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telling you you've been out and about speaking to them. yes indeed there is a real feeling a big feeling on the streets amongst the older generation in particular more stoic they believe firmly that the revolution is still incredibly he's still alive but under one of the biggest pressures it's ever experienced and there is a real feeling of hardship right across the board with the reaal now something like nearly a third of the value against the dollar it was a year ago there really is suffering going on and what you're hearing now from rouhani in particular is a reference to this economic situation he describes it as an economic war that's the terminology he used at the great nation of iran is in a state of economic war with them is through helping each other we will be victorious against the united states we will succeed in the struggle we're facing
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in our daily lives so we can see here a change of approach very much from this leader who has been revered by the west in the past for some moderate attitudes and this now is clearly trying to bring the whole the whole populous around him so actually face on this situation he's finding with the united with the people ok anderson and stank. still ahead on al-jazeera where is your mouth has some of these body saudi arabia says it still doesn't know. hello the weather in southeast asia and that northern australia seems to settle down to its normal pattern that you might expect been quite unusual first part of
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the year but now we're largely cloud free in the philippines and in the china but come down to some possibilities of tickly indonesia and that's the daily show's picking up that job has been particularly badly hit you know there's been more than one rise while it's been flooding but it's all really consistent with the wet season and there are more showers for java and running east was recently away z. but there daily they tend to drop down by night and then not continuous they are showers and in fact north nostril is seeing a dry spell which will have consequences whilst the cloud is gathering in the southwest pacific there's nothing really over land there's a streak down here but if you hint in fact if you're in melbourne you not think what's happened to summer full cost wise temperatures are below by six or seven degrees what they should be anyway through victoria and south australia the heat is pushed further north and look at northern queensland with that the cloud is warmer than it should be in townsville by three or four degrees perced twenty eight is also going to slowly rai's there's not much wind or cloud here as this is the warm
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hello again the top stories on al-jazeera the acting u.s. defense secretary is on a surprise visit to afghanistan patrick shanahan is real and president and danny to discuss national security issues the u.s. is a negotiations to end the seventeen year war president hassan rouhani says iran will continue to expand its missile program he's been addressing tens of thousands of people to mark the fortieth anniversary of the islamic revolution a nationwide commemoration started on february the first a refugee footballer who was facing extradition back to bahrain has been freed hacky minority be had been in a thai jail since november and directed thailand's attorney general to withdraw the case against the twenty five year old who lives in australia. nicolas maduro is vowing to defend venezuela against any attacks the president says his soldiers are
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ready to fight the u.s. and the rest of its enemies the southern african development community made up of eleven nations is backing and it's criticized any attempts to interfere and run as well as domestic affairs. maduro has appeared on state television with his vice president and defense minister he was at military exercises in the northern state of miranda. saying. today the most important military exercises that our republican history recalls have been successfully initiated throughout the national territory the most important because of the situation we are living in a real threat from the imperialist government of donald trump against the peace of venezuela the head of the empire has threatened us and that is generated indignation rejection by all the people of venezuela and of the world's public opinion while the opposition leader. efforts to stop aid getting into venezuela are
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a crime against humanity tons of food and medicine sent from the us has been stuck at the colombian border since thursday night as well as the military is refusing to let it in under orders from the president who says the aids is part of a u.s. ploy to remove him from power why don't you use volunteers to open new ways to get the aid in. i understand that they want to block the aid because that's what the victimizer does it makes them seem almost genocidal by their actions they're killing venezuelans killing children who are protesting killing fernando abandon opposition lawmaker i understand that they would want to deny this and not allowing the humanitarian aide the regime should know it this is a crime against humanity gentlemen of the armed forces of un as well as economic hardship is hurting its most vulnerable people are latin america editor lucy and went to a care home to see how residents there are coping. this is hill of
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hope western business way law in old age home where destitute or abandon senior citizens are meant to live out their last years with dignity. but as always in times of acute economic hardship it's the youngest and the oldest who suffer most in the absence of full time staff seventy nine year old. keeps the gate locked and helps those who can't walk because he still can. we help each other out amongst ourselves michael most everyone he suffers from hypertension but there's no medicine here. and silas could walk and see when he came here three years ago now he's blind from untreated cataracts can't walk and is tormented by a hernia i think. last night i was in terrible pain. i cry from the pain. i am very sad.
