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one of only 2 giant steel wax left an impression. for more than 120 years the steel works have dominated scunthorpe skyline its glory days when tens of thousands of people were all long gone and these are anxious times the 4000 or so stop on share with worries about bricks it leading its owner to ask the government to loan it tens of millions of dollars for a business in profit so we're actually getting somewhere and then the bricks 8 is causing us problems so the problems that's happening at the moment are no fault of the workers out there no fault of the management. it's way above the problem is the daylight. british steel has now found the cash from its own lenders and investors to carry on in the short time a few orders from the e.u. because of the crisis have been added to it already tough trading conditions hair
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it can be a long way from the political workings of westminster and even further from the e.u. is based in brussels but uncertainty surrounding bracks it is having a real impact on people's lives. 20000 jobs in the supply chain. grow them mark them out at. busier than ever fabricating steel construction and industry certainty and the body will tell you whether i voted labor my. certainty that kills businesses people who are investing on tracking people and it has a perfect right now for all the life of the economy. more than 2 thirds of people in this area voted to leave the e.u. back in 2016 there are pockets of deprivation anscombe thought so securing the still works long term future is important to the town's survival if we're serious about being an independent self-sufficient nation outside the european union that
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can stand on its own 2 feet we had need to have our own steel building capacity that's the foundation of our manufacturing the foundation for our of our defense and our security. which still is in no way alone in its struggles because of the uncertainty regarding brics it and britain speech a place in the world here they just hope it's known history of still making won't be snuffed out i mean he would al-jazeera scunthorpe. a fishing community and the nina has managed to preserve its lifestyle and traditions for more than 2 centuries but as time reports fishermen from the village of ghana v.a. are finding it increasingly difficult to defend their unique legacy from the pressures of modern life. what they say about gun view is that life is peaceful. for more than 250 years people have been living on the water and what's thought to be africa's largest lake community it's grown to around 35000 people.
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our guide is 23 year old herman he grew up here but is now studying on the mainland he shows us around the fish farms the main source of income for most families. we meet gerardine year he explains that business is tough because they have to invest so much in it for so little return. when we castanets and don't catch any fish it breaks our hearts we have no choice but to come back to fishing because we have nothing else to do if we can get some help to move away from this work it would be good what we really need is help. the water reaches up to 2 meters and so a boat is the only way to move. them and tells us that each family has at least 3. the community is divided into what they call villages the chief of this one is no new he tells us they need help with basic facilities. we have no electricity
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or clean water because of the way the population is growing the clean water we have is not sufficient if the government could help us with this we would be happy. for 25 and sells food for a living she has plans to open up a store she is the exception among her age group and i want all of my friends are gone they've gone to the mainland to look for money i'm the only one left congo is a fully functioning community with schools churches a hospital and even a cemetery one of the challenges for people here is how to preserve their way of life without being left behind by the rest of society. a man tells a story of how his ancestors found sanctuary when they were escaping a war between bennie's ancient kingdoms now there's no escaping the fact that many like him though proud of their heritage are looking for a different future i'm up watching al-jazeera. while still
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ahead on al-jazeera and sports walking back to increase their lead over the trunk iraq in the n.b.a. playoffs. anything you say tight or browse can be held against. lines investigates how governments are using israeli software to turn critics cellphones into the ultimate tools of surveillance exposure of your personal world doesn't just stop you right it extends out people you care about trusted you and it makes you. cross border and anyway targeted by text on al-jazeera. when they're both struck many die and many reste to end the epidemic.
