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final in paris. first britain will have a new prime minister by wednesday. the current interior minister will take the top job this week after her rival for the conservative party leadership dropped out of the race this morning. prime minister david cameron has announced he was stepping aside. >> she will begin in the keys within days. she is now taxed with extricating the country from the eu, despite endorsing the voter remain in last month's referendum.
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>> we are going to make a success of it. we need to unite our country. >> it was a case of limited support within the tory party. >> she is ideally placed to implement brags it on the best possible terms for the british people. >> after losing for the referendum -- to provide the leadership our country will need in the years ahead and she will have my full support. obviously with these changes we don't need to have a prolonged period. >> the conservative leader announced he would be bowing out
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wednesday in a transition. he breathed more than just a sigh of relief. >> there is a upheaval for the opposition as well. angela eagle has officially launched her bid for her party. a former cabinet minister has been in mp for nearly 25 years. she's seeking to oust -- but has little support in parliament. here she is earlier today. launch this challenge, i'm very much looking forward to launching my campaign later today. iraq's's second-largest city has been under the: -- under the control of jihadists.
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it is the last iraqi stronghold after a string of -- there are reports president obama would like to see them liberated before leaving office. here is his defense secretary giving more details. >> we are prepared to do more. we will be asking our coalition partners to do more. we also see opportunities to destroy isil in both iraq and syria. deployment did not mark a change in u.s. policy. >> in the terms they introduced themselves, the motion of a caliphate semi-state, islamic state in which islamic law would be in place, that is finished.
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we are seeing them reverting more to the role they had originally. a horrific bombing in baghdad where are most hundred people got killed. but also elsewhere in europe and perhaps beyond. but this is the day they could talk about a caliphate, which was a major attraction for the islamic state organization, pulling europeans and others to come fight for the caliphate. i think that is coming to an end. >> israel's prime minister has been dismissed as nonsense. convicted of tax fraud and claiming he gave benjamin met in yahoo! large sums of money for a campaign, which would violate their election laws. the attorney general says he will investigate the investigations. there were also reports that the
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-- that netanyahu is under investigation for the misuse of public funds. more from jerusalem. rumors circulating to 10 days or so. today the attorney general finally confirmed there is what he calls a police inquiry, which is not yet a criminal inquiry. there are questions being asked as to why it has been going on for months yield refers to it today and what it involves. neither of those two questions have been answered. he says he will say more when more is known. it does involve perhaps money-laundering. money that does perhaps reach netanyahu and other people he probably knows. stress hertant to denies any wrongdoing.
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is not the only allegation against him. inre is another inquiry, or other allegation that comes out of france. that happened in paris. he seems to have pulled mr. met -- mr. netanyahu in to that case. will mr. netanyahu ride back as well? it is not clear. both of those things are being investigated. france,that came from mr. netanyahu denied receiving any money. then he backpedaled and said yes i did receive some money, it wasn't 1 million and wasn't in 2009. declare any donations, he said it occurred earlier when
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he wasn't a member of parliament. all those questions to be looked at. and the current inquiry, the police inquiry and the french inquiry go hand-in-hand. willere are hopes they revert to an all-out civil war after the prime minister and the former leader ordered an immediate cease-fire. four days of fighting in the capital have killed at least 200 people. theviolence coincides with five-year anniversary of south's udon's independence. taking a look at how the country got to this point. >> south sudan's president signed a peace deal with this warning to his african counterparts.
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>> otherwise we made -- end a deal was meant to two-year civil war that killed tens of thousands of people and left millions displaced. supporters clashed with rebels. locked in a battle for cu -- in a battle for political leadership. he was accused of plotting a coup. a full blown out ethnic war broke out.
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part of the peace deal, the latest violence is yet another threat at a time when its population is already suffering from famine and has seen the production of its biggest export diminished. >> barack obama is due in dallas texas on tuesday, once again assuming the role of -- he says he will make sense of friday's shooting. mika johnson shot dead five police officers in a siege that lasted several hours. he said he wanted to kill white officers to avenge the death of two black citizens that were shot in minnesota last week.
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black americans are 2.5 times more likely to be shot by police than their white counterparts. >> amazing grace -- amazing graceto and breaking down race relations thatit was during a eulogy barack obama delivered some of the most powerful rhetoric in his presidency. racial tensions are at a peak. were shote officers by a sniper as protests over the recent killings of black men by police in minnesota and louisiana fled the country. years after race riots shook america to the core, obama is denying a return to racial brutality. >> i firmly believe america is not as divided as some have suggested. all races andof
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backgrounds are rightly saddened about the deaths of , and sterling and castile the larger persistent problem of african-americans and latinos being treated to friendly in the criminal justice system. to police violence, black people are three times more likely to be killed by police than white people. the victims were nonviolent or unarmed. the officer in question was not charged. the call for justice is falling on deaf ears. >> on violence, poverty, racial disparities, and plan for reconstruction.
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outritics have called obama, claiming the president has failed to implement meaningful reform and take a firm stand with the black community. when this community goes to barack obama for the satisfaction of their demands, he tells them he is the president of all the people, not just the president of black america. yet when other communities come of theirr satisfaction demands, the gay and lesbian community, he responds. >> racial equality remains an elusive goal. >> the congressional black caucus is frustrating. determined to are take our advocacy now to a hihigher level. has described the legacy of race as a difficult one, saying above all else he hopes his voice will bring the issue to the four. to buy food, soap and other essentials.
