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this is a w's lie from algeria president faces fresh calls to step down but this time from the head of the army and the key coalition ally and i won't be anything president declared unfit to rule after weeks of street protests will this bring an end to the country's political crisis also on the program turkish president president typewriter rounds are building
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a case party prepares to be tested in local elections this contempt is widespread with many turks hit by the country's economic recession. mozambique confirms its first cases of cholera two weeks after being hit by cycling to die the world health organization awards a second crisis if infectious diseases are allowed to spread. i'm phil gal welcome to the program algeria's political crisis is coming to a head the leader of the ruling coalition are and the party has joined calls from the head of the army for the president to be clad unfit to rule. as these beauty flicka has been in power for nearly twenty years critics say is that a corrupt regime and hoarded the country's wealth algerians have been protesting for weeks to try to force him to step. pushing forward
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algerians seized the momentum and renewed their demands for political change. students teachers and workers again called for an immediate end to the administration that has ruled algeria for twenty years. they were spurred on by a declaration by the country's army chief general. who in front of his troops declared the ailing president abdelaziz bouteflika too ill to serve. general wants to trigger an article of the constitution that could bring down the president he said the move would respect the demands of the algerian people and ensure the continuity of the state. if parliament approved the request the senate president would take charge until new elections can be held a presidential vote was for april but in february the eighty two year old beautifully announced his intention to run for
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a fifth term before withdrawing his bid and postponing elections indefinitely. as announcement came as a welcome news to many. this is a brave decision and it's the first step on a path toward democracy a path that is still long we appreciate the step and we are waiting other steps the movement will continue until the realization of a democratic republic the second republic. says it's a good step for the algerian people but we won't stop here we'll keep up the movement and we will keep watching what happens until we reach our aim which is the change of government. they all have to go. as protests continue the president's fate may now be in the hands of parliament which is likely to soon vote at the military's request. let's get more on this from journalist as a fan the nesa who joins us on the line from the capital algiers so welcome both of
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you on what has prompted these two pillars of the establishment the army chain from the head of the ruling coalition partner to join the popular calls for the president's resignation. i wouldn't call i wouldn't call it an act of joining this movement it's an attempt of hijacking it's what we're witnessing right now the attempt of a certain faction within your syrian holding to peter. to take off and to take advantage of the weakness of the ending president. so if they get what they want and the the president goes will people necessarily be happy the zionite in charge. could definitely be happy about this first step because one of the major demands was that sort of her current president would you removed brought to have two of the national democratic
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ready to run and here. in atlanta the former prime minister is someone who was awful necessarily attacked during all of these protests so in case she's coming back just retiring a political comeback people would definitely not be happy and will continue to protest the at the at the heart of this this is a constitutional council explain to us what this constitutional council is that is due to rule on the president's fitness to rule. the constitutional council will not rule the constitutional council is an institution. president appointed by the heads of states and its house is simply to figure out if the. head of state is on for too long not and the next step would be preferred this question to the parliament and the last word on this. column and then
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a vote so the so the parliament has to vote part two thirds. and. concerning the system and all of them. after that it would be moved. well this is a clearly an interesting development on it thank you for joining us. from out jess thank you. we'll take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world a u.v. set to scale down its anti migrants trafficking operation in the mediterranean sea rescue missions from operations for fear will be suspended though as the violence will continue the decision is aimed at resolving a dispute when it's only rome had threatened to hold the entire nation unless rescued migrants were taken to other countries. india says it has shot down a satellite in a missile test prime minister narendra modi made the announcement in a live address just weeks before the country's general election india's chief rival pakistan responded by issuing call on its foreign ministry website against military
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threats in outer space. now turkey is gearing up for local elections on sunday fifty seven million voters across the country will choose mass councils and local change those mocked us with the economy in trouble president obama's ruling a k party faces a stiff challenge and sunday's vote is being seen as a referendum on his rule they don't do get turkey correspondent yulia han has been to meet a local politician with a very familiar name. this tea house in the town of go. is more crowded than usual. because today regift type alderaan is making a companion visit. this reject this twenty years old in the political newcomer in turkey's local elections he wants to become a mukta and neighborhood chief he is not related to the turkish president but the
