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tv   Up Front 2019 Ep 3  Al Jazeera  April 5, 2019 10:32pm-11:01pm +03

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they have a tree and people that they've been through a lot this family of four is from ecuador where in earthquake destroyed the store that was their livelihood seeing no other way to survive they headed north they say the u.s. presidents harsh border rhetoric drove them to faster action my worry was if you don't go now lose your chance better to go now and take a risk the family says they tried several times to claim asylum at the port of entry in el paso that is the legal way to enter the united states and what the trump administration has encouraged people to do but the family says u.s. border agents repeatedly turned them away so they said to ourselves we are already here we can't turn back so we decided to cross the river thousands have done the same in recent weeks after surrendering to us authorities many were held behind barbed wire fence under a bridge this mother and her two daughters slept two nights there hungry crying and
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exposed to the elements and i am at the moment she is only three and she told me mom this isn't fair others at the shelter say they resorted to drinking bathroom water while in detention many are sick adults with stomach problems and children with fever once i set out with them and finding out their stories the truth of what they really go through it's heartbreaking all of the men were released with ankle monitors the government will track them to make sure they'll appear for an immigration hearing at a later date only about ten percent of asylum seekers from latin america when their cases to remain in the u.s. for good but for these families they feel they've already overcome worse odds just to make it this far. castro al-jazeera el paso texas belgium has apologized for asylum abuses committed during its colonial rule in africa when
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justices include banning mixed race marriages and kidnapping children born to congo these mothers that's how the young the story. it's an apology an entire generation was waiting for belgium's prime minister charles michel apologized to mixed race children who were kidnapped during the country's colonial rule or law goal for the little bit is the place opens its trees and. i apologize to mix rice people with roots in the belgian colonise ation and to their families for the injustice and suffering they went through i also wish to express all our compassion for the african mothers whose children were torn or wiped from them deal is a whole. a moment of vindication for victims but the healing is far from over children born to a belgian settler and congolese mother in the one nine hundred forty s.
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and fifty's were forcefully taken from their african homes often the men denied fathering the children belgium ran colonies in what's now wanda barun d.n.d. or congo and interracial marriage was banned and mixed children were openly rejected about twenty thousand children are believed to have been sent to building schools in orphanages run by the catholic church some were denied nationality. very noticable here. i'm very moved because after all these years the prime minister recognised what we have been through it's a recognition of what the belgian state and the church did to us they took part of our identity away now they have admitted that mistake i feel better now. with his brutal past up until recently belgium's africa museum concentrated on the country's colonial rule it reopened last here focusing instead on a critical view of its colonial abuses. while the prime minister's
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apology do years of pain and abuse some of the victims say it's a step in the right direction. al-jazeera. had on the odds or in his hour of the sports news in the golden state warriors closing in on another conference title so i will be here in just a moment with story. hello
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again time for the sports is what's out thank you very much daryn while for the first time and more than four decades it milwaukee bucks heading into the playoffs
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with the n.b.a.'s best record it went over the philadelphia seventy six is secured the eastern conference title and home court advantage throughout the postseason and it's a new report. this game between two pile found seems goes off along for the start the monkey pox in philadelphia seventy six is going to target its home to the books every blood so a jet set for his role they sell to cation. both teams have players who could win this season's most valuable player award. the seventy six is k.-man is jolin based . i think he did school thirty four points beyond us and he to compose it was a step ahead of his rival in this game i. did great player finished with forty five points and thirteen rebounds as the puck secured a one twenty eight to one twenty two when. victory that also gives him the best
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record in the n.b.a. and hung colts advantage throughout the playoffs i just. thought well this just mark a bit of a half ago for the first time in more than a decade jennings won't be in the playoffs therefore an injured look brown could only watch on a step the current golden state warriors be seized and i'd like this team i are running n.b.a. champions winning this one hundred eighty to ninety not even really. under the regular season games last the warriors are in song to flame the number one seed in the west on the richardson al-jazeera. either fending stanley cup champions are looking good as they get ready to head into n.h.l. playoffs the washington capitals clinched the metropolitan division title with a two one victory over the montreal canadiens the team winning the chrono for fourth straight year with
