three people were killed and dozens injured in a gun and knife attack in china's xinjiang uighur aton mouse region. >>> government leaders admit they've lost control of eastern regions. >>> japanese consumers have cut down their spending since a consumption tax hike. analysts are examining its impact on the nation's economy. >>> chinese president xi jinping is calling for decisive actions against those behind an attack in a part of his country with a history of unrest. armed assailants killed three people and wounded 79 others at a railway station in the western xinjiang uighur atono mouse region. nhk world reports from beijing. >>> security forces fanned out at a railway station in urumqi. the regional capital. they are investigating what's being called a terror attack. the state-run xinhua news agency says knife yielding mobs started slashing people at an exit. then they set off explosives. police haven't announced any arrests. president xi jinping has just spent four days in the region where ethnic uighurs make up the majority. he stressed the need for tougher policing to deal with

the region is home to the muslim uighur minority. some members of the community are frustrated with the political and economic gap between them and hun chinese. protests in urumqi against the central government in july 2009 turned into a major riot. about 200 people were killed. in april 2013, 21 people died in the clash between a uighur group and public security forces in southern xinjiang. two months later a group of uighurs armed with knives attacked public facilities and killed 35 people in the eastern part of the region. >>> a bomb attack at a station in urumqi in april this year killed 3 people and injured 79. the bombing took place just after president xi visited the region. local authorities say members of the east turkistan islamic movement carried out the attack. the move wants independence for the region. chinese authorities say the organization was also behind an incident that saw a car plow into pedestrians in beijing's tian men square last october. five people died. the chinese government is now keeping a closer eye on

xinjiang has islamic overtops because the uighurs are an flamboyant people. it borders with troubled parts of the world and there are opportunities for individuals to liaise or get experience in other places. it is particularly worrying for china, xinjiang, because of the way it is open to the borders are in a sense more open and the influences are wider. indeed, beijing accuses radical uighurs of buying influenced by al-qaeda, if not having direct links to it. >> it is impossible to prove. it's part of the way the chinese government shows that they are not sort of being - that it is nothing to do with the way the chinese government behaves, it's a wider problem, worldwide terrorist problem, and these people are encouraged by outside groups. in fact, i think most of the problems stem from domestic reasons, from the pay that uighur culture, to an extent the way it is in tibet, is soup revved and -- soup revved and uighur religious and social every day practices are frowned upon in china. and life is being made very difficult for people to go about their ordina

china's response been so far to this increase in attacks, reportedly from the uighurs?>> as you can imagine, the chinese president is saying a swift and -- they have tightened security controls and are promising severe judgment for those responsible. china blames it on militants from the shin jong region. they have a long history of tension between the han chinese, china's most dominant ethnic group, and the indigenous uighurs. they appear to be escalating in recent months. the most recent and worst attack rioting when -- during between uighurs and han chinese. >> thank you for that report from beijing. europe's of some of 380 million voters are going to the polls today. nations are said to elect hundreds of parliamentarians between now and sunday. today britain and the netherlands open the vote. both of them could see the winds from far right, anti-europe from far- see big wins right, anti-europe parties. >> cutting up the european flag and potentially the 28-member bloc as well. ony hope to capitalize rising sentiment against austerity and immigration. >> in many coun

it seems from the view point of the chinese government that uighur separatists are stepping up their compain. this is a tense -- campaign. this is a tense time because five years ago in july 2nd, '00 died in wry at in the city -- riots in the city as a result of confrontation between ethnic uighurs and hahn chinese. >> coming up next - political pressure. congress calls on the n.f.l. for a name change for the washington red skips. flags - and u.s. troops by tribute to the fallen. every saturday, go where science, meets humanity. >> this is some of the best driving i've ever done, even though i can't see. >>techknow >> is there an enviromental urgency? only on al jazeera america >>> six gay couples are suing south dakota for the right to marry, leaving one state that is not facing a challenge. 31 state have ban, gay marriages legal in 19 state and the district of columbia. billionaire mark cuban says voting to expel donald sterling from the league might make him a hypocrit. the owner of the dallas mavericks says he himself is a hippo crit. and so is everyone. >> we are a lot more vigi

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>>> china's state-run media say police are investigating thursday's deadly attack in the xinjiang uighur autonomous region and calling it a premeditated and organized terrorist act. they say attackers rammed two vehicles into an open air market and threw explosives. 31 people were killed, and 94 injured. nhk world's kengo okamoto has more. >> reporter: an nhk crew entered a day after the incident. on friday the morning market was cordoned off. the area was full of police officers as well as reporters and camera crews. some of the surrounding windows were shattered. apparently by the impact of the blast. >> translator: explosions went off in several places. i was extremely being s lly sho many there were. >> reporter: police are trying to stop reporters from interviewing passersby. the number of police officers there is increasing. china's state-run central television reported that public security minister inspected the site. the communist party affiliated global thymes cited informed sources as saying five suspected terrorists died in the attack. authorities are tightening security measu

