tv NEWSHOUR Al Jazeera September 29, 2019 1:00pm-2:01pm +03
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this is the pro china the very patriotic pride china group has now moved from loon which you just mentioned where they did a tour this morning where they sang the national anthem in a number of other very patriotic songs to china and now move to the pink which is where we are now this is on hong kong on and this is probably one of the best known spots in hong kong certainly for to us and of course milan visitors other about a 100 or so behind me they've been bussed up to this spot and they're doing it to have the on try to get their tour of hong kong trying to get their message across and this of course is in the lead up to october 1 which is a public holiday in hong kong and in china this is china's national day and on to say they'll be celebrating the 70th anniversary of the founding of the people's republic of china so it's a very big die planned out the place will be preparing for potential clashes on that day they'll be trying to keep the 2 groups apart that is the anti government or the pro home groups and this group behind me which is the pro china but as i mentioned this group today is getting a bit of
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a message across to the song and with the flags and they're all dressed up and no doubt they'll be a few more spots to come and as you said pro-democracy groups are also planning a gathering today what do we expect from them. there is another rally planned to soften to prague up a pro democracy and anti-government rallies planned full course by by now this will be a much from causeway by a couple of kilometers back to where we were last night on saturday night which is admiralty which is where the government headquarters is located now this particular rally that have sought permission to go ahead with this rally on other occasions they have sought permission but the mission hasn't been granted so at this rally we do expect large numbers at the shops and the stores the big retail outlets around those areas because it's a very busy area they're already closing in preparation for those large numbers together and this of course is one of many rallies planned over the next couple of guys tomorrow on monday there's also a general strike and there are more anti-government protests planned for tuesday
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which as i mentioned is china's national day and the anniversary of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the people's republic of china sara clock keeping an eye on those rallies for us and hong kong thank you sara. weather is an expert still ahead on out as their relief camps are set up in northern india where flooding has forced thousands of people from their home. and for years after. the any sign of long lasting pain. i once again welcome to another look at the international forecasts it's looking fine to dry across the middle east as per usual little more cloud up towards the caspian sea the black sea not too much rain on this what is generally looking
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settled even here down to the southeastern corner brightest guys coming back into the southeast of pakistan but we have seen some largely showers a recently 35 celsius the karate central areas baghdad kuwait city 4243 still good 3 or 4 degrees above the seasonal average an employee but getting up to around 28 celsius over the next couple of days a similar value to 4 jerusalem for the dry weather down across the arabian peninsula southern parts a little more clout there because some wetter weather around the southern end of the red sea that western side of yemen absolutely towards a lot of as well but elsewhere as you can see more hot sunshine 39 celsius in doha on sunday evening. cooling off 38 celsius as we go on into monday so not much of a cool down here plenty of heat to recently into southern africa getting up into the upper twenty's across south africa once again on the eastern cape the western cape seeing some welcome rifle i suggest cape town of 80 degrees celsius that is
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making its way further east. with a sponsor you can't own it. in a country but certain point poverty and lack of infrastructure. sometimes we risk our lives in taking these roads with care that saving minds is a dangerous job it's about seeing checks on a good 24 hours there are patients waiting for these medicine to most of the life's worth risking the recruit one of the gang stops all because of the role that they can do good luck with the risk guinea on al-jazeera.