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this is their story through the lens of local film making us sick people making sacrifices. this is what i want to see survivors a witness documentary on al-jazeera. well it's a big if a brazilian center at the 29000 cattle film festival with 7 reviews on the shuttle the 1st screening and can coincided with mass demonstrations back in brazil against education cuts by president government cuts that are hurting the art sector charly
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angela reports on the political message the brazil's films are sending. to the cost of brazilian film back aroud this is their moment to enjoy they say it's also their moment to protest. extreme times call for extreme cinema. used and though conceived 10 years ago back arouse angry tale of oppression feels like a bang up to date critique of brazil's current political climate. here an isolated impoverished but it is forced to defend itself when threatened with being wiped off the map it's a film that shows the power of the community under fire and under fire is how the directors now feel as brazil's president. cracks down on what he calls cultural marxism with the rise of the extra. for some reason they have. they despise for just one quarter and it's all very sinister and the way it is it seems to
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function. so. they have slashed. draw funding for culture basically and of course in a film. another distinctly brazilian film is sick sick sick a feverish story about 1st love that becomes dangerously infected. it's a poetic 1st film from director of this petard who shows brazil's youth liberal and free. in some way reflects the kind of nightmarish 6 states of residence of science. and i think that the ending of the film is like. trying to. get the intensity back trying to get the. i don't know the love back maybe because we were in the society of haters. it's unclear what help
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films like this will get from the government going forward president both scenario has recently merged the ministry of culture with a ministry of citizenship brazil has brought 7 films to cannes this year it's a record for the country and something to be celebrated but for the filmmakers here there is concern that back in brazil the crowds gathering and their future artistic freedom could be under threat charlie under al-jazeera. well now it's time for sport. thank you very much just over a month ago tiger woods pulled off one of the greatest korea comebacks in sports to win the masters title but there will be no 16th major for the american this week at least woods has missed the cut at the p.g.a. championship this was his 1st tournament back since winning at augusta but his game appeared rusty he finished at 5 over. par meaning woods will miss the weekend's play at bethpage. i've enjoyed being the masters champion again and.
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the t.g. was a was a quick turnaround and unfortunately i just didn't i simply well. i didn't as i said i didn't do all the little things i need to do correctly. to post good scores and promise often in position should get a course instead it's a he leads the way off to making history he went around in $65.00 on friday that taste score $63.00 in the opening round and that gives him the lowest 36 hospital ever at a p.g.a. championship or any major kepcher is 12 on the pond leads by 7 shots going into the 3rd round. man city will become the 1st team to do the domestic treble in england on saturday if they can beat what food in the f.a. cup final quarter list men picked up the english premier league title on the final day of the season last week and with a league cup title also in the bag in the f.a. cup trophy with kapil marcos leaving. port is a judgment call we have done that season and that is the most important thing of
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course the fact to take back to back premier league again being in the. in the in their fear cup final to win 4 titles in one season would be incredible of course we've got but honestly it's not going to change managers made the team is tomorrow we know. what for it's captain troy deniz hoping the weight of history on city shoulders will help his team's chances at wembley every 2 months we might see that was they would lose again so everyone has weaknesses and. we're not naive enough to feel know we could just turn up and we're going to be. arguably one of the best teams we've had in terms of this generation of football football a team so we definitely showed them in the respect they deserve also so one of anything can happen. now by i mean it made a point in the final round of bundesliga games on saturday to clinch a record extending 7th german title in a row but they're up against on track frankfurt you can still qualify for european
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football next season and they're determined to spoil the party so to them says if we get this piece of despair once we know that there is a lot at stake of course we know that out team our club has a wide range of outcomes from forced 8th place and that's something we're also aware of that's why it's not just about an important game for by munich it's also about in support games on track frankly we want to complete our season in such a way that we achieve our goals 6th in the n.b.a. eastern conference finals the walky bucs easily got the best of the toronto raptors in game to get it so it's the combo was the star of the soviets again led the way with 30 points in the box the raptors were only ahead in the 3rd quarter with the milwaukee bucks but ramping it up to win 125 to $103.00 about now have a 2 nothing series advantage. difference it's on and you know that's what i'm trying to do. i know you know. that every night you know when the game starts you
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know my teams are looking at me and. i was the leader of the of the team. when the game starts you gotta go to the tell you got to be focused in the n.h.l. this that louis blues bounced back from their game 3 loss against the san jose sharks in the conference finals just 35 seconds into the game of new stores their 1st go the 2nd came shortly also san jose sharks could only think that into one goal but it was too little too late on the floor of this came to one of the best of 7 series is level it to repeat. now they say that winning isn't everything but one chinese compressed didn't get the memo britain's bianca walden won the won't taekwondo championships for a 3rd time be seen in the championship with controversial penalties sheehan was to spawn fired for talking she couldn't believe it and refused to accept it sheehan was distraught talked of the loss lapsing on the podium and even moved on to stand
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for ya. newsstand the differences. and the similarities of cultures across the world. al-jazeera just a few months after journalist jamal a special she was killed another arab dissident was under threat norwegian security officials had to take him from his home in oslo to a secure location after attempts at the saudis were targeting him. human rights activist addle baghdadi talks to al jazeera. in a 2 part series. 0 observes the lives of 2 children.