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name he says has helped him with his career choices. people often don't believe me at first and ask if i'm joking on the matter get it done i showed them my id card it's an honor for me to have the same name as our president he's the respected and beloved leader of our country so people say they will vote for me. both because of my personality and my name. i believe this name will help me succeed and more than of an honor to. add to his namesake the president is also complaining hard. he's making several speeches a day exhumed. even though he's not up for election. and one is hoping his own personal popularity will help make the difference because after a decade and a half in power his ruling party is facing losses. was that
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data that's mainly because of the worsening economic situation last year's currency crisis. cent annual inflation soaring to about twenty percent and sept groups unemployment is on the rise. not just here in istanbul people are now queuing for subsidized vegetables in state run markets solid growth and rising living standards have driven the president's electoral success in the past sixteen years but now turkey is in the midst of a recession and many voters say they're frustrated about the economy polls suggest this could erode support for add ons ruling a k potty especially in the largest cities in the capital ankara and here in istanbul. losing them would be a symbolic blow says journalist is most simas both cities have been under a.k.p. control throughout out once time in power water for its own good of a stumble if that opposition wins istanbul ankara we may begin to discuss the
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possibility of snap elections here in turkey. istanbul is strongly associated with the. first he was elected as municipal mayor here then he became mayor of istanbul . after that prime minister and then president. if is a k.p.s. defeated in istanbul it would be a political earthquake for everyone. around them when i get. back to the tea house and go where the young rajah type out one is trying to win some votes he also he has many complains about the economy being just younger people don't have jobs it's become very hard for shop owners nothing is good here anymore nothing yeah the young no one says he wants to tackle these problems least in his neighborhood but he can't be sure of victory as he's facing two challenges much is at stake in the local elections for both tragic time it's. a report from.
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joins us now from istanbul welcome mr erdogan and his party controlled most of the media and the kurds they suppose that adam is of a state from the police the army and the civil service so is the result of sunday's vote a foregone conclusion. not necessarily it's of course hard to tell what will happen on election day because polls here in turkey are considered to be notoriously unreliable but right now they do suggest a sharp fall in support for president add on's a.k.p. and not to landslide victory as we did see in the last local elections here five years ago much of the focus is now on the big cities here in turkey and we might actually see some surprises there the capital crime might get for the first time in sixteen years and opposition mayor and here in istanbul is symbol which is considered to be the biggest prize in these elections and we might see a tight race between president at once candidate and the opposition.
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the economy the economy and the economy many voters are complaining that their personal economic situation has worsened in the past year and employment is at a nine year high inflation is a twenty percent and many things basically from baby diapers to vegetables got so much more expensive i've talked to a few people here let's have a listen to what they had to say it's begun a little if maybe all this really used to do a grocery shopping with fifty liras but now we have to spend one hundred fifteen years and know everything's terrible but they say everything is fine we'll go fold . little do you think the economy is not doing well everyone goes shopping with their credit cards now there's no cash in the cycle so am i going to talk to school i don't think the economy is to yes there's
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a crisis but he says this can't be changed for the better. the economy has collapsed our external debt is huge but apparently half of the population is dreaming in a stream and they don't see the truth. our money has lost its value and. how our president and his party addressing people's economic fears. well the president is in fact compelling as if this vote was about himself i just saw him at one of his biggest rallies here in istanbul a few days ago and i found it's striking that he is avoiding talking about the economic problems instead he's talking a lot about achievement or about completely different issues he has focused a lot on the terrorist attacks against muslims in new zealand he's talking about
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palestinians in gaza and he's also trying to discredit the opposition blaming them for collaborating with terrorists and all these elections likely to be free and fair well in the past elections already the opposition has been complaining about vote rigging and irregularities so this is probably going to be an issue again especially in the south east eastern part of this country and so is a fantasist airline and his a.k.p. control the state resources and most of the media here are now owned by companies close to the government so opposition candidates were given much less air time than the piece candidates the government's candidates and some kind of has even got zero ad time and this has been criticize in postelection already by international observers as well. thank you.
