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greg heavy religious tensions in israel -- >> at religious tensions in israel. police shoot dead -- burkina faso's president blaise compaore refuses to step down. and hundreds more health workers are needed in the fight against ebola. this as one group speaks out against u.s. measures.
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we begin with headlines in the middle east and jerusalem, at the center of multiple -- worshipers will be allowed access to the compound after a rare closure on thursday. twin shootings left a palestinian man dead after he allegedly shot an israeli activist who wanted increased jewish access to the site. we have the details. -- >> they announced they were partially reopening the temple mount after thursday's closure of the site. the closure sparked uproar among the muslims of jerusalem. >> nothing justifies closing the mosque it is.
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punishment. >> they tried to force their way in. >> jews are attacking the temple mount. we are attacked in jerusalem yet the government takes a tough stand on arab rioters. >> the site was shut down following the shooting of a far right activist. police shot and killed the suspected palestinian gunmen -- gunman. palestinian president mahmoud abbas said that the shooting was tantamount to war. he accused -- he was accused of inciting violence against the jews. the conflict has been a flashpoint in recent weeks. it is said to be the point from which must -- mohammed ascended into heaven. al-aqsa mosque is adjacent to
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the wailing wall. palestinians see this as jewish encroachment. >> the funeral of the suspected palestinian shooter was held overnight. the ceremony took place under heavy police presence. he was shot by israeli security forces thursday. the 32-year-old shot at officers, who then returned fire, killing him. his family said he was shot while on the roof. the shootings have inflamed already boiling tensions. the u.s. secretary of state has urged calm from all sides but did condemn the shooting of the hard-line rabbi who holds dual u.s.-israeli citizenship. the human rights commission urged gaza to investigate human bryce cotton -- human rights violations.
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this past summer more than 2100 palestinians, most civilians were killed in the 51-day conflict, along with 67 israeli soldiers and six civilians inside israel. >> we have asked the state party to continue to reform its embedded -- it's investigative system -- reform its investigative system and investigate the alleged crimes and see the proper -- see the perpetrators are brought to justice. it appears that [indiscernible] in the occupied territories -- >> a blatant violation of sovereignty. damascus has condemned the arrival of a first iraqi
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peshmerga contingent in kobane. for over a month now, the battle has raged for control of the key syrian border town. the u.s. coalition airstrikes backing the effort. >> they came loaded with machine guns and heavy weapons, a convoy of iraqi kurdish peshmerga is prepared for battle, just across the border from kobane. >> we have been waiting for them a long time. all kurds should unite. otherwise, we will be killed one after another. >> the peshmerga's received a hero's welcome. ankara reluctantly let the past room it territory to go and help -- let them through its territory to go and help. turkey has been fighting a decades long insurgency itself and fears the peshmerga will encourage the separatists.
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peshmerga accuses ankara of violating syria's sovereignty. >> turkey is continuing in its role of aggression against syria. it is very dangerous for the region. >> the turkish government officials dismissed the accusations, saying president assad's regime has lost its legitimacy. ankara has been supporting the separatists since the outbreak of the civil war. >> right now, the free syrian army and the re-syrian kurdish forces control more than 2/3 -- the free syrian kurdish forces control more than 2/3 of kobane. we need more sophisticated weapons against the islamic state groups. >> more than 800 people have been killed. some 180,000 syrian kurds have fled across the border into turkey. >> now, a dissolved parliament
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and calls for an interim government. people in burkina faso are waking up to an uncertain political future. it has been a turbulent past 24 hours. protesters are demanding that the president step down from power, this after his bid to stay in office for a fifth or -- fifth term. it is unclear who is in charge of the country. >> tens of thousands on the streets, parliament that allied -- parliament set alight. but blaise compaore is not flinching. he says he will remain president. he announced he would preside over a transitional government. he counseled a state of emergency announced earlier by the government. the message is clear -- he still in charge of the country. but on thursday, the army refused to confirm compaore as
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head of state. it announced its own measures. >> the government has been dissolved. a transitional body will be put in place in consultation with all parties. a return to the constitutional order is expected in no more than 12 months. >> blaise compaore seems determined to cling to power. the medic sources say he has support in parts -- diplomatic sources say he has a port in parts of the army and country. the opposition say that compaore must go. >> to the evil outbreak in west africa. doctors without borders has warned of the negative -- to the ebola outbreak in west africa. doctors without borders has warned of the negative effect of quarantine. it is creating a chilling effect on aid workers.
