tv NEWSHOUR Al Jazeera November 23, 2019 9:00pm-10:01pm +03
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0. and i'm richelle carey this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes more questions for the white house over ukraine the state department is forced to release documents that show trump's lawyer was in close contact with the secretary of state. heavy rains for landslides in western kenya killing dozens of people on washing away roads. i'm not intended london but the top stories from europe including thousands marching from sea to highlight the hidden problems of
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domestic violence against women. plus a never ending fight to save the oceans wonders we take you to the western pacific for an inside look at the ongoing challenges of climate change. and i'm lee harding with your sports and tennis history for canada maybe russia 21 to reach their 1st ever davis cup final. the u.s. state department has released records related to its dealings with ukraine the nearly $100.00 page document was made public after a lawsuit by an ethics watchdog it confirms multiple contacts between secretary of state mike pompei o and donald trump's personal lawyer really giuliani earlier this year this happened in the months before then u.s. ambassador to ukraine or a on of it was recalled it supports testimony at the impeachment inquiry that senior officials were in the loop on efforts. the pressure of into investigating
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trump's rival joe biden so here are some of the findings in this document we're talking about and january there was a phone call between ukraine's former prosecutor general victor shoket and rudy giuliani choking complained he was dismissed at the request of the democratic presidential contender joe biden at the time joe biden was the vice president to go on his associates parness and igor firm an improvement that is were with him when he made that call the 2 men were arrested last month and based several criminal charges in the u.s. that on march 26th and $29.00 there were phone calls between giuliani and specter of state pompei oh it's not clear though what was discussed and by april a letter from 6 former u.s. diplomats expressed concern about a smear campaign against the u.s. ambassador to ukraine at the time given a bit so for more on all this is going to john hendren who is washington in washington d.c. so john these calls and the timing of all these calls what does that tell us.
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well it suggests that the cast of characters involved in donald trump's apparent ukraine pressure campaign keeps growing wider and in this case those giuliani calls implicate mike pompei o is being involved here and what that does is that supports the statements we have been seeing in the house impeachment hearings in which gordon saw melinda and ambassador to the european union said that this was this whole campaign was widely known throughout the administration and that specifically pompei o vice president mike pence and of course rudy giuliani among others knew about this campaign make moving the also the acting chief of staff so it suggests there was this wide net of people all of them involved in this campaign to pressure ukraine now remember the the impeachment proceeding is looking to see whether donald trump improperly use the organs of the straight state rather to get
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something of personal benefit and other words he withheld 400 $1000000.00 in military money for ukraine until the president there announced that he was going to launch an investigation into trump's political rival joe biden that's what this is all about and these calls support the suggestion that people in the white house might pump a 0 in the department of state were involved in that pressure campaign and that makes things more difficult for donald trump when it comes to the impeachment inquiry ok so john these documents are public now because the last 8 basics are from a watchdog group an ethics group basically but. impeachment investigators have been trying to get documents from the white house was it just a matter of the fact fact that they just refused to turn them over and it's a colossal from an outside group. yes it was just the venue we have these documents because this outside watchdog group filed
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a freedom of information act request which is a common thing that many organizations including news organizations can do but the administration is insisting this impeachment inquiry is not legitimate therefore it will not cooperate so it's not giving them anything and ultimately that's probably a battle they'll lose in the courts but they know that the democrats in congress don't want to wait perhaps years for court battles when they've got another election coming up in 2020 so they are they're going ahead with that impeachment inquiry this is just going to help them do that because this information is stuff that they simply couldn't get themselves ok john hendren from washington d.c. john thank you thomas kept his lecture of political science at university college london i spoke with him earlier and asked him what he makes by pompei o's role. i think what we can expect is that this is essentially confirmation of details that have already been disclosed by other individuals who have granted testimony so to
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some extent it corroborates those stories and reinforces the narrative that there was in fact this dealing this very irregular dealing with ukraine and that a number of individuals were involved including my pompei of the secretary of state including rudolph giuliani the. president's personal attorney and also that kind of the relationship or the way that these 2 individuals were being able to contact with one another was through the president's personal aide so essentially kind of connects a lot of the dots and say as you know everyone was kind of in the loop on this that the secretary of state was involved in something that really was about the president's personal politics at some point is my palm pale going to have to answer questions about this i think you could say is highly inappropriate and irregular behavior you would certainly expect that the secretary of state would be
