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>> ground-breaking... >> they're firing canisters of gas at us. >> emmy award-winning, investigative series. >> hello, i'm maryam nemazee. this is the news hour live from london. coming up in the next 60 minutes the u.s. forms an isil training camp in libya saying it posed a threat to its national security. >> a fear that turkey could create a ground envision to syria. the author of ""to kill a mocking bird"" dies at the age
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of 89. >> two more months in a race against time to confirm the place at at rio olympics. we'll talk with the sports minister later. >> first to libya where the united states has carried out airstrikes targeting fighters aligned with the so-called islamic state in iraq and the levant. the libyan officials say that 40 people were killed in the attacks in and around west of the capital tripoli. the pentagon said that the operation hit an isil training camp and was aimed at killing a tunisian operative who is accused of organizing deadly attacks on a museum in tunis and a beach resort last year.
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>> this was something that we've had our eye on for some time. and specifically he was associated with this facility in particular. we saw that this--we believe that they posed a threat. >> al jazeera's roslind jordan joins us live now from washington, d.c. roslind, have we learned any more about the target and the impact of these airstrikes? >> well, according to peter cook, the pentagon sports person, they're still trying to evaluate the result of those airstrikes on that isil training camp just west of tripoli on friday. now, we don't know exactly whether u.s. military personnel are going to go in and try to collect some of the remains so that they can could do dna testing in order to identity the people who were killed in this strike. but the pentagon assessment is that as far as it is concerned, it did take out the man who was
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accused of being intimately involved in those attacks inside tunisia. what is noteworthy, though, is that peter cook was very, very reluctant to give more specific details about how the strikes were carried out. who within the libyan government authorized the u.s. to carry out these stakes, and whether or not there were any other countries intimately involved beyond the fact that the u.k. allowed the u.s. military to have f-15 stationed there. that's apparently from where they flew in order to carry out these scribes on friday. >> any decision as to what happens next in terms of u.s. action in libya or if there might be more engagement in the coming weeks or months? >> well, both officials at the pentagon and at the state department were very reluctant, as you might expect, maryam,
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whether or not this empties a change in policy against isil. all that peter cook would say is that the u.s. is exited to going after isil and trying to prevent it from spreading it's influence and try to prevent it from taking over territory in other countries. however, does this mean that this is an expansion of operation inherent resolve, which is the u.s.-led coalition that is targeting isil in both iraq and syria? officials in both agencies are refusing to specify, maryam, whether this is an escalation. also keep in mind that the u.s. has been very, very much aware of the need to wait until there is an actual functioning unity government inside libya before stepping you can it's attacks on isil even though it's been very concern thad isil is establishing its presence inside that country. but they don't want to say that this is a ramping up in the
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fight against isil inside libya. this is something that reporters are going to be pressing the u.s. government on in the coming days. >> thank you very much, roslind jordan, live for us in washington, d.c. now turkey has asked the united states to clarify its position on syrian-kurdish ypg fighters. they blame the wpg for the attack that killed 98 people. for more on the syrian turkey border we have reports. >> intense arrest till helling across the border. turkey is targeting positions of the ypg. the government said that it has evidence.
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>> we have criminal data on who is responsible for this attack. turkey is facing an attack organized by the pkk and ypg once again. turkey's friends should stand with turkey against all organizations. >> security is increasingly a concern in turkey. the bombing in ankara was not the first. and since july the southeast of the country has been a battleground between security forces and pkk affiliates. they want their western allies to severe their lengths can the syrian fighters. >> the u.s. must clear its stance on terrorism. they're conflicted on the ypg. it's a sign of weakness to act with a terror organization. >> but on the ground the u.s. continues to provide air cover to the ypg and it's ally, the syrian democratic forces, as they push deeper into
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isil-heldter cor territory: the fighters are closing in on the group known as daesh in areas they use for strongholds in syrian neighboring iraq. >> it is not about choosing sides here. there is no doubt about turkey's membership in the coalition. and there is also no doubt that some of the strongest fighters against dash have been kurdish fighters. >> but the syrian kurdish fighters and their allies have not been taking territory from isil. in recent weeks they have also been taking ground from opposition groups backed by turkey. for turkey that is a red line. ankara wants to prevent further ypg attacks ankara considers it a threat to its national security, it also wants western
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allies to stand by them in this fight. for now turkey's options are to continue the cross-record helling and provide support to the non-kurdish opposition. the west has signaled it won't back turkey's opposition in syria and the u.s. has signaled that it won't choose sides. it's training long. time alliances and complicating an already difficult process aimed apt ending syria's war. >> russia has called for an u.s. security council meeting because it fears turkey could launch a ground invasion of syria. it wants a resolution demanding an end to action which undermines syria's sovereignty. daniel lack is at the united nations. he joins us live now. what do we know about discussions there at the u.n.? >> the meeting is taking place mind closed doors. russia called it today. it's an urgent meeting to
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discuss its concerns as it said. that occur at this is declaring its support ground operations. wants to launch a ground operation inside syria. the french ambassador and others showed up before the meeting. a few spoke to journalists and they were very concerned. the french ambassador in particular worried about the russian military activities, the turkish shelling, even though they didn't represent it specifically. let's listen to what the french ambassador had to say. >> this military escalation is a direct result of the rue dal offensetive in the north of syria led by the syrian regime. and here russia must understand that it's unconditional support to bashar al-assad is a dead-end, and dead-end that could be extremely dangerous.
