tv NEWSHOUR Al Jazeera December 9, 2019 2:00am-3:01am +03
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this is al jazeera. hello i'm daryn jordan this is the al-jazeera news hour live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes we are as we do most active shooter investigation work with the presumption that this was an act of terrorism. a call for the u.s. to end its saudi military training program after one of its citizens opens fire at a naval base in florida killing 3 american sailors. a show of strength in hong kong
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6 months on antigovernment protests come out in huge numbers to demand political reforms. and al-jazeera exclusive we meet the iraqi protestors who survived off a security forces shot at them they refused to be silenced as they call for change . and ukrainians demand their president stand up for their interests when he meets russia's leader to discuss ending the conflict in eastern ukraine. welcome to the program the head of the f.b.i. inquiry into a shooting at a u.s. naval base in florida says they're working on the presumption the attack was not terrorism but saudi national mohammed saeed al shaab irani shot dead 3 students on friday he was a junior officer in the saudi air force who was in the u.s. the training. our main goal right now is to confirm whether he acted alone
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or was he a part of a larger network we currently assess there was one gunman who perpetrated this attack and no arrests have been made in this case there have been many reports that the f.b.i. is searching for or unable to find certain individuals well he opened fire in the classroom using a gun which was bought legally in the u.s. and many politicians and now calling for an end to the military training program involving saudis they also want tighter security on bases last summer romney had reportedly posted a manifesto on twitter before the attack quoting america a nation of evil well start as governor says the u.s. needs to be on god for people coming from saudi arabia and major social media trail this guy was somebody who. you know just had
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a deep seated hatred for the united states and and that was that was pretty clear from from that and obviously the fact that he would do something like this and so you know my my view is is that. you know for us to be bringing in these foreign nationals you have to take precautions to protect the country al-jazeera as mike hanna has more on the investigation now from washington d.c. . the f.b.i. says it's acting on the presumption that this is an act of terror pointing out that this is a normal protocol in all active shooter situations a spokesman for the f.b.i. has said that the investigation is continuing and no clear motive has yet been established nor has it feed the staff lish whether or not to the gunman was operating alone or in concert with others there are 10 saudi nationals who will on that aviation course at the base they are being held at the base while questioning continues they are under the command of
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a saudi officer who's also at that particular base the f.b.i. says that there has been complete cooperation from these other saudi nationals and also that there's been complete cooperation from saudi authorities in riyadh another point confirmed by the f.b.i. is that this is one off and you saudi nationals at the base did you have vents that were happening in the classroom when the gunman opened fire the motive for holding this still not clear so many questions unanswered the f.b.i. says this investigation will continue and it won't release that many details until it's certain that it's accurate for us congressman mike gates says the vetting process for the military training program must be tightened. we need to have a review of this program and it's my belief that as secretary asper is looking at the record keeping the accounting for the saudi nationals that are in our country the continuous observance and monitoring of their activities to ensure that there
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is not radicalization while that's going on we should pause this program we should not be taking new incoming saudi students until we are absolutely confident in our vetting process let's bring in general mark kimmitt he was an assistant secretary of state on the former u.s. president george w. bush who joins us live now from washington d.c. general kimmitt the u.s. defense secretary marcus has now ordered a review of the screening process for foreign military personel training in the u.s. but what does the current vetting procedure entail who does it and how robust is it . well listen i was in charge of this program at the state department and for setting up the policies in the department of defense is the one who implements this program so i'm very very familiar with it 1st and foremost the country does the vetting before they send an application in for that student come to the united states that application then goes to the united states embassy in that country where an entire review from all the agencies inside the embassy the drug
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enforcement agency the consular officer and candidly our intelligence agencies review each one of those students that vetting is signed off by the ambassador before it is sent to the united states and without the ambassador signature that student isn't coming over i think it's important to recognize there and that that go ahead go ahead and i mean there are 10000 students that come across every year and while there's absolutely no excuse for the killing that was done here i think the numbers need to be kept in perspective yeah i mean some lawmakers like matt gates who we heard from there a few minutes ago say the shooting highlights that the current procedure the current vetting procedure has failed disastrously i mean how difficult is it general kimmitt to ascertain whether or not these trainees are radicalized back home and have to u.s. views on what's likely going to change in the vetting process that could have
