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if you look at it. this is the gov news live from a christian woman on death row in pakistan is free and a hard line islamists have hit the streets they're angry that the blasphemy conviction against b.p. a mother of four was overturned by a federal court some want the judge is dead. do you have you had to honduras to find out why so many feel threatened and are fleeing that country for us even our president trump tied to the u.s. the southern border. and it's a special day for the world's most famous cryptocurrency where does bitcoin stand
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ten years after its introduction. i'm sorry so much found it's good to have you with us a court in pakistan has freed a christian woman sentenced to death for blasphemy ozzy a baby is a mother of four who was condemned to hang a twenty ten for insulting islam prophet mohammed since the ruling thousands of islamist activists have blocked roads and ransacked government property to protest and one hardline group called for death to the judges who overturned the death sentence. she has spent most of the past eight years in a prison cell in solitary confinement. bibi has always maintained her innocence the christian farm worker and mother of four was convicted in twenty ten of blasphemy she was accused of insulting the prophet mohammed after muslim women from
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her village objected to her drinking water from their shared class because she was christian bibi then became the first woman to be sentenced to death by hanging under pakistan's controversial blasphemy laws but now pakistan's highest court has decided to overturn the verdict and. the ruling was immediately met with angry protests by hard line islamists. the only punishment for a blasphemer is beheading bass sound and we won't obey this oppression. the leaders of one islamist party have even called for the death of the judges who ruled in favor of bibi's release. her story began in a rural pakistani village but what started here has stirred intense emotions around the world. in the past islamists have murdered some of those who spoke
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out in her favor. today's reactions show that their anger has diminished a little since her breast nearly ten years ago. yeah. yeah. yeah. sackful la local is the lawyer for us yeah baby and he joins us on the line from islam about for more on the story saif will first of all tell us more about what your reaction was to this court ruling today freeing your client. if i didn't she lord justice and from the truth of the country. the spindle and the judges are not true and the judge is not true. the conspiracy theory be judges therefore. do you think that this case was won on legal merits or
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that international pressure play a role. in only legal matters no pressure because there was a lot of pressure from the families to. go on for the film could have been totally different. set of this has been a really long ordeal for aasiya what was her reaction when she heard the news today . i think over three knows this is up to the superintendent of the prison he's been called judge learned and to stay moved to an informal stream cool doesn't. accept without a piece you haven't had a locker there you got called into prison rules. look prisoner can talk all the food we knew you can go and meet ok little talk
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talk to the superintendent of to prison on the ok i don't know when was she learned a letter a letter. on tubal you and i were to prevail not to do this. she was very very happy she said she's really do not expect that all the prison those very open she says sure marie p. will be chapter two this is the chords message to me through the dream for the drink under her. two years that'll do you think she can stay and pakistan will be safe for her we saw in our report earlier that of islamists have taken to the streets and they are protesting. to do to make an illustrated book because. prosecutors. who
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murder b.b.n. governor of laws to seize. will go to the series. really knows for sure we're liberal in this country and. so you feel your life is also under threat of school so of course there's the jerseys of the most of the good to there can easily teach. what will this mean for your future also for osteo searcher work can she go. i don't know who the virtues of the christian were. good was she like. could weather food fester for years. then she mother of two not of course you would sing for mother for she loved it of
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to thank you for that correction what do you think the court ruling means for pakistan minorities the edge you think there's any indication that for example this blasphemy role could be changed to clean. it all right to. warn them of evidence must be very very strong for police which are ok so awful my loka the lawyer for ozzy a baby a joining us on the phone from islam about thank you very much brooke. that of some other stories making headlines around the world officials in indonesia say they have detected pings believed to be from the black box of the ill fated lion airplane divers in the java sea are searching for the device which contains both the voice cockpit recorder and flight data recorder the aircraft crashed just
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minutes after takeoff on monday all one hundred eighty nine people onboard are presumed dead. thousands took to the streets across brazil to protest far right president elect. demonstrators marched in opposition to his racist sexist and homophobic fuz some held signs denouncing fascism as victory marks the end of brazil's decades long leftist government. u.s. secretary of state mike crump aoe has called for the cessation of hostilities in yemen and said un led negotiations to end the conflict should begin in november it's proposed the talks will be held in sweden yemen has been at war for three years and is facing the world's worst humanitarian crisis. donald trump's administration has announced that it will send more than five thousand troops to shore up the u.s. mexican border as a convoy of central american migrants travels north the procession composed of thousands of central american seeking a better life in the u.s. has been on the road for more than two weeks they've been traversing rivers
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sleeping on the side of the road and relying on food and water handouts along the way the group is currently in mexico about sixteen hundred kilometers from the u.s. border if donald trump's plan is put into action they will encounter about as many troops as are currently stationed in iraq and syria combined many of the migrants started their journey in honduras a country plagued by poverty sexual violence and gang brutality. travelled to take to hear from those fleeing their homes. every friday armed gangs forced these young barbers to cut their hear on one occasion they were caught up in a shootout with police. the barbers closed their cell and to escape but lived in constant fear for their lives that's why they decided to abandon their homes and set off for the united states.