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>> and what they're discussing is this resolution. it's a security council resolution circulated by the russians, a draft resolution very strongly worded about possible military action crossing of fighters from turkey, but not naming turkey by name but referring to syria's neighbors. the ambassador's parting words as he walked into the meeting asked about the chances for the resolution's success. the short answer is no, it will not succeed. we're hearing from inside the meeting just a few stray words. russian is accused of abusing as reported by one delegation. at the moment of the peace talks in geneva and whether or not the peace talks can ever be implemented in full to get humanitarian goods into the country. >> thank you very much, daniel
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lack, live for us at the united nations. now amnesty international has released a report that is critical of turkey's role in the refugee crisis and it calls for the report globally. it reveals that they have denied injury to civilian who is are in need of in medical care after fleeing from aleppo. those who attempt to cross the border unofficially and amnesty has called on the international community to step up its support for turkey and other countries dealing with a massive influx of refugees. well, the director of crisis response at amnesty international, she said that turkey and the rest of the world must do more to help victims of war and violence. >> turkey has already taken in a million refugees and we know it's under strain. but it should live up to its international obligation to allow those people who are fleeing all of this violence inside syria to be allowed into
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turkey. of course it can't do it on its known. we need to see the international community stepping up. they need to provide the humanitarian support to insure in a turkey can care for the refugee who is flee this relentless violent. >> much more to come for you. egypt's president makes moves to clamp down on police brutality as anger mounts on the streets. and well, singapore airshow where it is feared that safety standards are not keeping up with the soaring demands for flights in asia. and in sports, new zealand's cricket captain prepares to walk away. >> now, votes have been counted in uganda after thursday's election. they took to extend the 30-year rule. but the tactics during the election has been requested. the u.s. has expressed alarm
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over the detention of one candidate. he was detained four times in just one week. we go to kampala. >> violence in the wake of a disfooted election. this man was shot as security forces cleared protesters from some neighborhoods of ca kampala. the opposition leader and some of his party officials plan to announce provisional results he here at the party headquarters. unfortunately they say that the election results are rigged. when police arrived supporters became angry. police said such opposition announcement were against the election laws. the officials say that the
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incumbent is in the lead. >> you cannot make announcement because that is illegal. >> here in the capital opposition supporters don't have confidence in the official results. it took tear gas and gunfire to clear the streets. >> the city is relentless and still groups of people mostly young people hanging around the street corners. what happens in the respective vote count will dictate what happens next. >> the disputes weren't just in the capital. angry opposition supporters afte after the alleged ballot
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stuffing. with tensions running before the final counts are even announced it appears many may not accept the official results. malcolm webb. al jazeera. comkampala, uganda. >> egypt's president said he'll propose new laws to curb use of powers by security it was. it comes a day after a policeman shot and killed a young taxi driver which led to protest. the officers in question has been detained, but it's the latest in a string of incidents of police brutality. >> picking up a police officer as a passenger proved fatal for this taxi driver. he was just 24 years old. according to the egyptian interior ministry, the police officer shot and killed him by mistake after an argument over payment. but the thousands who gathered for his funeral don't believe the official version of events.
