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only on al jazeera america. >> 70% of the children in a greek camp are sick. >> hello, i'm julie mcdonald. this is al jazeera live from london. a day of attacks where an american is killed and an israeli stabbed. tunisia said that the attack on the boards is an attempt on states established by the emirates there. we look at how they're
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coping with the water crisis gripping the city of grint flint. >> the u.s. is questioning the legality that would see refugees sent back to turkey. the deal is still very much in its early stages an agreement between the e.u. and turkey. it's detailed willing thrashed out in the coming weeks. >> this year alone more than 140,000 people have arrived by sea. so e.u. leaders have come up with a new proposal that comes
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much further than anything tried before. those who have arrived from turkey will be sent back. it's controversial. already the u.n. refugee agency, the unhcr has expressed concern and questioned its concern. >> it is not consistent with international law. >> even tougher. >> in the cold light of day it is fraught with problems. if the e.u.'s idea of taking
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part in the global responsibility, global sharing of refugees is to make the number of syrian refugees take in conditional on the number of syrians prepares to risk their lives in a boat, that's decision making from the heart of a moral abyss. >> people the picture of people being forcebly moved will be deeply controversial. james bays, al jazeera. >> the coast guard continues to pick up refugees from turkey. we have this report.
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>> men, women and children agreed to land on lesbos. rescued from at least four rubber dinghies. >> peace. all we want is a future for our children. >> by early afternoon more than 500 ranche 500 refugees across water, a dangerous trip. hundreds have lost their lives this year when the bodies capsized in the agean sea. >> this is a significant movement facilitated by the smugglers. this is happening because there aren't any credible alternatives. >> from the port of lesbos the refugees are taken to a center on an edge of the island.
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here they are registered but given temporary accommodation. >> this follows economic crisis. >> open the borders, and open your heart. open your eyes and look around you. open your ears, listen to people. >> e.u. leaders are taking the solution to the refugee crisis persuading the government to stop letting refugees across the agean sea to enter greece. it will be a while before the
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impact is followed here. >> for many in the position the future is still very uncertain. their goal is to move forward on to greece. but it remains blocked. and there is growing concern for the health of 14,000 people camped on the greece-macedonia border. one charity said 70% of the children there are ill with respiratory problems being the biggest problem. many of the refugees have little more than a tent to shelter them from the rain and cold and the camp has poor sanitation. the disease control experts say they're taking precautionary measures.
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>> a representative for the u.n. special envoy to syria say that talks with the syrian government and the opposition will begin no later than monday in geneva. the syrian army has recaptured the site of aleppo. the al nusra front took a village on monday but were quickly pushed out by government forces. isil was behind deadly rocket attacks another boy in the same vehicle was injured. >> an assault and attack on a nearby village wher the number of dead has risen to 55. our correspondent meets with some of the grieving relatives
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in the town of jalal. >> in the village of jalal, family and friends are in mourning. their daughter sarah was killed in the attack. she was 15 years old. >> she told me, i will send you and mother to mecca. i will become a doctor so i can afford it. now she's died, and she's a martyr. god willing we will be in heaven thanks to her. >> as we prepare to leave, there is gunfire in the distance. it gets closer. [ gunfire ] >> we take cover inside. villagers were here to pay their respect. now they fear that more people will be killed if the gunmen return. >> we've been told to take cover and stay inside. the army is searching for two armed fighters robing this neighborhood at the moment. clearly this operation isn't
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over yet. people here blame isil. >> they have told us we can no locker smuggle, and they won't develop the area. so what, you want us to die? >> priorities for tunisia's army is to attack. army commanders suspect some local people may be helping or hiding them. dozens of young men have travel to libya for military training, and to join groups such as isil. the challenge for the police now is to track men return to go tunisia. >> 36 fighters have been killed, and search more have been
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arrested--seven more have been arrested. we have more information about tunisia elements involved. but there are foreigners involved in this attack. we have gathered more information from the terrorists. >> villagers in jalal are living in fear. until now fighting in libya is something that they watched on tv news. they never expected the fighting to surround their homes. they feel hopeless as they wait for their next attack. al jazeera, jalal, southern tunisia. >> there are reports that the delegates from the houthi movement have started talks with saudi arabia. the houthi delegation is making its first visit of this kind to saudi arabia since the two began war against each other last year. palestinians have been shot dead after allegedly trying to
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kill israels in occupied west jerusalem and others areas. in in the port city of jaffa the police killed one man and the wave of attacks comes when u.s. vice president joe biden comes for a visit as part of a regional tour. we have reports now from west jerusalem. >> well, these attacks on tuesday are a reminder of the low level but ongoing violence and increase on attacks for individuals. a palestinian on a motorbike with fires shot. he tried to escape but then shot at the police following them 37 one of those police officers was injured as well before the
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palestinian himself was shot dead. just hours before the israeli border police had killed a 50-year-old palestinian woman within the walls of jerusalem's old city. they say she had drawn a knife and attempted to stab one of the police officers. a palestinian eyewitness dispute thad version of events, but all of this latest violence really comes against the backdrop of peace talks going nowhere. >> the families of those on flight of 370 are still searching for answers. plus... we introduce you to the south korean who is trying to outsmart the computer.
