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you know for. i. think it really was. because offering them the chance of asylum but the process is long and uncertain topic the queue for up accounts goes around the block most here anyway say that's not what they want. they feel if they can just hold out they'll eventually get through given the current position of both mexico and the u.s. but seems very unlikely. john heilemann how does the top 2 know. the recent death of a 19 year old palestinian woman and suspicious circumstances has raised concerns about domestic violence in the occupied territories protests have been held against what activists say is cultural acceptance of attacks on women. abraham reports despite the sima tries to start a different life. after escaping her abusive husband and returning to her father's home she says her family locked her in a room and tortured her they didn't want
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a divorce daughter. so she set the room on fire i thought to myself if people see the fire and smoke the fire department will come to my rescue i felt like i was dying anyways but luckily i wasn't harmed by the fire after that the police entered to a safe house but many victims of domestic abuse are far from being safe and theory we have a good system that protects women the problem is with implementation and culture some professionals don't have the knowledge required to identify victims of abuse and they don't have the awareness to approach them with him to to take. activists believe the system has already failed including 19 year old disruptor you her family members are accused of beating her to death sparking approved locally and international. protesters say there is tolerance of violence against women that makes reporting abuse much more difficult since the beginning of the year human
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rights organizations say 19 women have died in suspicious circumstances through the sometimes these are calling upon the palestinian of them with and in the draft law that has been at work here aims to provide no protection that. the palestinian government responded to public pressure with a promise to adopt the mosque the current being a law dates back to the 1960 s. and is criticized of being too didn't especially when it comes to perpetrators of violence against women the palestinian president has previously introduced some amendments to the law but loopholes still exist for wanting women's rights and laws might be controversial in some circles of society and might provoke. criticism to the p.a. that they try to avoid it back at the house seem has filed for divorce and custody of her children but she can't guarantee she'll be safe once she leaves. the
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occupied west bank. in parts of australia bush fires have been burning now for a month the unusually early start to such fires is due to an extended drought the worst southeastern australia has ever endured under thomas reports from all the dail in new south wales for a month large areas of southeastern australia have been burning a month not at the height of summer but in early spring the reason hot dry conditions and the years of drought there's been so little rain to maurice in the ground and replenish rivers reservoirs and lakes that firefighters are fighting fire largely without water with huge minimal water but it's just a matter of breaking up before breaking up the fuel. for. that all because of a drought. vi fighters weren't able to fight the bushfires effectively
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or quickly enough for nearly haze her parents had hundreds of cows in these fields now the earth is blackened some still smolders 2 weeks after the flames huge losses up to 20250 cows and they cops. heartbreaking absolutely heartbreaking most of the animals bodies haven't been found but some have horribly burnt wild kangaroos also on able to escape. the fires have been devastating to some around here but even for those farmers unaffected by the flames things aren't much better. than hasn't been substantial rain on andrew cameron's cattle and sheep farm since february of 28 team cameron says the near 2 year drought is the worst on record yeah we're currently sitting on $100.00 millimeters since january laois right for on record now in a 90 with
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a bad 424 millimeters so we're still. long why belie that with only 3 months of the year to guy less than half of your worst previous year yes they scurried. without grass in fields farmers have to buy grain and hay to feed their livestock there were straightly as government subsidizes animal feed it still costs farmers like cameron hundreds of thousands of dollars but climate change is making this the new normal and fires in spring something to expect we still have people in the northern hemisphere fighting forest was over there as way starting to come into our season over here in the southern hemisphere what we saw 1015 years ago was a distinct delineation between those seasons and they're saying that they're actually starting to cross over a little bit they could yet cross over more andrew thomas al-jazeera armadale australia. just ahead here on the news a better late than never but as well
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a bag their 1st medal of the world athletics championships action from doha 2019 coming up in just a few months. every week a new cycle brings a series of breaking stories joined 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 would put 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. the latest news as it breaks this is a consortium made up of various multinational companies from the united states china and europe with detailed coverage the election results will be announced on