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stopped this shooter from getting into the u.s. in the 1st place. well 1st of all i agree with congressman gets that the entire system should be inspected top to bottom there's no doubt about that but this is a process that a decade ago a decade ago when i was doing this i know that it was very scrupulous very detailed and it was detail on the part of not only the local country but also the united states before they would come over i don't think we should throw the baby out of the bathwater as i said this program is important we have 10000 students coming over a year it allows us to conduct interrupter build the training it allows us to promote our interests and our values and it's proven itself for years and years that this is an important program in our bilateral relationships with the other militaries but it's not perfect and it needs to be looked at here president trump has also
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pledged to review the foreign ministry programs in the u.s. but how are these expensive training programs funded for example don't the saudis pay a huge amount of money to have their pilots trained in the u.s. anyway they certainly do but there's also congressional appropriations that come in to support those countries that can't pay for it themselves i don't know the specific details on saudi but i'd be very very surprised if we provide any money towards a rich nation like saudi arabia that money is reserved for the countries most in need iraq afghanistan many of our african partners it's a good investment and it's tragic and it's wrong $1.00 of vents like this happen but we need to continue this program general kimmitt just a final thought from you i mean this shooting isn't the 1st time the saudi nationals have killed a u.s. citizens on u.s. soil and just think of the 911 attacks for instance so is this shooting likely to revive cooled by many people on capitol hill who are demanding
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a complete overhaul of the u.s. saudi relationship. well i think it absolutely will there are 435 members of congress 435 members of the house 100 members in congress and certainly and many of them will be calling for this but i think it's important to keep in perspective that we have one of our finest ambassadors out in saudi arabia right now general john abizaid who is very very familiar with terrorism having fought it for years and years and centcom commander so sadly i think this is one of those instances where someone slipped through the cracks but we have to be 100 percent sure but we never will be 100 percent sure gentleman kimmitt thank you so much for talking to al-jazeera. but a strike has been called in hong kong to mock 6 months since the start of anti-government protests on sunday 800000 people turned out for a mass rally to demand protection of the democratic freedoms difficult pollen reports. i fight for freedom one
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of the many slogans chanted by the hundreds of thousands who gave up their sunday for yet another protest was they came from all walks of life young and old and in all shapes and sizes the march was meant to coincide with the united nations human rights day and color is no longer free so. the fall is crumbled to the ground you like to stand out express our opinion. hong kong is falling that 'd many marched with 5 fingers in the air to symbolize the movement's 5 demands including political reform investigation into allegations of police brutality against protesters and amnesty for activists arrested and accused of rioting organizers say this is the last chance for the government to give in to their demands now over the past couple of weeks since local elections showed
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overground support for the protest movement had somewhat subsided or become more peaceful but the government hasn't shown any willingness to make any concessions out of her since june there have been hundreds of demonstrations possessions and public meetings but response from the government has been muted there oh yes i don't think we should decide whether to come out by sun how effective these protests as long as i believe what i am doing is right and our demands have not been met it will continue to come out and not be deterred by the government's inaction this protest was organized by the civil human rights front the group responsible for some of the biggest demonstration turnouts this is the 1st time since august they have been given permission by the police for a march. and it's the 1st time in months this many people have taken part. in kong is the only city in china where people can express dissent freely and the fight to preserve its autonomy and freedoms has attracted much international attention. to
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the problem because the it's not just the occupy wall it's a problem of this world many of the demonstrators left after finishing the 4 kilometer march to the city's financial center leaving behind the more hardline masked and black testers who have become a familiar symbol of the movement. they have done over the months they said have barricades blocking main roads while rows of police looked on was but after hours of tense exchanges the protesters decided it was time to retreat and so with no violent confrontations remained a peaceful rally to mark 6 months since the protests and political turmoil began the vehicle pollen are jazeera hong kong. police in india say that an expect to find any more bodies from the remains of a building that was destroyed in a fire in the capital more than 40 people were killed when it tore through one of the oldest markets and burnt down
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a tree has more now from new delhi food because i think it's the toughest call anyone has to make hay that really has lost 3 brothers in a fire that broke out in or delhi he says the youngest. was the most devoted on. my mother. she loved my youngest brother dealing. pedo and the relatives of many others are waiting at the mortuary to take the remains of their loved ones dozens of people suffocated as this slept in their factory and nearly 20 others were taken to hospital for treatment. so he lives in the area and saw what happened he says one of the workers from the northern state of bihar who has been injured. i refuse the bullies and hold people's cries they were screaming for help it's the poor people who died most of the workers.
