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sides of the border among people who bitterly disagree. thanks for that hope you're feeling better in a while perhaps we'll come back to you in the next hour. it watching al-jazeera live from london still to come. egypt raises the price of petrol and cooking gas by more than fifty percent just the latest in a long line of austerity measures. and on the eve of colombia's presidential runoff we look at. the candidate many fear could undo the shock the steel. how in the last burst the heaviest rain has been off shore from china and you see it here in the fly was a tropical cycle you're on his way to japan which leaves temporarily a gap. but i told you press the tides filling up already facing the sky in the rain
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is on his way back up ses of china probably including hong kong in fact a read he wants to produce the circulation once more which would mean particularly heavy rain it does take our eyes away from the yangtze value that we got some right on the western side run will hop on a west to woo her and it's largely a dry picture right out to shanghai it's thirty humid degrees. the monsoon trough is making big jumps but you don't always see the full wood age when it should be crossing right through northern india the moment you know pressed to see and think it's all there has been recent flooding in the northeast corner and certainly in the full cost of a few more heavy showers here in a poll out of the northwest and northern pakistan but the concentration in a southwest monsoon with a south westerly wind is likely to be on the western side of india and civilize sink in the northeastern corner otherwise it remains hot and despite the breeze blowing the shamali still off in the middle forty's in doha qatar the vet in mecca
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welcome back here's a quick look at our top stories. at least twenty six people have been killed in an eye sylph suicide car bomb attack at a gathering of taliban fighters and afghan security officials in the eastern city of niagara the blast came as president ashraf ghani announced an extension to the government's weeklong ceasefire with the taliban. the un envoy to yemen is inside martin griffiths is expected to propose a deal to end fighting over the port of the saudi led coalition launched an offensive to take the port from the rebels earlier this week. and pieces government is facing an imminent no confidence vote in parliament over the deal to change the name of neighboring macedonia to the republic of north macedonia nationalists on both sides see it as a humiliating defeat. france has agreed to take in some of the migrants on board the aquarius rescue ship which is now on route to spray the vessel which is
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carrying six hundred twenty nine people has been at the center of a major migration route between european union member states france accused italy of being irresponsible after its new populist government refused to allow the vessel to dock at any of its ports of call pennell reports from the spanish port city of valencia. this will be their safe haven end of an odyssey. a key side of the activists are already preparing to greet the six hundred twenty nine migrants due to dock this weekend. arraignments to give a warm welcome to these people who have been passed around like a football europe is trying to turn a blind eye but we want to respect their rights and offer them a home our land is their land. red cross teams offloaded food rations and hygiene kits the migrants will get a health check and be registered by police in huge in cases especially pregnant
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women and children who head to hospital most will go to a shelter for a square meal and the clean bed. spain's red cross assists thousands of undocumented migrants each year. for them in the us some of you have to understand this is a huge drama these are people who need help and we must find a solution for people who are just like you and me cannot be floating around for days without knowing where they're going in these conditions they just have the bad luck to be born in a place with more complicated political or social situations in the volunteers of the lenses food bank. something for every hungry mouth regardless of religion or dietary requirement the charity already feeds ten thousand of the city's neediest each week and says there's plenty to go around for a few hundred more. found
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a highly sierra grew up in an orphanage himself and he's passionate about helping those less fortunate. but in view of the real people in valencia our kind and want to stranger arrives we ask them to sit at our table and so i'd like to say welcome and that they will get our love and support you've come from far and had a tough time but now it's time to sit down and share with us. the spanish government says those landing this weekend will be processed like other asylum seekers no preferential treatment these migrants may still face a rocky road ahead based on last year's figures spanish or florida is a likely to grant refugee status to only one third of the new arrivals the others could get right back to where they came from. this may be journey's end for a lucky few. you but it's just another chapter in the ebb and flow of europe's unresolved migration crisis culp in whole al-jazeera valencia spain.