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they blame the security force who is they say acted with impunity. witnesses to the killing said that the police officer verbally abused mohammed and when he responded, the policeman shot him. >> i want the government to bring me justice the president himself. >> "y" would this policeman shoot my son? what was he guilty of? is the were happy. we elect him to protect us and not to let these criminals kill us. he must stop them and all police must face justice. >> as long as no one cares there will be no justice. enough is enough. every day one of us gets killed. why doesn't the government send an official to attend our funerals? because we're poor. we're nobody. >> last we're thousands of
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doctors protests after two colleagues said they had been assaulted by police because they would not falsify medical records. human rights groups say egyptian security services often act above the law and are rarely put on trial. when trials do take place, sentences are usually reduced on appeal. >> i remember two years ago mr. sisi was addressing the men in the uniform, and he explicitly encouraged them to use exces excessive use of violence against the civilians and promised them that nobody would be punished. >> many believe this has led to a culture of police brutality, which is one of the main factors in the 2011 uprising that ousted long-time president hosni mubarak. five years after that revolution it appears that the security forces are still to be feared. al jazeera. >> let's get more on this now. from the assistant professor of
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political science from long island university. shines us from new york. what is behind this move by el-sisi? >> well, look at what has happened over the last couple of case. it's not just the protest of killing of the taxi driver. there has been a series of death at the hands of police that has led to mass protest. of the doctors last week. this is very unsettling for the regime. as you recall the initial moment of the january 25th revolution was essentially against brutality because of the deat death of the civilian at the hands of police. >> although it does not reveal anything new perhaps by police abuses in egypt, was the murder
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and abduction of italian stude student. >> there was a lawed pass, and in the terrorism laws the police and military are immune from prosecution in performing their acts. if they're seen as using force against protest they're immune from prosecution against this. what this created in egypt was a culture of encouraging--looking the other way for police brutality. the culture, once it continues and it grows, we see police see
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themselves as immuned. they can go into a hospital and beat up doctors who refuse to falsify reports. they can kill a taxi driver, once you have this kind of brute force entering into society, and it looks like the regime is making it acceptable, and these are beyond the scope of the law, well, you're having a culture that is being supported by the regime. >> are we likely to see any change in the culture of at least immunity, the kind of lack of accountability that you describe? will there come a point where the regime sees the action of the police and the security forces as a threat to their survival rather than something that reinforces it? >> well, protests have been called for tomorrow for a return to--by the physicians to return to the street against police
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brutality. it's interesting that this comes the day before the call for people to come to the street. we should wait and see what happens tomorrow and how the state responds to it. but if the state does not actually hold its security apparatus accountable for what happens to the average citizen, what happens is a fomenting, a level of frustration against the very people who are supposed to protect the citizenry. once you have a culture of repression that leads to a fomenting of revengement against the state, what you're leading to is an unstable moment that could lead to a counter revolution. >> thank you very much, live for us from new york. appreciate your time. >> the u.n. said that the war in yemen has left the country on the brink of catastrophe. the aid has been limited by the ongoing civil war and the u.n. said millions of people have been displaced by the conflict.
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>> the situation in yemen is extremely difficult, and while it was already mild in crisis before the war, it is now on the bring of catastrophe. the ongoing conflict has turned the situation where you have over 2.5 million people displaced. you've also got a situation where you've got some 21 million people-26 million people who are in need of some sort of humanitarian support. >> now the link between the zika virus and the brain disorder in babies could take months to prove. it's accumulating evidence between the zika virus carried my mosquitoes and microcephaly, but it could take another four to six months to prove this conclusively. thousands of women particularly in brazil have been infected.
