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al jazeera will bring you the news and current of the matter to al-jazeera. but libya's ousted president ever more on his thanks mexico's leaders for saving his life as he lands there after fleeing his country. and our entire this is our 0 on live from london also coming up. a new spiral of violence after an israeli airstrike kills an islamic jihad commander and his wife in gaza prompting rocket fire into israel and the deaths of 8 other palestinians. protesters block roads in hong kong and battle police who say the city is on the
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brink of total breakdown. and spain's 2 main left wing parties make a significant move towards ending the nation's political deadlock. bolivia's former president ever moralities has landed in mexico where he's been given asylum 2 days after stepping down touching down in mexico city he was greeted by the country's foreign minister and he thanked along with mexico's president for saving his life or others resigned on sunday at the military's request following weeks of widespread protests over his disputed reelection believe years new interim leader is expected to be sworn in soon or other says he will remain in politics despite being forced out in what he describes as a coup your overview live where we are if you i want to tell you that i'm very frank full to the president of mexico my life. who go to ya. i want to
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say but his insist is that while i have a life i will stay in politics to struggle continue. john heilemann has more from mexico city he did think that his life was in grave danger it wasn't easy to understand exactly what he was talking about but he said that someone from the security team of the army was asking for thousands of dollars in exchange for letting him see messages which presumably had some sort of threats to his life you also said that his house was under attack he said that is his neighbors helped to fight off the opposition leader in bolivia to show thing actually this house has come under attack and the rector of the biggest public university said that is his house was burnt so that seems to be happening across on both sides of the divide in the country president morales as well said listen my only crime is to be indigenous my only crime is to try and help those who are poor in the country i think that's
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something that few would deny that in these nearly 40 years in charge of that country you almost have the extreme poverty he was the country's 1st indigenous president and that did a lot for indigenous groups in the country he had a lot of social housing programs that we saw last time that we were in the country before the elections there were a lot of poor people a lot of people coming from poor backgrounds who were very grateful to president moralism what he done he managed to do it while also having stability and economic stability the downside was that over time he seemed to be increasingly authoritarian or authoritarian is that together with the series of regularities that the organization of american states said happened in the election what seemed to push a lot of people against him in the country and sashes life vests and they believe in capital what's happening at the national assembly mariana.
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will lauren though the most important thing that is about to happen in bolivia right now is that to the national assembly is moving forward to be able to name a new precedent that would be johnny i knew 52 year old lawyer and senator who has accepted the day before yesterday has accepted to be sworn in as an interim president of bolivia now. the common knowledge has been throughout these past few days that there needed to be a quorum to be able to reach that decision at the national assembly where there needed to be a 50 percent of lawyers plus one to be able to have that quorum apparently that is not the case there is a legal recourse that can be used now and close additional lawyers are explaining
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that there is an article of the constitution back to also by constitutional sentence that says that even if there is no quorum to be able to swear her it is to swear a new interim president in that they need to protect and comply with the mandate of the constitution that says the body get cannot be without a precedent it's already been a 48 hours so they're moving forward the the session the only requisite for this of course is that there has the parliament has to be in session there are no members of the mouse party the party that feels it will morales. some members who said that they would not come that they would that they should resign members of the party that said that legislators on the must party should resign and others that said that they didn't feel that there were guarantees for them to come so up at this point there are no mass party member. there are opposition party members and they
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are beginning it is sometime in the next. minutes or hours we don't know to begin that session to 1st. accept a formally the resolution the resignation letter of former president then what is to then move on to naming a new interim president lauren what about the protesters what are they doing. well we have seen many protesters arriving in this very important the most important square is in the past the capital of bolivia this is where the national assembly is this is where the presidential palace is and thousands of protesters who are coming from the area of the city that is higher up in the mountain here where the airport is located and it's in there that is a boston of of. sympathizers of supporters of
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former president there will more or less people that feel very frustrated people that have benefited from social programs people who were who love to the president that it was nearly 14 years in office they were coming down here but a police riot police secured this area there was another ring of army who joined operations yesterday after the police was overwhelmed and couldn't handle the protesters the army joined in for another ring of of protection here and we saw these protesters coming here but they were not violence they instead wanted to read a letter to the legislators here they say they don't agree with judge mean they are new. be named as an interim president they wanted to pay respects to their flag the indigenous flag that was burned. by former opposition protesters in the past few
