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fusion is the only option for prosperity of south korea hear their story on talk to al-jazeera. yemen's heathy rebels vowed to fight back and strip supported by the saudi a morality coalition closing in on the data. close welcome to al-jazeera live from doha i martine that is also coming out beijing says it's ready to respond if the u.s. imposes tariffs on chinese imports. babies as young as eighteen votes being whipped probably all of their mothers but it's psychological torture americans
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protest against president trump's policy of taking away the children of asylum seekers. and celebrations while under siege palestinians in gaza mock the festival of. the leader of yemen's who the rebels has called on his supporters to fight back against saudi and emirate he supported government forces who are closing in on the port city of who day and the u.n. security council has discussed the battle and it says the ports must remain open for humanitarian deliveries lower bad money reports. yemen's port city of how data was bustling with people buying food on thursday bought this is also a city bracing for a heavy bombardment a lot of people here really living his unemployment you know data there are no jobs
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the person you know works to on his daily living there would be a big crisis if the fire chad moved into the city and with poverty and hunger and the residents would be victims people are dying from hunger the country would be destroyed. the coalition has captured a town south of the data. as fierce fighting and as truck pound the area the u.n. security council has had to close to meetings this week both concluding that the only solution to the crisis is a political and not a military one the u.s. ambassador says there are ships on standby to supply her data once the military operation and even our ships just see waiting so we have a fright we have a very we're very well organized and we are ready to send every assistance force for headed. the council will meet for further discussions on monday but many
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analysts agree that a basket of her data would not draw yemen's three year war closer to an end. but supposing that there will be a successful sort of military takeover there are many questions remain what will happen to other parts of the country you know what will happen to who will run how they do what will happen to you know the deep divides among among them a nice i think that you know it's important to recognize that who sees as as a political actor as they were back in two thousand and thirteen fourteen. as the saudi led coalition forces a military victory over the strategic port the formerly exiled president abu drago months so harvey has arrived in the southern city of aden for the first time since february two thousand and seventeen to oversee the operations but the u.n. wants the attack on how data could kill up to a quarter of a million people and shut down the main route for food and humanitarian aid to the
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rest of the country this would have a devastating impact on survival of a population already teetering on the brink of famine. in mali al jazeera. china says it will respond quickly if the u.s. announces a new round of tariffs on its goods according to u.s. media reports the new jews could target around fifty billion dollars worth of chinese imports the official announcement is expected later on friday a day after secretary of state mike pompei i met chinese president xi jinping in beijing mr trump's been trying to fulfill a campaign pledge to crack down on what he calls unfair trading policies. made from title if the united states takes unilateral protectionist measures harming china's interests we will quickly react and take necessary steps to resolutely protect our fair legitimate rights more now from our correspondent in beijing
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florence louis. the u.s. government hasn't officially announced these tariffs yet but we have known about them for a couple of weeks the u.s. had said it will publish a list of affected items on the fifteenth of june and the tariffs are expected to come into effect a couple of days after that now the two countries u.s. and china have been holding talks to try and avert a possible trade war ultimately the u.s. wants to reduce its trade deficit with china by as much as two hundred billion dollars over the next two years and the trumpet ministration has also said it wants to give american companies greater access to the chinese market trying to believes tariffs it's one way of forcing china's hand and china has said if the u.s. goes ahead with these tariffs then all trait discussions between the two countries over the past two weeks will announce the oil china had promised to increase its purchases of u.s. energy and farm products much as seventy eight billion dollars and now it appears that they will no longer want to commit to that if the trumpet ministration goes
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ahead with these tariffs and the tariffs will also likely complicate the relationship between the two countries at a time when the u.s. needs china's help in enforcing tougher u.n. sanctions on north korea and the trumpet ministration believes it was d's tough u.n. sanctions that forced north korea to the negotiating table and allowed the summit in singapore to take place but some analysts also believe that because the talks between the u.s. and north korea were a success that this now gives the u.s. a lot more leeway to be tough on trade with china because ultimately china will not want to derail the process as denuclearization on the korean peninsula is consistent with china's security interests. european union member countries have unanimously bats a plan to impose tariffs on u.s. products the move would target goods were three point three billion dollars and it's in response to the latest round of u.s.
