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>> this is al jazeera. >> hello and welcome to the news hour. here's what's coming up in the next 60 minutes. i.s.i.l. says this teenager has carried off afternoon attack in iraq that has killed dozens of people. fbi issues warrants for new suspects, we'll have an update. and april ceasefire
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agreement in yemen. japan gets a new bullet train that connects the country's north. we begin this newshour in iraq, where there have been two major attacks. one at a football stadium and the other at an air base in anbar province. dozens of pees people hav peopln killed. about 120 cloments from ra kilom ramazee. no attacks in or near the u.s. side of the base. forces launched an offensive to retake the province.
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after a blast in a football stadium south of baghdad. at least 30 people were killed when a suicide bomber blew himself up. i.s.i.l. says it was behind the attack. bernard reports. bernard smith reports. >> amid the crowd, a suicide bomber at a football game. it happened in escanderia, 50 miles south of baghdad. i.s.i.l. has claimed responsibility for the attack. this is who it is they say took it out. 17 years old. it could be i.s.i.l.'s losses on the battlefield that could be provoking attacks like these. in northern iraq it started clearing areas around the city
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of mosul in an attempt to retake the city sometime later this year. the city already cut off from kurdish peshmerga forces. the u.s. pentagon says it's about to increase the number of ground troops to support those forces who fight against i.s.i.l. bernard smith, al jazeera. >> joining us via skype from dubai, thank you for joining us on the newshour. as the iraqi army is along with militias trying to take back land from i.s.i.l, are we going to see more attacks like we saw in iraq by i.s.i.l? >> absolutely. of course i.s.i.l. a symptom to a broader problem of poor governance across iraq and syria so it's a manifestation of disenchantment disillusionment
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by a broad swath of both of those countries. iran backed shia militias as the iraqi military has disintegrated. unfortunately what we face is a cycle of atrocities between those militias. the participation of the iran backed militias is likely only to strengthen i.s.i.s. moving forward because they represent forces that are generally rejected by those in mosul where the most recent offensive have been launched. >> the town of estandaria is known to be mostly shief mostlys that going to be in the country? >> al qaeda in iraq, sectarian
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based attacks, primarily car bombs against innocent shia, aqi's leader, baghdadi's predecessor wanted to ignite a shia-sunni war. then the bombing in february 2006. what we clearly see now is that i.s.i.s. wants to do the same thing and unfortunately the main beneficiaries of such attacks both against innocent civilians and al qaeda and i.s.i.s, and a lot of these extremists, iran-backed shia militia groups. >> let me ask you about the u.s. plans, the americans saying they have stationed 200 marines in an outpost near mamud, and publicly
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at least them saying this is to provide security for advisors who are preparing to go into mosul and liberate if you may mosul from i.s.i.l. to what extent is this an extension of forces in u.s. in the country? >> unfortunately, away we have seen repeatedly identity o repes white house is all strategy no tactics.. the best special operations forces in the world, ail those resources could be expended into iraq. absent a broader political framework, if anything is going to be counterproductive because those resources are going to only advance and embolden
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i.s.i.s.'s strategy which is to full west back into iraq uh iraq and to bleed us slowly as they did before, and the iran-backed shia militias. because they too reject western interference in the country. getting all iraqi communities to be equally and fairly represented in baghdad and for all them to feel like first class citizens in their country, absent that i feel it is a slippery slope and more young american men and women are going to die in vein as extremist forces become emboldened and administer powerful. >> we thank you for joining is from de dubai. city of palmyra has been taken back from i.s.i.l. by the
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syrian forces. northern sinai, a military spokesman say another 40 of the group's combatants were injured on raids in ammunitio am ammuni. jacky rowland is live from brussels. >> thursday and friday raids, on thursday a suspect by the name of faisil shafu, has been
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arrested, there are two other names, one arrested on thursday one arrested on friday. those names are given as anu bakar a and shalem b. they are pursuing leads that he was the third individual shown in cc tv pictures. light coat and hat is now to be on the run, it is suspected that that is faisal shafu. what we know about him is he is a man who passed himself off as a so-called independent journalist, it would appear in fact had a was some kind of a
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cover and that in fact he was not really a bona fide journalist at all. >> all right, jacky thank you for that update from brussels. coming up in this news hour we'll tell you why the once bustling entrance into jerusalem is empty and we'll tell you why small business owners in bangladesh are angry. players pause to remember their greatest player, later this hour. first, at least 2005 people have been killed in a suicide bombing in yemen. it happened in the southern port city of aden. one car boa bomb went off near a military checkpoint.