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days but they seem much more calm that we have seen in the past few days which doesn't mean that at night when the when the protests get much more violent that could happen again but at this point it seems to be called on this area lorena centrist thank you very much indeed. hers who has more from alto where pro mara supporters have been running. right here in the district 8 this is a stronghold of abel moore dallas we're here because there's all kinds of people that have gathered here to show their support to the president they say the only man that has brought. in the edge of this community they're saying they're defending this is the flag that represents indigenous communities in the country talking to some people here who are afraid that racism could be back in this country they say that it will borderless change to bolivia and that's why they're
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demanding its release let me show you the amount of people that have come here to show you support for what al is this is just one road block on this highway and we're 6 told there are many others many of this. also saying that this will not go unpunished they not only want to what i also want they had this is what they're saying the head of that's a presidential candidate opposition presidential candidate and also come much a who's the leader of the physic union of. these people say it is a race. and the state workers in chile have gone on strike after a pledge to rewrite the constitution failed to satisfy protesters thousands of people have been out marching again in the capitol well this is the country's currency the pay so heat in storage low on monday president sebastian pinera agreed
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to replace a constitution which dates back to the pinochet dictatorship document and then put to a referendum protests 1st began over a hike in metro fares soon turned into widespread anger over social inequality. gyptian mediators are working to restore calm between gaza and israel after the west cross border violence and monks fighters in gaza have sent around $200.00 rockets towards israel after a senior islamic jihad commander and his wife were killed by an israeli airstrike those rockets planted which of since killed another 8 palestinians pray for said to reports from southern israel. and his wife were killed as they slept in this building in gaza israeli air strike was long in the planning its repercussions just starting to play out. led palestinian islamic jihad's northern military operation
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a very senior figure and one israel blamed for a series of rocket attacks in recent months. that. these actions have started this morning after the crime was committed by israel rockets were fired towards televisions and islamic jihad with all of the resistance groups will continue targeting all safe places of the occupation. islamic jihad said israel had crossed all red lines and promised a bigger response than usual one rocket exploded on a busy highway in your gaza and the images for those in passing cars and for those in a bus waiting at the intersection. in the southern town of stare at a factory suffered a direct hit and rockets also targeted central israel restricting businesses and leading to blanket school closures from the gaza border areas to tel aviv israel's prime minister who is leading a 2nd straight caretaker government after a 2nd inconclusive election said his country was not seeking an escalation and he
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was careful to indicate politics hadn't entered into the decision to strike when he said was recommended by the military and the internal security agency the measure of the few miles only the final decision. was unanimously agreed on in the cabinet 10 days ago and the cabinet gave me authority to implemented at a time that would be suggested by the i.d.f. and should back the i.d.f. in the shabak indeed recognize a time to recognize the window of opportunity to carry out the operation under the best conditions with a maximum chance of success and minimum impact on bystanders. there was no israeli comment though on another major strike overnight this one in damascus targeting islamic jihad's 2nd ranking leader. yuri syria's state news agency said his son and granddaughter were killed islamic jihad says a jury survived. the size of the explosion is unacceptable that i think that many of his execution was so huge and it is unacceptable to hit
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the civilian area in such way as throughout the day the rocket fire and strikes continued israel's military said it was targeting islamic jihad perhaps a message that it wasn't seeking a direct confrontation with hamas which controls the gaza strip and whose military wing represents gaza's biggest fighting force in a statement on tuesday benjamin netanyahu said that israel did not seek a wider escalation yet he must have known that with a targeted assassination such as this and the inevitable rocket fire that would come in response the risks were very high much now depends on how hamas decides to respond it has spoken out very strongly in solidarity with islamic jihad if it matches those words with a big escalation in rocket fire as well and the risks of a wider conflict only rise every force at al-jazeera southern israel. unarmed man has shot and critically wounded or lebanese protester who was blocking a road in a town south of the capital thousands closed main roads with burning tires around
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the country after the president urged him to go home during a televised televised interview and sharon said demonstrators demands have been heard but they could be further delays before a new government is formed and they warned of a catastrophe if they remained in the streets and the u.n. has urged them to form a competent new government after promise to said harry resigned following weeks of protest at alleged corruption. but in most ahead including high winds fanning the bushfires raging on australia's east coast threatening sydney's suburbs. as cambodia celebrates its yearly water festival the government has given an ultimatum on this human rights record.
