tv NEWSHOUR Al Jazeera August 5, 2019 5:00am-6:01am +03
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tired to stay alive but torture was just not enough there were great scenes in the preceding formula to race make sure america son of the 7 time f one champion michael clinched its maiden victory on the if 2 circuit the 20 year old had started from pole position at the hungaroring make one the formula 3 championship last year and is a ferrari academy drive and with mo performances like this it might not be too long before you see him following his father's footsteps to compete at the highest level . and world champion mark mckay is goes from strength to strength in moto g.p. he won the 50th race of his career in the czech republic to take his overall lead in the standings to $63.00 points it's a 6th victory of the season and becomes only the 4th rider to achieve 50 premier class victories. and motor sport doesn't get much more spectacular than rallying the rivals flying through the air in the latest leg of the world championship in finland in the end it was a stone years ot tatic who finished 1st to extend his lead of the top of the
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overall standings to $22.00 points that sees 4th win of the season so far. let's get to cricket now and another steve smith century has put a strain firmly in control of the ashes 1st taste against england smith hit 142 this time and there was also a century for matthew wade australia eventually declared with a lead of 397 in them close on 13 for no loss they need 385 to win smith really the star of the show is now scored well over a 1000 runs and he's lost him ashes innings averaging more than $139.00 that includes $600.00 remember the former captain is playing in his 1st taste since serving a ban for ball tampering. i've never doubted my ability. yet . it's kind of a dream come back in a way. to be able to score $200.00 in a match in the 1st ashes test match. it's something i've never done in any form of
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cricket before in my life so. it's incredibly special and special to be able to i guess put us in the position that we're in now going into day for manchester city have beaten liverpool in the community shield of the match puts the winners of the previous seasons premier league against the f.a. cup winners so he won both trophies and so liverpool were invited to play as a league runners up after a $11.00 draw in 90 minutes man city were the ones who triumphed 54 in a penalty shoot out i think both teams it was in the game i think a lot of chances in the last 20 minutes. liverpool was better but you know independent. having these the amount of chances we had today is a very good sign for us absolutely i like the game don't like the result but i like the game a lot and so for us to close it was today very very important liverpool's local rivals everton have signed 19 year old italy striker moyes aiken from eventers
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deals reported to be with $33500000.00 can scored 6 goals in 13 games to help eventis claim last season city our title he also became the youngest player to score for its early since 1958. in golf it was a dramatic finish to the women's british open japan's a doco she blew nor hold a long birdie putt on the final hole to win the title and wogan on sunday it meant she finished on 18 under par one shot clear of american sailors she do know is 20 years old and remarkably this was her 1st tournament ever outside of japan and in the country's 42 year wait for a major champion. chris froome is targeting a return to cycling in time for next year's tour de france the 4 time to a winner brodie's next leg elbow hip and ribs in a horror crash that forced him to miss this year's edition which was won by any us teammate a gun better no the accident happened in june when froome hit
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a wall at 54 kilometers an hour during a practice ride. for me the underlying goal here is to get to the start of that sort of france next year and 2020 and to be. similar or better position than i was this year for she is not going to it doesn't make my bones go any faster so i. have made a lot of progress but at the same time i have 3 patients ok that's all the support we have for now we'll have more again later see you then thank you very much more news in just a few minutes. by
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millions for challenging social issues head on what women don't say is mexico's longest running side. as the program celebrates its anniversary the producers revisit one of the most powerful storylines. and discover how the show has affected the women who inspired it and the 1st place. now i have a voice some books mexico on al-jazeera. august. a unique story about a french syrian family who traded their peaceful lives in europe for revolution in syria marking 2 years since the start of myanmar's military campaign that's forced hundreds of thousands of range of muslims into exile musicians shaking up stereotypes of africa a powerful new witness documentary from ghana another bid to preserve multilateralism within a group of the 7 most advanced economies will cohesion prevail over challenges for
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the g. 7 faces drawing on a decade of al-jazeera documentaries rewind revisits to find out how the story moved on august. the wilderness of cambodia is under threat. pillaged for profit by an illegal timber trade one of one east investigates the plunder of cambodia's forests. one al-jazeera. there's no one way of telling a story key thing is to write and to respect. it's great to get to know the person for the text. general strike in hong kong protesters try to grind the city to a home. hello
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and welcome to al-jazeera live from my headquarters in doha with me elizabeth peron i'm so ahead. u.s. president donald trump to denounce was to. texas and ohio and which 29 people were killed. and do the ministers meet under lockdown as the government sends thousands of troops of a new security fears in the disputed region and a dead devil frenchmen finally succeeds and crossing the anguish channel on a jet pollack hummable what. hong kong is bracing for another day of on the west as protesters try to bring the city to a halt with the rallies and a mass strike protest is already disrupting transformers and blocking access to
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trains at stations more than $100.00 flights have been canceled it comes as police fired tear gas at protesters and arrested more than 20 people in the standoffs on sunday night well strikes are rare and hong kong as we mentioned 100 flights have been canceled protested the targeting subway trains there blocking major roads and tunnels half a 1000000 people in the workforce from civil servants to bankas are expected to join the strike. it is monday morning and hong kong and commuter chaos and disruptions are likely andrew thomas has more. sunday night in one of the most upscale districts of one of the most sophisticated cities on earth. but in hong kong this is becoming the norm.