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trying to defend and act on the best interest of diplomats who are under him here we see the exact opposite that he is involved directly in what's presumed to be a smear campaign against marie you have on of it so this is kind of exactly the opposite sort of behavior that we would expect from a secretary of state or honest restoring internet access after the government imposed a shutdown last week in response to widespread protests and demonstrations followed by government increase and a fuel prices by up to 200 percent amnesty international says more than $100.00 demonstrators have been killed by security forces that is a figure though project of iran's government said bank has the latest from tehran. as of this moment it's back up to 70 percent and that's up from 5 percent when it was shut down last week that was following demonstrations and riots that took place as a result of the announcement by the government of
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a fuel price increase of up to 50 percent now that was a very sophisticated shutdown according to analysts that iran has managed to shut down the internet inside the country stopping people from communicating outside of iran but the internal network inside the country still was up and running so banks could carry out transactions you could order taxis and absent access news websites within the country those are based inside the country but we still don't know how many people died during this last week now the official iranian 12 that's including security forces amnesty international has put the figure as over 100 now iran denies denies and rejects that figure but businesses have been affected to exchange currency exchanges travel agents people trying to communicate with family outside the country now iran says it was necessary to maintain stability in the country but what they did manage to do is stop people communicating organizing and sharing videos of those demonstrations not only within iran but outside iran to have been
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fighting between kurdish fighters in turkey backed forces in northern syria the attacks were carried out near eyeing turkey launched an offensive against the kurdish syrian democratic forces last month a truce was agreed and coordination with russia but small scale fighting that has continued. yes i suppose that mike pence has arrived in iraq on an unannounced visit that says he spoke with the iraqi prime minister about the violent anti-government protests that have been going on for weeks demonstrators are angry over corruption unemployment and poor public services parliament preparing to discuss a new electoral reform bill politicians are hoping this will calm the anger and says he raised concerns about iranian influence and it discussed the recent protests regarding our conversations with prime minister ahmadi we we spoke about the under arrest that's been taking place in recent weeks here in iraq he assured me that they were working. to avoid violence were the kind of repression that we
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see taking place even as we speak in iran and he he pledged to me that they that they would work to. protect and respect peaceful protesters as is a part of the democratic process here in iraq i also encouraged him to listen to those who are protesting and their calls for reform. is in baghdad. this was an unannounced visit my the u.s. vice president he arrived and he we are told is at the airbase that's in western iraq visiting u.s. troops there these are u.s. troops that lead the coalition that help the iraqi troops battle what remains of the group eisel now it is very interesting timing because as you mentioned it comes at a time when there is this instability here because of these protests we've heard in the last few weeks the u.s. has called up the government to actually hold early elections and implement these
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electoral reforms that we keep hearing the government talk about here but nonetheless we don't yet know if vice president pence is going to be meeting with the prime minister are that optimality there is one source we spoke to in the office of the prime minister who told us that he might meet him another source we spoke with said that the vice president may only call the prime minister it will be interesting to see how this plays out because if you'll recall just about 11 months ago u.s. president donald trump made a trip to an airbase while he was in iraq he spoke on the phone with the prime minister but he did not meet him and that was taken as a grievous offense by many adoptees who said that the u.s. president coming here and not visiting with officials in the government was really something that not only was not expected but really could be seen as a bit of an insult so it will be interesting to see what exactly plays out how long this visit lasts and what will be accomplished during my prince's visit. plenty
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more ahead in the news hour including. under reported. that the government. will have all of that. landslides in western kenya least 36 people had several remote villages in the county of west after heavy rains rescue efforts are on hold because bridges and roads been washed away people are missing the local journalists covering the story . people are being and. or have been murdered. and we know that they give.
