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left justin trudeau is a liberal party neck and neck with the conservatives in the opinion polls as also a record number of ethnically diverse candidates running on the most politically successful groups in the country has been seeks from india with 14 seek m.p.'s and for mrs in the outgoing government daniel lak looks at why the groups prospering in canadian politics. the face of historic achievement in canadian politics the 1st nonwhite federal political party leader judgment sing of the leftist n.d.p. the new democrats a canadian whose parents came from india he's a sikh who wears his uncut here bound up in a turban because of his faith nearly half a 1000006 live in canada and they belong been politically active just meeting is a role model for a new generation he was one of the people that inspired me to get into politics he's always been a community organizer you know when i was 20 and i was looking for somewhere to be he taught me the importance of politics in this toronto suburb nearly every candidate is a sikh justin trudeau liberals won all 5 seats in the 2015 election now with
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opinion polls showing him less popular than 4 years ago there's a chance for another party to make gains old fashioned retail politics putting in lawn signs and knocking on doors that's what it takes to get attention in a constituency like this one very diverse and where the voters need to see and hear from their candidates sick temples known as gurdwaras prepare meals for all who come no matter their religion it's an article of faith this is the largest gurdwara in north america with tens of thousands of worshippers these days most 2nd and 3rd generation canadians all political opinions can be found i think sometimes some steak is made that somehow. thinks alike are always walks lockstep with one another you know there's diversity within the diversity of those folks that have a lot of different opinions during a trip to india last year justin trudeau faced intense criticism for putting sikh community interests ahead of canada's with one of its most important trading
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partners supporters of the prime minister denied wrongdoing and said he or any other canadian leader has to listen to voters you want every vote doesn't matter what the background is to the photo and so you reach out with respect to the trip to india that did not improve trudeau's it came across as appalling with food and you miss. to lampoon not just to the country but i think internationally and i think he was very poorly served by the foreign policy aside elections are won here and across the country on the basic bread and butter issues proving the economy creating jobs and keeping the country safe and prosperous than your lack of america it was to stay ahead of the iranian natural wonder that missed out on being declared a unesco site and why terrorism is to blame and i bring you that story and why ailes leave it to late in the rugby world cup falsifying the fonts for those days hasn't it.
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a finger i could bury bone hunter on al-jazeera. the wild phlogiston voice of phil kaye has in the hills of northwestern iran many wanted the case to be declared and asco wild heritage site it didn't make the cut and as i reports many villages of blaming terrorism dinosaurs still walked the earth when spring water began cutting through rock to create what is today the largest water filled cave in the world in the heart of houma don
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province only so there cave is an estimated 150000000 years old local historian say shepherds from a nearby village began using it for water and shelter around 900 years ago it's been open to visitors since the 1970 s. . roughly the length of 280 olympic sized pool most of it is only accessible by boats in some places the water is so deep it could fit a 3 story building big out of the visitor numbers are controlled to protect the caves ecosystem bring food in is not allowed algae that gradually grows inside the cave due to body heat and light is controlled as well the 1st priority is preserving the cane then providing services to visitors provincial government has spent the last decade cashing in on the case pulling power with hopes of attracting even more visitors this is the largest part of a lease other cave that is open to the public people that are mapping these caverns know that the network of tunnels keep going but much of this cave remains unexplored and inaccessible to preserve the delicate ecosystem some sections are
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off limits 3 restaurants that were once inside the cave were shut down to control pollution but using the cave as an economic engine to drive the local economy has led to the in evitable clash of humans and nature despite the best efforts of its caretakers there is evidence of commercial interests leading to environmental consequences that's. almost 1000000 people visited the cave one of the items we look at the tourist sites is visit to numbers and their ranks high as all are naturally the government took some measures welcomed by tourists and open air mall souvenir shops cafes theme park rides a hotel even a celestial observatory all the 1st things visitors see when they step out of the car the entrance once you get to it looks less like the mouth of an ancient cave and more like an airport complete with ads for other attractions there's a nearby zoo visitors can go see next. people living in the village of say commercialization is what cost the community
