tv NEWSHOUR Al Jazeera December 11, 2019 12:00am-1:01am +03
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tode in their own words how did you know who to trust or not to trust. a stranger came to town witness on al-jazeera. this is al jazeera. follower and taylor this is the al-jazeera news our live from london coming up. we must be clear no one not even the president is above the law donald trump is charged with abuse of power and obstruction of congress as house democrats announce articles of impeachment. mean miles leader and time suchi goes to the international court of justice to defend her country's treatment everything that muslims. feel to
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make war but takes a village and a nation to build peace. ethiopia is promised a red receives the nobel peace prize for ending 2 decades of hostility with neighboring eritrea. and peter slipper in doha with all your support back on the tranced cricket map in a few hours time pakistan faced for lanka in the country's 1st international match in over a decade. democratic leaders in the u.s. house of representatives have published articles of impeachment against president donald trump accusing him of betraying the nation the charges against the president include abuse of power and obstruction of congress both stemming from donald trump's efforts to pressure ukraine to interfere in the 2020 lections. has more
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from washington. standing before a portrait of one of the nation's founding fathers george washington house democratic leaders made a historic announcement today in service to our duty to the constitution and to our country. the house committee on the judiciary is introducing 2 articles of impeachment charging the president of the united states donald j. drum with committing high crimes and misdemeanors the 1st article is abuse of power for withholding security aid and a white house visit with ukraine's leader in exchange for political investigations that would benefit trump's reelection the 2nd obstruction of congress for refusing to cooperate with impeachment investigators the evidence is every bit as strong that president trump has obstructed congress fully without precedent and without basis in law if allowed to stand it would decimate congress's ability to conduct
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oversight of this president or any other in the future trump is only the 4th u.s. president to have impeachment proceed this far he denies all wrongdoing tweeting during the democrats' announcement witch hunt democrats say the evidence against trump is damning it includes testimony from more than a dozen witnesses and a white house call summary showing trump asked ukraine to launch investigations into his political rivals republicans though say that's not enough to remove a president they're not impeaching the president because they they can the list and impeachable offense there impeaching him because they're afraid he will get reelected that's not why you have the power of impeachment that's the abuse of power democrats are keeping the impeachment articles narrowly focused on trump's recent conduct with ukraine they decided not to charge the president court trying to stop the previous moller investigation that examine whether his campaign had colluded with russia in the last presidential election in less than a year's time
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a deeply divided america will return to the polls that will be after trump's impeachment trial in the senate where he'll likely be acquitted by his fellow republicans democrats say despite the slim chance of removal doing nothing or waiting what amounts to complicity with trump's misconduct the argument why don't you just wait amounts to this. why don't you just let him cheat in one more election why not let him cheat just one more time democrats say trump remains a threat to the upcoming elections and to his own country. castro al-jazeera washington let's go live to his in washington now what happens now gabriel well there's 3 more essential steps that need to happen there will be a 2 of them will be happening perhaps very soon the 22 member house judiciary
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committee will take a vote probably within the next 24 to 48 hours or so on this impeachment to move it forward or not to the full house if they vote to do that which is most certainly likely if not. for sure that vote in the full house of representatives would most likely come next week those are the 2 key next steps after it goes through the house and that vote happens and it assuming that that vote goes along party lines the impeachment would go through and then as we just heard from heidi story there it would go on to the senate for a trial now late on tuesday that senate majority leader mitch mcconnell did say that there would be no no vote or no trial that would take place in the senate before the end of the year he said he said it would be starting next year immediately what we're looking at is for some more reaction from the president
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donald trump on this very historic day in washington the president in about 3 hours or or so is expected to at a rally in pennsylvania a campaign rally with vice president mike pence where you can be sure the president most likely will be addressing this impeachment that went through this stage here in washington again on this very historic day here there isn't a thank you very much indeed. u.s. secretary of state might pompei or has warned russia's foreign minister of reprisals if moscow interferes in next year's u.s. presidential election secular office in washington for talks and his 1st visit to the u.s. since 2017 cover off says claims of russian meddling in the 2016 election are baseless and moscow wants to normalize relations says he has made washington's expectations clear. there on the question of interference in our domestic affairs i was clear it's unacceptable and i made our expectations of russia clear trumpet
