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palestinians have died. any indications of deal can be met? >> there are three options. complete wreck down in the talks that can lead to a resumption of hostilities. that is a scenario that israel is prepared for. israeli premier was speaking alongside his defense minister fire had come from gaza the response would be forceful. the implements of hamas would be heart of the delegation. israel should prepare for a war of attrition. should their demands not be met.
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calm is met with this and allows both parties to keep talking. it would be for both of them to reach a full agreement through egypt's mediation which would and theend to the war complete satisfaction of the palestinian and the israelis. that does not seem likely at this point. >> is there any room for compromise on these issues? >> the very latest rumors we are , what is going on behind closed doors is kept under tight lock. bites from hamas -- they were aying the war is behind us and what we will have
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is extension. obstacles have been overcome and mediators found some room for a -- flexibility. -- whereasnians there and goal is the new militarization. it may be room for progress. there may be an extension of the fishing zone. for have some form of security arrangements which would satisfy the israelis and bring some form of improvements. these are nothing but speculations at this point. >> calling it the most dangerous
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dam in the world the battleject of between the islam makes state and kurdish and iraqi forces. at the moment those conflicting reports of who is in control of the water source. very reminiscent of the situation a couple of months ago when the army was fighting for access over the oil refinery. and similar large utilities. difficult tovery get a grasp on. the question of whether they have taken the facility, if you get the size of this damage it is understandable that there may be claims they have taken the dam. even within a couple of
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kilometers the dam is still honorable. progress evenlow by the admission of kurdish officials. u.s. central command issuing lists where they have specified the kind of vehicle they are hitting. and that is coming from twitter theynts and they say that captured 170 and have taken contesting start claims. >> once the dam is fully secured what could be the next step? >> the first thing they want to nots make sure the area is and norapped with ied's
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ices fighters that could launch counterattacks. they willpeculation try to take muzzle next. the kurdishrity is areas. sunni -- a majority mosul is a majority sunni city. they are -- were previously under control. and to the west of mosul, places like [inaudible] a target ofl may be attack once those areas have been consolidated. that would be around the areas around. all those -- we should not expect an assault in the immediate future.
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>> tensions are escalating in -- inafter an missouri after a black teenager was struck by gunfire six times. take a listen to the brown family lawyer speaking. supportsws -- and what the witnesses said. why would he be shot in the top of his head? it makes sense. have andat is what we that is why we needed those two things alone are ample evidence for this officer to be arrested.
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>> brown was shot by a white police officer sparking a controlled byest tear gas. things had gotten so unruly that the missouri governor has called national guard troops to the suburb and at nighttime curfew has been lifted. situation in ukraine. buses carrying civilians. were burned alive in their vehicles. russia has blamed pro- [indiscernible] rebels. no cease fire in sight. 300 russian trucks have
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been stationed along the border. they have been waiting for the green light to cross and he could come soon. the foreign minister announced that talks had helped resolve some issues. >> an agreement has been reached with the ukrainian side as well as the international committee of the red cross. we expect humanitarian aid to be delivered to those who need it. we are not able to report on positive results about reaching a cease-fire and about the political process. moscow says the convoy will bring humanitarian aid to areas where progression separatists are backing with the army. if key of suspects the russians of arming militiamen who are struggling to [indiscernible] carried out by ukrainian troops. attended byd talks french, russian, and ukrainian foreign ministers. the negotiations were described as difficult.
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>> if we do not pay attention we will drift toward direct confrontation between russian and ukrainian forces. beenmed forces have deployed along the border and look set to stay. kiev say the russians could stage a military intervention to support separatists. claiming last year's general election was rigged.
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the world health organization is urging authorities in countries affected by ebola to check at .irports and border crossings liberian officials are continuing to search for 17 patients. they took off claiming the ebola virus was a hoax. francis has wrapped up his third trip to asia by calling for reconciliation. calling on north and south koreans [indiscernible] there was the final event of his five-day trip that concerned the importance of asia for the catholic church. most iconic street crossings in the world made
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famous by a famous alum cover by the beatles. overials are mulling hiring a crossing guard. japanese couple has come to london to follow in the beatles footsteps. as well as these tourists, striking a pose in the middle of the zebra crossing. every year millions across this street paying a mosh -- homage to this photo. on august 8,s ago 19 69, the beatles were recording their album in a studio near abbey road and needed to decide on the cover image. it took 10 minutes to snap them crossing the street.