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the u.s. justice department has filed a lawsuit to force apple to unlock encrypted phones. they have been asking apple to decrypt one of the phones owned about one of the san bernardino shooters. >> harper lee hat died at the age of 9. the reclusive writer who only published two novels in her lifetime. was first known for ""to kill a mocking bird"." the second book featuring the same characters published 55 years later. she died in a nursing home in monroeville, alabama, just a few miles from the house where she grew up. the literary editor of the
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independent and discusses harper's legacy. she leaves behind two novels. really, what a piece of literature. >> there are not many novelists that i can think of that have entered the literary canon that she has with really one novel. until july of last year it was just the one novel that sold 40 million copies. we don't really want to let go much it, i think part of that, the immense charm is that it's two things. it's a children's story, and i've forgotten--i reread it last year, and i forgotten how exquisite of a story it is. she captured the child's mind so beautifully. and then we have the shatterrel of childhood innocence and we have the race story. i think those two stories, you know, they have this relevance of american civil rights when it was published in 1960, and it
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has a very current relevance there, and then, the echos through the decades, america and race as we know from last year. >> and it is still an issue today. we're talking about a very difficult, very traumatic period in american history, but nevertheless, we're unwilling to let this story go. is that the reason why? you have the emotional issues, very poignant story told through the eyes of a child? >> well, i think the reason why we can't let it go is ultimately the children's story. she just tells a beautiful story about what it means to be a child, to be unknown and to play on the streets, and to not know that you live in a land that is divided by race an prejudice
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and bigotry. it's resonant not just in america but across the world. it was published in 1960, when the civil rights movement was emerging and people saw america in this novel. they saw the shame of america, but also they saw the south in a different light. we had the great southern white hero, didn't we. >> beautiful prose, and very significant piece of literature. what about harper lee, the woman, very private. very reclusive. >> in a way there's another story. separate to the astronomical success of this one novel 37 so we have a novelist here in 1960 who never expected this novel to do well. she even said as much. she said as much i'll never publish another one. but she did. >> why did she? why did she make that move last year? >> that's a whole another story and there is controversy around
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the facts whether she actually wanted this book out. >> i have not read the second one, but the she wrote the character of aticus finch. >> he's not the southern white hero but the southern white racist, really, and either she vowed they would not publish another novel. in 1962 gregory peck film made this an instant classic and we all fell in love. but she resisted the celebrity bandwagon, and she was pretty insistent across the decades. people have tried and tried and tried to try to get her to talk. in our celebrity age we demand that from our writers, don't we, or anyone in the public eye. she resisted it right to the
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end. she didn't give interviews. she wasn't a recluse as people called her. she was very connected to the community, and she was known to be very sharp, witty and open. but she just didn't want to play. >> and that's where she passed away, in monroeville, alabama. >> yes. >> thank you very much. she's a fascinating character, and a real loss. thank you for sharing your thoughts on that. >> well, there is more to come on the news hour. why ruling party supporters in south kore south africa are taking to the streets in racism more than two decades after the end of apartheid. will he stay, will he go, as david cameron tries to secure a deal to keep britain in the e.u. and we'll tell you how former military man has become a star of mixed martial arts in pakistan.
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>> at 9:30 - "america tonight" - top investigative reporting, uncovering new perspectives. >> everything that's happening here is illegal. >> then at 10:00 - it's "reports from around the world". >> let's take a closer look. >> antonio mora gives you a global view. >> this is a human rights crisis. >> and at 11:00 - "news wrap-up". clear... concise... complete. >> welcome back. you're watching the news hour. let's take you through the top stories. the u.s. has launched airstrikes
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in libya hitting a isil training base. the pentagon spokesman said that the u.s. would continue to attack the group wherever it reared it's head. russia has brought forward a draft resolution calling for syria's sovereignty to be protected. moscow said that it feared that annikthat ankara would interfere. and the author of ""to kill a mocking bird"" has died at the age 89. to news outside of brussels where britain's prime minister is trying to change the terms of the membership to the e. you want. emma, what are you hearing? >> we think that a deal may have been done.
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they're tweeting that there is you knack must support for the deal. so now what they're doing is looking at the draft text. we think like yesterday when we were looking at the draft text there were problems with the proposal for various leaders. they are now no brackets which means that there is unanimous support and we'll hopefully get an announcement quite soon that the deal is done. >> and how important is this for david cameron's position particularly at home ahead of a referendum in just a couple of months in june? >> well, i think it's been a real slog getting to these points. until 11:00 they went three
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5:00 this morning and coming back to 11:00. they have made no secret that it has ban tough negotiation to get to this point if we do, indeed, have this deal. so i think he will go home feeling very pleased. we'll have to know what the deal is, and what he has had to compromise on, but clearly he want to take all the way through this. he has been saying that he wants to take away a good deal for britain. he wants britain to stay in the e.u. and he wants to persuade supposed u those undivided voters. >> thank you very much, emma hayward for us in brussels. where there has not been a confirmation of an agreement but it is suggest thad a deal could be close. now mps have set off tear gas in parliament.
