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syrian rebels reportedly withdraw from the strategic town of khann shaikhoun, connecting the biggest cities damascus and aleppo. 24come to the france newsroom. i'm claire pryde. giuseppepe conti i is to address parliament later and he mamay fe a no-cononfidence motion. for afterer the leader called the action saying differencnces with the coalition couldn't be amended. the interior ministers plan to replace him is lookingng less ad leless certain. italy's president might decide to form another coalitioion ratr than call a general election. we have a report.t. repopoer: it is a crucial day for italy with its political past into reality from the holiday. i know confidence vote againinst the confidence -- against the
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government, the leader posted this video. two weeks ago, the far right interior m minister pulled the plug on the dysfunctional coalition between his leak and the anti-establishment five-star. writing on his search of popularity, a snap election was called four years early. translater: i do my job with my heart, with honor, and with pride if i can do it freely and fully and if i realize someone wants to stop me, then the ball is back to the italian people. ago after a15 months general election and in a hung parliament, it has been strained ever s since. thearties havave been shaharply divided d over issues such as migrants, taxation, and
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financing of high-speed rail to france. overtaken the five-star, you may go it alone. he is noe saying longer a credible partner. door onleader shut the reviving thehe coalition. translslater: you will see ththt italians make the league pay for this dad in the back it has dealt -- stab in the back it has dealt the country. reporter: they may try to have a majority by teaming up with the opposition party, meaning cell salvini could be left on the sidelelines. more migrants hahave jumped offa ship happening on sunday and migrants were brought back on board. they have been stranded at sea for 19 days. spain has offered to o let the
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open arms. there but s ship operators are concerned d about the time the jouourney would tae with the journey aboard described as desperate. president emmanuel macron hahas promised unprecedented security on world leaders gather for the g7 taking place. on the spanish border, there is a concord g7 that has already -- a counter g7 that has already started. we are joined. start off by telling us by this -- what this counter g7 is. initiative toizen dispute the legitimacy of the g7. the seven meeting of
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richest countries in the world. it is not a place to make decisions. we dispute the fact that the rich countries decide for the world planet. especially because they are leading from the rules and hastices of doctrine and it civil damages on justice and inequality and climate. g7 is to bring citizen initiatives to show that another development model is possible and is not of the rich countries which hold all of the multinational companies who can do this. claire: you say another system is possible. what do you suggest we do
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instead? bring a model which is based on human righthts which is based also on the fact that profit is not the only objective fofor econonomic activities. taxaxation should not be allowed and ittital companies concerns all of the sectors. it impacts a lot of other countries. at this moment, the g7 is trying to decide on these rules within the ocd but it concerns all of the countries which are not at the table of the decisions. taxes wouldou think bring inequality? >> if the state gets the money,
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it has two get to the tax and he can lead strong public policies on social issues and for the ecological transnsition that we need. claire: i am afraid we have run out of time. thank you for coming in to tell us about the counter g7 that got before the g7 gets underway. and they areg kong offering counterprotesters carrie lam has promised to investigate complaints against police. on sunday there was a massive peaceful rally. we have a report. reporter: promising to start a dialogue with protesters, after 1.7 million of them marched through the city peacefully on
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sunday. hong kong leader carrie lam responded. we will start immediately a counsel for dialogue for people from all walks of life. i a a officialsls are committedo listen to what the people have to tell us. reporter: carrie lam also said the council would investigate the 174 complaints of police retail t. actions.of police body want an independent to be responsible and we want inquiry tom to get an really investigate what has happened in the past few weeks. reporter: carrie lam reiterated that the extradition bill which spararked a protest wass rescin. carrie l lam: therere are no pls
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to revive this bill. reporter: that is unlikely to satisfy protesters. they want her immediate resignation and the resumption of political reform amid concerns the a act edition bill was systematic of an erosion of freedoms and the former british colony. since last week, chinese pell military droops -- paramilitary groups havee been h having exercises along the bordeder. it is also worth noting that a man working for the british consululate in hong kong has ben detained at the chinese border. the foreign officer is seeking further information. activists say that serious rebels have withdrawn from khan shaikhoun, last rebel held province. therere has been a redeploymentf forces. khan shaikhoun was seized by rebels in 2014.
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we have more. reporter: with onlyly a few belongings, this family fled safety frorom their home. trtranslater: we fled during the intensified.raids they destroyed our houses and kill people. we came here just with our clothes. we have children and elderly people to look after. reporter: fighting has intensified as michelle are assad's forces with the help of russssian -- babashar al-assad's forces with the e help of russia has b been -- ththey havee struggled to regain control of the region.. this marks a turning point in the fit against t jihadist groups a aempting toto overthrow bashar al-assad. a military convoy killed three syrian civilians inside the rebel held area.
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came despite letting ruiaian know abobout the presene in the area. the syrian government sayaythe convoy was deliverering a ammunn to the al qaeda linked group inside khan shaikhoun. to motorway linked aleppo damascus. if the syrian government ousts the rebels, they would regain control of the strategicic road. most importantly, they would surroundnd the remaining fightes in the south of the province. claire: there is confusion over a no-deal brexit would mean for eu citizens. hours later, the home office said eu nationals and families would work to stay in the u.k. and the deadline for the resettlement scheme was end of 2020. theresa may's government
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promised a gradual transition away from free movement. the government has said in freeof a no-deal brexit, movement for eu citizens will end on the 31st of october and criminal record checks will come into force. at the terminal in paris, travelers said they were worried about the disruption it might cause. translater: it is going to be a problem. there are going to be more problem and stricter customs procedures. we will have to see. sad.later: it is very it is going to make life difficult. reporter: once freedom of movement is gone, eu citizens will not be able to stay in the u.k. unless they have applied for civil status or just for a short trip. it is more extreme than the prevevus p proposal for a gradul move away.