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and again. her minder about top stories this hour demonstrate the rebels have announced that thousands of saudi backed fighters have surrendered during a month so military campaign 3 things have been targeting the southern saudi region of. a spokesman says they've also captured several saudi army officers. and speaking at the un general assembly the foreign minister of yemen's internationally backed government blamed iran for the conflict he thanked saudi arabia for its role in helping to fight the rebels but criticized its coalition partner the u.a.e. for supporting separatist fighters in the south. and a series of attacks as well as technical delays didn't stop people turning out fast on the stands for the presidential election since the fall of the taliban but the turnout was lower as nearly 70 attacks across the country killed 5 and injured hundreds of options. now a top saudi arabian minister has refused to answer questions about the whereabouts of
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a man believed to be involved in the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi. bures the saudi minister of state for foreign affairs and he was interviewed by u.s. public broadcaster p.b.s. but didn't reveal the whereabouts of saudi. look. all these questions he was a close aide to the crown prince who are as you know are you should ask the public prosecutor per the prosecutor won't talk to us to. call them again. and he's 36 people have been killed and dozens of others injured in a crash between a bus and a truck and eastern china as happened on an expressway just north of shanghai in junk soup province initial investigation suggest the bus had a flat tire just prior to the accident a funerals been held for a palestinian man killed by israeli forces during protests along the gaza israel border fence on friday 20 year old son was killed and 52 others injured during
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those demonstrations protesters have been staging weekly rallies for the past 18 months calling for an end to the security blockade imposed by israel at least 210 palestinians have died since the protests began last year cuba's foreign minister has denounced the united states for travel ban on its former president raul castro the restrictions on him and some of his family members were announced on thursday washington says custer has backed venezuela's president nicolas maduro as his government suppressed protests role castro still remains the senior most official in cubits communist party. so when i was the u.s. state department has announced based on lies that the 1st secretary of the communist party of cuba army general raul castro would not be able to receive a visa to that country that's an action with little practical effect except to insult the dignity of cuba and the feelings of our people. now planned to build
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a coal power on a unesco world heritage site in kenya as fair as about the impact on the environment and wildlife a consortium of multinational companies want to build on the islands and reports some locals are welcoming the project. a protected site under threat is an ancient settlement built from coral in memory of timber. for centuries arab chinese and indian traders have come to these islands of exceptional beauty. while its beaches in ancient history attracts tourists this location facing the indian ocean is now attracting investors. with produce many since him as. his farm to investors who want to transform this unesco world heritage site home to endangered lions and buffaloes into 1000000000 dollar coal plant which they did because we see he said different up and coming to all the. time on the old
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allow you. back but young people who have been protesting against the project saying it will damage the environment kill animals and destroy their island we have a little did you get right to anything that was we then you need to find out that we did not want this cleaned up to do let's find out more detail they took the government to court and won but the consortium are appealing the court's decision now we've reached out to this consortium to get an answer to our questions but to no avail this is a consortium made up of various multinational companies from the united states china and europe supported by the world bank in their appeal to the judge they say that the courts overlooked their efforts to mitigate the damage to the environment saying that this coal plant would bring electricity to millions of people. damage to the environment has already started with the construction of this deep seaport the coal plant would not only power it it would also bring electricity to
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$20000000.00 kenyans who live off grid despite the risk to the environment the state wants the project to go ahead and so this world heritage site unique in its history and wildlife sheltered from human intervention for centuries is about to be irreversibly damaged because hawke al-jazeera the public. police in nigeria trying to find the families of hundreds of men and boys freed from the purported school on thursday as many as 400 captives some as young as 6 were released during a raid in the city of kaduna now they were supposed to be enrolled in a religious school a number of them have been chained up. 17 have been arrested at least 50 people have been killed after days of heavy rain caused flash flooding in parts of northern india relief camps have been set up to help to take care of the thousands of people who had to flee their homes reports. entire
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communities under water this is what remains of one home in the northern state of pradesh to wrenshaw rain proving too much for some buildings now destroyed something what is almost the biggest problem here is that day by day the water level is rising the water has entered houses as you can see the police of. the powerful weather system drenched the state for more than 24 hours affecting close 260-0000 people schools were closed down and thousands of displaced families have been moved to relief camps it's not knowing how long they'll be allowed to stay. and as the rain came down the death toll went up dozens have drowned while others were killed as buildings collapsed. relief efforts are under way with all forty's trying to drain floodwaters. but already we've set up temporary and permanent pumps is