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a chance at unesco world heritage status. last year a group came here from unesco but unfortunately they raised 2 shortcomings the entrance of the cave is ugly and needs to be. and the steps built inside the cave should have been made from the original materials to preserve its original form at the edge of the villages the original entrance to the cave abandoned buildings once a market now falling down while the village has experienced economic progress unesco status is something that would have been a game changer for this small community the rush to replace the old with the new for those living here is a door that is now closed and an opportunity missed is in basra the older 0 aliso their village in hama down province iran. thought now with santa. thank you very much marian wanted to pass run at the rugby world cup is over after the hosts were knocked out in the quarterfinals by south africa the performances of
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the brave blossoms have gripped the nation and won them an army of new fans was watching in tokyo i japan and south africa fans joined together to sing each other's national anthems before this quarter final was shooting up for a rematch of japan's famous group stage win against the springboks at the world cup 4 years ago. be the boxer game making giant killing again today i maybe japan's performances on home soil i mean they are now getting close to being considered giants in a right. of 2 time world champion south africa not totally confident before kickoff you know just doing anything anybody nervous really good nervous to man of you know great does but the fun is but i inside tokyo stadium a crowd of nearly 50000 was briefly silenced when. scored early on
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i but you timers penalty meant there were only 2 points and it's a tough time. from then on though south africa turn the screw their forward pack strangling all of japan's attempts to break out the attacking game that had seen them beat ireland and scotland on the way to this match i 21 unanswered points wrapping up a 263 victory for south africa created to my boys before you got to go. to playing in front of which is beautiful because people have to really be the reason you go should really should be proud of you to. take i think i was proud to represent nigeria and the to take countries and show that be proud of us is what i am falling short but still walking tall after finishing among the. top aides. to problem have been living the dream of this world cup that was roughly they come out of it very difficult to south africa what they did when no no one choice 1st
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quarter final was when you look at risk right to really ends in japan and around the world. al-jazeera. africa will face wales in the semifinals next sunday after they came through a dramatic match with france an impressive 1st half display from the french saw them a take and 9 point lead into the break with france down to 14 men mario 3 scored the crucial try with 6 minutes to go as well rallied for a 2219 is their 8th win it and their last 9 meetings with france. if a poor manager yogen club is angry with how far is being used to as the need is dropped points in the english premier league for the 1st time this season marcus rushford put mantissa united in front at old trafford liverpool had a goal disallowed by vall but did get an equaliser 5 minutes from time from adam
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lallana while klopp says the technology is not being implemented properly. that isn't something which are used. and bit of business all the time and i'm sure was if you didn't visit if we are involved but now we let it go because somebody else can make the decision but somebody has a decision because he says. so i like the penalty you're silly man city didn't. come on it's a 100 percent penalty and nothing. well roma have promised to ban any support is found to have been involved in racist chanting during sunday's syria much as some are now do fear was subjected to monkey chants that by some of away fans it's a he has dealt with several incidents of racism already this season interval and are just a point behind leaders eventis they were for 3 winners at follow up with their own
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capital scoring twice. and struggling ac milan were held to $22.00 draw in stiff final hearing is the 1st game in charge in injury time strike from marco called irani and pointed at the san siro. and an emotional andy murray described his victory in the european open final as one of the biggest wins he's ever had my fault back to be to stanislaw suffering and clinton's 1st a.t.p. title since march 2017 he suffered with injuries in the last 2 years and had hip surgery and 9 months ago in a bid to save his career. that means a lot last years have been extremely difficult. for. me and i have had a lot of injury problems in the last couple of years. amazing of a city back playing against in a final like i mean i think i mean i think it was was
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a great match. it. isn't letting up after winning his 8 that world title the honda ride the one at the motel the circuit in japan on sunday for his 4th straight race victory that kinch the team's 25th constructors title with 3 races to go this season. and that's it for randy back to mary in london thank you very much sanna now it's been a day of major protests around the world as we've been covering but also in spain even the sheep have been marching there. that's right thousands of these guys took part in an annual march through the center of madrid calling on the spanish government to protect more than 100000 kilometers of ancient grazing shepherd say the routes are under threat from the building of houses and roads around 2000 merino sheep prized for their soft will be guided along the
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streets accompanied by a 100 goats in very invasive in all madrid for the news hour but we'll be back with more news and. and 1982 egypt and israel built on that drivel wedged between the neighboring community as a sinai and gaza. al-jazeera world has passed on stories from those who remember life oh the division.