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only god knows how long i'll remain. sometimes there's nothing to eat we have no help from the government there is no one to help us. the home is a foundation that runs on donations but they've dried up so there are no nurses or doctors and very very little food. the cook says it wasn't always that way. they used to throw away the food once there was abandoned. until the crises came the crisis began six years ago she says most of the donors have left the country hyperinflation has led to widespread poverty and scarcity of oldest everything. it's time for dinner and so you have a c.e.o. who's confined to a wheelchair helps guide for the beneath this who's blind to the dining room and
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this is the dinner for the i will eat also grandfathers as they're called it's corn flour boiled in water because we're told it's been more than a year since they received any donations of milk and this will be the last thing they're going to eat until tomorrow. the cook and the cleaner will be leaving soon and they'll be left alone to put themselves to bed no later than six so they won't feel so hungry until breakfast. they are resigned they say to being forgotten in a country with so many other desperate need. to see in human. in this way that. saudi arabia says it doesn't know where the body of murdered journalist. is in an interview on u.s. television the minister of state of foreign affairs says the kingdom is still investigating. accuses turkey of not sharing intelligence was killed in october in the saudi consulates in istanbul. where is jamal khashoggi body we don't know
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what do you mean you don't know we don't know they said that the prosecutor is working to try to establish this fact we have evidence from turkey and he asked them several times formally through formal legal channels to provide evidence we're still waiting to receive and you have been seeing now. seventeen australian residents are believed to have been detained in china as part of a crackdown on the muslim we go minority activists say the individuals were visiting relatives when they were arrested about a million we are believed to be in camps against their will china's government though says the camps are voluntary and designed to stamp out extremist tendencies australia's government says it's not aware of any residents being held in china andrew thomas has more from sydney. there are about three thousand chinese people of the week at this is he here in australia and i spoke to the representative of that community on monday and she's told me that while she's very reluctant to go
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public with her concerns she feels she's getting nowhere behind closed doors with the australian government she's concerned about seventeen we get chinese people living in australia either on spouse visas or as permanent residents here in australia those are people who've returned to china for short holidays and then disappeared initially that had their passports confiscated and then they've just gone off the radar people in their families here just do not know what has happened to them and they say they've been asking a starting government to find out what's happened to them whether even they're alive or dead for some months and they're just not getting on says the lady i've spoken to says that if these were australian citizens rather than permanent residents then she thinks a lot more would be done she says she's spoken to people in the u.s. state department who say that if they were u.s. residents the u.s. state department would have done a lot more to find out what was going on but she doesn't think enough is being done by camera to find out what has happened to these people amnesty international is
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accusing me and mars army of shelling villages detaining civilians and blocking aid as part of a crackdown this time on ethnic buddhists in northern rakhine states fighting has intensified in the past month after a buddhist rebel group erika an army attacked four police posts and killed thirteen officers villagers and activists say artillery and mortar shells are being fired into residential areas one woman told the rights group security forces have restricted be amount of rice allowed into her village worsening a supply shortage more than five thousand people have been displaced since december and many have fled to neighboring bangladesh to stay in makeshift camps amnesty says the army units involved are the same ones accused of carrying out atrocities against the road in jobs. in twenty seventeen let's work to run a house and she's the crisis response director misty international she's joining us from bangkok thanks for speaking to us so we do know that the me and more
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authorities have made it very difficult to allow in any aid groups and particularly into a rakhine straight state so can you tell us more about how you can lay doods these findings of what war you found out indeed you are correct access to state his being limited and actually you know even the or the organizations that have been able to operate there such as the i.c.r.c. and the world food program have been limited in where they can move to for amnesty international we weren't able to access rakhine state however our researchers were able to speak to victims to the displaced people to the civilian population who were actually stopped by the military by the security forces and told that they weren't allowed to britain and certain amounts of food supplies into their villages and we also spoke to people just to had fled after their villages had actually been shelled we've also spoken to analysts we've reviewed videos and