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there is the fact. there are many workshops and small factories in this area that make it difficult to access people in the city as well as across india come here to work and live in these factories. and don't do enough to prevent fires like these. in this case people also blame the electricity department some say they filed a complaint with the authorities several times to get the electrical sorted but nothing was done they say the fire may have begun in a factory that made plastic toys and bags. the rescue operation was a challenge because it was congested and there was a lot of small due to burn plastic inside the building which made the operation difficult to carry out. earlier this year a fire swept through a hotel in the city killing 17 people the next day another fire broke out at a factory. heder is not sure how to inform his mother about their loss
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he says his brother came to new delhi looking for better opportunities and thought he would be safe here in the capital. seen by the government has ordered an inquiry to find out how the fire started and detained the owner of the 4 story building. new delhi. lots more still to come here on the news hour including we're in libya's capital where there's a housing crisis we'll tell you what's causing it. and an entire village in alaska is being forced to relocate find out what led to this drastic step. and support football is finally deliver a 49 year wait for glory details coming up in support of the plate. now baghdad's top security official has been removed from his post after weeks of
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anti-government protests that follows the deaths of 25 demonstrators on friday when mosque gunmen opened fire more than 400 mostly unarmed protesters have been killed across iraq since demonstrations began in october the southern city of nasiriyah has seen some of the worst violence so manifolds in met survivors and protesters who say they've been tortured by security forces. hospital wards in the us leah remain full after security forces opened fire on protesters last week in the intensive care unit this demonstrator who was shot in the head clings on to life prayers are all his family has left after doctors declared him politically dead the lucky ones if they can be called that recover from non fatal gunshot wounds the flags they carried defiantly penned to their hospital beds 17 year old safe says all he wanted was a homeland instead he got a bullet in his leg or what or with when i started shooting we were treated as we
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ran a guy next to me fell down i couldn't just leave him but when i attempted to carry him i was also shot and fell and the 3rd one who came to help us also i fell on me . video shows the moment of the attack the government has issued an arrest warrant against a senior security force commander and promised an investigation. that there is an investigative committee formed for this purpose at the highest levels and for sure the people in charge of the investigation will bring those responsible to account and they will be punished by the law but the victims' relatives want more i want the government to change i don't want this government i demand my son's rights what is his guilt her son safe was shot in the stomach neither the violence nor the bullets that remains lodged in his hip are enough to silence him the 22 year old has no stable job and no hope for a better future than they killed me a long time ago i'm dead whether or not i go out to demand my rights i don't have
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anything i'm dead because of the situation wherein i don't feel alive. the 3 has been rocked by violence many times since u.s. troops invaded 16 years ago but iraqis say they are suffering unprecedented suppression now hundreds have been temporarily detained since protests began october 1st this activist says he was lurched to a meeting by intelligence officers who then arrested him. i got a call from someone it was an unknown number he said i'm so and so we have supplies for your tent and we want you to take you to your tent specifically for your tent he was tortured and interrogated for 16 hours his body still bears marks of electrocution and then x. ray shows a fractured rib who. they call it an investigation but it's not an investigation it's torture they beat being gave me electrical shocks in every part of my body.
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he told me to confess i asked him what can i confess he asked who do you belong to what is your organization who supports you do you have foreign sides behind you i said i don't have anything like the bulk of those arrested he will soon released on bail but many believe the use of violence is likely to continue the problem that we have use that us a government by other side of they call them party the problem there is theoretical type of investigation. but without any result the crackdown has stoked fear among demonstrators that the same time feeling more anger the people of macedonia have seen too much and lost too many to simply return to normal life see wonderful team al-jazeera. some of colombia's biggest artists have taken part in a concert in support of the recent anti-government protests bands also performed at
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several key protest spots across the capital. the. instructions began 3 weeks ago people angry at president even do case plans for economic reforms i want him to do more to tackle corruption and police fond of some repute he has more now from bogota another massive day of demonstrations here in the colombian capital good time this is coming 20 days after the beginning of an armed precedented national strike this time in the form of a travelling concert with 44 different artists from colombia supporting the strike with their music treat their friends fix faces and also travel traveling truck tens of thousands of people were out on the streets despite the rain in the afternoon to put more pressure on the government of president due care we've also seen groups feminist performing the anti rapists and rape priests
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in your way that became famous during the protests in chile and it's also being repeated here that's also one of the many points that the people who are out on the streets once you see changing in their country this spy told this negotiations have not progressed between the government and the leaders a this strike and the government there is pushing forward to with a number of reforms that the protesters want to see changed about the people say that despite the many days and the complication that these protests have brought to many in colombia they want to continue and the polls now say that 74 percent of colombian soup or to this striker which means things are becoming increasingly complicated for president even duke and his government. thousands of people in ukraine running against a planned meeting between the president and the russian leader in paris on monday
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the talks are aimed at finding a brain. through to end the war in eastern ukraine the conflict between kids and russian but separatists has killed more than 14000 people in 5 years that the reports from moscow. don't remember you know this is the ukraine capital kiev if just one day before the paris meeting and it shows the pressure president followed emirs alinsky is facing while many ukrainians wonder an end to what is described as europe's forgotten war these protesters accuse him of surrendering to russian president vladimir putin. zelinsky was elected in may on his promise to end the war that began in 2014 when russian backed separatists occupied cities in the east of ukraine. it's not only cost thousands of lives. but also destroyed large parts of the country taking a huge toll on the economy. in 2016 peace talks stalled
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with both ukraine and russia accusing each other of fire agreements but after becoming presidents alinsky broke the stalemate by israel to have elections in russian backed territories and allowing them a special status both nations exchange prisoners and some troops were withdrawn all conditions are in place for return to the negotiating table but expectations for a major breakthrough are low yeah only david cease fire violations and there's little trust between the 2 sides but i must say the fact that the talks are happening since yes but it's looking for a positive outcome. and that's perhaps because another part of ukraine is not up for negotiations in paris crimea which was annexed by russia 5 years ago. we took crimea and the worst will just accept this because they're interested to go back to business as usual. i mean outcome all the normal talks for peace.
