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combining also in technology. to challenge soviet era methodology. through making creating. a generation of children. into the trailblazers of tomorrow. in. the after school. part of the rebel education serious. time. protests in west jerusalem and tel aviv as israel's prime minister cancels a deal with the un to relocate african migrants. are live from doha also coming up prosecutors moved to action i forecast trust and
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colors prism all pax space interface for a belly and charges. will have an update on a group for hanjour refugees who've arrived in malaysia by boat. and russia's president vladimir putin arrives in unca for talks with attack and iranian leaders . israel's prime minister has canceled a deal to work with the united nations to resettle african migrants and asylum seekers benjamin netanyahu initially agreed not to deport thousands of africans off the un offered to assist and we settle meant the un said it had learned he had gone back on their agreement through the media tell a balance reports. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu announcing on national television a solution for the future of thousands of african asylum seekers in the dream of the sort of. is
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a unique agreement with israel let me move sixteen thousand two hundred fifty people we moved them to developed countries like canada or germany or italy that's the commitment of the united nations high commissioner just hours later he suspended it much to the surprise of the un a day later cancelled entirely caving under pressure from members of his government and the public after consulting with residents in southern television where many asylum seekers have sizzles he wrote we have decided to cancel the agreement despite the growing legal and international difficulties we will continue to act with determination to exhaust all possibilities available to us to remove the infiltrators the un had offered to resettle sixteen thousand migrants and other western nations if israel settled a comparable number it replaced an ultimatum netanyahu issued to migrants last year be deported to an unnamed african country or face an indefinite time in jail the un
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was optimistic he would reconsider it's a win win situation it will benefit. because it will be able to meet its international obligations it will also have an international component because other countries will share in the responsibility. also will solve the situation of many of the people who need the protection so we believe that this is a very positive step the un deal was celebrated by asylum seekers who had feared deportation to an unknown country most of them are either from eritrea or sudan in the past they have told al-jazeera they would choose jail over a turning to africa i can go to war and because i have small kids saw i want to be in gaff. whether he kill me. i don't want to a freak human rights organizations had to search for the mass deportations israelis protested what many called an inherently racist policy i'm to preserving the
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identity of the jewish state we believe that israel has the obligation to uphold the refugee convention that it is a signatory to mission yahoo may have an obligation to examine refugee requests but it is loyalty to the people of southern television and the hard right that dictates the future of nearly forty thousand people china ballasts al-jazeera. deca has more now from tel aviv. some of the activists we've been speaking to will say that even this deal that it has been hailed they were cautiously optimistic before that you turned by the prime minister they said that deal was floored why because they say israel should be doing its part in taking in refugees asylum seekers because it is a world wide problem certainly now the situation remains in limbo the bottom line is these people up to forty thousand mostly from eritrea and sudan have been here for years they speak hebrew they work here and they pay high taxes israel has never
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sorted out their final status that is not processed their applications they don't have refugee status nor do they have any form of temporary or permanent residence the message is that you are not welcome here and we will make it as difficult as possible for you to want to leave and this is what activists are saying is the issue here and now they still remain in limbo but it is a situation that is not going to go away and it will have to be resolved one way or the other. palestinians protesting on gaza's border with israel say they're going to stay there for another six weeks fifteen people were killed by israeli troops during protests on friday and more than fourteen hundred were injured demonstrators accountant's near the barrier that runs the entire length of the border israeli soldiers including around one hundred snipers are on the other side five civilians have been killed and dozens injured in russian and syrian ass trucks in a busy market in southern province it's not the first time the area's been targeted
