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executed. don't assume and i defended. i am not. proud of what happened to a young. we prepare our arguments against it. in front of the leadership of. the amnesty granted to opposition leaders and supporters came just hours after the end of a national dialogue called by the president from the tribunal they were to turn to the central prison to be joined by family members before heading home the opposition leader had been in prison since his arrest for leading protest against an election result he denounced as ford lent his party insists the healing process can only begin when such an reforms are carried out. with still have the problem of the electoral system that means that we have to discuss it if the concerns are reform of the radar system because we have to measure that and there is no point
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that there's an on run for the next elections if there is not no reforms of the enterprise system now then we can be spread out what has been happening to progression will happen again long term president paul bia has promised to implement the recommendations of the national dialogue that include some form of decentralization of powers to the regions it so far ordered the release of nearly $500.00 prisoners including those who fought against the state. many cameroonians welcomed the recently you saw hundreds of political prisoners and rebels received an important 1st step towards healing to reduce in the country the pressure will now be on the rebels to do the same but have so far dismissed the recent government concessions as cosmetics. many leaders of the separatist movement calling for the creation of an independent state of limbo julia remain behind bars it's not clear
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if they to meet again their freedom some already some cameroonian say the government had conceded too much of a decrease. your would be rule jordan's government says it's reached a pager with the teachers union to end a one month strike a protest by thousands of teachers was the longest public sector strike and the country's history the deal will raise teachers' allowances from 35 percent to 60 percent starting next year there's warnings of a dire situation in yemen after weeks of fuel shortages the country's oil minister is blaming the saudi led coalition for imposing restrictions on fuel tankers the ministry says one tanker was allowed in about 2 weeks ago but only provided enough fuel for 5 days. to data must be a win a done the ban on fuel imports has brought life to a near standstill it is paralyzed hospitals factories and other vital institutions that are related to public service this is an unlawful ban of
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a commodity that does not represent any harm to the saudi led coalition but its restriction impacts everyday life it makes ordinary people's lives even harder. leading to a nation presidential candidate says he'll stop campaigning ahead of the runoff vote on october 13th says it would give him an unfair advantage against as opponent has been imprisoned sense august voters will return to the ballot box on sunday to elect a new parliament as reports from tunis. the and it's likely to be a tight race and candidates are taking no chances now she doesn't know she the leader of another party is a running for the 1st time in a bid to rally support for his party the conservative in the other has been a driving force in politics since the 2011 revolution but now its rival the secular heart of tunisia is gaining ground citizens should vote for another to consolidate democracy because we need strong parliament and
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a party to lead the country it's been wyvil the heart of the party was established by media magnate. just 3 months ago are we is currently in jail accused of money laundering and tax evasion accusations his lawyers deny his party is promising radical economic reforms if it comes to power. has a real vision for the country. you know they want to see down the road a real modern country they want to build a nation of they want to do with poverty they want to abolish poverty but no party is expected to secure an absolute majority in the parliament and with both another and heart of burning out forming a coalition there are rising concerns of a political impasse and as the political divide widens voters are growing
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frustrated with the political elite for failing to rein in inflation and unemployment. we hope politicians would tackle unemployment but they failed us the candidates won't change anything and we shouldn't expect anything from. i feel bad for the current situation in my country there is no security the price of commodities is on the rise and politicians repeat the same promises again and again . the 2014 constitution gives the prime minister a bigger say in domestic issues while the president controls defends and for enough . whoever wins in sunday's vote was shaped in his years political and economic adjourned for the next 5 years to dizzy and had high hopes the 2011 revolution would bring democracy equality and better living conditions 80 years later economic
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problems and political instability have shot of those hopes for a better future and fueled a growing disillusionment with the political elite al-jazeera journalists so head on al-jazeera far has the sport including more success for noah wyle so christian coleman at the world championships. every week a new cycle brings a series of breaking stories in the listening post as we turn the cameras on the media when the intelligence services control much of egyptian media it becomes an extension of the arm of the president and focus on how they report on the stories that matter the most getting an accurate informative story out of there is not easy they pose it too late we already have the information they're listening post on al-jazeera. examining the back to today's headlines there are protests like this
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one that are trying to discern and reforested areas that have been already devastated setting the agenda for tomorrow's discussions you've been out there with the protesters on the streets where we've been telling you international filmmakers and world class journalists bring programs to inform and inspire you. on al-jazeera. time for sport let's try and far at the world athletics championships.
