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nobody else is talking to and bringing that story to the forefront. the u.n. calls for top generals and me and ma to be investigated i'm prosecuted for genocide . under a mattress and this is all jazeera live from doha also coming up back to the bargaining table the u.s. and mexico make a deal on trade and now they say canada should be part of it. iran goes to the international court of justice to try to get some relief from u.s. sanctions. and it's one of europe's biggest street parties we're going to take you
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to london's notting hill carnival. soldiers and me i'm on have committed the greatest crimes under international law by attacking range of muslims according to the united nations it's investigators say at least ten thousand people have been killed during military attacks last august hundreds of thousands of people have fled across the border into neighboring bangladesh mohammad gem june reports. the un says military commanders in me and more should be prosecuted for genocide against the real hinge or following their recent fact finding mission on me and more three investigators presented their report in geneva on monday. included among the findings that me and mars armed forces also known as the top of my down took actions that in the words of the un investigators undoubtedly amount to the
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greatest crimes under international law the mission has concluded that criminal investigation and prosecution is warranted focusing on the top to mentor generals in relation to the three categories of crimes under international law genocide crimes against humanity and war crimes after attacks by rohinton gunmen in iraq and state a year ago government forces began a crackdown against the rohingya the un says reports of up to ten thousand killed are conservative estimate. around three quarters of a million of the muslim minority fled to neighboring bangladesh many live here in ca to belong camp the largest refugee settlement in the world the report from un investigators includes accounts of numerous atrocities including gang rape in slave meant and the killing of children there are hendra who are among the most persecuted minorities in the world have faced decades of persecution and sadly
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they've grown accustomed to the international community ignoring their plight. reacting to the investigators findings rohinton rights activist says she's cautiously optimistic but wants action. that i love and it's been a year now since you. say many international organizations have come here but we haven't seen any solution and all of us are hinge a women have been wondering how much time we will have to live inside and i think. that's one of the reasons say many women went out to demonstrations saturday. those large protests show they were him joe are growing tired of waiting for the world to act they mourned the first year anniversary of the beginning of the violence in iraq and state or is the real hinge of demonstrators called it genocide remembrance day as chairman of the hinges society for peace and human rights. has been working for months to document crimes against the rohinton he's not at all surprised by
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what the u.n. fact finding mission reported yet. the genocide against his has been going on systematically for thirty years and the world didn't know now the u.n. fact finding mission has a lot of the world to know with their work so we're hoping that this will be a lesson to the world so no other countries go through what we went through this is why we're working for justice. will less as they were him joe will continue to demand justice even though justice isn't likely to be delivered soon mohammed atta at the critical long refugee camp in cox's bazar bangladesh arsalan iftikhar was a human rights lawyer for the burma for said works to protect minorities in me in law and he says the u.n. report is an important step. the first important thing to keep in mind is that the united nations they don't use the word genocide lately genocide under international law is a term of art and it actually triggers protections under the genocide convention
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another treaties which now the un security council must take forward to decide whether or not they recommend the international criminal court the i.c.c. it is to issue genocide indictments against military but is a good first step in the right direction to go to the u.n. security again because this fact finding mission to find that i mean when it was committing genocide and now the security council is going to have to do whether or not you are referred to the i.c.c. the problem here. is the fact that shot both china and russia which are bulls permanent members of the u.n. security council have been tested this reporting to me and my government and it will be told and so again there's going to need to be more international market pressure you're going to start to see many security council member countries issue sanctions against madam our travel freezes similar to what the united states and our u.s. treasury department has recently done so then we're going to start to see the ratcheting up of pressure against man as government with this genocide. facebook
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has taken down pages linked to military officials in me and mark some of them are connected with the commander in chief of the armed forces in total accounts for twenty individuals and groups are to be removed it's the first time facebook's done something like this involving a country's leadership social media giants been criticized in the past for allowing hate speech against range of muslims on its site. the united states and mexico have a new deal on trade it will replace the original agreement set out in the north american free trade agreement known as nafta donald trump says he hopes canada is going to be part of it and the canadian foreign affairs minister is due in the u.s. on tuesday for trade talks white house correspondent kelly holcomb reports. frequently accusing the news media of not reporting on his accomplishments u.s. president donald trump brought reporters into the oval office. oh to listen in