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a game to spare. the colorado avalanche at their playoff spot in style the adamant recovered from a two goal deficits against the winnipeg jets to win three two in overtime to victory securing a wild card position for a second straight season. england and talking them defended danny rose says that he can't wait to see the back of football due to fan racism in the play is including rows that were targeted it with abuse during a game in wanting a girl last month he says football's governing bodies aren't doing enough to tackle the problem. i do know. the minute on our program a song on just in the morning five or six more years left in football. i just can't wait to see the. event as coach chris has defended comments made by his. who said that one of his teammates was partially to blame for being
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racially abused by rival fans. can know was targeted during tuesday's game against calorie she said can had provoked supporters with the nature of his goal celebration if that season multipath what i my just a few racism is never justifiable and it should stay away from the stadium but regarding the attacks on layout open new she he expressed himself badly when his mind was still on the game he car fired his thoughts with a post on instagram i think every player must behave well on the pitch they need to respect their opponents that fans racism is a different thing i repeat that racism must be punished and for. liverpool have the chance to go back to the top of the english premier league this friday. and the reds are a point behind mantissa city who beat cardiff on wednesday southampton are just five points clear of the relegation zone as a good side as
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a really good side and we need be know about that unless was very interesting because it doesn't look like a team who. fights well it follow a leader who would say look confident they do what they do and stick to it and. it's good to give their last were all unlucky then but they played bad which. yes a striker alex morgan hit her one hundredth international goal as her team beat australia five three in the world cup a warm up game in colorado the defending champions a will be aiming for a fourth wall title in france later this year the squad have filed a lawsuit against their own soccer federation for alleged discrimination and you sponsor has stepped in to ensure the players that will receive the same level of world cup pay as the men's team. we understand like the responsibility that we bear
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in making sure that we like set the next generation up while just like the last generation did so. we just you know plain talk is one thing but i feel like we're given a platform to use our voice for important social issues and mark and i looked on has a one shot lead to at the first major of the women's golf season has never won and made a title before but an opening round of sixty eight to has put her at the top of the day one leaderboard to add in a inspiration event in california led to fourteen champion thompson is one of four players a stroke behind me on the path. and that's it for me back to three sun i thank you for that update well south koreans are using their smartphones to the top of the world's first nationwide five g. internet service on wednesday the country became the first to roll out complete superfast mobile coverage with bride has more from seoul. events like this one have
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ensured there is maximum hype for the launch of five g. and south korea becomes the first country to offer nationwide coverage as one of the most digitally connected places on the planet it would be strange if south korea was not first with five g. this event by one of the service providers is in conjunction with samsung that at the moment is the only hand phone maker in south korea that offers a device fast enough to handle the incredible speeds of five g. a but they won't be the only ones for along all the other tablets and handphone makers playing catch up given the anticipated demand for five g. and it's not hard to see why the super fast internet speeds many times faster than current food g. speeds will offer all kinds of possibilities in terms of streaming content a virtual reality or menteith reality. gaming applications and so. one for consumers here in south korea folk and sumit anywhere in the world what is there
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not to like watching young and i'm expecting to use a high quality videos video phone calls and virtual reality and so much faster speed. with south korea providing the quickest telecom service in the world i have high expectations. i watch a lot of videos so i think it's going to be good for netflix and you tube there are of course the wider implications of the five g. force of society and the way we live our lives the ability to move vast amounts of data with almost no delay is reckoned will have a transformative impact on things like robotics driverless vehicles even drones to deliver things for korea companies there are of course security concerns about having so much more data and access points to it you just have to look at the contriver see over chinese manufacturing while away and concerns about it controlling infrastructure for five g. in places like the u.s. and elsewhere but certainly here in south korea the government believes that five
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g. is essential for the country to keep its economic competitiveness and as far as the consumers are concerned they believe they need five g. and they need it now thanks for watching the news hour. we're back in just a moment with what's more of the day's news coming your way see you in a minute. april on al-jazeera faultline is back with more investigative journalism and in-depth stories of the world's third largest democracy heads to its presidential and legislative elections a documentary explores how the united states and the european union turning a blind eye to egypt's violations of human rights prime minister modi is seeking a second term with a campaign dominated by two of the cash man pakistan. will he succeed an exclusive
