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tv   Bill Browder  Al Jazeera  August 11, 2019 11:32am-12:02pm +03

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and both both candidates are talking the talk. but i'm going by corruption what about. combating the disgusting corruption will be a priority need the plans to renew the anti corruption commission's mandate sunda the tortoise and i let hundreds have other priorities. she says she'll bring back the social aid that made a popular is 1st lady and send the army on to the streets to combat gangs he's a conservative who's promised training credit for farmers and 9 faced on crime a move to or is of the death far from popular and both have checkered pasts curtis was accused of illicit funding for her last presidential campaign. was acquitted of 8 should judicial killings while head of the prison system whoever wins will take an extra baggage left by outgoing president jimmy morales he signed a deal with the u.s. that migrants crossing the country mainly from honduras and el salvador would have
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to request asylum in guatemala rather than continuing to the u.s. if the deal is ratified it could mean tens of thousands of new arrivals in a country where already more than half the population lives in poverty. but which has less on it for many reasons like high malnutrition rates inequality and corruption allegations in the health system what a mile in some soap slave the country that shows it can't guarantee those rights to the hundreds of thousands who would ride the the candidates keen on the deal with the u.s. but neither has rejected it outright part of governing guatemala for whoever wins will mean getting along with the power to the north john home and how does it or environmental campaigners say the pollution from chemical plants in tunisia is devastating the land and the save the country is planning to increase its export of phosphates by some 50 percent the chemicals mainly used in fact lysis david schaper reports now from the coastal city of garbus where this and some of the worst
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pollution. this away says was once considered as a world heritage site by the united nations it borders a bay that was a rich spawning ground marine life in the mediterranean but ammonia now hangs in the air above the palm trees as this chemical complex vents the toxic gases produced by using soft fury acid to process phosphates nasy her head see association formed to defend the oasis he describes what is happening here as an act of industrial terrorism from up moreover we getting diseases of all kinds like lung cancer cancer of the nose in sort brisk can't we be people every day because of these diseases. 13000 tons of chemicals and way start channelled into the bay through this train every day it's making a desert out of the sea floor the residents here say before the chemical plants
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began operating the sea was so close the fish used to jump into the fields and their children used to swim amongst its problems i've been standing by this river of toxic sludge for just over half an hour now already my eyes are stinging in my throat feels wrong or it's been flowing into the sea behind me for more than 40 years it's killing everything it touches the locals have a name for it it's called the fatal shore you don't see any crabs here norrie bird life above its hauntingly empty only occasional pool with an algal bloom a line of black slime shows the high water mark the tunisian chemical group which runs the complex claim they are taking measures to tackle the pollution. abdel hoc has seen his living as a fisherman destroyed by the chemicals washing into the bay and his own health ruined by this city gas plumes he's now suffering from cancer of the coal on his
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boat is rotting in the harbor which is becoming a graveyard for the trawlers any hope of the future has gone the neighboring port transporting phosphate to the world though has never been busier. the sport has ruined everything it's polluted the ear and the egret culture and is lead to a deserted vacation of the marine life in one of the main parks in the city of god as graffitti warns of dangers of pollution a device which actually monitors the gases has been broken for years now. it's hanging in a road called environment of a new hard way down it's a large rubbish dump an old rusting cars. many here say the whole city seems to have lost hope david chase the al jazeera goddess just ahead on the news the champions of scotland are in record breaking for news of the ask
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has teams on the ground to bring you the reward winning documentaries and news. again time to support his son thank you very much matches the city have got the defense of their english premier league title of to winnings thought thrashing a west ham 5 nil and saturday's early kick off. scored their open at the london stadium but after that it was the same sterling show as he bagged the hat trick guardiola team attempting to win
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a hat trick of premier league titles 1st game away to all 30 hot. still had the rhythm was not was not but that's normal for that being the 1st the 1st game the 2nd half from the beginning we saw him be better more count more extra passes and there were 6 games until 2 in the english premier league on saturday burnley and brighton were comfortable when as a chant busy groaners up but tottenham beat aston villa 31 in the late kick off harry kane scored twice and that one. we didn't find a way to play in the way that we wanted to play we prepared of course there was this photo of the manager and mind my plan didn't work and of course we will it will be. taken ross a decision. while man city are going for a 3rd consecutive league title in england and scotland celtic are going for the 9th championship in a row they made it to win from 2 this season