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photographs that have been provided to us and we have been able to document and we have very sure that what we have seen is an excessive crackdown by the military on these communities in response to the attacks that took place in early january and have you had any response to these allegations from the government. we have not had any response from the government to date but this is very consistent what amnesty international has documented in rakhine state in the last few weeks is a consistent pattern that we have seen where the military goes in response to an attack from an insurgent group such as the arak an army and has absolutely complete disregard for international law it's the targeting of civilians at shelling of civilians it's the restrictions on fundamental lifesaving assistance like food aid which is having not only a disastrous impact on the civilian population but these
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a very flagrant violations of international law and they need to demean my military needs to real itself in the world but it is also the u.n. we have seen in this instance go ahead there has or. will these are actually the same units that we have that amnesty international has documented committing mass atrocities against the right in rakhine state in twenty seventeen but we've also documented particularly the ninety ninth infantry division which has been committing war crimes in the conflicts in the north of the country and it was these light infantry divisions in particular that have been deployed to recut state in this latest operation and allegedly responsible for the abuses that we have documented ok to run a house and we thank you very much for joining us from bangkok now thailand's election commission has ruled the king's older sister cannot run for prime minister in next month's election. family members should be above politics the announcement
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of princess was the thai rak so chart parties counted on friday stunned the nation it later withdrew their candidacy after the king described it as unconstitutional and inappropriate. to ferry different movies have won big the british academy film and television awards in london from the red carpet charlie angela has more. walking the red carpet for the back afterwards the british academy of film and television arts celebrities old and new hoping to see their work on it at the end of it and for the man who wrote directed shot and edited his own story came. the way to this. unfold so who i know you thank. the mexican director won best film best director best cinematography and best foreign language film for roma the
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tale of his childhood in one nine hundred seventy s. mexico city. getting. the style lot of. i'm very happy that based on our ng the story. of a woman who saw the mystic worker from indigenous background. the specific color of this film is mexico so i want to thank also mexico the cost of crude british film the favorite also handsomely rewarded picking up six prizes including outstanding british film best supporting actress for rachel vises performance a best actress for libya coleman's vicious body meant for the british queen. we having amazing knowing. this wickedly funny film is about less unknown royal queen and two women in her court fighting for her affections used greek directed to most has taken lots of artistic license with history to create
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a brilliant cynical comedy did years look at me did you look at me. the bathroom was a watched closely in hollywood where on tuesday the final voting process for the off because open most of the british voted for those awards are also members of this academy making these prizes and important projects for us because success. never had fried chicken and these awards celebrated traditional storytelling no special effects needed to captivate new audience and carry of the prices. al-jazeera. hello again the headlines on al-jazeera the acting u.s. defense secretary is on a surprise visit to afghanistan projects shanahan is meeting with president hamid
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to discuss national security issues the u.s. is a negotiations to end the seventeen year war. president hassan rouhani says iran will continue to expand its missile program he's been addressing tens of thousands of people to mark the fortieth anniversary of the islamic revolution a nationwide commemoration started on february the first marking the day i tell our ruhollah khomeini returned from exile in one thousand nine hundred seventy nine oh yes so. today in order to make different types of missiles we are not getting permission from anybody and we will not ask permission from anyone to build them our military power will continue and i would like to make it clear to you the iranian nation that our military power over the last forty years and specifically over the past five has been shown to the whole world and how surprised them the u.s. is likely to start pulling its troops out of syria in a few weeks the trumpet ministration has so far been sending mixed messages on the timing but his top commander in the middle east says it all depends on how things
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pan out on the ground venezuela's president says the armed forces are ready to fight the u.s. and other enemies but self declared interim president is warning the blocking of aid by nicolas maduro is almost genocidal saudi arabia says it doesn't know where the body of murdered journalist is in an interview on u.s. television the minister of state of foreign affairs says the kingdom is still investigating. accuses turkey of not sharing intelligence was killed in october in the saudi consulate in istanbul a refugee footballer who is facing extradition back to bahrain has been freed came in order to be had been in a thai jail since november and directed thailand's attorney general to withdraw the case against the twenty five year old who lives in australia thailand's election commission has ruled the king's older sister cannot run for prime minister in next month's election it says royal family members should be above politics the announcement of princess. char party's candidate on friday had stunned the nation.
