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live from doha. in the neck 60 minutes. ted cruz and bernie sanders keep the pressure on the frontrunners after winning the latest election primaries. one of libya's two arrival governments steps down for the sake of quote political unity." anger on the streets of peru as thousands protest against the daughter of a disgraced former
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president running for. what's app need to know what the owners are doing with your service. frontrunners in the republican and democratic contests suffered defeat. bernie sanders picked up another win over hillary clinton. on the republican side, ted cruz won another against the businessman donald trump. cruz called it a turning point in the republican presidential race. kimberly halkett has the latest. >> reporter: it was a decisive victory for ted cruz in wisconsin defeating it frontrunner donald trump in the state's primary. it was a win cruz promised would change the course of the republican race for the white
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house. >> tonight was a bad night for hillary clinton. it was a bad night in the democratic primary, and it was an even worse night for her in the republican primary. we are winning because we are uniting the republican party. >> the cruz campaign claims the latest victory will propel him to win future state contests and cause trump to fall short of the 1,237 candidates needed to win the nomination before the july republican convention. it's a convention where cruz hopes to become the party nominee to take on democratic frontrunner hillary clinton. but the path to her presidential nomination has become more complicated for clinton. bernie sanders was the winner in the midwestern state. >> with our victory tonight in
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wisconsin, we have now won sevenout of eight of the last caucuses. and we have won almost all of them with overwhelming, landslide numbers. ♪ >> sanders says his grassroots support will propel him to win bigger upcoming bigger upcoming contests. ted cruz and bernie sanders
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saying the course of the campaign has been changed and it could be a very messy task, now it is expected these nominating contests will go right to the july convention. kimberly halkett, milwaukee. >> let's look at the race for the white house. hillary clinton is in the lead. she has more than 120 o'dell gassed. bernie sanders on 1,25. they need 2,383 to wing the race. this doesn't include so-called super delegates. on the republican side, donald trump is ahead with 740 delegates. ted cruz on 514. the nominee there needs 1,237 to get the nomination. clyde wilcox is a professor of government at georgetown university. so as far as mr. trump is concerned, there are some things that even mr. trump cannot survive saying. >> you know, he had a series of miss statements about zenneder.
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he had a series of misstatements about abortion. wisconsin republicans care a lot about abortion. he looked like he had never thought about the issue last week. >> looking forward to what happens next, we have new york and wyoming. the republicans have this kind of cut and dry system but the democrats have like almost a proportionalt representation system. ask the that mean mr. sanders can do crucially? and can he do better than mrs. clinton. >> i has to win 56% of the delegates from here on out. that's about what he got in wyoming so he needs to do exactly that well in new york and new jersey and california. he's behind in all of those states. so, it looks like he will have a very steep road to climb. >> can he climb it? because he's got those super delegates coming up. and some of them perceive him as an old-fashioned socialists. that's the word that they attach to bernie sanders? >> if he were to win the rest of the contest with 56% of the
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vote, the super delegate could be hardpressed not to vote for one who had won all of the primaries. >> turning around ted cruz and against mr. trump. >> republicans do not like ted cruz but he is the one man who could make stop frump getting a majority on the first ballot. what seems likely now is that trump will fall a little short of a first ballot victory, which might make for a really interesting time for newscasters come august. >> come the convention, the party convention. will it come? it's only happened once nat past 30 years or so. will it come down to the convention saying, no, actually, we are going to war because we do not want you, mr. trump? >> if he is short of the majority, then i am sure they will. if he is short of the majority, i think he will not be the nominee. >> one interesting sub text, looking at the exit polls people perceive bernie sanders as being quote inspiring. that was one of the drill-down
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questions. they do not perceive hillary clinton and having her hand on the 'til er for so long is working against her? >> especially for young people. bernie sanders is winning 85% of the people under 30 saying let's have a revolution and hillary clinton is saying, we can't dream that much. we have to dream small. we have to make small changes. young people are not in the food for that. >> how do you think mr. trump will fine-tune his message between now and wyomings, now and new york? >> i don't know donald trump is capable of fine-tuning his message. he doesn't seem to ever think before he speaks. on the other hand, new york, he is way ahead. it is his home state. 538 has him as a 98% chance of winning new york. he might try to tough it out. >> with we will wait and see with baited breath. thank you. otwo rival governments unti libya is standing aside to quote
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prevent any more blood shed" the announcement a few days after the national unity government drived in tripoli. libya has had two competing administrations, the one in tripoli backed by powerful malitias and the other in the port city of tibrook. here is osama bin jabade. >> the u.n. special envoy to libya is all smiles because he has managed to meet the capitol of tripoli. he knows further progress won't be easy. >> an international city where they re-opened their embassies. it will not be tomorrow but we all have to push together. >> greeted with the news that a tripoli-based political group will step aside. >> self-declared government isn't the only call enger. moving forward, tibrol uk has
