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killer area it also says that there is a growing pattern of what they called men in black or men in bonnets those on motorbikes going around basically involved in killings as well of course at this point the main purpose of this report according to amnesty international is to appeal to the international criminal court to expedite its preliminary investigation on possible cases of crimes against humanity in particular against the government of president would be good to tary day there have been 53 communications received by i.c.c. from the philippines from different organisations urging the i.c.c. to conduct an investigation and to hopefully file cases against the president draghi good declared this administration but you know richelle as many statements in the past the government has always to acted the same way to investigations like this it has always reacted dismissively and the recent reaction of the president's presidential spokesperson says that amnesty international is just politicizing its
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reports and these investigations are not based on any facts so it's unlikely that the investigation or the report released today will change the policies of president would be good to carry there when it comes to so-called war on drugs but rights groups are hoping that internationally the international community will eventually act in its swifty enough all right allan duggan with the latest there manila thank you so add on al-jazeera they will not be silenced hong kong protesters take their fight to a symbol of china's growing employer works. and playing for time the migrants are desperate to reach the u.s. they're ready to risk crossing a dangerous for. hello again or welcome back we have crossed we are seeing mostly dry conditions as well
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as hot conditions as well the rain though is going to be up here towards parts of turkey as well as into the caspian and that has been the normal trend over the last several weeks so expect showers here across parts of north eastern turkey but down towards kuwait city we do expect to see on monday $46.00 degrees and really staying like that by the time we get towards tuesday crutch though we're going to be seeing a flow out of the south west with a temperature of 34 degrees well here across the gulf the big problem over the next few days is going to be the wind as well as the dust that's going to be kicking up in the atmosphere that has been going on just for the last 24 to 48 hours and it's going to continue so dry conditions for doha here on monday at $43.00 degrees going up to $45.00 degrees by the time we get towards tuesday down towards parts of yemen though we could see some clouds in the forecast in those clouds maybe an isolated rain shower or 2 and then as we make our way down here across much of southern africa not too much in terms of clouds or rain across parts of southern mozambique that could be a cloud passing through with a rain shower but not any accumulation that we do expect to see with your hands at
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17 going up to about 18 degrees there and a nice day in durban on tuesday 22 a beautiful day in cape town with a temperature of 16 degrees for you. malaysia plans to abolish the death penalty dividing the. more than 1200 prisoners on death row one a 150. on al-jazeera. and this is different but there is someone going for some of this very rare it's not a we think it's how you approach the show and that's it is a certain way of doing. story and talent.
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this is out there and these are the top stories right now this president of iraq says iran will never produce a nuclear weapon the warning comes after tehran announced it will soon breach the limit of enriched uranium allowed under the 2015 nuclear deal. greece's opposition leader says yes a clear mandate to change the country after a sweeping victory in a snap election by carry on with the talk of the center right new democracy party means it will be able to rule on its own for the 1st time in 15 years. amnesty international is urging the u.n. to investigate the so-called war on drugs in the philippines describing it as murderous and a new report the right script says extrajudicial killings are continuing unabated 3 years since president ricotta tara take came to office and launched his crackdown. and gerry and ben and happy can the latest african countries to ratify
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a deal to create the world's largest free trade zone eritrea is the only member of the 55 member african union not to sign up to the deal and to creating a single market of one and a quarter 1000000000 people of nature as has more from the african union summit in the capital niamey. stepped up security in the hurt of the capital underlining the growing concerns not only here in the sahara region of africa but in many other parts of the continent. from north to south east to west and in the hurt of africa 2 governments are struggling to contain communal clashes and violent extremism. african leaders hope the new free trade deal is the answer to help reduce the poverty that helps fuel the fighting experts say an african common market will come with additional risks that as national organized crime criminals could take advantage of this free movement you know to flow from one country to another and that is can just is or to perpetrate their nefarious activities so
