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because we don't have a place to go some of them been living here over 30 years many of them are from the island bowl of this said their village on the very washed away by the thing so they are here for generation that work here as either rich or as a day laborer on as a garment worker israeli forces have killed 3 palestinians at the gaza border and another thousands of palestinians protest in the streets of gaza after the men were killed israel says they were trying to break through the border fence and were fired on by helicopter and that's. still head on al-jazeera warnings that a no deal accept for you believe the u.k. struggling with food fuel and medicine shortage is. about malaysia's former prime minister najib razak is in court to face a 2nd fraud trial. and
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i once again we've had some dry weather into japan recently largely clear skies to make the most of it because i'm afraid there is more rain on the way you can see this area cloud just starting to push its way into q will to decrease in the wet as we go through monday a few showers easing up into whole machine but they do become more widespread by the time we come to choose de pretis guys coming back in behind 3233 celsius across parts of the region actually have a top temperature of around 26. much of eastern china sunny and settled at the moment hazy sunshine be coming to the south still very wet here we have had flooding rains across a good part of southern china 30 celsius with some more big downpours for hong kong on monday a little less where shall we say as we go on into chooses that west the weather effect in the far north of the philippines solution on still seeing some showers along the spells of most of the philippines there. too bad for monday but as we go
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i wanted to choose day that wetter weather will sink a little further south has become a little more expansive some heavier showers too just pushing across northern sections of borneo want to see showers. into them and a potential but whether they're not too far away for much of time and. scholar and lawyer. and politician. radical and prisoner in a 2 part series al-jazeera world tells the story of one of the most enigmatic figures in sudan's turbulent history. whose influence is still felt on events in the country today. i'll to robbie's life and politics on al-jazeera.
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and watching al-jazeera let's recap the top stories right now claim responsibility for an attack on a wedding reception which killed at least $63.00 people in afghanistan's capital the country's president has called for an extraordinary security meeting to review and prevent such security lapses anti-government protesters calls for toria park and what's believed to be the city's largest rally since june some of the protesters have now started to march through the city. thousands of people in the bangladeshi capital where home once after a huge fire swept through a slum again on friday evening in dakar some a poor area that's had been reported although several people are enjoying. the
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ruling council to lead sudan into a new era of democracy is due to be named on sunday after the main opposition coalition in the military historic agreement thousands of people are in khartoum celebrating. travel from across the country to the capital where the accord was signed many gathered at the newly renamed freedom square that was once the side of protests against former president omar al bashir to morgan has more from khartoum. after 18 months of protests and 4 months of negotiations sudan's ruling military junta and the opposition coalition known as the forces of freedom and change into a final power sharing deal with marking the start over 39 month transitional period you know the average american i'm sure with only for whom that is where i stand before you with pride after we've overcome the stage of preparation and progress to the stage of construction we chant together with honest hearts that the focus now
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is on the nation a nation that is proud of you and you of it a country that has produced people who have raised its name with their generosity in achievements the final agreement includes a transitional period lead for the 1st 21 months by the military and for the remaining 18 months by a civilian from the opposition coalition. it also includes members for an executive council nominated by the f.f.c. and they will also have control of 2 thirds of the seats in the legislative assembly. but the coalition that has negotiated the deal has other challenges some of its own members have refused to recognize the agreement saying it doesn't address the core issues of conflict in the country other members say bringing peace will be one of the top tasks of the transitional government. that the issue of war and peace is one of the most important priorities of the coalition and we work to tie the issue of peace to the issue of democratic transformation because we believe in the right to live in peace we believe in the rights of the martyrs the displaced
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people and. we affirm if she made the names for comprehensive peace in all areas of conflict. and. outside the whole people celebrated the hope for a new phase in sudan's history but with cautious optimism the signing of the agreement on saturday may mark a landmark on the road to civilian rule but many sudanese say it's not the end of the revolution they say the struggle will have succeeded only when the military hands of a power and justice and accountability begins. more than 250 deaths have been recorded since the start of the protests in december with at least 110 to kill jews in the military raided the pro-democracy army headquarters which had become the symbol of the revolution. the next step we are waiting for is the justice for the nautilus before power is handed to the civilians and before the economy improves
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justice for those who sacrificed their lives so that the whole country can be happy but we haven't been for the past 40 years. we don't expect the road ahead to be easy but hope to reach the end together the things people lost their life support the demands must be met it's a 1st step and that's what we're celebrating not the. revolution. on the day of the signing hundreds arrived in the capital from us but where the protests began in december before spreading across the country the chance reflected their optimism about sudan's future which also included a minder to the new transitional government that they are ready to keep the flames of their revolution burning to all their demands are meant he will morgan al-jazeera hutton the united kingdom is scheduled to leave the e.u. on or before october 31st but according to government documents leaked to the times newspaper is likely to face shortages of food fuel and medicine and if it leaves without a deal report also says ports could be jammed for up to 3 months alex order is the
