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have left the country as the deteriorates.tion what -- nadal defeating roger federer in three straight sets. >> sedans opposition has accepted ethiopia's prime minister as a mediator to end the political crisis, but there have also been preconditions. coalition of parties representing the protesters earlier and soon after, one of the opposition leaders he met
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was arrested will stop p the alo sat down with the head of the rapid support forces. the human human rights chief is -- they are gravely concerned that security forces are not treating the injured. >> a picture slowly emerging of what happened in sudan on monday, the third of june. room,filled the hospital bodies line the floor and an .nternet blackout imposed everything points to a gruesome, .loody day, a peaceful setting with reports of rapes and
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beatings at the hands of the military. the ethiopian prime minister arrived friday. the african union suspended thursday until the military has overpowered civilians stop >> they would have a stake in what happens in sudan in the future. many of the people are people who have been leading for a long time. there are questions of accountability.
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. >> for now, there appears to be no accountability or no justice. a general strike is planned for sunday and the opposition does not want military rule. there is a sense of unease in fear, but there is also resilience and little certainty about how things are going to move forward. out aans opposition laid list of conditions that must be met. first, we want the military council to recognize the crime that was committed. secondly, an international committee to investigate the crimes. >> we want public freedom and freedom of the media.
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we want the military out of the streets and to lift the band on the internet -- a ban on the internet. >> he became africa's youngest head of state in april last year and in just a different month, he lifted a state of emergency and gave half become the posts two women. they have also allowed dissidents to return home, but his biggest achievement so far is ending the war by agreeing to give up disputed territory will stop running me now, executive director of the world peace foundation. made great strides in his own country. man toe possibly be the .ring these two sides together
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perhaps we have seen a brutal crackdown in recent days. >> it is an exceptionally difficult task. be accustomed to doing that in their own country. have made they himself and his own actions the problem by launching this extremely bloody crackdown. democracy would be prepared to trust who just recently broken the words and engage in a crackdown. general, head of the
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powerful forces, he was not present in the photograph shared by the prime minister. what is that suggests to you and how important is that? >> i think it is quite significant. there's clearly a deep divide within the military council. don -- schle the army during the long months of protests, the army exercised major restraint and did not shoot on the protesters. the army generals are unhappy with what is happening. the egyptians are not pro-democracy but they would
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like to see the salvation army in charge. they do not want these pellets -- paramilitary. they are deployed in yemen and i suspect they have somewhat estimateated in their of the level of support in the region. growing that they are in power within the country and he has big some original backers, could we see the social fracturing of the situation where negotiations take place and in the meantime, you still have this paramilitary group continuing to unction and do whatever it wants?
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that is the great danger, the fragmentation of the fighting between them. that said, i think we are seeing an international consensus. -- sudanpended sedan from the union and the united states and western countries are beginning to wake up to the gravity of what is happening and the coalition between the africans and egypt has the chance of bringing others into ate and making it impossible the moment. analysis.ate your thank you for joining us from the world peace foundation. leastted nations says at
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4 million people have left venezuela because of the economic and political situation. they say urgent help is still needed. reporter fromica chile.-- day, thousands of venezuelans joined the exodus. >> maria is one of the newcomers . >> my children went three days without eating anything. .t is very difficult that is why i was eager to leave. >> the u.n. predicts that before the end of the year, the exit this will surpass 6 million, the
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vast majority who are coming here to latin america. from columbia, millions of impoverished venezuelans have moved. these countries social services are already strained to the limit. this week, peru's resident announced he was following the , requiringead humanitarian visas. >> only venezuelans with a passport and corresponding visa can enter the country. soon, it will be a requirement to enter with a humanitarian visa. >> this may slow down, but not stop the 10th the -- but not stop the stampede.
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>> talks between the united states and mexico to stave off tariffs as the u.s. demands on migration. president trump says there's a pushingbut they are ahead with a plan for 5% tariffs on monday. they have deployed thousands of .ational guard troops talks are set to resume saturday. from has run to raise tariffs by 25%.ch week until it hits the move would have major implications on both sides.