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we got. back. in the area at least 6 people have been killed in violence between tribes in the red sea state of sudan horney supposed to curfew to try to stop the fighting but there's a demand for the government to do more about morgan has this report from the red. a few days ago mohammed was cleaning in the restaurant where he works when men carrying swords and knives and raided it and attacked him mohammad is a member of the benny ahmed a tribe he says he was targeted because of his ethnicity what began as a normal day at work and did with him in hospital contemplating living the rest of
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his life with a serious disability. that 1 may have missed i was simply walking the tables when they entered the restaurant in large numbers they were from the head on the one tribe and they started attacking us one drew his sword and with one blow it cut off my hand ethnic violence broke out between the benny amad and the head then they were tribes in sudan's red sea state last week it was the latest incident in wave of outbreaks over the last 6 months health workers say more than 6 people were killed and more than a dozen injured it started after an opposition leader returned to the state which had been under a state of emergency for nearly 3 months witnesses say people from his tribe celebrated his return but that provoked tension and fighting. who's from the head then to a tribe was among those wounded he says he was stabbed with a knife all of them with i was waiting for transportation and suddenly i was it's on the backward in life i did not know what some of the fighting at that sorry but
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everyone throughout their lives and source of fights. since june sporadic violence here has killed nearly 100 people and left more than 250 wounded according to health workers 2 pac's have been fined in the past 2 months to try and contain the tribal tension with people here say they are worried they are temporary solutions to problems that go back decades. the people live in eastern sudan and also parts of neighboring eritrea but for decades other tribes have viewed them as outsiders and they accuse them of backing sudan's former government ousted in april after months of anti-government protests and while that government may have gone the rivalry has and sudan's new transitional government says it's working to resolve the problem but it will take time. for now we are focusing on the security solution because of the regular outbreaks of fighting between the tribes but the solution to the long term solution has to be political and that would need all sides to sit
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down and dialogue so while we were working on the political solution we were addressing this by securing an increase in forces in the state to contain the situation mohamad salleh says he hadn't expected to see such violence but he wasn't surprised it happened and he worries that have no political solution is found there will be more are bricks of violence and more lives lost people more going on just 0 for sudan protested hong kong have simmered down ahead of one of the most important elections in a decade the ballot follows months of often violent anti-government protests there an arrest was triggered by a proposed extradition bill that sent in scrapped a record 4000000 people have registered to vote and this vote is seen as a major indication a public feeling towards name one china reports. coming amid unprecedented unrest everyone agrees this will be an election like no other. many seats are being
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contested by a new generation of candidates some molded by the protest movement. sign cam wing an independent is out on bail after being arrested and charged for unlawful assembly. people have been paying close attention to the process the excessive use of force by police and the arrests and they've been studying the views of the candidates on these things and making up their minds in a city of 7000000 people a record 4000000 have registered to vote. it's tough we don't know which side to take but beijing is in charge in any case the all signs indicate that the pro-democracy protests are poised to win a big victory. this is important for hong kong people it's like an opinion poll normally dominated by local issues this election will instead focus on the much bigger question of hong kong's relationship with mainland china. with pro china
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parties having the majority of seats up for election they are seen as having the most to lose given the groundswell of anti-government feeling pro-democracy candidates are contesting every seat with thousands of new young voters registering for the 1st time the probe aging camp seems to be bracing itself for losses this year the elections have been highly politicized and of violence have become a central issue and there are people for and against so local issues will be sidelined campaigning on streets that bad the scars of months of unrest leo chu is a candidate for the democratic party. he's not hopeful about the chances of this vote forcing the government to concede on any of the protesters demands i do not have a very strong and not the mistake of mine about they were kept out of the people and they both. in this direction but that's radius of. important matters
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to the international community that people what people are thinking in hong kong. this ballot will likely prove the strength of feeling in this deeply polarized city the question then will be watching impact it has on the escalating violence of mcbride al jazeera hong kong. stands at a leading inner city in new delhi have been protesting against a planned encrease on their housing fees they say ministers are poor and can't afford that price increase they also allege the indian government wants to privatized higher education and make it difficult for many to attend universities reports. thousands of students gathered in the heart of new delhi and demanded their right to affordable education they have been protesting for weeks since the university decided to increase the fee for their accommodation their leaders say as many as 40 percent of the students come from. who struggle to make
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a living i. need is a ph d. student who says he is the 1st in his family to get a university education he credits the no competition piece for his success if not better if public funding is a person must not i would not have been here with no walkthrough prabakaran from the national guard and my students there was a large police presence during the protest a few days ago during a similar demonstration several students were beaten by police and detained for hours david was one of them she says the police broke her arm in the scuffle but she's not deterred and will continue to protest the fight and women fight one about light the light light on education and during the year don't like what they are i it's just that i did it not at all martin. many of the current and former professors also came out in support they say the accommodation fee hike is the