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ministration will always work to protect the integrity of our elections period. russia are already for an actor take steps to undermine our democratic processes we will take action in response. say in washington where a new north american trade deal has been announced after u.s. democrats demanded changes to an agreement struck by president trump last year house speaker nancy pelosi called it a victory for american workers after a year of negotiation as she says the new agreement with mexico and canada includes tougher labor and environmental rules president trump praised the revisions on twitter saying that it will be quote the best and most important trade deal ever made by the united states the saudi diplomat to head to the kingdom's istanbul consulate where a journalist. was murdered has been barred from entering the u.s. $100.00 table he who is the saudi consul general in istanbul has been accused of human rights violations i shall g.'s murder sparked global criticism against saudi
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arabia the cia and some western governments have said they believe crown prince mohammed bin salon ordered the killing but saudi officials say he had no role. and in a developing story a number of people have been killed in a shooting at a jersey city convenience store and killed at least one police officer 2 more officers and a bystander have been injured all are in stable condition that's according to the hudson county prosecutor dozens of law enforcement offices have responded to the scene exchanging fire with an unspecified number of gunman meanwhile as leader and so says she has appeared at the international court of justice to defend her country against allegations of genocide accusations stemmed from a 2017 military crackdown against wearing a muslim which forced nearly 3 quarters of a 1000000 people to flee to neighboring bangladesh when hey as more from the hague . once a human rights and democracy campaigner myanmar's leader arrived at the international
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court of justice accused of being complicit in genocide the case against aung san suu cheese government was brought by the gambia on behalf of the organization of islamic cooperation on the opening day it was alleged widespread abuses were carried out by myanmar security forces against communities which they say amount to genocide every day of interruption means that more people have been killed more woman i've been an r.v. and more children i've been burnt alive for what crime only because you were born different born of a different ways and to a different religion from doors who kill and weep them and for this honorable judges they have been made the ultimate price genocide. as lawyer after lawyer laid out the game b. is case sued she watched and listened in the court room one could only imagine what
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was going through her mind as repeated allegations were made of rape torture and murder by soldiers it was very important for fear have to 30 inches away from people who are describing and really excruciating and painful detail of the horrible crimes of the burmese military that happened on her watch me and maher says the raids on villages in rakhine state were legitimate counterterrorism operations the gambian say me and maher was and still is trying to wipe out an entire ethnic group in the short term the court is being asked to order me and mar to take steps to protect the rich from 3rd the genocidal acts the opening of this trial was ironically held on international human rights day day 2 will see me and begin its defense led by aung san suu kyi herself it will be a remarkable sides a nobel peace prize winner detained for years by the military now defending them
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and herself against charges of genocide the case before the i.c.j. is not a criminal trial meaning charges would be brought against individuals but given what she wants to do for aung san suu kyi is effectively on trial along with the military and government as she left she was jeered by protesters who came to see the rigging finally have their day in the world's highest course when hey al-jazeera the hague stephanie decker is in cox's bazaar in bangladesh where a new refugees have been following the court case. the evidence of what happened to these people lie here among the many camps of cox's bizarre in southeastern bangladesh hundreds of thousands of tens hundreds and thousands of people each with horrifying stories stories of mass rapes of mass killings of people being locked inside their homes and burnt alive people here are aware of what is going on at the international court of justice they want justice but they're under no illusion that anything is going to happen fast it's been 2 and a half years since hundreds of thousands fled across the border across those
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mountains of me and more creating what is now the biggest refugee camp in the world the issue is now bangladesh no longer wants to host them in myanmar is given no guarantees that they will be safe when they return these are people with no state with no identity with no papers and they are on wanted you could say by everyone this is a long term problem that needs to be addressed. well organized jeffrey nice a human rights lawyer who worked at the international criminal tribunal for the former yugoslavia thanks for coming in to talk to us so how unusual is this case at the i.c.j. very unusual and very important you have to bear in mind that states are very reluctant to accuse other states of genocide leave more reluctant to do anything about it that's meant that the genocide convention breaches of which are alleged here there's only been used 2 or 3 times since its creation in 148 and here you've got the unusual position of the strangest stake the gambia is not involved in this