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defeated the gna. veteran politician has been tasked to head the gna for the challenge to unite a fractured libya. he arrived in tripoli in sea last week because threats prevented him from arriving by air. since then, he has been mostly confined to a naval base. >> this is the first time libyans have reason to be optimistic after months of fighting has reduced mistaken cities to rubble. with groups linked to isil. >> our main goal to be like other country tries. we don't want malitias. we want a government of unity. we want an army, police, salaries and stability. we want a state that can protect its borders. >> reporter: >> these demands are a major
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challen challenge. osama bin javi. >> a libyan political analyst, what does this mean for the people of libya? >> it's a time of massive instability and it's so fluid that the changes are coming so rapid that it's difficult for libyans to unite on one idea. you may find demonstrations for the government but counter demonstrations in other areas. i don't necessarily think people, given the stories that they have been told over the past year and a half of the civil war t doesn't seem like the era is right for or the chief actions are right for unity government. the type of massive instability and concern for libyans. >> what's going on with the gnc. it's not this homogenous all on the same page organization.
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some people sigh a dead set against this. >> i would footnote it's split between two faxes: greedy for power and demonstrated this agreed for power and that it won't allow any kind of compromises. those they look like the majority, a win for their promises and the last 24 hours, there has been a defendant compromise that they have stepped down or their gouchlt -- the government has stepped down. there has been some of the leadership of the gnc has said welcome on as the new state council, the new government of national accord. >> is marred by the former president who also said i will use legal proceedings to take
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this government in the same way the president of the tibrook has come out and said that he will use legal power to try to bring this government down. both of those individuals have been against each other for the past year and a half. both are against the government of national unity. >> what of the militia here? the u.n. in some sense is expecting the malitias to melt away. they haven't so far. why should they now? >> the malitias have been teetering on the edge saying this is a government that will support us, then why fight against it? support would mean material support, wealth, financial and ammunition. no respect, it's the fill solvecal underline. will you allow for the spread to conduct the activity as they see fit. today in 016, given there was a priority in the government or at least the international community, the priority is not
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to get rid of malitias. no respect, the malitias are going along with what seems to be a government backed by the central libya, being backed the national corporation. the only government in libya that will have the financial solvency to try to pay the malissue did in the next year, two years, if at best they can get two years. it's only the government did are back if you are in the game if you paid the militia. most in the militia are in that game. it's a pay as you go scenario. >> thank you very much. russia says it will support u.n. brokered talks between all sides in the conflict in syria. the u.n. special envoy is in moscow to meet the foreign minister sergey lavrov. he is hoping for more negotiations ahead of the next round at that you can answer to end the conflict. >> i want to make a point, we are pleased on the case came
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from the englishration it is a symbol of what needs to be beginning of freeing the area for international value, which we have been waiting for. it's something. there are con conflicting reports as to whether a cease-fire between azerbjain is holding. the two countries agreed to halt futuring after four days of conflict t armenian backed forces say the cease pfeiffer held overnight. but it is reported 115 armenian violations in the past 24 hours. more to come on the newshour including these stories. panama's government goes do damage control government it's
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all about reforming the financial sector, it says. plus. i am andrew thomas. the port villa airport in vanauatu. i will explain why the poor condition of this runway is a man-made disaster is equivalent to a cyclone that hit this country. >> barcelona. that will story and the rest of international sports news. ♪ ♪ justix minister says police are looking into a possible breach that compromise identity thieves of around 50 million turks or two-thirds of the population turkey's president vowed to find those responsible
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for attacks including those in istanbul and ankara. >> demonstrators have blocked roads and thrown stoedz in a village. they were among thousands of mourners. panama's government says it will cooperate with any investigations after the panama papers leak, but it's threatened to take action against moves by france to put the country on the list of uncooperative tax havens. adam raney now from panama city. >> that threat from france was a step too far from panama. it responded immediately. >> in the case of france or any other country that includes panama on a gray list, the national government will have to analyze the situation and take a series of measures which could include reciprocal measures that includes us on a gray list.