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little oprah just as tactics have changed. rather than targets one building and wait for the police to clear the. room for all their aim is maximum disruption across the city be like water they tell each other flow everywhere. on sunday they marched 1st to china's liaison office in hong kong on route some hid behind umbrella's as they use spawn is to break apart fences gathering the metal foot barricades. here but finding pleece protecting their 1st targets they moved swiftly on. taking metro trains to the shopping district of causeway say. there they built barricades used pliers to cut the wires of traffic lights and stopped traffic people over there disabling traffic lights that taking apart barry is this. particular grows with.
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the roles actually we try peaceful means and a bad person and he responds and so we try to introduce all that may be very interesting pressure broken heroes and so the more people interrupt. and we try to do it just it was just burrell message but you faithful that's the way they say in this room is that china might send in its own. actually the fray about. we believe that's not going to happen the protest does have support even among those disrupted that in the end disruption here near the entrance to a cross harbor tunnel didn't last long. i mean stay one step ahead of the place where it's come to yes it did take us on the streets of hong kong there's a general strike planned for hong kong on monday and promises the protests that day
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will be the most widespread yet thomas al jazeera hong kong let's move on to other news now the u.s. president has responded to the mass shootings that killed 29 page for saying that hate has no place in america but donald trump a silent on the issue of gun laws and did respond to questions about the possibility of one of the shootings being an anti immigrant hate crime the 1st shooting in el paso texas targeted saturday morning shoppers at a wal-mart 20 people were killed when the 2nd shooting around 13 hours later happened halfway across the country dayton ohio 9 people were killed there when a 24 year old man and body armor opened fire in a popular unlike life area around 1 am local time on sunday the shooter's 22 year old sister was among the victims police say they killed him less than a minute after he started shooting today at one o 5 am officers were patrolling the oregon district barque losing time in her gun
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fire. the observed a large crowd running away from this gunfire the officers immediately advanced toward the gun firing within approximately 20 seconds being gauge the suspect who was actively firing in attempting to enter a crowded liquor establishment. threat was neutralized in approximately 30 seconds and the suspect firing his 1st shots were people and al. the victims of the shooting rob final. federal prosecutors say they're considering charging the 21 year old white man arrested in the deadly el paso shopping center rampage with hate crimes and firearms charges and they're looking at the case as domestic terrorism we are also treating this as a domestic terrorist case as a statutory definition of domestic terrorism 18 u.s.c. 2331 this means that it appears to be designed to intimidate the civilian
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population to say the least we're treating it as a domestic terrorism case and we're going to do what we do the terrorists in this country which is deliver swift and certain justice the suspect paul crew apparently posted a racist rant on line shortly before the shootings texas prosecutors will also charge crucis the charge the state charges capital murder. so he is eligible for the death penalty el paso police say the rifle allegedly used in the killings was purchased legally the suspect is cooperating with investigators forthcoming with information. basically didn't hold anything back meanwhile more than 2 dozen people wounded in the attack were being treated some in critical condition i received a variety of procedures from a number of different specialties some of them undergoing procedures by multiple
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specialties during the same setting. we anticipate that a number of the patients will need to return to the operating room for the course of today in the next week. perhaps more and more times flags flew at half staff outside a school where relatives gathered to get word about missing loved ones from officials el paso sits on the u.s. mexican border and citizens of both countries frequently cross back and forth mexico's foreign minister says 9 mexican citizens were shot if saturday was a day of violence and terror for many el paso and sunday was a day to mourn and to pray at c.l.o. vista church not far from the scene of the massacre people gathered to worship support each other and seek answers we try to give labels to things that should be labels like we're all here we're all americans we're all americans were nothing but
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not mixing american black american after him and we're just americans we as a church are going to a band together hold each other together and pray for one another and just leave the best brighter days ahead praying for better times after one of this community's most terrible days rob reynolds al-jazeera el paso. libyan media is reporting that 14 people have been killed in the air strikes life'll says no oil toward. the victims were attending a wedding in the tunnel in the southwest of the country dozens were injured in the attack. well indian administered kashmir is now in an indefinite security lockdown amid reports that new delhi is trying to entitlements grip on the disputed territory thousands of troops have been deployed in recent weeks i think security concerns priyanka gupta reports. parts of kashmir under lockdown thousands of indian troops monitored checkpoints neighborhoods and squares and more soldiers