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a problem with 3 or 4 locations the water is being removed by cutting the road and creating channels flooding isn't uncommon in these areas but the timing is india's monsoon season normally retreats at the start of september intense rainfall in many parts of the country has triggered floods that have swamped huge areas 11 people were killed when flash floods hit western india on thursday. the heavy rain can be said to be unprecedented because of this a large amount of water into low lying areas and caused a lot of damage there is the possibility that some people were swept away. as the cleanup continues many are trying to get on with daily life nicola gage al-jazeera . says it wants revenge of muslim refugees in bangladesh to return home it's now been 2 years since mia law security forces launched a violent crackdown on more than 700000. envoy told the un
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general assembly any were perhaps creation last happened under controlled conditions. has the president displeased britain or in tokyo bizarre who had been regine in the kind of different legal status. we are willing to repatriate them in accordance with the balata agreement signed between in bangladesh the agreement calls for the issuance of identity cards to the journey. well it's been almost 4 years since a so-called nationwide cease fire agreement was signed between ethnic rebel armies on the government and the un law but there's still no sign of lasting peace some groups are refusing to sign the documents including what's regarded as stays as largest known states which runs an isolated status on the borders with china and thailand where hey takes a rare look at the secretive wall stays in the far east of me and my is a defacto independent territory it's run by the country's largest rebel army which
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unilaterally declared it while a state it's largely cut off from the outside world in particular the rest of me and my remember me right now why is still a wild frontier people who live here have id cut only for the state we can travel out of here. the united states army controls 2 areas on the borders with thailand and china the state is run under a one party communist system it's heavily reliant on chinese support in the form of trade investment and in the near future thanks to a new casino possibly tourism. when i 1st moved here there was only jungle everywhere but now it's more developed in the past it was very poor and 5 behind but it's getting better. there was signed a bilateral ceasefire deal with the me and me in 1909 and haven't been directly involved in any significant fighting since the largely left to run their own
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affairs and still maintain a well organized and well resourced fighting force of up to $30000.00 now about having under pressure to join the governments nationwide cease fire agreement which like many other ethnic armies are refusing to do they say they're not prepared to meet one of the key conditions of that deal which is for this soldiers to lay down their weapons and join the me and my military the why are also fiercely protective of their income streams like jade mining and the illegal wildlife trade many products like tiger and beer teeth are sold openly in the state capital punk come the united states army is also thought to be one of the region's largest manufacturers of illegal drugs a business that says it's no longer in but there are many who believe those who run this area are still stuck in the past and until they open up life will not improve for you i'm in philadelphia i want want to continue to develop i want to see more people move through here which will improve trade in business in the past 2 or 3
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years it's been very bad i can make a so much. state serves as a reminder of how fragmented me and mar is while the syria may be at peace for now it's the people that continue to pay the price of civil war through isolation and a lack of developments wayne hay al jazeera. now people in malaysia's capital have had their eyes on the sky with around 100 base jumpers competing against each other they've been diving from a 300 metre high deck on quite a long 4 tower out of there as far as they're. leaping off a building free falling for a few quick 2nd. and that it's time to deploy the parachute to no room for mistakes or 2nd guesses this is base jumping plunging from a fixed object it's considered more dangerous and more technically difficult than skydiving. sky divers typically exit
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a plane at around 4000 meters but at the calle tower annual base jump divers only have $300.00 metres before they reach the ground that intense feeling that i get the closure that i get from it for me i always risk right away we understand the risks you know it's there it's present every time that we jump and it's kind of a good reminder and i mean you don't want to worry about that going to where you want to feel that intensity in a kind of a mind like a this is really fun but it's also you know it has some dangers holder shane lochte a 1000 skydives before he did his 1st base jump this is his 7th time at this 4 day event that's attracted almost 100 people from 25 countries this isn't for the faint hearted even just standing here on the ledge i can feel my legs turning to jelly slightly now once they jump jumpers will freefall for about 3 seconds before opening their parachute at the last minute the parachutes are smaller and designed
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to open fast and there's no reserve chute there wouldn't be time to use one a lot of effort is put into safety teams continuously check wind speed and direction jumpers wear helmets and other protective gear the technical crew checks jumpers equip moment things like that and we ensure that we are where they are lending and. you know we really. everybody's aware the question. it's an extreme high risk sport only dad hands and thrill seekers need apply florence lee al-jazeera. and i'm a star with the headlines on al-jazeera yemen's heathy rebels have announced that thousands of saudi backed fighters have surrendered during a month long military campaign have been targeting the southern region of now.