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>> a reminder of top stories here on al jazeera. the u.n. is questioning the legality of an agreement that sends refugees back from europe. they want to know the safeguards in place to protect them. the health of 14,000 refugees who are overcrowded on the greece-macedonia border have major concerns. 70% of the children there are ill. four palestinians and an american have been killed after a wave of violence in occupied west jerusalem. >> voters are going to the polls
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on tuesday. michigan and mississippi are holding their democratic and republican primaries while in hawai'i republicans are ar are casting their votes. flint, michigan, where they are dealing with contaminated water. >> what happened to flint. >> as they vie against each other, they are united for help on the taint tainted water. >> it is my home people look at flint and say never again. >> they campaigned here and clint sent in her top political adviser. >> frustrating? >> absolutely.
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things should move faster. if there is anything right now, congress should be working together, republicans and democrats, it really is about flint. >> there is a lot of media attention and put a lot of pressure on politicians in d.c. to do something for flint. >> they switched their water source to save money. flint residents are still bathing in water tainted with lead. they line up at five fire station for drinking water and tally the damage to their children. >> i've lost unborn twins. both of my kids tested positive for high levels of lead. after this campaign what will mr. bernie do to help the city of flint? in five to ten years what is going to happen to my kids? >> the flint residents we talked to said that they're glad politicians are finally paying attention to problems that started when they switched their water source to the corrosive waters of flint river.
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but to fix the pipes would cost $1.5 billion, and zoo far no one is offering that. now that flint has returned to buying its water from detroit, simply restoring the anti-corrosive chemicals they should have been using all along will vastly improve the water quality. >> the system through properly adjusting the water chemistry can be restored to the situation where safe water has been delivered. well, that by itself restores confidence? probably not. >> flint residents has not had confidence in their government since water pipes have been deteriorating for decades. in washington congress is debating sending as much as $200 million, a drop in flint's tainted bucket. >> well, kimberly halkett is in washington, d.c. and joins us
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now. hi, kimberly. how can the vote change the democrat's current standing? >> well, it would give the opportunity if bernie sanders did win in michigan, which is, of course, the big prize as you pointed out as well as mississippi. it could really give them a chance to try and close that gap that hillary clinton has. she's very far ahead in terms of delegates she has collected three times bernie sanders. that included the superdelegates that holds a lot of sway at the party nominating contest at the convention that will be held in july. so as a result, that's what the sanders campaign is hoping will happen on tuesday. the reality is that hillary clinton has a very solid lead. she's polling in those key states ahead of bernie sanders. he has not been able to make traction on the types of voters that are voting on tuesday, today. that is voters of color, women. this is this is hillary
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clinton's chance to cement herself as the presumptive nominee. >> kimberly, the republican party is in turmoil as to stop trump's current lead. what is at stake? >> turmoil is a very nice way of putting it. there is really panic going on when you talk to some of the republican operatives that are sort of privately very concerned about the prospect of donald trump being the party's nominee. as a result we saw a very prominent republican. mitt romney, a former presidential candidate making telephone calls to voters urging them to not support trump in this poll. and in fact,, to go with one of the more established candidates like ted cruz or marco rubio or even john kasich. the concern is that polling shows if trump is the republican nominee, that hillary clinton, she's the democratic nominee, would defeat him. there is not only concern about donald trump as the republican party's nominee, but also the
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potential of a loss in november. >> kimberly halkett there joining me live from washington, d.c. thank you. >> the families from the malaysian flight 370 are holding vigil. we have more on the investigation to find the wreckage and the anniversary. >> the second anniversary of the disappearance of flight mh 370 was marked in malaysia in a low-key manner. the politicians held a minute of silence to remember all 239 people who were on board that plane when it disappeared. a team of international investigators also issued an interim report. according to the international civil aviation organization, an interim report has to be issued on each anniversary of the accident until the final report has been issued. this is the second interim report, and unfortunately, it
