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food,king for medicine, clean water, millions of people are looking to survive in the philippines after the devastating typhoon. 10,000 people appeared dead in the city alone. the international community is rushing to get emergency aid to the philippines. the u.s. just launched an appeal , 300 $1 million more is needed in donations. hitting back, the iranian foreign minister, saying they were not to blame for their talks in geneva.
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thank you for joining us, this is the international news here. $300 million in donations have been called for to help the philippines. chaos is scale of the becoming clearer. millions have been affected. they fear the 10,000 people have died in the city alone. for the injured and the elderly, it was the only way to survive, getting out. >> staying is not an option. four days after the typhoon hit the city, hundreds of survivors hoped to get, as the crowd grows.
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this is nothing new. we need shelter. people camping0 outside the airport surged onto the tarmac. only a small group eventually made it on board. with thousands now homeless and desperate, few could rely on this to survive. >> what do they want us to do? push each other in line for hours? no way. >> the international community has pledged to free up millions of dollars. with 70% of all infrastructure wiped out. let's get more from the huge relief efforts that are under way.
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thank you very much for being with us. first of all, how is the work going for the teams on the ground in the philippines? are they managing to get the help where it is the most needed? >> our teams have finally , to tryto reach manila to reach as quickly as possible. we have multiple teams in multiple places. our logistics are still looking into all kinds of possible to bring aid to the survivors as soon as possible. as i said before, logistics and infrastructure have been damaged so badly and it is a big challenge for us and many others.
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>> is there a danger that by the ite the roads are clear, could be too late for many people? i do know is that we do all that we can to reach them as soon as possible. for days now we have been looking at all sorts of ways to backhe much-needed relief, there in the areas where it is most needed. it can go by land, it can go by sea. right now things are getting a little bit better. the airport reopened today and is more frequent again. are looking at these scenarios, the challenge is huge in the coming days.
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>> we are hearing reports of looting. do you think that security could make it more difficult for you to work? >> this is another major concern besides all the other major challenges. people are desperate. they need water, food, and shelter. we know that there is a problem with security and we have to make sure that our relief goods reach the survivors without any problems. we need the authority for how we withoutanize that having a security risk for the population and for our team on the ground as well. >> thank you for that.
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meanwhile, the chief representative from the philippines at a u.n. conference taking place today said that he would go on a hunger strike in solidarity with victims of the typhoon, calling it a meaningful outcome to climate talks insight. the philippines they have called it a climate crisis and madness that can be stopped. we will see the latest developments there in poland. syrian rebel fighters have admitted recruiting from a huge refugee camp in georgia. in listing is officially banned jordanianp, putting and u.s. officials in a delicate position. jordan is keen not to ramp up regional tensions with neighboring syria.
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>> for the free syrian army it seems that the refugee camp revives a right for pushing rounds. more than 100,000 syrian refugees. syriajority population in is aware of the rebellion. this found fighters listed in the camp of but not trained there. another rebel sniper confirmed recruitment at the camp, saying it has increased since august. did not receive any training in jordan. i know that people come here to join training camps. and then they go back to syria after they finished their training. rebel fighter here says
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he has trained 125 fighters over the past four months. i am one of the fighters and in addition i give them training courses. >> recruiting his band at the camp. this revelation has put the officials in charge in a sticky situation. their official line is that they do not train rebel fighters on their soil. >> next the international disagreements are continuing after they failed to reach a deal on the iranian nuclear program. raised by the u.n. sect -- u.s. secretary of straight -- u.s. secretary of state, flying in to join the talks, saying the world was united in its approach. >> there was unity.
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moment that particular they could not accept it. done, progress was made. there is still a gap between what language maybe appropriate that they are prepared to accept , but the concept that we are .ll working on the foreign minister hit back on twitter, saying that no amount of discussion could change what happened in geneva. they publicly commented against this on friday morning. they broke with convention by talking about the nuclear negotiations. peace talks for the democratic republic of congo have hit a
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wall, stalling without a deal on tuesday. negotiators for the rebels had been meeting in uganda to try to officially put an end to the insurgency after the new fighting in the recent backed up byrces you and peacekeepers, asking rebel fighters with fear for rebel conflict sparking more regional instability. millions of cricket fans in india and around the world are preparing for an emotional goodbye to an old -- to a legendary batman. he is retiring at a match in mumbai where 20 million people have lined up to buy tickets even before they went on sale on monday. he is the world's leading test cricketer ever to score 100 international points. please stayfor now, tuned to "france 24."
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>> the international papers with the typhoon flow. >> it is still grabbing the front page there. the philippines, the country is reeling after the typhoon, this is a very striking photo of a ship lying among ruins. interested in these devastating photos, take a look at the daily beast. they have a couple of photos on the computer where if you scroll your mouse over further, you can zoom in on the photos. these photos were taken yesterday, as you can see you can zoom in and see the level of destruction. >> for the about the filipino press? >> let's take a listen to the front page of the daily inquirer.