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welcome back to the khalif international stadium where so from hasan has made history of her winning her 2nd title at the world athletics championships the dutch runner won gold in the final the 1500 meters it adds to the 10000 meters title she won last saturday it's the 1st time anyone has ever won both of vans it's been a turbulent week for huston with her coach alberto salazar being suspended from the sport for doping violation. another new championship record came in the 5000 meters final helen o'berry of kenya holding off the challengers to retain the title. the individual sprint champions and no a lyall's and christian coleman combined to win gold for america in the 4 by 100 meter relay laus leading them home to victory justin gatlin and mike rogers the other members of the u.s. team coming in
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a head of great britain with japan getting bronze. to make it to gold in the women's 4 by 100 meter sprint really cerita jackson running the anchor leg was shelley and frazier pryce securing her 2nd gold of the championships alongside natalya white and joanie l. smith great britain took silver with the usa getting bronze and the field advance uli marrocco has retained her world title in the triple jump the venezuelan finished way ahead of the competition a 2nd round the 1st 15.37 meters clinching called for workers again. and there was a new championship record for america's djoko backs in the shot put he won gold by just one centimeter with a throw of 22.91 metre this is the 1st time that 4 people have ever thrown over 22 meters shall find. one of the biggest cheers was formal. the cattery high jumper was back in the stadium to collect his gold medal by shin
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successfully defended the title in front of his home fans he's the 2nd qatari athlete to appear on podium at these championships of the roman summer collected a bronze medal in the 400 meter hurdles final with one more day of competition to go the u.s. are now up to $25.00 medals for the championships 11 of those are goal kenya climb to 2nd in the table above jamaica. elementz marathon is the last of the late night road races our sports correspondent eddie richardson is on the doha waterslides a test of insurance for the competitors at test of nerve for the organizes the air cooled conditions of the main khalifa stadium not an option for the road races at these championships the men's marathon the last of 6 such events now during last week's women's marathon more than a 3rd of the field drops out during the race with high humidity one of the key facts is involves journeys championships performance experts from around the world
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have been gathering here in die hard to discuss how best to prepare athletes for competition in challenging weather conditions high humidity one of the key topics being discussed higher humidity what happens is it doesn't allow the body to cool so are star mechanisms sweating and the evaporation of sweat off the body is your cooling mechanism skin is your largest organ to your body so the ability to cool and evaporate is important higher humidity you not evaporate in that's what are for your body if you're an elite athlete considering the medical setting we have here and if you if you have previously been through a committee vision i would say yes definitively it's safe because we have also an over scale an over equipped medical staff and medical plan of course it will be not a thought told to do run the same kind of competition for must spot the suit for mass if you have 20 or 30000 people running here the same condition would be would be not safe at all these conditions are not going to produce
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a personal best in the world records i mean again you've got to be very well trained but you know again it's part of the sport is part of what we're facing in durance of benson and better than around the world so it's part of the new norm now more than 50 competitors at least championships a volunteer it's a consumer electronic capsules which contain a transmitter and a thermometer which will keep a track on that core temperature joe. in competition there are also infrared cameras being used during races to measure the skin temperature all information that can be used to future events with humidity and high temperatures expected to be a big factor at next year's olympics in tokyo away from the athletics at the rugby world cup england are the 1st side to secure their place in the quarter finals a 39 to 10 bonus point victory over argentina and move them further clear of the top. 6 tries for england including this one from georgia for.