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spokesman says they've also captured several saudi army offices. to be. prisoners. from among the prisoners because they're large number of high ranking officers and soldiers who served the citizenship. from the lucero operation to be destroyed imprisoned and captured and speaking at the un general assembly the foreign minister of yemen's internationally backed government blamed run for the conflict he thanked saudi arabia for its role in helping to fight the rebels but criticized its coalition partner the u.a.e. for supporting separatist fighters in the south a series of attacks as well as technical delays didn't stop people turning out for afghanistan's 4th presidential election since the fall of the taliban but the turnout was lower as nearly 70 attacks across the country killed 5 and injured hundreds of others hong kong is bracing for another day of mass protests
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a pro beijing rally has just taken place it's all happening just 2 days before the 70th anniversary of the founding of communist china at least 36 people have been killed and dozens of others injured in a crash between a bus and a truck in eastern china it happened on an expressway just north of shanghai in junkfood province the bus was carrying 69 people when it collided with the truck on saturday morning initial investigations suggest the bus had a flat tire just prior to the accident. funerals been held for a palestinian man killed by israeli forces during protests along the gaza israel border fence on friday 20 year old man was killed and 52 others were injured during the demonstrations protesters have been staging weekly rallies for the past 18 months calling for an end to the security blockade imposed by israel at least 210 palestinians have died since the protests began last year all those are the
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fall many in the west african country of guinea life can be quite a struggle. a quarter of the country is covered in forest and the government has neglected roads and basic services. constant delays paralyze the nation's economy. and yet guinea is a rich country rich in iran gold and diamonds. but most canadians never see the benefit.
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of. the monk in the dark but today pierre on his assistant bus transport medicines in record time from the capital conakry to kiss a do good on the other side of the country so we're going to know. guinea is still plagued by serious diseases like polio defeat area and rabies. the pharmacy's primary concern is delivering the vaccines to where they're needed before the climate spoils them. with no refrigerated truck or ice balls packed his vaccines in a box with just enough ice for the trip. to. focus on the bus and. the next challenge is getting the vaccines to a porter at the bus step of a downpour has caused huge traffic jams. so
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pleased to see. my little sister. guinea's capital conakry is at a standstill. the taxis stuck in traffic for hours. vendors and beggars try to make the most of the situation. this is going to. your south your bus and hear them cannot come to simply be with you to make sure that you can hear ambrose. after 6 hours in traffic the taxi finally reaches the bus to. follow with careful instructions the pharmacist hands the vaccines to the owner of
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the bush taxi a bus. it was going to go for a family event on monday they are contacted by the banks that are about to find some people to just look at the person to sort out what is next to the fragile vaccines are placed under the front seat. do not come up is going to mean they're going to do what you guys are going to be less about limited. government. i. gainey has no railway complains a prohibitively expensive taxis are the most common form of transport. but drivers take advantage by overcharging clients. this passenger tries to travel on credit
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with her baby. you cannot get anything done more than we did and it was then that you got me to go yes i'm with you that means that now. the driver feels sorry for her and the deal is struck but another passenger is more of a problem he's hurt his hand and wants a window seat. where you can see the most in. most you must think that the man in the baseball cap has reserved the seat. in what. was this was in the sensitive moment thinking that lucas doesn't really exist because knows it is not to lose he lives there one certainty dearly departed parties are not going to hear the money that. will finally 9 passengers 2 babies and 2 drivers a crammed into the taxi. a bass takes pride in his car which is
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22 years old. i was told it was never. going to be doing it and then doesn't want to stop because i think until the moment the all . the passengers with the vaccines finally leave the capital. the ice meant to preserve the vaccines has now been melting for 8 hours if the driver doesn't make it to do go in 16 hours the vaccines will be useless and might as well be thrown away the 690 kilometer road to kiss a dugu is strewn with potholes few drivers respect the rules of the road. accidents are frequent. even before leaving the capital the drivers patience is tested.