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yesterday the president called it a state of national calamity. the first one is also in the philippine inquirer, moving against the horror the victims are facing after the super typhoon. they are facing another storm, lack of sanitation, food, water, clothes, also routine politics. talking about all it takes, the blame game has already begun. in this cartoon you see a politician addressing victims -- my -- my fellow film fellow filipinos, your spirit is waterproof, but you can see him standing on a pile of cash there. -- the money in the pile was supposedly for waterproofing. get a prude the editorial says
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to prepare for more. they called this a nightmare that would be recurring. in the study that was published in the science journal, it points out just how much the pacific ocean is a warming. the guardian agrees in their editorial. these things are temperature dependent phenomenon and that there is worse to come. >> they're focusing on the rescue efforts as well? >> yes, that is on the front page. 22 countries have vowed to send help. that was an interesting article today in "slate." they pointed out that in times like these people across the world wonder how they can help, they want to help in any way things,y can, donate
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she says that people wanting to help is a wonderful thing but unfortunately a lot of times people get it wrong and they send things to these areas that people actually do not need, things that get in the way of the workers or do not do good to these areas or could hurt local vendors at a time when their business really needs to be able to pick up. please do not send shoes, breastmilk, or teddy bears. send money. if you are interesting -- interested in ways to help, they have compiled a list of ways to help the people. they have direct links to all sorts of ngo pots as well. you can check that out if you want to help. different inely the u.s. media now? >> a lot of papers are focusing on the plight of women soldiers.
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this article looks at how the victims of sexual assault are being denied benefits from the department of veterans affairs. this article in "the daily beast," the very first statue of a female soldier unveiled in virginia last week. they called it a symbol that was long overdue. >> we talked about this a bit on the program? >> they called it a blowout that set records. that sold the best were underpants and broths. the chinese answer to valentine's day for single people. check it out, journalists. might come as a surprise. we are the head of the lonely hearts list, head of people working in advertising and i.t..
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according to this article it is not because we lack good luck -- good looks or are not weeresting, it is because have poor working hours. >> that is why, nothing else. >> thanks a lot. >> job which has won the world final on monday. it was a fitting finish to the season, with titles against the australian open champion in the final. the rally was breathtaking, joke tee'dcobvitch
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up with natal, the all- important winner. back here during game five of the second set, he played the perfect match for the defending champion, his finger was on the pulse of this clash, the back foot. securing the title on a fourth match point, the final score was six -- 3, 6 -- four. the french national team arrived at their training camp as they prepared for their crucial world cup qualifiers. near the end the teammates followingns with the tuesday.
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they knocked ireland to qualify. >> chaos is nothing new to us. the most important thing is to make sure that we rebuild. we have the ability to do it. we have the best players in the world in every position. like a good collective spirit, we can qualify. petersburg,s st. not underestimating one place. >> in theory we could have faced a better team, but the press has said that about other teams. ukrainebe respectful of in the fee for rankings.
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rankings. they are no strangers to scandal after reacting to media criticisms. really hope that we can play well in the ukraine. the second match has the support of the french people. leftl those people football behind us. we cannot help but qualify. >> there is some good news regarding the national captain on the third of november. the triple world player of the year will be out of action for up to eight weeks. the 26-year-old forward suffered a muscle tear, with ecuador and
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bosnia. the final champion group games came. >> is how -- it has all changed in formula one. the brazilian has spent eight years in the shadow of michael shoemaker. having been a faithful sidekick for so many years, the runner-up is looking forward to being the number one driver. >> we are a leader for the team, it is an important change inside the team. we are really ready for that.
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i always did the for ari engine. anyway, i was really convinced that what we will have next year is good. it is going very well for 2014. >> winning 11 races, the italian team being in style, taking place in his hometown. ♪
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>> today, the international help theforts to victims of the typhoon. a website that makes the case for the iranian nuclear energy program. campaignolice force calling form urgency services. well named faces on ordinary social networks from all over the world, doing what they can to help the victims of the typhoon. a number of humanitarian organizations are currently watching. watching,oss is ,onating money, giving blood helping to assemble the packages in the worst affected areas.
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youtube video features the world food program, urging people to make donations through the organization website, helping to pay for emergency food assistance in the form of high-protein biscuits. a lot of users have pledged ,upport to shelve the box turning out survival kits to displaced families. finally, there is the 1000 bear hugs campaign, attempting to bring comfort to children living in a crisis situation. new website is to convince international public opinion of
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the worth of the energy program in iran. english language website promotes their right to atomic energy. the site expands on the various ways in which nuclear power is to be employed. saying it could provide entire cities with electricity, for example. nuclear energy is obviously trying to play the pit -- transparency card with a detailed history of the nuclear efforts providing a great deal of information on the nuclear infrastructure with research currently underway.
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an online publicity campaign is also being used to respond to critics of the program with western secret service agencies suffering nothing to see the program fail, even killing innocent people being accused of being involved in those activities. the scottish police force has campaign toe 999 # reduce the number of time wasting calls made to the emergency number. somewhathe calls are bizarre. one person needed help saving an injured pigeon. humorous examples do have the authorities naturally very concerned.
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victims of racketeering, repentant members of an organized crime network, mafia leaks were result -- announced last week. helping to encourage people to share
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