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director of the center for parks and studies at birmingham city university he says the report confirms some businesses have been worried about. this is it's an imitator analysis prepared by its own civil servants so they speak taken seriously do not think it just underlines what business is in particular in saying for months and since the referendum now given the huge dependency on the rest of europe in terms of their own supply chains in terms of source because of course the wider economy in terms of source of nearly enough about 3 from your this is going to be a problem the backstop and the requirement for northern ireland to stay in effect the customs union a single market and the u.k. accepted that and in effect you have agreed to a border on the irish sea than the rest of the e.u. take could been created on the should sign trade deals but it could skip the government's reliance on the democratic union scotty to stay in office that was never going to be a job so the stance that he took up news in that it cannot claim any regular trade
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it's a new phenomenon to the rest of the u.k. if all the backstop provisions from the e.u. specific it had to apply to all of the chinese. government says that malays more restrictions in parts of the kashmir region it controls a curfew in a communications blackout have been looked at in some areas but restrictions have been tightened and other areas that's tamil has more from new delhi. this is what much of srinagar has looked like for nearly 2 weeks mary's unable to move around the largest city in the region and communications completely shut down. indeed administrators say some phone lines in the valley were reconnected on saturday with more due on sunday we have all the. welcome back well by the internet with some functionality in at least 5 distinct. definitely and in the galley good it did not. all the. phone
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users in srinagar had buried reactions. i think it's a good thing that. people are facing a lot of issues. but for some the worst restriction is on freedom of movement. shakes head that's been teaching his niece and nephew at home since the shutdown began he says not being able to move around has been severe but. the kids are stuck in this schools have been charged in 3035 years i haven't seen restriction so. my sister has only 2 kilometers of and i don't know her situation. despite the promise of the lockdown being loosened some are protesting in other ways kashmiris have set up their own barricades in this neighborhood to stop armored personnel carriers
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from entering they would have a way to go to we've put up these blockades so the police won't be able to come here in a risk they try to few times. the police are trying to come here but the people are resisting we've managed to keep them away many times acts of defiance even as the indian government says it will take a wait and see approach before lifting more restrictions in the region as jamil al-jazeera new delhi. the indian government as we said says it will ease some restrictions in parts of the region that it controls i'm restrictions have been tightened in some parts released in other parts meanwhile the blocking of trade between india and pakistan is having an impact on kashmiris on both sides of the border it's on the binge of a reports from the on the line of control which divides the neighboring countries. to traffic means no flat tires to repair. and the queue due for the fuel tank is no
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a traitor and says he's lost because of his daughter's not for the hundreds of thousands of dollars stuck in kashmir after trade ended. phones of internet lines are blocked there is no communication traders are also extreme difficult the money is stuck on both sides of the trade and bus service only began with the help of the international community we demand the same from them now traders estimate 25000 kashmiris have been affected in both sides. and every been associated with that trade or more financial burden with each passing day. on the line of control microphone administered kashmir malaysia's former prime minister najib razak is returning to court for the 2nd of 5 trials involving money prosecutors say that he stole from a state investment is accused of using his position to obtain $550000000.00 between
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20112014. denies the charges calling them politically motivated reports on kuala lumpur. he was once considered untouchable but former prime minister. now faces the 2nd of 5. this time to answer $25.00 criminal charges of money laundering and abuse of power in relation to more than half a $1000000000.00 that prosecutors say was stolen from one end of the state investment fund he set up in 2009. is already on trial involving the transfer of $10000000.00 from s.r.c. international a form a subsidiary of one m. de into his personal accounts he has denied any wrongdoing saying the money was a donation from saudi arabia most of which has since returned allegations of no jobs involvement and losses at one n.d.p. surfaced when he was prime minister but he was cleared by the police at the time and that then attorney general the case was reopened when
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a new government that. by mahathir mohamad came into power in may 2018 or you represent a fulfillment of for example the. electoral promise to the voters of malaysia then. go to the bottom of this. series of irregular very decent scan those not troops home and other properties linked to him and his family were raided last year police said they seized cash jewelry handbags and watches worth up to 270000000 dollars one is also being investigated in other jurisdictions including the us it isn't just those with direct links to one m.t.b. who's been charged prosecutors in malaysia and the u.s. have filed criminal charges against 2 home execs in a goldman sachs malaysia is also going off to the investment bank itself which it
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helped to issue $6000000000.00 in bonds meant to finance development in the country the prosecutors allege money intended for $1.00 and was instead used on extravagant purchases including a luxury yacht by one of associates last month malaysian prosecutors charged stepson. a co-founder of a hollywood production firm with money laundering alleging he misappropriated $240000000.00 linked to one and. the malaysian government meanwhile is also seeking to recover $5000000000.00 worth of assets that it believes were bought with money stolen from $1.00 and. florence italy al-jazeera. and me and maher an ambulance driver has been killed by rebels and shan state a volunteer rescue workers reported to have been fired on as he tried to escape fighting between ethnic rebels and government forces or idols have been fighting for decades for greater autonomy on thursday they killed at least 15 people and an