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are arriving schools and colleges are shot overnight internet is blocked polluted shin's are appealing for calm. well. i appeal to the people of the state. that they should maintain peace and happy since it is very necessary we should not take any step that will disturb us in the region. by sunday india put 3 prominent kashmiri politicians under house arrest 2 of them former chief ministers it's also banned public rallies this former leader says he doesn't know what's in store the uncertainty prevailed for much of the week students from across the country in kashmir were packed into trains to wrists and pilgrims were ordered to leave the indian government says their intelligence reports about possible attacks on the annual a monopoly game age but some think they could be something larger in the works i
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think they want to integrate in a similar question we are fully into india because kashmir has had a special status or an autonomous we really need a long time under the indian constitution under the new newly reinvigorated leadership of prime minister narendra modi after the elections they're looking at you know taking preemptive measures to sideline the separatists and the secessionists and to use security as well as other developmental means to train you know integrate kashmir better but something that's unacceptable for many here for an. article $35.00 in article $370.00 is our basic constitutional right we have made an agreement with india the basis of these articles and now they are trying to derail only vocals articles this is an injustice to us. are not going to tolerate we should just. bushmeat was one of the most militarized regions in the wilds claimed by both india and pakistan over the past few days tensions are high between
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the 2 nuclear powered neighbors as he treated accusations of attacks on each other islamabad is accusing india of using banned cluster bombs new delhi says pakistan is standing fight is to stage attacks across the border the valley is on the edge fia panic over how little is known about what's to come priyanka gupta. now pakistan's prime minister has warned that tensions with and made could escalate into a regional crisis has this all day. on a prime minister. security committee of the cabinet by all the chief. said that the united nations security council should take note of a theory. that is developing in the region blamed india for
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sending. troops into it means that it. may go for another on the other hand. you. which are banned under the geneva convention. the international community. of the theory or. the prime minister. and the us president should mediate but india had said all along that the. cost of a sneddon as director of strategic and international relations at asia coordinates a consultancy specializing in india and south asia and he says that a resolution that appeals to all sides will be very difficult to reach. from the kashmiri point of view it's by in my article 37370 which gives them special status
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essentially autonomy although that's been severely diluted if they if they don't settle with that and they say you can have this special status that will appeal to the people in the kashmir valley but it wide appeal to people in india nor sello people in general in kashmir from the general on the dock region the hmong kashmir to be a fully integrated of india it's a real conundrum there are 2 different sides and there's not a lot of commonality between the 2 positions. but the challenge for india is that they are in the superior position i have the way with the whole economic lee and militarily environment there are to impose their will and there's a lot of popularity with scientific kashmiris you've got to tighten indian law i'm not popular with the kashmiris themselves but you have all the. still ahead on the bulletin turkey's president says his country's military will move in to move in syria setting up a potential fight with america's kurdish allies and saddam's military gen to an
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opposition alice sharing deal which paves the way for a transitional government. and other such improvements in the rain across southern portions of the china well the remnants of tropical storm weeper really are pushing away much more clear skies really from hong kong right there up towards shanghai but the rain stone evidence across sections of vietnam across into an old in laos and also became across an asus in a story as he had off into cheese day very heavy rains there this is really the monsoon rains more than the remnants of the tropical storm so obviously we have got the thunderstorms but as i say a bit of a break across southern sections and not a bad day set in shanghai with a high of 34 celsius then further to the south is the philippines where we're
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watching very closely we've had a system sitting there ready for the last several days producing some torrential amounts of rain leading to flooding and it will stay in the 4 calls monday and on into cheese day really no let up so as a say we'll watch this very closely further to the south borneo quite a blanket of mostly dry summer story across into singapore a high of $31.00 celsius on tuesday but into india again it is the same of course here we have got more and more of those monsoonal rains particularly heavy out towards the west mumbai has seen some big downfalls in the last couple of days so leading to pictures like this that all too familiar really this time of year but unfortunately again we have got more rain very much in the forecast with warnings in place along this western coast. who would sponsor a town at. the palestine national locust was 1st found. in the 1930 s. but it's had to be revived in 20 times all was very important for me to sing in palestine musicians from all over the world come together to perform in the
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occupied territories. living in front it was the 1st time using their identity al-jazeera world hears music as a force for unity the diaspora orchestra. it's good to have you with us on al-jazeera these are our top stories protesters in hong kong have launched a vast citywide general strike there blocking trains tunnels and major intersections 100 flights have been canceled this angle of the government's handling of protests against the now shelved extradition bill and concerns about china's influence in the territory. u.s.