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duties on steel and minium imports from the e.u. canada and mexico the measures are expected to come into effect in the next few weeks they use also last a complaint against the u.s. at the world trade organization. having rallies across the us against the trumpet ministrations policy a separating migrant families thousands of children have been taken away from their parents and placed in detention centers from principals from the front of us. i. live outraged by the trumpet ministrations policy of taking migrant children away from their parents protesters rally in los angeles. five miles away it was one of dozens of similar demonstrations in cities around the country this policy is reprehensible we feel like it's it's it's forcing its manufacturing a crisis on top of the crisis that already existed the trumpet ministration says it
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is seizing children and separating families as a deterrent scaring other would be migrant parents away it's part of a so-called zero tolerance policy meanwhile news came of nearly one thousand five hundred migrant boys between the ages of ten and seventeen being detained in a sprawling former wal-mart store in texas reporters were given a monitored tour of the building which is run by a private company under contract with the u.s. government but were not permitted to speak with the boys or film the site these pictures were distributed by the government the government says it has contracts with one hundred holding facilities in seventeen states detaining immigrant minors those facilities now hold more than eleven thousand children congress plans to vote on immigration proposals next week including one that deals with family separation lawmakers from the opposition democratic party called the trumpet ministrations
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harsh policies a disgrace babies as young as eighteen months being ripped from the arms of their mothers that is psychological torture leaders of major us relive. just the nominations have condemned the family separation policy but attorney general jeff sessions offered justification for it in the bible i would cite. it to the apostle paul and his clear and wise command in romans thirteen to a phase the laws of the government one protester said sessions is wrong and i really dislike that he's taking my bible in and. doing something anti-political with it many of the parents and children seeking refuge in the u.s. are fleeing extreme gang violence in central america protesters and immigrants rights advocates say sending them back to their homeland could amount to
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a death sentence robbery most al-jazeera los angeles. if you're listening prime minister is due to meet the french president in paris after each of them engage in a war of words over a range refusal to accept a migrant rescue ship emmanuel mackerel had caught a move irresponsible and cynical meanwhile in the italian town of venti media close to the french border migrants have been arriving regularly for more than four years now as a tester but the reports residents there are frustrated. with. the colorful northern italian town of fenty mia faces the mediterranean sea in recent years it's become a stopping point for migrants trying to cross into france just a few kilometers away many in the city say they're frustrated with the situation most say france should shed the burden instead of tightening its border and turning its back on its neighbor the miracle i think friend should take some of the migrants because we have too many here in front of it to really take them all but
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france doesn't want them it's not fair european friends have to do their part. these women say the russians recent decision to block a charity migrant risky boat sends a message to the european. union that italians like them have had enough going to say thanks to solving any of the leg he's helping to reduce insecurity we don't know where to put all these people in the city center left mayor is cautious when talking about italy's new anti immigration government but he says there's no doubt that people are frustrated with europe more than. i can't complain about the way people have approached us and helped the migrants but it's a big weight to bear and people feel abandoned by our neighboring countries and europe is between the op. as patience runs out so does goodwill this church was once a refuge for migrants but it was forced to shut two years ago the colombian praise that was serving in this parish decided to open up the church course for the
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migrants and any time there were opt out thousand five hundred people sleeping here behind the church and inside the building but local residents became fed up and after bearing to pressure city officials decided to close it down. with the new government has decided it is italians first those of us helping got a ready feeling more pressure and they see less migrants coming the people who come here are mainly refugees from sudan and eritrea this young man didn't wish to be identified but he described his terrifying crossing from libya is what i've. been there as you know many people lost their lives what i did as a way of you know because they're struggling or. how i make it you know. people invented me or may not be united in their approach to the crisis but nearly all agree on one thing the migration should be a european issue not just an italian one a new strategies are urgently needed to help those on the front line and protect