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it creates anxiety and confusion among the medical staff. the u.s. ambassador to the united nations, samantha power visited the three worst affected countries and spoke with "france 24" about the continued need for more aid workers. >> the main message now is we need hundreds more health workers to deploy in a timely fashion. whether or not we hit the worst-case scenario -- it will depend on what we do in the here and now. the response need to come online. it is good to have the figure out there. it makes us go all out to try to recruit. >> that was samantha power speaking to "france 24" yesterday. the swiss agency that regulates new drugs says it has approved an upcoming clinical trial of an experimental ebola vaccine.
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healthy volunteers will receive the drug before being sent to west africa. trials have begun in the u.s. britain, mali, and the ones in switzerland are set to begin today. >> world number one novak djokovic is set for the last stage of paris after a win over home favorite gael monfils. there was a break each in the second, which went to a tie-break. djokovic has won all 10 of their last matches. andy murray exacted some revenge against his wimbledon conqueror grigor dimitrov. he will take on djokovic in the quarters. federer is through against lucas pouille. nishikori held off tsonga in three sets. >> i got a real chance in the start of the third set, though i didn't take it. i wasn't aggressive enough.
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i held back on the return and got myself into a rally and lost the point. of coarse i'm disappointed. -- of course i'm disappointed. >> in cycling, the austrian writer has broken the one hour world record in -- the austrian rider broke a one-hour world record. he completed 51 point852 -- 51.852 kilometers in the hour he had on the track. former real madrid legend raul has decided to extend his career following his retirement after completing the contract. you scored -- he sccored -- he scored 228 goals.
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you will also take on the role of youth academy advisor -- he will also take on the role of youth academy advisor. the alpine skiing season is underway. the world championships will be held in colorado next february. julia mancuso could frustrate micaela shifrin, the reigning world cup champion in slalom, starting the season with a win. >> i was excited to get my first win in giants land them -- in giant slalom. hopefully, there are more to come here after. i've been training a little bit of super g. i know everybody is anxious to hear when i'm going to be raising my first super g. the date is not set. it's going to be sometime this winter, and hopefully before
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world championships. i can maybe give myself a chance at breaking world championship super g. >> mnaancuso has a combined from the bronze in -- a bronze from the combined in sochi. >> last winter was tough. i redeemed my whole season by the olympics. i started from scratch again. i have been competing on the tour for almost the teen years -- almost 15 years. i'm going to have some down moments to revamp. i'm ready for four more years. i'm feeling good and excited to try to get back on the podium this year in the world cup. >> andrew weibrecht made his debut at beaver creek. he is a huge fan of the bird of prey run. >> to me, there are only two courses that are real down
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hills, did you know -- kitzbuhel and beaver creek. it's one of those courses that, start to finish, is full-on. there are really no breaks. it's a ton of fun as an athlete i think as a spectator it might even be more fun, watching some of the crashes and some of the cool races we've had. all the way up to ted and bode g etting first and second. >> two of three of his world cup podiums have come at beaver creek. thursday marks the 40th anniversary of a special day in sporting history perhaps the most famous boxing match of all time. "the rumble in the jungle."
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foreman was encouraged to punch himself out in the second heat. he struck like a cobra to regain his title. >> hello and welcome to the web news. our pick of the stories making the online headlines. coming up, [indiscernible] sqan -- san francisco. skateboard champ tony hawk shows he is still at the top of his game. on wednesday, the san francisco giants won the baseball world series for the third time in five years. fans took to the streets to celebrate the victory. the celebration started out well but soon degenerated into riots.
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as we can see from these pieces of amateur video footage and photos online, scores of youths began vandalizing streets. theyv vandalized cars and shop fronts. local police were soon diploid en masse -- deployed en masse to deal with the violence. some officers were set upon by writers before -- by rioters before regaining control of the city. american web users have condemned the violence and find it hard to understand why the riots erupted. some suggest san francisco giants fans weren't responsible
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and that a handful of individuals will take any opportunity to challenge the police. >> a few weeks on from the scottish independence referendum, a growing number of people are urging india to follow the united kingdom's example. the campaign is [indiscernible] local users have been posting under the #kashmirreferendum hashtag. many say they are well in their rights to ask for a referendum. others are reaching out to the united nations, urging organizations --
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[inaudible] reminding others that the u.n. had already passed a resolution calling a referendum for kashmir -- on kashmir's future with india or pakistan. as you can see in these photos demonstrators have taken to the streets in numbers. thousands gathered in the british capital last sunday. web users from burkina faso have been posting under the #blaisedegage campaign. it is ahead of a boat on a government proposal that would allow him to run for reelection, despite his impending term limit. he's been in power for the past 27 years.
