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these four words in the indictment no luck so far and they use those four words to make the case that those words are discussing a sounders attempts himself to try and break a pos word or a partial password the trophy manning supplied them it's pretty thin stuff they're not for an extradition judge to consider because clearly if the u.s. is successful in extraditing jr songs from them then other governments around the world will also feel their able to extradite journalists who print information that shows their governments in a poor light is a lot riding on this still to come on al-jazeera the children left behind us parents are forced to escape the crisis in venezuela to find work. the choices we face are stock and the timetable is clear one day after meeting the e.u. promised a series of. m.p.'s time's running out to strike at grex. well
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again it's good to have you back here across australia and really not too much is happening out here across much of the east we're fairly dry as you can see here on the satellite image what we are picking up the weather is out towards western australia we do have a front right about there and you can see a lot of clouds and also a lot of rain over the next few days and for perth that means we are going to see some showers in your forecast now that funnel boundary will begin to ease its way towards the east across the blight and with that we're going to start to see a change in the air mass so the winds are going to be coming out of the south temperatures will be dropping for adelaide you can go down to about twenty four degrees with clouds in the forecast and rains are going to be pushing pushing through parts of tasmania as well from melbourne dropping down to about one thousand degrees up towards brits been it is going to be a partly cloudy day with a temperature of twenty seven well here across the north and south island of dizzy
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and we are seeing a lot of clouds right now but that is going to be making its way out towards the east and we're going to be left with some rain showers but they're going to be scattered at times a little bit cooler here for christchurch at twelve degrees but as we go towards saturday we're going to be seeing those temperatures rise to about fourteen auckland at sixteen and for fiji it is going to be a rainy day few at thirty degrees there and also quite chilly here across parts of japan where tokyo see attempt of nine and sendai see a temperature of twelve. methamphetamines for me and a flooding into countries across asia. one zero one east asks why all four cities can't seem to stop the myth. on al-jazeera. al-jazeera where ever you.
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all come back here is a reminder on the top stories here on al-jazeera a new interim leader who has been sworn in in sudan after a military coup ended they thirty year rule of president omar al bashir vice president and army general by the hour the able now for will run a transitional military council for two years thousands of people are defying a curfew imposed by the new military ruler protesters say changes don't go far enough and are demanding a rebound to the whole regime
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a court in london has convicted the founder of wiki leaks julian assange for skipping bail in twenty twelve he was arrested after british police dragged him from the ecuadorian embassy. workers in iran say u.s. sanctions are hampering the very ability to help people hit by massive flooding southwest iran is suffering some of the worst flooding in decades and more rain is forecast the government has ordered tens of thousands of people to leave their homes in the us capital of course astound province a has been monitoring the aid efforts in the capital to her own. landing into her on the first flight for the u.n. high commission for refugees thousands of blankets cooking supplies sleeping mats and tents to help flood victims the u.n.h.c.r. works in iran primarily with refugee communities aid workers say at times like this helping with flood relief is the right thing to do but it was not easy u.s.
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sanctions meant weeks of extra bureaucracy. a few weeks ago not a most heavy falls happens you could still she did very severe impact. for example behind me to reverberate. on the sites if she nobody communities especially communities closer to reverse where walter is she still standing in a house shortly as much. as it's clear that. there will be still work to do in the short term but that's a specialty to recovery faces going to be of course on the world health organisation and unicef are also helping out germany iraq. pakistan russia and turkey but sanctions seem to be indicating a coordinated crisis response they still believe it was for the for now the government and local communities are doing most of the heavy lifting soldiers and volunteers clearing the rubble diverting water building dikes and distributing
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supplies but large areas in western iran remain under water. on a study done but. we have been alerted to evacuate and take things that people don't know where they can go in these conditions. the floods are the worst to hit iran since the one nine hundred forty s. killing dozens injuring hundreds and displacing half a million people millions more need some sort of help. the government has set up temporary shelters and is promising compensation but entire farms have been washed away and the repair bill is estimated at one billion dollars. it's a hefty cost as american oil and banking sanctions target iran. economy. in the capital to herat volunteers collect donations bound for the flood zone. everything that comes through these doors is donated by private citizens and so for volunteers who've been at it for about three weeks have collected in dispatched thirty truckloads of supplies worth tens of thousands of dollars to flood hit areas all
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over the country communities hit hardest get first priority and volunteers say american sanctions are making their job much more difficult to save it by giving me a say right now we need some boats and machinery to control water flows it would be much easier for international agencies to provide them due to the sanctions prices are also much higher if it wasn't for the sanctions things wouldn't be as expensive and we could do much more with the money with collected the extreme weather came as a shock to iranians who've suffered decades of dry weather with more bad weather forecast volunteers are preparing for things to get worse. robbie older zero to one . south african police have once again clashed with protesters angry at what they say is government neglect of their townships protests began last week in northern and house for the cross the country in the run up to next month's general election from me to miller has more from pretoria. we're in pretoria west where there's