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they're angry over deals the government has signed with montenegro. supporters of south africa's ruling party, the anc, have been marching against racism in pretoria. thousands of demonstrators are demanding government action after several recent racist attacks. the issue is back in the spotlight for the anc. more than two decades at the end of apartheid. >> thousands of people have gathered here as the government seeks power in pretoria. while the african national congress, the ruling party, said its time for all africans to come together, show a stand against racism and show a support for the country. >> a year today to warn those who are calling us with names
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like monkeys, that no one-- >> now the anc also has the opportunity to rally support ahead of government elections later this year. they use the opportunity to get people to register, but also to rubbish the oppose party who they say is racist. they've come under the spotlight with a number of prominent incidents rallies south africans against racist incidents. they hit back as the anc saying they have not done enough to irradicate racism through economic empowerment. this has become a rally point for political parties to gather support ahead of elections. >> at least 19 people have been killed and more than 50 injured in a suicide blast in northern cameroon.
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it happened in a market on the border with nigeria. it's not known who was behind the attack, but the bombing is the latest in a string of deadly incidents in the region suspected to be carried out by the armed group boko haram. ahmed idris has more. >> the athe troops launched a joint military operation along that area, and according to military sources from both sides dozens of boko haram fighters have been killed and that attack and more than 100 people were held captive by boko haram. it is clear that lines were taken by boko haram long that route. over the past two months boko haram has been launching deadly attacks, especially suicide targets.
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boko haram launched an attack, killing 10 people in the village during a funeral pro significance. >> on sunday they hav have made a vow to crush groups like boko haram. >> within 48 hours millions will go to the polls to elect a new parliament. it is a moment of uncertainty in a country that along with others is waging a war against armed groups including isil and it's local athlete okay if local
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authorities. the recent attacks within mali and burkina faso have brought concern that something similar could happen here in niger. it says that the world should help more on a regional level. >> despite all niger is stable and peaceful. it has protected its citizens and their property and no single armed terror group is based in niger. but we regret the fact that western powers are ignoring what is going on in the chad region with boko haram, and they are in need of much more assistance as they combat faceless barbarism there. >> they september their armies into nigeria for months to try to crush boko haram. france and u.s. contribute mainly with intelligence but until now the group is at lake chad leaving behind deserted
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villages where a quarter of a million refugees are displaced. the opposition accuse the government of failing to protect people in the east. >> if go to east niger you will see the extreme suffering, and that we're responsible for the situation there. by wee, i mean the current government. >> the security is a rallying cry. that's why many of the candidates have been in the east trying to win the hearts and minds of the affected population before they come back to the capital on the final day. >> nepal's prime minister is in india for his first foreign sift since being sworn in. over the next six days he will discuss ways to fix ties damaged biros regarding nepal's new constitution.
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wasatch front this report from nepal. >> the aim is to normalize the relationship between the two countries. they have are ratify and they have been accused of supporting protesters by imposing a four and a half economic blockade. this is what the prime minister had to say before he left for india. >> this visit comes at a special time. there are disagreements in the past few months, and they've experienced the effects of it this. it is coming to an end. there is no need to take this kind of turn. nepal had to suffer a huge loss in reconstruction and development. >> this is the result of the crisis. long queues now everyone in
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nepal has suffered especially victims of nepal's earthquake. rebuilding has not started yet. the stand off early this month after nepal ended its constitution, but the supplies have not normalized yet. nepal did reach out to its northern neighbor china and after they returned from india. >> many analysts say those in india push themselves into a corner an, and there are some
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>> welcome back. air travel in asia is flying high. but as demands soars, airlines are struggling to find enough well-trained pilots to fly the aircraft. >> one out of every three airline passengers the world last year took off or landed in the asia pacific region. growing middle classes and new markets are pushing industry numbers up. last year the number of passengers here grew 8% more here more than anywhere else in the world. a soaring demand for air flights means the need for more airports. after the aviation regulator
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foun downgraded thailand, it was a wake-up call. >> the united states faa has downgraded the thailand, and some other countries around the region where they are working. >> many new airlines have taken to the air. that's causing established airlines to rethink how they operate. thailand is in the middle of retruckturing which puts it at a disadvantage in the short term but may make it more competitive in the longer term. >> there are concerns that the infrastructure is not keeping pace. and that airlines are scrambling for experienced pilots and
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proper training yearing a most pilots came from the military. not any more. >> airlines can always find enough pilots but they may not like what they pay them. >> that means the reasonable shortage drives up salaries. there are challenges. for the airline the challenge is to expand carefully in this era of thinning profit margins, and for the government to make sure that safety standards do not slide as they expand and demand busy airports. >> here is robin now with all your sport. >> thank you very much.