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taking the responsibility of taking my own ma to this court and that's a really important thing both for the range of muslims who's suffering will now be tested in a court but it's also important for the rest of the world because other states may follow on this example and how high is the standard and what is that there were to the case have to demonstrate in order for it to be genocide always the more serious the allegation the higher the standard and in the only cases in particular the bosnia case where a final decision has been reached about genocide the standard is a very high one you could match it to the standard in a criminal trial although this is not a criminal court proved beyond reasonable doubt so how does this i mean you mentioned going to court to how does this differ from a criminal court proceeding or completely different because this is not about prosecuting individuals for a crime that happens of course like the international criminal court or the adult
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tribunals for and the former yugoslavia this is an allegation of breach of a treaty which various states of signed up and if the breach is proved i.e. that the state has committed genocide then sanctions follow for that country and indeed compensation is possible but perhaps its most important effect is that if a country is found to have committed genocide it simply has to put its house in order or it will suffer international sanctions and. you mentioned sanctions are possible what might they be or they might be all the range of international sanctions that can be brought to bear against a court but it has again against the country and it has to be borne in mind most countries most of the time respect the orders of the international court of justice it is the world's highest court it represents the will of the of the globalized people little the globalization is favored so in practical terms for people who are in those camps that we are seeing earlier what might it mean if there's i mean sort of it's a big lots of if there are many if the court does find against me and what might it
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mean in practical theoretically and ultimately it could be money but most important is it could mean they will be allowed to return under properly supervised circumstances to the places from which they came and which they believe is not believe which to them is home and that's the most important potential outcome and will be very interesting to see what answers hoochie says about that when she speaks tomorrow and until her defense what what are you expecting well we saw from the little package that came before you spoke to 3 that it's going to be suggested that these people were terrorists subject to appropriate reaction to terrorists that is if i may say so a very standard defense run by countries accused of genocide when they're pursuing a genocidal policy not for me to prejudge it but that appears to be one of the defenses that is being raised and of course it has to be recognized that the range of muslims have suffered all sorts of human rights abuses by
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a failure even to be recognized as people. even to be able to do all sorts of things or people ordinary can and no doubt that will be part of the evidence advanced by those representing them in this trial differing i thank you very much indeed for i mean it'll just take us through. more to come in this hour of news from london including bosnia starts moving migrants out of a controversial camp for hundreds have been living in freezing conditions on the makeshift tents. is another eruption keep search teams of new zealand's white highland as police begin an investigation into at least 6 deaths. and the pows had a successful south asian games but the host actually want more government support peter storrie. if the prime minister ahmed has received the nobel peace prize for his efforts to
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end hostility with neighboring eritrea he was recognized for his role in ending a decades long military standoff angry establishing relations between the 2 countries on diplomatic editor james bays reports. this was recognition of a man who's only been in office for 20 months prime minister ahmed ali praised for changing a few appearing that time releasing found seasickness a good prisoners and putting the country on a more open palm but the committee that gives the award was determined to make one thing clear to the new leader of the country within the past has been led by kings strong men and dictators by awarding you the nobel peace prize we were not expressing an opinion on how or if you should lead the ethiopian people in the future. the leadership of
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ethiopia and its political platform must be decided by ethiopian people and the ethiopian people alone she said prime minister was the main architects of the peace with their a trailer and this was not a joint award it was still more work to be done between the 2 countries at present this work seems to be at a standstill it is the hope of the new we've been nobel committee that your previous achievements coupled with the added encouragement of the peace prize will spur the parties to further implementation of the peace treaties live but after accepting the prize the new nobel laureate made it clear he felt he was also accepting it on behalf of his era trent counterpart. after work he
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served this award on behalf of video pins and it's ian's likewise i accept this award on behalf of my partner and common imp is president is it was good will trust would was good will trust in commitment were vital in ending the 2 dick good deadlock between our countries the speech continued in a tone of humility from a leader who started from the most humble beginnings and worked his way up through the military ranks after fighting in the war with our a trailer as a young soldiers he's a say that reserve was the reason to deploying all media interviews and all slow a decision that caused some controversy but he may need more than humility for his next time ask and 28 team he was installed as prime minister when his predecessor.