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over 20 years. where insights into circumstances that shaped lives. in a rapidly changing world. 20 years of mean continues with good morning groups india on al-jazeera. votes are being counted in australia as a general election where a climate change on the economy have dominated big campaign. results through a lie from headquarters in doha i'm going to also ahead austria's far right vice chancellor resigns following a video scandal raising questions about the future of the ruling coalition. 10
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years after the end of the civil war in sri lanka the pain and suffering persis for families still searching for answers about their loved ones. living on a lake in between how 250 years of history a struggling to stay afloat. fellow votes are being counted in australia as closely fought general election the conservative liberal party leader of scott morrison is hoping to retain his position as prime minister he's facing a strong challenge from bill shorten who leads the labor party live to under thomas who's joining us from melbourne you're at the labor headquarters what's the atmosphere like there. you go back to aus it was very optimistic with labor small example at least they were expecting to. see
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them become one of the stars result of this election but in the last hour will start as early counting that's become public and not look good the lights but that it will change the facts in all its. eyes having a ball at the same chance of winning this election well. now that's markets being the 2nd and that is because the very complicated counting of votes interesting to get yourselves but not all many hours if not days in some places but what you know of hunting is just going law in the direction of the rights and. liberal governments in the direction of the labor party now the $151.00 seats in parliament for you to win the 76 months to the states aside by the sight of me in the labor camp or slightly in the liberal side only
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a handful 20 nations why it's marginal is what we know so although the modules in the states because they seem to be going to the right to the politicians the government's side well i spent saturday in one of those marginal seats one to the west another. giving people a sausage sandwich when they arrive to vote is an australian tradition. almost everything in every electorate has the same season but i mean there are 150 want to take drugs in australia 151 seats in parliament having 76 of them delivers a majority the labor opposition party already has $72.00 so if it takes just full overrule from the rights of governing liberal party labor government one liberal electorate that could pull to labor is karanka might west of melbourne but here it will be tight. father charles and our immigration policies
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they most foreign to us refugees so far left might be delayed it's. basically politicians to saudi and not each other's best friends anymore and taking each other out that's a common view they have been 5 different prime ministers since 2013 full came to office through into. party coups rather than at elections what people say again and again as they walk in here is how frustrated they are by the constant changes in political leadership in australia some of even said to me they'd rather not be voting at all but that's not an option in australia where voting is compulsory and people a fine if they fail to show up bill shorten the labor opposition leader voting in nearby melbourne promises if he wins they'll be stability he's put fewer tax breaks for the rich and the environment at the heart of his election campaign the rest of the world's fighting climate change
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a strain has been missing this is not the aussie way to go missing in the big fights the world will know that if i begin selected astray is back in the fight against climate change in a city sydney that's popular my parents' generation fought for environmental issues and now it's all going backwards i'm praying for a change of government i'm crossing my fingers for a change and. it's possible the former prime minister tony abbott could lose his normally safe seat over the issue of an independent candidate campaigning on the environment is the narrow favorite to beat him in his part of sydney with a very tight election result independents could hold the balance of power. the current prime minister's message is the higher taxes and more environmental regulation will cripple an already delicate economy at the selection of the point. i want to thank you i would have backed your aspirations the things that actually drive. your achievement to get a job to buy
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a house. to live in your autonomy and the why to start life is high tech to. nationals today. morrison will be in sydney for the result will be in melbourne but neither will be confident. austria's far right deputy leader has resigned over a controversial video vice chancellor heinz christian. parent lee offering government contracts to an unknown russian woman in exchange for political support the secretly film video was published by 2 german newspapers chancellor sebastian kurtz as conservative people's party. gratian freedom party joined forces in 2017 to govern the country. covering the story joining us from london so huge political fallout in austria and an interesting turn of events this is come as a surprise. well i guess certainly for struck it was most certainly
