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sixty more than one hundred people were killed as a result of buildings that collapsed in lagos. attention has shifted to hospitals like this one while the injured are being treated doctors told parents that their children are responding to treatment but some have been seen there's and there was no boy did occasional spent the last twenty four hours looking for his missing child it's one of the parents of not seeing their children were you lying near one of your three children survive on those last two weeks to a law only one was found in the areas i haven't seen the other the injured these in your spittle eyes. investigations are under way into the course of the collapse but few here believe requires will stop such incidents from happening in the future robert reese al jazeera lagos. still ahead in this half hour saudi arabia says those responsible for the murder of jamal ashaji have been brought to justice it gives no details and the british soldier is to be charged with murder
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over the nineteen seventy two bloody sunday massacre in northern ireland. hello again it's good to have you back we are cross the southeastern part of australia we have seen smacked of showers in the afternoon particularly here across much of the area from sydney down here towards melbourne but we're going to be seeing those showers make their way up to the north in brisbane is going to be a problem by the time we get into the weekend but here on friday not looking too bad for brisbane thirty two degrees with a lot of sun in your forecast putting that into motion as we go towards saturday notice the rain showers right here along the coast now some of these rain showers could be thunderstorms and it also could bring some windy conditions and possibly some hail across much of the area melbourne though in adelaide it is going to be a beautiful day if you both cities with
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a temperature of twenty seven degrees there well here across new zealand we are all . cloudy and rainy conditions down here but took me over the south island of new zealand and that's going to remain into the weekend as well we do expect to see rain for christ church with a temperature a few of twenty degrees maybe on saturday coming down to about eighteen and we are going to be picking up some rain here across auckland with the terms of their twenty three degrees as well and then here across parts of japan well unfortunately as we go into the weekend we are going to be seeing all of the sun that we see here on friday where temperatures into the teens well as we go towards saturday we are going to be seeing some rainy conditions in tokyo it is going to be a chilly day for you with a temperature of twelve. they were searching for a sanctuary in australia but instead would have timed for years on a pacific island now one zero one east follows the journey of two refugees as they forge a new life in north america on al-jazeera and this is different but there is that
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one thing for some of these very rents it's better when you think it's how you approach the show not that it is a certain way of doing it high just five story in the eye out. welcome back here's a reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera these really military says two rockets were launched from the gaza strip towards the l a v varia hamas says it is not behind the attack british m.p.'s of those are for prime minister to resign me to ask for a delay to rex it means the u.k. may not leave on march twenty ninth as previously planned. and the u.s.
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senate has voted to revoke the president's declaration of a national emergency at the southern border with mexico donald trump tweeted one word in response. turkey says interpol has issued arrest warrants for twenty people in connection with the murder of the saudi journalist. the news comes after saudi arabia said the people responsible for his murder have been brought to justice neve barker has more from geneva. it was a brief statement by the head of the saudi human rights commission but it's raised many new questions about the murder of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi the saudi said that the perpetrators of the killing described as an accident have been brought to justice for three hearings attended by their lawyers and observers we have brought them to justice they had a fair trial they are currently detained none of their human rights been violated they have been subjected to no form of torture they are entitled to their legal
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rights but the saudi delegations failure to provide any names or details hasn't inspired much confidence of the human rights council the un's repeatedly called on saudi arabia to cooperate with the un led investigation into the show g.'s murder of the kingdom's refused calling it an internal matter saudi arabia operates pursuant of international law does so in all transparency therefore what is being conveyed by certain media regarding the need for us to internationalize some of these matters is something we do not accept because such demands amount to interference in our domestic affairs and in our domestic judicial system this activist disagrees if you was the international independent investigation that's mean they are hiding something and what they are hiding very hiding very name for the pair so in order to all of this operation of the person who ordered this operation he is still safe and he's still leading the country the saudi crown prince continues to face tough questions from the international community about his
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alleged role in ordering the killing and other alleged human rights abuses questions the leadership has repeatedly avoided answering what we've seen from the outset since this whole whole saga became became public has a series of obfuscations and denials by saudi arabia some cases where their accounts simply do not fit the facts and so it's very difficult to have confidence in there and the narrative. the saudi report comes a week after thirty six countries including all twenty eight e.u. nations issued a joint statement condemning saudi arabia's treatment of detained activists ten women's rights activists have gone on trial in saudi including prominent figures in the campaign to win saudi women the right to drive activists say they've been subjected to torture and sexual assaults the saudi human rights commission left the u.n. leaving a whirlwind of questions there is a growing feeling among so many human rights council members the saudi has
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a very did scrutiny for far too long and now it should be the role of the international community to hold saudi to account new park al jazeera geneva. algeria's new prime minister has told the country form a temporary government of technocrats in the next few days already in the doorway also promised to include young people and women but protesters say it's a desperate attempt to quell mass rallies planned for friday the tory again in the reports. prime minister nuri is under pressure to end weeks of anti-government protests at a news conference in the capital algiers he set out his plan to bring the nation together he promised to build an inclusive government his mandate would last no more than a year mr the doors will be open to everyone we are listening to everybody we are talking to everyone and we will work with everyone without any preconditions.
