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people on al-jazeera. a slight backtrack from the brazilian government who are now ready to accept an international offer of financial help to combat fires in the amazon. i'm about this and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up russia and turkey agree to a new measures in an effort to end the violence in syria's last rebel stronghold. thousands of people in sudan forced to abandon their homes because of heavy flooding. and ongoing restrictions across kashmir put further strain on an already struggling medical system.
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brazil says it's now willing to accept foreign aid to help fight the fires ravaging the amazon as long as it's decides how to use the money president. said his government would find its own solution to the crisis on monday g 7 nations pledged $20000000.00 to help fight the flames and protect the rain forests but both are not accused rich countries of treating brazil like a colony. we will find a solution and we will give the world satisfaction even people like the french president emanuel mccrone must think twice to get out of a complicated situation like the huge rejection he's facing his own country will start with nobody here is against dialogue with france not at all and we think it welcomes the g. said. earlier president once again criticized his brazilian counterpart back and says the world cannot. the amazon to be destroyed by the actions of brazil's
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government. becomes even more country and when we have major events we except international solidarity because it's a sign of friendship but above all there are 9 countries in the amazon and many other countries ask for help it's important to mobilize it quickly so that colombia believe brazil in regions that are would like to have access to this international help can have it and can reforest quickly. critics accuse both of helping to destroy the hours and now his administration is backing plans to allow commercial farming on indigenous reserves which is illegal under current law there have been days of protests against brazil's government and its environmental policies and more rallies are planned thousands took to the streets in rio de janeiro on sunday as part of rallies held across latin america the crowds are calling for greater action to protect the amazon has more from puerto valle and the northwestern state of. well indigenous land protected make up
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a large part of some of these northern fairly lightly populated areas some of the reservations are very very large and so i mean the meeting today in brazil you know which job also not only held with the governors also some of the amazonian states he and some of the governors expressed their frustration at the amount of protection protected areas in the in the states which they want to see developed they're talking about on dornier the state i'm in the moment where something like 80 percent of land is either within a nature reserve or an indigenous was. also not all says the less this land is the more effectively developed brazil is heading towards poverty he wants to see developers come in he wants to see them chop down the trees and burn the remaining vegetation to build roads to set up a soil plantations and cattle rearing projects the indigenous people who live on these reservations are saying if that's allowed to happen it will be in the end of
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the of the rain forest as we know it it's the end of them it's the their survival is their very survival is at stake osa chief huge debates going on here about a developing the. untouched forest or protecting it. the presidents of turkey and russia say they hope to work together to ease tensions in the province in a move which could help decide the course of the syrian conflict government forces backed by russia have launched a ground offensive and one of the last rebel held areas in syria turkey though supports some rebel groups and says the fighting is putting its troops in danger severson has more from zukowski where the talks were held. will be. part of it was an unusual venue for the hastily organized high level meeting before the situation in syria it lip province could be discussed turkish president ratchet type add a one treated to a show of russia's latest abilities. and russian ice cream then they
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discussed the issue of the turkish president really travel to moscow for the escalating violence in italy calling it a humanitarian tragedy one came to ask bloody may put in to rein in syrian forces but put in there not made any promises to raise the. terrorist continue to show russian positions and syrian forces they try to attack russian bases we hope that the deescalation zone will be a refuge for the rebels and should not be a platform to make attacks we discuss joint measures to neutralize terrorist hotbeds an adlib and to normalize the situation in this region and in syria as a whole. angered by an attack on a turkish convoy in northern syria earlier this month and the surrounding of one of turkey's observation posts that the behavior of syrian forces is an acceptable. the provocation by the regime have reached an acceptable level i would like to say
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it is especially by our borders our right to self-defense and this leaves us no choice we have to act to protect ourselves russian and turkey have been fighting on opposite sides of the war in syria but the relationship has grown closer in recent years with. increasing economic and military ties during adolescence fitted to put into gear so both leaders couldn't stress enough how close their nations have become symbolizing this was in the delivery of the russian as $400.00 anti-missile defense system to turkey on tuesday but the spyder warm words the focus was under differences and if putin can make sure that adam one doesn't go home empty handed while erdogan might not have got what he wanted in it lip his host put in make sure their friendship was in good shape stepped past al-jazeera. put in another one and went on to welcome the creation of a so-called safe zone of control in northern syria kurdish led forces have begun
