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bo's has insufficient drinking water and no navigation system of the people or no receiving care on board the rescue vessel italy has already warned the ship against trying to dog one of its ports further news now an opposition leaders in sudan are holding a series of public meetings to explain why they signed a power sharing deal with the military some protests are sapping it celebrating the agreements but others consider it a surrender the final details will be revealed on monday but here's what we know so far a sovereign council will be set up with a rotating leadership between the military and civilians it will begin in 3 months and operate for 3 years leading up to presidential and parliamentary elections the sovereign can so will have 11 members they include 5 military representatives
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and 5 civilian plus one independent person agreed by both sides and an independent commission will investigate the events of june the 3rd to establish who is responsible for the violent crackdown on protesters priyanka gupta has more. the deals been done now opposition leaders in the capital khartoum are trying to convince everyone to support it if. the agreement doesn't deal with all the issues but it deals with the levels of transitional power the final text is now being legally revised and will be published to the whole sudanese people. the coalition of opposition groups and the military have been at loggerheads for months the only return to the negotiating table this week after intensive mediation by theo pierre and the african union. the upset over the 2 sides agreed to establish a sovereign council to be shared between the military and civilians for 3 years or
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a little more they also agreed to create a civilian government that is nationalist competence and independent under the leadership of a prime minister that has the same qualities. the talks broke down in me over who would lead a transitional government. and the crisis deepened days later when security forces stormed a protest camp killing more than 100 people forces led by mohammad. known as timidity were accused of orchestrating the attacks on protesters rio we would like to reassure all the political forces and military movements as well as all the youth the men and women involved in this transition that this is a comprehensive agreement that doesn't exclude anyone and reflects the aspirations of the entire sudanese people. some say there will be no accountability while he make these involved the problem is they use way of relations. is not in the it's not. it's not power sharing it's not what that. is and
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this is how this is you know and it's going to be really hard to. any sort of. anti-government demonstrations began last year. with protest is calling for longtime leader omar al bashir to go the military took over in a coup but protesters argue the ruling genter is a continuation of the sheets regime demanding a transition to civilian government. 2 2 c c opposition leaders say they hope this deal will be the beginning of a u. era for saddam. a quarter century bronson has extended the detention of an iranian oil tanker by 14 days u.k. armed forces stopped the arena and shipped on thursday owns were suspicions that it was delivering all to syria in breach of e.u.
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sanctions officials and gibraltar are examining the cargo and questioning the crew iran says the action against the tanker is illegal or brennan has more from london . there are 2 main strands to this now 1st of all there's the procedural and that is the investigation into the exact nature of the cargo on this ship grace one its origin and most particularly its ultimate destination and where exactly was it going and the 28 crewmembers who are still on board that ship are now being interviewed as witnesses by the role gibraltar police and the time that that's likely to take means that the attorney general of gibraltar on friday applied for an extension of the detention of that ship it would have been 72 hours and that would have run out in the early hours of sunday and it was clearly felt that that wasn't enough time to get to the bottom of it and so they've successfully applied for a 14 day extension so that ship is going nowhere and i spoke on friday to a specialist in the sanctions law who said that the actual process could take very
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much longer than that i predict a very long long. investigation and if any criminal proceedings follow those are likely to take some time and because. still expect iranian authorities to bring a legal challenge a real war of words frankly is developing over the fate of this ship grace one we know that the iranians were extremely critical and are demanding the return of cargo. gibraltar are also rather bristling at the suggestion from spain that they were acting simply at the behest of the united states but other countries are also weighing in the russian foreign ministry and ally of iran don't forget accused the u.k. and the u.s. of bad faith on all of this a statement on friday saying this is
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a long planned project aimed at aggravate the situation around syria and iran and exuberant comments according to the ministry of russia the foreign ministry by high ranking you can u.s. officials prove that this action was planned in advance. but it's more still to come on the news hour including a new challenger voices is greece points for a change in leadership after 4 and a half years of leftist rule. and in sports the fairy tale continues for 15 year old corey got the intersection from one building coming up. brazil's justice minister is under pressure to resign over accusations he interferes in anti corruption cases while serving as a judge one of brazil's influential conservative magazines is to is the latest to
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question sergio morris impartiality he's accused of using illegal means to direct prosecutions against left wing politicians that includes the case against former president lula da silva is serving an 8 year sentence presidents gerry are both in our last month dave morley his full backing calling him a national asset. now rival rallies have been held in them as well as the country celebrates independence day opposition leader is calling for an end to what he calls the president's dictatorship but once nicolas maduro remains defiant despite growing criticism over his government's tactics against his opponents to reports. on the streets once again opposition leader why they will ask people to join him in a march towards the military counterintelligence directorate in that i guess a state security body accused of torturing