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the prime minister said he wants to realize the hopes and dreams of all algerians but many are skeptical about how much change his administration can achieve for the past twenty years the good of clan has made so many promises of reform of change and it is completely non credible not credible to give this huge important task of change in democratic transition to the same people who have put us in a situation in the situation that we find ourselves in today on monday president abdelaziz bouteflika announced he would not seek a fifth term in power he canceled next month's election but didn't set a new date the government says it's ready for dialogue with the opposition but analysts say protesters want much more the government are trying to accelerate the pace of negotiations but they are doing so not by taking into account what is
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currently emerging from to provide the how are people writing them out there we. are trying to include. or pollution parking is. really the critical lies along the creation. was purchased organizers are expecting record numbers to turn out on friday they say they won't stop until there's real political change in algeria victoria gate to be al jazeera the democratic republic of congo's new president has pardoned seven hundred political prisoners jailed by his predecessor joseph kabila felix she carried the war room was sworn into power in february after a controversial election and promised to release within his first one hundred days in office it's unclear when the prisoners will be freed amnesty international has welcomed the move calling it the first step towards restoring human rights in the r.c. in the u.s.
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students have been marching for stricter gun laws exactly a year after their mass walkout following the shooting at a school in parkland florida. castro has more now from washington d.c. . in one thousand eight hundred sixty miles and die. in america in the past year and since here in school shootings board up and killed seventy eight and was struggling with student protesters against gun violence but these protesters say since then the president and congress have not made good on their promises to curb guns and make schools safer instead in some cases the opposite has happened in florida a state law passed in response to parklane requires armed guards to stand at every school increasing the presence of firearms and public opinion polls show support for stricter gun laws has fallen across the country though the majority of
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americans still support them today's marchers seek to increase that support among them are survivors of the sandy hook school shooting that took the lives of twenty young children seven years ago i didn't have a choice about getting political like i didn't have a choice about getting to be a part of this because they used forced upon me and every kid in that school and every kid in that really this is what happened to us and we have to do something about it two weeks ago the u.s. house of representatives passed the legislation wire universal background checks for. the savages say it was the most progress in more than twenty years for gun control while b.s. however the senate controlled by the republicans has yet to take up that legislation making these young marchers feel that they have the reason. every one to make the choices. a man suspected of being a major organized crime boss has been shot and killed in the united states new york
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police say the francesco collie known as frankie boy was found with multiple gunshot wounds outside his house and state annihilated the fifty three year old was widely reported to be the leader of the gun being a family no one has been arrested. the u.s. state department spokesman says american citizens in venezuela should strongly consider leaving the country the comments came as the last u.s. diplomats in venezuela departed amid the ongoing political crisis over the rule of president nicolas maduro. prosecutors in northern ireland are to charge a former british soldier with murder over the so-called bloody sunday massacre in one nine hundred seventy two thirteen civilians died when british soldiers fired into a crowd of demonstrators in one of the most notorious episodes of the northern ireland conflict but it's only a giggle reports that the system falls far short of the wishes of the victims'
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relatives this was a day that many here hoped would put the ghosts of the past to rest the relatives of the thirteen civil rights protesters killed in what became known as the bloody sunday massacre marched to the scene of the shooting in london derry more than forty seven years ago the most the hope for justice that stemmed from decades of waiting was about to come crashing down following careful consideration of all of the available evidence a decision has been taken to prosecute one former soldier soldier af for the murder of james ray and for the murder of william mckinney the sole prosecution is seen as a betrayal by many of the families of those killed. davis said you know just a good thing. you know that i have to call my children and tell them that there was going to be prosecutions and this is going to move on their knowledge generation.
