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It will be against the peace in the region as well. This is a cul-de-sac. This is the wrong path,\u201d said Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus.\n\n The offensive began on Saturday and is getting air support from the US-led coalition, with efforts currently mostly north of Raqqa. 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We could not find a single meal to eat, they would stop us from working. We lived through something we have never seen before. Thank God that the forces arrived,\u201d said resident Hassan Abbas.\n\n \u201cGod curse Daesh militants, may they never see a good day as long as they live. We have been treated very badly. 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Especially, you are on the ground level it\u2019s better, you go up to a third storey, fourth storey roof, you have to take three steps backwards.\u201d\n\n A woman added: \u201cThe public needs to be aware that our children are suffering, we are all suffering. Our children can\u2019t go out there and climb trees, we make large parks for the children to play in our schools, but we can\u2019t send them out. \n\n \u201cWe have red days, the children are locked behind doors, prisoners behind their masks.\u201d\n\n The Indian capital is one of the world\u2019s dirtiest cities. On Saturday, it saw levels of tiny particulate matter that can clog lungs soar to over 900 micrograms per cubic metre. \n\n That is more than 90 times the level considered safe by the World Health Organisation \u2013 and 15 times the Indian government\u2019s normal levels.","htmlText":"\t<p>As leaders and experts prepare to meet at the COP22 climate conference, protesters have been out in force in New Delhi to highlight the city’s soaring air pollution.<\/p>\n\n\t<p>The government has closed all schools, halted construction and ordered all roads to be doused with water to settle down dust.<\/p>\n\n\t<p>One man said: “I have been a citizen of Delhi for thirty years, never never have I felt this way. Especially, you are on the ground level it’s better, you go up to a third storey, fourth storey roof, you have to take three steps backwards.”<\/p>\n\n\t<p>A woman added: “The public needs to be aware that our children are suffering, we are all suffering. Our children can’t go out there and climb trees, we make large parks for the children to play in our schools, but we can’t send them out. <\/p>\n\n\t<p>“We have red days, the children are locked behind doors, prisoners behind their masks.”<\/p>\n\n\t<p>The Indian capital is one of the world’s dirtiest cities. On Saturday, it saw levels of tiny particulate matter that can clog lungs soar to over 900 micrograms per cubic metre. <\/p>\n\n\t<p>That is more than 90 times the level considered safe by the World Health Organisation – and 15 times the Indian government’s normal levels.<\/p>","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1478447289,"publishedAt":1478447289,"updatedAt":1478447289,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2016\/11\/06\/protesters-highlight-new-delhi-s-soaring-air-pollution-ahead-of-cop22","programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/348864\/{{w}}x{{h}}_348864.jpg","altText":null,"caption":null,"captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":null,"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1400,"height":900}],"authors":{"journalists":[],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":148,"slug":"india","urlSafeValue":"india","title":"India","titleRaw":"India"},{"id":4225,"slug":"new-dehli","urlSafeValue":"new-dehli","title":"New Dehli","titleRaw":"New Dehli"},{"id":12227,"slug":"air-pollution","urlSafeValue":"air-pollution","title":"Air pollution","titleRaw":"Air pollution"},{"id":9507,"slug":"environmental-protection","urlSafeValue":"environmental-protection","title":"Environmental protection","titleRaw":"Environmental protection"}],"related":[],"technicalTags":[],"widgets":[],"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":{"quotation":null,"description":null,"author":null},"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":null,"contentType":null,"displayOverlay":0},"displayType":"default","video":1,"videos":[{"format":"mp4","quality":"md","type":"normal","url":"https:\/\/video.euronews.com\/mp4\/med\/EN\/NW\/SU\/en\/161106_NWSU_151A0-175613_E.mp4","editor":"","duration":"75000","filesizeBytes":0,"expiresAt":0}],"externalPartners":{"dailymotionId":"x50xdd8"},"liveStream":[],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":null,"additionalSources":null,"additionalReporting":null,"freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"","program":{"id":"world","urlSafeValue":"world","title":"world news","online":1,"url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/programs\/world"},"vertical":"news","verticals":[{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"},"themes":[{"id":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World","url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/news\/international"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":1,"urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"isDfp":0,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":""},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":12,"urlSafeValue":"asia","title":"Asia"},"country":{"id":148,"urlSafeValue":"india","title":"India","url":"\/news\/asia\/india"},"town":{"id":4225,"urlSafeValue":"new-delhi","title":"New Delhi"},"versions":[],"path":"\/2016\/11\/06\/protesters-highlight-new-delhi-s-soaring-air-pollution-ahead-of-cop22","lastModified":1478447289}]"
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