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a navy captain said was plotting against me mother would the opposition says he was tortured to death. a dictatorship is what we have it's a dictatorship that we are fighting and when they ask how long why haven't you been able to succeed it's because it's a dictatorship it's not an excuse i'm not excusing myself it's you my responsibility of the actions we have taken and of the actions we will take and what we try to accomplish accompanying our people. the united nations human rights body this week released a report denouncing the serious abuses committed by muddled us government and lawful deaths in so-called anti-crime operations persecution and torture of the opposition and the roshan of democracy in this oil rich nation excess of a little force has repeatedly been used against protesters. my office has also documented excessive use of force in the context of security operations by special
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action forces with multiple killings made of young men many could constitute extra judicial killings and should be fully investigated with accountability of perpetrators and guarantees of non recurrence and the traditional independence day celebrations mother will preside over a parade of tanks and jets surrounded by those in the military still loyal to him then obviously nobody should ever be mistaken the empires of the world should know venezuela is and will irrevocably remain independent and sovereign now and always by should know this and those who don't should be aware. the u.n. report despite being described as one sided and biased may have struck a chord with some venezuelan officials since 22 prisoners were released on friday among them a judge and a journalist human rights groups say there are over 700 political prisoners in
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venezuela whose rights have been violated over and over again and we've documented that abuses by innocent and security forces are systematic and are part of a systematic pattern of abuse this report does not clearly state so and what is necessary is to determine clearly the government's responsibility for the humanitarian crisis this is not the consequence of a natural disaster and the government has to be held accountable for venezuelans are struggling with a crisis that has forced the millions to leave the country u.s. sanctions have added more pain leading many of those who have stayed to believe that only a change at the very top will help them improve their lives. over and algeria returns in the streets only anniversary over independence for french rule they called for freedom and democracy and want those they call the ruling
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elites to cede power. in the reports. a day of mixed emotions for all jerry and celebrating independence from france in 1962 but also demanding the complete overhaul of the establishment that's ruled ever since. the shuttle shut up on algeria as independence day helping the colonial some power special occasion we ask for full freedom. many algerian say they feel betrayed by their political elite and have lost trust in the government they will say down the interim president is the right person to run the country at the. critical time. on thursday abdelkader bedfellow called the national dialogue about arranging a presidential election but didn't set a date for when that might be on the streets the discontent continues and union then there you go i think it you who learned by playing ready i did you come out to
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do my opinions of origins most of the us. oh are we doing to sacrifice their time in force for the future of their country the same protesters who forced out president abdelaziz bouteflika in april. as a member of the same elite accused of corruption vote rigging and poor governance the problem is that there is a procedure laid down in the constitution the election should have been held yesterday but they weren't because of no suitable candidates and that means that the army guaranteeing the constitution and the protest as standard daggers drawn. the. 57 years after independence many algerian say they're still fighting for freedom they want to clean sweep of the political establishment and
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a national unity government to lead the transition to democracy victoria gating be out there. she has as president has called presidential and legislative elections for later this year but she qaeda sepsis signed a decree says he made his 1st public appearance since being discharged from hospital there had been concerns that the 92 year old leader wouldn't be well enough to see authorize elections on time subsea also take actions extends chin as he has ongoing state of emergency. the american academy of pediatrics or a p has for these drawings by migrant children depicts in their time in the custody of u.s. border police were the pictures were drawn by children who were separated from their parents while trying to cross the us mexico border the a.p. says the drawings are evidence of the trauma they experience last year donald trump introduced a controversial policy of separates in migrant children from their parents it was
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laser reverse but many families are yet to be reunited and thousands of mothers in hong kong have joined demonstrations against a controversial extradition though proper pride has more from hong kong. this is being organized by an organization calling itself simply a group of hong kong brothers that's grown out of this protest movement and they decided to call this rally on this evening it's the end of what's been one of the most tumultuous weeks in recent hong kong history as a way of trying to keep up support for the thousands of people who've been out protesting and demanding a withdrawal of this controversial extradition bill but what they're also calling for is a sense of understanding for the small minority of people mostly young protesters here on the monday strong hong kong parliament people that these mothers believe
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have been acting out of a sense of she had desperation and frustration. it hurt when we saw the kids storming in english to me like this. the young people had no choice they were afraid and didn't want to take such action there's also increasing concerns about what all of this rest is doing to the general state of mental health here in hong kong and with rick whole to rise in the amount of depression cases for example that some of the organizations that operate crisis and suicide hotlines say they are getting close but especially young people who feel not only that they government doesn't represent them but they have no way of changing that well they talk about their worries they talk about that they are hopeless and they talk about . the future. especially for young people that they don't see any good future
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sadly several people in the past week or so appear to have taken their own lives after leaving notes or telling friends but they saw no future for themselves in a city with such political deadlock on and it seems that situation is likely to continue with student groups rejecting an offer from the government to hold talks saying at this stage and he talks would simply be pointless. cells to come on al-jazeera. per day one more time. will tell you how i robot so being used to improve the bedside manner of trainee nurses in the united states. i'm going to cane in brussels where this year's tour de france is getting underway who will cross this finishing line and get the 1st yellow pages and find out here on al-jazeera.