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look at the goals behind russia's current foreign policy explained by some of the insiders who helped shape the kremlin's ideology april on al-jazeera. across europe immigration is high on the agenda and in hungary it's presented as a pressing issue we didn't have immigrants at all syria immigration but this is the one political topic anybody and everybody is discussing the far right is preparing for battle and their opponents or anyone who is different. prejudiced some pride in hungary on al-jazeera. the growing up in the united states i learned that the first amendment is really key to being a good citizen freedom of course the challenge is going to be something we've managed well and the resources that are available but it's an al-jazeera story to me is that we just don't tell you what the subject of the story wants to know the
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government is not going to do the one thing the jealous traitors want to apologize for that's what al-jazeera does we ask the questions so that we can get closer to the truth armed vehicles transporting players riots police with guns one on one east explores why indonesian soccer fans fight and die for the sports analogy here on earth. a setback to the libyan war lord plans to advance on tripoli more than one hundred of his fighters surrendered to the un backed government. watching al-jazeera life from a headquarters in doha. also ahead algeria's intelligence chief has dismissed
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activists joined mass protests seeking the removal of those still loyal to former president. british prime minister asked for yet another bret's delay she wants three more months picking up the pace south koreans become the first in the world with nationwide. their mobile phones. hello we begin with the military standoff in libya where one hundred forty five fighters loyal to the world that have surrendered to forces allied to the u.n. backed government in tripoli well they were taken to the town of zawiya that's fifty kilometers west of the capital dozens of vehicles on weapons were also seized fear is a renewed fighting are growing since have moved his forces from the east towards tripoli this week they've taken control of
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a town seventy kilometers from the capital and the u.n. secretary general antonio terrace is trying to find a diplomatic solution he's due to me it's have to after talks with the government of tripoli led by phase. of the un security council has also called for an emergency meeting libya has two rival powers since twenty fourteen the un backed government and tripoli while the parliament in the eastern city of to brutha supported by the warlords and has backing from saudi arabia u.a.e. and egypt he ordered his fighters to advance towards the capital this week and has captured the town of. the way small units and several bands in thailand are known to be loyal to have to dozens of his fighters have surrendered in zawiya and forces in restaurants are are sending reinforcements to tripoli without going to a head has more from tripoli the poor have to troops that surrendered to the anti have to the troops. this morning are now kept in the city of zawiya
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in the cost of the of the military council of the city of a zawiya around fifty kilometers to the west from the capital tripoli and by the way i have forces in the zawiya allied with and backed government of national accord the troops have to the troops surrendered this morning they came from to sit is in the west of libya to coastal cities of. sort of mine in the west of tripoli forces from misrata alongside forces from tripoli allied with you and back the government of national accord are now advancing to the south of tripoli to join other forces allied with the government of national accord in the area over here. that's north of the u.n.
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what they're clashing again is forces loyal to the world lord. we understand that you and the prime you and backed prime minister has given all the orders to the air force to engage and launch air strikes against any military activities that would target the capital tripoli. algerian radio is reporting the intelligence chief todd has been fired sort of tired as a retired army general who's a close ally of the former president is beautifully ertz with reports. of jerry's military might be disappointed if he was hoping that the resignation of president abilities beautifully would dampen enthusiasm for antigovernment protests hundreds of thousands of people are back on the streets nationwide for a seventh friday for them beautifully his resignation earlier this week is only a first gesture all of that here we demand change we need these games to go all of
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them including when so. we cannot remain silent anymore you are no longer afraid of you you have killed our children and started the whole nation. charly can we have seen nothing from there you deem i am forty one years old and i can hardly make a living we are hoping for a better. move to sideline beautifully because allies are continuing intelligence chief bashir ta-ta has been fired at earlier this week eight businessmen had their passport seized as their investigated for corruption the state television showed a clearly frail eighty two year old beautifully handing in his resignation on choose day and i think what's happened now is that certain good schools are being settled the result is that our target is no out of office and that begins to remove some of the infrastructure of the boot of the bigger regime but it will only be a beginning and whether it really blows a change in the institutions of the state or not then i doubt very much i.