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i had to go to the gang members to cut their hair. but i couldn't keep doing it out of fear. i said if i spoke about it with my cousin and we decided to flee. and were afraid and just want to work in peace. as well as violence economic problems are pushing people to migrate almost three quarters of all hundred and live in poverty according to some estimates and more than half of the self employed there live in extreme poverty. and i'm your partner we are searching for a better homeland and opportunities to work where we want to move our families forward people cannot bear the situation any longer the crisis has been getting worse for years and it's happening because of the political situation that's why people are fleeing now they have nothing to eat. but by i'm supporting these
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migrants they're fleeing because there's no work here how can donald trump treat them as murderers. no poverty and hundred us is on the right even though the government has invested more in social programs. this woman has tried seven times to reach the united states only once did she make it across the border only to be deported but her situation is so desperate that she plans to try again. your book i just can't go on like this even if i could find a job i wouldn't earn enough to support. the babies just need to learn i have three children who need to be fed. on her last journey she was fleeing an abusive husband she took her three children on the arduous trip they suffered hunger and illness
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eventually they were arrested by mexican authorities and deported. numb what have you this is a bit by two and i reported it to the police and sought protection in mexico as they fled with my three children he notified the migration authorities and was spent eight months in detention. women suffer other types of violence they are victims of domestic and sexual abuse and are threatened by gangs who try to recruit their children. that's why twenty percent more women than men are fleeing honduras according to a migration expert the city is already got pretty they are pressured into prostitution or are forced to live with people who are involved in organized crime or many of them being killed. it's a symptom of the vulnerability of women. migrants or refugees it's hard to draw a line in
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a country where desperation and danger go together for them escape seems the only option. to football and in the second round of a german couple record champions byron nick faced semiprofessional team urging hausen on tuesday the eighteen time champions were expected to stroll to victory but their win proved to be a bit of a struggle. by and munich needed to avoid a cup stumble against a fourth tier side and they could breathe easy in the eighth minutes some nice work from rafi nya and renata sanchez and sancho wagner tapped into make it one nil. and just minutes later sanchez had the shirt and the ref pointed to the spot so much miller converting to make it to nil. ten minutes later another penalty this time sanchez stepped up but he hit the woodwork. putting housing came out swinging
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after the break and they hit the net. kelvin longo with the cross leanest meyer with the finish after that both teams were playing it safe for him clearly barely missing the chance to seal the victory in the seventy fifth minute a lackluster two one win foot spire and through to the next round and it leaves tiago injured. now underwater researchers have made a surprise discovery off the coast of california the so-called dumbo octopus it's got fins that resemble elephant ears so the deep sea creature is named after the famous disney creature scientists were treated to an impromptu live show when a sea exploration vehicle counter the rarely cited. are you watching news still to come bitcoin turns ten but is it
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a happy birthday after wild fluctuations in value we'll ask about the future of digital currency. has that story for you coming up in business. you know if you were in school you could even take a chance. don't expect happy ending. the church. in january twenty eighth.

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