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does not disclose any new information or any information that is not already in public domain. there was issued a statement on tuesday on the anniversary saying officials are doing all they can to find the plane and to solve what is being described as the biggest civil aviation mystery in history. now two rather encouraging pieces of evidence have been found. one piece of di bri debris on union island and the other in mozambique. now they'll investigate whether this comes from the missing mh 370. they expect the operation to come to an end in july this ye year. at that point three countries, china, australia, and malaysia will make a decision whether or not to continue the search
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operation. >> lawrence lui reporting there. venezuela is searching for gold miners who failed to return home from work. so far investigation investigation have failed to find any bodies. >> the authorities have begun investigating allegations that 28 miners might have been massacred in the southern state of bolivia. family members of 28 men took to the street, a small town in southern benz to protest the disappearance of their loved ones. they're claiming that these men never came back from work after friday. eyewitness accounts describe a scene of carnage where several of these men were shot and dismembered, and the remaining parts of their body was thrown into a truck that was driven away. the government initially said that these allegations could not be proven, but have now moved to
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send in investigators also the ombudsmen to look at the testimonies of the families of these men. this area is very rich in gold and diamonds and has traditionally seen not only legal but also rampant illegal mining. there is illegal mining is said to have gotten worse in the last couple of years when as many as five criminal gangs took control of the area. the opposition said that this possibility of the massacre only highlights how lawless this area is, and has said that these criminal gangs could only work in this area with the cooperation of corruption military force. the government is looking into the allegations, but as of now no official statement has been put forward. >> the so-called dentist of horror has gone on trial in france. he has been accused of assault and fraud after allegedly terrorizing patients and removing healthy feet. he fled to canada when suspici
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suspicions arose and forced his extradition. he faces ten years in jail if convicted. he claims to suffer from psychological problems. >> protesters are angry over the high spread train between leon. they want to break up the demonstrators where french heads of state were meeting. president holland is expected to sign a trade agreement. the demonstrators have environmental and cost concerns over the project. scientists in switzerland have created a bionic finger tip that is able to help the wearer feel the difference between rough and smooth surfaces. the ground-breaking research was carried out on a on an amputee who is able to feel the
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electrical signal that mimics the nervous system. it is temporarily implanted into the nerves through the skin. south korea is making final preparations to hold the battle that will pittma pit pit man against machine. they will take on artificial intelligence created by google. >> it was hardly las vegas. the current champ did not sound too aggressive. but if the style was low key, the substance was beyond any big name proxy. >> i won't let my dad down, but given the time constraints i think i'm better. i don't think it will end up 3-2 or anything. my projection is 5-0 or 4-1. >> south korea is the dominant figure in the chinese game of go.
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an artificial system developed by the google project named deep mind. he beat the champion last year 5-0. now it's designer said they want to learn by playing the game's greatest. out of that they want no arguments once they've beaten him. >> we've chosen him because we want--we think this is going to be a very historic match, so we wanted a legendary historic player, somebody who has been at the top of the game, and acknowledged as the greatest player in the last decade. >> the game is quite simple. the complexity especially for a computer lie in the sheer number of options available for each player and helps to determine what makes a good move. to win a game of go you want to control the maximum amount of territory on the board. you'll choose the lines where you place your pieces. trying to avoid at all costs
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being surrounded by your opponent. because at that point they vanish. among these young enthusiasts there is no doubt about the likely winner. >> i think there it's more about technical moves. >> i think it will win because when it comes to go humans are more intelligent than computers. >> they tried to find a way to combat human intuition rather than trying to compute over possible outcome in every move. the first looks at the choices and then stimulates the out come at that moment. what if go actually wins? >> if they can do that, that will be a different paradigm of application. >> they say that this will be an historic match. people are hoping that it is an
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historic moment in the development of artificial intelligence. >> you can find much more at our website www.aljazeera.com. you'll find plenty of video, analysis and comment there at your finger tips. equal justice initiative, bryan stevenson. >> we have to stop telling the lies that we tell about who we are. we celebrate our history of slavery. we celebrate our era of terrorism. >> stevenson has spent his career fighting racism in the criminal justice system--the legacy of slavery and times of "racial terror" continue to impact the lives of african americans today. >> what we did to african americans between the end of reconsti
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