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cloudy conditions so a break there militias not looking too bad but we are seeing some rain showers down here across parts of java and those rain shows could be quite heavy at times and then very quickly across parts of india we're going to be seeing some more rain showers here across much of the central regions but for new delhi expect to see some clouds in your forecast and some rain attempted there of 36 degrees in kolkata a temperature of 31. the weather is sponsored by qatar airways. they watch us. they gather evidence but so can we. and american cyber activists develops and used in brazil to monitor the least. we have more cameras than they do because we're the people a bigger brother. rugby fix. on
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security council has called on libya's warring parties to commit to a cease fire as a man's comes as new footage emerges showing the moment an airstrike hits a migrant detention center near the capital tripoli on cheese day opposition leaders in sudan are holding a series of public meetings to explain why they signed a power sharing deal with the military on thursday the process group. sand the military genter be to book take leadership until elections are held. and rival rallies have been held in venezuela as the country celebrates independence day opposition leader one goh i do is calling for an end to what he calls the president's dictatorship bunts nicolas maduro remains defiant despite growing criticism over his government's tactics attack tics against opponents. well the u.s. states over the last is known for its pristine forests and wildlife but now
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a record breaking heat wave is causing several massive wildfires dense smoke is covering large parts of the states and people in some communities have been moved to safety while others are being warned to prepare for the worst and the gallagher reports from starland. on the can i pin incident the swan lake fire has been raging for a month officials say in recent years these kinds of fires have become more frequent and persistent but alaska is also in the midst of an unprecedented heat wave that shows no signs of abating local firefighters and emergency staff are being reinforced by so-called hot shot crews from across the u.s. conditions are monitored by the hour in order to tackle what is now a massive blaze this is a case of prioritizing where people and infrastructure is basically exactly also what's good for the environment and what's safe for firefighters that's always
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going to be our number one priority. on the ground staff are stretched thin and have been on the front lines of this blaze for weeks videos posted by crews fighting to control these wildfires showed just how difficult and dangerous the work is. we came across the book valley firefighters a crew made up of native alaskans from remote communities who are a vital and highly trained part of this operation we're all here as one. we're all here to do our job to help help alaska and. help save people's homes there was a fire in 2015 in the lotto and there was a lot of firefighters there to save our community and when i get back we're just meters away from the main road into sterling but just look at this scene here behind me some of these areas over here are too dangerous for firefighters to go on foot so helicopters the scooping up the water to try and tackle the flames in this
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one like fire a so far consumed almost 350 square kilometers and it's one of more than 80 fires across the state hotspots of blaring up there all the time and experts say these fires may not be extinguished until the seasons change and that could be weeks away . equality across the southern part of alaska is now a big concern with plumes of smoke covering the mountains close to the state's largest city anchorage. forecasters say alaska's heat wave a factor in making the fires worse may continue for weeks for the foreseeable future this is going to hold in place that week window that we work out in time for events like this that i'm capable of forecasting for it looks like it's going to hold for now so yeah pretty hot hot and dry to be continued for sure the role the climate change plays is something at the back of many people's minds here they call it just say alaska summers appear to be getting longer and hasa if that trend continues shared resources could be stretched to breaking point and gallacher
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al-jazeera stilling alaska. hundreds of firefighters are tackling wildfires on the greek island over via 4 villages have already been evacuated there the world wildlife fund says rising global temperatures in the fires over the future will be more powerful and even harder to tackle more than $1400.00 wildfires have been reported in europe so far this year. forces in graceful head to the polls on sunday for the 1st time since the height of the financial crisis 4 years ago prime minister alexis tsipras has been holding his final rally in athens his left wing syriza party led the country 2 years over the starrett sea but opinion polls suggest the conservative new democracy party is on course for a comeback after defeating syriza in the european parliament elections johnson office reports live from athens. comes from one of greece's 3 big political
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dynasties but to give yeah cause me to use is an outsider to the conservative new democracy party his election to its leadership by the party base in 2016 was unexpected and many in the party disagree with his promises to streamline state bureaucracy and partially privatizing social security health and education but these promises helped me to thank yous when a 10 point lead over the governing left wing syriza in the european parliament elections 6 weeks ago. i have kept my promise to reach an honest deal that will bring growth. i traveled every corner of the country twice listening to everyone farmers students the unemployed but i also heard that a new day dawned on our country the question is whether me to take these can tighten the nuts and bolts of an economy that still uncompetitive over the last