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a too late we already have the information they're listening post on al-jazeera. as anti-government protests spread across lebanon the government reportedly agrees to a package of reforms including holding the salaries of politicians. low i'm maryam namazie in london you're with al-jazeera also coming up on the program kurdish fighters withdrawal from the syrian border town of russell and one of the main targets of turkey's offensive in the region south america's longest serving
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leader seeks an unprecedented 4th term but it looks like a tight race at the livia's aver moralities and split between the u.k. and the new we look at the province at the heart of the u.k.'s brics it divides. up to program our top story in its main parties have reportedly agreed to a package of reforms proposed by the prime minister saad hariri to ease the country's economic crisis that sparked protests demonstrations have spread across the country for a 4th day now with hundreds of thousands of people. expressing that anger with the place co elites some are saying that harry reid's measures are not enough and they'll keep protesting until the government resigns stephanie decker reports now from beirut. the. day for and more came out. the street so packed in places it was hard to move estimates put the numbers of
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over a 1000000 people across the entire country this fractured society defined by sectarian a dejan says but now people united under the lebanese flag pointing the finger at their politicians. are upset that the leaders are liars they promised us reforms and change but they did nothing the only benefit of themselves and didn't do anything for the people president has shown promise reform but he didn't do anything at all liars it's been 30 years of this. these protests are the result of years of political infighting and political stalemate people accuse their leaders of being too preoccupied with their own resulting in an economy on its deathbed lebannon debt is the 3rd highest in the world attempts to tax the people increasingly poor have hit a nerve ingrained corruption they tell us has made life impossible that the kids
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expand this week and we have to bring them on and there will be why loaded up the word a lot of their full day to live a good way because. they like. the government must do something for the people. the people are chanting the people want the full of the regime they have been calling for revolution they've been singing songs all night long there may be a real party atmosphere here but there are real serious issues at stake there are reports that the government has reached a deal including reforming the electricity sector. ject in cash to curb public debt and cutting politicians' salaries it will go to a vote on monday. with. their mood ever forms we want to change their faces we are sick of their faces we want educated people to change the country and we don't want them to be affiliated to any party lebannon has never seen anything like this the
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72 hour deadline imposed by the prime minister's sad how to the expires on monday most people have told us that the reforms are not enough they will stay on the streets until the government resigns but the question is the government refuses to go go they let hundreds of thousands of people continue to call for its full stephanie decker jazeera beirut. now kurdish fighters and civilians are being evacuated from a strategic syrian border town opening the way for turkish backed rebels to take over dozens of ambulances were in the convoy that left russell and one of the main targets of turkey's offensive the kurds departure is a major condition of a cease fire deal brokered between the u.s. and turkey and carl wants the kurdish fighters to leave an area 32 kilometers deep into syria where it can then establish a so-called safe sun the turkish president has warned his forces will start
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attacking kurdish fighters again if the evacuation isn't completed by cheese day evening charles traffic is following developments from shan loofah on the techie syria border. according to reports that we're hearing from people participating from groups participating in a medical convoy a 2nd medical convoy to go into russell and in the last couple of days they're saying that so what they describe as the 2nd batch of injured civilians and fighters and not injured fighters are preparing to leave the city now is a statement from the s.d.f. the kurdish forces saying that their fighters had left the city a statement from their chief spokesperson very definitive in his words saying we do not have any fighters in russell lane anymore now that kind of statement was being disputed by free syrian army fighters that we've been contacting inside the city
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these of course are those syrian fighters that have been very much at the forefront of this military operation with the turks they were disputing that saying that there could well be fighters still in the city they were saying that there were a lot of booby traps that had been left around there i think certainly with respect to the citizens that were trapped there and let's not forget the fighting in russell line has been intense over the last week or so and even after the cease fire they were reported on going sporadic clashes so it must be a great relief for what we believe could be at least a couple of 100 citizen civilians that have been trapped in that city where this leaves the cease fire remains to be seen well i suppose i'm jad young mean who is the serious spokesperson for save the children he says the thousands of people who've been displaced are in need of essential aid and conditions are likely to get worse as the weather changes. and we are seeing at least 1300000 people who are in
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need of military assistance and now in the last. we have seen another 161 more than 70000 people well off actually this based these numbers while they may look as if they happened elsewhere as well they are particularly. because of the falling so to be able to deal with 160000 people over 10 days to find shelter for them and find them places to sleep to eat to attend to their medical needs in some cases nutrition for the children and to be able to do what of that within these weather conditions is very very difficult on the ground. u.s. defense secretary mark esper has made an unannounced visit to afghanistan in an attempt to revive negotiations with the taliban is also held talks with the afghan defense minister and the president. u.s.