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definitely there will be looking for the for the chink in the are you looking for the weak link in the countries do not have you know security architecture that at some countries risk safe heaven for you know or terrorist or criminal organized criminals the government say they're working to stop that from happening. we have decided to escalate our security approach in dealing with these attacks and violence so that's africa union will come in and take charge. this way the cell region will be safe and all the flashpoints can be contained in the solved by africans themselves on the african continent of free trade agreement is expected to create the walls the largest single market in the continent is home to one and a quarter 1000000000 africans leaders hope that the free trade agreement will help create jobs and spur economic growth but it's not clear whether investors will hold one of the internal strife in many african countries and bring in the much needed
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capital to boost production of goods and services. african entrepreneurs say the agreement could be the answer to the continent's many problems the truth is we do have china. to get the kind of returns when you 1st need to get in so you are confident the investors will come and come to visit we need to. create jobs. that are also fears that corruption and we can force some countries success of what's being billed as a historic free trade agreement but you crease. the share of the only functioning airport in libya's capital tripoli has reopened and take airports had been closed following a series of missile strikes earlier on sunday 3 airline employees were injured in a plane on the runway was hit airport has repeatedly been targeted by forces loyal
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to war luckily for hoft are began a campaign to take over the capital and april. for violence in hong kong as protesters confront riot over a controversial extradition bill the standoff followed a rally outside a train station which links to mainland china mccrie apart. this was the 1st major demonstration since the storming of hong kong's parliament last week and it proves this dispute isn't going away. my protesters say the change in the law would mean critics of china could be extradited from hong kong to face summary justice in mainland courts the hong kong government has suspended the bill but protesters are still demanding its complete withdrawal from the our freedom a male psyche efficiency delivers a message there's no no absolutely no disposal of the government it's also the 1st
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time the protesters have taken their campaign to the cow loo district of hong kong . and. with its luxury stores the area is a favorite destination for mainland chinese shoppers and many seemed bewildered by the crowds of demonstrators who goes ok hong kong is the only chinese city that permits demonstrations like this. the organizers said they wanted to tell the visitors about their struggle tonight and i don't really understand it said this visitor so i don't want to comment because yeah i think they're very brave said this woman. the destination for the march was the terminus for the high speed rail link connecting hong kong to the mainland seen by many as a symbol of china's encroaching influence initially the organizers had been hoping for a couple of 1000 people to take part in this march but even before it began it was
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clear that numbers would be far greater than that also very obvious by this demonstration is that they anger the spirits of resistance. it is still a strong field quality spears of possible clashes with mainland tourists proved unfounded and many of the protesters seem to direct their anger at the police saying that. they accuse of using excessive force in breaking down largely peaceful protests. as darkness fell a breakaway demonstration blocks streets around cowley. sparking angry standoffs with both police and local residents. an ill tempered ends to another day of anger on the streets of hong kong with the prospect of yet more protests bride al-jazeera hong kong. heavy rain in china eastern province has triggered severe floods on paying city was the worst hit area was several villages under water affecting
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thousands of people who were left to clean up muddy water which destroyed houses vehicles and markets the faster than flood waters prompted a rescue operation with 3000 people taken to safety at least one person has been shot and several others injured in haiti and violence between police and protesters during the funeral of a border journalists. shot dead by gunmen in port au prince last month he'd been investigating allegations of corruption involving presidential now more he says government the violence follows days of street protests calling for more ways to resign. a recent photo father and daughter brought the world's attention to the migration crisis in america southern border and as the u.s. clamps down on undocumented migrants at the mexican border many other desperate families are attempting the dangerous time across the rio grande river as many reports some of those attempting the crossing are younger than 2 years old. on the banks of the rio get on the mexican 1st responders are searching for