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hello again welcome back to international weather forecast all across australia we're still dealing with the bushfires but the weather concerning the bushfires has gotten better over the last few days there was a big storm system that's now giving into the tasman sea the winds with the system are dying down so that is going to be better for containment of the fires also the temperatures are coming down as well we're seeing into the high thirty's for parts of new south wales and queensland now that the front is moving north notice that sydney is at $22.00 degrees by the time we get towards wednesday and for brisbane we expect to see your time to come down as well 29 degrees is going to be expected high on thursday for perth though very warm for you we do expect to see a high of 34 dry conditions winds coming out of the north east so expect to see those conditions last as we go into the weekend as well while that one storm system that caused all the problems with the winds is now moving across the tasman sea the south island of new zealand you're going to be seeing the facts of that storm as well so for christchurch here on wednesday it is going to be a windy in a wet day at 90 degrees and on thursday it is going to be auckland seeing the
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weather as well with a temperature of 18 degrees there and then very quickly up here towards parts of japan we do have a system that is going to be making its way across parts of parts of china with the snow and rain a temperature of 10 degrees. is a tipping point i notice are telling us right now that we have just. 12 near us the world's leaders fail to agree on a solution people are taking matters into their own. event. which is actually to get people to understand that it kills people and that it kills people now it's already killing both sides were to the people stores or no jazeera.
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from out of the top stories here not. bolivia's ousted president ever morale is just thanked his mexican counterpart for saving his life for others has been given asylum after he stepped down and fled his country in the face of mounting on the rest. many state workers in chile have gone on strike after a pledge to rewrite the constitution failed to satisfy protesters thousands of people have been marching in the capital on the country's currency the past so it's historic you know. on the top commander of a palestinian armed group and his wife have been killed in the israeli astronaut in gaza almost 200 rockets were fired back into israel prompting further israeli airstrikes which killed another 8 people. protest is in hong kong of clashed with
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police on multiple fronts as an audience broke out at 2 universities tension has been high after a policeman shot one demonstrator at close range on monday a senior police officer says the city is now on the brink of total breakdown there you go potty reports from hong kong. a university campus turned into a battleground between protesters and riot police. barricades set up and fire bombs thrown as crowds grew in response to calls on social media for support this conflict the chinese university is just one of many throughout the day. earlier tear gas was fired at the city university as students and protesters blocked roads as part of what's being called a general strike. the unrest proving too much for this taiwanese student printer like this is to shiria so i'm heading to the airport now. for a 2nd day in a row office workers rallied on the streets of the city's financial center and
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spend their lunchtime chanting protest slogans all part of the new strategy of the week the public disobedience movement this protest comes just hours after hong kong's chief executive said the government was trying to minimize disruptions to daily life instead office workers and people who don't normally take part in the movement i brought hong kong's financial center to a standstill 3 years seaways and the face of protesters attempts to stop people from going to work and school through paralyzing hong kong this is a very selfish act but people from different sectors in society are holding fast to their positions and refuse to concede to violence or other radical actions so i hereby express my gratitude to those who are still going to work and school today. her calls for a return to normality ignored as protesters filled the streets surrounded by multinational offices luxury shops banks and the stock exchange because we're
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fighting for the democracy for hong kong fighting for freedom for hong kong as the lunchtime crowds went back to work the streets were taken over by the more radical protesters they were soon dispersed by riot police firing rounds of tear gas and making arrests. but back of the chinese university police attempts to make the students leave with tear gas water cannon and force instead inflame the protestors . and with each day that horror appears to escalate the bigger pollen our desire a home. while protesters have been injured in baghdad after iraqi forces used tear gas and live rounds to disperse demonstrators the protesters have gathered near a bridge leading to the green zone which houses government buildings that are also