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resigned next year i'm a new face in the election campaign for the 1st time james by al jazeera. gunmen have stormed a hotel in somalia's capital near the presidential residence police say 2 attackers from their own group have been killed at the complex in mogadishu more than 80 people were rescued by security forces exchanged gunfire with a fight is at the gate of the hotel. just as in iraq a standing firm in their demands for political change with gatherings in central baghdad continuing despite a particularly bloody weekend of demonstrations in all the deadline for the country's parliament to nominate a new prime minister is looming so not a fault in reports. on the 2nd anniversary of isis defeat in iraq people took to brag about streets not to celebrate victory but to fight another battle this time against their own government armed with banners and flags they demanded justice and reforms and we want to go i saw which is
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a happy thing but now we need to win over the parties and the corrupt they pose a greater danger than our nation because of the crimes they committed against the people there is because came and killed people and no one stopped and questioned and no one talked about it it's true i so committed crimes no less than the crimes of these corrupt people last friday a gunman opened fire on demonstrators in the nearby hill and square killing $25.00 and injuring dozens there is barely enough space on this wall to list the names of the latest victims their deaths seem to have drawn even more people into the streets several trade unions tribes and political organizations have called for protests on tuesday and this by the last friday is attack on demonstrators near tahrir square people have heeded the call their demands remained the same they want an end to corruption and the new government in a show of solidarity hundreds of people arrived from iraq's southern provinces.
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oh. feeling ignored back home they hope their presence in baghdad will force those in power to listen i came here to support my brothers the pact that people would never return home either i go back to my coffin corrupt people out after friday's violence security forces were deployed near protest sites but it was the followers of shiite cleric mark that assad are identifiable. by their blue and white hats who seemed in charge of security none of them agreed to speak on camera yet they vowed to intervene to protect protestors if necessary parliament has spy of more days to choose a replacement for prime minister abdullah abdullah mahdi who resigned last month many feared without strong leadership iraq risks slipping deeper into crisis simona full teen al-jazeera baghdad just 2 days before voters in algeria go to the polls a quarter sentence 3 former political leaders to lengthy prison terms it comes as
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anti-government protests continue across the country calling for the election to be boycotted gauge reports. was antigovernment protesters out again on the streets this time less than 48 hours before the polling stations in algeria altering their value into a boy koch the voyage claiming it won't be fair is the ruling elite still in power at the same time to former prime ministers will being sentenced in court for corruption and fraud ahmed was sentenced for 15 he is and his predecessor abdel nour 12 an international arrest warrant was issued for former industry minister to salaam bush will read who's not in the country in his absence he was sentenced to 20 is they all served under a long time president abdelaziz bouteflika was he was forced to
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step down earlier this year after widespread protests rejecting his attempt to run for a 5th term. some of. those demonstrations have continued for months with cause for complaint told the whole world the political system was at the top of the hour what on earth with come with slogans that say every day there will be a march and we will not stop to express our refusal for this election it has been a fraudulent sense of the beginning. analysts already predict a voter turnout of less than 15 percent there's little evidence sentencing form of politicians will persuade algerians to cast their ballots arrayed in these ministers now publicly is not going to change the mind of the protest and the afghan people actually asking and humbly ask him to peacefully ask for constructive change. if that change doesn't take place the future in algeria
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could be an unstable one. weekly gauge al-jazeera. an investigation by the reuters news agency has found that former white house executives helped to build a controversial spying unit for the united arab emirates the program was code named dread by the u.a.e. and was built to follow suspects in the years after the september 11th attacks reuters says that richard clarke a former counterterrorism chief for presidents clinton and george w. bush set up the program in 2008 and it was sanctioned by the u.s. units focus went further though targeting human rights activists and both the government of qatar and football's governing body pfieffer over the 2022 world cup bid. what hanna is live in washington d.c. mike how was this allowed by the u.s. state department given how closely it monitors former intelligence officers abroad . well indeed yes this is the result of
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a multi-year investigation by reuters looking back since the scum and contracting company was formed about a decade ago now the company initially did to get licenses from the state department for its operations which it needs to do with american citizens working in a foreign country it did employ a lot of former n.s.a. officials a lot of intelligence officers some who worked at the white house as you mentioned the head of the birth of the project was a former counterterrorism czar in the white house for both president clinton and president george bush so there you have the situation now which is merging is how do these people essentially operating as freelance mercenaries hold on to their top secret security clearance now the current people running the contracting company is according to reuters have found a way to get around those they simply list them as working on a gnat's n.s.a. contract this would allow them to maintain the top secret clearance even while they
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were out the country working in the u.a.e. none of a number of them did not do any n.s.a. contract work whatsoever so this is just one of the many questions that investigators are reported to be looking into it with regard to american involvement in the u.a.e. cyber operation and what about a legal ramifications from from any hacking. well here's an interesting point that it is illegal for any american to hack a computer system and it's even more so for an american to hack a computer system within the united states now reports indicate that dreaded this u.a.e. cyber unit actually did hack into google yahoo hotmail now the way that this was avoided of americans getting involved in what is an illegal operation according to reuters reports is that they would stand over a u.a.e. operative they would do all the process leading up to the moment when the command
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is sent to hack the computer in other words an american finger does not press the command key to activate the hacking process now this is once again yet another 3rd in line that is being looked at by federal investigators and possibly according to reports a grand jury mike hanna thank you very much indeed. coming up on the sad news munden. kidnapped and never heard from again and grief in mexico is the murder rate jumps. and i'm nicholas honkey in downtown cape town in a church where hundreds of african migrants have sought refuge find out next why authorities want to see them leave. and in sport with peta how holders liverpool clinched that place in the last 16 of the champions league.