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what that threat means is unclear. regardless of what steps panama takes, the attention to the country's financial sector is unwand. former diplomat and banking lawyer says domestic politics really only left parnama with one choice. >> they had to respond because there was a political pressure, a grass root political preve pressure to defend national interests the government is the saying it is making it stronger and more trans parent, a sector that spurted growth and brought in millions of dollars. it's long been known to attract criminals laundering money and rich investors. >> the country was removed from a global gray list of money lau laundering countries only to now face the threat of being put back on such a list.
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>> it's a shame this news story wants to come out that they are comply with banking norms. they talk about us as if we are specialists in money laundering. >> many leaders around the world don't buy that they have cleaned up their act. panama city. the opposition in iceland is renewing calls for a snap general election after the resignation of the prime minister about the revelation of his and his wife's arrangements in panama. the first political casualty after the panama papers show the premier's wife owned an offshore bank with big claims on ice landic banks. >> reporter: it is as far as you can imagine from iceland to the virgin islands.
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anna runs an ice cream parlor p wentrist named after the shell company he and his wife established through panama. lo lots. >> it's very sour and bitter. >> leaves a sour taste in your mouth. >> yeah, bitter tasting like we all feel today. >> is that how you feel about all of this? >> yeah. i am sad and i am ashamed like i am ashamed to be an icelander. >> he walked out of the interview which confronted him in his part in ma tax dodge spent monday saying he wouldn't resign and tuesday saying he would if his coalition partners wouldn't stand by him. for now, it's a stand-off but opposition groups believe he won't last until al planned no confidence vote on thursday. >> there is no meetings in the parliament, no chamber meetings or committee meetings because people just feel that the parliament cannot function in this state of crisis so we have
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like a full-fledged political crisis that needs to be resolved. and everybody except the prime minister, himself, recognized this is doing tremendous damage to the reputation of iceland and the international contest. >> the furious protests over all of this reflects a sense of betrayal among the people. since ice land recovered from the bank crash, store construction projects are restarted as the economy has picked up. yet the country's banks remain week and governments with capitol controls mean a limit on how much icelanders can even take out of cash machines. no context, the idea their prime minister has been helping his wife to hide tennessee of millions of dollars so far away is for many people absolutely infuriating. so wintrist has become part of the language here in misquoted shakespeare on the tee shirts. them one reads: not my prime minister. ones all of the wrong reasons.
