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let's hear what president heard one had to say. >> in our province, a process started. many suspects have been detained. our government and security forces and state will take whatever steps are necessary. tom: the turkish president staying there. the country carried out airstrikes in the syrian province of aleppo. nine militants from the islamic state are reported to have been killed. the turkish foreign ministry confirmed it is also writing -- often rising u.s. to use its airbases. >> a major shift in turkey's strategy toward the islamic state. they have been reluctant to fight isis. until now. fighter jets bombed positions in
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syria in early-morning raids on friday. this development after a soldier was killed in a border class -- clash with militants. >> as of this morning, our armed forces destroyed the i.s. targets, which have the potential to threaten turkey on the syrian border. the success ratio of 100%. >> president erdogan said they were the first step. in other shift in policy, turkey said it would allow the united states to use the air base to launch strikes against i.s. within a certain framework. turkey shares a border with syria and these areas have been sites of growing insecurity. 32 people, many of them kurds were killed in the order town in his and islamic state
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suicide bombing. tom: this is the u.s. president arriving for his first visit to kenya as leader. they have been locked down and airspace has been closed for his arrival and departure. this is the country where his father was born. the kenyan president described in this visit as a homecoming. on the agenda, talks on trade, security and counterterrorism. he will also address a summit on entrepreneurship. he will then go to ethiopia. i spoke to the head of the institute of african studies at columbia. here is what he told us about what kenyans are expecting. >> i think kenyans expect a lot of things from the president. for different reasons. most important that the vision
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regarding the president of the united states is to think that's because he is of african origin, he could do more than anybody has about the african situation. the economic situation. so it is important to have him. it would have been a shame if the president leaves office without ever visiting the land of his father. it is also an important visit because of the security situation in this region and what kenya had been experiencing engagement in the fight against al-shabaab. tom: i wanted to ask you about
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security. security has been so much talked about by the media. it has become one of the main stories surrounding this visit. the fact he is in a region of the world that has seen its share of terror in recent years and also the security of the president in the country. tell us about this important issue of security. mr. diouf: you have the issue which is a personnel issue. despite the security apparatus it is why he is not going to visit his father's village. the second element, which is
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important, the regional security problem and the fact al-shabaab is quite powerful in this region and kenya has paid a heavy price in its engagement in fighting terrorism. since the bombing of a u.s. embassy, you have had many terrorists act in kenya. i think that for the kenyan, it is important to be able to address the situation. the instability of somalia had created a situation which has been basically supporting the development of terrorism in the region. in addition to the indian ocean, the crisis in yemen, etc.
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tom: that was mr. diouf: from columbia university speaking to me earlier. the electoral commission in burundi announced that president nkurunziza has won a third term in office, 69% of the 3 million votes. the opposition says it does not recognize the outcome. luke schrager tells us more. >> it is a third term for nkurunziza named to the top post in 2005 and reelected in 2010. and another five years in office. despite anger from the opposition that running again violated the constitution. in return, they called on people not to vote. turnout was weak. nkurunziza is now in charge of a
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deeply divided nation. his first order of business is to restore calm >>. >>the hardest was when people were barricading the roads. we think these problems are behind us. the hardest thing is over. now we need to rebuild the country. >> in recent weeks, the capital has seen violent clashes between police and protesters with dozens left a dead across the city. fearing a resurgence of the fighting, more than 160,000 people have fled across the border into neighboring countries. tom: france 24's james andre tells us more about how events could pan out. james: we were speaking to our correspondent over there a few minutes ago. they were telling me everything is calm in the city. that is across the board, in
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neighborhoods. no one is moving. how long is that going to last? the opposition has said they would have a press conference tomorrow, saturday. we do not know what they are going to say. of course the hours to come are going to be important because if there is a night of violence that will obviously change the cast. the fact is for the moment, it appears the opposition is not ready to launch a large-scale violent campaign against president nkurunziza. the opposition say they will work at trying to have a new election soon. the opposition is in exile talking about potential violent action. it does not appear they have the means to do so right now. there was a 10-year bloody civil war in burundi that killed
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300,000 people. people remember that episode and don't want to go back to that. tom: james andre speaking to me earlier on. the latest act of random gun violence to shock the united states. two women were killed after a man opened fire in a crowded cinema. president obama was briefed as he traveled to kenya. he has told the british media that gun laws have been a source of frustration for him. >> 20 minutes into the screening of a film at this movie theater a 59-year-old man stood up in the dark and started firing randomly. the men then turned the gun on himself. shootings like these have become regular. on june 17, nine black people
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were gunned down in a church in a hate crime. the latest cinema shooting comes as a jury will decide whether james holmes will begin the death penalty. he shot and killed 12 people during a midnight screening in a cinema in colorado. barack obama said it was distressing so little progress has been made on gun control. pres. obama: if you ask me the one area where i feel i have been most frustrated and stymied , it is the fact united states of america is the one advanced to nation on earth in which we do not have sufficient common sense gun safety laws. even in the face of repeated mass killings. if you look at the number of americans killed since 9/11 by terrorism, it is less in 100.