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the event at the start but it's not just important who wins but whether the other candidates and all the other groups accept them and agree to work with them from around the world both prime ministers modi and the current met separately with president on trump but nothing has come of trump's offer to mediate between them. and i'm santa how most live with sports on the highly thought international stadium or if you look at least this is a has won gold in the men's marathon it's his country's that 1st title in the event for 18 years this was the last off the road races here in doha where he. humidity had been made to fat and as andy written reports scientists had been using the
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conditions to help athletes in. a test of insurance for the runners a test of nerve for the organizers aircooled khalifa stadium isn't an option for the road races despite a midnight star time high humidity contributed to more than a 3rd of the field failing to finish last week's women's marathon conditions were kind of for the men's race with humidity below 50 percent. higher humidity what happens is it doesn't allow the body to court so our star mechanism sweating and the evaporation of sweat off the body is your cooling mechanism skin is your largest organ in your body so the ability to cool and evaporate is important higher humidity you're not a bad hurting that sweat out your body. more than 50 competitors at these championships have volunteered to consume electronic capsules which contain the
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moment says and transmit is to keep a track on a core temperature during events there are also infrared cameras being used during competition to measure the athlete skin temperature. again these are single use their missions it's the sort of information performance experts can use to better prepare athletes 15 races with heat and humidity set to be a big factor at next year's tokyo olympics months before these championships runners were receiving guidance on what to expect in doha if you're an elite athlete considering the medical setting we have here and if you have 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 in this marathon 18 runners failed to finish from a field of 73 out in front it was a sprint finish to the line as ethiopia's lisa to see sir. these conditions are not
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going to produce personal brush world records 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 indoor intervention and brightest from around the world so it's part of the new normal. conditions appear to suit decision he warned in his best on the 5th season on the richardson al-jazeera. the funhouse and has made history after winning her 2nd title at the world athletics championships the one gold in the final of the 1500 meters and to the 10000 meters a title she won last saturday is the 1st time anyone has ever one both events it's been a turbulent week for hassani with her coach alberto salazar being suspended the from the sport for doping violations and other new championship or wreck all that came in the 5000 meters final had an ovary of kenya holding off the challenges and to
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retain the title. the individual sprint the champ is no allows and christian coleman combined to win gold for the united states in the 4 by 100 meter relay liles leading them home to victory justin gatlin and mike rogers are the other members of the u.s. team. to make it to gold in the women's a 4100 meter sprint relay through reka taxon a running the anchor leg with sally and the phrase a prize to securing her 2nd gold of the championships alongside the talia wyatt smith great britain took silver with the usa getting bronze. and the field events. retain the whole world title and the triple jump but events when finished that way ahead of the competition a 2nd round
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a leap of 15.37 meters clinching gold for rojas again. and there was a new championship the red cooled to 4 americas joke all that's in the salt put he won gold by just one centimeter with a swell of 22.91 meets as it is the time that 4 people have ever thrown over 22 meters and assault put a final well following that thrilling final call box caught up with al jazeera ismail. you won by just one centimeter that's incredible talk us through that last throw yeah it was absolutely amazing i mean the come away with the gold medal was something special but to be honest my plan was to come by with a personal best and that was the goal of the day i'm just glad that not only did i have a personal best but it was far enough to win this gold medal and it was really exciting put together when it counted now it's the 1st time for people all have ever gone beyond 22 meter was it a case of just everybody pushing each other harder and there's i think this whole
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season this 1st time we have guys to throw 221 season i think the sports gerakan field in the sports shop put a killer is getting so good so we're pushing each other i knew my competitor ryan crocker and tom walsh were going to bring their a game so i just tried to focus on me and luckily that one centimeter i was able to speak about today ok so you won the silver medal at the last world championships and you won silver at the last olympics how do you think this win puts you in place for tokyo it really sets me up mostly not just because of the gold medal but in terms of i know what i'm doing works and i'm going to buy in my wife my coach we talk about every day about having a plan and the plans been working so i think it's a vote of confidence and i'm excited to go full speed ahead and into tokyo. away from athletics and new zealand have taken a big step towards the quarterfinals of the rugby world cup the all blacks roster maybe had to pull clear at the top of pool b.