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mexico is the world's biggest exporter, selling $3.6 billion to the u.s. last year. a 5% tariff would cost the beer industry millions of dollars. last year, the u.s. spent almost $30 billion on agriculture products for mexico. in the u.s., sharp price increases are expected on new cars and trucks as mexico is the automobileorter of parts. what have you been seeing? as for those troops, 6000 of
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the national guard will be sent down here. there's a little bit of confusion. they're not here right now. we have been talking to people and they have been telling us that they would be here until a deal with the -- a deal is reached with united states. i think everyone understood they would be sent imminently. what you are seeing right now is a migration checkpoint to check people coming through here that have been here for about a month. that is because mexico was really feeling the heat before president trump announced his terror threat, but it was trying to do things -- his terrorist -- terrorist --
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-- terrace -- [no audio] this is something mexico is andng to get to grips with when you take the number of people detained and deported in mexico this year, five times that number are still being picked up on the u.s. border which a lot more -- which means a lot more people are getting through. >> it is interesting because we thisseen the past two days concept surfacing about a safe third country. --t would mean mexico expect
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accepts asylum-seekers. wouldid that mean -- what that mean for a country like mexico? >> that is the big bone of contention because mexico has always resisted being that third save country. it would mean they would have in mexico, a lot of people from guatemala sent back from the united states or just stopping .ere in mexico obviously, when you look at mexico, it is suffering record levels of violence right now. gangs operating in several parts of the country who enjoyed preying on the migrants that pass through. people already fleeing their own homelands. >> thank you.
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>> as mexico steps up efforts to how migrants, we look at climate change is driving many. also, a look at why collect scooters are proving to popular for paris and the biggest event in history of women's sports. >> amnesty international is urging saudi arabia to rule out the death penalty for a teenage boy. he was arrested five years ago at the age of 13 for taking part in antigovernment protests. he has been detained ever since.
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he is currently awaiting the trial. >> the u.s. could give the saudi's access the technology to produce their own versions of guided bombs. >> in other developments, the u.s. is raising its stakes with the standoff -- have fought allies for months over the defense systems. washington will reportedly give them until the 41st of -- the fourth of july two back tracked
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on the deal. let's get the latest from washington. what is the source of the dispute? mentioned, it is thecally a question of -- and theernments same time, purchasing sophisticated fighter aircraft from the united states. secretary defense here in washington, patrick shanahan, sent this letter to , sayingish counterparts in part, the while we seek to relationships.le
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united states is urging turkey to buy the antiaircraft missile system instead of the russian-made system. aboutave already ordered fives.130 f that is a lot for turkey to spend out of its budget. all of that is going to come to unless turkey backs down on its plan to buy these aircraft systems. the turkish president said that backing out of the deal with
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russians is out of the question. is another fairly serious rift between the two nato allies who are already at odds over things like strategy in syria and the fact that syria has obtained personnel forming --used and the united states things are not going smoothly between these two nato allies. >> thank you very much.
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the u.s. says it will launch a diplomatic protest over warships in the east china sea. the two vessels had to take evasive action which military officials say that the sailor's lives in danger. >> russia's president had strong words for janet state, saying protectionism is a recipe for conflict. ofdimir putin accused them -- >> vladimir putin's words must have been music to the ears of his guest, the chinese president is on the three-day visit to russia at the time the united states is at a trade war with
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them. for putin, it is clear who is to blame all stop >> it is how the -- who is to blame. it 12lready spoke about years ago. this not only contradicts the logic of communication, most meet the, it does not challenges of the future. >> they have described their relationship as unprecedented. decided toders have start using international currency to be less dependent on the u.s. dollar. are far and russia apart looking at their relationships.
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china has been dominating, the united states government has been boycotting it. they have worked in russia for more than two decades and says the charges are fabricated. requested to attend the form, but even an endorsement from the kremlin did not help. long-standing person investor with a long-standing reputation. happened to him, it could happen to everybody. and russian business people called for reform.
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took thean leader opportunity to take the chinese president on a river cruise in st. petersburg. apologized for keeping the leader of wake -- leader past his bedtime because they had so much to talk about. >> a journalist has been arrested in russia will stop they are known for his investigation into russia. he was arrested in central moscow on drug charges. he managed to tell friends that he was given two packages containing an unknown substance which police later said were drugs. now, theresa may has formally stepped down as the leader of the ruling conservative party. she handed her resignation letter two weeks after announcing, saying she regretted
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not being able to deliver brexit. 11 in he's are expected -- 11 in expected to bee nominated. courtn's high [indiscernible] said the country would be better off with over $400 million outside of the eu. win election expected to all stop we have more from westminster. the measuretainly of success of the new brexit party in a short existence that not winning overnight and coming a close second to the later --
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the labour party is now seen as a surprise and in some terms, a w. -- a failure. there's a poll to play for the lungs and times -- there is a whichor the london times puts the party while out in front with 26%. the conservatives stilling --ernment mother in a pickle in aonservatives still pickle. forcee is able to do is the conservative party and all the candidates who want to be the next prime minister and address and adopt the policy.