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i don't want to do it but for my brother away over. it was it was a good discussion. board. mr support. soldier is only one of seventeen ex paratroopers who investigated over the bloody sunday killings the sixteen other british military veterans and two ira members implicated in the shooting will not face action according to the prosecutor because of a lack of evidence the injustice felt by the relatives and friends of the victims that what took place here that day in january one thousand nine hundred seventy two was once again reignited by the prosecutor's decision while many were left shell shocked others saying that their fight goes on while some of the victims' families are looking to challenge the decision in the high court the u.k.'s defense minister
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vowed the british government would provide full support to the former soldier facing the murder charges as a decision reverberates throughout the city many here are mindful of the delicate peace which has held up here could be at risk of erupting into angry reactions some will complain of a whitewash others will continue to be haunted by one of the darkest episodes in northern ireland's recent history sony vaio al-jazeera dairy forests support at least one hundred million people in africa but illegal logging and farming are a threat to their homes thousands of kenyans have been a victim of from the largest indigenous mountain forest in east africa and it's katherine sawyer reports the mao forest has been plundered for decades. the mouse forest is both a major source of water and livelihood provided for millions of people in this region it normally collects rainwater during the wet season and pumps it out during
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the dry yet look at this streams and rivers that flow from the forest are running dry causing despair to those leaving in surrounding valleys and affecting harvests cattle firms and famous wildlife backs government leaders say decades of a farming grazing illegal logging and chuckle bonding have destroyed more than a quarter of the forest and its inhabitants massed leave over forty two million. so we know. people under the. forest guards make daily patrols in must the most important and last affected part of the complex ecosystem they same portent indigenous trees including the endangered cedar have been cut down and large areas of the forest illegally cleared for farming arrests have been made and smuggled charcoal and cedar logs confiscated
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all this land you're seeing is actually inside the forest people have already been a victim of their higher being allowed to come in to harvest and graze but they cry a lot plans again and if you go farther into the forest lots more destruction caused by. their security forces have a victory more than a thousand people from the forest with more expected soon. now security shows us what remains of our home she says it was burned down by security forces in june when they were forcing her family to believe commanders in charge of the operation deny that my standing by life has become more difficult there is no food we don't have anything to sleep on no medicine the mao complex is the largest in the genius mountain forest in east africa kenya's forest cover is seven percent that's less than the un recommended ten percent but it's not
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a problem unique to the country than trees with the highest rate of currently. uganda area. as it is being lost. and also preventing. then you realize this is a big problem many of the displaced are still in a camp on the edge of the forest they say they'll stay put until they're moved elsewhere or compensated but government leaders say the priority is to see the forests that millions of others depend on catherine soy al-jazeera forest. you're watching al-jazeera here's a reminder of our top stories the israeli military says two rockets were launched from the gaza strip towards that area earlier it's the first time the city has been targeted by rocket fire since the two thousand and fourteen war in gaza air raid
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sirens were heard throughout tel of eve israel's densely populated commercial capital after the apparent rocket attack triggered the alert system no damage or injuries have been reported have asked has released a statement saying it is not behind the attack herefore said has more now from western. these two rockets identified by the israeli military fired they say from the gaza strip and country two initial reports that one of them at least had been intercepted by the iron dome anti-missile system the israeli military spokesman talking to the army radio station saying in fact neither of them was but as you say neither of them causing any damage or injuries it seems the israeli prime minister rushed to a security meeting at the defense ministry in tel aviv the united kingdom will ask the european union to extend its deadline for leaving past march
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twenty ninth after a vote was passed in the house of commons this m.p.'s of a well mainly voted by a majority of two hundred ten the passed some motion brought by the prime minister to resign may to request an extension the u.s. senate has voted to revoke president donald trumps the clear ration of a national emergency on the southern border with mexico several members of trump's own republican party rebelled against this measure to secure a billions of dollars in emergency funding to build a border in raleigh in a surprisingly strong defeat for the president from tweeted one word in response veto reid and turkey says interpol has issued arrest warrants for twenty people in connection with the murder of the savvy journalist john has shown the news comes after saudi arabia said the people responsible for his murder have been brought to justice the head of its human rights commission made the statement in geneva but didn't give any more details well those were the headlines one
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o one in the east asylum in america is coming up next thanks for watching i'll see you next week by. africa's most populous nation a blah just economy has a youth unemployment problem and a bit to control the internet of the future some say a kind of digital ion coats it is folding we bring you the stories to the shaping the economic world we live in. counting the cost on al-jazeera. they left their home seeking sanctuary in australia but instead speak is detained on that silent a tiny speck in the pacific ocean. now to the refugees of forging new lives in north america when i want to joins them on their explored narry journey towards