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withdrawing from along the border with turkey as part of a deal between now and washington yesterday f. has been an important u.s. ally in the fight against eisel but turkey considers the kurdish group to be a terrorist organization bonded smith has more on turkey's role in syria's war from an takio. ready to tie a bird one's dash to moscow was partly because of the challenge that the turkish military now finds itself with it has a dozen observation posts in what are supposed to be deescalation zones in northwestern syria one of those is now marooned in what is now syrian regime controlled territory because it was taken back in fighting last week and the syrian regime is pushing against other areas in this deescalation zone and these observation posts risk falling back into territory under syrian control ready type heard one wants to make sure that those turkish soldiers are not threatening a longer term challenge for the turkish president is how much longer he needs to
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keep or wants to keep the soldiers in those observation posts when what was a deescalation zone is now territory under syrian control similar at the same time syrian kurdish forces have said they have pulled back from the turkish border up to 17 kilometers they're pulling heavy weapons and troops but only from the countryside not from the towns in the cities it's nothing close to what the turks were asking for they wanted them at least 30 kilometers away from the border but this is a u.s. brokered arrangement and it's something that for now turkey is going to have to live with to ensure rain and floods have killed more than 60 people in sudan thousands have been forced to abandon their homes hit morgan reports for why they're only an affected area north of the capital khartoum where the water levels are expected to continue rising woodrum really in sudan's khartoum state is normally home to more than 5000 people now it's been overrun by the nile along with it the farmlands and running along its bank. farmers like sam and his family are
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forced to gather the little they have left and leave for drier lands. i've lost almost everything but i'm better off than a lot of others and the farming areas we had here have been completely destroyed by the floods semi's one of at least 190000 people who've been forced out of their homes due to rains and floods in the past 3 weeks across the country. 17 of sudan's 18 states have been affected and more than 20000 homes have been destroyed people living along the banks of the nile river have suffered the most because of the floods what romney has become a largely empty town with most of its houses either partially underwater or completely destroyed many of the people here have sought shelter at a nearby camp and those who remain are waiting to leave with their belongings as well. those who have moved to the camp say they're worried about how long they'll have to stay there are warnings there now could continue to swell. we're now in a camp that we don't own anything i have left with only one of my children i can't
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continue to live in a camp where there are little services in the army we don't want i had already thing but for the government to give us a plot of land to stay on to give us lands to compensate for the ones we have lost in the floods the disaster management committee in would say they are also other concerns are the people you don't even and then there's at least 1200 families but not enough tents there are no lights or electricity we need the authorities to respond with more tents and there's an issue of access to clean water we also need more security just last week residents of what romney had been helping people in neighboring areas who were the 1st to be affected by the floods now they need assistance as they try to salvage the little they have left if they're not relocate it they'll be forced to wait for the floodwaters to retreat so they can go back home or to what was once home he will morgan al-jazeera would probably. flash floods of killed at least 3 people in mauritania wrings hit the southern part of
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the country catching many by surprise people were seeing trying to desperately save their lives stalker's the fast moving waters swept across the region. still ahead on al-jazeera how pro abortion activists are being thrown a legal lifeline in the u.s. state of missouri. systemic failure to blame in nigeria for the continued sex trafficking of hundreds of girls and young women. welcome back to international weather forecasts we're watching a tropical storm make its way across the philippines and into the south china sea right now a lot of clouds right now over the philippines really lot of heavy rain across the region now the good news with the storm is it's moving quite quickly so a lot of areas are going to be seeing a lot of accumulations because the storm will be pushing out quite quickly as we go
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towards wednesday we're back into the south china sea with very heavy rains still lingering across parts of luzon as well as the central philippines but by the time we get towards thursday notice how quickly that storm makes its way towards the west we're going to start to see the impact of the storm on parts of vietnam as we get towards thursday but it's really not going to be until friday that we actually see a landfall across the northern parts of vietnam and then into parts of annoyed as well localized flooding could be a big significant factor as we go into the weekend well here across much of indonesia is going to be the clouds across much of the west down towards the south though really not looking too bad a lot of clear skies across parts of java as well as over here towards bali jakarta though attempt a few of $31.00 maybe an isolated shower there and as we go towards thursday more of the same maybe a temperature of about $32.00 degrees there and then very quickly across parts of india it is going to be the rain across the central as well as into the eastern areas for parts of pakistan expect more rain in the forecast. the weather sponsored
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by countdown. 67. pound promise one. the pledge to the establishment of the jewish homeland at the expense of the palestinians. the story of the british declaration the change the middle east. seeds of discord on al-jazeera. they want to go visit a reminder of our top stories this hour brazil says it's now willing to accept