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hello again and welcome back to your international weather forecast and we have 2 areas that we are watching here across europe 1st of all i want to take you down here across the mediterranean there is a storm system a fairly windy system that's bringing a lot of rain across much of the area we're talking about southern italy the southern part of the balkan peninsula as well as into turkey we're going to be watching that very carefully for the potential of flooding over the next few days that's going to continue to make its way more towards the east as well as this other system out towards the west as a system coming in from the atlantic and it is going to bring some very very damaging and gusty winds across much of western europe over the next few days so we're going to be watching this area as well so anywhere from wednesday to thursday even and to friday we're going to be seeing those winds spread across much of the region now there's going to be a little bit of a break across the region but as we go towards thursday night it is going to be increasing anywhere from the u.k. all the way down across parts of france and for paris you could be seeing those winds as well by the time we get towards thursday night the winds are going to be
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increasing and by the time we get to friday those winds are going to be quite significant across much of that area here across the mediterranean it is going to be quite rainy across much of libya tripoli is going to be a rainy day few as well as winds for parts of benghazi. from ancient emperors to communist leaders. age old philosophies and the rule of order remain central to the world's oldest living civilization. in the 1st of a 2 part series the big picture charts how a history spanning by 1000 years shaped china's world in the industrialized world. but china complex part one on al-jazeera one of the really special things about working for al-jazeera is that even as a camera woman i get to have so much empathy and contribution to
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a story i feel we cover this region better than anyone else working for it is you know very challenging liberally but the good because you have a lot of people that are divided on political issues we are with the people we live to tell the real stories are just mended used to deliver in-depth journalism we don't feel inferior to the audience across the globe. and i'm going to run to the top stories here now jazeera the 1st official impeachment charges against president donald trump have been announced democrats say he has abused the power of his office and obstructed congress in its investigation. civilian leader and she has appeared at the international court of
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justice to defend her country over claims it has committed genocide against rohingya muslims. here can prime minister of the major's officially receive the nobel peace prize was given the award for his work in bringing an end to decades of hostility with neighboring eritrea. argentina's new president has been sworn in the marking a shift to the left in the country a better friend is took the oath in the congress building in what is ariz he spoke for an hour criticizing rising hunger and poverty levels across the country which is fighting rampant inflation. and his vice president cristina kitchener who's also a former leader of the country defeated moet so much in october his election. to be mexico's most violent year on record after another jump and its murder rate promises made by its new president under. door to curb the spiraling violence of so
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far failed under serious bunya rapido has more from mexico city. but what we have been in the photo are struggling to hold back tears if. they're opening up for the 1st time about the disappearance of their oldest son who was kidnapped in 2015 and never heard from again but. if you ask what the hardest part is i think it's living day to day living day to day it's like being alive in death. since the disappearance of their son the couple see their lives have been turned upside down. i lost everything. you could. if it's too difficult.