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a missing person it's a joint operation between mexican authorities and u.s. customs and border patrol they're looking for a little girl about 3 years old the daughter of haitian migrants who crossed the river into the united states a few nights ago and. in this case unfortunately we are looking for a girl between 2 and 3 years old it's best that we search down stream because she's the baby she could have been swept away easier than an adult we've also had cases where bodies are stuck deep in the water or in the surrounding brush. at a nearby camp for migrants we met 2 brothers from cuba they've been here for almost a month while their asylum cases are processed in the u.s. they tell us it's quite common for migrants to get impatient and take to the river but we're not. there was one night we're 80 people cross to others across the river 20 or 30 at a time including children sometimes younger than 2 years old. the camp has become a temporary home to more than 300 asylum seekers most of them are from west africa
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haiti and cuba. but not of those from angola he's been at the camp for more than a month he plays music most days to pass the time. we are expecting to wait here 23 or 4 months because there are many people ahead of us on the asylum list. many of the people we spoke to at the camp like that an article say the plan to wait as long as it takes to cross into the u.s. legally. but illegal crossings at the rio grande day have increased in recent months. and so have drownings we're at a municipal cemetery that us neda's mexico where the bodies of migrants who died trying to cross into the united states or often brought in have these wooden crosses placed over their graves and this one here simply reads mail identified pulled out of the rio approximately 300 meters from the black bridge in the neighborhood. there are several other graves of unknown migrants near pine the
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groundskeeper told us he buried 8 drowning victims just last week back at the river looking just across the water in the u.s. soil authorities say they will continue the search operation for one week as per protocol we've been told however that at this stage now several days since a child went missing the odds of finding her alive are very good but. be that as natives mexico venezuelan opposition leader says he'll resume talks of president nicolas maduro government meetings expected to take place in barbados as early as this week presented as last night with government figures in norway and may those discussions stalled well rich venezuela has been ravaged by 5 years of economic chaos marked by shortages of food medicines and other basic necessities a plunge deeper into political turmoil in january when white oh declared himself acting president and president arroyo has announced he won't sack as defense minister despite reports suggesting that there would be
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a shake up of the military leadership following a failed coup and april black americans are you know had been named by the u.s. government as being a top official involved in negotiations with opposition leader was quiet oh however he later went to nicolas maduro and professed his loyalty. state of alaska is in the middle of an unprecedented heat wave scientists say there are more alarming signs of global warming the state's glaciers are melting at a rate not seen in hundreds of years and gallacher reports. in a state known as the last frontier there's no easy way to reach a glacier on foot for climate research of brian brettschneider though it's become an increasingly important part of his work below is the stunning size of the portage glacier a vast structure of ice and rock that's been hit the 10s of thousands of years in recent decades this another glaciers in the region a melting at an alarming rate we're used to thinking about things changing over time spans that are longer than human lifetimes but when you come back here year
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after year and you notice with your own eyes not with any kind of fancy equipment but you notice how much it's changing it's really dramatic and it really causes you to think about you know where we're at and where we're going and what we can do about it all kind of a limit to show the rate of change a transformation researches say is driven by rising global temperature is one startling example of just how far and how fast this glacier is going is perhaps this building it was constructed in 1986 for one reason alone and that was to give tourists a direct view of the face of the glacier but if you look out here now all you see is water and to get to the glacier it's a half hour long boat trip. the tom again cruise ship has been taking tory's out to the glacier for decades and dick can david mazak join the crew in 19971 tells us back then the portage glacier was very different. giant fires of ice they shot up
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like bunkers and they went up over 130 feet into the air. and on the flight to the glacier you had huge monoliths of ice like big walls of ice and they would come crashing down. like. many of the tour. that take the cruiser away glacier is a disappearing for those who have traveled far to see one of alaska's most iconic sites there's a sense that this might be their last chance it can treat me kindly nature. would kind of have to find the best we can tear children and if it is wasting away like this and they won't have anything to until a year. prior to that you showed us a picture a while ago i think it was 914 and the lake was just like right here and now look up big it is and there's like it's like 100 times bigger so. something's going researchers say the effects of global climate change can be reversed feeding glaciers the chance to slowly recover but time is running out for the gallacher all