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leading to a base used by the saudi-led coalition that's been fighting houthi rebels. fighters linked to i.s.i.l. have claimed responsibility. since the conflict began in march last year the united nations says almost 6 6,500 peoe have been killed. more than 21 million people, that's around 82% of the population, need some kind of humanitarian aid or protection. more than 2.5 million people have been forced are from their homes. let's pass over to aman and talk to adam baroon a specialist in yemen. how sure are you that the
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ceasefire will actually go ahead and the talks go ahead? >> there are positive signs, looking at it this round than there were the first two rounds. that being said, it is important to remember this is a multifaceted conflict and while the exiled government does purport to speak on the forces ton ground, we are talking about a myriad of groups with very different missions for yemen. >> when you say positive signs, what exactly do you mean by that? just today we have had at least two explosions in yemen. one of them claimed by i.s.i.l. fighters rather, linked to i.s.i.l. so how much is al qaeda and i.s.i.l. been able to take advantage of this power vacuum in yemen? >> oh i mean absolutely we are talking about a tremendous power vacuum. particularly in areas where the houthi have been pushed out of.
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we're looking at a significant power vacuum even in aden, despite the increasing efforts of the saudi led coalition. particularly emerati forces in strange and logistic am stuff. that being said, until he real government is restored in yemen you will continue to see this sort of power vacuum that is a perfect vacuum for extremist groups like al qaeda. >> what kind of pressure can be put on both sides who are both accused of committing war crimes by the united nations? what kind of pressure can be put on them to stop? >> i mean we can speak about increasing diplomatic pressure. we have seen some fruit from that in the truce in the northern border with saudi arabia, between saudi forces and
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the houthis, that's been in place for a few weeks yet. the ski question is you don't see a civil war end until both sides or one side has gotten tired of fighting the key question looking at yemen now is whether any of the sides have gotten tired of fighting and while the yek yemeni people -- that's the question, the yemeni people would like nothing more than to see the end of the conflict. it is hard to see signs they have gotten tired of fighting just yet. >> adam baron thank you for joining us from aman. at least 12,000 refugees still remain at the gree greek-macedonian border hoping macedonia will soon let them in. aid agencies have reduced their presence due to security concerns there. zeina khodr is at the idomeni
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camp. >> some refugees have decided to move to government run camp. according to the u.n. hcr, they are honing they can relocate more people but facing another problem. it's not just persuading people to leave here but the fact that there isn't enough space. these accommodation centers cannot house ail these people. greek authorities are struggling to deal with this crisis. there are now 50,000 migrants across the country. there are some who still don't want to leave. they are still hoping the border will open. hoping that pressuring the macedonian authorities or the eu, so they will not be
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forgotten. right now they have to apply for asylum relocation program and this is going to take months and people are growing desperate, especially those who want to be reunited with their families. even the u.n. hcr says it will take a long time for these people to get appointments and apply, they are hoping to employ more to take care of this problem. >> 10,000 syrian refugees, the idea is to move the refugees from the old camp into the new one. this camp is totally different. it is for first time that you have a double story containers, including water, electricity and a sewage system.
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there also seems to be an indication that the camps are slowly turning into a long term plan. there is po end in sight and the idea is to host people as many services as possible to enable them or living conditions that are proper and humane until they return back home to syria. a chinese raider who was part of an online petition calling on xi jinping to resign has been released. accused of building a personality cult. florence looi reports. >> a lawyer of the man has confirmed that his client was released friday night. he was taken off as he was about to board a plane to hong kong.