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that was the reality for dozens of people in venezuela. they poured into colombia after the border was temporarily open. the president ship the border a year ago and shortages are now some charities are warning of a severe humanitarian crisis. this in a country that sits on the largest proven oil reserves. >> this 12 hour border opening is a period over spite for these people. they cheer as they are let into the neighboring colombia. them are kept overnight along the border. >> we are hungry, we are in need. there is such a commotion the people hurt each other to buy any little thing.
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her have been facing severe food and medicine shortages for months now. came here to buy rice, sugar, milk, medicine, and whatever else we can get. we are starving. venezuela's oil and gas reserve counts for 96 of its exports, and plummeting oil reeling.ft the economy ordinary venezuelans are bearing the brunt of it all. shortages, prices of essential items have skyrocketed, and inflation rates are in the triple digits. president'sthe economic policies have further exacerbated the crisis. that -- have been greeted as heroes back home in lisbon. tens of thousands of people lined the streets in the portuguese capital this monday.
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it was the first european championship win in history. scoring the winning goal in the 109 minute. >> making a splashy entrance back home, the the pn champions got off their plane and straight onto a bus. tens of thousands of portuguese fans lined the streets, cheering as the team arrived. , wheresidential palace the president thanked the players for lifting the country's morale. >> we won the european championship, despite our political and cultural problems. between yesterday and today is today we have more reason thanks to you guys to believe in portugal. long live portugal. >> it is seen as a victory 12
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years in the making, ever since the shock defeat in the year 2004 finals. despite the early exit, both his teammates and coach pay tribute to his role in securing the first major peak of european silverware. >> thank you. the europeanin tournament is for you all, all of you can hear in portugal and all of the immigrants. all the technical staff, we are now part of portuguese history. we are the first to win a major competition. you were spectacular from the beginning to the end for believing in us. thank you. >> the result has the country looking ahead to the world cup. but for now it is party time. >> great pictures there. let's get some business news.
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euro group meeting has just wrapped up in brussels. they were wrapped on the knuckles by brussels. >> the euro zone finance ministers have declared spain and portugal in violation of budget rules. they have gathered for their first meeting since the britain vote to leave the european union. budget if ingh recent years. the countries have failed to bring their budgets below the eu's mandated 3%. >> we discussed spain and recentl following the recommendations or the conclusions by the commission. follow-upot the decision regarding possible sanctions or the effective
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actions in coming years. than three weeks since the vote to leave the european union and it almost seems like business as usual. david cameron finalized a multibillion-dollar deal with u.s. plane maker boeing. they agreed to buy -- there was also civilian aircraft deals announced on monday. all the details. >> it was the first major announcement at this year's air show. british airline said it made orders for 12 planes in a deal thought to be worth around 3.9 billion euros. the purchased hailed by the company's founder, sir richard branson, is one for the future. >> we are trying to get our carbon output down, our fuel output down.
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this achieves roughly 30% of that. >> the airline said it would purchase jets to be delivered starting 2019, and four additional ones in 2020. the uk prime minister david cameron hailed it as an endorsement of british quality. >> the new situation we face, we are going to need to play to our strengths. and the british aerospace industry is one of those greatest strengths. seconds a plane takes off or land somewhere in the world whose wing design was tested right here. by the end of the decade, if you bought a large passenger plane as often as not it will be powered by a rolls-royce engine. >> airbus had warned that a vote to leave the eu could have an effect on the group's future investments.
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the company said it remains committed to its operations in the u.k., where it directly employs 15,000 people. open for business. that is the message george osborne is trying to drive home as he holds talks with wall street investors. the meeting kicks off a series of visits as britain builds its economic ties in a post-brexit world. next week osborne is set to meet a trade mission. he hailed appointment as prime mister, sink certainty is what the country needs. >> we are open for business. we need to make sure britain is our trade. and the message i'm getting from businesses here in america is positive. >> let's get a check on the markets. the s&p 500 reached a record high.
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all the main indices trading over half a percent at this hour. shares in europe close in the green this monday. 1.5% here innd paris. the prime minister is on the last leg of his four nation african to her, hoping to raise against rival china. more can be done. >> the government of india has almost -- has also promised to support kenya in the areas of area where expertise and leadership is globally respected. brightest one of the in the world economy.
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and kenya is a land of strong opportunities. india is kenya's largest trading partner, and the second largest -- >> let's take a look at the other stories. failed british business is placed on hold. it is looking into creating a european steel company in the wake of the brexit. istish luxury goods replacing christopher bailey as its chief executive. he will continue in his role as chief creative officer. brands,of french luxury allill be responsible for commercial, operational, and
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financial elements. and selling interest in india to local conglomerate -- the deal is part of the $3.5 billion divestment plan. the largest cement maker said they would sell assets after missing third-quarter sales. they had challenges in india, has -- mand for cement a new smartphone game sent nintendo shares soaring. has fans chasing pokemon characters through real-world locations. the game is a massive that by the japanese country on its future in smartphone games. some analysts are calling it nintendo's potential savior. r runaway success of nintendo's augmented reality game give the japanese gaming giant and asked her life? nintendo has seen us stocks surge on monday morning.
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inclined as much as 20%. ofrecent years the creator video game icons likes of her mario maker has suffered from the decision to release software exclusively on its own consuls, despite the general consumer shift toward gaming on smartphones. represents a major change of perspective. now the latest mobile game is said to have more active users then twitter. animalscollect digital using their phones and real-life locations. they can then trade their capture pokemon with other users. it may already look assured but analysts warn it is only one game and feature -- and future projects may not attract the same feverish -- game of the summer.
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07/11/16 07/11/16 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: from pacifica, this is democracy now! >> black lives matter! amy: as hundreds are arrested across the country protesting last week's police killings in baton rouge, louisiana, and falcon heights, minnesota, there is another police shooting here in new york that received far less attention.
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