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their 100 percent winning start with a $3819.00 victory over samoa in a try from qatar a month so seamus securing a valuable bonus points and australia have gone back to the top of pool d. the wallabies ran in 7 tries as they beat your wife 45. liverpool have maintained their perfect start to the season in the english premier league but only just a james miller penalty in the 5th minute of injury time saw them beat laster $21.00 at and field elsewhere brighton tottenham and aston villa scored 5 goals against north. and spain's little league around madrid won the meeting of the top 2 is the granada for 2 at the bernabeu and as a scoring his 1st goal for real since is $113000000.00 in june. at the japan open tennis championships now that jock of age is into his 100 and 10th final the world number one dawson and straight sets in saturday's sammy's
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jacket she's playing his 1st tournament she's being injured at the u.s. open will face australia's john millman for the title. and that is all your sport for now we'll have more from the khalifa international stadium later on on software may or shall carry with the news hour but keep it here more news on the other side of the break with my colleague there in jordan i'm going to be. counting the costs germany's heading for recession well i'm going to put aside their concerns about that to stimulate the economy farmers in brazil's amazon fair their livelihoods are on the right and the billions of dollars in black gold locked away in part to go here. counting the cost on al-jazeera. october on al-jazeera. as the deadline of october 31st gets closer stay with us for all of
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the ninety's developments on the bricks in. the hudson will host a new series of interviews with our teachers tackling the big issues about. loudly does expect an environmentalist when the symbol and i say discuss the future of the yacht. club just back taking a microscope to the most contentious issues facing america and we'll bring you coverage of the amounts much of the 2019 nobel peace prize winner. turn for a moment to see. rewind to 10 days with a new scenery. and brand new updates on a vast amount is a nice documentaries think i. need somebody falls asleep to remind continues with uncomfortably numb this is gaza central jail and this is the section where they're holding prisoners on drug charges on
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people are killed in violent protests across iraq with no signs of a political solution to end the crisis. when the world doesn't focus on the things that are right the things that matter the things that impact real people's lives and instead you get caught up in some silly gotcha game frustrations over the trump impeachment inquiry boil over as the u.s. secretary of state heads off for a mission to brits plus. a major thomas in australia where recent fall is combined with the worst drought on record having devastating consequences for a pharmacy and it's not even that somebody gets. welcome to program north korea has broken off denuclearization talks with the united states the chief nuclear negotiator kim yong gil said their expectations were not fulfilled delegations from both countries were in stockholm to discuss
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pyongyang ending its nuclear program in exchange for sanctions being lifted alan fischer reports. in the chill of an evening in sweden a freeze returned to negotiations between the u.s. and north korea the 2 sites have been meeting in stockholm for the 1st time since previous nuclear talks broke down at a field summit in vietnam in february but it quickly became clear the 2 are dramatically far apart the us raise expectations by offering suggestions like a flexible approach new method and creative solution is but they have disappointed us greatly and dampen are enthusiastic for negotiation by bringing nothing to the negotiation table both sides agreed to restart the talks after donald trump's remarkable visit to north korea in june at the end of the g 7 in japan he met the north korean president kim jump in at the demilitarized zone in the area marking the border between north and south korea and then took the dramatic step over the
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border the 1st u.s. president to do so there was hope fresh talks might make progress after president trumps national security adviser john bolton was fired he was seen by the north as an obstacle to a deal he admitted he was deeply skeptical they would ever give up their nuclear weapons and the day after the new talks were nice pyongyang confirmed it had test fired a ballistic missile designed for submarine launch a step forward in technology and a clear message to the americans. even a few hours before the talks broke down u.s. secretary of state mike pompeo was confident of a breakthrough there were 4 pillars that the 2 leaders agreed to and we were very hopeful that we will make some progress we're mindful this will be the 1st time we've had a chance to have a discussion in quite some time in a statement the state department said the united states and the d.p. r. k. to north korea will not overcome a legacy of 70 years of war and who still a-t. on the korean peninsula through the course of a single saturday these are with issues and they require
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a strong commitment by both countries the united states has that commitment the u.s. says it is accepted an invitation from the swedes to return for more talks in 2 weeks time for their part the north koreans say the denuclearization of the korean peninsula is still possible but only when obstacles that threaten their safety and check their development are removed completely without a shadow of doubt that suggests that until the u.s. starts to ease sanctions on north korea they won't be going back to the negotiating table alan fischer al-jazeera washington well young shit bang is a research fellow at yonsei university he says he's not sure if these talks will lead to a breakthrough. it confirms there is a certain tension on both sides to make a diplomatic breakthrough while overdoing the possible tragedy of military actions in order to solve the problem so i believe that there is a hope for continues to negotiations and dialogue north korea seems to have come
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back to its previous negotiating tactics which is to demand the other time making big concessions forest before asking north korea to do anything in return donald trump said himself in the although he tries to make all the positive rosy spends on the current situation between north korea and the united states people are beginning to ask where is the period where is the actual 'd you know breakthrough so the decision point is coming closer and closer for the trumpet the administration to decide whether just superficial positive images of the current situation would be enough to set it you know don't mistake an international audience is. there's been more anti-government unrest on live fire in iraq's capital baghdad officials say at least 5 protesters have been killed after a 2 day curfew ended it takes the number killed in the last 5 days to almost 100