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letter published earlier this month so-called for chinese president xi jinping to resign. it also accused the chinese president of concentrating power if his hands, abandoning personal leadership and collecting a cult of personal responsibility around himself. signing off only as loyal communist party members had urged the chinese president to resign nor the fuch of china and its people. while he may have been released, the investigation who might have been behind this letter has only intensified. a chinese dissident living in the united states said they took his parents and younger siblings away on tuesday night. now a news agency, aight agents
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france, that first published the letter says they've clearly been missing for a week now. deepen the crack downed and these developments have got human rights activists in china concerned. because this suggests that not only is there growing inattorneys of criticism that it seems there is a more disturbing pattern of going after critics. >> authorities in pakistan say they have arrested a form he indian naval officer for suspected spying. captured in its troubled province of balugistan. new delhi has denied any links to the officer. there is fears it could jeopardize ongoing peace talks
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between the two nuclear power states. u.s. said numbers are not sustainable, with the taliban gaining ground in provinces including helmond, there are fears a spring offensive could hit government force he even harder. tony burtley reports from southern afghanistan. >> afghan army calling it brigade. >> if they supply us and pay attention to our air force we could show the world we are brave and defend our country independently. >> reporter: nestled behind these hills, where the americans suffered their highest trajtdz, thetragedies.
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the taliban now control more territory than at any other you time in the past 14 years. since the u.s. scaled down its operation he here, the afghan army cannot completely rely on the use of american fire power. and that's made a significant difference in its abliblity to o take and retain territory. >> translator: and ied bomb was exploded. with air support he would have survived. >> many young men opt to enlist because there are no other
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options. corruption is said to be common within the military, leaving the soldiers often without sufficient ammunition. it also leaves many without incentive. >> translator: a soldier should have a strong faith and physical power but this enemy is armed to the teeth and has support from our neighboring countries including pakistan and iran. we need a powerful force with hef heavy artillery, tanks. >> it's affected morale though official line is positive. >> translator: our soldiers are from this country and they are muslim and they know what they are doing is the right thing to defend our people and defend our home lands and we have to fight with everything we have. >> reporter: analysts say that neither the afghan army nor the taliban is strong enough to win the war but the afghan army believes if the u.s. was still here in force it would be a different story.
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tony berkeley, al jazeera, kunar province. >> over the last few weeks there has been a wave of violence in the territory. most palestinians have been killed over alleged stabbings or shootings at israeli forces. our correspondent stefanie dekker has more on how this violence is affecting life in the city. >> damascus gate, an integral part of east jerusalem, not anymore. the street market sellers have gone. there is now an eerie silence here. >> these days, the israeli forces are suspicious of everything. if your hands are inside your pockets, their hands will be on the trigger ready to shoot. the situation is really difficult. >> reporter: damascus gate has become a hot spot in the last
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six months. it has made the israeli government beef up security here. they now stand behind barriers, they didn't before. the trees are cut, so there is a clear view. we can only now stand in certain locations. these steps used to be full of people just sitting around and enjoying their day. now that is no longer allowed. there is security all around this area and there are sniper positions on either side of damascus gate. palestinians say this amounts to collective punishment. they are scared any wrong move could get you shot. walk inside the old city, this another street that has seen multiple attacks, and security is increased. mohammed says the situation has never been this bad. even during the two previous int iintfoods.
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int intefadas. the security situation is difficult to control. considering the nature of the attacks often by palestinians acting alone. in order to maintain safety of all the residents and the tourists. the palestinians and hooux human rights groups blame on even took place. what's clear is that life has been sucked out of this once bustling historic place and replaced by tension and uncertainty. stefanie dekker, al jazeera, occupied east jerusalem. >> winter and spring at the same time, how is that possible? >> an indication of how big a nation we are talking about here. let me show you a picture.