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the 2 drivers constantly swap over. the boot is not exactly comfortable. 2 more hours a wasted in traffic. the deadline for the vaccine looms. the drivers decide to drive through the night. since the start of the journey there's been a strong smell of petrol in the car still no one seems concerned. the good news you can see. but whose job it is a simple method uncle jimmy something. the petrol fumes might keep the evil spirits away but highway robbers a real threat. yet you seem
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a little bit savvy to envy you live here in france our pick this up. your mum did military road because you thank you so much me do. you feel you've got a police officer for you to go to. the scots think of if you do go but if. the stop is a welcome relief to the cramped passages their bodies a and their stomachs are empty. and jeff same goes. for you. again if you have the mentality you will believe what we're going to but what is known. as a precaution they wait until daylight before setting off again. by
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the early morning the vaccines have been on the road for 22 hours. even so sharif proceeds with caution. when. they come on the idea of being made up by being us. now. that you know. good judgment at these times is critical. the gamble seems to have paid off after 24 hours the taxi arrives in kiss a do good. but luck is against them. the pharmacy is closed the ice has melted and the vaccines urgently need to be refrigerated. but the money going to
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them to open up was up with you know i. don't know their man got no no i'm going to advise you get one foot out. the pharmacist is on his way but one passenger is tired of waiting. on the bus what their physical might be for the big will be no matter what your money now you could make them up like yeah man i've got them where i'm sure they are going because i'm not like that i've been in love over and over they know but i. leave it on. the pharmacist arrives an hour later he quickly refrigerate the vaccines relief all around ok. most villages and some towns in guinea lack the most basic services. kissa do go and it's $200000.00 inhabitants get only a few hours of electricity
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a week. the main hospital has an emergency unit that's reserved for pregnant women who can't. get it that mary i'm a nurse dashes off to the hospitals only ambulance the vehicle was donated by unicef 13 years ago without the means to maintain it it's a miracle it's still running i'm thinking. gee to the high price of petrol it can only be used once a day. can bring us up and that can help you process duchamp. the strength girls that you know met their own profit out of it so that's one basket they're set up. for raffle. 2 was one of. that number it that they have what
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they're the outcomes that is out now the. nurses waste a lot of time tracking down patients in the bush there are no signs indicating the names of roads all villages. going to you know coma if you haven't got a way where mark where the bottom of the. book come to you know what i mean i don't know i know a little known about. 2 hours later and they still haven't located the pregnant woman. only go back to the parking lot of her house it was not going. to make things worse the old ambulance breaks down. most of my time up until now. but did anybody think you did. dishes out of court of course having fun with them. oh no
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madonna worry about how much money. i got for her. oh no no no no no. i she waits for makeshift repairs mariyam bumps into the pregnant woman's father in law worried he'd set out on foot looking for help with going to. the medicare. medicaid. someday and i'm not. after 4 days of agony both mother and baby are in serious danger from the get out of medical center. because that just. popped up. and they put him in. the hot tub.