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beginning of the indian government's plan to privatized every state funded university the students of this university are also dods with the government and other areas they see their only fighting for their right to dissent with the support of the government accused of sedition. to start. job all their university has faced several controversies many students here were accused of raising anti india slogans and backing those who the indian government defines as terrorists the students however say they are being targeted simply for not agreeing with the government they want to be very carefully controlled and organized and all this new there is there no contradiction between the animal and us but india's governing b.g.p. or party agent the party insists the students must pay more nobody is looking at the fact that lacks in lakhs of rupees i spend every month of real on each student
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and defeat is the lowest in the country. why should it not be increased the students see the protests will go on the insists this is about the future and they're not in a mood to give in on the issue. of war or al-jazeera. or yes court has ordered iran to pay a washington post journalist and his family $180000000.00 jason resign was detained in iran for more than a year on espionage charges back in 2014 in the us in the paper called the accusations absurd and said he was denied legal representation arar never responded to the lawsuit and there remains unclear how and if that money will be paid or testers in colombia had been out on the streets ignoring a curfew that was imposed by president. the may was announced to ease the anti-government movement protesters have been concerned about tax increases and a change to the pension system so far 3 people have died and dozens have been
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wounded in the demonstrations. he has more from the capital both were tough. both i woke up pretty much in tranquillity it looks like a normal saturday morning at least for now after today's unprecedented demonstration protests and some cases of looting in parts of the city and after a night of curfew the 1st curfew in 42 years in a here in the capital hundreds of people defied the curfew and held. these protests in which they hit on the parts and on the streets and they've been chanting hours after the start of the curfew. dozens of them in front of the house of a president who came most of these protests are against his government that most people
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here believe the government hasn't done enough to implement a peace deal with 5 gravels that was signed in 2016 hasn't done enough to defend the lives of social me there's indigenous leaders that are being killed and alarming rates in many parts of the country there's also konami issues and proposed reforms to the pension system and labor reforms that the people are protesting again there were calls for moat more protests this morning but nothing has happened yet where one at one of the gathering points but we haven't seen any any protesters arriving at this point. still ahead on al-jazeera israeli party leader benny gantz hits back as the country plunges deeper into its political crisis plus the facebook were around in the 19th thirty's it would have
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allowed him to post 32nd ads on his solution to the jewish world. drawing on history to raise fears about our digital future actor sasha baron cohen criticizes social media companies for allowing the spread of hate online also. we know with a comment well we don't know when it's coming and we need to calm down baby goodnight. and sport the headway boxing champion talks up his chances ahead of his latest title defense. we have still got some unsettled weather in africa asked across the middle east at the moment so areas of cloud just rolling across iraq pushing into iraq heading over towards afghanistan a possibility of some wintry flurries there over the higher ground we see some clouds was a possibility of
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a specialty of rain coming through beirut still getting up to around 21 celsius in the sunshine on sunday as we go on into monday a little more cloud just toppling across that eastern side of the but it's rainy and you can see there in cyprus for example italy's its way back across syria maybe you'll see getting into 11 in as well a little bit of cloud cheaper should have it was a caspian it should be largely dry cold enough 7 celsius for terror ronnell so into couples the little more cloud here but it should not see the snow at least easing away meanwhile across the raven peninsula we have got some bits and pieces of plowed into central parts of saudi arabia over towards the reds say so again a possibility of a special sea of lot right or drizzle for the race looking lossy clear and dry and sunny little more cloud just pushing into the gulf as we go on into monday never seen a fair bit of cloud to the east side of south africa recently with some of us here that making their way into nice and be.
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selects on al-jazeera. watching al-jazeera let's recap our top stories for you right now or parts of the u.s. state department's dealings with ukraine have now been made public they confirm contacts between secular state my palm pale and donald trump's personal lawyer giuliani earlier this year iran is restoring internet access to government imposed to shut down last week in response to protest for by a rise in the price of fuel. as vice president mike pence has arrived in iraq on an unannounced visit to the iraq. prime minister to share restraint over
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a violent anti-government protests that rocked the country. thousands of people have been marching across france to highlight the problem of violence against women with this and more news from europe let's go now to lauren taylor and our london or thank you michelle yes france is one of europe's highest rates of domestic violence so far this year 160 women have been killed by current or former partners thousands of people turned out for this march in paris demanding that the government take stronger action a report released this month found that french police and the justice system often failed to protect women activists say attitudes need to change to tackle the issue potential partner reports joanna tilly thought she'd finally escaped her violent partner when she moved out of their home with their children she'd suffered years of abuse but then one day in september he killed or join his friends in the northern french city of love say her murder made them determined to help other