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foreign aid to help fight the fires ravaging the amazon as long as it decides how to use the money president's administration is also backing plans to allow commercial farming on indigenous reserves. the presidents of turkey and russia say they hope to work together to ease tensions in adlib province they said to have heard of one met his russian counterpart vladimir putin near moscow the 2 countries back opposing sides in the syrian conflict. to rancho rain and floods have killed more than 60 people in sudan the u.n. says more than 37000 homes have been destroyed or damaged more flash floods are expected. after another day of negotiations with the u.s. here in doha the spokesman for the taliban delegation says talks of reached their final stages on monday president donald trump said there was no timeline for reaching an agreement which could end the nearly 18 year conflict in afghanistan but taliban delegates shaheen says a deal is close. it's
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a good progress and you can see a ship. also focus in the last oh and we progress in this so we are finalizing. that he meaning part you know looking. as soon as the meeting point on to finalize so they didn't miss something which involved he's remaining the last white. the u.s. is expected to renew efforts to find a diplomatic solution to the war in yemen according to the wall street journal it says u.s. officials will meet saudi representatives in washington on wednesday to try to convince them to meet rival who the leaders in amman before your conflict generated strong opposition in america with politicians on both sides voting to stop u.s. military support to the saudi u.a.e. coalition saudi arabia and u.a.e. are accused of killing thousands of civilians since 2015. iran's president says his
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country will not hold talks on any nuclear deal with the u.s. unless all signs sins are lifted her son rouhani is commons come a day after u.s. president donald trump said he was open to meeting there were any in leader if the circumstances are right pass. the 1st step is to remove sanctions without that this lock won't be open all sanctions against the iranian nation must be lifted they are all illegitimate and cruel if you lift the sanctions and apologize to iran then you would be a different situation this government is moving forward in line with this national interest we have been open to negotiation and the word agrees with this fact sources close to the lebanese armed group hezbollah says preparing a strike against israel but doesn't want a new war that's after 2 drones crashed in a suburb of the lebanese capital beirut in an attack hezbollah is blaming on israel
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israel has not claimed responsibility for the drones and prime minister benjamin netanyahu says hezbollah should be careful so much. i've said i suggest he come down he knows well that israel knows how to defend itself and payback its enemies i want to tell him and leave it alone which hosts this organization that aspires to destroy us and also to the chief of iran's quds force. be careful what you say and even more. so the indian government is easing some restrictions in the disputed kashmir region after new delhi revotes the semi autonomous status this month but that's not helping many of those who are ill busy or injured reports from the city of senegal and indian administers kashmir. people are travelling to get medical treatment in any condition and by any means no matter how difficult like other patients here she has to come in 2 or 3 times
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a week for dialysis but getting through the security restrictions imposed since august 5th that made that difficult. when i tell the security person i have a bad they say show us how. my stomach and shoulder my bad in the 7 years i've come for treatment it's never been like this before even medical staff say they have trouble getting to work. on. these. repeated his difficulties indian authorities have said while restrictions have been difficult they are necessary to prevent violence but those selling medicine say with disruptions to internet and phone services haven't been able to place orders and if you can use your. question to the next 2 weeks. several protesters have been injured in clashes with security
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forces but a few are going to hospital for treatment medical staff have told us they've been ordered to report anyone with pelican injuries to the authorities that's why many protesters with less serious wounds are boarding hospitals but some of the most serious injuries have been inflicted on those caught in the middle. 2 weeks ago we finish the year was struck in the eye by a glass marble her family says. it was thrown by security forces when she and her uncle were heading home on his motorcycle. it's hard to believe she's 6 years old not only stone throwing going on everyone was moving swiftly. it's still difficult for many for to see properly the security forces and neighbors have offered to paper treatment but it could take up to 10 months before doctors can attempt surgery on her but many patients here say they don't know when or if the lockdown will end so for now they'll continue to try and get the medical help they need any
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way they can as jamil al jazeera indian administered kashmir. and the nigerian government has been criticized for failing hundreds of girls and young woman who were victims of human trafficking human rights watch says some of them received little or no help despite their traumatic experiences i mean address reports from lucia. hundreds of nigerian girls and young women are trapped in this dusty mining village on the border between mali and guinea officials say some as young as 13 held against their will forced into prostitution torture and lived in desperate conditions. they left with promises of better life but ended up a sex slave. months after some of the more rescued activists say the girls and fairing much better than when they were held against their will and fortunately the