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he will stop at nothing to maintain control of the country. put together by the site i.e. it shows 50 unbelievable facts about earth. $150 billion has been spent on the international space station, making it the most expensive object ever built. the world population is set to surpass 9 billion by 2050. sausages pastries -- food in all its glory. the artist waits until the food starts rotting then portrays
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the decay of forgotten food. the collection comes with an important message reminding people about the huge amount of food that goes to waste every day in developing countries. as this video will testify tony hawk won't be slowing down anytime soon. watch him pull off a host of impressive tricks and stunts. paris' highly desirable fifth arrondissement. the art collectors club is for the exclusive use of its members and guests. an artistic consultant, he is
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showing pieces from his ready-to-wear collection. >> nowadays, i think fashion designers don't necessarily have the same working assets that we used to have -- working process that we used to have 20 years ago. it's all about quick turnover. it's what you want today but you don't know if you're going to want it tomorrow. fashion designers have less time to work on pieces and a much more superficial environment. >> this collection is considered to be one of the designer's most important, it brings together youth in the wrong -- together yves de laurent most important contributions to fashion history. >> this is from 1967. roll the sleeves, bold color. you can see in the pieces the hallmark. >> it is not stopping.
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>> absolutely not -- not stuffy. >> absolutely not. it really is a sailor's jacket. when it was suggested to women they could go on lecturing week -- on luxury weeks and where this sort of thing, it was very modern. >>this garment is 40 years old. you can see how timeless it is. >> pea coats, jumpsuits, safari jackets -- they all began as men's wear. but they began to show that masculine tailoring could be extremely feminine. where did you find this one? >> that's a good question. i really can't remember. i've had that one for a very long time indeed. i honestly don't remember. i've got some beautiful trenchcoats found in a vintage
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shop back when we paid in frontsaanks. it was a very long time ago. >> back then, fashion labels had no idea just how much their ready-to-wear collections would come to be worth, a time when haute couture was sometimes sold by weight. they developed signature looks. >> he had this ability to make -- rather than making another state, he would simplify, change the fabric, make it complete be different. it was a pretty modern way of approaching ready-to-wear. >> it was -- who made black the goto color. >> it is a bad bacon -- bad boy color. it's all about the ambiguity that he loved. >> black is the color of danger.
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>> absolutely. he turned it into something appealing. >> appealing to masculinity and femininity. it feels so current. a precursor to what followed. >> absolutely. it comes down to the question of identity and the way he spoke about gender. particularly with his relation with [indiscernible] in many ways, she was a feminine virtue of him -- feminine version of him. he said a woman is never more feminine when she -- than when she is wearing a man's suit. >> yves de laurent met an icon and lured her away from chanel. she became his muse and was one of the few to survive that tumultuous decade. >> i love my life now. it is another kind of life and i really love it.
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back then, the excess, the madness of it all, that's over. i got my feet on the ground now and i'm very happy. >> but life is still surely exciting for you? >> yes but in a completely different way. we used to live in a dream world. it was pure that begins --. decadence -- it was pure decadence. now we have to live in the real world. >> they are probably thought of as closing that gap -- of widening that gap. >> you need to put it all in context. people don't necessarily remember. 1968, women didn't go to work in trousers. they wouldn't dream of going to restaurants in [indiscernible] >> he was 21 years old. after dior's death, he took the raieins. he shocked the world with a
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tuxedo. >> it's a timeless look. in 2014, let's say a woman doesn't know what to wear. she puts on a tuxedo jacket with nothing underneath. it works every time. that's all there is to it. it is still an excellent look. >> yves de laurent's influence has stretched into the 21st century. many cite him as a key inspiration.
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he world reaches a milestone. the global population will be a staggering $7 billion people. so i think today is

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