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victims of domestic violence so they teamed up and launched a telephone helpline they've been flooded with calls. when we saw how joanna had tried hard to get help her death made us think we have to do something we have to be heard there are some organizations that help but it's not enough. in our city join a story touched a shocked many people you raised awareness we hope our suspicion will get people talking. it was outside her local supermarket the joanna tilly was fatally stabbed by her former partner in front of her 3 young children just weeks before her murder she filed a complaint with police but they've done little to help. a woman is killed by her partner or ex partner every other day in france many others face daily physical sexual and emotional abuse campaigners say that even though violence against women is widespread police judges and prosecutors rarely take it seriously every woman
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know because she heard that sure enough nobody is going to listen to her go there is already the culture that if you go to the police you're not going to be understood you're not going to be listened and your case is going to be closed. for months sees activists in paris have been running an underground campaign after dark they put up antiviolence feminist messages in the street as people realize that this is mass killing disguised as crimes of passion one of our messages says you will never kill because of love so we're raising public awareness and often women who are suffering violent tell us these messages help them to. the french government is working on new legislation to tackle violence against women but campaigners say the proposal so far failed to address the root causes of abuse they say what's needed is to change attitudes to women and better educate children and adults domestic abuse often thrives because it is hidden these striking messages of
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bringing the problem out into the open where it can't be ignored it's actually butler al-jazeera paris. and in russia a small rally was held against a new bill which targets to mystic violence russia doesn't currently have specific domestic violence legislation but this new bill would crack down on harassment and give stricter penalties for violating restraining orders conservative critics say the norwood represents state interference into family issues. that are just 18 full days of campaigning left before the united kingdom general election and one issue continues to dominate the debate how. and even if the u.k. leaves the european union is an issue that's dividing the nation since the 2016 referendum this poll is aimed at breaking the deadlock in parliament but as general reports there's some doubt that will happen. ask a simple question and you get
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a simple answer how important in this election do you think breaks it is very important and that's what i think i think is going to be the most important person bank so it's a really important and so you're. britain at the moment and so it's hard to separate it from their likes him but dig deeper and things get more complicated is there anyone in particular that you think is better placed than anyone else to sort breaks it out. so i won't break up. whatever outcome of the election makes that more likely would be good for many conservatives would they lower than i would believe. that would you want to see happen not not necessarily. opinion polls indicate that the number of people who will base their vote on breaks it has more than doubled since the last election from 18 percent to 40 percent now add the prominence of breaks it as an election
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issue to the huge divergence of views on breaks it and what you get is bad news for a settled result vote for the party that wants to still brags that labor has a clear plan to get bracks it sorted within 6 months we can get the brakes it done now one way or another almost everyone you talk to wants breaks it over with but what if the voters are so bored brits are they screwed know the issues remember exit the vs screen all out and they decide to vote on the domestic issues that were them whether it is the n.h.s. or housing or all those other issues and those are areas where by and. the opposition party the labor party of course the strongest policies and the biggest support that's one among many variables in the coming election the country's issues have been through its city but for its wealth you're talking about bricks of bricks
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so i don't know if anybody is competent enough i'm a bit confused with it all to be honest with you see there is a defect in the polls do point to a conservative victory though and if boris johnson wins a majority that could mean the u.k. leaving the e.u. he says by christmas but there is every chance that no single party position dominates another hung parliament then and the deadlock continues jonah how al-jazeera london well for london a bit later now it's back to a show and the foreign thank you very much as early opposition leader began so supposing a deal to end an unprecedented political crisis he says his party is willing to go into coalition with but it's later benjamin netanyahu would can have no part of this he has called on that now to resign following his indictment and corruption cases iran khan is live from tel aviv so i'm wrong what else to gans have to say well but again certainly time his statement very well that was just in time for the
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main evening news bulletins say and that was very deliberate he spoke in that building just behind me building number 10 and so that we explore whole let's just take an exact look at what he had to say before we unpack what it all means. the whole of we you grieve for another likud member to lead as i said before kahala done will lead to government as the election results decided. so what we're seeing now is an offer being made to prime minister benjamin netanyahu from the blue and white party and what they've said is you can fight. your cold cases but you call be a member you constantly call me prime minister and you call me a minister whilst all of this goes on but you can be a junior partner with a nation government so whilst there is no an extraordinary generous offer it's a real indication of the state that israeli politics and now 'd the game hate is to