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is the fact that he's welcome again in europe's power circles this is exactly what these protesters in kiev fear most that european leaders are tired of the war and sanctions against russia could force alinsky to accept major compromises for example in the timing of the elections in the territories at the center of the conflict selenski insists they can only be healthy after troops have pulled out but russia does not agree that facet of al-jazeera moscow. the number of sudanese troops fighting in yemen has dropped by more than 10000 so dan's prime minister says 15000 soldiers were initially part of the saudi and iraq in the coalition battling who the rebels are that number is now down to $5000.00 on the lam doc says a political solution is the only way to end the 4 year conflict. taliban and u.s. negotiators have resume talks aimed at ending the war in afghanistan president
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donald trump halted those meetings in september following the killing of a u.s. soldier now he's hoping for a solution before the 2020 presidential election tony burke he has more now from kabul. when president trump abruptly canceled the talks with the taliban in september he said it was because of the killing of a u.s. soldier he said the talks were dead but many believe it was because it was felt the u.s. was giving away too much or too little but with the resumption of talks in doha observers say they are starting where they left off with no change one thing is for sure the u.s. led coalition the united states of america is very keen to put an end to disprove that was started long back there had 9 rounds of talks in 2018 in 2019 and perhaps this is the time where it needs to be done and dusted the afghan government has been sidelined from the previous year long dialogue because the taliban refuses direct talks but president ash afghani's government bolstered by
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a series of military successes is quietly optimistic that now the talks will lead to a place at the negotiating table few months ago. he was and defense position in. france of position in. we talk money district from taliban we're doing much better in ohio is that there is 2 important one. cease. both of these demands have been rejected by the taliban in the past but president trump talked optimistically about a cease fire during a visit to u.s. troops in afghanistan in november where he also met the afghan president asked for afghani taliban wants to make a deal. meeting with them and we're saying it has to be a ceasefire and they want to do is useful now they do want to do is you believe
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would probably work. but so far the taliban has not responded to that claim the afghan army with u.s. air support has been taking territory recently but the taliban still controls more than 50 percent of the country it's unlikely the taliban will agree to a ceasefire before there's a definitive signed agreement for a u.s. troop withdraw it's still in a strong position and a cease fire is a valuable bargaining chip it won't give away easily afghanistan has been in political deadlock since his presidential elections 3 months ago the results are still not been released because of allegations of widespread vote rigging and fraud that is unlikely to help the peace process the taliban has said the war is now about time and money it has the time president trump is keen to reduce the financial burden and bring the troops home and he wants that done before next year's presidential election for such a complicated issue that may be an overly ambitious time frame tony bertie
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al-jazeera. time for a short break here now to 0 when we come back political leaders in the u.k. enter the final week of campaigning as a pivotal general election. and the 1st case of polio in the 20. board held to side battle relegation from key to these talks a lot more to go. ahead though it is still a very active picture weather picture across much of the united states the cloud is to the north this is where the next system is with the rain and the snow and of course we've seen some pretty big solmes what they way into california and some strong winds this is actually the coast this is big just look at this massive rock slide that has taken place this is all of the concern with these storms as they
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came through but by monday everything is looking a lot calmer a lot clearer quite cooler in san francisco just 13 celsius but as i say the bulk of the weather is elsewhere really across the eastern half the country particularly around the upper midwest around the great lakes we got rain of course in that mild air and we have got snow in the cold air but look at these temperatures up into canada my goodness monitor but when you pack minus 22 it is cold this time of year on average it's actually about minus 10 so that really is 12 degrees below the average all of this system working its way across into the southeast the snow generally along the lines of the appalachian mountains we have got rain ahead of that system so wet day and atlanta on a choosier the high of 20 celsius a few showers in the forecast across areas of the caribbean. monday across into the windward islands extending down into the leeward islands on tuesday and on both days expect to see wanted to showers in areas of the bahamas.
