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it's affirmative action for the most socially disadvantaged groups now these reservations of quotas as they're known here are given to cost based groups made to a group called the ballots and also to tribes people to rectify historical wrongs perpetrated by the hindu religions caste hierarchy. of ringo's a trick by the one who are the forces of our system of egypt so we are here with a simple slogan 1st save constitution save as a rich slave citizenship save constitution we are proud to see here for dignity of a self-respect we needed to believe as i believe. this protest has been created by a very popular man by the name of chandrashekhar assad who is a leader of the community he's asked people to march from here to the indian parliament but there is a large police presence are there to stop people from reaching parliament has also asked politicians belonging to the cost and tribes to ask the indian government to
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nullify the supreme court's verdict. the yemeni government backed by the saudi led coalition and the hooty rebels have agreed to a large scale prisoner swap the un says it's the 1st exchange of its size since the 5 year conflict began the timing and number of prisoners has not been specified with the u.n. special envoy to yemen urging parties to move forward with the utmost sense of urgency the swap is part of a u.n. mediated deal brokered in sweden in 2018 where the warring parties agreed to exchange some 15000 detainees. there some across it party candidates are campaigning in nevada for saturday's caucuses and they're facing off for the right to win their party's candidate see to take on donald trump in the presidential election candidate and former vice president joe biden has set his sights on one of the frontrunners bernie sanders the former v.p. has criticized sunders gun control voting record are calling on the senator to
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condemn what he called vicious malicious and misandrist rhetoric be used by his supporters. for us as health minister will be representing him and because party in the race for the paris mayor party officials announced results candidacy on sunday on friday revoked pulled out of the race when explicit videos and images that surely featured him were leaked online reasons profile has recently risen as she leads france's response to the coronavirus at least one person has died a storm dennis wreaked havoc across the united kingdom at london's heathrow airport planes battled strong winds as they struggle to land there were at least 500 flood warnings issued across the u.k. flooding forced hundreds of people from their homes across wales and england's middens. a storm that is also travel to france where it struck the western region
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of brittany ocean phone has flooded the coastal streets of saigon 0 with authorities warning of imminent danger. the go ahead for a new coal mine has divided opinions in australia catastrophic bushfires have raised concerns about fossil fuels climate change and the switch to greener forms of energy but the new mind provides jobs and strengthens australia's position as the world's largest coal exporter and next year brian reports. claremont population 3001 of australia's mining heartlands most of the work here is a cult following and they keep paul wilkes motel business going as well possibly 70 percent of their business would be call related in one way or another whether it be the shoe salesman of the shampoo. or fuel salzman claremont's the closest town to the controversial kamaka mine and it's still 160 kilometers away. the mines are
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owned by the indian company adani and got the go ahead from the government last year after more than a decade they've been holed up so the environmental approvals and funding problems for the mines be scaled back from its initial plans however it will still be among a strain his biggest exposing at least $10000000.00 tonnes of coal a year this is the workers camp for the mine which is under construction just a few kilometers away we weren't allowed to film inside and wouldn't talk to us on camera for this story the mine lies here in the galilee basin which is home to one of the biggest coal deposits in the world there are fears the mind could push an endangered bird species towards extinction while the land also holds spiritual significance to some indigenous groups adani will be the 1st mine in the basin and that's made it a flashpoint for protests it's madness to actually lead it to that it's got this far in the starry nights with what we know about climate change and. one of the
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biggest new deposits because it is shouldn't happen the mining industry and the role of fossil fuels in the climate crisis have been in the spotlight in australia after months of devastating bushfires and he has a drought a strike is the world's biggest exposures call and the government's being accused of not doing enough to reduce emissions or protect the planet. their generation called mana and local union chief steve smyth says his. members are open to change but it's got to be realistic if they expect mourners in their families and community come along on this journey and i've got to provide something more and what they're providing now which is rhetoric and words and the fact that people are not convinced that renew the renewable sector can be avoid the science of employment so i'm going job security and a future for about them and they could be a daddy mine could be exporting its 1st call as soon as next year in the meantime mr ali remains deeply divided over whether minds are purely sources of money and
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opportunity or scars on the landscape that take more than i provide. brian al jazeera queensland australia. still to come on out of there this news are facing a very different future designers imagine solutions for tomorrow's problems. and the referee who stepped in at just the right moment during this kickboxing contest in thailand. the controversial leader of the islamic jihad his card he is one of the most one in terms. of its contents and his alleged extrajudicial killing by israeli television and assad says being caught in the massacres the outcome is only that if someone tried to talk to scott immediately soo many times it was shut
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the role of design in the challenges that humans may face in the future is the subject of a major exhibition at the philadelphia museum of art it's called designs for a different future and the reports it's meant to provide people into imagining a future greatly different from the reality of today it's an art exhibition not about the past not about the present but about imagining the future of everything like this 25 collaged passports proposing a system to allow people to temporarily exchange citizenship a critique of a world where goods and services freely cross borders but where humans often can't it's one of more than 75 exhibits by designers tackling issues of the future and the human condition at a major new exhibition at the philadelphia museum of art it is a fashion show that tries to ask a lot of questions without necessarily giving answers. when you come to an