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in january twelve people were killed on the strike and another popular market at the province is now home to many displaced syrians who were evacuated from eastern . well a leader of the catalan parliament could soon be sent back to spain german prosecutors have applied for college tuition was extradition following his arrest last month he's facing charges of rebellion and spain after spearheading catalonia independence vote is currently being held in a german detention center dominic cain has more from that limb. this decision by prosecutors in this northern state of schleswig is affectively the start of a judicial process that coach culminates in mr push the man being extradited to spain to face those two charges which spanish all forest cities have placed against him specifically about rebellion sedition and forwards being amongst those charges the point to make here in the explanations for the decision taken today the german or forages the prosecutors said that there are there is equivalent legislation
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which would allow prosecutions in this country as it were and that's crucial because it means as i say that this process can start the question will be how mr bush more reacts to this in a statement that emerged yesterday where he he had been speaking to a german politician from behind bars as it were he said that he felt that it was important that for his supporters and for himself to continue to operate the way they had been until now peacefully in a nonviolent way that was the cattle and way of doing things well now he is experiencing the german judicial way of doing things and that means that he nursed must now decide whether to contest this or not if he chooses not to condemn contest extradition he could be sent back to spain quite quickly to face these charges however if he chooses to go against this use this ruling is it worth to to try to prevent extradition but it could last some considerable time the suggestion might be that there may be some culmination of this process in late may but the important
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thing to stress here is it's now for mr putin will to decide how he goes forward with this case. well workers in france have. gun three months are rolling strikes causing chaos for commuters four and a half million passengers will be affected by two days of so which is each week the rail workers are angry as. to whom the industry around half of all staffa taking industrial action bought the husband from one of the protests in paris. trade union leaders of. this pretty soon. to st. francis three weeks is to say see the template is what one of the french. specially. trained now really wanted to say.
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but he comes to tell me to push through the unions. they were saying they will strikes next three months they are talking about down into the school two days out of every five days until the end of june and that's going to cause. trouble disruption reverdy seemed to take for the half million passengers across france have been affected and it's going to go on for the next few weeks. a boat carrying dozens of ranger refugees arrived in malaysia it was intercepted in a joint operation of by the coast guard and brought to the malaysian mainland most maritime and the director general said the refugees would be allowed to enter on humanitarian grounds in refugee agency has praised the decision around seven hundred thousand range of being forced from their homes as men launched the military crackdown in rakhine state in organist. tributes are being paid to winnie . mandela as one has gathered outside her house and saw the anti-apartheid campaign
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a pale and leading role in the battle against white minority rule in south africa so be honored with a state funeral the fourteenth of april an official memorial service three days earlier. and go perfect and look back at the life. winnie mandela the former wife of nelson mandela spent years in the public eye as an anti-apartheid campaigner my first big has been fighting for the liberation of the african people for the weekend when you speak of all the racial groups in this country she'd been suffering from a long illness for which she spent much of this year in and out of hospital she was revered and controversial in equal measure you have been here through this morning . as testimony. often really out of our government. but attorney are years famed our country during her husband's twenty seven year imprisonment in robben island when he played
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a crucial role in directing the anti-apartheid struggle. in one thousand nine hundred ninety now so mandela was freed and the world watched as a jew i walked out of prison hand in hand. but by the end of the next year when he was found guilty and fined for her involvement in the kidnapping of forced to wear to school children and the killing of a boy and his stumpy by had team of bodyguards in one thousand nine hundred ninety two allegations of corruption and mismanagement forced her out of all executive positions in the n c but shortly after she was appointed as culture minister in mandela's unity government she was sacked a year later for insubordination but kept her position as a member of parliament and head of the women's league her marriage to mandela and that in one nine hundred ninety six when he however remained a strong figure in south africa's social and political circles the reality we see
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out today. i think our worst problem today is crime and of course what goals we had in then with that is the poverty of our people. we are far from. fighting the battle of poverty in fact the mets revolution in this country is a revolution ok supporter for people there she faced controversy in the latter parts of her life for millions of south africans winnie mandela holds a special place her brave fight against discrimination and for equality. to relieve. this struggle a hundred times more if at the end of it i would that precisely worked we achieved as the african national congress the liberation of south africa the liberation of my people.