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it is part of a strategy to goad russells into negotiating a withdraw deal. are ready toeal we get a deal. if you want a good deal for the be ready to,t without one. reporter: boris johnson meets angela merkel and emmanuel macron and he should get some sense of whether his plan is working. claire: e eight report for you n rubbish pickererin indoneses. last month indonesia said it was sending rubbish back to australia which was lauded as the government standing up for itself. but for rubbish chute -- pickers, it disrupts their life. of rubbish unloaded outside their homes every day. an unsightly scene but a source of income for the residents of
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bangun, a went surrounded by papaddy fields. translaterer: i usesed to be a farmer and now i i am sortingg rubbish simply because i get more by sorting rubbish and by farming. for farming i need to wait three months. frfrom sorting rubbish, i can me money in a day, today's, or aa week. reporter: almost two thirds of the residence make a living sorting through paper, plastic, and tin cans. of f waste andorts countries are sending g re and more refuse to indonesia. the government is putting its foot down and sent back to hundred tons of rubbish to australia last week. that i is worrying news for the residents of bangun. we hope the: government will make
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improvements but we don't want it to close down this robusust rubbish business. i have three children and all of them go to universities and it is all resesponsible thanks to y hard work scavenging. some, butrefuse for treasures waste for bangun residents who will fight to the end d if their business is takan away from them. claiaire: that is it for now. stay tuned. ♪
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along with most of the people in the district, it comes from north of the country, a poor region where jobs are hard to find. >> i leave my family and came here. . think every day i am working something and i have to give it to them. >> is difficult to figure how many work here but the 100,000 working here it is several thousand a at least. they cross the bridge to the scrap yards and every year the slum grows encroaching further along the lagoon. ♪ cars, computers, oval phones, --evisions, all matter of manner of electronic devices stripped and dismantled.
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on thee plays a part assembly line. nothing is lost and everything is used they are melting down downetal to the metal to make cooking pots. >> the message is clear even for the young. spentonly 16 but has three years scouring the ground with a magnet. i takeke the scrap aluminum and other scraps. two and half kilos, which will be 30 euros.
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you can find anyththing in the rubbish here, but it is like tonic waste that is the most sought after for the metal it contains. most comes from outside ghana. , this came from france. you can see the writing. >> the european union has strictly prohibited the export, of 2.5 equivalent billion cell phones leave the country illegally every year. ♪ we had 40 kilometers from the
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capital. the main entry point for 200,000 tons of electronic equipment arriving in ghana each year. almost three quarters of that is used equipment. for electronic waste, there is no import ban for used electronics. they take the waste very seriously. these are the personal belongings of some of the citizens who have gone outside the country and coming back home. they have loaded the items into a container and today is s the y we are going to inspect the consignment. >> they differentiate between waste and goods. the shipment has come in from spain. there are televisions, radio sets, all ranges of electric appliances. it has b been flagged by the customs authorities detection
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system of possibly suspicious.s. >> it is hard for the inspection officer on the ground to make ist decision n that this waste. it is only when it is subjected to tests that we can establish that. >> of the containers arriving at the docks every day, some slip through the net. on this occasion, the agent at the border clalas everythihing s above board. >> this is a family used passport. they have and d therefore someme yeyears and ththey want to comeo the country. >> only 15% of used goooods comg in are unusable. the rest are given new life in
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they receive on a daily basis. some suffer from respiratory difficululty. the air becomes polluted. they can get a all kinds o of problems. >> he moved to the neighborhood -- she moved to the neighborhood a year ago and her airways are causing her pain. residents come to him for advice. seeing the environment deteriorate and health problems sore, the wrecking yard and the toxic fumes are one of most importrtant markets s in the
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country. the a air is polluted. it is going to affect their life. study, itng to u.s. is one of the top polluted sites on the planet. soilare permanenely in thee under times greater than ininternationasasafety standnda. pollutioion is a majoror concero ththe residence.e. the environmental protection withy has been d dealing pollution and it is a key issue for the agency. show t thatamplples people were exposed to high levels isis an issue and it
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important to protect the health of our people. >> despite the damage to the environment, donna waited until 2016 before adopting a new law ghanang -- donna -- waited until play 16 before adopting a new law banning rubbisish import. they are training workers. a german development meant agency is among them. have a training center and a small clinic. moments, thest main focusus of work is to trtransform m the jobs into digy jobs so that people working here at the moment can have the proper earning of living of what they are doing and not to add more jobs. the job in charge of
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improvement action and he knows the workers and the jobs well and has trained 20 people there. how are you? >> nicice work. >> they recondition and recycle computers and mobile phones. years, t there 20 are peoplele they can n employ o they minimize what environment.o the able to earn an income. only a handful of workers have been it to from the train -- have benefited from the
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stephanie march: on thehe beachs of san francisco, a fight is brewing. america is home to 11 million illegal immigrants, and donald trump wants them out. trump: we will break the cycle of amneststy and illelegal immigration. we will breakak the cycle. woman: we are proud. thank god we live in san francisco and not other places in the country. we are going to protect our immigrants. what he is doing is un-american. march: san francisco, a so-
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