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they won 71 to 9. and that's all yes well for now we'll have more from the whole event a national stadium later on but now it's back to. so many thanks that's it from the news i has a back to update you in just a few minutes we'll see you again. planets feeling the heat of the climate an ecological emergency the world's leading scientists are warning of an existential crisis in the face of it reversible changes to be a climate all be with you throughout as well on vironment correspondent nick clark we'll have reports from the front lines of the crisis and showcase new solutions to
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help hold back the threat al-jazeera brings you a new weekly show planet s.o.s. what sets up the facts on the science behind the issues affecting our planet's. to today's headlines there are protests like this one that are trying to research and research forest the areas that have been already devastated setting the agenda for tomorrow's discussion you've been out there with the protesters on the streets where they've been telling you international filmmakers and world class journalists bring programs to inform and inspire. on al-jazeera. didn't have children to risk it all the fame and fortune in the country's most popular sport but the death of a 13 year old boy response calls to ban them from the real want to when they speak to thailand's child on.
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al-jazeera. entering. a legal challenge to overturn a ban on face mosques in hong kong fails but that hasn't stopped more protests. going on has i'm sick of this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up to head to the polls for paula mantri elections seen as a test for the established parties. the number of deaths
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and injuries rises with no sign of a lets up in protests across iraq. single and gay women in france demanding equal access to i.d.f. treatment. police in hong kong have again 5 tear gas of protesters defying a ban on them wearing face masks opposition activists lost a legal bid to overturn the ban in court a few years ago cities later invoked a 50 year old colonial era law to impose the face covering ban on saturday carry lamb says it is needed to help stop 4 months of unrest the opposition says it's unconstitutional. if the chief executive can use the emergency powers in this way there is nothing stopping her from using it to do other things such as prolonging
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the detention time and to contravene the fundamental human rights and freedom of the hong kong people you can suspend elections so i think the high court sees the importance of this case and that is why they have taken the writ move in allowing this case to go forward within the shortest period of time. well let's cross live now to share a clock who's among the protesters so sara what's the latest there the protest is retreated it's. a large group of much of the protesters appear to have dispersed after the riot police moved in around admiralty and one shot i want firing multiple rounds of to gas to try and clear the crowds out of the can back the bus from here which is the starting point of today's march enclosed by by a much dissension and then they were turned back to where we are now behind me you ever see the right place with my the number of arrests we think about 50 at least 50 arrests some as young as 16 years of age so they're certainly moved in on all
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fronts on my left hand side right hand side and in front to watch of blocking is capturing those protesters who returned to this area now now i should say there's also been a number of protests in other areas one in particular is on taliban side this is an area close and we believe there are some reports on the big shit on on twitter showing i taxi driver actually driving into those protests we're trying to establish whether or not he intentionally drive in to those protesters or he simply charges to get out of the crowd he certainly into the number of people but then the protesters took him on and appeared to have beaten him up so certainly a number of confrontations in hong kong on sunday night and these marches which the police refused to them permission to go ahead with the protesters have gone ahead anyway and what next for the protesters it's a public holiday on monday are they planning to go out in the streets again.
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there are more protests planned for monday which as you mentioned is a public holiday the one that we do know of is tomorrow night on monday night i would prince edward empty out that's the trying station and this is where there's been a number of confrontations and scotish is between the police and protesters in the past now but yet to find out what the government will do most of the empty with regards to how they will try and stop the transport system on sunday with at least . more than 40 n.p.r. stations closed in a bid to try and stop the protesters mobilizing and moving around cities protest locations and on saturday we had and friday night we had the entire n.p.r. system was shut down as a result of the entries march will be introduced on friday one acted on friday by kerry lamb but certainly these protests continue we're now in of course months of demonstrations sara thanks very much. out and as humans are voting in their 2nd parliamentary elections since the revolution 8 years ago sunday's vote is a test of the established parties under pressure for failing to solve the economic
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crisis a number of newly formed political groups are also chasing votes to outsiders one the most votes in the presidential election last month about a has more from a polling station in the capital tunis. more than 7000000 citizens are expected to cast their votes in this crucial elections but many believe the voter turnout could be lower compared to the 2014 election because millions of to his ears believe that the political elite that has taken over since 2011 revolution has betrayed the hopes of the dreams of the tizzy of people into. our democratic transition it's time and it's patients we need to know what we're doing what we've accomplished is something extraordinary this is a huge change and needs patients and needs a lot of hard work. to set my top priorities for to mishear the economy to living standards m.p.t. education and that to next year as well. there are 2 key contenders in these