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day one of a new era in television news we badly need at this moment leadership and values this encampment that we're in today it didn't exist 3 weeks ago now there's at least 20000 or hinder refugees who live here on al-jazeera i got to commend you all more i'm hearing is good journalism president hosni mubarak has resigned after all long lies the attempts of cover ups jamal khashoggi his loved ones want some form of closure people are suffering put on dying entire school systems books elapsing we are in the beginning of a mass extinction we saw the syrian army flag hoisted high into the city just to play for the. moments a good 2 missiles a minute about a 100 meters away from us we're in the front line but it's on to happen after about 6.
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welcome back a quick amount of our top stories here on al-jazeera the head of the f.b.i. quire into a shooting at a u.s. naval base in florida says that working on the presumption the attack was an act of terrorism a saudi national who was there to receive training shot dead 3 students on friday. a strike has been called in hong kong to mark 6 months since the start of anti-government protests organizers say the movement shows no sign of slowing as hundreds of thousands joined one of the biggest marches on sunday. and thousands of ukrainians are running against president modernise the lens peace plan meeting with
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the russian president ukrainian forces have been fighting separatist but by moscow for 5 years in eastern ukraine. now a 3 month old baby boy in malaysia has been diagnosed with polio an incurable disease that can cause paralysis is the 1st case reported there since 1992 the country was declared polio free in 2000 but vaccination rates in some areas dropped below 95 percent and that's allowed the disease to reemerge comes months after the philippines reported its 1st polio case in 26 years despite the setbacks the global effort to eradicate polio vaccination has been highly effective infections of dropped by 99 percent since the program began in 1908. last night the director of the vaccine confidence project she says even small pockets of unvaccinated populations can cause the disease to spread widely for when we see a case like the one in malaysia it exposes areas that don't have enough vaccination
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to. prevent the spread so it's it's absolutely important that children who are not vaccinated in malaysia and frankly in nearby countries this particular strain is related to the strain and the caisson in the philippines so these things travel so it's really the only way to stop it in its tracks is to really make sure everyone's vaccinated vaccines are very related to government they're provided regulated sometimes mandated by government so if you're a minority or marginalized group with any issues with the government you might be a bit suspicious. which in the case of vaccines i would think that it's such a public health issue that that would come before politics but it doesn't all the time sometimes its concerns about safety the safety of the vaccine because people hear rumors or sometimes there are there are some very small risks and sometimes
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things do happen with vaccines so it's important to reassure the public that they understand how important it is to take them to prevent the spread of disease. rescue crews in kenya pull 2 people out the rubble of a building 2 days off that collapsed the survivors were rushed to hospital after being found at least 5 people were killed when the 6 tory residential building in nairobi fell on friday around 2 dozen still missing. 22 bodies have been recovered after flooding in western uganda to renshaw rain battered parts of the country on the border with the democratic republic of congo from saturday night into sunday morning at least 20 others were killed by floods and mudslides earlier in the week . british political parties have been making a final push ahead of thursday's general election the british by mr boies johnson has insisted he wants to cut back on e.u.