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nightmare does not end when they come back to nigeria because many of the government services are lucky and. some of them are locked up in government run shelters where they are not allowed to leave well they're not allowed to communicate with their families almost replicating some of the conditions that they experience when they allow their trafficker activists say victims of human trafficking often face a very structure and like basic needs of that which are. social workers say many of the girls are finding it difficult to reintegrate because of stigma but the bigger challenge is providing job skills for them in a country already struggling with high unemployment among its young population. i meet a briefing the nigerian government denied accusations by human rights watch the girls i've been abundant or denied their basic rights the end terror reports many figments of the imagination of the writers as the narratives fall below the
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standards in the operations of shelters as well as the standards for. an assistance it is important to know that the agency observes all the world's best practices in handling as enshrined. critics say the number of skills training programs run by both government and nongovernmental organizations are united great and can only take a fraction of those in need so they want to see more government action to address psychological economic and social needs of the victims of human trafficking many of whom were forced into prostitution. but with the economy still struggling after a recent recession relief could still be a long way off for these young women commented reece. abuja nigeria the former health minister of the democratic republic of congo has been questioned
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over the use of public funds meant to fight the ebola epidemic the virus has killed more than 1100 people in the r.c. since the outbreak began last august or early longer has faced a preliminary inquiry into how the large sums of government money were used he resigned last month after he was removed when a bowler response team 3 of the longest former coworkers are under arrest italy's interior minister mario civilian he has banned another charity ship from entering italian waters the german vessel is carrying 101 people rescued from the mediterranean for making the crossing from north africa to europe it comes as at least 5 people have been killed and around 40 other missing after a boat boat bound for europe capsized off the coast of libya the u.n. refugee agency says around 65 people have been rescued and taken to the coastal city of combs u.k. opposition parties have agreed to work together to find a way to legislate against
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a no deal brags that they've also not ruled out using a confidence vote to bring down prime minister abbas johnson who's committed to leaving the e.u. and on top of the 31st with or without a deal and returns from its summer break next week an opposition leader jeremy coleman has been contacting m.p.'s of all parties to drum up support on britain to all $116.00 m.p.'s that voted against no deal to ask them if they will recognise the importance next week of supporting a legislative approach which would be you know party approach to ensure we don't crash with all the problems that will create. ireland's foreign minister says measures proposed by the british government to replace the backstop that's designed to prevent a hard to border on the island of ireland do not come close to what's needed speaking alongside his czech counterpart in prague sun companies said alan is open
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to further british suggestions and wants to find a deal. but make no mistake if there is no t.v. at the end of october. it will be because the british government or the british choose. to work that day with its e.u. partners trying to get. only based on station trying to get. a us federal judge has blocked the state of missouri xnu abortion law pending a legal challenge by pro-abortion activists the new law was due to come into effect in whedon's state it's one of the strictest in the u.s. effectively banning the procedure unless medically necessary elizondo has more from washington d.c. . this very restrictive abortion ban in missouri would have gone into effect on wednesday but on tuesday this federal judge stepped in and temporarily halted it you were being temporarily said that would hold to
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a further litigation plays out in the courts here this was signed by the missouri governor a back in may and it's been a real closely watched case ever since then it would have been the most restrictive abortion ban anywhere in the united states it would have banned women from having abortions any time after 8 weeks of pregnancy or about 2 months or so and this isn't the 1st time that states have tried to implement some abortion ban states of ohio and mississippi tried as well but they were also blocked by federal judges as well but the one here in mississippi would have been by far the most restrictive abortion still very much a hot button issue in the united states very political as well dating back to 1973 actually and that's when the supreme court ruled in the very famous roe v wade case that made abortion legal in the united states in 1983 ever since then both pro and
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anti abortion folks on both sides of the spectrum have been very vocal advocates for their side of this a very political issue here in the united states all sides are watching this case in missouri very closely but as of now judge shooting down this very restrictive abortion ban that would have gone into effect on wednesday in the state of missouri that have been emotional scenes in the new york courtroom where women have been testifying about how they were allegedly sexually abused by financier jeffrey epstein the hearing was settled so they could tell their stories before the case against him was dismissed it was the 1st time most of the women had spoken publicly about their experiences the 66 year old died by suicide in his new york prison cell this month. japan is removing south korea from its list of preferred trading partners the dispute threatens to stir up decades of animosity and destabilize security in the region robert bryant has more from south korea's capital seoul.