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avoid a election and we are now in a period where neither of the main parties were able to form a government so we have 21 days in israel for any member of the knesset to try and form a government if that doesn't happen then it's an automatic election which is what people are trying to avoid so this is likely to be a statement from benny gantz to not just the israeli public and political parties but to look specifically to say to them well look we know what's going on has or has our awful what your council ok and rock on the latest there in tel aviv and ron thank you. a self-confessed best spy in australia says he offered a trove of intelligence information but china claims he's a convicted fraudster weighing in chang says he's turned against beijing and reveal the identities of senior chinese military intelligence officers and hong kong has also provided details on how beijing's operatives fund and conduct interference
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operations in hong kong taiwan and australia wang is now seeking asylum and says he could face the death penalty if he returns to china studies government has not yet indicated whether it will grant him asylum well these are very disturbing reports the matter is now in the hands of the appropriate law enforcement agencies and so i wouldn't comment on the particulars of individual cases but what i would say he's that the government makes no apologies for the strong measures that we have taken to ensure. that we have foreign interference rules in place that we have brazil seeing now law enforcement intelligence agencies like never before and that we will always stand up for our national interests we are some matters of foreign policy foreign investment or other related issues japan and south korea have agreed to hold a summit next month in the latest sign of improving diplomatic relations the talks will focus on japanese atrocities inflicted on koreans during the 2nd world war
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it's a longstanding issue that has strained ties south korea extended an intelligence pact with japan on friday and tokyo responded by agreeing to resume trade talks social media especially facebook twitter and you tube have been called the greatest propaganda machine in history actor and comedian sacha baron cohen made those comments at an anti-defamation league gathering in the u.s. trained forces point when he said if facebook had existed in the 1930 s. it would have but hitler by anti-semitic advertisements. democracy which depends on the shared truths is in retreat and all talk recy which depends on shared lies is on the march hate crimes of surging as a murderous attacks and religious and ethnic minorities now wouldn't know these dangerous trends have in common i'm just a comedian and actor i'm not a scholar but one thing is pretty clear to me in this hate and violence is
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being facilitated by a handful of internet companies that amount to the greatest propaganda machine in history so facebook has responded saying the actor has misrepresented its policies and this is a quote nobody including politicians can advocate or advertise hate violence or mass murder on facebook now mark zuckerberg the c.e.o. of facebook has been criticized for his decision to allow political advertisement that contains live on facebook twitter though has banned all political advertising globally a recent report found evidence of social media manipulation by a government agency or political party in 70 countries that's triple the figure in 2017 it says facebook is the number one social network for dissent from ation with organized propaganda campaigns and 56 countries remagen as a technology analyst he says even in silicon valley attitudes are changing. 1st of
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all i want to say that if he had made this speech 2 or 3 years ago he would probably get widely criticized in silicon valley for promoting censorship thank giving this speech now i think it will be taken very seriously because people are moving their thinking patterns are changing facebook may be a holdout but in general it's a lot more thought about how we can stem the tide of hate speech and misinformation but having said that i do think it's a really interesting dichotomy here because on one hand i think it's a lot of bull that facebook and twitter and other social media companies are promoting a community of ideas and free speech but on the other hand because of misinformation and the lack of shared truths what we call free speech of the really become as as he said an opportunity for propaganda and misinformation so the question is what is the responsibility of private companies remember the 1st amendment in the united states applies to the government it doesn't apply to private companies larry that that is exactly the point that sasha baron cohen made right and that free speech is
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about the constitution that has nothing to do with with social responsibility i mean if someone makes a comment on my facebook page and i don't like it or i can delete it because it's my particular space there are no answer hydel to do that so why does facebook not have that type of responsibility well he was saussure would argue that it's in their financial interest and i'm not going to necessarily dispute that but i also would say that they do struggle as if you know it may know i'm been involved in advice ing them on the internet safety issue through my nonprofit but at the end of the day there is a struggle over this issue and a lot of people in the united states who have no vested interest in the money here are concerned about the balance between protecting people's you know decency and in a lack of i hate speech versus the the idea of a free speech billeted for people to express themselves it is a it is a balance of rights that people are trying to figure out how to get right is it really though a balance of rights or is it a is it is a balance of what kind of company you want to be. well i'm talking about the
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society in general if i were running facebook i think i would clamp down on it and in fact they have to some extent as you pointed out they've made some efforts the problem is that sure they can ban really violent vicious attacks on ethnicities and and bad words and things like that but there are a lot of what we call dog whistle there's a lot of subtle comments and misinformation that doesn't fit into the traditional definition of what you might ban and that's having an impact and i think that sasha made a point you people should read or watch that speech and by the way you can find the video in the transcript on my website larry's world dot com and if you if you if you look at it he makes a very good point but it's often very subtle i mean the president for example president trump doesn't usually go out there and say things that are clearly hate speech but he said things that contribute to that and get his audience riled up so it is it is a very difficult situation and it's gotten a lot worse. candidates and going to south presidential election have held their