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jazeera proudly alaska. and soccer football the usa has won the women's world cup for a record 4th time defending a title against the netherlands and france megan rapinoe opened the scoring with a 2nd at penalty to see her top the goal scoring sheets for the golden award and roosevelt score the winning goal to make the u.s. the most successful tame in the tournaments history. dr site is al jazeera dot com take a look when you get a moment and keep it here we have the wrap up at the headlines for you in just a moment. those are the headlines right now on al-jazeera u.s. president donald trump says iran will never produce a nuclear weapon he made the statement after tehran announced it will soon for each the limit of iranian richmond allowed under the 2015 nuclear deal at
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a press conference on sunday iranian officials also said that their government role were duce compliance with the deal every 2 months unless other signatories work to stop the u.s. sanctions this was trumps reaction. ordering . greece's opposition leader says he has a clear mandate to change the country after a sweeping victory in a snap election when bacteria talk is the center right new democracy party means it will be able to rule lone for the 1st time in 15 years amnesty international is urging the u.n. to investigate the so-called war on drugs in the philippines describing it as murderous and in a report the rights group says extra judicial killings are continuing unabated 3 years since president robert eager to tear take came to office and launched his crackdown edgerrin ben and have become the latest nations to sign up to the african continent all free trade area paving the way for the world's largest trade block
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their treatment signed in this year will move 90 percent of trade tariffs between signatory states only functioning airport in libya's capital tripoli has reopened it was closed after a missile strikes earlier on sunday the mitiga airport has been repeatedly targeted by forces loyal to warlord kleefisch hof tarr began a campaign to take over tripoli in april. there's been more violence in hong kong as protesters faced off with riot police over the controversial extradition bill that followed a rally outside a train station which is services to mainland china. the venezuelan opposition leader says he'll resume talks with president nicolas maduro government the meeting is expected to take place in barbados possibly as early as this week on one of those representatives last met with government figures and norway in may but those discussions stalled while rich venezuela has been ravaged by 5 years of economic chaos marked by shortages of food medicines and other basic necessities are the
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headlines keep it here on al-jazeera next one o one east. i'm victoria my childhood was not always easy my mother was suffering from severe depression through making this film i hope to understand my mother's mental illness and to find out if the conditions for the mentally ill have improved the training medians of people can be treated to receive no help magick ations we all have a duty to change attitudes. mental illness breaking the silence on al-jazeera. in malaysia's jails more than 1200 prisoners are on death row. let me go back. there was i went through all. but with the government reconsidering the death penalty many hope their lives could be saved. some of us believe that the killings are all was live and
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then you cannot allow the state to sponsor. another killing. now a bit of backlash could see those hopes dashed of militias down the multi protected only a small segment of people and that just criminals. one o one east meets the people on either side of this emotional life and death debate . worryin yan immolations northern state of quetta. it feels like a steep e. town with a laid back vibe. but it's an unspeakable crime happened here just months ago.
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the victims were 4 year old nurul honeymoon and her brother one year old mohammad hafiz. they were killed in their beds allegedly by a neighbor armed with a large knife. 6 months on that parents are still in shock. interests the fisherman was out at sea when the man rampage through his house he still doesn't know why. that's in lamppost one way and they're. off and i thought i was a level. 7 year old mohammad hakim survived because he was sleeping in another room. his mother sheila is lucky to be alive. and might be the buying of them and then you know i asked him what do you know that will be bad but i think they will believe that if they're not at the will because i know. that they felt that when they didn't see the ball and then.
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said to me. the 2 children are buried near their home. the family visit regularly. it's a nightmare no parent should have to suffer. beatrice and sheila say they were relieved when the alleged murderer was arrested. but they are now alarmed by news. that malaysia mights a polish the death penalty. although i say. i mean i mean i think that being a local mining machine on anyone's all one might be an internet. where you have to remember them with either i mean when you mean about really.
