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meanwhile other raids hit. gnomon and other villages in the western countryside. saudi military officials say they've intercepted and destroyed a goofy drone targeting homes near its border with yemen the groan was near the residential area. which is also home to a military base it is the latest in a series of attacks on saudi airports and infrastructure by yemen's who see rebels . the reason for what you describe is in these collation as that we had earlier introduced a truce and when we ceased our drones and missiles the aggressor states through their spokesman alleged to have one mess of victories eliminating the missile and drone bases meanwhile the aggressor states went on with the crimes against our people we saw the truce as pointless therefore we resumed operations and used what we have at hand to do to the aggressors as a result this cannot be described as an escalation from our end it is the aggressor
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states that despite our proposals for peace. the u.k. has issued new guidelines to companies selling weapons to saudi arabia after a british court ruled last week the government broke the law by are allowing arms sales to saudi citing riyadh's involvement in the war in yemen the british government is seeking to appeal against that decision for new export licenses are not being issued to companies selling weapons to saudi arabia bahrain egypt the u.a.e. and kuwait under smith is the spokesman for the campaign against arms trade the group that filed the case against the u.k. government in london he says britain won't be able to send more weapons until a review of previous sales is carried out. all the weapons that are already when they say the military are with the saudi military it means that we can't undo any of the damage which has already been done but right now as we're speaking there can very well be u.k. made fighter jets flying over yemen it will be firing u.k.
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made metals and dropping u.k. made bombs however b. government is not able to send any further bombs and missiles until it has carried out afforded a view of the previous seals and certainly it's not great band but it certainly is something which will not have been welcomed by the u.k. government who will fight it tooth and nail it will not have been welcomed by the saudi dictatorship and it will have been very bad news for the arms companies because for decades and. has been by far the largest buyer of u.k. weapons anywhere in the world well staying with this you broadly the u.s. senate is trying to make it more difficult the president trying to push through arms sales without a congressional review another measure follows donald trump's multibillion dollar deal with saudi arabia and the u.a.e. which he described as an emergency measure to bypass the congress it's not clear when the full senate will take up the bill president trump has promised to veto it and a few moments we'll have the weather for you with everton of course but also still
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ahead here on the news an aid arrives in uganda people fleeing fighting in the d.r. see the democratic republic of congo with nothing but their lives also ahead activist in hong kong continue to pressure the government over a controversial extradition. and the sports news painting the town orange dutch fans take over at the women's world cup. the web sponsored by cattle. well still no letup in the heat wave across much of here as we go on through the next couple of days i suspect it will cool off towards the northeast but it is ramping up further west this is a situation in between this is in czechoslovakia czech republic where we have seen
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very high temperatures that we've got out around 34 celsius could touch 37 in progress afternoon and rising we're going to see temperatures close to 40 celsius for some western parts by the end of the way there is that plume of very warm air for many sides of something a little colder up towards northern parts into sweden coming down across the baltic states you can see how just cools off the berlin a morsel so like a 10 degree drop freshening up as we go on through thursday then but further south and in the further west we are very hot in days then a few showers just down towards rumania was bald garia as i wetter weather further north which will introduce the somewhat fresher conditions as we go on through the next couple days winds really tucking in as we go on through the course of the day that what the weather will sink further south was all parts seeing some fresh weather getting to around 24 celsius in book arrest by friday but by friday we could have a high of 40 in madrid. the weather. capital and ways
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. july on al-jazeera will the conservative new democracy be victorious in the snap elections we bring you the latest as greece votes a new documentary examines the use of modern technology and policing its impact on individual rights and civil society on the 50th anniversary of the apollo 11 lunar landing we look back at the 1st human steps. and an ancient statue of apollo disappears in gaza a stunning archaeological mystery unfolding witnessed 2nd round of democratic presidential candidate debates in the u.s. will be mine even detroit july on al-jazeera.