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china has criticized u.s. president donald trump for playing the disgraceful role quote unquote of global economic disruptor it comes after both countries imposed twenty five percent tariffs on fifty billion dollars of each other's goods on friday when the move has investors and economists worried that the world's two largest economies are heading for a full blown trade war flora's louis reports from beijing. tit for tat that's one way to describe the first shots in what's brewing to be a tariff war between the world's two largest economies the us struck first with a twenty five percent tax on certain chinese imports worth fifty billion dollars china's counterpunch and announcement that six hundred fifty nine types of u.s. goods also worth fifty billion dollars will be subject to tariffs the first round comes into effect on the sixth of july and affects products ranging from soybean to
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seafood to costs the china feels like it's been the strong it's at the strongest point that it's been in hundreds of years it feels like it's ascendant and so it's not likely to back out some of the terrorists will likely bite chinese consumers the high a tax on soybean imported from the u.s. some of which is used for pig feet could ultimately drive up the price of domestic pork. but the tariffs could also hurt american farmers if china the u.s. is largest buyer of soybeans find substitute sellers elsewhere u.s. president donald trump has been hammering china on trade for months for his protection everybody take him just give me one hundred fifty one b. in the hours are enough for us to get the work that told you that if you look at you in the fifth or you look at something that would help these countries militarily and yes but what point this is that the u.s. tariffs target industries tied to china has made in china twenty twenty five
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a blueprint to dominate high technology industries they're also intended to punish the chinese for what the u.s. calls intellectual property theft and unfair trade practices one trade expert says a u.s. trade battle with china will impact global markets it creates instability. reduces particularly inverse uncertainty for long term investors private business capital expenses and these types of things trump's summit in singapore may have. his determination to act for years the u.s. looked to china to help restrain north korea but convinced he has built a relationship with north korean leader kim jong il trump perhaps feels he's in a stronger position to be tougher on trade with china the trade war seems to have only just begun trump has threatened to slap taxes on more goods if china goes ahead with the tariffs chinese state media meanwhile says china has taken note of the statement and reserves its right to take corresponding measures torrence three
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al-jazeera. egypt has increased the price of fuel and cooking gas by at least fifty percent in a bid to boost the country's economy the rise is expected to save the government more than two point eight billion dollars it follows increases to the cost of drinking water and electricity the measure is a part of an economic reform program introduced to qualify for a twelve billion dollar loan from the international monetary fund earlier we spoke to egyptian political analyst margaret who says the reforms could spark unrest in egypt at the moment is like a pressure cooker. it. will happen the question is when and how. the government seems to be pretty oblivious to that and he keep continuing with those policies that are adding massive. pressure is on the middle and lower class. russian president vladimir putin has been accused of
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using the world cup to bury unpopular economic reforms as many russians were watching their national side beat saudi arabia the government announced controversial plans to raise the retirement age a proposal raises women's retirement age by eighty years to sixty three while men would retire and sixty five two years above average life expectancy critics say any money saved has already been spent on hosting football showpiece tournament. colombians are heading to the polls on sunday to choose their next president in a runoff vote in the first of our two part series on the candidates we profile conservative in front of some fear could jeopardize the historic peace deal with fark rebels gallagher reports from the capital bogota. in colombia memories are a precious commodity especially in a nation where thousands have been killed by the colombian military deaths referred
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to as extra dudish all executions the military use those deaths to falsely claim they've killed more guerrillas jacqueline chrystia lost her brother ten years ago it is them and sadly we can say there is a sense of indifference in society to the plight of the victims we need people to stand up and say we can't let this happen again we need to end it for good but instead people often don't seem to care. the deaths of innocent civilians are just one of the issues even do they will face if elected at forty one he's a fresh face in colombian politics untested and handpicked by former president alberto. levy has been accused of human rights abuses but remains popular among right wing voters critics fear do they will be little more than the puppet of a former president with a questionable past but those in the business community welcome his economic policies keep things that we need to keep growing we need to insert ourselves of economic international economic that works and we need to bring more money to a country
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a more prosperous economy terms. the biggest fear among voters though is do kay's plans for the peace accord with the fork rebels the historic agreement signed in two thousand and sixteen ended decades of conflict but dickey is a critic. running on the campaign slogan war hard but it's what he may do with the peace accords with many here concerned some say hell ripped the agreements up entirely other cities more likely to modify it but for the thousands of families that have lost loved ones a duke a victory could mean they won't be. the truth or justice they said desperately seek kamens or gomez lost one son to an extrajudicial killing her other was murdered when he tried to find out what happened she tells us the possibility of a dukie presidency makes her angry now will see no justice he says no truth colombia's voters remain deeply divided on sunday they'll find out who their new president is and what the future might look like and a gallic raja's era budget or colombia at least four people have died and nineteen
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have been arrested in southern turkey after election campaigning erupted into violence the clashes started when a politician from president richard burr the ones ruling party campaigned in a kurdish town near the syrian border and there are conflicting reports about what happened next but state media says he'll do and his supporters came under attack from opponents armed with knives and sticks opposition groups say the politicians security opened fire after he received a hostile welcome. one of the world's top art schools has been gutted by fire destroying four years of restoration work following a previous blaze the macintosh building at glasgow school of art in scotland was due to reopen next year after a multi-million dollar project it's the second time in four years that the building has been damaged by fire around the