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attack on a military college that was the 1st of its kind in major urban center. argentina's treasury minister has resigned after a week of economic turmoil triggered by the defeat of president ritzier mockery in a primary poll they. led i.m.f. loan negotiations and implemented austerity measures last week 15 points behind the center left opponent alberto fernandez financial markets reacted strongly with the peso falling by more than 30 percent against the dollar. and we shall carry these are the headlines right now on al jazeera i saw as claimed responsibility for an attack on a wedding reception which killed at least $63.00 people in afghanistan's capital kabul and only 200 others were injured it is one of the worst attacks in the
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country this year afghanistan's president has called for an extraordinary security mean should review and prevent such security lapses charleville us as more. were outside emergency hospital in central kabul with dozens of people awaiting for any loved ones people are being firies here all night the wounded and also people caught up in this explosion at about 1040 last night it was waiting for norman stood by waiting in. the waste. are awaiting which is the shia minority here in afghanistan we understand that the suicide bomber the waiting and himself near the front made the stage in the main section. this is one of the explosions in kabul this. anti-government protesters filled hong kong's victoria park in what's believed to be the city's largest rally since june all this in spite of the rain there are fears that confrontations with security forces of some of the
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protestors have begun an unauthorized march through the city organizer bonding young is calling for an end to violence. we understand that. and also we hope that you will understand that's why i will show you they will not tell us what happened. now they will bring us out no no. no the bullets will be released. so the united kingdom of course scheduled to leave the e.u. on or before october 31st but according to government documents leaked to the times newspaper it's likely to face shortages of food fuel and medicine if it leaves without a bricks a deal the report also says that ports could be jammed for up to 3 months. thousands of people in the bangladeshi capital are homeless after a large fire swept through a slum began on friday evening and were poor area and took firefighters several
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hours to put out and no deaths have been reported though some people were injured. and so the headlines keep it on al-jazeera more news to come and side story as that next. will sudan return to civilian rule a power sharing deal between protesters and the army to sign and a council will temporarily run the country but who will hear in t.v. this agreement gets implemented and will sudan's army really give up power this is inside story.
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hello and welcome to the program. it was a deal months in the making sudan's military and protest leaders have finalized an agreement that's intended to put the nation on the path to civilian rule just 2 months ago dozens of demonstrators were killed in a military crackdown now the 2 sides will have to work together to shape new institutions for a new sudan we'll go to our panel in just a few moments but 1st hit morgan has more from the signing ceremony incredible. it's taken more than 3 months off on and off in talks between the opposition coalition known as the forces of freedom and change and sudan's ruling minutes reagent what that's inside that with their final signatures on the power sharing agreement which was signed today here in sudan's capital what until now the agreement states that that made it through would be a ruling what the 1st 21 months of the transitional period while the opposition coalition would be rooting for the remaining 18 months before elections are held
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but the protest is on the streets are saying that they're cautiously optimistic they're saying that they're the ones who brought about this that this is changing government after toppling out from the president on what it was sheer and that they're the ones with the object. listen to the opposition coalition and that they have been protesting since december 1st a 1000000000 ruled so they're saying that they will continue with their revolution although in a different form they're saying now it's time for a political protest and that they will be keeping an eye on both the opposition coalition that are presenting them and the military council and there's think that based on the dance track record of implementing power sharing agreements and peace deals they have to be very cautious but today they're saying that they're celebrating the fact that a deal has been signed that will eventually lead sudan to civilian rule and until anything happens they are going to enjoy that moment of victory even more going to al-jazeera for inside story the deal is the culmination of a struggle that began in late 2018 mass protests that were initially over austerity
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measures grew into calls for a change in government in april this year the military overthrew longtime leader ahmed bashir and replaced him with the ruling military council but the protests continued demonstrators wanted in the media transition to civilian rule and the dismantling of old institutions on june 3rd the army launched a crackdown one raid on a protest camp left dozens of people dead despite this we go she continued and the deal was reached a transitional government will prepare sudan for a full handover to civilian rule in a little over 3 years time. all right let's bring in our guests with us here in doha i will have an affinity is professor of politics at the institute for graduate studies and author of several books on sudan and khartoum an award winning filmmaker and activist from new york city man baldo is a human rights and democracy activist and senior advisor to the enough project