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president donald trump has responded to 2 mass shootings saying hate has no place in america 29 people were killed in the attacks in ohio and texas the shooting in el paso near the mexican border is being investigated as a possible hate crime and an indefinite security lockdown has been imposed and the administered kashmir amid reports that new delhi is trying to tighten its grip on the disputed territory thousands of troops have been deployed in recent weeks citing security concerns. turkish president. says he's sending troops into an area controlled by kurdish why p.g. fighters in northern serbia the y.p. g. have been an important u.s. ally in the battle against eisel a turkey sees that as a terrorist. the opposition leader warned us against entering for and we did then we entered. and then city and now we
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will enter the east you're free to use yes we have talked to russia and the united states because we cannot remain silent with the continuation of the provocative strikes the come from that area we have been patient but our patience has limits. correspondent zain asher hall has more from near the turkish syrian border. turkey is growing impatient to believes that there is a national security threat along its borders and it wants to deal with that threat president or the guns statement is just another it's just another really in a series of threats being made by turkish officials that they will carry out a cross border operation in the east of the euphrates area an area under the control of the syrian armed group the y. p g a group turkey considers a terrorist organization and and an affiliate of the outlawed kurdistan workers' party the p.k. k. so for turkey it is a national security threat then it has carried out cross border operations in syria
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over the past 2 years but on both occasions the area of operations was under this fear of influence of russia turkey and russia cooperate in syria but east of the euphrates is an area under the control of the united states which is allied with the white p.g. so this this issue really is testing and already frail relationship between nato allies turkey and the united states they've had meetings over the past few months turkey accusing the united states of stalling a new delegation is arriving in ankara for further talks on monday but whether or not they can find common ground it's hard to see because deep differences remain over a planned safe zone they're discussing a plan safe zone turkey's insisting it's 20 kilometers deep in turkey can insist that they it controls the zone which is something the united states has so far not to accept that. yvonne's revolutionary guard says they've seized an iraqi oil
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tanker that was smuggling fuel in the gulf they say the vessel was intercepted near iran's fasi island carrying 700000 liters of fuel all 7 crew members have been detained but iraq has denied all of the best so this would be the 3rd seizure by iran less than a month in the gulf forces also jabari has moved. the revolutionary guards media relations department have released a statement saying that they have seized a vessel that they've accused of trying to smuggle 700000 liters of fuel this seizure apparently took place near the island of farsi island which is in between iran and saudi arabia and it parenting happened on wednesday the revolutionary guards said that they seized this vessel and the 7 crew members on board and this vessel is currently now at the port city of shared the 7 people they have been arrested in iran and their nationals these have not been revealed yet this is the 3rd vessel that they have seized in the past month earlier on sunday the government
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spokesperson ali rob roy spoke about the latest sanctions on the mohammad javad zarif that have been imposed by the u.s. government and the invitation that was extended to the foreign minister while he was visiting new york at the united nations earlier this month let's hear what he had to say. because the u.s. action on foreign minister zarif is against all diplomatic procedures and is an unprecedented event in the history of diplomacy that one government keep claiming to be ready for negotiations and then to put sanctions on the foreign minister of that country well isn't that ridiculous he was invited to have a meeting at the white house then they imposed sanctions on him foreign minister zarif is responsible for foreign policy and the diplomatic path should pass through him the rein in say that the u.s. government has waged economic terrorism on iran and until they seize this behavior they will be no discussions how between the 2 countries. but you inferred agency has reached a date with what the fight is to restart