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for you but if i lost my job. it hurts too much to remember this case is like the number in the 10s of thousands across much of mexico. yet mental health experts say the increasing violence nationwide is creating long term negative impacts on the lives of those affected if he doesn't is on the. left in situations where violence is present health conditions are tripled 22 percent of the population facing violence are currently affected by mental health conditions we're talking about depression anxiety and in extreme conditions schizophrenia suicide and addiction. for some the trauma of losing a loved one to violence can consume their lives and in mexico forced disappearances
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have become so common that forensics workshops are now taught to family members who refused to give up the search for the disappeared. along with homicides kidnappings extortion and attacks against women have continued to grow beyond the control of mexican authorities this intense takes associated with escalating violence in mexico means that public health services are often overwhelmed and in many cases survivors are left to help each other to overcome the emotional trauma. mexico is expected to close out 2019 is the most violent year on record this means more families will share the same pain as but in the and us who have mounted up a little mexico city. campaigning for votes in the u.k.'s general election has entered the final stages the main parties are focusing on the core themes of bricks it and the national health service leaders have been speaking at a string of events in key constituencies ahead of thursday's poll paul brennan has
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more. boris johnson's people know the power of a good photo of the styrofoam balls for the front of the prime minister's press it metaphor on tuesday. using infrastructure education and technology to bring the country together we have a vision of the united kingdom gerry corbin would divide our kingdom and i can tell you this we can do all of this as one nation conservatives was not putting up your taxes but it is this photo that's proved most politically powerful this week 4 year old jack willimon bar laid out on the floor of a hospital emergency ward for the lack of a proper bad prime minister's visible awkwardness when confronted with the picture has been seized upon by the labor party the story that was in yesterday's papers about. a train on the floor in leeds sadly is not that an exceptional around the country the shortage of pads the shortage of nurses the
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shortage of doctors the shortage of radiologists and the shortage of funding in our n.h.s. is an absolute scam. campaigning in the city of bath the liberal democrat leader reiterated her party's internationalist policies describing thursday's election as a fight for the soul of our country and what we all do for these last few hours will make that difference in tens of the type of country we will see on friday and beyond because liberal democrats are in the position in so many parts of the country where we can stop forest hills and we can win seats from the conservatives with less than 48 hours until polling stations open the competing parties are frantically scrapping for every available vote the opinion polls still suggest a conservative victory but nothing is being taken for granted paul brennan al-jazeera. around $600.00 migrants in bosnia are being moved from
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a makeshift camp to another shelter in the capital sarajevo it is growing pressure from aid agencies for authorities to close the facility which lacks basic services like running water and electricity trying to hold the fort. the conditions are appalling in the biting cold this was no way for already desperate people to be living on the doorstep of europe the buses brought no comfort the only way they'd hoped to leave camp was northwest border into croatia the so-called balkan route to the european union instead roughly 600 migrants from places like syria afghanistan and pakistan are being rehabbed in a former military barracks near the capital sarajevo better conditions perhaps but in the wrong direction this police want to take us there says that ever happened to other states because the evil forces us to. transfer there but there are people who
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want to disable because she wants a good deal to other countries they want to cause their god but after much. it took months of criticism by international organizations on the ground to convince the bosnian north orators to do something about the camp in freezing temperatures human rights officials warned people would start dying here without running water or proper heating. but returning to the countries they fled is no option and no risk remaining in bosnia so many will be undeterred by this move trickling back in time and despite allegations of violence by croatian border police wait for the chance to try again to enter the e.u. jonah how al-jazeera. there are 300 saudi arabian military aviation students are being grounded ultrasound the air force shot and killed 3 people last week at a u.s. navy base in florida the f.b.i. believes 21 year old. when he attacked a u.s.