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this worsening tit for tat has taken relations between the 2 neighbors to their lowest point in recent history with japan now following through on its threat to remove south korea from the list of preferential trade partners it will restrict the export of materials and components for south korea's high tech manufacturing despite japan's denials it's thought to be in retaliation for a court ruling in favor of victims of forced labor used by japanese companies joining world war 2 even. at the factory bank gave us a piece of bread to ate we were so hungry we ate grass we lost our here. south korea has just commemorated the end of the 2nd world war unveiling a new statute to the so-called comfort women young koreans who were forced to work
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in brothels for the japanese army. this trade dispute has stirred up decades old animosities between the 2 former adversaries. is fighting for issues that is in the past and needs to be corrected today for tomorrow to teach our children what not to do from the past simple but. still drawing big crowds at movie cinemas the film role to victory tells the story of korean freedom fighters resisting the occupation by japanese troops many south koreans believe japan has never fully apologized for atrocities committed during its occupation of the korean peninsula in the 1st half of the last century japan says the matter was settled by an agreement in 965 and it's time to move on i don't know if this is now having a destabilizing effect on security cooperation with south korea pulling out of an
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intelligence sharing agreement with japan set up to counter the nuclear and missile threats from north korea it comes as yang intensifies its missile testing turning up the pressure in an already volatile region robert bride al jazeera so. this is all just here of these of the top stories brazil says it's now willing to accept foreign aid to help fight the fires ravaging the amazon as long as it's decides how to use the money president out of all synonomous administration is also backing plans to allow commercial farming on indigenous reserves has more now from puerto vale and northwest brazil let me today in brazil. held with the governors of some of the states he and some of the gulf and expressed their frustration at the amounts of protection protected areas in the. for in the states if they want to see
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developed they're talking about $1.00 near the state i'm in at the moment where something like 80 percent of it is either within a nature reserve or an indigenous we. also now do says the less this land is the more effectively developed was really heading towards poverty the presidents of turkey and russia say they hope to work together to ease tensions in a province there isn't tayyip erdogan met his russian counterpart enlargement putin near moscow 2 countries back opposing sides in this city and conflicts kurdish forces have begun withdrawing from along the border with turkey it's part of a deal between ankara and washington yesterday has been an important u.s. ally in the fight against eisel but turkey considers the kurdish group to be a terrorist organization to ensure rain and floods have killed more than 60 people in sudan the u.n. says more than 30 $7000.00 homes have been destroyed or damaged and more flash
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floods are expected sources close to the lebanese armed group hezbollah says it's preparing a strike against israel but doesn't want a new war that's after 2 drones crashed in a suburb of the lebanese capital beirut in an attack hezbollah is blaming on israel israel has not claimed responsibility for the drones. a u.s. federal judge has blocked a new abortion law in the state of missouri pending a legal challenge by pro-abortion activists who say it's unconstitutional the new law was due to come into effect and widens today that's one of the strictest in the u.s. effectively banning the procedure unless medically necessary and those are the headlines coming up next on al-jazeera it's inside story on scene about 25 minutes life now.
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why is kenya important this african country is conducting yet another population count it's expected to sift political boundaries and shape elections but in a country divided along ethnic tribal lines what does that mean this is inside story. welcome to the program. governments has been holding a historic census.

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