such as electricity, and the internet. on retail, industry, and agriculture, and on financial transactions too. isil demands a fax, payments levied at 2.5% of a person's
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capitol. farmers are taxed 5%, depending on the crop, and because all of this is generated within the territory, foreign sanctions will have only an indirect impact. fighters use up 70%. oil production has dropped to 40,000 barrels a day squeezing one income stream will only see a bulge in another area. there's not sign of a complete collapse just yet, and so long as there is any economic activity at all, isil will continue to extract revenue from it. >> let's go live now to the diplomatic editor who joins us from new york. so the u.n. has adopted this resolution to try to target the finances, talks through how that would work. >> well, in the past, the u.n. has basically used the
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mechanisms it had to deal with al quaida, to target isil. what has happened now is they have specifically done a much more detailed resolution, changed the name of the committee that deals with this, it is no longer called the al quaida committee, and they have made it a bit tougher on countries around the world making the report exactly what they are doing to that u.n. committee to fight isil, and the other thing that we have seen in the passing of this is a meeting of the u.n. security council. taking place for the first time a finance minister level. this time, we had in most of the seat as finance minister and the current president of the u.n. security council is the u.s., and then the president's seat was the treasury secretary. >> and james, more talks due on the syria process, tell us where we are now.
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>> the process that has been going on for more nan a month, with a very ambitious aim of getting face to face peace talks sometime in january, along with a cease fire, well the next stage of that takes place here in new york, at a five star hotel in the city. and the man then is to move from there to the u. n. security council, and to adopt a resolution endorsing the whole process. i have to tell you, that the resolutions take a bit of time to negotiate in advance, and the negotiations have been going on for days and in the last couple of hours i have been speaking to leading figures. i have to tell you the russian ambassador, i am not sure it is going to happen, there are countries that are trying to insert things into
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this resolution, which are not in the spirit of the vienna process. having said that i also spoke to the current president and she said our negotiations are still on going, but it's not locked in yet. >> okay, james bays our diplomatic editor there, thank you very much indeed. >> it's been a year since the u.s. and cuba announced they would begin normalizing relations. while there has been process there are barriers to overcome. give us a update on the progress so far, andy. >> >> well, lauren, let's take you through the key points of the last 12 months. diplomatic ties have been re-established meaning that embassies have now reopened. cuba has been removed from the list of state sponsoring of terrorism, and travel restrictions have now been eased.
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that can only be undone by an act of progress. and we have seen this huge spike, as neff risked their live to come to the u.s., because they believe the wet foot dry foot policy, will go away because of this normalization process let's take a look back at the last 12 months. it was a day few thought they would see, a year ago this month, more than 50 years of strained relations between cuba and the u.s., drastically changed prisoners were released. but for some, meaningful change is still out of reach, the cuban activists known as el secto has been described as the most persecuted in cuba, he was jailed for
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almost a year for criticizing the government. and says things have got worse on the island. >> if it is a negotiation, you are supposed to give a part to cuba, and cuba gives their part. but i haven't seen much progress with respect to that. only more repression, more detentions and immigration. >> some say the improves relations has been the driving force behind a recent speak in migration. the last year alone, more than 40,000 cubans have made their way to the u.s., fueled by a fear that the so called wet foot dry foot policy that gets cubans residency will soon come to an end. >> during the last 12 months both cuban and cuban americans have witnessed things many thought they would never see. many remain cautiously optimistic. real change will be slow, but
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he believes that a policy of engangment, will eventually bring rewards. >> we are fighting 50 years of severed relations, of conflict. of deep disinstruction, between the united nations and cuba. it is going to take a while to overcome that, but we already made some pretty significant strides. they doubt the last year has been the beginning of a long and complex process, though some have been made, the u.s. economic embargo remains firmly in place, and cuba is the only single party state in the meshes that many remain quietly optimistic, that long lasting companying will eventually come. so a year of massive changes but many people here, particularly in places like little havana, feel like the u.s. has given a lot of concessions without much in return, for the most part, people are waiting and watching. they realize what is happening here is an unraveling of 50 years of bad relations.