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if you look at the number killed by gun violence, it is a tens of thousands. >> obama pushed for background checks and a dan on assault weapons after the massacre of 26 people, including 20 children, at sandy hook elementary school. facing opposition from the nra these measures were never passed in congress. tom: thousands of migrants remain camped out in the french city and the numbers are showing no signs of falling. most of them are living in makeshift camps after fleeing africa and the middle east. many of them tried to reach the u.k., that that is dangerous and sometimes deadly. the body of a teenager was found on a train. >> local charities say it is the eighth migrant death in two months. around 5:30 a.m., a 23-year-old
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woman was reportedly hit by a car after trying to cross the highway. she had been trying to reach the cargo into its. it comes a day after authorities found the body of a teenage migrant at the loading bay. a frequent occurrence as migrants take desperate measures to reach the u.k.. according to the euro tunnel some cut through fences and try to jump on moving trains. others try to board trucks when they are parked, bringing traffic to a standstill and disrupting the euro star. britain said it would create a secure zone to protect truck drivers from these incidents. the euro tunnel group has asked the french and british governments to paint 10 million euros in damages to compensate for loss of business. authorities say they have foiled
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a thousand attempts by migrants to crash into the u.k. between june and july this year. thousands continue to arrive hoping to make it to the u.k. one way or the other. tom: here in paris, hundreds of migrants camped out every night. many of them cross to the mediterranean in overcrowded boats. a number of those camps have been dismantled although the government says it is doing its best to provide housing. i went to visit one camp in the north of paris than asked a man from sudan to show me around and tell me about his journey. >> we are here in camp. it is very bad. some people, we don't know where to sleep. we sleep in the street.
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eating is also very bad. nobody cares about us, really. tom: why do you want to go to england? >> people here want to study and try to take a good place to europe. we think the england is good. because most of those people come from sudan and they have speaking wish. -- speak english. tom: speaking about his ordeal and his challenges and is hope to reach england. the hunt is on for a new landfill site in lebanon. this is rubbish on roadsides for a fourth day, festering in the summer heat.
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as claire williams reports public patience is wearing thin. >> mounting piles of rubbish festering in the summer heat. residents cover their noses and hurry past. the heaps of garbage have triggered health warnings and frustration. >> we practically have to wear masks to speak or breathe outside. and there is the risk of getting ill. our politician should be ashamed. they should have found a way to avoid a spectacle as the tourist season has started. >> more than half residents live in beirut. their waste ends up at a landfill site south of the city. when it opened in 1990 seven, it was supposed to have been a temporary solution. residents are desperate to get a
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shutdown. the government promised to do so by july 17. but the date came and went. an alternative had not been found. the decided -- the residents decided to block access to the site. they have suffered from high cancer rates. they having curable diseases. skin diseases. breathing problems. >> in beirut, residents have started protest in an attempt to push the government to find a long-term solution. locals are putting up resistance. another landfill could end up on their doorstep. tom: the tour de france will conclude on sunday. today was the third of quach of days in the outs. it has been a grueling day. the lead has been narrowed because the defending champion
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won today. dan leavy will bring us up to speed. >> they are going for it, a solo victory, 44 seconds ahead of his rival, the colombian. a really disappointing job for him after a victory last year claiming his first win on the tour and doing so in style. a very good day for nibali. he has clawed back a little bit of pride from the tour and a big jump in the overall standings. from seventh to fourth overall now. he is any better position. still too far away. although there has been a cut into it. he has lost 32 seconds from the colombian. 2:38 on quintana and in fourth place is nibai.