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navy base in pensacola on friday before he was shot dead by a deputy sheriff. there's a chance prime minister says recovery teams hope to access white island on wednesday following a deadly volcanic eruption that killed at least 6 people police say the 8 people still missing a likely to be dead dozens more are in hospital with severe injuries as jessica washington reports walk and. the excitement of the beginning of the summer holidays brought to an abrupt end take plumes of smoke and ash rising thousands of meters into the air as the white island folk hainault 50 kilometers off the coast of new zealand erupts it's a popular tourist destination and the national geological authority has cameras on the island these pictures show what would be for some visitors their final moments so we'll look into. if there's anyone criminally responsible for the deaths and
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injuries. it's early days yet the tragedy has raised questions about where the tour should have been operating in the 1st place but the island draws 10000 visitors every year and december is 1 of its busiest mass a prime minister just done has promised she will make sure those questions are answered when the time is right we know tony there will be bigger questions and relation to this being and these questions must be asked and they must be answered white island also known by its indigenous maori name for country is located in the bay of plenty and has been active for at least 150000 years the alert level was raised 3 weeks ago warning the volcano may experience a period of activity higher than normal it's not a particularly big eruption is is seed it was kind of. almost
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like a throat clearing kind of eruption and that's why material probably won't of made it to. the what mike it might only in new zealand on the scheme of things for volcanic eruptions it's not large but if you're close to it is this not good for those rescued from the island were taken to 7 hospitals around new zealand some transported by ambulance and others by helicopter most are in intensive care units or burns units suffering breathing issues from inhaling the volcanic ash and severe burns to most of their skin. some of those who survived have burns to more than 70 percent of their bodies and face a long period of recovery just a washington al-jazeera oakland new zealand the south african court has ordered a vixen of hundreds of refugees and asylum seekers living inside a church in cape town but they're refusing to leave many want to be resettled in
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all the country and say they no longer feel welcome in south africa because huck reports from cape town. reverend lynn stories church has a full congregation of refugees. invited them in now he wants them to leave in for a brief moment during mass they do stepping outside but not shaman he met a muslim refugee who stays to pray she fled violence and grew into thinking she would find peace in south africa instead she found hate learn some stuff because none said yeah when i show people i am so disappointed in south africa people are playing to my shop to the ground because i am a foreigner we are not safe here we don't trust the state to protect us we want to leave this country to find a place a place to live and it will stay here until a solution is found him eyes of on hundreds of refugees occupying the church they want asylum to another country some hope to get to europe or north america others
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simply want to go home. shame out and her husband have a son yusuf and their daughter aisha both were taken away by the city's child welfare agency although they were born in south africa like their parents the children have no the eagle papers or status without proper asylum papers you can open a bank account a concert read license a car how do you get her into who's going to trust you so it's what i call administrators in a frenzy in october refugees organize a peaceful demonstration to highlight the conditions they live in and the discrimination they face they were met by police in riot gear children and adults were injured when the reverend heard the sound of stun grenades and water cannons that he told one then children to use this door and this parish they were later joined by men they've been living here for months now this is where they eat sleep and death sharing only one toilets now the church authorities say this is
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unsustainable but people here say leaving the center of this church would be unsafe . poppy's a commie is a civil engineer from congo he thought cape town would be a wealthy diverse and welcoming city but he soon discovered a city divided between rich and poor and between races living in segregation in a shrinking economy he put the british on lead us away saying for years are taking us into debt people friends are taking away all of our we will manage to be a baby for you and you don't the manager like to go on to the good school website but every time states get blamed as affording us when we come like skate gold the city wants the refugees to leave this church and so does reverend story but he will not allow the police to remove them by force in his sermon he has this message for the people of south africa we shout peace we practice violence he says we shout justice we walk injustice we preach love we practice hate.
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changing weather patterns but local communities in the river basin fighting back as net cop reports. it's a process of nature that's as old as the hills of the mouse forest where it all begins and the trees and plants that grow within it the rain falls and down it particularly since of the waterways and aquifers which form the mara river basin the a red life here is spectacular and in the wilderness the iconic species of africa all that to be seen. at the heart of all this is the mara river itself in full flow during the short rainy season but always dependent on the health of the mouse forest in the hills far away in maui one of the towers that in the country. very important what that catchment area not only for the basin by the for the entire country in general. this story has taken
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a new turn as i find out travelling by 4 wheel drive is the only way to get any distance but in the wet season that still presents a challenge to routes across the mara has been destroyed by floods. and foiled by the very river that we've come to film now this sort of thing happens in times of heavy rain but it's being exacerbated by 3 things 1st of all the forestation upstream then i have a great thing downstream and finally climate change we've got to find another way around. we eventually make it up to the mao forests where evidence of deforestation is plain to see as trees give way to farmland the forest is reduced 60 percent in recent years. but now villages actually encouraged to take responsibility for their environment village ranges help patrol for illegal logging and charcoal but even dead wood that's collected from the forest floor is paid for. down on the plains