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it has turned a corner, but they want to see change come a lot quicker. perhaps the next 12 months will be pivotal, he wants to much for real and lasting companying, remember, some of those people running for the republican party nominations say they will undo what president obama has done, but for the most part, watching and hoping for real and lasting change. >> ice top diplomate has been summonedded worth almost $2 billion. the package includes antimissile tank missiles and amphibious assault vehicles. which considers taiwan a renegade province. our china correspondent has more from beijing. >> well, it has been a while since the u.s. diplomate has summoneds for a stern rebuke, but on this occasion, it was
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an affair and not the ambassador that was sum mound, suggesting this was an orange, verse as red alert. they told the diplomate, that china regarded what the united states had done, as something that threatened china sovereignty and security interest, and he warned of retaliation. by that, he possibly mean sanctions against the u.s. defense contractors involved in the construction of these elderly warships. now, china, of course, regards taiwan as a break away province, that will one day return to the mother land. this all comes though as a time of heightened tension, in the south china sea. where china has been building ilans something that concerned washington. and then, of course, next month, we have presidential elections in taiwan, and at the moment, opinion polls show that the pro independent candidate is in the lead. now all this comes at a time of warming relations between taiwan, and china, the leaders of taiwan and china,
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met in singapore, but this latest row over the sale of arms to taiwan from the united states, is a reminder that this relationship is frac, and complicated. >> still to come. >> one man dubbed godfather is trying to boost literacy rates among children. and all the sport, including a day of drama and out of the surf as a excess tor seriously injured at the season ending competition.
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really big challenge.s is a i want to stay, i hope and the boards. thigh want me to stay because i want to. >> kelsey didn't want her to stay, this is the statement, the club wishes to make clear, jose leaves us on good terms and will always remain a much loved respected and significant figure at chelsea. he will always be welcomed back, but not for this weekend, i am sure. from our london studios, thank you for joining us. we have just been listening to the final press conference. listening to his comments and the fact that he took training today would suggest that he wasn't expecting the ax. >> no, i don't think he was. i suspect that he thought that the moment might have come on tuesday, or wednesday.
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but having got through that, he probably thought that he was taking for the second day running. >> in fact, he was just being prepared for the block. >> until the end of the season, but in terms of a permanent manager, there's a lot of speculation about the future, he could be available, also diego is another that has been mentioned. someone that could be the best out of his former striker. >> yes, i think that's a possibility. look, there's no doubt about it, we know that he is leaving pie ron munich. we also know 100%, that they would give everything -- even members of his family, perhaps to acquire the new coach i suspect that's not going to happen, i don't think he fancies working for chelsea, therefore, he is the in my book the front runner, even though he is the second choice of the owner. >> yeah, chelsea's next game
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is against southerland on saturday, i could be cheeky and call it a regular investigation 6 points. they are not very happy today, what do you think the atmosphere will be like on saturday? do you think some of the players may get a bit of a stick. >> i expect something similar, i think will it be toxic. i think there will be a lot of finger points. mainly in the direction of the players. some of them will expect that they had to go but the same time, they also plame a lot of these players. they thought many of them cannot go just with the club. they have no understanding of what it means to them, they don't have the heart and soul for the club to embody the players.