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immigration has pledged to deliver a transformative brigs it doesn't stand still has more now from london. it's the final push to the finish line with just days to go before the election the party leaders are rallying for every vote some appeared on the u.k.'s main political programs including prime minister boris johnson he appealed to voters who want to leave the e.u. promising to get bags of done and lower immigration what we want to do is bear down on migration particularly skilled workers who have no job to come to and i think that's what's happened over the last couple of decades or more you've seen quite a large number of people coming in from the the whole of the e.u. 580000000. you know population able to treat the u.k. is that it's basically part of their own country and the problem with that is there's been no control at all but critics say by using the skill points based
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immigration model johnson describes migration will actually increase something brags that voters don't want. support for the main opposition labor party has steadily increased jeremy corbin his decision to remain neutral and brags that is likely to cost him seats in leave out in constituencies and longstanding accusations of anti-semitism within the party have also had a negative effect we've done everything i think we can possibly do i apologize to jewish community for the suffering we've inflicted on them on the site of the are doing everything possible we're going to learn more lessons and we want to be the show me an example of anti racism that the labor party should be and squeezed between the 2 main parties is joe swinson of the liberal democrats her party strategy has shifted from trying to get 10 downing street to taking seats away from forest johnson reporter voting liberal democrat is to have more live demo m.p.'s who will work to stop breaks and invariably has failed labor he won't miss
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a meal and in very many parts of the country it's liberal democrats who are taking on the conservatives and whether those. as labor minded voters decide to back the liberal democrats in lots of seats will help to determine whether or not boris johnson has a majority the latest polls suggest the conservatives could secure a majority but the polls got it wrong when it came to the e.u. referendum as well as predicting that theresa may would win a majority in the 2017 election if there is a hung parliament boris johnson or face a challenge trying to find partners to prop him up as well jeremy carbon the liberal democrats have refused to partner with either leader the political quagmire could throw britain's future in the e.u. into further doubts catherine stansell and sara london. were joe twyman is the co-founder of the polling company delta poll u.k. he says there are 2 key issues for voters in this election well if you ask people what's most important issue facing the country at the moment works it does come top
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but if you say what's most important issue facing you and your family it's health that comes top of that particular list and really it's been a mixture of the 2 subjects that has dominated a lot of the debate throughout the election campaign we've seen a big emphasis on from the conservatives on getting bricks it done that has been no main focus but labor's trying to move the attention away from breaks it as a subject to more towards general domestic issues so far the discussions throughout the election campaign are not had a major impact on the position of the parties or indeed their share of the vote labor has slowly and steadily increased that show the vote by by 5 percent but nothing like the kind of numbers we saw back in 2017 and we conservatives have fluctuated around a bit but have been consistently turned 12 points ahead of labor and so it's concern all the way through it's looked good for good for them and no poll during the campaign has had labor closer than 6 points to the conservatives. hundreds of
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protesters are rallied on the streets of malta calling for prime minister joseph muscat to resign immediately instead of waiting until january to step down it comes after the outgoing leader held a meeting with pope francis amid a political crisis the investigation into a murder journalist daphne carry on of the lives it was blown up by a car bomb in 2017. iran's president has suggested his government will limit its reliance on oil exports to reduce the impact of u.s. sanctions president hassan rouhani presented a draft budget to parliament on sunday. the u.s. imposed restrictions on the purchase of iranian oil earlier this year. nearly 130000 people have been displaced by fighting near the libyan capital 8 month long battle for control of tripoli has created a housing crisis some displaced families are demanding the government provide compensation for their destroyed homes why would argue why had has
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a story now from live is kept. these state owned apartments in central tripoli have no become a makeshift shelter for families who fled the war on the southern outskirts of the libyan capital but they say they cannot afford to rent a house nailon sheets used as cover give little protection from the wind done darst up even providing light for families in distress is beyond the many here others use a wood fire to cook and keep themselves warm during the cold weather for these children it's a tough place to grow up but their parents say it's much safer than the area they left behind which face drawn them rocket attacks that he has none. heavy fighting has forced us out of our homes rockets were landing in our area near the old airport i listen helen apply now would they rely on donations for food some
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surge for a walk fits them from these donated clothes. as her house in their neighborhood in southern tripoli is now in the middle of a battlefield she now shares this open space with 3 other families. out of it we have been waiting for the war to end but it hasn't we have nowhere to go you cannot rent a house for less than $500.00 a month my husband is on a pension and my son is sick we take shelter in our being together with the other families here but sometimes it rains upon us. forces loyal to the e.u. and the recognized a government in tripoli have been resisting an offensive by those low yield to the world wholly for have turned the 8 month the battle for control has taken a toll on civilians hundreds have been killed or wounded by a random fire or a strikes nearly 130000 people have left their homes some displaced families
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live with their relatives others left of the country a number of the schools have turned into a makeshift shelter and with the arrival of winter those who live here in this unfinished compound are worried the situation could get worse over the past 70 years several housing projects have been halted by political division and a lack of security and the high number of internally displaced people has created a huge demand for housing the. shuttle. rand prices started increasing when the war started in the east of the country in 2014 because most of the displaced people moved to tripoli since the war spread westwards in a program doubling prices because there are no cost controls and. the displaced families have been protesting demanding the government provide compensation for their destroyed houses nadya's says other people who were not