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real time to a phone call with mexico's president. where you good morning thank you and congratulations together the two leaders jointly announce their breakthrough bilateral deal changing parts of the north american free trade agreement that trump says hurts us worker i like to call this deal the united states mexico trade agreement i think it's an elegant name i think nafta has a lot of bad connotations for the united states because it was a rip off. the now after agreement was signed twenty four years ago between the united states mexico and canada it saw many manufacturing jobs move south to mexico as a result where labor was cheaper one of the worst trade deals ever on the campaign trail trump promised to renegotiate nafta and bring back jobs particularly in the auto sector the new deal will require seventy five percent of an american car to be
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made in mexico or the united states up from sixty two percent workers making those vehicles must also be paid a minimum sixteen dollars an hour but missing from this latest agreement is canada will start negotiating with canada relatively soon they want to start they want to negotiate very badly. relations between the two countries have been frosty since trump slapped tariffs on canadian steel and aluminum canada's foreign minister will travel to the u.s. this week to restart negotiations but it's not clear canada will agree to the changes the nafta changes still need to be approved by the u.s. congress follows weeks of negotiations between the united states and mexico their agreement now puts pressure on canada to remain a part of the pact kimberly helped at al-jazeera the white house. robert scott's and senior international economist at the economic policy institute and he says the deal is still in its very early stages i view this is
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a press release in search of an agreement as a handshake deal but i think without seeing the details without the inclusion of canada in the agreement we really don't know whether or not this is going to work and be acceptable to the u.s. congress and to the governments of mexico and canada so far this is really just a. revamp a restructuring of the existing deal they have tweaked some of the built in agreements concerning the levels of what are called domestic content that is to share a vehicle that must be built in north america they've added a new requirement that certain share of the workers must be paid a minimum of sixteen dollars an hour if they're going to get the benefits of this agreement they've also expanded protections for intellectual property rights nay made some changes to agricultural provisions some of this is just updating some of
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it is refinement of the terms in the original agreement. the u.s. says it's putting pressure inside the arabia to reduce the number of civilians being killed in the war in yemen the pentagon says a senior u.s. military general has delivered a message of concern to society leaders last week the u.s. provides intelligence or logistical support to the saudi led coalition which is fighting with the rebels backed by iran whose channel c.n.n. says the pentagon is threatening to cut that support if things don't change earlier this month a school bus was bombed and dozens of children were killed. the reuters news agency is reporting that saudi arabia's king solomon has stepped in to prevent the national oil company from issuing shares to the public his son crown prince mohammed bin solomon wants to sell five percent of the company which is known as one of the requirements of a deal like that is the financial regulators would be able to examine a run course finances but the reuters report says the king doesn't want to do that officially the saudi government says the offer has been postponed not canceled
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overt mughal nicky's a senior analyst at the cboe group it's a consultancy and advocacy organization he says saudi arabia is economic outlook is improving. we have to remember back when this i.p.o. was announced it was early two thousand and sixteen the economic context was very different than it is now saudi arabia was coming off of a year where their budget deficit reached close to one hundred billion dollars the price of oil was still low there were a lot of reforms that were on the agenda but had yet to be implemented and i think we have to remember that that's the context within which the i.p.o. idea came about now. after the enthusiasm around that i.p.o. has subsided we see a very different economic context in saudi arabia the i.m.f. issued relatively positive consultation that they concluded in july we saw growth non oil growth reaching about two point three percent a decrease in the but year on year budget deficit from about nine to four point
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five percent expected in two thousand and eighteen and also the introduction of various other economic measures like the value added tax and reducing fuel subsidies so of course there's going to be some disappointment on from global investors that we're very hungry for to be part of this i.p.o. there will certainly be disappointment from some policymakers within saudi arabia that hoped that they could generate approximately one hundred billion dollars from this i.p.o. that would then feed into the public investment fund still ahead on al-jazeera france's president says it's time for europe to stop depending on america for its security in the czech republic battles against the heat wave has dried up one of its most important rivers crops.