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elections the conservative another party which has dominated political landscape in tunisia sister 1011 of the newly formed heart of tunisia led by the media tycoon the be the who is in jail the 2 parties of opposing ands of the political spectrum the middest quite clear that they're not going to form any coalition in the near future which means that we are most likely going to see a political impasse in 2 days year after these elections all police agencies the justice is going to be a tight race these absolutely no way and not on its own can form a coalition with the to make up with the heart of the disease and vice versa and this is a huge problem 14 these years they have been grappling with political instability and economic problems for almost 80 years and people say that they took to the streets in 2011 and topple the former ruler that i was in bed early hoping that it
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is or would be different would be better those hopes turned out into disillusionment and frustration al jazeera turnus the 2 other big votes happening right now people in kosovo are casting ballots in a snap parliamentary poll it was called when prime minister. resigned in july after he was summoned by the kosovo war crimes prosecutor he wants to ask at a d.n.a. about his role in the conflict would serve forces 20 years ago whole suggest no party will get enough support to form a government on its own and people have begun voting in portugal's general election opinion poll showing the ruling socialists are expected to win but not with an outright majority prime minister antonio costers minority government has been backed by 2 far left parties since 2015. sri lankan president multipart a city senior has decided not to run in the upcoming election seen a caused
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a constitutional crisis last year when he sat and replaced the prime minister but the decision was overturned by the supreme court he also faced criticism over the government's handling of an intelligence report warning of the easter attacks presidential election will be held on november 16th or the number of people killed from violent protests in iraq is now a $105.00 that's according to iraq's observatory for human rights earlier the speaker of parliament threatened to join mass demonstrations unless the demands oh protestors are met thousands of battle coolies in the streets for 5 days demanding jobs better public services and into corruption a number of t.v. stations were attacked overnight iran can has more from baghdad with a 6th day of protests expected in the next few hours. prime minister mahdi is facing the biggest crisis his year old government has faced yet a lot of the opposition political parties
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a lot of the religious parties including influential figures like to some. of the most influential one of the most influential shia clerics. souther and from the former prime minister high the body saying that elections need to be held and they also boycotted a emergency session of parliament that was supposed to take place on sunday actually didn't happen so a lot of the politicians are looking at this protest movement seeing it get larger and larger and more popular and they decided they're going to try and put themselves with the protesters show support for the protesters in a bid to win support for any elections that may well come nowhere nowhere near elections right now the parliament hasn't been dissolved the government hasn't been dissolved but that's certainly the talk on the streets and in the corridors of power in baghdad is what happens next now although this is a political crisis only streets the protests are still getting larger and larger in
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syria and this is interesting enough syria in the south protesters not only attacked government buildings but they attacked political party headquarters after they did that they started chanting now syria is free from political parties that goes to show you how much anger there is not just at the government but at the politicians of all stripes of the recent death of a 19 year old palestinian woman in suspicious circumstances has raised concerns about domestic violence in the occupied territories protests have been held against what activists say is cultural acceptance of attacks on women need abraham reports stitched by stitch seem addressed to start a different life. after escaping her abusive husband and returning to her father's home she says her family looked her in a room and tortured her they didn't want to divorce due to. so she set the room on fire i thought to myself if people see the fire and smoke the fire department will
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come to my rescue i felt like i was dying anyways but luckily i wasn't harmed by the fire after that the police entered to a safe house but many victims of domestic abuse are far from being safe and theory we have a good system that protects women the problem is with implementation and culture some professionals don't have the knowledge required to identify victims of abuse and they don't have the awareness to approach they will seem to to take. activists believe the system has already failed including 19 year old is struggling to get her family members are accused of beating her to death sparking approved locally and international. protesters say there is tolerance of violence against women that makes reporting abuse much more difficult since the beginning of the year human rights organizations say 19 women have died in suspicious circumstances through the site these are calling upon the palestinian to end up with and in the draft law
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that has been at work here aims to provide no protection that. the palestinian government responded to public pressure with a promise to adopt the mosque the current being a law dates back to the 1960 s. and is criticized of being too didn't especially when it comes to perpetrators of violence against women the palestinian president has previously introduced some amendments to the law but polls still exist women's rights and laws might be controversial in some circles of society and might provoke. criticism to the p.a. that they try to avoid that back up.
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