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welcome to the program abdul have let me start with you what happens next and how difficult or easy will this process be to get going. yes i think from now on maybe the idea that there is a power sharing is not accurate because what is going to happen is that there's going to be a civilian government which will have more of the powers to enact whatever it wants technically or at least theoretically and this government is supported by also a should be in 3 months a religious that if council which of which 2 thirds majority is also from the forces of freedom and change so i think we could say already there is a an impending transition to civilian government in the sense the council does not as was said in the introduction room for it to
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mass it only. it's only a few go ahead it does it's the headed by a military person but a dozen room. and the head of the council doesn't have any. any. supporting vote he's voted like anybody else so in this regard we're going to have a generally a civilian government of course many difficulties because the military would be entrenched in and the security forces in the military in the police and they sisted on having control of the ministry of defense and the minister of interior and the security forces. thought i would like or wish to say we should look at the positive
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side there was an interesting debate in latin america when democritus your wrists were accused the official thinking when they said democracy welcome to latin america and one of the leading fielders there he said no way this is not wishful thinking if this is fought for we should. favor the finger digging for tradition. because the issues of will in the end about how democracy triumphs is not the issue of objective factors but also where if the people are willing and also the politicians or. wise enough and they act in a year to contemporary must we will get. the sense of their mystic that real the dynamics is going to kill from in the beginning of next months when the
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new government place over the dynamics in the country will change because no most of this is and will come from a civilian government has what about you are you optimistic this agreement can work . i'm cautious i'm not that optimistic the next few days will make me decide what i want i'm excited that we're going to have a prime minister i do agree that this should not be our cherie this should be simple use the beginning of healing is not complete but which really upsets us and what really makes me not that excited not so they're not innocent operation vote today is that humidity and growth for us should be in a courtroom and should be in. and not not needers on the council as a last minute problem can sit on move forward can we reach peace can we reach. overcome
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racism marginalize aisha and woman write all those things which committee occupying . the rest of the bix major cities and all of which is forces the rapid response force which actually committed the last massacre in june 3rd and massacres in dar for him it was part 2 so for us it's like how do you receive justice and justice is the 1st step towards reaching a democracy and after his parents see have accountability the have participation and equality and the economy and all that they can reach. economic stability in sudan knowing that one of the major issues we always had was that 70 percent of the country's resources is being used by the military so can we expect the military to abuse their resources to 10 percent so we can move forward so we have all these questions that we have and to up to me is like seeing committee there signing and and standing behind him. just makes me feel like this is not going to go forward
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the revolution is to continue and for me though seeing that the only optimism i have is that people there who she marries who were out in the street will continue and now that we have a legitimate government that the world knows that we are the legitimate government and ones are prime minister takes over power and the executive branch we can move forward but do expect more protests do expect more people going out in the street and asking for more rights we need to get to the point where does this happen and where we can move forward so them on which was just talking about the fact that one of the things that was bringing him a sense of optimism even though he has mixed feelings one of the things was bring him a sense of optimism is the fact that a prime minister is going to be appointed now this is the economist mohamad abdalla ham dog who's been nominated by the opposition faction and i want to ask you if you believe that this appointment will proceed as planned or if any complications could
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show up in the next few days. i don't expect to congregation. just by a minister he the consensus candidate you have the. air political class of the population and the government the recall of the experts do you use it brings to the majority of the economies but also their experience in the. across the continents and nobody here has why international. connections. crucially important in. sudan's mission ships was international claim and. institutions in the. us prime minister he had a terribly. we don't have a real powers the sum of somebody are you know. a sort of figurehead.
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it merely a puppet government it's a government would be a power drill meet. the freedom agenda falsies of that. look at the position of the guardian it being an opportunity to has. to be lost on the far. question. s. because the issues of realty and each use of transparency appear to be aggressive it's a given that the army i'm going to support causes are responsible for all diversity crimes that mention a lot of our society and most of that it's also in the company. you know a lot of transparency and accountability of the. funds go have if you could pick up on a point that sort of man was making when it comes to the accusations of atrocities
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that have been made against military leaders in sudan like her have made. now one of the things that made it difficult putting this agreement together was the issue of whether these military leaders would get immunity was that resolved and if these military leaders in this agreement do get immunity is there any way in which that could be revoked i don't think they should for unity the key issue i think yes i agree that this issue of accountability is a part of the ox because the. the the revolutionaries have decided that they want justice to be a top priority specially the should be a committee which should investigate the massacres we don't need to investigate the massacres we know who committed them and the members who are in the military council. and issue has to be examined i think. there are
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