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world most times of celebrating the ied outfitter holiday at the end of the holy month of ramadan but there's little to cheer in syria especially for the many orphans from the seven year old war a charity workers are giving hope to some reports. sometimes a meal smile can be the hardest thing to do some of these little faces are exactly in the type of night that these children were born under fire in the northern syrian countryside they have lost both parents and their homes in missile strikes and the. real experiences are hard to get over but one charity organization has come to the rescue of these often and their lives have started to change a sense. our primary objective is to draw a smile on the faces of these orphans as we buy them closer shoes for instance we're trying to help them come out of the tribe that you war the loss of parent the psychological trauma i personally feel as if they're all my own children and having
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myself grown up an orphan i don't want them to go through the same conditions invited. and i was two years old when her parents were killed in a raid by the syrian army she's trying to cope with the trauma. nurse of eight that hussein prepares her for the celebration which marks the end of the fasting month of ramadan and most would on our city i'm going to i'm in charge of twenty girls between the ages of three and ten i provide total care for them including health and psychological needs they came here in deplorable condition afraid to mix and communicate with others so we socialize with them and try to give them hope and a way out of misery. once this aid to be a memorable one for the one hundred children here solved they were taken shopping. in addition to new clothes they got other gifts were unable adequate so it is great
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for today they brought us the nicest clothes and presents i've lost the dearest people that i had but thank god we've been compensated i have a nurse whom i feel like my own mother she feeds me and teaches me and even babes me and does my hair sheba. vides me with everything i need. on top of the list of things they need is education classes suited to different ages are taught here but also different forms of entertainment such as here to complain music and evenings and games but this little haven of peace that's been created here could come under threat at any moment this area is one of a few territory system under the control of syrian army continues to launch attacks in an effort to take it the war from which these children have not really scaped may yet with their lives at risk they are the most vulnerable victims of a conflict that's been going on for more than seven years it's not known exactly
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how many orphans there are in syria but according to unicef the war has left over five million children in need of humanitarian assistance more than half of them were forced to flee their homes to live as refugees mostly in neighboring countries . eye disease and near the turkish syrian border you can read up on all our top stories on the web site al-jazeera dot com including more details on our top story on our still suicide attack in afghanistan. well let's take a quick look before we go at the headlines once again at least twenty six people have been killed in an eyesore suicide car bomb attack at a gathering of taliban fighters and afghan security officials in the eastern city of. the blast came as president ashraf ghani announced an extension to the government's weeklong ceasefire with the taliban it's
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a blow to an otherwise happy day which has seen dozens of an armed taliban fighters entering the capital kabul and other cities to celebrate the holiday. the new u.n. envoy to yemen is expected to propose a deal to end fighting over the port of call data the saudi led coalition launched an offensive to take the poor from who the rebels earlier this week well over two thirds of yemen's food enters via the port and the u.n. fears fighting over it could lead to a humanitarian disaster if there is the closure of the port even for just a few days many people will suffer we are also greatly concerned about the possibility that civilians may be hurt by air strikes. greece's government is facing an imminent no confidence vote in parliament over a deal to change the name of neighboring macedonia to the republic of north macedonia greek police of tear gas on protesters outside parliament in athens nationalists on both sides see it as
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a humiliating defeat. france has agreed to take in some of the migrants on board the aquarius rescue ship which is all new to spain the boat carrying six hundred twenty nine migrants was refused entry to italian and multis ports. china has imposed tariffs worth fifty billion dollars on u.s. products it's a retaliate response to president donald trump's decision to slap tariffs on chinese imports egypt has increased price a few and cooking gas by at least fifty percent the rise is expected to save the government two point eight billion dollars follows increases to the cost of drinking water and electricity russian president vladimir putin has been accused of using the world cup to bury unpopular economic reforms as many russians were watching their national side beat saudi arabia the government announced controversial plans to raise the retirement age as all the headlines you are all up
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to date next people in power. for over three years isis controlled a terrorist falls faults of northern iraq after it was driven out in late two thousand and seventeen local militias began searching for fugitives reaching out the harshest justice on suspect fighters and civilian collaborators one of the most vengeful militias is led by a woman. journalist tom kline went to meet
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a. how many years how do those even worse than the old holiday mean nothing the out of all of. you to see the big of them down with you off the idea telling us the change you want to. feel i mean it's. this their sheer guts you know what a funny you talk and they are on why he die a nothing yet a case of not mocked oh yes and the do to open a don't close me. between two thousand and fourteen and two thousand and seventeen
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launch an area of northern iraq well into isis control. ratcheting us back to iraqi forces we covered this territory. by september two thousand and sixteen but managed to push the insurgents out of the cities you can pull she kept district which lies between the cities of to create to mosul. isolated pockets of isis resistance remain and. the task of mopping up isis resistance and check out what's been left in the hands of different local militias one of the most high profile of these is led by we're here to mohammed al jamal the better known as a model. i think that there are special for you and i disappointed never let anything. on my i mean in the not and i mean and i know many muslims that you know
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. this is the photo of it all and these are white. she has a special insight so. we're unsure kat about eighty kilometers south of mosul accompanied by our interpreter we're about to meet the local militias near legendary commander that is it. now need these guys. so. warmly received by what he did mohammed first glance it's hard to imagine how this forty year old woman could have such a ferocious reputation but she and her eighty man militia played a key role in driving isis out of town and i've since shown the determination to keep it that way. that she.