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the brexit party is dragging the conservatives to its position. anybody who becomes prime minister, vowing to leave without a deal would immediately face a vote of no-confidence and they could easily use -- easily lose that and that could collapse the government. things could get even worse for the conservative party. >> we now take you to paris. the city is cracking down on electric scooters. there are an estimated 20,000 scooters with you regulations or controls on their use. speedssures will limit and prohibit parking anywhere but in designated spaces. of the church scooters have
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been increasing -- electric scooters have been increasing because there are no clear guidelines. there are over 20,000. it is way too much. >> thousands of liberians turn out to protest against rising prices. more international pressure on the philippine government to stop its deadly war on drugs. ther, a teenager reaches final at the women's open for the first time in more than a decade. >> the system is giving us very
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heavy downpours and pretty strong winds. it is good to be here and the strong winds circulating and still some heavy downpours as well. through the west, it is coming down. we should get around to 30 degrees. andeast, still staying hot in that he, we are seeing plenty of storms, so the cooler air rushing in. still, thunderstorms could be rattling away across the eastern parts of europe. the other side of the mediterranean, most just about serving its way and that could give us one or two showers and looks like it will be with us as we have to the day sunday. hot for us in cairo.
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this is where most of the showers are, some pretty heavy at the moment, particularly around parts of cameroon and nigeria. a quick look at headlines. has acceptedition a mediator following a deadly crackdown. the u.n. says at least for my people have fled venezuela because of the economic and political situation. chance arom is a good deal with mexico will be reached.
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we have been seeing prolonged droughts and other crops in central america, devastating people's livelihood and as reporting from guatemala, many say they have no choice but to look for a new life abroad. hillside, they prepare a field for planting will stop a decade ago, he could grow enough corn to feed his family, but these days the harvests are getting smaller and smaller. bethe weather should not like this. it used to rein in the middle of april, but now it does not arrive until the end of may or beginning of june.
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>> average daytime temperatures in guatemala have risen over the damagedade while crops or more common. it often pours four days. guatemala already has the highest rate of trout now nutrition in the western hemisphere and the former's makeup cap the population. when crops fail, people leave. his uncle toollow the united states. he says there's no future for young people in his village. the only people he sees getting ahead have left to work abroad and send money back all stop >> i want to make something out of my life, to be able to follow my dreams, get a good education, job and help my family. here, it is a struggle to save. expand,ey continue to more farming families are set to struggle.
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the 10 most one of countries effected by climate change. the makes mitigating changing weather patterns and property. >> he built the driven , water and oilem -- soil conservation. will,have the desire and but will -- what we don't have is the capital. farmers are able to help their families and better care for the environment. >> president donald trump cut warto the country's help with the legal
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migration. people have been protesting in liberia as he struggles to revive a struggling economy. critics accuse the president of ignoring the reports, saying rising prices remain a source of discontent. jazeera's reporter has this update. honeymoons like a between them and their president is over. the government has ignored them for quite some time.
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out of the six years, it is supposed to be that and a lot of problems are creeping up, rising inflation, high unemployment rate and according to protesters , rampant corruption. they accuse the government of siphoning millions of dollars that are still unaccounted for. there also talking about $25 million that went missing. during government said there is no cause for alarm and nothing has been stolen whatsoever. what is surprising now is that the demonstrators are not only from the opposition, but within the coalition that put george where in to office. that is the biggest challenge
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since ever coming to power 18 months ago. advocates are calling for an investigation into the staggering amount of killings in the philippines over drugs. the president's war on drugs, 17-year-old was dragged into a dark alley by plainclothes police officers and shot in the head. he was one at 32 suspects killed that night for their alleged involvement t in illegal drug trade. >> i hope the people who shot my son can hear this. of churcheslot here, they should go to one. >> another your past -- another
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your past -- another year pass ed. me, don't be afraid, there are no drugs in the home on the they won't do anything. shot herid as police husband dead, police said to have killed more than 5000 drug users or dealers, but rights groups insist that number is three times higher. >> human rights experts and calls for an independent investigation for the human rights council. they color a staggering number of police said and killings.
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they write that the killings appear to happen in a climate with impunity and concerns have been raids -- raised with the government over the past three years. when he began withdrawing -- [no audio] that is what i told him. if you investigate me, i will slap you will stop >> she is the lead signatory. though you may be more powerful domestically, they are not in charge of the legislature and internationally on that front.
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they are opening a new session in geneva this month. has former police officer been sentenced to 12.5 years in prison for shooting an unarmed australian woman. the police officer was convicted of murder in april. she was shot as she approached his patrol car outside her home. critics say the sentence is too harsh. >> nasa said it is opening up the international space station with the first paying visitors going there as early as next year.