if you follow the concerns that the -- of the uighur issue in china. the administration had reserved apartments, they were in guantanamo bay, they reserved apartments in northern virginia at seven corners for them to live here. so i think -- i know the gentleman is well meaning, but i think to bring guantanamo bay detainees here, people like khalid sheik mohammed, people like that, and then if they were tried here and acquitted and then can you imagine, they then apply for asylum because we're now going to see a case where one pirate acquitted is applying for asylum and now is living in virginia and may very well want to stay in virginia. so i urge the defeat of this amendment and reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from virginia is recognized. mr. moran: mr. chairman, how much time do i have remaining? the chair: the gentleman has 2 1/2 minutes. mr. moran: i'll speak -- i will at this point yield two minutes to the gentleman from new york, mr. nadler, from the judiciary committee. th

uighur separatists have been blamed, who want independence from beijing. >>> protesters in libya urge the government to control fighters. there were counter protesters for general khalifa haftar in tripoli. he wants to crush hard-line militia's back by the parliament. the syrian branch of al qaeda asked its allies, the islamic front to modify the manifesto. it doesn't call for the creation of an islamic state, a moderate stance that led some to believe that the group is trying to attract western support. we have this report. >> reporter: syria's al-nusra front fights alongside others, with the aim of creating a state based on islamic law. now the u.s. lambic front seems to have broken ranks. the new manifesto calls for a state of law staying away from fundamentalism and radicalism. it's a moderate stance. the group decides it as an independent decision. >> we didn't consult nusra, but we expect them to agree. if they don't we'll leave it until we talk of the regime. >> they reacted to the manifesto. it called for fighting extremist, and not infidels. it called for justice trials. it c

download it now uighurs >> announcer: this is al jazeera. >>> hello, welcome to the newshour.'m martine dennis in doha. these are the top stories. at least 30 are killed and dozens injured in an attack in china's north-west xinjiang region. breaking an opposition siege. syrian government forces reclaim aleppo's central gaol. >> translation: literally everything, our lives have been destroyed. >> lives washed away

political upheaval of some sort, it may have problems with its minority border lands of the turk muslim uighurs and tibetans in the south, etc. so that china itself may decentralize. which would mean that the china which eventually is drawing closer and closer to taiwan may not be as dangerous for taiwan as the country in the past. one of the things -- i throw out an idea in the book that, you know, i think will generate a lot of discussion, i hope. everyone thinks the most important person in, you know, the most important chinese person in the, you know, in the last 110 years has been mao tse-tung. and i'm arguing that it may, ultimately at the end of the day in a few more decades, be chiang kai-shek. because chiang kai-shek embodied confucianism, enlightened authoritarianism at least in his later years in taiwan. and, you know, and turned taiwan into the model democracy that it is today. even as china itself is, you know, mao is still revered as a nationalist figure now. but if china goes through a political upheaval, that may change as well. we just -- the historical reckoning for mao is sti

i was specifically told by the ustice department that the uighurs from guantanamo way would not be released. we had a meeting in my office, the white house was there. they were all there. they said they will not be released. we got a call from somebody in the administration who called us to say the helicopters are getting ready and leaving guantanamo, and by the way they at least -- they had leased an apartment at seven corners. these were three people who had been picked up at tora bora in a camp. if we can work this thing out i would be -- so when you see the veto message as the gentlelady from tennessee said, the concern is that they'll just blink and kind of go. they looked me directly in the eye and said we will not release these and then had i not gotten that telephone call -- quite frankly i think this person who stopped them from being released was the current mayor of chicago, to his credit. so that's the concern we had. there needs to be a basic trust. if somebody says something there's absolutely that's the word and it will never happen. i thank the gentleman for his comments. mr

authorities blame radicals in the muslim uighur minority.today, a foreign ministry spokesman vowed the government will put an end to the bloodshed. >> ( translated ): the chinese government has the confidence and the ability to combat the terrorists. these terrorists are swollen with arrogance. their schemes will not succeed. >> ifill: today's death toll was the worst in xinjiang since nearly 200 people died in riots in 2009. the senate today confirmed a judicial nominee who authored memos justifying drone strikes on american terror suspects overseas. david barron wrote them when he worked at the justice department in 2009 and 2010. this week, the department agreed to release a censored version of one document, to help ease his confirmation. barron will join the federal appeals court in boston. in the house, republicans and democrats united to pass a $600 billion defense bill. it spares some aging planes, plus ships and bases that the pentagon sought to retire or close. the bill also bars moving terror detainees from guantanamo to u.s. priso