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a standoff between police and protesters in the gomorrah settlement the police are firing rubber bullets and this is been going on for hours while protesters are throwing rocks and stones they've looked fires we also know that they've thrown a few petrol bombs this hasn't abated yet and police are concerned about just how long this will continue protesters here say wind better service delivery and this is one of several protests we're seeing in pretoria as well as other places in the country it's just two weeks before a general election in south africa and often protests like these flare up ahead of elections people here say they are unhappy with the lack of service delivery the lack of houses they also want better transportation and education delivered to
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areas just like this beyond that police van you can see about two or three hundred protesters have gathered at that point where they are continuing to throw stones police are doing the best they can to push them back they've been pushed off the main road here but the standoff continues. the european union is urging forces loyal to general kiley for have time to stop their offensive on the libyan capital tripoli the block's top diplomat for the recount marini has called on all parties to immediately cease military operations the e.u. statement on libya was held up for a day after as france and italy sparred over how to handle the escalating conflict clashes are continuing from the outskirts of tripoli between forces loyal to the un backed government and the self-styled libyan national army led by general have to. political crisis
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a crumbling economy and acute food shortages are forcing millions of venezuelans to leave their country and search of a better life but the massive migration of people is creating major new issues for many of the children who are being left behind. law from the capital caracas. at age sixty two or more lopez didn't expect to still be raising children that's exactly what she's doing she's responsible for her three grandchildren dennis molly carlos and armando facing a dire economic situation in venezuela their mother was forced to leave the country in search of work it's a situation that's been repeated across the country with parents leaving their children in the care of their extended families or neighbors out of despair and on the running of broken my daughter left seeking a better future she was already a widow with three children and even though she worked hard to hear what she'd make wasn't enough i tried to support her but all i get is six dollars
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a month in pensions she no sense of money so that the children can eat at least. hyperinflation caused in part by u.s. sanctions has reduced the country's cash flow by more than fifty percent with unemployment on the rise children are increasingly being left behind while their mothers and fathers search for work. the second up clinic in caracas specializes in helping children deal with trauma its head psychologist tells me that in the past few months his clinic has witnessed an exponential rise in the number of children suffering as a result of being separated from their parents we see. britain and sidey the sense of abandonment from their parents we see through a. performance of the school the impact on children as a result of the political crisis in the sanctions on venezuela is far reaching aside from those being separated from their parents manu tradition is on the rise and schools are being affected true with teachers going on strike over lack of pay
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one of the trademarks of the socialist government from the days of president hugo chavez was its investment in education its introduced policies that allowed for poor venezuelans to go to school and university but with a declining economy and the impact of u.s. sanctions the government isn't able to provide education for everybody and that's why schools like this one in one of caracas is for villas or shanty towns run by the local church and funded by international n.g.o.s are becoming ever more important. stories on a hero told me that she true has seen things getting worse for children in recent weeks and it means that the church and its partners need more resources to help them as a person in minnesota with the current situation has led to kids being my lurched discussed several consequences on the children psychologically biologically and intellectually my colleagues tell me they've noticed the children are now slower at learning things they don't understand things as easily as before they fall asleep or sometimes even faint. stories on the teachers the children that god will never
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abandon them for every day she comes back home she must think of ways to reassure her grandchildren that their mother hasn't abandoned them either. caracas. the world's largest election is taking place in india and it won't turn for several weeks nearly nine hundred million people are eligible to vote across the country in several phases is being seen as a referendum on prime minister narendra modi elizabeth cohen our reports from noida in a pradesh india's most populous state. happy to have their say voters lined up across the country to choose who ran the world's largest democracy for the next five years ninety one constituencies voted in the first phase of the six week election which ends on may nineteenth where the two hundred
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million people author of their shoes and the as most populous and politically important state they say the road to the prime minister's office cuts through water for days and the big issues affecting the country are in sharp focus here. i want overlap meant for my village electricity good draw it's good to cities for my children good schools if not. let into more he came to power promising development job. and a stronger economy but on employment is at a forty five year high and the economy has slowed. i heard a lot of expectations from who i watered and now i want someone new said well what about it going to be in this money pit the main opposition congress party is hoping to capitalize on that sentiment that promised voters millions of new jobs as well as a guaranteed minimum and come for the poorest. and the government is facing criticism