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>> we have another storm that's heading its way towards us. it was only five weeks ago we were hit by cyclone winston. let's look at the storm embedded in this huge area of cloud. we have some cloud over fiji here and this huge system is generally slipping toward the southeast. this little blob of cloud here we have a close eye on because within that is where the circulation is, and that is our storm. it's already given upset some heavy rain from some parts of the region. 178 millimeters of rain from this system. that's not good news because that amount of rain is edging its way towards fiji. fiji has seen some torrentially heavy downpours. in the last 24 hours, we have had over 100 mil meters, more rain and that's not good news because this is what it now looks like. the streets are flooded. we do have a lot of rain with us. there is more still to come from the system. now, the sustained wings are 150
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kilometers per hour. we have gusts on top of that of 185 kilometers per hour. if it was in the waters around the americas, we would be calling this the top end of a category 1 hurricane. here, of course, they have a different way of naming the storms, but that's what it would be called around the americas. it's a fairly decent storm edgingly eastward but the savingration, peter, is that it's move can quickly hopefully the end of the rain will be shortly. >> the instant messaging service what's app has decided to en crept the data. they say it will be virtually impossible for governments to intercept. the authorities in the u.s. and brazil have pressured tech data. the f f.b.i. recently dropped a case against apple. larry mcgee, the society analyst says many will welcome this
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move. >> it means anybody who sends a text message or sends a phone call can rest assured their communications are only going to be seen or heard or read by the person who they are communicating with or the group is communicating with. it means the u.s. government, not the chinese government, not any government. it means criminals won't have access so it provides a greater level of protection. of course, as i am sure a lot of people are thissinging: it makes it harder for law enforcement to r law enforcement to eve drop >> security and privacy knowing that the government had eaves dropped on communications around
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the world. the u.s. government in this case. impact: i think governments are going to be concerned. the sglurnings and brazil and many others for a variety of reasons. some because they just want to know what activists are saying. others, because they want to do something about criminals who are flot plotting terrorist activities or perhaps harming children or robbing banks, whatever criminals do. so there is a lot of sort of controversy about this issue but let's face it. a lot of people want encription for ledgitimate reasons, busines deals, personal information, health data. they may have other private inform also about their location. it's also protecting themselves and their children as well as law inforcement. mexico city takes drastic measures for what's been called as an environmental emergency. a new warning about the world's natural heritage sites.
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inspot, golf number 1 who has sites set on a first master's title.
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>> they want to be kept safe. when they were return to turkey, they can't be kept in, you know, in any conditions. there has to be humane conditions for them so they don't lose those rights. they could make some asylum claim infie they hadn't done so in greece as well. >> what happens on to them when they get off of the boat? paperwork and a holding center? well, that's much what's happening at the moment. to be honest, what happens next is a get unclear. i think the plan is people would be returned to their home countries. those are coming from other places in to turkey are to be sent back.
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a notable exception might be with syria. so people are not to be returned to countries where they might face persecution or worse. there is an awful lot of that happening in syria. i wouldn't expect anyone to be returned. that would be a gross rviolatio of their rights to safety. people are not just in turkey coming from syria. you've got people coming from many other parts of the world as well and they could be deported back there under the current plan. >> pardon me for interrupting you. within that lack of clarity, they make landfall intie. so within that lack of clarity, how safe are they? you are telling us they are safe. we get that. how do you sift through the individual groups because a lot of these people lost everything because they went from turkey to greece by sea. i say that they have a right to
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safety. whether or not they really are going to be safe in turkey is, i think, another question honestly. until a week or so ago, it was the eu's policy that turkey was not a safe country for the return much my grant. greece wasn't returning anyone to turkey. it didn't deem turkey to be a safe country for return. the eu commission decided that turkey was going to be safe. i wouldn't clear on what evidence that was made on. in terms of it being a safe place for people to go to, this is something that's been decreed. i don't know on what evidence and it remains to be seen whether or not people really will be safe. i think the fact that the return happened, one boat went back, others are being suspended for the week. it suggests that there are some question marks as to the treatment of people on return
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that is out there. the other question about: so how do you process this paperwork thick is a serious problem. 1 makes the claim for asylum, where do they come from? what is country of origin? not everyone has assistant vice presidented passports. not everyone has passports. some have forged documents. many have no documents at all. i think it's a very difficult process here i think those -- and there are hundreds of -- asylum in greece over the past weekend are going to take some time to process whether or not they have valid claims or not. it's no easy task and it may take many months if not a year or no. >> tom brook, thank you very much. activists in alleppo have confirmed the only road linking the city to turkey has been cud off by kurdish fighters near the