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tom: dan leavy there. let's get a recap of our top stories. a massive terror -- anti-terror operation across turkey. rounding up hundreds of suspected jihadists and kurdish militants. nairobi and lock down. the u.s. president arrives at the start of what is his first visit to the land of his father's birth in his capacity as president. and a third term in office. officials confirm that here -- pierre nkurunziza has won the election. the opposition does not recognize the result. time now for a check on the business stories. good evening to you. let's start with the latest on the progress on those talks which are supposed to result in greece's bailout. >> that is right. it has been pushed to saturday.
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a spokesperson said technical issues were to blame. the parliament has approved two packages in exchange for resuming bailout talks. capital controls have been in place and restrictions on foreign payments moved to the economy minister to normalize imports. >> the system of the controls will continue. at the same time, we can normalize completely the access of the business community where trade can resume as it used to be. so the basic idea is to get as much as we can back to a normal situation. delano: the eventual return of the so-called troika acting to
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athens has many worried the country is going backwards. take a listen. >> it is a return to the past. we are going back to the situation we had six months ago. >> i don't like it. greece is a democratic country. the troika checking what we do does not make me happy. delano: the world's most advanced malaria vaccine has cleared its final hurdle. it was given the green light after assessing its safety and effectiveness. despite the good news, it will take one year for immunization programs to begin. the vaccine was created by glaxosmithkline and the chief executive says prevention measures will be needed. >> nobody is claiming this is perfection. no vaccine is 100%. this offers something like 25
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percent protection, depending on the age group, in addition delano:. business activity slowed in the month of july. the reading came in at 53.7 percent. that is lower than the figure for june. it is seen as a good sign for the economy, considering the uncertainty surrounding greece. let's get a check of the markets now. starting in europe where low commodity prices could all be major indices in the red. the dax and frankfurt closed down 1.4%. the cac 40 in paris ended down 6/10 of 1%. in the united states, the indices are following europe. all of the major indices are in the red. the dow jones is down over 150
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points. similar to the nasdaq. also down 1%. on thursday, the financial times got new owners. the paper would be sold to the owner of a japanese newspaper. many question which direction the newspaper is headed. >> the quintessentially british newspaper, the financial times in the hands of a japanese company. the paper has been purchased for 1.3 billion u.s. dollars. the newspaper enjoys a much -- but it has struggled to break out of its home market. >> we have been looking for a
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partner. from the beginning of our search. >> waking to the news on friday many were surprised by the takeover. >> i saw the news on television and heard of the high purchase price of ¥160 billion. they have made an incredible decision. >> it is not about the price tag or whether it was reasonable. >> for whom the acquisition is a positive sign the waves of globalization have reached to the japanese media industry. as far as the ft's independence, it will not seek to influence the paper's editorial line in any way. tom:delano: some of the other
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stories, anthem health insurance will buy cigna in a deal valued at $54 billion. the company will be the largest health insurer by membership in the united states. the deal is part of a console the nation following the rollout of obamacare. anthem says they will reduce costs and negotiate better prices for doctors. anglo american plans to slash 6000 jobs. this as metal prices hit multiyear lows. copper has fallen to its lowest level since 2009 and gold has slipped to levels not seen since 2010. workers are expected to be hit the hardest. the indian government signaled its wants to clip the wing of the reserve bank of india. the r.b.i. remains independent and has interest rates without political interference. the finance ministry suggest a sever member committee. the government would select four
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rom pacifica, this is democracy now! >> why am i being apprehended? >> high said, get out of the car. i am giving you a lawful order. i am going to drag you out of here. get out of the car. i will light you up. get out now. amy: "i'm going to light you up," the words of a texas police officer demanding 28-year-old african-american sandrabland get out of her
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