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mozambique health officials have confirmed five cases of cholera the first since the world health organization possible epidemic in the wake of cycling die two weeks after the powerful storm the united nations is appealing for more than two hundred eighty million dollars in aid it says as many as three million people in mozambique and neighboring zimbabwe have been affected by the disaster. speedboats is still the only way to get help to people outside urban areas in the worst hit region around the city of beirut these portuguese marines carried medicine food and drinking water to settlements along the still swollen basie river where an unknown number of people remain without aid more than ten days after the storm. devastated large areas of southern africa leaving thousands homeless and destitute like here in this makeshift camp in beta the world
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health organization is warning of what it calls a second disaster if highly infectious diseases like cholera start to spread through crowded camps like this one. is expected to any spread disease will be will be spread more easily in the zone and that's why it's important to have good medical staff here so you can be for any kind of control it's in the beginning that danger is made worse by the almost total destruction of the region's medical infrastructure. because most of the health centers have been destroyed and this clinic here has an open field with a lot of space we started setting up the tents here to take the load of other health centers because they have had an increase of patients but don't have the capacity to deal with them. w.h.o. is scrambling to fly and nine hundred thousand doses of cholera faxing. and
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material and practical aid continues to flow in from all over the globe like these tents being set up by a kenyan emergency response unit important as the only non-medical way to fight the spread of disease is to improve living unsanitary conditions these people have already been robbed of everything now even their physical health is at risk. sustainably newswire from both are still to come bill. as in baton rouge stumble across a mass grave of jews a shot by nazis during world war two sparking at this spewed between historians and city officials will tell you why. this british so now as british lawmakers discuss the next steps in the efforts to leave the european union he knew parliament has also been discussing brags that he you officials briefed lawmakers on last week's summit when member states offered britain two new options for an orderly exit comparing the u.k. to the famously mysterious egyptian sphynx e.u.
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commission president said it remains unclear what london will do but you council president donald tusk urged lawmakers to give britain time to rethink its position you cannot be trade the six million people who signed that petition to revoke article fifty. one million people. so much for a people's vote. for the increasing much already of people who wants to remain in the european union. they may feel that they are not sufficiently represented by their you can't follow us but they must feel that they are represented by you in this chamber because they are europeans thank you. straight to strasburg then we join. matters welcome back i'm strong words from donald tusk. absolutely and look donald tusk is known to be an emotional speaker he
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makes no secret of the fact that he things the u.k. should state should change its mind and seeing that keep the tears are now falling in line behind to reason mace plan beyond her deal shows that there is a fear among the tears that there may be ofter all no press it at all that the remains site suddenly gets a momentum and for that momentum a total toast would like to see more time so long extension and do you think that lawmakers are likely to heed his words. i think frankly there is no the so secret that there is a proxy for tikkun it's pretty much has reached its peak and so yes it would be un convenient if the u.k. suddenly participates after all in the european elections the french president has said he's not in much in favor of a long extension but after all the u.k. e.u. summit last week has made that suggestion that that offer is on the table and i
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think so what all toasty refers to is some of the piece on the remains side on the pro european side who have said look if the u.k. would fall out if it would be a hot breakfast that would be a showcase that leaving the european union is just a bad idea and what else have you lawmakers been saying about pressuring me. while there is the chief price of negotiator of the european parliament for instance who has said he's a little less optimistic that donald tusk and he believes that remain has no chance but that after a couple of years the u.k. were returned to the family of e.u. nations so there are some positive was here from a number of any piece and finally that was set downs from the labor party and i mean who said thank you don't notice your messages well received and we're grateful for it and i go back to say in strasbourg thank you. american lawmakers are said to hear testimony today from aviation regulators in the wake of two deadly