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ok let's recap the top stories for you so far here on the al-jazeera news continue to protest against the white house advisor economic deal they say the so-called deal of the century does not provide a political solution to a decades old problem. donald trump says he'll veto legislation aimed at helping asylum seekers crossing the mexican texas border the house of representatives has approved a $4500000000.00 aid package which includes help to shelter and feet those in custody. the u.s. defense secretary that's mark has now arrived in brussels to go international
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support for new sanctions against iran he says the u.s. is looking for a diplomatic solution to the crisis the iranian president doesn't believe the offer of talks is genuine. saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin salma is in south korea on a 2 day visit it's his 1st foreign trip since a un report held the kingdom responsible for the murder of the saudi journalist jamal khashoggi mcbride is in seoul. a full ceremonial welcome to saudi arabia's crown prince all a visit to south korea mohamed bin salmond wants deeper trade ties but also to rebuild his and his country's international reputation its 1st trip abroad since a report by a un spent. rapporteurs accuse saudi arabia of being responsible for the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi in the saudi consulate in istanbul last year it was a verdict the brought this response from chris showed she's fiance and often she
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didn't but if. we need to underline that this is not an exceptional situation and this is not the 1st crime committed by saudi arabia we gathered here to make sure that this will be the last incidence a crime committed by saudi arabia. killing may have been condemned by other countries and international bodies but from south korea there has been little criticism the government of president moon j.n. seems to have no intention of bringing up the issue here instead signing a range of proposed deals that could lead to billions of dollars in new trade as south korea tries to become an important player in saudi arabia's restructuring of its economy away from reliance on oil. saudi arabia also one of south korea's biggest oil refineries s. oil the south koreans can't really afford to make a big issue of show deal or any of saudi arabia's other activities that we can only
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expect international community might find disturbing mohammed bin solomon goes on from here to the g 20 summit in japan it was at last year's summit in the wake of course shrugs he's killing that he was shunned by some world leaders it's not clear if he'll face the same reception this time or if the world as south korea seems to have done has moved on robin pride al-jazeera so. south korea's president says the u.s. has been holding behind the scenes talks with north korea about a 3rd summit the last meeting between the u.s. president donald trump and the north korean leader kim jong un and in february without any deal earlier on tuesday north korea said it wouldn't surrender to u.s. led sanctions and so the u.s. secretary of state might pompei a was an obstruction to negotiations on denuclearization. gunman and
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a suicide bomber in egypt of killed at least 6 policemen and seriously injured 8 others the attackers targeted 3 checkpoints in the city of breach in the northern sinai peninsula on tuesday evening no group claimed responsibility. food aid has started arriving for refugees forced from their homes by the fighting in the eastern part of the democratic republic of congo however aid workers are struggling to reach tens of thousands of others trapped in areas where rival militias have been attacking villages catherine sawyer reports now from neighboring uganda there many a flood. $7000.00 congolese have come to this come for safety on the shores of lake uganda they've escaped from fighting in the eastern province of the tory in the democratic republic most of them want to cross into uganda but have lost everything and the johnny is too expensive i don't know i'm leaving in this camp with my 5 children because i cannot afford to go to uganda my husband was killed
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last week and i have to stay here to get food for my children. aid has just begun trickling in but aid workers are finding it hard to get help to tens of thousands of congolese still trapped in areas where attacks are still going on. with these people here both because of the ethnic violence they're here without anything that can help them so. this is a food distribution 440000 of the 7000 people in because i'm groups have been carrying out attacks religiously jew groups and the lake but aerial tour of province for more than 2 weeks now some say they're fighting over farmland fishing rights and minerals. even military offensive against the militias and so far dozens have been killed or captured government soldiers have recovered firearms and rescued nearly a 100 civilians who had been taken hostage some of the troops have also been killed
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. 400000 people have been displaced and those who can are using boats to cross into uganda thousands of arrived and more coming. they'll be brought to this reception center where they'll be officially registered as refugees uganda allows refugees to. go to schools and move around the country so both here are lucky. to have told us. has been here for a month he was a fisherman back home he says his village was among the facts to be talked. with. even after this comes because the violence keeps repeating itself. is plate and we get. about what beats back in the democratic republic of congo people continue to flee from their villages this