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freedom. thomas morning. eric guster major this is a mirror. and imre getting on a boat is what put these young men on men a silent today we're going to take them off it. and. this is the beginning of my journey with twenty four year old amir tuckey mia a christian convert from iran and iran mohamad age twenty three a minority regime whose fled persecution in million mom. after four years in detention then now committed to move around menace the
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controversial detention center is being closed down now the island used to have prison. but there's one other spot the refugees can visit. and. he saw the boys once in a town and told them you know if you want to have thought to have a little bit of peace you can just come in here and relax you know nobody's going to stay here. mandolin at all just off mannus is where the refugees see a different side to p. and g. . the islands custody and let's asylum seekers stay here for free he says losing his arm in
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a fishing accident has told him to be sympathetic when they come or what they may do will come to him and laid him down like me but because they have a problem in the country or source so that's why they didn't come over here to my place that's why i like them. so that is most of the morans experiences on manis haven't been so positive when i interned in the center i paid for and depressed and people are warehoused and the man away yearly. it's going to be bad i'm not here to be processed i'm here to be tortured. iran's odyssey began aged just sixteen escaping persecution in me in march for
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malaysia he was in succession held hostage by people smugglers in immigration detention in indonesia for almost two years and after a boat trip to christmas island was detained and transported here i was treated like any month in many places i was beaten by far at least. i have experienced. things in life that i shouldn't have been in miami life. in. my industry and it has destroyed my tran as a human being. the. was . annoying converted to
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christianity always a lot of stubborn person and i like to question things i always start to question things in and because i was a very old person i started questioning from the people that i wasn't supposed to do that caused me troubles dad i was almost getting killed the. the. the. left iran as a fourteen year old boy to live in malaysia. and you know we have a brother. amir we're happy to have because it's convey that into. believe it.
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fearing he'd be imprisoned after his malaysian student fazer expired amir also boarded a people smuggler boat headed for christmas island i had seen people getting on these boats i had seen these boats that they were leaky boats i had seen them looking. and terrifying and i had no options i had to take. to buy a twenty thirty mm more than the thousand asylum seekers had perished at sea including many aboard despite smashed upon the rocks of christmas island. amelia and jim rohn arrived safely here after this tragedy but in one sense their
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timing couldn't have been worse for. landing just after the labor government declared that all future boat arrivals would never be settled in a strong. joint thirteen hundred other single men on mannus crammed into a center that previously housed three hundred fifty it compounds just like a chicken house and they would throw people in there and they would lock these doors chains locks fences everywhere and all of them are guarded you can't leave you can go anywhere anywhere you want to go you have to be escorted him and. another detainees secretly filmed. mia for these guided to up of life on the inside. you seem also like everyone is covered
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a bit because one of the rules they should be for these because of the crap is because too many people get. pleasure out of the model. of oh no not over for use on a mere witnessed riots beatings and the shooting attack by drunken soldiers. in jail no no. we saw people dying we saw people scrolling on the ground for pain of seeing people pulling out their own teeth. i've seen people cutting their necks. and. many other things just these four years was always always always a great trauma that i could. i can never forget. the only why out was
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a ticket to the homelands that had fled all resettlement in pay and jean. behind the scenes and unusual refugee deal was being broken in twenty sixteen the u.s. a grade to resettle up to twelve hundred asylum seekers from madness and nauru in america. it's nearly six months since i met him and dimmers despite president trumps reluctance the us refugee deal is still on the y. but the details arrive pyke. small groups of men are being flown from madness to p. and g.'s capital polled most be. some nationalities iranians and somalis are rejected but for the lucky ones there is a new life in america and we get
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a tip off that imran may be among them. the men are taken to a motel under heavy guard australian border force officers have told p n g security not to let us film. it was. because it was not. as bad as actions were maybe is doesn't excuse me i would also hold on to the numbers anyway double decker on my face so that. we eventually confirm that imran is here. and finally after six long months waiting in portmore speak a decision. this time there are no guards or handcuffs this time iran won't be flying as
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a prisoner i'm going through our. interview and i am. very sorry. he doesn't quite believe it until the boarding pass is in his hands destination america. it's autumn in canada and on the vancouver waterfront residents embrace the vivid change of season. and this place was never in any resettlement plan and i'm
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surprised to be here. at the bottom of the thirteen hundred men on nonis once tenacity and good luck has meant he's managed to buck the system. after a secretive application process emilio was granted protection in canada. this is where i can now. if i call it al house on menace through force of personality and a good command of english amir became a defacto leader in canada is anonymity and the job at a local tourist attraction.
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