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still ahead head on al-jazeera zimbabwe's new president is visiting china seeking more investment from a country already deeply involved in africa. and the laser makes fake news any legal my press freedom advocates are concerned about the new you know. how the rain clouds are gathering once again in central china hong kong is dry the humidity there you could feel it's coming up now and the humidity eventually my face itself in quite a large area right developing through the middle of china stretching almost as far as shanghai seven thousand degrees this cloud building to the south that had always up to six degrees southeast asia still dry picture and of course that's true
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certainly a dry and quite hot but in the north of india this cloud there does indicate some relief and that's been showing itself more especially in nepal across to blue tons there in the forecast as well particularly heavy showers recently you notice in nepal if you're there thirty eight degrees in new delhi and that everything is going to rai's towards the forty mark still to all this to this early in the year that dust has been a big feature of the world's arabia in the last week or so it's a little bit better now the sort of breeze coming up from the into quarter so it could be dust in this cloud indicated at the eastern side of saudi as far as qatar bahrain up in kuwait but that's not to be just a bit of cloud of think up in the sky mikita maybe orange or yellow we rather than blue otherwise things are just steadily getting hotter.
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the scene for us where there are online what is american sign in yemen that peace is possible but it never happens not because the situation is complicated but because no one cares or if you join us on sat there. choosing between buying medication and eating this is a dialogue i want to get in one more comment because this is someone who's an activist and she's close to the story join the global conversation at this time on al-jazeera. oh i know what you're al-jazeera has reminder of our top stories this hour israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has canceled
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a deal with the un's refugee agency which would have seen thousands of african migrants resettled in western countries. replaced a previous plan to forcibly send thousands of people to countries and africa. the former leader of the catalan paul amount could soon be sent back to spain as applied for college extradition arrest that last month he's facing charges of rebellion in spain after spearheading independence. tributes of being a. campaigner played a leading role in the battle against white minority rule in south africa should be married to the nation's first black president nelson mandela. there is actually general is calling on the yemen's warring sides to reach a political settlement and today the terrorists speaking out the second day in a conference for yemen in geneva gupta reports is desperately needed. the u.n. says the conflict of yemen is the world's was
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a humanitarian crisis and it wants the world to pay nearly three billion dollars to help the people of the middle east poorest nation caught in the conflict saudi arabia and the u.a.e. have already pledged nearly a third of that money to help the victims of a war they are heavily involved in in march twenty fifteen they launched a military campaign after hutu rebels took over the capital sanaa forcing the president to flee the coalition's blockade in yemen sports last year cut off lifesaving aid for millions of people and sparked one of the world's worst manmade food security crisis nearly three quarters of yemen's population now in need aid that's three million more than last year crumbling infrastructure a broken economy blockades by warring parties have choked supplies driving millions more to the brink of starvation according to the u.n. every ten minutes a child under five dies of causes that are entirely preventable hundreds of health facilities are closed because of fighting lack of funding and no doctors about
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sixteen million yemenis don't have access to safe drinking water bath sanitation and contaminated water are some of the factors behind a cholera outbreak in yemen one of the worst in modern history it's killed over two thousand people with more than a million suspected cases and their warnings that the epidemic though contained for now could surge in the coming months. russia's president vladimir putin has arrived in turkey for a two day visit it's a sign of strength ties between the two countries and his turkish counterpart. certainly announcing that joint construction of a nuclear plant in twenty twenty three a russian company will build new plant in the. second we dominated by talks on syria iranian president hassan rouhani will also be attending the meeting wednesday in a how to reports. deepening cooperation was the message of the foreign ministers of iran russia and turkey during their last meeting in asked the capital of kazakhstan
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the power brokers in syria's war said they would continue to work for a political settlement they have enough common interests to continue working together but when the leaders of three countries meet in ankara there could be more park any. peace efforts after the failure of such a peace conference in january and those efforts should take into account the new realities that is the opposition's recent losses and turkey's role in syria. that involved exchange in eastern turkey entering our friend. the opposition has been weakened even further with its defeat in eastern one of its last strongholds in turkey its military operation against the british. in africa has increased its role in the world in syria and turkish determination to extend it to other areas will give it more influence. iran is not happy with the free