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castillo road and kurdish forces. here is omar al lala akmed and his family rely heavily on food handouts. it's barrel enough. he is scared kurdib fighters could cut off the only road out of alleppo. ? >> god forbid if the road is closed, it would be a big problem for us. there would be shortage in flour, cooking oil, sugar and food stuff. the other problem is people are poor. they don't have the ability to get foot. >> it's the largest city. government fors control the eastern side while the opposition controls the western side. since a truce between the government and rebels began in late february, syrian forces backed by russian air power have advanced on rebel-held areas in alleppo's northern countryside. there is also fighting in the city's northern parts. kurdish forces known as the ypg
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seen as alies of the government are making gains. there are fears they are caught in their campaigns. the goal is to surround and completely cut off the rebel-held areas of aleppo. activists warn that up to 300,000 people could be affected. at this marketplace, the produce is abundant and fresh. people say they are worried yet they remain defiant. >> we have everything, thank god. there is food, even farming. >> he relies on farming to feed his family. he said it's the best way to survive. we have beans, spinach, whatever vegetables you can think of. we live like our grandfathers by farming. >> there could be tough days ahead for people in this part of aleppo. fighting is continuing the. it's not clear if the kurdish
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forces could sustain theirege. it will be the people of alleppo who will suffer the most. thousands of peruvians have marched against the daughter of the former leader. she is running for the presidency. protesters don't want her on the ballot. marina sanchez now from lima. >> reporter: they shouted: never again. remembering thousands of innocent people killed or disappeared during the 90s. . >> the people real botherred by so many killings. >> they remembered the level of corruption. his right-hand man, accused of bribing politicians, journalists. >> we will never forget. no one came out clean. judges, prosecutors, everyone
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had a price tag. >> reporter: demonstrators chose this date on april 5th, '24 years. he led a coup de tat and began ruling by decree. >> is. >> the candidacy has divided a country as her father did. she is trying to distance herself from her father's legacy but she carries the weight of the fugamori name. >> supporters say critics are unfair to her. >> she can't be guilty for her father's mistakes. she is young and has many projects to fulfill.
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she signed an honor agreement to respect human rights. she promised she won't use pour in favor of her family meaning she won't free her father from jail. she has led the presidential campaign with more than 30% of the vote but hasn't been able to gain more support. >> she has distanced herself but some voters say there is absolutely no way i will vote for her. >> her greatest challenge is to create a new strategy to disassociate her from her father's legacy. nearly 50% of voters say they will never put fugamori back in power. lima peru. >> chooun is stepping up the pressure on neighboring north korea under u.n. sanctions against the nuclear program. beijing has banned most imports of north korean coal and iron
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ore. china buys an estimated 2 thirds of north korea's exports making bail jing. trade restrictions are part. the important ban includes coal, iron ore and rare earth. they are an important source of income from north korea whose main trading partner is china. these restrictions will hit north korea hard. the statement from the ministry comes with what some say is a loop hole. it allows proceeds. what's unclear is how china plans to monitor or keep track of that. china has been under significant pressure to be tougher on north
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korea, especially after the north conducted anti-missile tests in the first quarter of this year. it has supported tougher sanctions. china has preferred a softer approach favoring dialogue and incentives. analysts say because china fears the lapse of the kim regime could lead to refugees and possibly the presence of u.s. troops on the peninsula. the latest announcement could be seen as a sign that china is left leg to change its approach when it comes to dealing with north korea. >> the u.n. has uncovered serious sanitation problems after thousands died from an outbreak of cholera. they said they lacked toilets and soap. the u.n. has consistently refused to accept its responsible for compensation of the victims of what happened.
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mexico city taking measures to tackle the first environmental emergence seep. private cars won't be allowed on the road for one day a week to make breathing easier smog drapes mexico city like a filthy blanket. for the next three months, all drivers must leave the keys to their cars at home one day a week and one saturday a month. he electric and high hybrid car owners are exempt. how can i agree with the policy when so many people are going to be left without a way of getting around. >> i think the authorities are not doing their jobs well. public transportation was already straining to keep up with the demand.
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it's chaos. i am arriving at 930 action 9:45 because the buses. >> citizens are inhaling more dangerous levels of pollution because of a supreme court decision last year. it overturned a law requiring cars older than 8 years to stay off of the roads one day a week. green peace says this does not address other problems contributing to pollution. >> 80% of the money that's devoted to education goes to bridges, highways. the majority must go to improving public transportation. >> reporter: some people are side asking stepping the new policy by using carpools. one company tells us they are seeing an increase if customers but it only offers service to and from the city.