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a delivery to parts of yemen the agreement follows a partial suspension of it which began after claiming that the whole things had diverted food away from thousands and maimed the whole thing and on the accusations saying the food sent by the world food program had expired now saddam's military joined to and opposition coalition have signed a constitutional declaration paving the way for a transition to civilian vote the document outlines the division of power until elections can be held in 3 years the home of the reports. after months of violence and protracted negotiations the people of sudan finally hubbard wrote to a peaceful future. at a ceremony in the tomb general mohammad home done the deputy head of the military genter and protest leader signed the declaration. dear honorable citizens today we turned a page a very difficult page in our country's history that was full of conflict and fighting we agreed to move forward to build
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a new state in the transitional phase that riemann provides for a joint civilian military council to oversee the formation of a transitional cabinet and parliament to govern for a period of a little more than 3 years until elections can be held a formal signing in front of foreign dignitaries is to take place on august 17th in khartoum the following day the generals on protest leaders are expected to announce the members of the new ruling sovereign council opposition leaders are promising to investigate past injustices and crimes committed against civilians in sudan and. the priority during the transitional phase will be transparency and investigation for all the crimes for the sake of justice in order to put on trial the perpetrators who killed our masses we have to have pace because without pace we can't have democracy based on today's declaration the transitional government will be committed to finding justice for all it's a sentiment echoed by the ethiopian mediator. this
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day will be highlighted in sudan's history as a disturbed as a civilian democratic rule that i'm stability a state of law and equality and a state that doesn't manage and lies its citizens the agreement is also a huge boost to the african union smooth efforts under the montreal african solutions to african problems. reactions to it signing will swift. in the whole of the present both sides shook hands and celebrations on the streets of the couple. it's a real continent that civilians and military have come together to form a joint transitional authority it's likely to face some difficulties but having with that recent months. some say. for sudan. i'll just see it. a go of a 40 mile rescued by a charity
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a ship has landed in malta they'll be taken in by several e.u. countries. and by germany the group was rescued off the libyan coast on wednesday they were taken to the port. but italian officials banned them from docking. now the puerto rican senate will decide on monday whether to confirm the interim government. he took office on friday a protest which forced his predecessor out of office a continuing in the capital. reports from there. protesters again at the front gate of the governor's mansion will be their anger at the internal governor he did didn't vote for but have been told is the best option to leave puerto rico big disagree he's the best available we have people here very good leave the country much better. to corporate interests she's referring to petro
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pierre louis c. the new governor who previously worked at a law firm that represented a company accused of polluting the island's groundwater with toxic ash louis c. is the largest political party in new progressive he's a former justice minister who also served as puerto rico's representative to washington or he was sworn in late friday even though he was not confirmed by the senate as required by law the senate will vote on monday and he could be forced to step down but he doesn't get the confirmation votes he needs the people of puerto rico took to the streets to demand change they got it but for many of them it wasn't the change they want while peer lisi has not been directly tied to corruption those who want to see the most change you him and the government he now leads with suspicion they are all corrupt they have all been allegedly implying the same corrections gives the governor was taken out so they think that. i going to
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conform or going to simply the siletz a settle for. less than 2 evils we're not we're tired of this and we know that the next 2 years are going to be fundamental in the restructuring so we really. someone competent and honest to represent us and they say they will stop until they have it the pros are doing al-jazeera san juan puerto rico. now the right hand man of paul paul the leader of cambodia's communists quavers regime has died aged 93 new arm chair was sentenced to life in prison last year by a un backed court he was convicted of genocide crimes against humanity and war crimes. oversaw the deaths of as many as 2000000 people between 175 and 79. now a french and venter has crossed the english channel on a jet powered how aboard frank is
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a part of took off from sangatte mia callaway he reached over and just over 20 minutes then has his story. emerging from the early morning mist flanked by helicopters frankie's apart and his jet powered hoverboard reached over just after 7 30 am local time. it was an extraordinary sight and a remarkable achievement.
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