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rein that turkey has been given to enter the are free in kurdish zone in northwest syria. iran has made this displeasure and disagreement quite public. but at the same time iran shares turkey's concerns about the strength and influence of the wide last year. both countries discussed a possible joint military action against what they consider separatists kurdish forces during a visit by the chief of staff of iran's armed forces to ankara. the two countries are unlikely allies since they support opposing sides in syria's war but preserving syria's territorial integrity draws them together iran and turkey have sizable kurdish populations and want to prevent the creation of an independent kurdish state syria's kurds specifically the y.p. g. controlled twenty five percent of the country. russia has been trying to convince the white p.g. to hand over its territory to the syrian government the white refusal is why moscow
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reportedly turned a blind eye to turkey's military operations in africa. it was also the kremlin's way of increasing tensions between the united states and turkey. russia iran and turkey would like to see the end of the us as military presence in the kurdish dominated north east the us alliance with the white peachy is its only leverage in syria negotiation between three parts russia iran and turkey just to make a new settlement. process to finalize. the implication of the inside this settlement because if they will not. process we are talking about. a new round of conflict. some of the serious kurds are now the king makers a deal reached with them will determine the state of play between the different
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stakeholders in syria's war. built. in china. to help as countries struggling economy. has met chinese president xi jinping in beijing where the two sides have signed a range of business deals. from harare on the impact chinese investment has already had. selling in markets is how many people here are living and a lot of these products come from china zimbabwe is once thriving industrial sector isn't creating enough jobs and goods for the domestic market. it's something to do. to just see. the president is in china his first state visit outside africa since he took over from robert mugabe in november he sighed several trade agreements. the president. including deals in agriculture transport and mining economists say it's
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a positive move but warns them has sometimes fail to pay back loans it's received from china. the pretty. repayment. capacity beijing recently finest expansion of the power station which cost more than five hundred million dollars officials say this will add another three hundred megawatts to the national grid the bobbies government says it's broke it needs direct foreign investment to improve infrastructure china spent more than two hundred million dollars building this shopping mall in harare it's also bowled a military academy but there's competition from other foreign powers russia is building a platinum plan just outside the capital with an estimated four billion dollars the chinese are mining platinum diamonds and chrome in zimbabwe zimbabwe exports most of its tobacco to china china appears keen to cement his decades long relationship
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with zimbabwe and keep ahead of competition from other countries struggling zimbabweans hope the seemingly close ties will mean economic growth and jobs. al-jazeera had a foreigner teahouses killed eleven people in the iranian city of violence police believes it was arson as the suspect was arrested within hours of the blaze or any media say the fire was set by a disgruntled former employee. gunman in pakistan of killed four people in a mainly christian neighborhood in the city of course or at least three of those killed were from the same family outside a relative's home when their rickshaw came under fire. as it carried out the attack and a separate shooting which police say was unrelated five people were killed. and i am crossing by central american migrants into mexico has prompted a storm of criticism from the u.s. president donald trump says mexico failing to do enough to prevent them from
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entering the united states john holmes reports from mexico city can. become any which way they can on foot in buses and trucks central american migrants crossing into mexico looking for sanctuary here or in the united states they usually go in small groups but every easter activists organized this caravan to bring awareness to the plight of those fleeing poverty or criminal gangs in their homelands particularly el salvador and honduras. it started with threats and i'm a woman and well men can do more than me we couldn't figure out any solutions except to come here and that's it i think a lot of the caravan organizers hope that the sheer numbers will keep them safe from the cartels which often kill and extort migrants and mean the authorities let them stay or pass through so far they've been granted free passage that's infuriated u.s. president donald trump who tweeted mexico is doing very little if not nothing
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stopping people from flowing into mexico through their southern border and then into the u.s. that on the whole is not true over the last four years mexico has drastically tightened up its southern border with the help of funding from the u.s. usually migrants accord in a web of patrols and checkpoints there have been many accusations of human rights abuses the tolerance for caravans like this one is exception not the rule something mexican foreign minister luis fee that i highlighted on trump's preferred battleground he tweeted every day mexico and the u.s. work together on migration throughout the region the facts clearly reflect this. the government here would hope that its efforts to stop migrants heading through mexico to the u.s. would help the relationship with the northern neighbor but president trump doesn't appear to see it that way after learning about the caravan even threaten to cool off a trade deal between the countries it's impossible to know how many of the tweeted