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is what they're leaving behind abandoned homes. destruction and. western uganda. the zimbabwean dollar has been reintroduced a decade after inflation destroyed its value but people are worried the move will lead to the return of hyperinflation from harare. zimbabwe's government says the batting the use of foreign currencies will stop the black market money. inflation until. the government has made the temporary. the only legal tender some might say using multiple cards was not sustainable for businesses already limited. for the imports and not to pay the salaries of local employees. from union saying. what increases the foremost means for you because you now also need to inform them which is the quiet mortgages which are
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right before you come into. this shift. to be sustained so that. to them the question for the action. zimbabwe stopped using its own dollar more than a decade ago after the hyperinflation exists of printing and shortages people can still keep foreign currency but they must change it to local money before purchasing goods are doing analysis with countries that if they are used in the past and it is taken on average 30 years for it or is it in too often the stuff used in to sit in a physical store people with if you are used to you as well as the more stable they tend to become what you could call them it's addicted divorced people so it's going to take a long time for people to fully trust and the confidence in a lot of. other economists disagree big is not contravene the world than a rift with out its own currency current still pretty easy cheap because right now
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the reason they did not have one trouble managing one is regional banks could not control myself i could be quantum because it is not our own currency this gives him an opportunity to return money supply and actually begin to regenerate money to productive bits when just in the context it's richer which is the problem the. union leaders are against the ban on using foreign currencies if the government does not reverse this really nice police immediately and are now as us do a lot of pain means we will immediately mobilize way cause for my section monetary policy changes often meet on thursday in zimbabwe this latest one is no different all most people can do is wait and see how the markets react. more than a 1000 people in hong kong have marched to foreign consulates calling for international help to scrap a controversial extradition bill they say the territories chief executive caroline
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should have withdrawn not just spoke on the legislation allowing suspects to be taken to mainland china protesters are hoping foreign leaders will raise the issue with the chinese president xi jinping of the. 20 summit in japan later this week sarah clarke has more now from hong kong. where this is one of a number of rallies held by those opposed to hong kong's extradition bill at this particular rally targeting concerts more than 10 all up europe canada the united states and japan are included and i am of this particular march to get international exposure and campaign for those countries to support i think very important for us to express our team and all of the major countries in the world. we need their support to our freedom our human rights will have been a number of protests over recent weeks its attempts to keep the pressure on the government has suspended this bill but these protesters want to jump for good. amnesty international is calling for an investigation into the police violence
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against protesters that followed the elections in indonesia the unrest broke out after president. was declared the winner of the vote last april the opposition candidate. has gone to court to try to overturn the results saying there were millions of fortune votes florence louis is in jakarta. probably also ran against indonesian president. in april's presidential election had followed an application with the constitutional court last month alleging winds were irregularities in the . president. 155 vote 11 percentage points ahead of roughly about 17000000 votes which has led some analysts and academics to point out that if there had been cheating it would have had to have been fraud perpetrated on a massive scale and they say there is no evidence to suggest that international observers have also declared that the elections held in april in indonesia and.
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the constitutional court is due to give verdict which is final and cannot be appealed on thursday and a day before that decision raised you. both supporters have started gathering outside the car. for the security just like i said to the car the straight roads are closed for about 45 hours and leave the military on duty and on standby to talk to the last minute pro bowl demonstrations to violent protesters clashed with leading over 9 people killed hundreds. and hundreds of course keen to prevent that this time. back to the states the u.s. special counsel robert muller is set to testify before 2 congressional committees next month he'll likely face questions about his reports into russian interference in the 2016 u.s. presidential elections found no evidence of collusion but declined to rule with the
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donald trump obstructed justice 20 us presidential hopefuls winds take donald trump's title in next year's election and you to announce their policies during televised debates this week and he has been meeting democratic supporters in the important state of florida to find out where they think the party should be heading . it was a night the democratic party and its presidential candidate will never forget despite polls in predictions donald trump became the 44th president of the united states leaving the democrats to lick their wounds no you don't trump. democratic candidates now have their sights set on the 20 twentieth's.
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