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exhibition about the future you might expect to see things like this robots and there is one this is corey that looks at the interaction between robots and humans and artificial intelligence but this exhibition is also about a lot more these faces were created from d.n.a. extracted from discarded cigarette ends and gum on the streets the designer using the genetic information to render the portraits. there are several pieces related to food like these 2 salmon a larger genetically modified one next to a smaller organic one and a replica of steaks grown out of human cells from hospital waste both provocative ideas be electing a future where food resources are strained the idea is to make people think about food as a cornerstone of human civilization and think about what will happen to food and
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the future of human diet as we start thinking about the big challenges that are lying ahead like climate change diversity loss and environmental pollution einstein once said he never thinks of the future because it will come fast enough in this exhibit designers are the ones bringing bare ideas for the future and not telling people what to think rather what to think about gabriel's on doe. philadelphia. now to foreign doha 1st port lauren thanks so much intermolecular have failed to recapture top spot in syria they were beaten 21 by lot c.e.o. who now lou above them into seconds it means eventis and the day on top after their win over brusca even went into the match having lost their really game but some impressive goals 1st by paolo di bella and then one would rather go help them secure the when to nail the final score you venters have a one point lead to the napoli are showing signs of recovery
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in what's been a disappointing campaign though up to 8 threes might try a 10 win over calley read the victory follows them up subbing interwoven nil in the 1st leg of their copa italia semifinal on wednesday. taught them a boost in their chances of qualifying for next season's champions league they left it late to beat aston villa son hinman scoring his 2nd goal of the game in stoppage time sealed is 32 when the result moves spurs into sift which is expected to be enough to reach the champions league with man city bar from next season's edition when we speak about the 5th i think this you should know for sure wolves manchester united arsenal everybody looks to the table and week after week they say we can do it and they can so it's going to be very hard.
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arsenal held their outside chances of sneaking into the champions league they crushed newcastle for now at home when leaves them $10.00 to $6.00 points off the top newman said of the gunners have only been beaten once in all competitions since mackellar tata took over in december. we talked about putting those into wins and those margins and we can improve translate into more points and it was going in an important message to break his game at home instead of gaining confidence and never stand there and we've done conventions and many people. celtics stretch their winning streak to 9 games the glasgow job in speech aberdeen $21.00 callum mcgregor and christopher i are scoring the goals for the win means they now have time point lead at the top of the table celtic are trying to win the league for a 9th straight talk oh. well some impressive goals helped a north to a 43 comeback win over spoiler in the dutch flight robert goes in
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a kick getting the winner in 18 minutes to victory leaves the 3rd was. either on his joshua chip t.v. has smashed the 5 kilometer road world record the 10000 meter world champion took an astonishing 27 seconds off the previous record of this race of monaco a 23 year old running the distance in which 12 minutes and 51 seconds. france's gael morphy's has won his 2nd tennis title of the week the rotterdam open off the streets canadian teenager felix simmie in straight sets to retain the title the 19 year old who made history by becoming the youngest finalist in the event missed the chance to clench his folks 80 i don't get the 10 career titles to work. over in russia kiki burton's got past alaina read the kenya of how does it stand to
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successfully defend her seat is for total number 8 seed for the netherlands down to 2 opponents 6163 it's the 10th w.t. singles title for the top of the cage. roger go holder has won her 3rd straight women's world cup slalom as a lackey and has now overtaken american mckayla scheffer and on top of the discipline we're standing with sweden is an aspiring larsson had a huge lead after recording the fastest time in her 1st line and then this happened which took her out of contention for holders when kids are on top of the stone ranking schifrin was taking a break from skiing since the death of her father to go still leads the overall world cup standing next. own favorite sergio has won the 3rd edition of the tour of colombia the 22 year old came 2nd on the 6th and final stage behind compassionate daniel martinez none the last agree to seal the victory after leading from the 4
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stage this is the 3rd time the tour has been part of the u.c.i. calendar. are puerto alessandro rempe yet he has more from alto del of their oil. well i think that we can say that it's the least becoming the premier arranged in the latin america together with the more traditional who are of sound choir in argentina and what's of interest here to so many professional cyclists there is the fact that it's an opportunity for them to compete the but also to train at high altitude to active beginning of the season and that's why every year in these 1st 3 years we've seen an increasing number of received top cyclists participating in this case this year. so definitely becoming increasingly important on the world stage if you ask too
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many colombians they'll tell you that remains the most popular sport here but that cycling in many ways is the most beloved and that has to do a lot with the last couple of generations of incredible cyclists. and that have proved over and over that they can compete at the highest level internationally. ok and that is a sport for now it's now back to laurin. thank you very much indeed. all the sports and of course the news we're covering our website. and you can watch us live by clicking on the orange live like. on the back and then there's another full round of the day's news thanks very much for watching isis so.
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confined for weeks by the coronavirus hundreds of u.s. citizens are evacuated from a ship in japan as the rate of infection in china slows the president she faces claims he knew about the outbreak threat weeks before the public was told. an architect of this is al jazeera live from london also coming up significant gains for syrian forces state media reports the government has now seized control of most of the rebel held province of aleppo. the arms embargo has become a joke and so you know.

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