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but thousands more injured a number of t.v. stations have also been attacked security forces have been deployed to keep demonstrators away from central square has it been calm has more now from the iraqi capital. despite the internet being cut off across most of the country iraqi protestors have found a way to upload videos on to social media sites that appear to show live fire and take us clouds these are pictures iraq's government doesn't want you to see they paint a picture of what's happening on the ground and help explain why there have been many deaths and injuries over the past few days. the process is not holding anything in their hands except for iraqi flags they calling for the most basic of rights employment and services we need safety and an amnesty law that takes people out of the secret and public prisons iraq has become full of secret prisons the authorities are building prisons are only they're not building hospitals or schools
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being to trinity bettin they have a curfew has been removed that decisions made by the head of parliament in the prime minister applied in the grand because iraqi people have become bored of all the promises that these decisions are applied. the protesters are angry over what they say is government corruption and lack of access to basic needs a curfew that's been in place in baghdad has now ended but the situation is still tense despite the lifting of the ban here in baghdad a tough race where the focal point for the protesters is nowhere near as busy as it should be as you can see there's that big heavy security presence now well the protesters are doing is they gathering in streets around tucker a square which is what they've done in the last few days what they're trying to do is get a critical mass together and come into the square the protests are not just in the
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capital but across the south and central parts of iraq and now there's also a political crisis brewing. paula was to convene for an emergency session to discuss the protests it never met. 3 major political blocs refused to let their members of parliament sit iraqi law requires a minimum number of m.p.'s to be present before a session can begin instead the speaker of the parliament mohamed el b.c. held a meeting with people who claim to represent the protestors late on saturday he held a news conference surrounded by his party loyalists it more like a campaign rally than a press conference and with coals for an election from protesters and other parties to see set out a range of economic reforms and social reforms he says his party will introduce. loans will be given in the form of credits bank credits be initiated for the purposes of establishing factories and providing equipment this will enable us to
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stay away from any corruption so facilities will not be given in cash loans yet will be credit for the establishment of factories the speaker is not alone in trying to appeal to the protesters iraqi politicians of all stripes and religious leaders appear to be throwing their support behind the protest movement but it's not clear if the protesters will accept them given the fact that they blame the same politicians for the di economic situation that sparked their protests in the 1st place and the government for violent scenes like these and rock hard baghdad a court hearing is taking place in hong kong over the facemask ban put in place by leader kerry lamb hundreds of people demonstrated against the ban on saturday despite the march officially being cancelled by organizers it was called off after hong kong's rail network was closed because of what authorities called malicious vandalism on friday crowds set fire to metro stations during rallies against the ban well a group of pro-democracy legislators heading into the hearing say they've applied
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for an injunction on the mosque bomb as it undermines of rule of law. today is about authoritarianism versus the rule of law i would say this is one of the most important constitutional cases in the history of hong kong are we facing awful or tearing ism where the government can say whatever is law is law and that whatever it will apply will apply and we say when they would be repealed then we would be repealed or is it the case that hong kong still have the rule of law that we still governed by the rule of law and the common law principles of the separations of power and that is why the legislative council is here asking the court to make a determination on the legislative role off the legislative council. has more now from hong kong. a march and some sporadic protests here in hong kong on saturday much less than what we've seen over the last 48 hours and much less
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than we've seen in previous weekends and peaceful for the most part on saturday that's what we saw a very different picture on friday night and part of the violence that took place on friday night after this mass ban was announced where the m.t.r. train systems they were shut down and that really kind of crippled this city what this thing through the malls most major malls will close as you can see small shops also shuttered that because they anticipated there to be violence on saturday but it didn't materialize because protest leaders canceled all the events also on saturday kerry lamb the chief executive of hong kong issued a video statement where she looked at the violence on friday night as justification for this mass then she also said it was a very dark day here in hong kong protest leaders when they said things were going to be canceled on saturday pointed to sunday it's going to be a big day they hope they're planning a rally and a march that they say hopefully will be peaceful but will be have very large numbers compared to what we've seen over the last couple of days but obviously the police with this new law emergency law in place they will be looking to crack down
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on any illegal activity there are warnings of a dire situation in yemen after weeks of fuel shortages the country's oil ministry is blaming the saudi led coalition for imposing restrictions on fuel tank has the ministry says one tanker was allowed in 2 weeks ago but only provided enough fuel for 5 days officials said the shortage is affecting every day life. jordan's government says it's reached a paid deal with the teacher's union to end the one month strike the protest by thousands of teachers was the longest public sector strike in the country's history that affected more than 1500000 students in public schools the deal will raise teachers' allowances from 35 to 60 percent from next year the government says the move will strain the country's heavily indebted finances time for a short break here not just when we come back back in fashion find out why american brands are shifting production to bangladesh more in that state.
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