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crashes featuring boeing seven three seven max and craft or authorities around the world have grounded hundreds of u.s. companies best selling planes now politicians want to find fresh ways to certify jets and restore passenger trust their efforts won't be helped by another mishap in florida a seven three seven max being moved to a maintenance facility and it was forced to make an emergency landing. under normal circumstances an emergency landing like this one would not get much attention an engine overheated shortly after takeoff the pilot returned to orlando florida and landed safely but the plane was a boeing seven three seven max eight one of hundreds that are grounded a southwest plane was headed for the carry a storage facility in california it did not carry any passengers the incident is likely to ruin a pivotal day for boeing as the company tries to rebuild public trust is about to
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brief two hundred pilots on changes to software is signed to prevent a mid-flight stall meanwhile a senate panel in washington plans to question the acting head of the federal aviation administration about how thorough only the seven three seven max is automated flight control system tested and what will be done to assure that any fixes work. it's not enough to get this software certified i want to know the training on the new software on the fix and how it impacts entire system of the aircraft. is going to be conducted i want to know that that's going to be more than one pilot described it a one hour session and i had to get this training. software problems on the boeing seven three seven max eight plane and the pilots inability to react possibly due to lack of training are the main areas of focus for investigations into what cost the crashes. by the recent discovery that
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a shocked people in the city of brest touring construction work on an apartment complex of buildings on earth a mass grave containing the remains of more than the thousand jews killed by nazis during world war two work was halted and the remains have now been exhumed but there's controversy following authorities decision to resume construction they don't lose any showing reporters. bones jewelry and even shoes the past is pushing into the light. this is the site of a mass grave of jews shot by the nazis it was found during construction work in the center of breast during the german occupation in the second world war the area was a jewish ghetto tens of thousands were executed in and around breasts during that time the site is currently closed off to the public including to local historian every lover of sky she has been petitioning to stop the building work and argues there should be a memorial park here and not an apartment complex. in the musical shouldn't be
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able to live on the spot of a mass execution half of the population of the city was killed within several days here half of the people can you imagine the boiler that pain continues to exist and will not give us peace until we learn to respect history and what happened here. when your sources who are watching him from wish to preserve. a special battalion of the belorussian army has been in charge of the excavations. most of these young soldiers are doing their military service here in total they have found the remains of over eleven hundred bodies which will be repaired at a local cemetery and right next to this musgrave the building work for a modern apartment complex will now continue its a lucrative project one square meter is selling for nearly twice the average market price in brest the city authorities say the foundations of the building won't touch
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the mass graves and it will be marked with a memorial plaque. at the apartment complex is the right thing for this spot it's what the city needs a well tended to area in the center they used to be unsightly houses here when it should be tidy and beautiful this isn't the first time that builders a fun bones during construction in the historical center but not everyone impressed agrees that should be apartments on the mass graves. it will be time to build houses there should be a memorial instead. of the world here we have to find a civilized way to solve this problem after all every city in europe is built on people's bones. with a purpose to fiji. arena is determined to see the site of the mass grave with her own eyes the forward becomes a landscape courtyard and the quaintance of her as a direct the from when she says the building project shows that the bell or russian authorities are insensitive and haven't learned any lessons from the past spell of
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russian authorities have been criticized before for building one jewish cemeteries as recently as twenty seventeen. the last straw in this country the authorities only respect the memory of the soviet protectors of the breast fortress for example of soldiers who fought unequally to tell a tarion country with weapons in their hands that they respect. the world. the construction company had told us the apartment complex would be a gated community. insists the grounds will be open to the public. watching t.v. billion years life from about and still to come the woman who refuses to be silenced seventeen years ago time i was gonna write today she still fighting for justice and for women's rights. water emergency in the searing heat minutes tops are running dry and residents of the resulting the filling their pockets with water
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