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coming up in the next sixty minutes massive crowds on the streets of tehran as iran marks the fortieth anniversary of its islamic revolution. the acting u.s. defense secretary arrives in afghanistan as the u.s. works to broker a deal with the taliban. only god knows called on the risk. losing hope and people who feel they've been forgotten and left to die in venezuela i'm going to go with the sports including refugee football or hockey mel arabia has been freed from jail in thailand after bahrain drops its extradition request to have the latest developments coming up in the next sixty minutes. that president rouhani has said that iran will continue to expand its ballistic missile program he was addressing tens of thousands of people in tehran to mark
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forty years since the islamic revolution nationwide commemorations started on february the first marking the day ayatollah ruhollah khomeini returned from exile in france in nine hundred seventy nine. well iran's president has some rouhani says iran will not seek permission from anyone to continue its missile program. oh yes. today in order to make different types of missiles we are not getting permission from anybody and we will not ask permission from anyone to build them our military power will continue and i would like to make it clear to you the iranian nation that our military power over the last forty years and specifically over the past five has been shown to the whole world and how surprised them. well we have a team of correspondents following developments in these iranian celebrations we've got the same as ravi is in the holy city of mashad first so that's good too andrew simmons is in the capital tehran and you're in freedom square which has been the
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major set piece of today's events and bad weather you had earlier and that didn't seem to deter the thousands if not more people who turned out. hundreds of thousands across iran turning out on this historic day historic for so many reasons not only the fact that it's the fortieth anniversary of the revolution but also because of turn of events really a change of tone a far more hostile attitude now from iran to the united states that it has been for many years and the man who's delivered the hostile message right now has been the face something of moderation the reformist has done rouhani the man who was part of that nuclear deal that was unhinged totally by donald trump he said
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quite categorically that he did was in no way going to stop the ballistic missile program far from it it would continue and be expanded he feels that that is the only way forward he also described the united states as the enemy several times round not only the united states but other countries as well and he talked of how his country was at war economically now it was an economic war and he called on people from all parts of the country to stand together in this position now the nuclear deal we know was two years in the making it was the a bummer administration that sponsored the talks it two years of hard work that rouhani eventually recommended to the supreme leader ayatollah ali had been a that he accept the deal that deal was done in twenty fifteen then after trump
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came it was a mainline mission to actually get rid of the deal and to reimpose sanctions that has had a massive effect on the economy where we have a real now that's only worth just about a third of the u.s. dollar is down that much we've got a situation now where there is real positions on the streets being taken of desperation and indeed anger i went out to take a look at the mood throughout tehran over a two day period and this is my report. fighter . mohammed raise a tough sheik is one of iran's many revolutionaries he reflects on life changing events forty years ago with the style during pride. well before i. may need to power the hem of the razor defected from the shazam me joining the
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revolution. he went on to fight in iran iraq war of the nineteen eighties hundreds of thousands were killed and maimed among them mohammed raises a younger brother hammy that raises. our belief in personal sacrifice for the revolutionists our spiritual leader says we are the victorious ones because our enemies cannot put pressure on us militarily they are doing it economically and culturally that. mohammad reza says he's against moderates in government and believes foreign influence is to blame for economic problems outside in a city festooned with the cobbles of the islamic republic of iran many people now speak openly about economic hardship. but forty taxi driver. is as old as the revolution he says he can't pay his bills. no matter how much he