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frightening up livestock has long been the most on the way now they're being encouraged to reduce the herd numbers and bring their animals to market earlier to eliminate grazing and result they say better pasture and high yields. c and here an alternative means of income beehives looked after by the women of the village. don't need. to look at it this is a good thing a way we can get some money by selling the honey back and it empowers us as women and helps raise school fees for the children. school fees. the mess i too would be encouraged to take down fences and open up their lands to more wildlife which in itself provides tourist dollars not everyone here is convinced by these new ways but the message is protecting and engaging in the environment reaps rewards for man and beast and the world we live in make clark al-jazeera not a peach and a whole with a sport. laura thank you very much pakistan cricket fans are getting ready to watch
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their team play in their 1st international test match at home in move them a decade they'll face 3 lanka 2 test series beginning in rebel pindi on wednesday sri lanka were the last team to play tests there in 2009 before their team bus came under attack in the hall. this is an emotional moment having not played cricket on our home ground in the last 10 years this is a big opportunity for us to start cricket once again the grounds are packed a bit spectators and we will try our best to improve our performance. in their final group game holders liverpool claim their place in the knockout stages of the champions league they were made to swear it by salzburg but 2 goals in 2 2nd half minutes. gave them a 2 no victory and saw them through to the last 16 liverpool top the group table
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with napoli also qualifying in 2nd place thanks to a 4 no win at home thinking. dortmund are going through in 2nd place in a group thanks to their lead over slavia prague and into milan losing at home to leaders of barcelona are taking the runners up spot in a group thanks to a 2 to school on with life in the group valencia and chelsea or head which is enough for both sides to progress to the last 16. is getting ready to host its 1st major football taste of instead of the 2022 world cup 7 teams are taking part in the club world cup with european champions liverpool and south american title winners flamengo the favorites to lift the trophy and the richardson reports. cattles football fans are having quite
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a year. it began with their national team becoming asian champions for the 1st time it will end with the country hosting the club world cup. this group of esperance fans living in qatar play their games in the colors of the african champions the 2 new zealand team will enter the tournament in the 2nd round for a course that is something else off. for us it's very important for us because we are working here and many people. want to see the match but there is no ticket or finish so all the people who want to see this event a total of 7 seems all be taking part catalyst to mystic champions al sad plus 6 continental title winners including liverpool from europe and flamingo from south america cats i'll be hosting it this year and next important test events ahead of the world cup in 2022. fan zone is catering for the diverse
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tastes of local and visiting fans are being trailed for the 1st time by the host country alcohol is a part of our culture over hospital a few years and we make sure that there is. everything for everybody or something for everybody so fans who want to enjoy a drink will have designated areas where they can drink alcohol has been available in the country for 4 decades it's not something that's new. this tournament also working as a reminder that the main events of the middle east's 1st world cup is getting ever closer. you know for indians. living so close to. the dream to see alive. you know it's not a dream anymore it's like you know we just can't wait to be in the stadium and watch the matches live for now supporters will have to concern themselves with watching some of the world's best club teams on the richardson al-jazeera doha.
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the south asian games ends on wednesday in the poll with the host country hailing the events of a great success only india have won more medals but many of nepal's winners say their victories came in spite of a lack of support from the government sabina shrestha has more from kathmandu. preparation for the final day of the south asian games fans have been delighted by the performance of their athletes 22 year old uncommon marker celebrated gold in karate by beating our pakistani open in the final the former maoist began response journey after the end of the civil war in 2006 in camps used by the guerrilla army . and we can't make a living by being an athlete we only get an allowance when we are getting trained in the past 4 months are allowance has gone up to $26.00 a day before it was 6 dollars and we have to live within the sum out after the training i have to find to work on a palmer has and receive the full allowance and is relying on her brother to
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support. me today an international trail runner and $27.00 national geographic athlete of the year was a former maoist rebel herself she has been coaching than a party team. compared to international athletes nepali are very little if we were to get some of the same facility is training with coaches we would make a huge difference. many of the parts athletes come from poor economic backgrounds just before the games opened one athlete had to abandon her dream of representing a country at this major sporting event and travel to qatar for work the government has allocated $46000000.00 for the asian games it's also been putting money into sport the structure but the athletes say a better and more consistent investment in the athletes themselves is the only way to achieve better performances now officials say they will increase their investment on athletes. our i mean we're not allowed to order not we won't let the
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athletes languish we'll give them a regular salary our next target is the olympics and the next south asian games we managing the athletes we will get better results next time and that's what fans expect as well. as iraq that men do. the harlem globetrotters are kicking off a latest world tour with another impressive street performance verses an 8 story maze called the vessel in new york with 2 of the exhibition team stars showed off some incredible tricks they'll be taking their skills to 250 cities around the world but they may not be that many chances like hers one to make a shot from 16 stories up the globetrotters making it all look so easy. to leave it for now more sport for me again later lauren back to you in london peter thank you very much indeed and that's it for me for this news hour back in a moment with another full roundup of the day's news thanks very much indeed for
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