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france twenty four .com. family to see watching fronts twenty fufu linine from paris son marco in these are the headlines. countdown to the democrat primary new hampshire ets biden's race already run yes already somee this i included judgment more more might make it simple trace analysis to count. clashes between turkish and syrian troops in it in the province of a hundred about such forces have been killed in retaliation for the deaths of fiveve turkish soldiers. meanwhile the refugee numbers rise to nearly a million fleeing the fighting. around forty one years on iran marks the overthrow of the shah. on the return of the ayatollah in nineteen seventy nine among the change the destiny of the
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iranian people. thank you very much for being with us voting is underway in the second democrat nomination contest you have a show is the venue with ththe fate of the candidates is being played out and the p pric. of the show so far joe biden his campaign appears to have. already run out of gas in many ways people to judge the youngest candidate than sock is the oldest look like the two leading contenders already. we're just going to zero has a flower shop i then i kind of pleased to say she's joining us to give us her. side to the situation. yes my is upgrade to see jessica out on the road the in new hampshire- tell us about the candidates in question. so
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i might so ward t three polling station in manchester and i've speaking speaking devices here ababout the candidates that they have decided to go for in the democratic primary some a twelve hundred or more people hahave voteded in the democratic primary at this particular popolling station.. t today sool but will expect a rushes people finish work ahead of the polls closing at seven pm local time here the candidates well in the polls bernie saunders is polling best the democratic socialist he appears to have huge appeal for young voters. certainly at a rally i attended- yesesterday last night in dhahran there was an enormous turn out for him somee eighght thousand p people most f them young attending that rally the bernie saunders st like his- movie radicical i did his progressive agenda. his promise for medicare fool- to tackle economic injustice in this
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country- immigration reform. and also to. deal with this country's gonee problem now- here at this particular polling station another progressive seems to be doing reasonably well lots of eighties hits appeared to be going in is a both warren but but her supportt has been. eaten into a bright bernie saunders popularity another female candidate appepears to be doing what. a t- a lot of women and men who i to have told me that have for the counter he's been dubbed the dog course in this particular primary primary minnesota senator any club a show she is currently polling. in third placee but she's got stiffff competition with petee the judge that to four midwestern may hee is surging in n the polls provig to be extremely popular. and he is in second place here in the
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polls soo we'll have to see- what happens when results come three. jessica what happened to juke biden. i'm sorry. but the son joe biden has left new hampshire already he has not been doing well he did as many in iowa and now the- prprojectionons and no good for him. hey in n new hampshirere al either. nick he argues that he's at a disadvantage here because a couple of the senate's is running- war and the nissasan this. day all from neighboring states as that gives them an advantage. and also the la h here is not very diveverse so he's banking- own a truck. at most a pool as we come into the next races in nevada with this big latino population and also with the unions a stronger they tend to have- you would think it might tend to back. up all i did and alalso on to sosouth c carolinas
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hoping that things will pick up for him but it's really not looking good at this point joe biden. jessica thank you for bringing clarity to the situation for us and- i know you'll do that throughout the night because of the special programming that we have- should yield. to bring- the results of the analysis as it happens just lives here that in that manchester. new hampshire. in the- primarary terra that for the yet democratic party with the sound as a judge that one to. buy right left the state what. they've is a bit of soul searching going on that t i woud have felt more thought of course. as a go between now and midnight i am beyond hours time. that said rick you morore of the a big stories around the world another fifty syrian soldiers have been killed this tuesday. as turkish forces continued their attacks. turkey says it's in retaliation for the deaths of five of the soldiers. at the hands of basher al-assad's on. the theater of war italy province the militants are holed up among the civilian. population nearly a million a fleeing towards the turkish border. that's when you know corresponded anchorage just a
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more smith the more now systemem thisis just beginning to you. turkey's been pouring reinforcements into italy. tell us what's turkeys. aim in this position. there are a million to. people a clip some of them from other paul old batch programs. that have been captured. by syrian government forces in their involves since late last year others from other parts of. the area that have l led to o its leaead. andl of the displacaced people havave one thing in common. they know very well but as soon as president bashar assad's. foforces take control of that district baby will be arrested. they are refugeeees from the damascus government if you like. now if our folks forceces continue their involves and they do capture it live albums. than thatt one million people willll flee to turkey and turkey doesn't want that it's already got to create a whole million syria. it has closed its border