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a bad mother of 52 away it means they've now scored 12 times in 2 matches that have beaten them in johnstone 70 a last weekend they'll be hoping to carry this form into the home leg of their charity qualifier against remaining inside moved the typhoon 3 stands at $10.00. now there has been widespread criticism of the decision to hold the heavyweight boxing rematch between and you know with junior and antony in saudi arabia the fight will happen on december the 7th outskirts of riyadh sell malick has more. it's one of the most highly anticipated fights of the year but the boxing itself looks set to be overshadowed anthony joshua's attempt to recapture his world titles from andy rooney's is set to happen this december in saudi arabia. it's
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a decision that's drawn criticism following the killing of journalist jamal khashoggi last year inside the saudi consulate in istanbul and the military campaign in yemen by a saudi led coalition which human rights groups have accused of carrying out indiscriminate attacks on homes hospitals and marketplaces in a statement amnesty international said if found to be joshua farts and the ruiz jr in saudi arabia it's likely to be yet another opportunity for the saudi authorities to try to sports washed their severely tarnished image. saudi arabia has still managed to secure a number of huge events in the country despite the criticism former unified world champion american was paid millions to fight in jeddah last month the kingdom of saudi arabia invites the world in 2018 world wrestling entertainment stage their 1st event there as part of a 10 year deal worth a reported $450000000.00. saudi arabia has also agreed
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a 5 year deal to host the dakar rally however criticism pressure has seen some of it's called off. novak djokovic and raphaela dolls pulled out of an exhibition last december the match would have seen them net $1000000.00 each. nonetheless for the joshua match it seems business interests have prevailed say that it was a business decision it's based on that money is going to be as. cold as that's once it's just stretching your grounds you boundaries for these very big sports it's going to be a lot of complaining and going to be a lot of complaining just full of sports. loads of fans will still. use amnesty international has urged joshua to find out more about side your abuse human rights record. but with the country investing $100000000.00 in the fight and with both fighters expected to earn millions themselves it seems difficult the
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anybody pulling out so well malik al-jazeera cherishes leader mark marquez will start from poor position at the austrian. the honda rider posted a new that record time in qualifying or saturday to overtake it make 2 miles at a record with his 59th haul in the top division is also the spanish 3rd pole in iran 7th of the season will now seek a raise so a victory at the red bull ring get the only circuits he is yet to win at in his moto g.p. korea. and that's always before me will have more later on some of many thanks now the largest arts and culture festival in the world artists are refusing to become violent confined by the old genres of theatre dance circus and visual arts the edinburgh fringe is hosting some of the most experimental at international productions charlie angela has been along to see how they're going down with
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audiences. staging a show at the edinburgh fringe is often a need. for a day but flip tie break show is exceeding expectations. bending acrobatics with. slapstick. skating and pacu with piano music to canadian troops is reinventing so this. it's always circus circus is so vast that you can end up playing with a mike and juggling with it oh it's circus but wait a minute teaches that theater ages dance thing he was talking while he was doing it so he's again doing theater while dancing and there's music but then he does juggling so we call it circus. mixing up films is also in evidence at edinburgh's botanic gardens where there's a multi-sensory war inspired by the sights sounds and scientific study of the flow
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country scotland's peaked bokes trees breathe in saying. c c transporting visitors to another wild. we've commissioned line artists who have all been inspired by the flow country and for some art and caithness a southern land which is in the north of scotland so they've all spent a variety of time between 3 days some as long as 18 months up there they 4 or 2 scientists based on the flow country and that's been the inspiration for all the works that you see in the gardens edinburgh is the perfect environment for artists to experiment with new technologies this is a sonic. it's given to each visitor and plays the sound of birdsong the original piano. also comes in handy when the weather plays out. one american company is making live cinema using actors projectors and 500 shadow puppets to recreate the story of frankenstein. an eccentric orchestra plays
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a haunting soundtrack with some instruments controlled by robotics these cutting edge pieces are playing well with audiences in edinburgh breaking the mold and creating art that refuses to be defined. at the. turn jordan has outtakes you next i'll see you get my photo. in an exclusive series of documentaries because i was born into a very ordinary japanese family al-jazeera shows 5 different stories i am just too excited to focus on anything else right now from 5 different countries he was really angry about it but i don't support him live. with one journey no one in my family has ever been to mecca this is the joyful location the road to has on
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al-jazeera. i've been looking at your instagram account and it really takes into the atmosphere behind the scenes this is a dialogue when donald trump announce his candidacy for president. after that everyone has a voice best chance for democrats have to beat donald trump used to nominate an exciting inspirational college maverick nominee to join the global conversation in your thoughts get twitter as you point out is iraq. just off one of his main highways the media and the family collects as much water as possible from the mountain above. a nationwide blackout left millions without power a regular water supplies. but this water is not portable the health ministry is recommending people treated with chlorine but with none available. hopes the boiling at 1st will make it safe for her family to drink dr. says the increased