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elsewhere too many voters in the northeastern state of us some are against a bill which will grant citizenship to refugees from neighboring countries so long as they're not muslim while that legislation has been criticized as anti muslim in other parts of india those who oppose it and say they'll become a minority in their own state margaret to trigger a bill the citizenship bill should not pass otherwise our future in assam is in danger but despite all these issues the government has focused its campaign on national security following february's attack an indian administered kashmir aid in which at least forty soldiers were killed a group based in pakistan claimed responsibility and india responded by launching air strikes against targets across the border. fighting this election once reforms . it's. whether that pays off or the b j p will be known when the results are announced on may twenty third elizabeth purana
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al-jazeera noida. the u.k. prime minister has defended extending breck set until october thirty first while she holds negotiations with the opposition labor party tourism a told parliament that securing an orderly exit from me required compromise but it smith reports from london the corporation now granted an extension to britain's membership of the european union strive minister to resume a told parliament it was something she'd never wanted the choices we face are stark and the timetable is clear i believe we must now press on at pace with our efforts to reach a consensus on a deal that is in the national interest i welcome the discussions that have taken place with the opposition in recent days and the further talks which are resuming today this is not the normal way of british politics and it is uncomfortable for many in both the government and opposition parties the six month brags that extension the e.u. has given the u.k. was longer than mrs may had wanted but shorter than that suggested by european
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commission president jean-claude juncker and other leaders the compromise was because of french president emanuel mccrum he'd said a long delay would undermine the project of european integration. u.k. opposition labor leader jeremy corbyn described the need for a second extension to bragg's it as a diplomatic failure but he said he was committed to continue talks with the government labor will continue to engage constructively in talks because we respect the result of the referendum and we are committed to defending jobs industry and living standards by delivering a close economic relationship with the european union and securing frictionless trade with improved. it's and standards mr korwin also left open the option of calling for a referendum on any deal with grieved with the government if the political parties agree a way forward then the u.k.
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could avoid taking part in european parliamentary elections and leave the e.u. before the october thirty first deadline even if both sides do find some way of coming together the e.u. withdrawal deal will still contain a clause guaranteeing an open border between northern ireland and the irish republic whatever happens in future e.u. u.k. negotiations and it's this backstop that has prevented previous attempts by the prime minister to get to a deal through parliament and so far there's no indication that m.p.'s will be any less divided on this in six months than they are now bernard smith al-jazeera london. is at the top stories on al-jazeera sit downs army has imposed a curfew after the thirty year rule of omar al bashir was brought down by a military coup tens of thousands of people have celebrated on the streets but sit downs main protest group called for demonstrations against the new regime to
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continue. being replaced by vice president and army general act by the hour ivanoff has been sworn in as head of the military transitional council the council will run the country for two years. being the minister of the vern's the chairman of the committee to get rid of this regime. the head of the. plays also declare the formation of. super why is the to be you period a court in london has convicted the founder of wiki leaks for skipping bail in twenty twelve jurymen or some issue pleaded not guilty faces up to twelve months in prison for the charge earlier the forty seven year old was dragged from the ecuadorian embassy by police who had given him political asylum for almost seven years but terminated it due to repeated violations and silence could now be
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extradited to the u.s. where he faces several charges including conspiracy aid workers in iran say u.s. sanctions are hampering their ability to help people hit by massive flooding southwest iran is suffering some of the worst flooding in decades and more rain is forecast the government has ordered tens of thousands of people to leave their homes in the city of. tens of millions of indians have voted on the first day of a six week long general election long queues were seen outside many polling booths it's being seen as a referendum on prime minister narendra modi. the u.k. prime minister has defended extending grex it until october thirty first while holding negotiations with the opposition labor party theresa may tell the u.k. parliament that securing an orderly exit from the e.u. required compromise and a member of our own party asked as she resigned this is the headline stay with us next one on one ace takes us to asia's largest meth producer.
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record breaking amounts of methamphetamines are being seized across asia. massive calls of pills and crystal meth are flooding the region. some of it reaching as far north as japan and as far south as a stray aliya in new zealand. where does it all come from me and maher the biggest meth producer in the world. little. old world has lost the war against drugs. one on one east travels to the borderlands of
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me and mark to investigate what's driving asians mess through and why authorities are powerless to stop it. this is the so-called golden trying a border region known for its beauty and the tories for drugs. behind these mountains is me and maher we're standing in thailand and over there is a highway making it really easy for traffickers to bring drugs over the border and straight to the cities of thailand it's a perfect combination of geography infrastructure supply and demand. were on the frontline of the drug war joining
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a thai military patrol trying to stop the massive flow of them. coming across the border. colonel. is the leader of the unit on patrol. he's been on the job for less than a year but he's overseeing some of thailand's biggest and most violent busts. we have to make them realize. can't come into our country. and force me to. put me. through. the unit covers more than thirty kilometers of the border. many encounters and gunfights.