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decade it shrank by a quarter and is forecast to grow by just 2 percent a year because of bacchis is promising to double that growth rate that's good news for this car repair shop owner who says he lost 40 percent of his business during the recession i don't know he was as. i've heard the leaders need him up crissy says he's going to bring in new investments but also help existing businesses by lowering corporate tax sales tax and social. security contributions but these measures have to be permanent meets a thank you is promising to lower business tax by 3rd and social security contributions by a quarter that would drastically lower the cost of doing business in greece but to deliver he has to persuade creditors to decrease the amount of tax revenue greece spends repaying them each year if mr thank yous in his 1st months proves that he is . doing better than expected in terms of the reforms that he's managing to
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attract investment and so on then i think there will be flexibility to all to reduce the targets i think if that reduction does not happen. it's hard to see how he can. do all these tax cuts you democracy bears much of the responsibility for bankrupting greece by over borrowing when there was a cheap supply of money when financial markets collapsed in 2008 it was the great taxpayer who had to make those promises to be met taxes. living within their means seems alternately to have matured the great ballistically. increased social spending greeks seem to get tired of charity want to prosperity jobs all along al-jazeera. now you ask the un's cultural and scientific agency has unveiled the 1st batch of science that will be added to its world heritage list
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this year is currently holding its annual meeting in azerbaijan chopping the list as the ancient city of babylon and that comes after 3 decades of lobbying efforts by iraq it was the center of the babylonian empire 4000 years ago piracy and they are granted near the brazilian city over you de janeiro have also been chosen they're being recognized both for their natural and cultural significance iceland's advantage or cool national park has been picked for its stunning natural beauty and geo thermal activity varia covers some 14 percent of the country and includes volcanoes melting glaciers ants examples of craters that china has also gained listing its migratory bird sanctuaries in the eastern province of john's suit listed there they insert a wetlands contains 3 ecological systems and is home to 33 endangered
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species there are as i'm as a professor of history and anthropology at shawnee state university in the u.s. state of ohio here explains why it took so long for unesco to i babble on to the world heritage list. as a society. typically in the seventy's and eighty's a lot of reconstruction had been had done to the side as part of you know trying to reenact it or recreate its original shape so a lot of what we see in babylon busy at today is not the actual original archaeological component but you know reconstructing parts but there's another aspect here in that you know iraq in general and cultural heritage sites like pablum suffered terribly in the last few years as a result of the ongoing conflicts in the region and the rise of isis and so it's
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a full and so adding a site like babylon is it is a good signal is a positive message that to add to the world and to the region they have you know us could just carry on while the student draw attention to the sights of the region and the damage that they have been suffering from so i think that the time you know that the timing is right well another iraqi site that's been added to the world heritage list in the past few years is the marshlands in the center of the country known as the marsh arabs people living there say the new status didn't know it's improved their life the hits and it's still stanford reports government negligence and climate change adds to their daily struggle. the sun rises over the motions of southern iraq the what did region fade by the tigris and euphrates river was. home to people as far back as the samarian was more than 5000 years ago.
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in the early 1990 s. saddam hussein ordered troops to drain most of the area as punishment for a tribal uprising against him around 75 percent of the 250000 people known as the marsh arabs fled. when the dictator was toppled in 2003 many returned and demolished the dams that have deprived their homeland of water for so long the use of violence oppression of the marsh arabs suffered under the former regime are over but they say that repeated promises by government since the fall of saddam hussein over better access to services have never been kept they can live according to their traditions now but why fear is exceptionally hard. salema call their bake spread on a tiny island where her family raised buffalo she says she's seen no improvement to their lives in recent years that i was in
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a little hole that life is miserable because of the heat and the toil of looking off to our livestock the water is bad for the buffaloes we are very unhappy but what can we do. experts say dams on the tigris and euphrates rivers in turkey and iran combined with frequent drought stew to climate change have increased the salinity of the marsh water this effects the health of the water buffalo and the quality and quantity of milk they produce. has lived on the marshes most of his life he says many marsh arabs like him much hold between moving away hoping to find an easier life or staying and preserving their culture. during the summer it's especially hard fish die and the cattle eat less so they produce less milk for us to sell in the winter they separate viruses we have no veterinary services no proper electricity no schools no health services either. the iraqi government was
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proud when unesco made the marshes a world heritage site 3 years ago this magnificent building built almost entirely from reaches called the 5. it's where tribal elders discuss issues affecting the community such as environmental problems and what many say is government linked. we have seen no improvements since the marshes were listed as a unesco world heritage site there were hopes it could be a place for environmental tourism but that hasn't happened yet it's estimated the marshes have shrunk to a 3rd of the size they were 100 years ago now the people with a unique culture are living in a long suffering region of political violence states climate change and broken government promises that all the biggest threats to their lives. in the marshlands of southern the rock. medical care isn't just.

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