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almost the more mom come. malaysia is a secular country but islam practiced by the majority of the population is protected under the constitution. capital punishment is allowed under islamic courts sharia law. beatrice's call for the government to retain the death penalty is supported by many from within his faith. nor hakimi hates the kid operands of muslim rights and geo. lengthiest gawd i'm going to. go for my my yeah yeah why yes i think. think i'd. own my own opinion but that i thought i knew. and don't want to but i might. be but that nagging.
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not all muslim organizations agree though. in the capital kuala lumpur we meet dr but. founder of the islamic front. so if these people dead because difficult and says you can kill the people who made it and the people who did it was to see that no we can keep slaves because the did not play his liberty islam should be combined that will be attending physician 3 and it should be compatible with human rights as well. ahmad not have a lot. more money. in the eastern town of cebu. and her husband tends to their clothing store every night. in the mornings they're busy selling yams. the
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couple barely allow themselves time to rest they say it's the only way they can stop thinking about their son has all of the. things that i now had that was not. what she died i learned credit to him so. that's what i thought until. you made him mad pamela thought. stephen walt was a promising young bank manager whose mudda shook the city. at 1st stevens wife told the family he was killed during an attempted robbery. but his sister says they soon realized something wasn't right he saw. stephen who was stabbed to death in his bedroom in this house by an assailant good
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entered through an unlocked door. quite chatty. and it did wrong to. don't mind some other meal. the only witnesses was stephen's wife ling hung and their young son. police would eventually charge with it betting his murder she was sentenced to death by hanging and is now appealing the verdict. her alleged coconspirator and boyfriend andrew chung is currently on the run the 2 had apparently paid a 3rd person to kill stephen that hired hand is now serving a 16 year sentence player to ira how are they both fell out saying they had a book a while you credible do walk. the
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longs have since ford's a contentious battle for custody of stevens' only child. they've even prepared a room for him. but a court awarded custody of the boy to his mother's family. same with janet as my home in. santa and so young. it's a tragedy few can fully comprehend the family is adamant there's only one thing that can bring them justice. not up anything about women or men this i mean. if you know what i think you know say me mayor talk. malaysia currently has the death penalty for $33.00 crimes and for 11 of those including murder and terrorism judges have no option but to impose it. on.
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fire in 2018 the new government swept to power. it promised to give judge's discretion in all cases where the death penalty is on the table. but last october no minister you weak young 27 further. dividend of 0 and 10 all over to abolish the backbone of things from all the often says some of us believe that killing is wrong once you leave and then you cannot allow the state to sponsor another killing. sisler what he believes the government is making a mistake really for having. her mother was a silhouette. founder of a malaysian cosmetics empire and the victim of a horrific murder. sista watty disappeared along with 3 associates in
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2010 they'd gone to a farm to discuss a business deal with a lawyer but never returned. police believe they were killed and their bodies burnt to conceal the crime. the lawyer and 2 farmhands have since been sentenced to death for the murders. is there any humanity wendy do that to my mom kill by my mother. when you kill is she thinking about this lady have 6 kids in the home that waiting for her. somewhere in my shoe they're also asking i phone i. returned still lives in the same house she shared with her mother. the watch these things have been left untouched. i can feel that the memory is still there and i go
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feel that. she is still here we are in this. it's hard to find closure and rita says the government's plans for abolition have been deeply distressing. government announce it i feel like so frustrate so mad about it and then i so much of. you should you should know what i feel what the family feels. what happened to us how we grieve. some victims' families have been speaking up there any other questions lawyer christina tang says a coalition was formed to give them and other retentionists a voice. from groups that are very concerned medieval times family.
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the different n.g.o.s got together and say we support need to support each other and. let our voice be heard so that the government would do the right thing. opposition politicians are also weighing in on the issue. we cast young is a member of parliament and a former minister s.c. explanation for the people of from the government of the d. to come visit me why do you need to abolish depakote that we all know tepid up the is a deterrent we don't that it is our crime rate is going down. most malaysians seem to agree. in a poll conducted last year by 3 major publications an 82 percent of $22000.00 respondents opposed the government's proposal. it is a very contentious issue saw for.

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