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final rallies ahead of sunday's vote and come at president mario vases running against 11 challengers including 2 of his former prime ministers out of there as nicholas hawke is in the capital of the south. while this presidential campaign feels and sounds like a carnival of. neighboring countries fear it could end in disaster some of the candidates like domingo's see more spirited off have west african soldiers protecting them and not the country's armed forces but reflecting from all of. that you may not even know whether. when you are in that in stable process you have to say. just weeks before the vote president just a worry of ours who is running for reelection asked the military to force his prime minister out of office after he refused to step down vast has overstayed his time
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in office delaying elections but he has the backing of the armed forces. period chua additional west african troops have been deployed as part of a stabilizing force days before the vote. the un security council is urging the armed forces not to intervene in politics you to be seen as military have been behind dozens of coup attempts and political assassinations with several of its commanders under un sanction. these are soldiers that are voting early because they will be deployed during the election to ensure they say that it is a free and fair vote and so the military are keeping a close watch on the ballots. $6500.00 soldiers will be positioned at polling stations across the country. outspoken former military commanders who worries the ballot will be rigged the political outsider he's been gaining popularity among
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young voters on the side of this is the expression of your default against the system but is why these people that are voiceless they behind me is the leader for this mission but all 12 candidates are making this similar claim promising change in political stability this is a young electorate tired of all the political rhetoric and looking for a new beginning for the country because hawke al-jazeera the south. thousands of algerians marched in the capital algiers on friday calling for next month's election to be canceled there are many protests in recent weeks ahead of the presidential vote and response authorities appear to be making more arrests and the vote cannot be free or fair if the military and senior officials from the old guard retain power people on the pacific island of bogun bill are voting in a referendum to decide on independence or greater autonomy within papua new guinean marched in the streets celebrating the start of the long awaited vote stay open for
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2 weeks to ensure those in remote areas have a say in their results as expected in december. saudi arabi is that the people i know it would have celebration and i join them very much they have every right to celebrate because this is a. full cost of all the beginning of good things to come if we're collaborating and what is trash the problem that we implement something that both parties are attributed to archipelago in the western pacific it's home to some of the most intact coral reef systems in the world and a spectacular range of biodiversity pressures from climate change tourism and overfishing they're all intensifying and it clark travel to the pacific nation of palauan sent us this report. it is an extraordinary sight expose structures of ancient coral reef framed in an expensive took weighs the
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requirements of a unesco world heritage site and beneath the surface the profusion of variety of life is stunning one of the highest rates of biodiversity on the planet but the challenges a new workers in amongst a jumble of islands a series of marine lakes hold more one does this is. a lake it is connected to the sea but any through a series of small correction fishes in the rock it's affectively isolated sealed ecosystem and beneath the surface lies a unique subspecies golden jellyfish they've evolved to harvest energy directly from sunlight there are more than 2000000 of them and indeed that's a significant reduction in the past there have been as many as 30000000 in this lake but fluctuations in the weather have recently taken a toll. the biggest challenge that we face in terms of the jellyfish snake is climate change very recently within the past. year and a half to 2 year saw. the gold
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a jellyfish that the site is famous for around the world completely disappear because of climate change the salinity of the lake grow so the full picture of the water to the priest these ranges are on the lookout for illegal fishing in protected so called notes implemented to try and conserved when giving free species along the coast for the commercial fisherman and illegal for sure it uses the big ships mothership so it's everything from giant clams to church isn't too secure cumbers to fish and then from next year the marine protected area will be massively extended into the open ocean but. 2020 all the stuff sold will can only be pissing about 20 percent of the water and the reason for that is that we want to make sure that 80 percent of no 10 will ensure this is the number that you'll get more than resource we're saying that when we don't. give area a refuge of conservation area you can see it's 5 times as much space in an area
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with the hope that there is another ultimately overriding concern not just on parallel but for the 2000000 islanders across the pacific sea level rise can 0 has lived here for decades and he says full moon tides are getting. and that can have a devastating effect this is a 1st time i've seen these kind of. high thanks come in and it's hard because you have to find another place to move to and if you don't have the money to build a new house then you won't be able to do that so pretty people are pretty much to stop. the wonders of this part of the pacific are many say to other precious allow is standing tough when it comes to environmental protections but its people are going to need all the resolve they can muster in the coming years nick clegg al-jazeera. still had on al-jazeera and sports american
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skier mckayla friend just another world for a 3rd layer will have all of. the oppression of an ethnic minority and man my many. the intention was to make sure that rangers we're no longer entitled to either basic rights or citizenship rights in a new documentary al-jazeera explores the history and motives behind the systematic persecution after him and me and my. exile on al-jazeera. investigative journalism you are going to break through ok i'm saying i'm going global experts in discussion 3 times you've got a deal and you disagree with that deal this is a turnabout is the worst of the it was brought to us from limiting the stories from our very. own eyes to an alternative view of the world today we have to rethink