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alalong it letet. the bordede iw aa war.. fought if push comes to shove. and the syryrian. army continues to. . 's a bombb but one e million people wil climb ththe wall briring trurucks offn it a bring. but they will cross cut bowl and the turkish army won't be able t to stop.. now te aim of turkey's intervention and it. is to o exert a measure of control over that problem. to them the akad at ball. make the displaced people feel safe enable them to remain in syria. and what russia's role in what's going on just a- well russia is a major paint beat major pay c chron holdd the syrn government forces and it says that the mask of governmement hs the rightht to control all o of syria which includes it lit. and it dismisses the rebels in syria at the syrian government
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dot. being no more than a bunch of terrorists hi a russian military. military diplomatic delegation came to on correct here this weekend they left yesterday but there was no agreement reports say that the two sides told off the top of the turks and said in a i'll plug so forces. must stop barrett bombs they must withdrawal from the turkish observation post turkey has twelve observation post internet apparently. the syrians have surrounded for. i and run the raw said no i have you heard of turkey most stop attack the sir government forces. so they got no where however- of the american special envoy for syria james jeffrey came to on credit tonight since june to hold talks with the turks tomorrow and he said he's come here to
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assess the situation and the awful what support is possible. the american are eager to help the took stand u up to the russian you know. it's a situation when nobody's getting getting anywhere eveverybody knows- that- turkish armed forces are superior to the syririan armed forces but what counts is what forces you have onon the battlefield the batteries on- turkey has been rushing it thousands of soldiers and h hdreds of mililiry vehicleles and the pasa ten days to stand up. to the syrian that falls just we don'tt know what's gonna happen just within now thank you very much indeed just the more of course one of that in the anchor thank yes the jonas. of course what you will about some on that's- next iran marking forty one years since the revolution to overthrow the shock. it also marked the return from exile in france of ayatollah khamenei he
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spends his time in excel in a village outside paris that became central in changing the destiny of millions of iranians. then marking forty one years since the islamic revolution. crowds chanted death to america and burned american and israeli flags the faces and plays and on many placards that to a former iranian military commander cast sense of the many he was killed in a u. s. drone strike on january third in baghdad's. printing around to retaliate with the missile by rage against the us space rack. iranian president hassan rouhani addressed crowds into runs as at the square. volume when people. poured into the streets for the funeral procession of mantech qassim sue the mony. and the people of the armed forces and the government to take revenge. on our home phone service. one faces of p. demona. the annual
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celebrations the day that shiite cleric colm meaney returned from exile and ousted the shah's last governments state television cold this year's anniversary the silly done. them is the mourning peririod traditionally lasts forty days will be marked in ceremonies across the country the coming days today is also the fortieth day following the death of generals who the money we are here to say that his path will continue and we will strike harder yet america. runs economy is currently being crippled by us sanctions reimposed after president trump pulled out of the international nuclear deal in twenty eighteen. six hundred thing with the sanctions even if we die from poverty and hunger we will not compromise with america. also called on the country to vote in upcoming parliamentary elections the vote is expected to gauge the popularity of the president and his moderate
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camp. over the hard line rivals. it's got the analysis of reality margam joins us historian of the middle east mit and off of contesting the iranian revolution the green uprising could even to use a- for you. what are the consequences of the past four dedecades in around the consequences of nineteen seventy y nine. i think the biggest consequence is that the e revolution itselelf was aa combination of a hundred years of history- that was very much geared towards movements that erupted throughout your running history throughout modern air independence frorom foreigns powersrs. yoyou k know it a agat began on basically what the tobacco we're both in the constitutional revolution but you know to be brief about it- the- the premiership of dr mohammed mossadegh and his nationalist movements in national as he runs for the
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industry. and their subsequent overthrow at the hands of the united states and then the uprising ten years later that was put down by the shah's armed forces all that basically meant that. are you wanting. the only real way to wrest control of the system wasn't for international law like most side that i try to nineteen fifty three with the all nationalization. it wasn't through non violent protests from within the system like in nineteen sixty three but a protracted revolution in our pricing that did away with the entire system. trendnding this . site is c consequence their own rerevolution. foforty one year n the fafact you're goining. unlie many of the countrtries in the region is independence- and is somewhat secure thenly countries in the e region that have. that t are indepependentne the ones t that have essentitiay been imploded or invaded or drawn by the united states. for the countries that are secure the ones t tt are securere because the united s states sustainsns them like the saudiss