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left a lot. of it's been home and. surrounded in a house more than our. name amy is each other sure. and. i says to clover she caught in the summer of two thousand and fourteen and life for many of the region's hundred thousand strong population became a nightmare but what he did tells us not everyone here was a step presents. hired men the size and it's insidious high the beauty is soft. can i was in your home and yet they are bad as if it only. governance it. if you
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tell them how them as an image i would be in a month though i shan't even do one minute and. janish i've got playing good stead of getting timothy tumbling down and in both halves with him into the down side of his level when the in the so highly and so a sort of the last card or at the last. we move on to where he does headquarters to meet some of her militiamen. she took over that command from a husband who was killed fighting insurgents. or woman to wield such authority is still very rare in the arab world. but having been there the. militias like these cannot keep the peace and much of northern iraq. the regular iraqi army has been severely depleted of both men and resources. battle to assure
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the territory without the support of six local groups its fate isis still attempt to establish a presence. the men follow what he did without question. constantly vigilant thinks the insurgent force is still at large in the area. holed up in a shop. overseas so all my job a job is to. defend to the task. but to shuttle got. to lay the horn over the shelf. over she's so on my job. over the past two years where he either has a five numerous attempts on her life. as a female commander she's a symbolic target for the works of isis and off. but she's paid a high price for him to finance. the son of a model kind of how to yanni how do you know how to handle top. general on the move
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this. sort of had often led to bad in. let's. go over shame what to do to be the title of a shot of god left it to the islamic and how many again it's been need to be used to. allow that ash the ruthlessness shown by isis joining its years of control has left an as yet unquenched appetite for revenge against those who've lost loved ones going to a farmer of aids i've been in. a million do not. there's a foreigner. and that's. because if you feed on spec but they do all that comes of the island thank goodness when i'm shut in on the male folk at the shop in the shit. yeah. yeah the only. not that's not
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a good teacher. is a willing to discuss on camera about what she does with the prisoners whether the most to the facebook page of informal. finance these are all blue dishes the main house main house and made for media for more main house just not. being gay i'll say i'll submit the book is racial wasn't made. it was almost did i know but i was so nervous and what a bad element we're told that many of the town's inhabitants it be isis sympathizers. now the family elders are quick to come out and pay homage if you want. your players are going to go away as just just although i says control over this part of iraq has been suppressed full central government all
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thought and is yet to fill the vacuum. in the mean time when he does militia is the only effective law and order presence. but what that means in practical terms hasn't yet become clear. the next morning we get a chance to find out more breaking in to investigate reports the families accuse of having ties with the insurgents have been on the receiving end of punishment. but he this fight is getting ready for an operation. and they're going to boost morale she disappeared cigarettes. she wants to hit the road and head to a village or a battle with militants is on the way. given permission to ride along. although the area has been liberated isolated isis cells are still capable of
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launching sporadic attacks. the closer we get to the fighting the greater the number of checkpoints manned by iraqi forces. have to go to the village stopped by another local militia. when most of them just. got myself a new. thing doesn't. look all of them square nigeria among. the international film and. just about how you got it i mean how in the. dross. eat salad you. still want to. welcome
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psychotronics ok what are some good examples of the sites. were taken to a field where we are shown iraqi army weapons and ammunition captured by isis and now recovered from the insurgents they're now back in the hands of the local militia having. more to. say but i thought the right. guy is an old soul dies on. the question of. how the morsel of that one was obvious it would be mocked oh yeah that's the jesuits. as proud of me but i don't mean it so in the debate. when he didn't suspect the console carefully looking for any items that could be of use to his unit. in the last. fifty years could sue or to.
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a saudi don't want my son on one hundred thirty that cannot. yannis tone hey i need jenna mudge and. shannon lowry miller she had more of a tiff chip. aside the sci fi out of mana is the limit of what they've. got her and. well he is a heroic figure to many iraqi soldiers fighting isis. as a woman she embodies the country's opposition to the group's fundamentalist ideology. and this becomes clear when you rocky regulars are rife with that command fresh from an engagement ring.
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