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displaced took advantage of the k years and pied apartments in this compound but as the fighting gets a closer to the city center the number of displaced people is likely to rise and vulnerable people like an idea will face more tough days ahead. tripoli triangles prime minister mahinda rajapaksa has opened a new chinese back port city to attract foreign investors the project is under construction just outside the capital colombo initial funding is a one and a half $1000000000.00 investment under china's so called belton road initiative. we are sri lanka's newly elected president has promised to unite the country following decades of religious and ethnic violence but despite gotta buy rajapakse as pledge a deep mistrust remains among the country's minority groups that voted against him
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charles traffic reports now from columbus only muhammad just this past a factory owned by his muslim family was burned down by a mob of around 100 people it happened during days of violence targeting sri lanka's muslim community of the easter sunday attacks suicide bombers who were members of a local group linked to eisele killed more than 250 people in attacks on churches and hotels. the newly elected president got to by a rush upon his promise to protect minorities into every shade on can in his words irrespective of race or religion. i think. you know i'm not political scientists but i think everybody. i think not just. as well that if you will do not with the minorities if you do not. they are not working together you cannot like. the cannot function that the buddhist nationalist
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group. which means buddhist policy is accused of inciting hate and taking part in violence at saks because minority muslim and christian communities in recent years the group campaigned hard for president also by rajapaksa and celebrated his election victory the b.b.s. leader says the group may dispense parliamentary elections expected in april then up or how do you have to get it now hasn't our father come home in recent times the sinhalese people were destitute like children without a father the spirit of the sinhalese was killed by politics now there is a revival and sinhalese but that revival is not a threat to minorities. because religious and ethnic minorities overwhelmingly voted against russia in the election newly elected president russia paxson has
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promised not to leave behind those who did not vote for him he said that he will be a president for all sri lankans. but the fact that what is often described as a buddhist nationalist group like b.b.'s so heavily support means there are many amongst the country's minorities who are questioning whether the new leader can deliver on his election promises most experts say support for nationalist groups such as bubalo sena is weak among the majority sinhalese population they say the new president must seize the opportunity to unify the entire country the more. sense of citizenship that is something that he should work for and that comes with the rule of law is before the law and you know putting them thin play with me smith a meritocracy ali and millions of sri lankans like him can only hope the years of religious and ethnic violence of a chance not that i'll just era colombo. time for another short break here
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al-jazeera when we come back what i will a sport is a tale of 2 italians with different fortune to the spy board world cup event in russia all that coming up after. education is the beacon that might see the future and if in any society but those who live in and under new places getting an education takes inspiration and determination to do what i've been shouted to live in the remote areas don't have electricity t.v. or computers. 2 short films show how a love of learning finds a way. on al-jazeera. from the al-jazeera london broadcasts and to special guests in conversation who would have still. been in the richer countries we use hunger as
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a weapon i'm from tait's uninterrupted it's much more difficult to be left for inventing the right brain when people say i'm letting the really rotten meat delivery art have to be subversive if you don't have a level of argo about you then stay at a studio be unscripted it's on al-jazeera. welcome back protesters demanding greater protection of the world's oceans of marched in central madrid in spain dozens of people gathered in the use props including a mobile while skeleton to get their point across the demonstration is happening as madrid hosts the annual un climate summit which started last when. a group of
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indigenous people in alaska is being forced to abandon its incest land because of climate change storm surges are driving rhythm levels up destroying homes and a way of life. custer reports now from neutral. 2000 years ago the you pick people began sheltering in the embrace of the ningaloo river to endure alaska's winters for millennia the water brought food and life but now it brings destruction. so our girl rises for more this year. albertine a charles was born in the village of new talk like her ancestors before her but the land is slipping away beneath her feet i modest care if i ever there's there's a storm coming from my grandchildren a fatal combination of sea level rise stronger storms and melting permafrost is
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putting an end to human civilization on this patch of the alaskan tundra about 25 meters of land crumbles away each year everything man builds collapses atop the melting ground the garbage landfill is now under water so to the boat dock and soon charles is home will also teeter over the edge or the sink but that's what the editors satirise say shown that really just going to sing so the whole village of $350.00 people is moving to higher ground. newtok was among the 1st communities in the world to recognize the dangers of our warming planet even in the 1990 s. the tribal council knew it was in a race against time and after decades of planning finally the day to move has arrived we're on our way now it's a new tops future 15 kilometers from the old village atop solid volcanic rock
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a new villages. construction it will be called merge to vic meaning getting water from the spring in the you pick language they'll theirs and everything on the religious council wanted everybody to stay together because what you're what you're really talking about is this locating people the new village had to be close to you pick hunting grounds along with houses the people need roads a power plant clinic and school the entire project costs around $100000000.00 money difficult to secure from the government because laws written to address sudden natural disasters never envision the slope catastrophe of climate change there's other communities that are right in line. you know our brothers and sisters are west and there's a lot more communities that are just looking for a way right to a grandchild everything like that you know for 'd this type of disaster thanks to an early start and persistence new talk believes it will complete the village