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consumption of untreated water in the last 3 weeks is making an already catastrophic situation worse well they might normally know we don't have the precise numbers yet but we know that in the public and private hospitals there's been an acute increase of cases of severe diarrhea that require hospitalization including children under 2 years of age which can be fatal local and international public health experts describe the crisis it's a complex humanitarian emergency. a victory for and the rotty but separatist forces in the yemeni city of aden now that agreed to a cease fire. alone down jordan this is live from also coming up. for the full field for future i would
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place the remains. in. the u.n. says it will continue operations in the. despite an attack that killed 3 peacekeepers. and the 70 people are killed in tanzania after rushing to collect fuel from an overturned tanker. and a peaceful stroll the new hiking trail alongside the demilitarized zone between north and south korea. southern separatists in yemen have agreed to calls from saudi arabia for a cease fire and have been 4 days of fighting in the city a separatist captured bases belonging to the presidential guard after initially being called in to protect the presidential palace saudi forces withdrew before it was overrun by violence as expose an apparent rift in the saudi military alliance has been at war with since 2015 while yemen's government supported by the coalition
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the southern separatists and armed and trained by the a merit is there but money has more. heat battles are braced for 4 days in yemen 2nd 38 and since the rebels took over the capital sanaa in 2015. 18 has been the seat of the country's internationally recognized government now key areas including the president to palace have fallen to southern separatists analysts say their goal is to win back the independence the south lost and the 2 yemen see knighted in 1990 this is what they have been fighting for since 2007. that's about. more than 10 years now. since. separation. and. the momentum now. is there. i think
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also the regional and national and international circumstances will be. this is what is highly likely to happen the severity of this flag represented south yemen when it was independent between 1967 until 998 group doctors without borders is calling the city a battlefield. after dozens of the soldiers were killed in a hoot the attack on aug 1st southern separatists accuse the internationally recognized and saudi backed president of failing to protect them and called for the government to be overthrown. many people have fled 8 and others are trapped in their homes including this aid worker we hear the sounds of mortar shells from time to time without knowing the source or the target to be hit some houses in the city
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are directly hit or fire fragments into the houses or the cars for example a group of men sitting in a cafe easter day were hit by a mortar shell the battling side who once part of a saudi led coalition they've been fighting hutu rebels in northern and western yemen for more than 4 years the latest violence threatens to open a new front in the 5 year war which is killed tens of thousands of people. 6 about a manly al-jazeera but william lawrence a professor at george washington university he says it isn't clear in saudi arabia can broker a deal. it's actually kind of odd that you would have a ceasefire so quickly because that allows the southern separatists to consolidate their gains rather than be ousted rather quickly and so it's clear that saudi really believes it can. and find a solution here and i'm not so sure that they can do that easily even giving their wealth and their status because the southern separatists have been trying to do
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this for a long time they have longstanding grievances and it's not clear that there will be an easy deal to make i think this is also a story in many ways of what happens when a proxy war is fought and a power comes in and escalates the conflict but also in some ways stabilizes things on one side of the conflict and then leaves precipitously and what the u.s. did in leaving precipitously is actually further escalate the conflict by leaving a different factions that they had supported stronger against other factions that they hadn't supported and they actually are to blame in part for this mess the u.n. secretary general antonio good turkish has condemned a car bomb attack that killed 3 u.n. employees in libya explosion in the eastern city of benghazi happened moments before a u.n. convoy passed through the area the u.n. security council has met to discuss the convoy attack on the widest situation in
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the country. i join others in condemning in the strongest terms today's attack on the u.n. convoy in benghazi we send our deepest sympathy to the families of the victims the un exists to help and protect people and attack against its representatives is an attack on the international community at large and we salute the work the un's menace doing in libya at the same time as the assistant secretary general said scores of libyans have also been injured safely the libyan representative can i convey my country's condolences and sympathies to his country and to his people are here and peacekeepers have also responded saying the attack will not stop them from continuing their operations in libya it serves to highlight the continued danger of terrorism because a country and the limits of effective security control in the absence of one