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killed five traffickers during a bust a few months ago but they're always more willing to take their chances. traffickers with backpacks full of meth can run across the border just a few minutes. much they bring in depends on the size of the. one hundred thousand. two hundred. but backpacks are just one way to traffic mess and the staggering amount is coming in and authorities estimate that they're only catching about twenty percent of it. seven million pills just in this province alone this year. in the past three months seized sixty percent of the entire amount we seized last year. another way they try
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and stop the flow of drugs is at checkpoints along these border provinces. time military and police search buses and trucks where large stashes can be hit in. the checkpoints are designed to catch traffickers by surprise and today the authorities have had a big win. this is what three hundred kilograms of the crystal meth looks like the soldiers carry out bundle after bundle for the camera. known on the streets as this high purity form of the drug is the most expensive kind if it reached australia these drugs would be worth one hundred eighty million dollars. that's not a long look but you know if you. don't if you did not call.
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me by. yourself i would look. that up but yeah i know. a number or more. they say you know the money it's with thailand's narcotics control board he tracks the patterns of trafficking. he says in more than thirty years on the job he's never seen a time when so much crystal meth is being seized this year there has been on average a bust every week so. if you include. the two thousand two hundred. it's a big just in the past four months and yes just so how does that compare to
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last year is that an increase. by a lot. well. and for the producers seizing this amount is that a big hit for them. a lot of money. to push more and more. bring twenty. the drugs the do make it across the border get distributed among dealers. the trade is so lucrative it outweighs the threat of life sentences. this former dealer agreed to meet with us if we disguised his voice and appearance. over crap out of the bottle i would buy the pills for two dollars fifty and then i sell it for nearly four dollars. for five years he sold thousands of these red pills a day they're known locally as you. just see.
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him they delivered the drugs to me and back. at first they gave me small bags of two hundred pills and leg off but then it was two dollars pills a bag with iraq and then four thousand and then up to ten balls and the. law doesn't take you so. it doesn't take long. just a day. his profit on ten thousand pills could be as much as thirteen thousand dollars did you ever think that what you were doing was hurting other people and if you did why did you continue going to the leg of. their first i thought this was wrong. but after a while i was making money so i didn't think too hard about it i'm going to make it . the demand for meth across asia has never been higher.
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growing economies are being fueled by workers grinding away at menial jobs. many laborers used which means crazy medicine to help them work long hours while those who can afford it use the pricier crystal meth or ice to party hard. stories about meth addiction are regularly in. new guys. don't call one p.n. by now was all. but all. that was happy. and it all moms on. the weapon. wow yeah. oh yeah by a wide angle bro i absented you. but i thought i. but the majority of users are everyday people tip is a single mother who works several jobs to support her two children who live with
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her parents. she says she regularly uses the stimulating combination of methamphetamine and caffeine to help her concentrate at work. it's like i've become super focused on what's in front of me i stay on task until another day or night i'll just sit there and do it but then i thought you know. it's easy to get a bath for that have to go to the dealer twice first to place my order and then have to wait hours if not days to go pick it up and now i can pick it up right away . each pill costs three dollars tip says many people she knows have become users. in some cases users can work in exchange for their pills they have one here some people just work it off by doing manual labor
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they don't have to pay for it. uses almost every day but denies she's the nat act. even though i use i never let my kids never let them have it never even seen it. in me and mark. cheap and large scale estimates vary between two and six billion. that's more than the number of coffees starbucks serves. most of it. which has ready access to precursor chemicals from china. into thailand where the finished product is then trafficked to other countries. become an ideal hiding place for meth labs thanks to decades of civil wars.
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of the state controlled by armed groups both rebels and government forces. but drug trade is a huge moneymaker for all sides. the most powerful of the rebel groups is the united states army they used to be famous for their heroin smuggling. and thailand think they're now in the meth business. journalists are rarely given access. but they have recently appointed a spokesperson. hi my name is kind words al i am quarter from zero and you have time to answer a couple of questions. he surprisingly upfront about drugs being produced in wa territory but insists that it's all in the past.
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are going to go dark. ok started a lot of chill. out there are do you think there are any labs and your territory right now there are corrupt. party there are. a whole bottle o. . make a big. drug efforts with sporadic raids and televised drug burnings they're true involvement in the meth training is difficult to prove. the only one allowing us to see for ourselves is the shan state army south. it is shun state day. a celebration of resistance against the myanmar millet.
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