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>> it would be pa big help if they did trips within the city. >> more anger on the streets of mexico city than usual: adding to the backlash is uncertainty about what happens after this three-month program ends. right now, government officials aren't saying. natasha gname the human rights group amnesty international says the number of executions carried out globally has doubled last year. iran isblied to have executed more people per capital than anywhere else. carried out 90 percent of the executions. china is not included on the list because the country keeps its numbers a state secret although human rights groups estimate thousands of people are executed there every year as well. fewer countries use the death
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penalty. many stopped in the last year. the dramatic rise was down to huge increases in just three countries: iran, pakistan and saudi arabia. together, these three countries a accounted for almost 90 percent of all of the executions that we recorded in 2015 again excluding china. an earthquake magnitude 6.9 has got northwest of the pacific island nation to a lar sli sized quake struck the same area on sunday without causing any damage. it is still recover from last year's devastating cyclone. andrew thomas reports. 'port villa's bay, a unique experience. >> the company hiring these boats used to have 60 customers a day. now, they have seen two of 14
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all day. >> it's so quiet and we don't make much out of it. >> the international airport is more than just a runway. a country dependent upon tourism. this stretch of tarmac is crucial to the economy. but the runway is damaged workers are carrying out emergency g out emergency repairs. >> for many, the runway, a man-made disaster, is worse.
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its peak tourist system but this hotel is barely half full and that's after slashing prices 55%. >> it's a terrible situation, a lot worse in town. >> lossesa are mount with cancellations growing. cruise ships are still coming in. passengers sleep and mostly eat on board. these tourists are worth much less than those who come by air. last month, taxi drivers fought over customers here now, police and the army keep watch. >> we need food and a table every day. we are going to stay there and cross our hands. at least we have to find some ways to earn our income. >> some think the runway condition is because of planes
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with aid. international airlines have earned co-chair agreements with the national carrier and won't sell its seats, no will they say when or whether they will be coming back. andrew thomas, al jazeera. port villa, vanauatu. >> to come, bangladesh, people who are still drinking arsnic-laced water 20 years after a mass poisoning. in sport, find out if the miami heat will warm up to the nba playoffs with another win.
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from central bangladesh. >> for the longest time, she couldn't figure out what was wrong with her. she couldn't go near the kitchen stove, unable stand the heat. it got to the point where she couldn't even be outside in the midday sun. that was years before doctors finally, pin pointed her problem: the water she was drinking. >> my parents and my husband took me to many doctors. they all said i had a skin condition only. it wasn't until someone from an arsnic outreach program came to my village that they figured out what was wrong with me. according to a human rights watch report, thousands people
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suffer from arsnic-related problems that are not detected. >> doctors rely heavily on noticing skin lesions, which sometimes alert them to arsnic-related diseases. the problem is: most people suffering from such illnesses don't develop these lesions. the condition is not diagnosed and they don't get treatment. >> it's a forgotten tragedy. about 20 years ago, arsnic in bangladesh was a big news story. government agencies and international donations promise did to stamp out the problem. >> in the old days, people would drink from lakes and ponds, and there was no arsnic problem. then we started to build wells to combat disease. that's when the arsnic in the groundwater became an issue. >> the solution was to build deep tube wells which reach beyond arsnic contaminated zones. today, 43,000 people continue to
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die every year from arsnic related illnesses according to human rights watch. their report says a major problem is the deep tube wells are diverted from high-risk areas ending up in safer zones that are often closer to the home of people with connections to politicians. i think the claims of corruption of overstated. our officials are working around the clock to identify victims in areas that need wells. >> human rights watch has called for donors to investigate whenever the wells they donated actually ended up being installed. it might be too fast but she hopes there is time to save her child from suffering the same fate. al jazeera, bangladesh. as promised, here is andy with the sports news. >> thank you so much, peter. barcelona have plenty of work to do. athletico taking the lead at the new camp through torres, he sent
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off minutes is later. >> allow barcelona to get back in the game. louie suarez struck twice to secure a 2-1 victory. teams will meet again at athletico's calderon stadium next wednesday i knew we needed to turn around the result because they hear the good approach in the first half. we also knew that in order to take advantage of the rare scoring opportunities, we needed to jump on to the beach with a good attitude and we needed to play good football. >> let's have a look at the other first leg quarterfinal result. the only goal of the game in the game between munich and benefique. a very early goal for, vying a for a 5th straight semifinal appearance. >> irts difficult to say who the favorite is. favoritism is connected with history, the past, names.