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them out ideas and so on and so forth. so i would say in some the biggest consequence of the running revolution. is in its ability to o gain its independence and to preserve its- why and this of person question. i'm sure you've got a good answer to it why did the ayatollah end up in a small village outside of paris during his exile what was the significance of that. so the conspiracy theorists who argued thatat this the holy rununning revolution was a western conspiracy i don't agree with that whatsoever- we k know throrough their m memoirs of- i took one n nineties closest aides- was that. they needed to get him out of iraq can been any rockk in najaf iraq. about fourteen i in exile- saddam was saying at thatime had had a a reconciliationon witith the shas government- saddam did not wantt this the money revolution a tramp offered to the shop to have so many- disappeared or executed as you well- and
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instead the show was like e no i dodon't want t to make a a martt of t them. take himim out of the country because by virirtue of being i in najaf iraqi so close to your on any running programs going to not have strong line. he's a to communicate his revolution just to the country. so that. comes out how many is the closest aides dan basically. started contact us making. when to have go in it is exam and paris is was in the in headquarters of the iranian resistance to the shop the american headquarters was in berkeley california at the international headquarters was in paris so is a is essentially i had him go- to paris he wasn't that excited to go to paris incidentally by rich of being in paris no he was geographically far from iran. he had better access to world cation systems and was a ae to commandeer the revolution from to do soso from iraq. finally on
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to the question me about a place i live nearby and you the i tell of been there but i couldn't work out why you'll find a good explanation thank you sir for give me that. and thank you for telling us more about- the importancnce of the revolution and have course remains very important. in that you put in context out today thank you very much sir pria among them from mit historian of thehe middle east. thanks for joining us. i thought the business can bee jones is eurorope's biggest infrarastruce prompted is onon track is- the british prime minister boris johnson. backs a new high speed. railway line h. s. to a political that. h. s. to marc ages one to know where that is no london to the channel to. channel temp taha. connects the eurostar there. it's on. the time of having hits a mine information as- we try to bring. it in pieces. every two is gonna be connecting at london. to cities in central and northern england in theory cutting truck travel times in. half of the project has already proved. hugely controversial. as. alison sergeant reports.
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with prime minister. it's speed ahead for the you high speed rail the cabinet has given hi speed rail the green signal as everybody knows the full costs the costs for costs have exploded. but for management to date has not detracted in my view. from the fundamental value of the project. approved in two thousand and twelve under prime minister david cameron the high speed rail scheme known as h. s. too isn't set to be completed until as late as twenty forty. it would first connect london to birmingham in central england before splitting in two and heading to manchester in the west and leads in the east. the project is meant to bring the uk's old in crowded real network to the level of countries like france and spain. but predicted costs have nearly doubled to one hundred and six billion pounds or over one hundred and twenty five
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billion euros. boosting infrastructure spendining in the north of england was one of johnson's campaign promises. but conservative lawmakers are worried about spiraling costs and the impact on constituencies cut through by the wrapped. making a just to a rare source of division for the ruling party hello i urge my right number frenemy date anybody. that seeks to celebrate the ihs to decision to keep central in my mind the blight's this it will bring to communities up and down the route. not just on the landscape but people's lives. the project is also opposed by environmental activists who say the route wouould cut throuough over one hundred ancient woodland. resulting in the largest single act of deforestation in britain since world war one. european officials have set a hard line ahead of post break that trade talks suggesting they won't automatically granted an equivalence deal to british financial firms. you can government is seeking stable access to the european market
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after the transition period expires at the end of this year. still while saying it's unwilling to accept that you rule book but the these top negotiator michel barnier told the european parliament on tuesday. his counterparts shouldn't kikid themselves. the black sheep breck said cannot be business as usual. rubrics brexit means that british financial services are losing their financial passport initial switch to it there's no mutual recognition local chicago brexit means that in all circumstances we will impose controls on all goods entering the single market from the first of january. as we do with all third countries all over the world will be killed you mold. a chicken on the day's trading action now the major european indices closed higher the dax gaining nearly 1% the checkout about two thirds. travel sector led gains up nearly 2% across europe. more muted session for wall street moves in the dow jones turning down slightly to close flat there at e. s. p. five