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those who are vulnerable its national butler al-jazeera and to media italy still to come here at al-jazeera. passionate scenes outside out into this congress after a vote to legalize abortion. new york says donald trump three of his children and his foundation say it was illegally used if he has no checkbook. we've still got some really heavy rain affecting northern parts of the philippines big massive cloud draped in him that monsoon down poles the monsoon pulses continues to search its way and across the region just to the north of manila hundred eleven millimeters of rain in twenty four as i'm plenty more wet weather
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where that came from more heavy showers and into a good part of luzon the showers stretch their way across southern parts of vietnam cambodia pushing right across into thailand further south what is the usual heat of the day downpours that we can expect to see him any areas of malaysia pushing down into into the asia will be dry but just notice around northern parts of somalia some very heavy rain a once again heavy showers they will continue for the philippines heavy showers to blustery shadows making the across the southeast and kona australia the moment to tasmania taken quite a late quite a rash of showers to just streaming into the southeast that is pushing across victoria that really picks the temperatures back as we go on through the next couple of days struggling to get into double figures there is that wet weather the southern part of it toria down into tasmania easing over towards new zealand similar picture as we go on through sunday so not a particularly good weekend further north it is generally dry if a little cloudy. from
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his supporters to fight back against saudi and amorality backed government forces who are closing in on the vital pull city of who data the coalition has captured a town south of the city and the u.n. says it should remain open for humanitarian supplies china says it will respond quickly if and when the u.s. confirmed reports of a new round of tariffs on its goods the official announcement is expected to be made a day after secretary of state might compare met the chinese president xi jinping in beijing. could target around fifty billion dollars with the chinese imports. prime minister is the french president in paris after a war of words over britain's refusal to accept a migrant rescue ship with more than six hundred people on board emmanuel mccrone had called the move irresponsible and cynical. on the issue of immigration is
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also causing a bit of a split in germany between angela merkel and her christian democrats and their bavarian sister party the christian social union now the c.s.c. wants to refuse entry to people who've already made asylum claims elsewhere in europe and that's something that chancellor merkel rejects. at least seven people have died human need fighting between protesters and security forces in nicaragua on thursday activists demanding the resignation of president danielle or take a call for a twenty four hour strike streets in the capital managua are deserted as protesters manned barricades one hundred sixty one people have been killed in two months of up evil protests in this really began over social security cuts but expanded into demands for rotated to quit. they've been passionate scenes outside argentina's congress after politicians narrowly voted in favor of legalizing abortion the bill
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must now pass in the senate before it becomes law today is a bow as our correspondent in. the national anthem to celebrate a historic vote emotion was high among those who wanted to legalize abortion in argentina. i can't stop crying because we are together this is a fight there are so many emotions we know that a lot of things are missing but we are still moving forward we have worked so hard we are being ignored for so long and today we are making history. the debate lasted for twenty three hours and the vote was very close especially when two congressmen changed sides and decided to support the law for months women here wearing green bandanas have been taking to the streets to change a law that affects this country's most vulnerable thousands of women are hospitalized every year because of complications with illegal abortions most of
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them are poor in the last decade argentina had half of everything from pregnant reforms like gay marriage but abortion was the table until now when the fighting started to change especially women and young people who took to the streets demanding change. opposing the law is the catholic church issued a statement saying the results in congress were upsetting and they did not solve the real problems poor women face today. released the country is not ready for them but i think i wonder there are a lot of steps that should be taken prior to passing this law a lot of education needs to happen people have to know that if you do something there are consequences and one of those is getting pregnant the consequences. the opposition as well as allies of precedent were divided on the issue of markey has encouraged his party members to vote as they see feet even though he's personally opposed the proposal. ski has been campaigning to change the law for years she says