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now have on john terry who is the soul survivor of that first glory year, and they will take it out on those players that they feel have let the club down. >> thank you for your time, extremely busy day for you, but for you thank you very much. >> . >> a quick look at the bottom of the table shows this game absolutely vital for both sides, with southerland second from the bottom, and chelsea just 1 point off the spot. they have been in this position for the last couple of years, chelsea is slightly less used to been in this situation, but despite the recent troubles the manager is still surprised. i think that i am shocked to say the at least. i think they have somebody lined up, to have done it now. that -- must have somebody prepared to take over the reigns whether that be short term or long term, i suppose, we will find out very
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quickly. but i am said to see jose go. i got to know him quite well, as i said before, and two -- he is a great manager, with great character, and a loss to the premier league. >> the outgoing president has insists that the 90 day suspension should be lifted. he appeared in front of the ethic committee, he has already described it as an inquisition. they will also be heard opted not to appear in person, well, he appeared at the swiss headquarters to defend himself before the organization ethics that he helped set up. he faces allegations set to be announced next week, both men insisting that they are innocent. >> they have resulted in fifa bank accounts on thursday. they are already been
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multiple arrests around the world, and the former head of football is the latest to be decided. now vazquez has been arrested in his home country after the supreme court approved his exhibition to the u.s. early this month. vazquez is facing prescribery charges connected to broadcasting deals for the 2014 and 2018 world cups. >> action on the pitch now, a hat trick has put barcelona into the world cup final, with they will play the river plate. swarez scoring all of the goal in the semifinals, the uruguay, looking like kit there, stepping up in the absence of may mar who is injured. the efforts in japan helping to a 3-nil win, with barcelona to win this trophy for the third time. now in 2015, champion has already survived a shark attack, helped rescue a fellow competitor, who was knocked unconscious, now he
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is dealing with the death of his older brother. prior to competing in his third round heat at the season ending in hawaii, he managed to advance to the quarter final to remain in contention for a fourth world title. >> i just have some personal stuff going on, and just -- yeah, sort of heavy to talk about right now, but yeah -- i don't know, just sort of cruising and just trying to live. >> meanwhile, fellow australian suffered a fractured pelvis after a dramatic wipe out. take me word for it, there it is. the pipe line is considered one of the most dangerous breaks in surfing. three major league baseball players that defected from cuba have offered advice to up and coming players. they are making their first return home since their defection, it is part of major league baseball's first official trip to cuba since
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relations were eased for the united states, previously been publicly scorned for their defectious now find themselves subject to adulation. >> raul, thank you. now the philippines has one of the highest literacy rates in asia. but many children drop out after learning how to read and write to support their families. and there isn't much more they can do after that to improve their education, but one man is trying to change that, one book at a time. from man nip la. they call him godfather. he welcomes everyone into his home, a retired accountant, he turned it into a lie prayer 15 years ago, after his parents died. it is a way to honor them, he said, bypassing on the only inheritance they left him, a love for learning. >> as a filipino that didn't have the opportunity to go to other places, i wanted to do
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something before i turned 70 that would help other filipinos, and books are my means to do that so i can bring people joy, and have them not feel left behind. >> the reading club as it is called began with his own books from childhood. >> . >> there are about 50 public libraries but they are not easily accessful to all. there are strict rules to comply with, before a library card is issues, none of that applied here. >> 14-year-old comes by as off as she can. her parents can no longer afford to send her to school. she now helps them earn a living savages through trash. >> when you read, you forget time. because the pages take you away. and you can learn about other things through these books. >> and there is no shortage, though they give everything
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away for free, more comes in without him needing to ask. >> every inch of his house is now lined with thousands of titles. and the books never stay here too long. >> there is no such thing as garbage. one person's waste will fill another person's needs. we must remember that. >> through the club, he hopes to open doors for those who have left in life, it is reward enough, he says if readers in h turn do the same for someone else. al jazeera, manila. >> a quick reminder you can always catch up with our website. and uh yo can watch us there by clicking on the watch now icon. that's it for me, this news hour, i will be back in a couple of minutes with another full round of the days news, bye for now.
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to investigation allegations that french peace keepers sexually abused children in the central african republic. ♪ i am lauren taylor, this is al jazeera live there london. also coming up. >> rival libyan leaders sign a u.n. backed peace deal but not everyone is on side. the government says members of the muslim brotherhood are potential extremists. a street vendor who sparked a revolution, tunisia remembers him.