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hundred nasdaq each managing slightly- slight gains there and new records on the clothes. shares a sports company under armor plunged 18% is it warm sales could drop by as much as sixty million dollars bececause of the coronavirus outbreaeak. a judge in new y york has approved the fifty nine billion dollar merger of mobile providers sprint and t. mobile. the announcement sent their shares soaring sprint up an eye watering 77% at the close. at t. mobile neaearly twelve. the deal was first announced nearly two years ago but had been opposed by states including new york and california. who argued it would result in higher prices and poor service for consumers. the us justice department has already given the go ahead the takeover could now close as early as april. organizers of the mobile world conference a jew to make weight later this week to discuss possibly canceling the event. a number of majorr brandss of nonw pulled out citing concerns about interernational travel amd the corona virus outbreak. on
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tuesday facebook intel and cisco joins the likes of amazon and sony in canceling their appearances. somome of them are still planning video presentations if the gathering does indeed go ahead as scheduled. from february twenty fourth in barcelona. the end of the sea is the biggest annual gathering for the telecoms industry this year it was set to focus on the fifth on fifth generation or five. the technology. for now chinese. wall way and the t. e. are still planning to attend of course mark a lot of concerns about any kind of a gathering like this- and they're all organizes saying that if it goes ahead. they'll be encouraging people not shake hands. another aspect of the coronavirus- impacting business worldwide kate. thank you as ever feel. can do with the business great. time to focus thirty years ago nelson mandela at the anti apartheid champions liberated after spending twenty seven years behind bars the man who four years later to become south africa's first black
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president. was the most famous inmate of robin island places not become the country's most visited museum with a three hundred fifty thousand tourists each yearr the place is an important symbol for a rainbow nation. with dialogue and reconciliation are a reality the one that isn't sped by the wave of social unrest affecting the country. karen intimate stomach austin's at some properties of this folks report. just off thehe coast of capape n it was head on robin island that nelelson mandelala spentnt eighteen of his twenty seven years in prison. today it remains a poignant reminder of oppression under south africa's apartheid regime it wasn't only the listen linda there were many of. according to them. we went terrorists. the last. is the in the world. convicted in nineteen eighty five to ninety my boss i spent two thousand and ninety days in the cell about six years. he hasas tears
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in his eyes every time he comes back here. whenever theyy open the door who seeee the doll. i'm willingg to nott to. a all fulle sometimes t the north sea these intel core. ththe very low. they're making you less comfortable. alrightht. with the end of apartheid robin on and was eventually closed and now operates as a museum with former prison is taking an active role in guiding tourists around the site and reminding them of the brutality of apartheid. giuliani comes back often determined to tell the truth about what happened here
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and to come to terms with the past. meeting his former jailers he tries to forgive. doug smith was a chef in the prison allocating food rations buried depending on an inmate skin color. to lani served under him as an assistant but i refuse to remember our with these out of the- although it is. not related. wasas yeah. eleven it's the. a new one. wawah. the two men first met at nineteen years old because happy mememories of the island ththe penguiuins in ththe city t married in this church and eventually had two children
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here. years later moving back renovating the house he used to live in. a lot of ideas. good i would imagine that- at the t tie ththe island lows is down but im actutually very hahappy that hed thatat but- because the relatios of the i. phones with some of the political presence in the present- don't need to be. under wraps now it can be no but- so i get overly said then tata with themm and discucuss wt happened and why didn'n't that. the face of this unesco world heritage site is c constantly changing.. but i it remains a mt for tourists visiting south africa. in the peak of the south african summer some two thousand five hundred visit the island every day is cross. cool guy. the transported around the island by bus stopping at the limestone quarries where prisoners were forced to work under the golden age emotions
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billed as they arrive at the high sececurity prison when they take photos of mandela's cell. many of the gods have no choice but to confront the painful memories every day. they simply need the jobs to survive i want to find peace within ourselves why he had to heal ourselves.. that's much more fundamental. but secocond added to that. is because of unemployment list of we were dead at the source of this nature letet deborah sauce solve that problem that is for is a book of business many full my inmates believe that the income generated from the three hundred and fifty thousand visitors who come each year. should be better distributed. the guards went on strike at the start of january c calling for better salaries and the conclusions opening quandary norse into alleged corruption of the sitite managers. in south africa when many state projects up bankrupt such strike action is taken seriously. the authorities refused t to discuss about governance. t this museum
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is state subsidized and generate 65% of its own running costs also africans i h have a right to question. w whatever happens in government entities especially if it's- a as my knees. so if we need to account we wilill accocount and we've always accounted as robin island museum. one of the guards w wait that amount met tourists continue to flock to robben island. thirty years after the liberation of nelson mandela this journey into the plus two continues. current may seven constance and us about bass at that set reportt from south africa one user stay with us.
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