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a surprise considering that even during that video which was made in july 27th t. he even suspected at one point that he may have been being settled but clearly those worries were laid and he continued speaking about the business in hand as it were which revolves around gaining russian support financial and political in a bid to try and win over contracts not just with austrian businesses but with the austrian government as well inflated contracts to to build highways casinos and also even discussing the possibility of taking over one of australia's most widely read newspapers as well all of this and to how to really plays into the fact that with straka being caught red handed in this video it's really led to a spectacular downfall for him and also of course brings about questions exactly
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how much influence there is already between certain russians oligarchy and within far right parties and how theirs is not the only party in europe which has been subjected to such accusations and how damaging then is verse for the freedom party. well undoubtedly it's going to have a lot of of damage to them already but there's already been in a way a band-aid put over this immediate problem already as structure has been replaced or will be replaced by the transport minister also the freedom party from the freedom party nor but hoffa so he will in effect continue on in that role of course not forgetting that there are european elections just a week away they are looking also to consolidate as much of the vote of mark and it has been what has been a lot of attention given to far right parties making. inroads
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into the european parliament as well there also equally a loss of protest and certainly a lot of anger at certainly how certain far right parties within europe are being funded and it's candles like this will really draw to the tension exactly what such parties are willing to do who they're willing to take money from etc and into what lengths they're willing to undergo to accept financial support political support as the freedom party has done here certainly struck her has intended to do meanwhile the freedom party itself has denied that has ever taken any benefits and is now looking to evaluate what legal processes lie ahead but make no mistake this is certainly been an enormous blow for the freedom party as we hear right so you're going to go thank you. to syria where there have been 2 explosions targeting u.s. backed syrian democratic forces in iraq at least 20th the fighters were killed in
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the bomb attacks at a local police station and a military base the mostly kurdish led forces had post eisel out of 2017 but there have been several attacks since then and explosions were also heard in the capital damascus state media described the shooting down of luminous objects coming from the direction of israel israel hasn't commented but often attacks targets connected to iran and the lebanese group hezbollah and an airstrike an adlib province on friday has failed several civilians including a father and his baby daughter and many more people were injured. 4 u.n. aid chief mark local kids warning of the worst humanitarian tragedy off this century if a military offensive continues in the syrian government on this russian allies have renewed their post to capture parts of it lebanon hammer provinces hospitals have reportedly been bombed and agencies have been forced to suspend their work our diplomatic editor james ways has more. the russian ambassador vasoline the
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benghazi under pressure in the security council last year russia was one of 2 countries with turkey that guaranteed it as a safe now it stands accused of unleashing with its syrian allies a campaign of bombardment on the province since late april this escalation in violence has reportedly killed and injured over 100 civilians and further displaced 180000. the aerial bombardment is alarming including the use of barrel bombs in populated areas. with 18 medical facilities and 17 schools destroyed or damaged in just 3 weeks there were even more powerful words from the un's most senior humanitarian official when i briefed you here on 18 september i said a full scale military onslaught could result in the worst humanitarian tragedy of
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the 21st century. despite our warnings our west phase and now coming true mr local revealed the un had shared the precise coordinates of humanitarian facilities with all warring parties so they wouldn't be hit but the u.k. ambassador then asked if they'd actually been deliberately targeted as a result mr president it would be absolutely grotesque if n.g.o.s and health workers providing coordinates to a mechanism they believe is there to assure their safety but finding themselves being the authors of their own destruction because if deliberate targeting by the regime when it was time for russian ambassador benazir to speak he accused the council of double standards ignoring civilian deaths during the us bombardment of the eyesores stronghold of russia but he denied his country's air force was currently targeting medical facilities for you but it's that we categorically
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reject accusations of by a lady in international humanitarian law neither the syrian army nor the russian space and air force is conducting has delivered against civilians or civilian infrastructure or you bombing of hospitals in. no outside the chamber but in his speech to the council the syrian ambassador bashar jaffrey said military operations were being carried out against what he said were terrorists they were he said operations that will continue it seems this meeting has failed to stop the devastating bombardment of it lip james pays out jazeera at the united nations the head on al-jazeera. sudan's night revolutionaries we meet the man and woman joining the sit in to protect their revolution and the angry tale of oppression from brazil that stealing the spotlight that the cannes film.
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