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pretty much everything thank you for talking to al-jazeera. programs to inspire you on al-jazeera. time for sport with their thanks michel we'll start off with some tennis canada have reached the davis cup final for the 1st time in history they did it by beating russia and a thrilling semifinal encounter with a tie level at $11.00 it was do or die in the deciding doubles robert the canadian duo of denis shapovalov and wasik plus physio combined to outlast outclassed the russian pair of aubrey audrey rubel of and karen at catch and off in 3 sets canada
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will face either spain or britain in sunday's final in madrid. it's honestly i believe aman i'm in a loss of words it's it's incredible how far we've come as a squad and you know i mean by she blame playing this way we're just just playing on on a different level man it's just unbelievable to see and you know the clincher like this with the doubles with a guy i want to have it any other way but. joe's a marine neo's made a winning return to life on football's front line his tottenham team beat west ham 32 in the english premier league radio was back in the dugout almost a year after his exit from rant manchester united he replacement but you know at spurs who was fired on tuesday morning saw his team go 3 nil up at the london stadium before they conceded 2 late goals it was tottenham's 1st away win in the league since january. cizik li the team had a break and. probably also
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a little bit scared of that if that mental barrier of the bad results away so less $22.00 in 5 minutes was was not easy but i think we played very very well for about an hour really really well and i'm. very happy for the boys well last year's crop on the doors final had to be moved to europe because of fan violence so far this year though that's not been the case. just a whole lot of that a lot of excitement for south america's biggest club game fans of brazilian club flamengo were partying but before saturday's final in peru's capital lima however the match was shifted from chile less than 3 weeks ago as a result of political protest supporters of river plate we're also getting into the spirit the club won last year's final against argentinian rivals boca juniors after the 2nd leg was played in spain but. please excuse us if we say anything silly
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at this news conference we just lifted that brought us here very quickly it was some sort of a what we all sang after some pushing off the bright and the throttle we are a little bit dizzy but we will work to say coherent things. the agent champions league will be decided on sunday saudi arabia's take a one no advantage for japan for the 2nd leg of the final against euro reds have had a chance of becoming the 1st team to win this title 3 times i have never lifted the continental trophy the winners will had to qatar for next month's club world cup. the most important these kind of games reach out a very tough load speaks for the old one and so we have all of the teams you have all the more divisions. the speed is the most important see and doing you have go to expedia you can over the bus in the. and golf world number 2 roy
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mcelroy continued his roller coaster of a ride at the season ending world tour championships in dubai after opening with a 64 followed by a 74 the northern irishman finished day 3 with a bogey free round of 65 the lowest score of the day mcelroy is just 2 strokes behind john who's now in a strong position to win the race to dubai after grabbing a share of the lead with france's mike lawrence of their. american skier mckayla schifrin started her season by breaking a world cup record she grabbed her 41st career victory in the slalom in finland on saturday she beat the 32 year record set by swedish great ingomar stud mark who won 40 slaloms shifrin reach this milestone after just 7 years in the sport. and over in poland the best teams were competing for the ski jumping world cup austria took the top spot with 2 members of their team jumping or flying rather 133 meters
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norway came in 2nd with poland 3rd. heavyweight boxing champion dante wilder says he's already planning his next fight as he prepares to get back in the ring with louis ortiz wilder and ortiz of wade in ahead of their content contests in the u.s. city of las vegas later on saturday the w.b.c. champion is also lining up for feb rematch with britain's tyson fury before that he must deal with or tease of cuba who he knocked out in round 10 when they met last year. you look good though you know as a champion you want to see your opponent look good and look and say so when it comes to saturday night i want to have no mercy on him when i'm ready to do what i do we know with common but we don't know when is coming and when you combine on baby good night. 500 if like that for me. thank you. band a really good night right on the other side of the break lauren taylor takes it over from london.
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stranded 8 long years on the su is canal. creating their own community and economy it was you know president bush used you go when you al-jazeera world tells the tale of 14 cargo vessels accidentally caught up in the arab israeli conflict it was quite a surprise to find myself in russia in the middle of a war through the sailors whose ships of the desert so it's the yellow fleet on al-jazeera until now the coverage of latin america and most of the world was about
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covering khuda todd's tragedies of quakes and that was it but not for how couple feel how they look how they think and that's what we do we go 5 and a half months of demanding it to an educational system that was introduced to. latin america up to 0 has come to fill a void that needed to be filled. a $150000000.00 trees disappear every year into the clothing that we all wear from uk cycling to save the forests the famous yellow dress made from blue jeans. to conserving the world's dwindling wetlands. aids global bird migration watch reacher sex right where we are basic discovered a treasure trove it is one of the most special low clouds in the place after i saw ecosystems in light on al jazeera.
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more questions for the white house over ukraine the state department is forced to release documents that show trump's lawyer was in close contact with the secretary of state. this is al jazeera live from london also coming up. dozens killed and dozens more feared missing after landslides sweep away villages in western kenya. u.s. vice president mike pence makes an unannounced visit to iraq to reassure kurdish allies 2 months after the u.s. pulled out from syria.
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