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this is scene you would have seen. about half meter of snow in fact even last night it was still pouring with freezing rain. now it has improved slightly since that but not very much. come down the coast about 600 kilometers in washington, d.c. and the sun has come out. it feels so different in fact it is officially peak cherry blossom season. we are not that far away as nation sizes go but clearly very much spring like. that is not the case across the whole united states. you may have seen in the news severe snow storm in colorado. it is still snowing not far from denver, the line has gone up through michigan as well. that is where winter is, the accommodate tucked up here. coming down to the warmth from the gulf of mexico that you tend to get tornadoes. it is possible to get some big thunderstorms in the next day or
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so but we seem to have avoided that particular issue in the last few days and in the next few days it will come no doubt. as i said, severe weather in colorado and in michigan. that was it, only two days ago. pleased to say though things are improving greatly in colorado. >> thank you. the aroma people may be some of ethiopia's largest groups but modern 200 were killed, after plans to develop areas where the aroma live. >> 6-year-old abby and her brother have thought been attending classes. we were here in january, days after the children's mother had been shot through neck during a demonstration. despite eventually receiving
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medical treatment she died a couple of weeks ago. >> translator: the little girl cries and keeps asking where her mother is. we feel her pain. older one cried when his mother was shot and died but now it seems he understands that she's gone. >> reporter: the aroma are ethiopia's largest ethnic group. gives a degree of self rule to the aroma people. but the aroma people, some of whose elders have been arrested around detained, says the system has been corrupted by the ruling party. integrated development plan aims at spreading increasing development out of addis into the surrounding aroma region. but the aroma people have had long standing issues with the government, cultural, social,
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economic. and these subjects are not been addressed. >> in terms of politics, high marginalization. in terms of the economy, again marginalization. in terms of culturallizing, high marginalization. proper place in this country. i don't think it is going to work. and part of the problem is the government wants to rule in all the ways. people are resisting in all these ways. >> protests have come in a time when ethiopia has sustained economic growth in recent years. civil unrest maybe exploited by groups like al shabaab in neighboring somalia. the two countries have still not signed a peace agreement, despite the war they fought
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ending 16 years ago. >> there is a need for forums, public forums for consultation, for expression of different views. >> the government says it's listening. >> consultation he are being made and will be made with the people to address not only the issue of master plan which is only smoke screen but to address the underlying problems. >> for kenna's family their daughter and mother was the victim of a government that has broken many promise he before. charles stratford, al jazeera. >> still ahead, this town is known for hollywood gla glamour,
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warfare. plus. working desperately to preserve their art. >> and was it business as usual for tennis number 1 at the miami masters.
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>> hello again, top stories on al jazeera. in iraq, i.s.i.l. says one of its teenage fighters shown in this picture blew himself up at
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a football match in a town south of baghdad. the attack in the stadium killed 30 people and injured many more. and one of the suspects be arrested after the brussels bombings, captured on cctv, fled when his suicide belt did not detonate. activists released balloons across the demilitarized zone. tensions have been high. and the long range rocket launch last month prompting new sanction he from the u.n. security council. not banning facebook and
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whatsap, but small business owners who rely on those sites say the ban cost them dearly. >> runs an internet company, his website is an online mark place that does most of its work on facebook. but a ban of the social networking site has called him money. >> translator: there are some fixed costs that you can't avoid. without shutting the whole site down. we had to keep paying our employees and other costs. >> be worth an estimated $8 million a month in bangladesh according to the government. hit many small businesses very hard. the government defends blocking the site, widespread violence
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but after the arrest of an online satirist whose facebook page was one of the most popular in the country, even those who control the internet pathways are worried. >> try to educate people how to fill temperature out the good and bad content instead of block everything. >> reporter: the government is putting in serious efforts to regulate traffic. the government's telecom regulator, would allow filtering out certain content from any website and is make a third attempt. the government says the government's security needs are outweigh the internet use. >> translator: yes, people's businesses can get hurt when
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sites like facebook get shut down but people have to obey the government decision. >> reporter: facebook has rejected several requests from the government to allow it access to its user data and thousands of bangladeshis have nomnowhere to complain. mahir satar, al jazeera. >> first day of business. the yaf yong exchange was packed with investors. many of them had never traded in shares before. foreign access is not permitted in the time being. at global parks in 2016 face an uncertain future there is a renewed interest in the technology behind bitcoin. in the past the virtual curchesy
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has been involved in be drug dealing. andy gallagher has the story. >> it doesn't dispense anything as old fashioned as paper money. >> we go ahead and start and first steps to go ahead and scan your i.d. >> reporter: this terminal is part of a growing network of bitcoin mche machines that doug carello has described. >> infrastructure to kind of help the next wave of machines, to be improved. >> intoint only seven years old but piquing the interest, it's
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all a long way from the days when bitcoin was associated with drug deals and hackers. mattei takei session he hasn't booked a room on anything orient bitcoin. it's the relative security of the currency. >> if you have your own bitcoin wallet, no one is able to stay that money away from you. i think that gives people a really good understanding on how safely they can store their money, their valuables. >> it has been said bitcoin has been written off as a surveilled project but there are some issues. as the number of issues increase transactions can be unpredictable. but perhaps more serious is the falling-out amongst the community that controls the currency, leading to what some are calling a toxic community.