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government and one military and police force walking across the country it also confirms that this latest both of us still it is is creating a vacuum easily exploited by hardly called elements that strive on cowles and violence the united nation doesn't intend to evacuate from libya for the foreseeable future our place remains alongside the libyan people. well earlier the libyan warlord holly for have tossed out his forces will observe a cease fire join the holiday starting from saturday internationally recognized government in tripoli already accepted a un request for a truce for the festive period after us forces launched an offensive to take the capital tripoli in april hundreds of people have been killed in the fighting. now at least 70 people have been killed and dozens injured in
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a fuel tanker explosion in tanzania it happened in the town of that's northwest of the capital of the people we're trying to collect fuel from the vehicle which had overturned malcolm with reports. the inferno engulfed dozens of people. minutes before a crowd had gathered to collect petrol spilled from a truck that tipped over near the town of moore in eastern times and here in this video the last thing heard is a woman screaming fire. 10 minutes later video too graphic for us to show people running from the explosion and piles of charred corpses find. this piece he shouts get out of there if it doesn't it was too late. we are continuing with our investigation to identify the victims and we're looking
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through the property that has been burned so that we can get an accurate number of all those affected. many of those who came to collect fuel motorcycle taxi drivers for people struggling to get by a few liters of fuel can help feed a family or keep children in school but collecting it comes with enormous risk. i came here on a motorcycle and as we approached the area we found the truck overturned and the driver got off and asked the riders to get away warning that the vehicle could catch fire the riders didn't listen and continued to pitch the leaking fuel a man tried to steal the vehicles battery and that's when the fire started police say they've launched an investigation dozens are in hospital many with severe burns medics have appealed for blood donors. this community is left in shock at this rapid and brutal tragedy malcolm webb al-jazeera nairobi kenya. now in a few hours' time thousands of palestinians will gather at a mosque in occupied east jerusalem for the 1st day of the muslim holiday of. at
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the same time there are reports that jewish settlers planned to storm the compound hole there is central to the israeli palestinian conflict and has been a regular flashpoint as both sides lay claim to it well the jews refer to it as temple mount the al aqsa compounds western wall is the holiest site where they can pray for muslims the compound houses the dome of the rock and al aqsa mosque which represents the 3rd holiest site in islam and jordan holds custodianship of al aqsa mosque but its role has been challenged repeatedly for more and rabbani is a senior fellow at the institute for palestine studies he says there are many factors adding to israeli palestinian tensions. i think there are several issues in the background to be taken into consideration the 1st is the trump administration's open embrace of not only israeli policy underneath but of the agenda of the israeli extreme right in the source or enormously although not
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only the israeli government but also the more extremist forces in israel society such as the seller is planning to storm the had a machete the 2nd is the upcoming is really in my actions in which the various israeli parties censor rights and the far right are really in terms of their willingness to in their you look when there are some question and explore and territory demolish the gaza strip and the 3rd is if you have this confluence of both the top. celebration and an israeli sorry or rather early on jewish holiday puts color at the same time and these years are using this as a pretext to storm the head of the city extremely provocative manner and they can
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count on having support of course the israeli state the israeli police and army and so on so it's a bit stream it's impossible situation the muslims around the world are necker as they had pilgrimage moves into its 3rd day as the world's largest annual muslim gathering on saturday more than 2000000 climb the sacred hill of mount arafat they prayed in reciting the koran before performing the stoning of the devil ritual pilgrims later sacrificed animals to mark the beginning of the. festival. still to come here not just here including what's at stake in guatemala its upcoming presidential election. and the former is pushing experimental theatre to its limits at the edinburgh fringe more in that state.
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and that scattered some of the cross much of united states particular cross the south but not just that with all this humidity in place and a lot of heat we have actually got heat advisories in place all the way from texas right they across into southern georgia and down through much of florida so what does it really increases how it feels so high few in dallas on sunday but 42 and that's generally the picture meanwhile to the northeast clear skies good touches 30 celsius in washington and a nice couple days in l.a. 28 degrees celsius you'll see some rain here across the central and southern plains continue to work its way slowly east was as he has through monday so fairly unsubtle across much of the northern plains that but again a nice day new york with a high of 29 degrees celsius that we had south across tools the caribbean and so say good conditions has been quite strong winds coming in from the east but it doesn't mean that to both the leeward and windward islands saying if you shows that nothing will the latin.

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