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is now in the hands of a caretaker government but the protesters have made it clear they won't accept a new president from the approved that's the nickname for the entrenched veterans of the civil war and business tycoon it's. one in every four hour period under. the age of thirty is unemployed the economy is dependent on oil and gas beautifully his attempt to stand for a fifth term as president bush frustration at the status quo to a head now those elections will be in three months time. so far no obvious successor has emerged bernard smith al-jazeera the british prime minister to resign may has asked the european union for another delay to bracks sits in a letter to the e.u. may has asked for a three month extension until the end of june the u.k. is due to leave the bloc in a week but parliament has not agreed on
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a withdrawal deal in brussels the president of the european council dog intends to propose a flexible twelve month delay he is reported to be against the series a short delays then zimbabwe has the latest from london. the thinking in brussels seems to be that they want to avoid britain coming back repeatedly and asking for more extensions that so i don't know to excuse recommending to the twenty seven e.u. leaders that they offer britain a one year breaks it's extension but they're stressing that that would be flexible if a withdrawal agreement or any kind of deal could pass parliament here before then then britain could leave before march twenty twenty prime minister to resume a has written to donald tusk a letter which he will then hand out to those leaders before the summit in brussels next wednesday in which she asks for an extension simply to the end of june and in
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that letter she says that she believes it's in ny the science interests that the u.k. take part in the european elections next month but they might have to do so and that they're getting ready for that foreign secretary jeremy hunt has also conceded that although he doesn't want a long extension that might have to happen if no deal can get through parliament any time soon and we're not sure if it will because although the government and the opposition labor party have been in talks now for a couple of days those talks are now basically over the phone at the moment there's very little detail coming out of one contentious issue is whether the u.k. in the future will be in a sort of customs union with the european union the other is whether to put any deal to a public vote some in the labor party say that they have to do to one of their previous commitments others say that it would be deeply unpopular and undemocratic so lots of argument there whatever happens there's sure to be more drama here in
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parliament and in brussels in the days to come. protesters are gathering along the israel gaza border fence as part of ongoing friday rallies the protests which is known as the great march of return began in march of last year and they're demanding an end to the blockade and the right to return to occupied lands by israel let's bring in hala he's joining us from gaza what are you seeing this friday mohamad. or do you know up until now the crowd have been relatively small by the standards of these protests it's just now really starting to pick up we're seeing dozens of more people arrive until now there's only been about a couple of hundred at most we're also starting to see more tear gas being deployed different areas around here by the border fence in gaza so there's a little bit more of a commotion just the past five minutes now i will tell you though it is still relatively calm what we've seen so far today is we've seen security people that
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have mass has put out here at the border to try to ensure the tensions deescalate to really keeping in the spirit of what's been going on the past week when you have these egyptian led mediation efforts between a mass other palestinian factions and israel now we've heard from hamas officials already today that said that the talks are still going relatively well although no final deal has been announced needless to say though there are going to be flare ups is expected there will be flare ups throughout the day there usually are when people are getting closer to the fence and the israelis would like them to be that's when you see more tear more tear gas being deployed and that's when you see it getting a bit more tense now i'm going to have to go there because we are how you can tear gas walked in our direction out there in germany to get my mask and i'll leave it back to you all right i will let you get out of there for the time being mohamed john june reporting from gaza mohammad thank you for the heads on al-jazeera facing climate change why millions of children in bangladesh are at risk.
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however we've got lots of spring sunshine on the cards for much of china as we go on into the weekend lot of fine weather protected out towards a southeastern corner there's a little bit of cloud over towards the western side of the country northern parts of vietnam also seeing somewhat thick a cloud shows here then there was a possibility twenty nine celsius in hong kong that's not bad twenty six celsius the for shanghai as well as as the afternoon come sunday is warmest still to get thirty degrees in shanghai as you say pretty much wall to wall sunshine. little bit a fair weather cloud around multiple sunshine to across much of india we have got largely clear skies here basin places the rain up towards the east coast more so into the far north east of india through bangladesh and heading over towards me and
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ma wanted to showers a possibility here but the whole weather that. for a monsoon heat continues not pool could top forty degrees celsius or more you have to forty one here as you go on through sunday a little more cloud will more rain up towards the follow the bangladesh into nepal a bit of cloud two into the far north of pakistan just pushing across northwestern corner of india a fair bit of cloud to come across iran into the arabian peninsula still a few showers that western side of iraq but it's fine and dry for the. country where they are on line right taught us to be able to be concise expressing exactly what is happening in the moment and what it means. for if you join us on saturday israel is an apartheid state in the ethnic cleansing.

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