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increasing the network's capacity. bitcoin is also a long way from replacing traditional banking. regulation issues and for many there remains a steep learning curve. >> it is still a very risky thing particularly if you are counting on it coming into widespread use it is a difficult thing for, say, consumers to use. >> 2016 is already shaping up to be a turbulent year in the global markets an it's that uncertainty that may see bitcoin emerge as an entirely different way of look at money. andy gallagher, al jazeera, miami, florida. easter, a traditional trip to the beach in acapulco, but the city has become one of the most violent in the world.
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john holman has more from acapulco. >> a crime scene amongst cozumel's most violent city. this time armed men shot up a strip club. the taco stand directly in front carries on serving. residents have grown used to these scenes. it's a block from the beach in acapulco. the town once known for glamor, its now all the gang warfare. the army has been called in to protect them during high season. even the archbishop has appealed for a truce. >> translator: i've been asking all those who cause violence and fear in the population to stop killing during easter. >> acapulco's hotels and
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restaurants are pleading for same. but 12 people have been murdered just during our 48 hour visit. drug use and increasingly over extortion and corruption. so commonplace that when they happen, the city doesn't really miss a beat. you can hear the music and see the party continuing in the bar next door. no official was available to speaks to us but over the last six years they've sent in waves heavily armed police and military. to deal with each outbreak of violence but the gangs always come back. leaving francisco desperate for a solution that works. his restaurant should be full now but losing clients is just part of the problem for business owners in town. >> translator: they arrive and tell you, you have to pay protection money or they burn your business or they kill you and your family and the majority of the people just run for it
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and leave town. >> reporter: extortion is affecting beach vendors too. eight have been killed in the last three months. this one right flex to a group of canadian visitors. the violence creeping ever closer to the tourists who are the life blood of the struggling town. john helloman, al jazeera, acapulco. >> reporter: ireland is commemorating 100 years since the easter raising rebellion which launched the wra war agait england. unfurled the irish flag and read a declaration of independence. after five days of shelling from the british they surrendered and were executed. the irish free state was established. cambodia's kmer rouge
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leaders killed thousands in a pursuit of a communist utopia. 30 years later those who survived are trying to revive their art. karishma via is reporting from phnom penh. >> traditional musician from cambodia for more than half a century. and he expects nothing less than perfection there his students. >> translator: this traditional wedding music is my life. i won't stop playing it until i die. and i will continue teaching it to the younger generation. >> reporter: but his love of music almost cost him his life. musicians like master men were
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hunted and killed by the kmer rouge regime in the 1970s, murdered more than 2 million people and banned all forms of art in its effort to establish a purely agrarian society uncorrupted as they saw it by any creative people or intellectuals. >> 80% were killed during that period. so no religion, no music, no arts. no expression. >> reporter: within just one generation, cambodia's rich heritage was decimated. cultural organizations for cambodian living arts is to you working with old musicians and dancers to teach a new generation. but they are facing some new challenges. increasingly, young cam bodians are turning away from
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traditional music. most are listening to korean pop and american hip hop. but without an audience these artists say they will struggle to survive. >> i think this day cambodian people know more modern music. not many people understand the transitiotradition of my music. it's disappearing. >> for now it's tourists who are helping to keep traditional art forms alive. these performing artists admit it won't be easy competing against the influx of western music. then again, what they have is well worth saving. karisma vias. al jazeera, cambodia. >> still ahead on the al jazeera newshour. the rolling stones rock cuba with their first-ever concert there.
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and, we'll have all the latest sports news including action from the wgc match play championship, in australian, texas, we'll tell you which players are through the knockout round.