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with the iaaf to make sure that kenya continue. >> south africa's critic narrowly beats friend by three wickets in the international. the visitors 134-8, and they would pick up four wickets in 21 rounds and then the very best part of this contest, just two runs up the final ball. new zealand are in the hunt for cricketer mccallum. they win, and he will end his career as the most successful
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captain who would lead them to win more than 50 tests. new zealand batting first. they're up to 11, and all the rounds coming from just one man. the the fifa said that sepp blatter continues to defend himself and his governance of the organization that continues to face corruption allegations. >> maybe we didn't take the necessary measures to avoid having members of the fifa executive committee who hadn't passed the integrity test.
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>> unveiled a new car. they're still targeting the mercedes. lewis hamilton dominating throughout 2015. season evaluation vitell and drivers start in melbourne march 20th. >> lindsey vonn had a tumble, and in the end she did manage to finish. in the down hill standings there are six top podium finishes in her career. now advancing to the finals of the dubai championships defeating number 21, the 6-4, 6-4 win earning a final match up
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the final takes place on saturday. and crossing the finish line ahead of the frenchman who also leads the points classification. mixed martial arts or mma is fast becoming popular in pakistan thanks to one man, bashir ahmed. we met with the godfather of m mma, he was a medic who found his way to the top of the sport and he's helping children in his country to do the same.
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>> before i started mixed martial arts i was a student at university in george mason. i was in the military as a medic. i had the desire to compete in mma. it's requiring the best way whether things you know will work. this is my first fight. an very important fight not only for me but for mma in pakistan. i believed in myself. everybody else believed in me, too, in pakistan, and it was a war--it was a war of a fight, you can see from all the blood, but i came out with the win. mma has grown substantially since i first came here in 2005. from this gym, people i've
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taught personally, this are those who have competed in one championship i feel like if the government did support it there would be strings attached, and it might stiffen the support. the funding comes from ourselves. i'm funding this from my own pocket and from what i get from the gym. it's an organization that creates and manages training for under privileged youth in bad neighborhoods. i'm fighting february 20th in jakarta against jimmy albo of the philippines.
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i've been training very hard, and very smart. he's a tough opponent. i continue to challenge myself by competing with him, but i see myself being victorious in the first or second round. >> thank you very much. nasa said it has received a record number of applicants around 18.5000, and they've been giving a glimpse of what travel might be like. they're working hard to make it happen as soon as possible. here is our technology editor. on board of a balloon or explo exploring the earth. they hope these travel posters will get people thinking about
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traveling to space. it's not as farfetched as it seems. virginga has tick number two craft replaces an earlier model that broke apart and killed a pilot in 2014. virgin promises passengers that it will take them above 100 kilometers above earth. they'll get a few minutes of weightlessness. they are also selling tickets for flights on board it's lynx space plane. it has not said when it will start flying the plain. another company blue origin recently tested it's rocket-landing technology in texas hoping to offer an its passenger as few minutes of weightlessness. and another contender is world-view. it's developing balloon trips which will take passengers 26 kilometers above the earth. >> with some of these spacecraft
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eventually th they will go up and down and land in the same place. in a few years we'll be able to orbit around the earth, and to be able to build space stations which will be accommodating a space hotel. >> even if you do dream of space travel it may be the cost of the ticket that holds you back. paying $20 million for his stay in space in 2001, virgin tickets are going for $250,000 each. world-views balloon ride costs $75,000. there is plenty of testing to be done by all these companies, so you might also want to hold off until the technology has actually been proven before i couldn't book your next holiday in space. >> that's it for this news hour, but we'll be back for the latest after the break.
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>> you a training camp in libya said that it posed a threat to its national security. hello, i'm maryam nemazee. you're watching al jazeera live from london. also coming up, victory at last. david cameron said that he struck a deal to keep the u.k. in the e.u. deal is rejected by france and the u.s. the
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