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threats will turn into policy but it's another headache for the mexican government and an unhappy signal for those who say going home is not an option john home of. mexico city police in thailand say they've seen their biggest ever haul of illegal drugs with an estimated street value of more than thirty million dollars it includes more than one million pills which contain a mixture of methamphetamine and caffeine officers also seized more than six hundred seventy kilograms of cocaine and other drugs most of it was bound for malaysia which is used by smugglers as a transit point. parliament has passed a law it says will stamp out fake news but opponents say or be used to stifle criticism of the government the law would come into effect just ahead of a national election which could take place as early as next month currently reports . almost every social media user has probably done this before share an
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article without having read the entire story first but that could land you in prison in malaysia if the news is deemed fake. and the geodesics. is the men's an. under the anti fake news act anyone found maliciously creating or sharing information that is false or even partly falls may be fined up to one hundred thirty thousand dollars or jailed for a maximum of six years the law will apply to anyone inside or outside the country regardless of nationality as long as the news concerns malaysia citizens press freedom advocates say they're concerned the law may be used to target voices of dissent particularly as elections are expected to be called soon we have seen in fact over the last few years where online expression has come under target and expressions held by individuals not necessarily the media all not always opposition
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politicians or activists and so that's costing and the net slightly wider than what it used to be before stephen gonne the chief editor of the news portal says other laws are already being used against those who publish information the government up jack's to his online site malaysiakini had posted video of a news conference in which a politician had criticized the attorney general it was over his handling of an investigation into corruption allegations surrounding a state investment fund. gann has been charged under an existing law that's used to regulate online content. that is a powerful. criminalities criminalizes. you know anyone who holds any fingers can see the offensive annoying critics believe the law is intended to silence debate of the scan. around in the fund one empty beach which was set up by the prime minister. who is implicated in the scandal denies any
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wrongdoing recently a government minister told parliament that any news on one end that's not been verified by the government is fake rights groups journalist tech companies have spoken out against the law arguing it will stifle debate compromise access to information and if so why did he even be used against satire and parody both consent appear to have been ignored lawrence louis al jazeera. these are top stories twenty five year old palestinian man has been shot dead by israeli forces on the gaza border that brings the death toll to eighteen people killed by israeli forces since protests began on friday more than fourteen hundred have been injured demonstrators say they'll remain camp near the barrier that runs the entire length of the border for another six weeks that's already soldiers
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including about one hundred snipers are on the other side israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has canceled a deal with the un's refugee agency which would have seen thousands of african migrants resettled in western countries it replace a previous plan to forcibly send thousands of people to countries in africa. the former leader of the catalan parliament could soon be sent back to spain german prosecutors have applied for collins pujols extradition he was arrested last month while trying to and to germany from denmark he's facing charges of rebellion in spain after spearheading catalonia independence. possibly and have been killed dozens more injured in russian and syrian as strikes on a busy market in southern province the first time the area's been targeted in january twelve people were killed in a strike on another popular market. tributes are being paid to winning a d.q. salamon dela the anti-apartheid campaigner who played a leading role in the battle against white minority rule in south africa to be
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married to the nation's first black president nelson mandela. as we say in african culture. a gigantic three has fallen this is the women. that provided shame for the people of south africa about caring dozens of ranger refugees arrived in malaysia it was incepted in a joint operation led by the coast guard and brought to the malaysian mainland mrs martin enforcement agency director general said the refugees would be allowed to enter on humanitarian grounds the un refugee agency has praised the decision around seven hundred thousand rangers have been forced from their homes since the military crackdown in rakhine state in august and rail workers in france have begun three months of rolling strikes causing chaos for commuters for the half million passengers have been affected by two days of stoppages each week rail workers are angry at present emanuel mccombs plans to reform the industry those are your
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