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connects the main island of honshu to the northern island of hokkaido through an undersea
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tunnel. millions of residents are expected to benefit from the line. >> this is its latest effort, a $5 billion project with a new bullet train that connects the main island with the northern island of hokaido. >> i'm getting more excited as i see the train in front of me. i just can't sleep. i woke up at 1:00 a.m. and tossing and turning in bed even woke the kids up. >> nearly decade after japan's first bullet train connected tokyo to osaka. saving them under an hour. the new line stretches for nearly 150 kilometers. the northern island of hok beaido is home to famous ski
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resorts, geothermal springs and conservation parks. >> we hope this will help increasing tourism and boosting the local economies there. >> the hokaido line runs under a 54 kilometer undersea tunnel. it is deepest operational main line tunnel in the world. japanese officials say they hope to extend northern line to the city of saporro by 2030. paul ar tradergian, al jazeera. >> here is sana. >> beat bangladesh by 75 runs in calcutta to top group 2. while ne neuldz new zealand, ovr
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bangladesh couldn't even manage half of that total in response they were bowled out for just 70 runs inside 16 overs. in a few minutes time, england, win will seal their place in the semi finals after two wins and a defeat so far. sri lanka, has any chance of progressing from group 1. >> a way is quite exciting because we know that's still to come. and really pleasing thing for me is we're finding ways of winning games of cricket which is really important in this format of the game. as long as we can continue to do that, that's all we can really worry about is make sure that we get that win tomorrow.
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and give ourselves the best chance of qualifying. >> dutch football has been celebrating the life of johan cruyff, to remember their country's greatest player. the amsterdam game was halted in the 14th minute. cruyff is considered a pioneer of the game both on and off the pitch. he died on thursday at the age of 68. euro 2016, scored the first of two early goals for the french. the dutch fought back to level the game at 2-all but netted the winner. owners germany that beat cruyf cruyff's netherlands team.
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be current world champions will face england later. northern island and ukraine in the upcoming finals in france. wearing black arm bands in memory of cruyff who guarded barcelona to the first world title. >> since his time as a manager in bar barcelona a decisive chae has happened. probably no other team or club in the world has. with such clear rule and such long term consequences, and that was initiated by johan cruyff. >> his first patch back with his international team since banned for biking in the world cup. >> it is hard to deal with, a pain in the butt. very complicated, he wants to do it all by himself.
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euro plan is this one, we knew about it because they are a difficult team to play. >> rory mcilroy, world number 3 finally brought, in a second role on in austin, texas. >> it's nice to be here on the weekend. i had to go extra-holes to get into the weekend. it's nice to be through. i feel my game has got an little bit better as the days have went on. i'll have to play welt tomorrow in order to do that. >> three wins from three in a group stage. he beat fellow american justin thoms. .there is some top shots in austin on friday and had one of the best, south korean got an
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eagle on the par 413th hole. his group match with ricky fowler, payoff against scott percy to reach the last 16. after a week dominated by sexism discusses in tennist novak joko djokovic beat his rival, after he received a bye in the first round. and roger federer unfortunate start to the season has continualed. had to pull out of the event with illness. out of the action for two months with a knee injury. >> i woke up and i don't know exactly whether it happened but i think i was going to run the bath for the girls. made a very simple movement turned back, heard a click in my
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knee, went to the zoo and my knee was swollen. stepping up their game, they beat the orlando magic 108 to 97. hasan whiteside was the star of the evening. 12 rebounds. garan sealed the win for miami. now remain in the number 5 spot in the eastern conference playoff race. that's all your sport, back to you. >> thank you very much for that update. the rolling stones have made music history by playing a gig in havana. it was decades in the making so for decades the band's music was banned in cuba. it was considered subversive, the concert is considered another sign of change coming days after u.s. president barack obama's historic visit. lucia newman reports. >> reporter: it was a concert
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many cubans had been waiting for for almost half a century. the legendary rolling stones in a performance like none this country have ever seen. entire families, three generations, even four, enjoyed a free concert, compliments of the british band which has been around almost as long as the cuban revolution. >> i love it, they're an epic band and i couldn't miss this said 13-year-old jean michel. from early afternoon, people began pouring into havana's open air sports center. the news of this concert has spread like wildfire. people are coming from not only all over cuba but all over the americas and beyond. fans want to eight they saw history being made when they saw the rolling stones in cuba. people like this irish couple. >> it's a changing time for cuba and you know, it's the park of
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that change maybe. >> aldre lou says it makes him feel young. >> when i was young, listening to the rolling stones was forbidden. we had to listen to them in secret in the '60s and '70. >> a signs of the time that things are changing in communist cuba. >> this week is significant and very exciting. >> reporter: and so it was wrapped you by a once banned rock band, leaving one with a sense that cuba is no longer off the circuit, no longer so isolated. lucia newman, al jazeera, havana. >> thanks for watching the newshour on al jazeera, we're back in just a moment, we'll have more news coming your way. do stay with us.
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