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president donald trump abruptly broke off talks with the taliban last month off of the enclave carried out a bomb attack in kabul killing 12 people including an american soldier as the u.s. wants to get a political agreement he also says washington could reduce its troops in afghanistan from 140028 in a huff 1000 without affecting counterterrorism operations. to chile now protesters are out again despite the president giving in to demands to council the subway fare hike the spot to violent demonstrations soldiers are patrolling the streets of santiago to enforce a state of emergency and the military has declared another night under curfew in the capital at least 3 people were killed in santiago after a supermarket was set on fire by demonstrators on saturday metro train stations have been attacked over the plan to raise ticket prices and at least 2 airlines have canceled flights into the capital together to raise a boat in santiago force. we're here not far away from the presidential palace as you can see right behind me probably the thought oh boy what we've been seeing in
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several parts all frontyard protests like this one where young people mostly young people have been clashing with the police the police responding with watch they're kind of steered out and driver board people are furious that security forces here have been extremely extremely violent and we've also seen members of the military on the streets mostly protecting metro stations and strategic locations this is the 1st time that many chileans have seen the military on the streets since to their return to democracy back in 1989 after the dictatorship of oh who are stepping up to and this is something that is very shocking for them not far away from where i am there's the headquarters of the military and there's people with compounds right outside asking them to go back to their military bases this is a whole the better began complaining protesting a hike in the mix up there where it had escalated into much more it never actually get into a fight for equality fighting for what the people are saying is the better healthcare
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services or better education and that's why they say that they will continue to be on the street even though the president is right now we can't go with the members of the cabinet and congress is about the power until polls that increase in the metro fare in the country. but it's been another day of chaos in hong kong as well protesters that are setting up roadblocks. torching businesses and one of the city's busiest streets they also threw petrol bombs and vandalized shops with ties to beijing but he had been hitting back firing tear gas and water cannon angering residents adrian brown reports now from hong kong. a stampede from police water cannons. as tear gas once more filled the streets of hong kong the main battleground was nathan road hong kong's busiest sorrow in the heart of countless popular with tourists who would have struggled to recognize the place now as petrol bombs were hurled by protesters the vandalism was targeted chinese owned
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businesses was singled out a mobile phone provider a branch would already boarded a metal fences were unscrewed to make barricades rockstone up from sidewalks were scattered across roads. but once more police are firing tear gas slowly they be reclaiming this busy thoroughfare but the firing of tear gas is up setting local people as a result another tense confrontation is underway. sunday followed a now familiar ritual an unauthorized march that began peacefully many of the protesters will face masks in defiance of the recently introduced by a mash show of disobedience so i don't thing that they didn't move menace slowing down in fact it is growing stronger and stronger than is outlined there 5 demands including more political reform and warnings that hong kong was becoming
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a police state among the sea of familiar flags a new counselor. to police this was an illegal assembly and the operation to end it lasted into the night adrian brown al jazeera on call. much was to lead them astray. it is in barcelona demand independence for a 7th straight day now but this time the counter protesters stage their own rally as well and will tell you about the iranian natural wonder that missed out on being declared a unesco site white tourism is to blame.

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