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relocation in 2 years. albertine a charles a teacher is among the 1st people to go her things are packed and she's excited but the moment is also vetter a born again give this place because it's. i love this place and it's it's beautiful i grew a pair all my life her life and the life of her village is now pioneering forward into a new era of the earth's changing climate heidi jo castro al-jazeera new talk alaska. time for the sport now his far far thanks very much bahrain have ended their 49 year wait to be crowned arabian gulf champions for the 1st time they upset 3 time winners saudi arabia one nail in the final in doha so how malik reports. via arabian gulf cup came to
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a climax on sunday the tournament has largely gone by without incident despite the ongoing blockade on host nation qatar. and it was 2 of the 4 countries saudi arabia and bahrain that have imposed the land sea and air blockade since june 2017 that battled out in the final that is why there were a few saudi fans in attendance and $900.00 bahraini supporters flew to doha especially for the match a stark contrast to the asian cup earlier this year in fellow blockading nation the u.a.e. were publicly supporting qatar it was an offense which i did pretty good once reaction started it was saudi arabia that had the better chance and i could make it was. their best opportunity to take the lead came inside the 1st quarter of an hour when they won a penalty unfortunately for them all frauds couldn't convert. again and they were left through that mist in the 2nd time after the homicidal maniac
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putting the bahraini head with just over 20 minutes left it would prove to be the winner misery for sa eurabia elation for the bar a nice as they celebrated the 1st ever arabian gulf cup title we're going to take a shift to maybe emir of qatar shake to mean been hammered all funny was on hand to present the trophy it brought to a close the 1st of 2 major finals in qatar this month with the gulf nation set to host the club world cup organizers are hoping that competition will go by as smoothly so well malik al-jazeera doha. as allien striker mario balotelli gave his struggling in syria side brescia much needed when a former manchester city players scored the only goal of the game in the 54th minute against paul it's his 3rd goal of the season the 29 year old has struggled since joining russia this season and has also been the victim of racial abuse one
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nil win lifts pressure to 2nd from the bottom. i think he proves himself that he can do everything the best players in the champions are the ones who have continuity with the ones who the next day will get back into training to prepare for the next game to play better than the previous games being encouraged to improve he needs to keep working to that. carol yuri have moved into the top 4 in syria but they were made to work hard by. this sardinians had to come from 2 goals down to draw daniel a rag out suit getting equaliser in the 90th minute final score to all. and it was very much a tale of 2 halves for jenna while ford goran panned out as his side took on lead change is scored a spectacular goal in the 1st half but it was rather a forgettable 2nd period and i've seen rat after 2nd booking for stamping on an
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opponent that much and it and to draw. lesser have set a new club record in the english premier league they beat aston villa for their 8th straight league when a series jamie barty scored 2 goals to help lead his side to a 41 win brendan rodgers side are 2nd in the table 8 points off leaders liverpool so for us we respect we just go over there we're. trying to play and improve our performance level and just keep developing as a city but it's thing anyone expects it to be anywhere near the top you know however for us we just take it game by game and just look to improve on our train and then see vertexes. well the file day of the season opening snowboard world cup side 2 italians battling it out for victory in russia a pair and with gary different fortunes on the slopes 39 year old veteran rolland
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clinched the 16th the world cup victory of his career. on his compatriot a miracle 30 jet to crash that. now a danish teenager has become one of the youngest players of all time to win a european tour golf title last miss hogarth how this nerve to win in sudden death playoff in a 3 man shootout to win the open 18 years and $271.00 days old he's the 3rd youngest player to be victorious on the tour tally in the tail amount of sorrow and new zealand's danny believe won at a younger age. you do have a think you would be a european to one of those 30. no i didn't even think so. yeah i mean to to be on the you're going to a so it is a it's a dream come true and it took you in and out of this is incredible i think i can put it into words and that is all your sport for now more later. funds for
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a more new somebody in a minute see that by. december on al-jazeera as this year comes to an end we look ahead to 2020 and the stories that made shake the year people in power investigates the shocking truth. of disabled people in eastern europe skakel deciding the future of the u.k. and its place in europe will the general election result the breaks it is she's a story of palestinian women wasn't about prejudice the struggle for freedom
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against all and the world's best football teams had to cancel for the fee for club world cup $29.00 g.'s joining us for special coverage of december on al-jazeera. candid testimonies from lebanese women who is staying single longer. the. what's causing this cultural shift in a religious society already in the grip of political and social tension. and on the implications for the arab world as a whole. panel single by choice on al-jazeera. the war on drugs in the philippines is pushing to a breaking point
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a record number of inmates languish behind bars for a year awaiting trial one o one the philippines locked up on al-jazeera. you know you have foreign military person now coming to our base they should not be doing that if they hate our country a passionate call in the u.s. to end its saudi military training program after 3 years same as killed at a florida naval base. in jordan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. a show of strength 6 months on in hong kong hundreds of thousands of anti-government activists continue their demand for the.
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