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that the most difficult part is yet to come in the senate is quite quite difficult to see for and yet least least more receive here in the company and a little bit deeper this time there in the senate timer is going to be most difficult the numbers tire i really really bad at the moment but where we are we are doing these like step by step a green revolution has taken over large sectors of argentina society they have managed to convince lawmakers that legalizing abortion is a matter of public health that urgently needs to be addressed that is i will win a situs. the new york attorney general is suing president trump three of his children and their charitable foundation for allegedly violating state charity law the two point eight million dollar lawsuit alleges the trump foundation in gage an expensive down low for coordination with trump's twenty sixteen presidential
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campaign dismissed the case on twitter calling it politically motivated gabriel is under has more from new york. the new york attorney general accuses the trump foundation of persistent illegal conduct and it relates to the donald trump foundation which was started in one thousand nine hundred seven by donald trump and it's a charitable organization that's tax exempt because of that there are certain laws that it has to abide by and one of those key laws is that none of the money that goes to the charitable organization can be used by any personal means in any way shape or form however the new york attorney general said that is exactly what the donald trump foundation did and they said that they used money from the foundation to among other things pay off trump legal bills also to decorate one of his golf course properties and also they say to use some money that went to his presidential campaign and they point to an event in two thousand and sixteen it was
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a trump event in iowa where it was billed as a fundraiser for military veterans they raised about six million dollars at that event the new york attorney general says only about three million of that went to the charitable cause the other three million was diverted away and used by the trump campaign and that according to the new york attorney general is highly illegal now why are trump's three oldest children also named in this and that's because all of them served on the trump foundation board of directors now the attorney general is asking that the trump foundation be dissolved the trump pay back about two point eight million dollars and restitution and that trump can no longer open a charitable organization or foundation for at least another ten years important to point out that this is a civil lawsuit not criminal so the worst that could happen to trump and his children is that they would have to pay restitution there's nothing beyond that now
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donald trump himself tweeted out a response to this he calls the accusations completely ridiculous and he says that he will fight this case indicating that he will take this to court also insinuating his tweets that this is nothing more than politically motivated. muslims around the world are celebrating aide to mark the end of the holy month of ramadan the. the in afghanistan many gathered in mosques across the country for each prayer as in an address to the nation president ashraf ghani welcomed a three day ceasefire with the taliban is the first such truce since the us led invasion of two thousand and one. and migrants are refugees at the detention center in the libyan capital tripoli they're also celebrating need many of them were intercepted by coast skulls as they tried to reach it's only by boat they gathered to listen to a speech delivered by their mom highlighting the importance of unity and home for
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palestinians in gaza it is also a reminder of being under siege this holiday melissa beginning of the twelfth year of israel's blockade and rank on has been to meet some of the families who are struggling to celebrate and the such difficult conditions him out of bed he gets his children ready for the religious festival of eden that follows a month of thought sting they headed to pray and to listen to speeches by representatives of the mass the defacto power here in gaza. imad lives near the border with israel but has never left. since march thirtieth he has taken part in and he's really protests along that border and seen many of his friends and neighbors injured by israeli snipers and tear gas this eat coincides with the start of the twelfth year he's really laid siege. to god willing we hope that by the end of the protest we achieve our goal of lifting the
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siege and we wish the israelis will accept our demand to lift the siege and give palestinian people our rights. a mass representative. is the deputy to smell any of the political bureau chief of the mouse he delivers an impassioned speech criticizing israel for his actions and accusing it of targeting civilians journalists or medics during the protests. imad and an average ten dollars a week when he can get work he doesn't think politicians will change very much. to learn. by god the speech doesn't change the reality things on the ground change reality and we're changing things by protesting we want to change we want to achieve our goals. prepares to celebrate traditionally a time for family and friends but he worries about his children's future. also what we've seen over the last few years we see war then cease fire then they
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announce there might be a solution we become optimistic but then things get worse then there's a new war hope these protests will give hope to our children. imad plans to rejoin the protests and continue to demand the lifting of the siege and to fight for palestine in the hopes that his and other's lives will improve about family is typical of many gazan residents according to the palestinian bureau of statistics some fifty three percent of people live in poverty that's over a million people despite all the challenges he faces is determined to give his children the best aid possible iran can al-jazeera. russia's made a stunning started football's world cup thrashing saudi arabia five mill in moscow president putin wants the match alongside the saudi crown prince mohammed bin sound money as well as the fee for president journey and fan tino the victory margin for the host nation it was something of a surprise russia and saudi arabia are the two lowest ranked sides at the