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ticket will cost topmillion and $39,000 on of that. a one of our goals is to grow robust economy which is good for all americans, so by allowing the companies to grow, if you look at nasa at home, you will see thousands of products that ofe generated billions dollars that have come from what we have developed in space. andany products out there it is another way for the commercial sector to keep doing that work.
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space,ofessor of climate science and engineering, he joins us live from ann arbor. sending ordinary people into space isn't something that next that has been keen on in the past. tell us why it is happening now. this has been done by other countries such as russia, but it is a first for nasa. the international space station has in a huge success. it is bristling with an experiment that only humans can operate with in space. financialfronted with reality. we either need to find other funding or shut down and there's there a lot of resistance to shut it down given all the amazing things we can do. >> so there is a financial rationale to keep the activities
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and the space station going. how would this potentially work? you will not buy the strips directly from nasa -- these trips that correctly -- directly from nasa. >> after many years of not getting involved in curly commercial activities, they have invited several companies and allow for a limited amount of passengers to come on board and they will see what happens. let's see how much demand there is. although the three people showing up or will there be people lining up with amazing that, we willrom where we can proceed and i think the ultimate goal is setting up their own presence in space.
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>> we don't quite know how it will pan out, but it is obviously they're expensive to do this. won't be making this round-trip, but the kind of revenue that it is predicted to generate, will a cover the cost of the international space station? >> the wonderful thing is, the costs are pretty fixed, so we have a pretty good sense of what to bring humans up to the space station. it would not be surprising if we see those per-person costs come down. >> we know that it is incredibly
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competitive to become an nasa astronaut. dashboard of the risks of sending an ordinary person up there? >> one thing is, you need to be healthy enough to survive the launch and landing. -- operating in zero gravity is a challenge. our bodies were not designed to do this and of course, you can get seasick in space, so that is something you have to train for. i really hope this is an opportunity that is available for many different people and it theyt something that
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in the making. >> we have tried to convince the government and so much meeting and so much trying and try to god, theand thank mission is complete. >> muslim immigrants have gradually wired organizations, green cards and even citizenship him about their religion has kept quiet. by opening this weeks before a general election, the government is courting the muslim vote. has a place of worship for muslims whether they are citizens come migrants or visitors. the right does not depend on the circumstances on which someone arrived, everyone has these rights. they are nonnegotiable human rights. cry andignity is a far
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makeshift places of worship .uilt to overcrowding here, no loudspeakers and the building barely resembles a religious structure and the navy facility surrounded by barb wire. thear understands that on they agreed to a mosque in principle, there are sensitivities. greeks remember the ottoman empire ruled greece for centuries until the 1800s. >> they offered to build a huge muammar center and gaddafi made a similar offer a year later. in 2006, they decided the athens mosque would be built at the public expense.
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>> it is the first step towards religious acceptance in this orthodox christian society. for the sport with family -- andy. the host beating south korea 4-0. 2014's are taking part in the event, the final coming in on july 7. >> this was an emphatic win for france and it is really important that the host nation does that because it gets the
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public inside will stop the people watching on television, they will talk about an exciting thech team, two of undoubted stars really have a chance of uplifting. of course, they will face of a challenge from the united states . .hat is one of the reasons i like the fact they have three more games on saturday, through .n sunday there are some of the stories, so much excitement. >> real madrid has signed to read five-year contract in excess of $100 million.
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>> rafael nadal is inside a record 12 -- 12 title. we are holly reports. robbersf sports pierces -- this is rivals, head-to-head in a fight for the french open final. the last time the two played here was in 2011. the first two sets were tight, but nadal won both of them. the 33-year-old has won this title 11 times. better has one here only once. the duo were not just by the against each other, but the elements as well.
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it was windy with dust flying into their eyes. the wind to his advantage, building a more convincing lead in the final set. condition have been so hot, so difficult to manage. was a day to accept all the and to be focused and positive all the time. top.dal to mount on >> he makes you feel uncomfortable the way he defends the court. there's nobody who plays close to him, so i don't even know who i need to go search for to go practice. >> reaching his 12th french open
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final, he proved once again why he is the king of clay. >> the semifinal will be completed saturday. .he team has a slight advantage >> to have become the first teenager to reach the women's french open for the first time in a decade. she will be making her first grand slam finals appearance. >> taking on australia in the .inal like i have played some consistent tennis and although the level wasn't there
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today, it was there when i needed it and i'm just so proud of myself that we were able to go out there and handle it today and all things considered, we are at an amazing place now. bad weather washed out friday's game at the cricket world cup between pakistan and sri lanka. host england hoping to get their game in time against bangladesh. have been say yes we beating them, last world cup, make it happen again, so yes, there's a chance. we have to play our best. >> the blues are one win away from winning the stanley cup for the first time in franchise history. best-of-seven 3-2.
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