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how i once again welcome to another look at the international full cost because some very lively storms pushing in across parts of north america cross the northern plains south of the. prayer is in prayer is a big area of disturbed weather just feeding its way through this area of low pressure which will continue to drive this wet and at times windy weather eastward so certainly out of ontario into quebec some very very heavy rain possibility of some localized flooding ahead of that we don't hate getting into the low thirty's there for the new york and also for d.c. and a few storms just bring up for good measure further west it's a fair bit quieter getting up to twenty six celsius in seattle tuesday afternoon a little cold as we go on through wednesday but twenty one still to about twenty three there for calgary the wetter weather is further a so we got some heavy rain by this state really tucking in across a good part of quebec down across the lakes through the central plains all the way
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down towards the south it's arkansas northern parts of texas even into eastern areas of colorado you could see some very heavy showers from time to time large house and a possibility gusty winds damaging winds will seize a few showers too into a good part of florida want to see showers there a possibility to caustic right around chiles i'd also further west. capturing a moment in time snapshots of our lives other stories. providing the temps into someone else's without inspiring documentaries from impassioned filmmakers that everybody's going to know well will we. sacrifice. is going to be so mean as the memory oh oh. yes on al-jazeera.
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you're watching all just get out of mind of our top stories this hour u.n. investigators say me and mas top military generals should be prosecuted for genocide the recommendation is part of a u.n. report that says at least ten thousand people have been killed after the military launched a crackdown on a range of muslims in august last year. the united states and mexico have agreed a new trade deal of the places the us mexico towns in the north american free trade agreement known as nafta canada is set to return to negotiations on tuesday. the u.s. he says is putting pressure on saudi arabia to reduce the number of civilians being killed in the war in yemen the pentagon says a senior u.s.
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military general has delivered a message of concern to saudi leaders last week c.n.n. says the pentagon's threatening to cut that support if things don't change earlier this month a school bus was bombed and dozens of children were killed. the united states says it will vigorously defend itself against a legal challenge by iran at the un's highest court in iran once the international court of justice to suspend the u.s. sanctions imposed three weeks ago they were put in place after the u.s. pulled out of the twenty fifteen nuclear deal to iran accuses the u.s. plotting economic strangulation lawrence lee's been following the proceedings in the hague. the iranian side spends its three hours of court time here on monday trying to do two things in front of the judges first of all to explain how very damaging the american sanctions were everything from issues to do with renewable energy projects aircraft parts car manufacturers who now couldn't invest in iran.
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sports going down the debasing of the iranian economy all of these things a direct result of the american sanctions program their lawyers said but at the same time trying to link that back to a nine hundred fifty five very obscure trade agreements sixty three years ago signed between the u.s. and iran a treaty of amity and friendship and the friendly behavior beside between the two countries and the iranians saying that the sanctions regime has broken the treaty of amity the lead lawyer for the iranian side made a very clear that they had no choice but to come to this court because all of the political and diplomatic avenues that simply fails trace the momentum in the economic pressure. sans to settle the dispute through diplomatic means did not succeed. here or had no other choice but to seize the international court of justice with the president's request on sixty
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two lark because of the american side of course contest this entirely their legal team left without comment and they'll have their three hours here on tuesday their main argument is likely to be that the treaty that was signed when the u.s. and iran with friends sixty three years ago doesn't apply anymore because in the after nine hundred seventy nine islamic revolution all the different sets american sanctions the ability fifty five treaty damacy so it doesn't mean anything and anyway the americans have the biggest thing in their favor which is that even if in the end this court agrees with iran that decision might be binding but the u.s. doesn't actually have to go by what the court says so it's a good attempt i think by iran to try to get somewhere with this but ultimately likely to not be very successful u.s. president donald trump in kenya's leader who can ya have been talking about trade and security would have been meeting at the white house kenyatta wants more access to u.s. markets for kenyan businesses trump's been wanting to discuss security and china's
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significant investment in african countries it's the second time since he took office the champs met a leader from sub-saharan africa. very very good and excellent cooperation especially in our fight against terrorism because of the neighborhood we're in. the face which are the united states have been very strong and very solid partner but more importantly we're here to push through and to strengthen our trade and investment time yes. uganda's high court has granted bail to opposition leader bobi wine the thirty six year old musician turned politician was detained two weeks ago and charged with treason is accused of inciting supporters to attack a convoy carrying president you're working with survey any cotton saw it has more from the capital kampala. freedom for bobby wine twelve days after his arrest locked up by both the military and the police he accuses of torture whine is
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charged with treason and thirty two others after presidential where in the seventy's want to kate during their recent election campaign what do you want to listen to during the course of the show well let us not many ugandan such as radio presenter james peterson have closely watched developments. he dedicated an hour to bobby wine and his music it's been a big hit the young people are there my duty and most times they have sat back and said well you know politics is for the old for but right now the young people waking up in wanting to get involved in the future of this country ugandan politics have been controlled by presidential. who has ruled for thirty two years and that divided opposition led by keyes at best who was arrested recently for young people with the greatest stake and the responsibility to reclaim without and. and that's why you did the young people are standing up in many townships such as this one in the capital kampala where wine grew up it's all about his message.