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tournament well rushes to other rivals will be in action on friday egypt against euro guy ending group b. there is a nigerian darby european champions portugal will be facing twenty ten world cup winners spain. also in group b. iran faces morocco back home fans are and aspiring footballers are all finding ways around sanctions to keep their passions going as a measure of a has more from tehran. even before their first game iran's world cup players were in the headlines not for heroics on the field but because nike stopped supplying them with shoes citing american sanctions but even if nike wanted to run eons to stop wearing them they're still just doing it anyways this is sports this is football there is nothing to do with politics and that's quite something quite irrelevant the sanctions whatever it's not going to come into the field of sports
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you can see iranian people are wearing nike and maybe it's a kind of popular brand but i guess many people have a second thought about it because this is not really fair and this is not fair play win or lose he said iran's participation of the world cup for a second time in a row is already a great idea and at home in a country where women still aren't allowed to attend a football games in public stadiums there are signs of progress this is a call out to iranian women for a star search style competition to find the country's next female football announcer. and earlier this year the national indoor women's team brought home the asia cup. beating out top competition and encouraging more women to get their foot in the door neighborhood ahmed was afraid of the virtues of her iranian society
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views it positively now and football has become one of the most popular sports of course i've had many challenges since my childhood but i'm telling you if you make efforts you can achieve what you want. this club is looking for sponsors so these young women can participate in international competitions and though their uniforms may be a little different they have the same problem as female athletes everywhere they don't get as much money as the men for things like equipment and training the game may be played indoors and the size of the arena may be smaller but these women say they are every bit the athletes their male counterparts are. to tell us says her coach is tough but she doesn't mind because some day she says she wants to be a defender and when the golden ball. and her future teammate gives us her prediction for russia twenty eighteen who do you think will win the world cup
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either. if these two young athletes or anything to go by for the beautiful game the field in iran is wide open. keep up today with all the developments in russia regarding the world cup on the al-jazeera dot com website. these are the top stories here at al-jazeera the leader of yemen's rebels is calling on his supporters to fight back against saudi and their morality backed government forces who are closing in on the port city of her danger the coalition has captured a town south of the u.n. says it should remain open for humanitarian supplies china says it will respond quickly if the u.s. announces a new round of tariffs on chinese goods according to u.s. media reports a new juices will target around fifty billion dollars with the chinese imports the
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official announcement is expected later on friday a day after secretary of state mike met the chinese president xi jinping in beijing mr trump's been trying to fulfill a campaign pledge to clamp down on what he calls unfair chinese trading practices. if the united states takes unilateral protectionist measures harming china's interests we will quickly react and take necessary steps to resolutely protect our fair legitimate rights. prime minister is due to meet the french president in paris after a war of words over the reins refusal to accept a migrant rescue ship with more than six hundred people on board emmanuel macro had called the move irresponsible and cynical. at least seven people have died in renewed fighting between protesters and security forces in nicaragua on thursday activists demanding the resignation of president danielle take a cold for
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a twenty four hour strike streets in the capital managua were deserted as protesters manned barricades one hundred sixty one people have been killed in two months of unrest protests initially began over social security cards but expanded into demands for all take to quit the new york attorney general is suing president trump three of his children and their charitable foundation for allegedly violating state charity law the two point eight million dollar lawsuit alleges the trump foundation in gauged an extensive and unlawful coordination with trump's twenty sixteen presidential campaign trump himself dismissed the case on twitter calling it politically motivated coming up next it's one one east. the i.m.f. said riyadh's a breakeven although priced twenty eighteen is likely to be around eighty eight dollars a barrel why is argentina again turning to the i.m.f.
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