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cut back on my spending i can make both ends meet i'm distraught i've got two children aged eight and thirteen for decades since the revolution of a population of more than eighty million and there's a big gap than ever between the rich and the poor the economic situation getting worse and made much more critical the u.s. sanctions has led to high youth unemployment and inflation increasing by the day that's leading to subdued anger in many parts of iran. it's like egypt. worse for the people before it gets better reimposed u.s. sanctions are now forcing more countries to stop importing oil from iran its main driver for growth we spoke to some iranians who say people have to show resilience . the issue has to be so we should all have the same goal we should protect our revolution from being. before he finishes speaking
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a bystander interrupts with her view of the revolution i don't know about you it has driven us to dismiss very and poverty people are poor and they have nothing left. young people in this crowded setting talk of leaving iran once they've graduated from university this twenty year old plans to move to canada to work as a nurse i don't see my future here i don't think i can find a good job most of a rainy and winds you. integrate. the divide between often stoic older generation and younger people has undoubtedly grown since mama razor and others brought down a monarchy but he insists nothing can break the spirit of iran's revolution. what you really sense amongst people is a loyalty to the revolution itself not necessarily to the government the government
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is being attacked by many people but then you see here in this theocracy it's very different the government is elected in a system that's very unusual but it is nevertheless elected and then of course you have the theocracy you have the clerics the real rulers of iran the supremes leader ayatollah ali how many who has pronounced well ahead of this event on this historic day that he sees that the great satan effectively death to america as a message to donald trump to john bolton the security advisor and also to my pump the u.s. secretary of state there is such a change of atmosphere now compared with the last time i was here in fact nearly two years ago at the presidential elections when rouhani was seen as the moderate figure the nuclear deal was in place there were hopes are high hopes amongst people although there was still a lot of suffering with the economy since then it's got so much worse and i don't
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really think that will realizes just how desperate people are feeling and how restrained they are under the circumstances because this is a country of great wealth really there are many many resources not least of them all of course the politics is very different the whole religious fervor here is very different but there is now you hear when you look at that speech from rouhani it is very very different in tone it is much more harder edged it's much more towards the supreme leaders thinking that it is to his original agenda that it was with the obama administration with europe and also you get there the supreme leader criticizing europe is that they can't be trusted europeans can't be trusted even though they're trying to come up with a deal they introduced this deal. a trade deal which will enable trading goods services in return for all to get around the sanctions that's incredibly
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unpopular with the americans and this whole thing will come to a head quite possibly on wednesday in warsaw in effect a summit an unusual summit that the u.s. is denying it's an anti iran summit but as far as the leadership here is concerned they do regard this is a hostile act by foreign powers summit that is really according to iranians the way they view it is really being called to get the powers together to gang up on iran as being completely ignored by the iranian leadership and indeed also by russia as well it could backfire it's certainly being seen by many commentators including european diplomats as a bad idea where are we now with everything at a critical point a very critical point in terms of the world's relationship with this massive country of more than eighty million people has doubled more than doubled in size
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since one nine hundred seventy nine and that revolution when this i call this tower behind me which was a celebration of two thousand five hundred years of imperial rule of the show had it built for that purpose has turned into a difference and one of islamic revolution one that will enjoy all according to the leadership of this country anderson is live in tehran all right now let's go to another of our correspondents in iran for this momentous moment. and zain you're in mass which is one of the holiest cities in iran isn't it it's got a great deal of significance in terms of the supreme leader tell us more about where you are. well here in my show one of the religious heartlands of iran along with the seminary city of qom this is really where a lot.

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