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this is a song recently produced by other musicians calling for his food on many ugandans who are struggling to make ends meet all the wind understand their problems he was raised in poverty in this township and he has worked in music and politics to get away from the families say that he's popularity has transcended tribal differences and a lot of people in different parts of the country i'm talking about i why no posed a reason he passed you know ending the seventy five years old age limit for presidents the seventy to seventy four years old that's america event that was the first one also led protests against tax on social media uses what is up in politics is that a face. it's that person's problem so it's visit israel russia. for fifteen
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years then. of the. for what about me many ugandans say the treason charge is trumped up by the government to suppress dissent government official say the politician incited people to violence uganda's next election is due in twenty twenty one the. popularity perhaps highlights how that election will shape up by winning the hearts and minds of young frustrated ugandans they're desperate for political change catchy song al jazeera kampala. french president emmanuel mccall says the european union needs to stop relying on the united states for its security in a speech setting out his diplomatic agenda has said europe needs to have an integrated defense policy with a common budget is also called for the development of trade and financial tools which he says are needed to fend off u.s. sanctions. gritter
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solidarity means we will have to look again at the structure of european defense and security this year in a renewed dialogue on cyber security the chemical weapons conventional weaponry territorial conflict space security the protection of the polar zones in particular with russia i want us to launch an exhaustive reflection if with all of our european partners latasha bottle has more from pars him out omar can use this speech to the ambassadors to in a way promote his multilateral vision of the world and politics in the face of what he sees as rising nationalism and populism in terms of the european union he said that the union must try and strengthen its abilities in terms of security and defense and not be so reliant on the united states and the french president said it is going to come up with some plans and some proposals on this issue in the coming months months which will include things like consultations with all the e.u. members and partners like russia he didn't give any more details but there is no
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doubt that perhaps this fits into michael's vision of a strengthened and reformed european union we know in the past you've spoken about the possibility of an e.u. military force it also comes at a time when donald trump a certain distance himself from his nato allies well the french president also had some words for him brags that he said to britain he hopes can come to an agreement with you by the end of the year. but he said. not compromise the integrity of. so personally the perfidious me pro european president really making his message very clear indeed that he intends to continue on his paul to try and revive the blocks for. u.s. president donald trump has paid a further short tribute to republican senator john mccain who died two days ago
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during a speech at the white house dinner for evangelical leaders he thanked the late senator for all its hard work. for hearts and prayers are going to the family of senator john mccain will be a lot of activity over the next number of days and we very much appreciate everything that senator mccain has done for our country so thank you. and you can it's been sworn in in a strain that follows the ousting of malcolm turnbull as prime minister last week has been replaced by scott morrison turnbull says that inspected to resign from parliament on friday and that's going to put more pressure on the government's already slim majority czech republic is the latest european country to face the fallout from a lengthy summer heat wave a major rivers dried up exposing hydrological landmarks which haven't been seen for hundreds of years some of engineered reports. an ominous message from the year sixteen sixteen the inscription reads when you see this weep. the boulders have
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reappeared in the river elbe which flows through the czech republic the czechs call them the hunger storms and the drying river has revealed dozens of them before you know what they said was in recent years some of them have been appearing every year that since two thousand and fifteen when we've had the dry conditions that we've had recently. some scientists are linking one of the hottest summers in europe and an extraordinary heat wave to climate change but the hunger storms are also remind us that drought isn't a new phenomenon. the german government is promising to compensate thousands of drop hit farmers either farmers in belgium britain france the netherlands hungary in poland are all having their fruit and vegetable production affected with prices expected to rise gunge religious figure does the one zero regarding a vegetation we've had a very difficult year severe conditions below average harvests and a lot of regions and failed harvests had to describe the situation best we use this