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confrontations of tahir square the main focus of the protest activists say they'll continue demonstrating until their demands are met by the government when 280 people have been killed since protests erupted in baghdad last month. you know straight here bush was edging closer to sydney's northern suburbs and firefighters say they might not get them under control until next week around 75 hours a currently burning across the state of new south wales as a blend of hot air and strong winds helped spread them right along the east coast andrew thomas reports from sydney. australia as fire service chiefs have described conditions as catastrophic high temperatures strong winds and dry conditions are making bushfires travel fast and people are being warned to prepare themselves for evacuate complacency kills we cannot afford for people be complacent the fact that the catastrophic writing is the that's that's the highest level risk
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valuable dozens of fires a blazing in the state of new south wales and there are more in queensland to the north and in western australia and many have come close to cities this one just 18 kilometers northwest of sydney's famous harbor bridge but firefighters were able to contain it got home from work and then don't pay up front for 345 trucks on a straight line cause the trees. everyone is running around like mad another fire took hold in sydney's western suburbs baseball fighters are hosing down the last of the smoldering trees here but authorities are saying that this is the exception rather than the rule in these cattle. conditions they can't hope to get on top of every fire. emergency alerts have been issued some by phone and some people warned it was too late to leave their homes and they were safe inside although that
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doesn't mean it's safe. many fires are out of control and with more strong winds and high temperatures forecast for the end of this week they're likely to spread. al-jazeera. cambodia's been given a month to clean up its act on human rights or face losing special terms with a key trading partner the european union says it may cut the preferential status if it doesn't get a satisfactory response to a crackdown on opposition in the media when he reports from the capital numpad as his country's economy was being put on notice the cambodian prime minister hun sin had culture on his mind. he arrived to oversee the closing of the water festival in phnom penh which marks the end of the wit season with the holiday period also finishing cambodians are about to head back to work but there is a threat hanging over this country in particular communities that are the driving force behind the economy. squalid areas like this around the outskirts of the
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capital city a built on the garment and textile industries which employ around 800000 people chance in it left her family village more than 100 kilometers away when she was 15 to come and work and a clothing factory she now words around $6.00 a day on average and says the possibility of one day losing her job worries her. but my current salary is not even enough for my family to live i have to pay for this room my children's school and food my has been dry for motorbike taxi to help with data expensive. cambodia has become a key manufacturing center for clothes and shoes that are exported mainly to the european union it wants the government to undertake labor and democratic reforms like restoring the banned opposition party and dropping treason charges against its leader. if it's not satisfied with the response the e.u. will cancel cambodia's preferential trade status the economy of this country has
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become heavily reliant on the european union last year almost half of all products exported from cambodia went to the u. 99 percent of those goods were subject to low tariffs or no tariffs at all any significant change to that policy would have a direct impact on communities like this. among those who have lobbied for international action against the government is the former leader of the opposition sam rainsy who says he'll return from exile soon speaking in malaysia he says the future of cambodian workers is in the hands of the government become one young government to face responsibility if they don't want to face in economy crisis hundreds of thousands of workers losing their jobs they must restore democracy. those living in areas like this say they don't take much notice of politics or talk about the democratic future of cambodia the chance to work on
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a steady income and support their families is all that matters wayne hay al jazeera phnom penh britain's main opposition labor party says it's been subjected to 2 cyber attacks on its platforms just a month before the general election labor leader jeremy corbyn says no data breach took place but the attacks have made him nervous about the rest of the campaign investigation is underway as to who was behind the attack. we have a system in place in our office to protect us against these cyber attacks but it was a very serious attack against us so far as we're aware none of our information was downloaded and the attack was actually repulse because we have an effective in house develop system by people within our party but if this is a side of things to come in this election i feel very nervous about it because a cyber attack against a political party in an election is suspicious and something one is very worried