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chancellor angela merkel is visiting washington for the first time says the revelations that the uighurs have been listening to her phone conversations which have the time she labeled completely unacceptable other unfortunate revelations included a league conversation between the u.s. diplomatic tori nuland and the american ambassador to ukraine where she didn't hold back in dismissing the merkel said to discuss the food free trade agreement between europe and the wires despite brussels concerns about the standard of some american products then they say spying is expected to be addressed as there's still been no clear resolution on the scoundrel all that has angela merkel is coming under pressure from major german companies who don't want more sanctions against russia over the ukrainian crisis as peter all of our reports. well an article in the wall street journal suggests very strongly that angle america has gone to the sea with a very clear message from german industry and that message is no more economic sanctions against russia the real big hit is in the german corporate world the li

this incident did take place in a very sensitive part of the country, which is home to the muslim uighurority. that minority has been blamed in the past for other recent attacks, including one here in beijing at tiananmen square. many members of that community have been forcing their frustration with what they have called repressive policies of beijing. the public security bureau chief is on his way to the region and the president, xi jinping, has vowed to step up patrols as well as security controls and has pledged to crack down hard on those responsible for this incident. ross? >> thanks for that, eunice. more to come. we'll keep you updated with events out of beijing. >>> also still to come on the show, after two years of losses, growth is on the horizon. we'll get more on the company's restructuring plan. [ female announcer ] there's a gap out there. that's keeping you from the healthcare you deserve. at humana, we believe if healthcare changes, if it becomes simpler... if frustration and paperwork decrease... if grandparents get to live at home instead of in a home... the gap begins

tortures endemic religious believers can be they christians, uighurs, tibetan buddhists with him to bed assignment of women have been forced to abort their precious babies because of the draconian one child per couple policy. as a direct result of sex selective abortion tens of millions of girls are missing the missing daughters exterminated, a gender crime without president and a leading cause of an explosion in sex trafficking. but violence and abuse need not be forever. the human history is filled with examples of dictatorships that matriculated to democracy because courageous people refused to capitulate or stand down. the 25th anniversary of the isthmus of kra down on student dissent, therefore, must we inspire, re- energize and reprioritize the struggle for human rights and freedoms in china. someday china will be free and the courage, valor, vision and tenacity of the tenement square activists and all those who bravely struggle for freedom will someday be celebrated in beijing. it is now my distinct honor to introduce one of you wrote students, one of the code leaders from 1989

repression is even harsher against disfavored minorities such as tibetan buddhists, the muslim uighurs and other practitioners. according to the most recent state department country reports on human rights, the chinese regime, quote, consistently blocked access to websites it deemed controversial, especially those discussing taiwan, the dalai lama, tibet, underground religious and spiritual organizations, democracy activists and the 1989 tiananmen massacre. end quote. a quarter of a century later, why is the regime in beijing still so afraid of the truth? how strong is the communist party that feels the need to harass and muzzle the aging tiananmen mothers who lost their sons and daughters in 1989? in the biting words of one 76-year-old mother, quote, such a great, mighty and correct party is afraid of a little old lady. they're afraid of us old timers because we represent righteousness. end quote. today, mr. speaker, with house resolution 599, we stand in solidarity with the righteous mothers of tiananmen, with the ladies in white in cuba and with all those who struggle for liberty an

is that the incident did take place in a very sensitive part of the country which is home to the uighur muslim minority. that commune has been blamed in the past by the government for other recent incidents, including one here in beijing at tiananmen square. many members of that community have voiced their frustration with what they see as repressive policies of beijing. the public security chief has now gone to the region and the president of this country, xi jinping has vowed to step up security controls as well as patrols. he's also vowed to crack down very hard on those responsible for this incident. becky? >> all right. eunice, thank you very much. eunice yoon. >>> stock market posting solid gains on wednesday after word that the fed won't be hiking rates anytime soon after all. and despite the many calls for a correction, some analysts say the market may already have correct. it's sort of a sideways rotational correction. our next guest says he does not see this big correction happening just yet. here with us now to make the case, james paulsen, chief investment strategist at well

says the saboteur the nation referendum in the east of the country is illegal kiev's by kazan the uighurs have also refused to recognize it the state department spokesperson called it an attempt to deepen divisions in ukraine but this week their sister secretary of state came on to find congress so just him to defend washington support for those behind the current kiev government we did have a legitimate election before. the elected president was removed and after we had a major street violence there were pictures that people of people running around with these. we were told were neo nazis. first of all the vast majority of those who participated on the my dawn were peaceful protesters if you had a chance to see the pictures many of us visited including many members here there were mothers and grandmothers and that are in the main don't every day i have a lever however for you go on i saw those pictures as well i also saw a lot of pictures of people throwing fireballs as a groups of policemen were huddled in the over in a corner where people were shooting into the ranks of police so yes t

on the uighurs have dismissed the some determination about an eastern ukraine as illegal washington believes it will lead to more disorder and division as a state department rage rage at its support for the interim government in kiev this show of support came up as an issue this week when their system section of state appeared before congress we did have a legitimate election before. the elected president was removed after we had a major street violence there were pictures that people of people running around with these. we were told were neo nazis. first of all the vast majority of those who participated on the my dog were peaceful protesters if you had a chance to see the pictures many of us visited including many members here there were mothers and grandmothers and now that are in the main don't every day i have a lever however for you go on i saw those pictures as well i also saw a lot of pictures of people throwing fire bombs a groups of policemen were huddled in the over in a corner where people were shooting into the ranks of police so yes there were mothers with flowers but there wer