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word given the fact the crop yield this year is fifty sixty seventy percent lower. continental europe record temperatures have also been recorded in both north and south america as well as the middle east and drought in australia means farmers are struggling to keep their cattle alive what i challenge is is to ensure that until it comes back that we do everything we can to ensure they see families that face communities that these towns get from now until then. a recent study concluded that twenty first century droughts are the most extreme and severe with global average temperature is expected to rise by two degrees or more by the end of the century some fear there's worse to come some of the job i'll do there. hundreds of thousands of people are in west london for europe's biggest street party the notting hill carnival event celebrates afro caribbean culture and it ends to promote racial tolerance and he reports. it's noisy colorful and
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exuberant and hugely popular but as well as bringing visitors from around the world on to the streets of west london the nazi hill carnival is a chance to celebrate the history of britain's caribbean population. this is seen a political scandal over how badly some of the so-called windrush generation and their descendants have been and are being treated seventy years on from the first arrivals arrival of more than four hundred headed to make up because of a hardening of home office rules hundreds have been deported or threatened with deportation others lost their jobs and their right to health care despite being longstanding british citizens. this year is also the sixtieth anniversary of the so-called race riots in notting hill when white youths went on the rampage attacking west indian immigrants and their property. and at this year's opening ceremony children performed
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a song remembering past and present struggles in trying to celebrate the pioneers upon the food without him he would have called it will call it was it a unique a baby i mean it's come about by the contribution of many people over many years so it's important to be recognized as being. one of them is matthew's father clive he came to the u.k. from trinidad in one hundred sixty one five years before carnival as we know it got going he says even some in his community was skeptical at the start i don't. know that i. more or less knew all. the good media and did talk well we model something about his school started it and then gradually people put on course to. make the sound systems. and a different thing. for years now carnival has been britain's main showcase for carrying culture not just music but everything from watching troughs to food and
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it's taken a sustained fight to keep it in this area but for now it remains rooted in a particular place and a particular community. of course it's now a party that everyone is invited to but it's determined to hold on to its identity . getting bob al jazeera. this is all just here these are the top stories the united nations investigators say me and most top military generals should be prosecuted for genocide the recommendations included in a u.n. report it says at least ten thousand people were killed after the military launched a crackdown on revenge of muslims in august last year. the united states and mexico have agreed a new bilateral trade deal it replaces parts of the north american free trade agreement known as nafta canada is expected to return to the negotiations on
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tuesday french president emmanuel macro has called for the european union to stop relying on the united states for its security in a speech setting out his diplomatic agenda and europe needs to have an integrated defense policy with a common budget is also calling for the development of trade in financial tools which he says are needed to fend off u.s. sanctions. have been greater solidarity means we will have to look again at the structure of european defense and security by initiating a renewed dialogue on cyber security chemical weapons conventional weaponry territorial conflicts be a security the protection of the polar zones in particular with russia i want to launch an exhaustive reflection if with all of our european partners the united states says it will vigorously defend itself against a legal challenge by iran at the un's highest court iran wants the international court of justice to suspend unilateral u.s.
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sanctions imposed three weeks ago they were put in place after u.s. pulled out of the twenty fifteen iran nuclear deal. under the thousands of people living in west london in the u.k. for europe's biggest street party the notting hill carnival event to celebrate south africa caribbean culture and aims to promote tolerance this year as carnival marks six decades since a series of riots broke out in the area it's also take on special significance this year following a government deportation scandal. and get lots more of course on all these stories on the web site al jazeera dot com but those are the headlines the news is going to continue here on alt as you know after witness i'll be back in about twenty five minutes by phone or. getting to the heart of the matter unless we have new generations growing up to understand better our relationship with the
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