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about. former u.s. presidential candidate hillary clinton has accused the u.k. government a shameful behavior for failing to release a report on election interference by russia she says every voter has a right to read the report ahead of the country's election next month the probe reportedly details russian descent commission campaigns and influence both the upcoming and previous vote the u.k. government denies it's trying to suppress the report to avoid a scandal. spain's socialist party is taking the 1st step towards forming a government after reaching a deal with the far left put a must but they still need to seek support from other parties for a government to be formed one of the main political issues in spain's election has been heightened tensions with separatists in catalonia protesters have again blocked roads near the french border where 100 and how many reports we left junket of which is near the border with france by late afternoon and ever since about 4 hours now we've been trying to find
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a way to get back to barcelona we took the highway and we found exactly the same scene as we have found on this road it's caught fire and behind that independence supporters there have been mobilized by this online group called democratic tsunami it's a group that had announced 3 days of civil disobedience this is day 2 now they 1st cut this side of the road and now as they are doing the same thing on the other side so no traffic in either direction now this is a way of keeping street pressure it also these are roads that are taken by trucks a lot of goods go travel on this road and it will eventually in the long run it will cause a lot of money to the economy now all this is happening while the caretaker prime minister. is trying to form a coalition to be able to form
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a government he just announces. to do that he has reached an agreement with ford there was another left this party but they're still sort of never of an absolute majority so they would need to have negotiations to try to get support from other groups and that could very well include at least one catalan for independence group clearly probably camera which is left this leaning that would not happen of course without the catalan party getting something in return they have the backing of those of their supporters under streets who vowed to keep with this kind of pressure until some sort of solution is reached they say at least until spain is willing to have open some sort of dialogue with the independent. spain's king and queen are in cuba for the 1st ever state visit by a spanish monarch king philippe the 6th and queen a teacher's arrival comes as the capital of honor prepares to celebrate its 500th anniversary
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a 3 day visit underlines the increasingly friendly relations between the 2 countries but some critics say it suggests support for the one party communist government about here is undergoing a refresh in preparation for the big day with renovated landmarks and repainted historic buildings. and one of the top stories here al-jazeera libya's former president ever moralities has thanked mexico's president for saving his life by giving him asylum 2 days after he stepped down he was greeted by mexico's foreign minister on his arrival in mexico city and maintained he'd been the victim of a coup after the military requested that he stand down remains unclear who now takes charge of bolivia before new elections can be held european live. view i want to tell you that i'm very frank to the president of mexico. who's out
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there ya go. i want to say brothers and sisters that while i have a life i will stay in politics to struggle continues. a top commander of the palestinian group islamic jihad and his wife have been killed in israeli airstrikes on gaza the attack triggered the worst cross border violence in months almost 200 rockets have been fired into israel from gaza hitting a busy highway and a factory and subsequent israeli air strikes have killed another 8 palestinians. a man who's been shot dead during protests south of lebanon the 1st person to die in nearly a month of nationwide protests he was attacked at a demonstrators roadblock in the town of cul de the army has put out a statement saying a soldier opened fire injuring a protester in the same town it's not clear if that is the same incident thousands of activists of closed main roads with burning tires around the country after the president urged them to go home during a televised interview hong kong is on the brink of
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a total breakdown that's according to a senior police officer to gas was again fired at pro-democracy activists on tuesday as students at one of the city's universities threw petrol bombs and bricks at police a situation remains especially tense after the week began with extremely violent clashes bushfires in australia threatening the sydney's northern suburbs as a mix of hot air and strong winds continues to fan the flames the weather is expected to continue to to facilitate the bushfires and authorities say they may not have them under control until next week earth rises next featuring the social movements fighting for environmental future if you stay with us you can buy for. u.s. president donald trump is about to host turkey's president richard to run at the white house with their countries and odds over syria and threatened u.s.
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