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in football t doesn't matter anymore. score and create more opportunities. the remaining quarterfinalists will be in action a little later on, fresh off of their classico win over barcelona, real madrid will be away to wol sp urg. it's the first time they have ever made it to this stage of the competition. the same can be said of manchester city they are looking to reach the semis for the second time in their history. >> we couldn't continue in this competition because we played against a strong team at barcelona. now we improve for now. it's a difficult game we must play tomorrow. we have chance to continue. >> would be important for all of us. >> fifa president has denied any wrongdoing after his name appeared in the panama papers
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documents. documents purportedly show uafea signed a contract with two argentinean businessmen. both have been accused of corruption. he said he is dismayed at the accusations. uafea says the contracts were legal. one of scotland's most fame players. range rangers. promotion did after four years in the lower league. that's the 54 time scottish champions to fold. they had to reform and enter the country's lowest professional league. the australian is in the form of his life, winning 6 of the last 13 tournaments. the last, but the best finish came in 2011 when he tied for second.
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the defending champion is jordan spieth who equaled tiger woods of 18 under par. >> i feel good about my game. i feel comfortable with where i am at walking around the grounds, number one notice world. it's a good feeling i can't talk it for granted. obviously in this game, things can change pretty quickly. >> it's great being back here. i have had a fant after thetic couple of days thus far preparing, and game feels e feels great.
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2005, now being retested using more advanced technology. if the result is confirmed, it will be her second offense. russians are banned due to evidence of a state sponsored doping program. golden state warriors suffered their second loss in a defeat against the timberwolves. they have to win their final four games, the most successful regular season in nba history. miami heat are assured of a play-off spot. dwayne wade returning from injury with sixteen points in this win over detroit. miami all but assured of a top seat in the easter conference. the games managed 13 million views but it could be set to spike. they have signed a deal to stream first night games for free from the 2016 to 17 season
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onwards. twitter beating a number of bidding companies. it will add to existing t.v. and digital broadcast deals. how much female athletes earn has been a defendant source of debate. they were a long way with parity but they are set to receive a pay raise. while they were beaten in the world t-20. the total money on offer would be almost doubled. >> means the best players will be ebb earning in excess of $100,000 a year. okay. plenty more support later on, pete. >> that's it for now. >> many thanks. we will see you then. almost half of all natural world heritage sites are directly threatened by industrial activity such as mining and illegal logging course to the worldwide fund fornate. the wwf is listing 114 threatened sites which as well as being environmentally crucial provided food, water, shelter and medicine to over 11 million
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people. they are supposed to be protected for future generations. here is gerald tan. the great barrier reef in australia, the serengeti, falls board erbing brazil and argentina. these are the planets most beautiful places that the united nations has designated as natural world haeritage sites. 197 around the world. about 90% provide jobs and c contribute to economies through tourism, recreation and natural resources. it's estimated 11 million people demand upon these sites either for food or work. but a new report by the worldwide fund fornate says harmful industrial activities including mining and oil production are posing a threat to almost half of these places.
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>> these are very special places. not many make it to the top of the list. will this happen to other places in the world? this is indicative of a much growing pressure of many natural places which is so important not just for nature but, also, for our own development and wellbei wellbeing. >> the beliz reef reserve system is particularly at high risk. offshore oil drilling, man grove destruction. more than half of the population of belize, about 190,000 people rely on the reefs for fisheries and tourism. the wwf is warning governments it's not just about protecting the environment but, also, the people these ecosystems support. 13 minutes of al jazeera world news for you at the top of the hour. between now and then, check out the website, aljazeera.com. we will see you very soon. bye-bye for now.
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