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the resulting photo has turned into one of the world's most iconic images. ever since, residents in this north london neighborhood have had to deal with the growing number of fans there street, -- and there street crossing is a tourist attraction. click sometimes it is annoying to have these people here. my son comes back and forth from school and i am carrying groceries and sometimes it is a huge crowd and it is difficult to walk through sometimes. click some drivers are hitting the horn as traffic backs up. security concerns have prompted local officials to consider hiring a crossing guard but a final decision has not yet been made. >> let's bring you up-to-date with the top stories. kurdish troops have theptured mosul dam but jihadist tonight. sending in the national guard as
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an autopsy reveals an unarmed black teenager was shot six times and anger in the community grows. the nighttime curfew has been lifted. refugees burned alive. progression rebels struck a bus convoy carrying refugees killing dozens. the separatists denied the attack. as life in eastern ukraine gets worse russian aid has not crossed the border. time for look at the day's business views. -- news. offering help to those affected by the russian food ban. >> this made headlines and the tit-for-tat move since russia was responding to sanctions. they made available $125 million in emergency funding for food and -- fruit and vegetable growers.
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each face losses running into the hundreds of millions of euros and fruit and vegetables are one of the eu's guest at -- exports andiggest how the new money could help alleviate the situation. >> the european commission has pledged 125 billion euros to fruit and vegetable growers who say they are unfairly bearing the brunt of the sanctions. you haveole idea if got supply and demand following the russian restrictions, there is much more supply on the market. this is aimed at reducing the level of supply so prices do not drop below or to crisis levels. will last until
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november. it is destined to growers of terrance, apples, or carrots, and pairs and other products. they asked ordered fruit and vegetables to russia taking the total to over 2 billion. the new measures are an extension of a deal announced last week to [indiscernible] the import ban is impacting the economies of lithuania and poland. dairy, and fish products. the eu says it will continue to market -- monitor market development. >> their hopes of a export led recovery. exports fell half of 1% and turkey.ell 8% in
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and 14% in russia which has its own economic crisis and that figure in russia could be worse as this data was collected before moscow imposed that food ban. russia has said there is no harbor u.s.-made in reaching a cease-fire in ukraine but tension over and eight convoy at sent to the country has been resolved. the move seems to have called jitters on wall street. u.s. stocks drop just jumped and the nasdaq hit a 13 year high and the dow jones wind-up 150 points. we see the s&p 500 also doing trading over .75 of 1%. taking a look at some company news. in china regulators are continuing to put pressure on foreign carmakers in the world's largest auto market. mercedes-benz is been found guilty of price-fixing. no penalty has been announced
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but last week local media reported that audi could be fined about $40 million for similar issue. chinese authorities say they're cracking down on anti-competition practices but the european chamber of commerce in china says european companies are being unfairly targeted. between budget stores. dollar general has made an offer worth $9.7 billion to buy family dollar. the merger would create a group with 28,000 stores in 46 states. dollar general's bid tops the offer made last month by dollar tree. they have expanded rapidly during the u.s. economic downturn. monarch airlines is planning to cut its workforce by as much as you percent. 1000 people would lose their jobs. they're conducting a review on andto cut costs
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repositioning itself as a low-cost carrier that would compete with ryanair and easyjet. about getting a good deal in real estate. if you're looking to buy your first home and maybe you are fortunate and it is your second or third. you should look to italy for a bargain. the sicilian villages selling dozens of abandoned homes for one euro. the village hopes they will be restored and help out its sagging population that limited more than 50% over the past century. let's listen to one of the people in the village selling the homes. >> where up to 80 houses today counting those we gave away four euro and the others we sold at low prices. some people came here to look at the one euro houses and ended up finding other cheap houses on sale.
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australians, english people, americans, swedes. >> cheaper than the market in paris. time to find out what has got people clearing -- liking and clicking online. >> welcome to today's web news. up, this continuing protests. graham introduces an unusual sport. a fresh wave of riots broke out in ferguson, usa. tensions have been high for a week in the wake of the death of
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teenager shotack dead by police officer on august 9. protesters chanted the slogan hands up, don't shoot. and purchase that michael brown was killed while unarmed. they aim to this the protests and make note of when these gatherings are taking place. anonymous are carrying out their own investigation to shed light
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on the circumstances surrounding michael brown's death. they have cleaned audio prior to the tragedy. the clothing store brand did not expect to find itself in the center of a media storm. hundreds of people expressed anger toward this photo. is sodel in question thin. paraded -- berated the company.
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poking fun at recent claims by rick snyder. the comparison was judged inappropriate. many are mocking his comments. verbal abuse often leaves as many marks as physical abuse. the aim is to sensitize public opinion concerning the damage caused by words to illustrate the point. he asked victims to appear as the subject of photos expressing their suffering. these pictures can be seen on the site hurtwords.com
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