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3 hours after leaving the hospital mariyam can finally attend to the patient. when the baby is poorly position and the 18 year old girl is in urgent need of a says area. and. that's in the. rural villages grandmothers act as midwives assisting women with childbirth. for the 1st half of the books how to get out of. the back up what about get the fuck out what's best for the. but then my husband tries to comfort her as best he can there's no stretcher and she lies on a telephone of about oh i don't think i'll put the book we're going to walk out of
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the home but a lot of this is. that one thing i know my. mom . but i'm not saying. it's not. somebody who got the picked up. what. the hospital has no running water in the operating room has only one set of surgical clamps but there isn't any statistic. is soon asleep. this is airy and goes well but the baby isn't breathing. without the aid of respiratory machines the nurses do their best to save the baby but but. now freddy said you. see if you birth the school.
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bus in 5 if you have a kid given for the movie. for my 1st. i don't know my system in the month. 4 days of contractions have paralyzed the mother's legs the hospital has no suitable medicines. they are but the things that if i must and then. want. the world but it. would be i'm doing god knows. what would do with. one shot. without free public health care many families here are unable to cover basic medical needs the hospital pharmacy sells medicines for
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a 10th the price of the private sector but even these prices can be an affordable. concept to answer was i was i was i was in guinea 5 dollars can change a life. maybe it's the camera or genuine sympathy but in the end the pharmacist pays for the medicine himself. there's enough to treat his wife for a week. any longer and it'll be up to the husband to come up with more money. according to unicef $15300.00 babies and $3800.00 women die in childbirth each year in guinea. getting medicines to where they're needed is
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a real problem. these medicines are on their way to a dispensary in the middle of the jungle. this won't be the 1st risky journey has taken. to get it when i was. going to tell you about it and if you want to have you know what. i don't think you know yeah be able to. round up. for you sometimes if you need something. but the money and somebody tell us we.
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did you know my days over is what it would be so we're going to get it. right here. to get. the mule track is actually a regional road they can excuse to do goo and 45 kilometers away. was done yesterday that my apologies to you know i'm out of a. going back up in a few days maybe even. at each ball the rhythm of the spades receives
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and it's always the same team. is encouraged. like his truck stops its engine lacks power would love to be that wasn't about it but then somebody i was able to. see the minute bradish i just wish we could but i know beth will abound if one the build up as i don't want barn time into i could define it wanting it only when i pulled it off and i bought it when i got it i want it i'm in. and
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guinea everything has multiple uses. to put us all what i said judy on the bus comment from the community that i said that. someone here would like. to be moved. by nightfall they've been driving for 10 hours. that it. might. the nurse at the dispensary collects the packages of meds and. he's been expecting
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them for 3 months on the books is a quite small. he hopes they'll be enough to replenish his stock. if. he will say it is you believe it or give it you don't belong to the on another sample of the. among the medicine benjamin has received of vaccines against measles diptheria tetanus and polio he'll start vaccinating children 1st thing in the morning as he has no means of conserving the precious vaccines. by the electricity.
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the village is always grateful. subzero temperatures stream altitudes. this is where the hard part because of the extraordinary journey from polish to touch it you start to . ordinary joins us. to high out of the there's no oxygen. just to experience life simple pleasures. risking it all in kurdistan on al-jazeera. the latest news as it breaks while lined up as being officials expect to receive images. with detailed coverage
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danger of rain from black floods the stronger before walk through the eastern 3rd of dorian. from around the world his body will lie in state for a few days. at the national heroes city in the capital. as britain prepares to exit the e.u. people in power investigates disturbing allegations about the tactics used by the winning leave campaign we know that the law was broken and we know that campaigns overspent we know that russia tried to build a relationship with one of the key campaigns who paid her brakes it people in power on al-jazeera. planet to speak to the point of the climate an ecological emergency the world's leading scientists are warning of an existential crisis in the face of
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it reversible changes to the us why don't all be with you throughout as well on vomit correspondent nick clark will have reports from the front lines of the crisis and showcase new solutions to help through al-jazeera brings you a new weekly climate s.o.s. what sets up the facts on the science behind the issues affecting our planet's. yemen's through the rebels say thousands of saudi backed fighters have surrendered during a military campaign in a disputed border province. there i missed and this is al jazeera live from there also coming up a pro beijing rally gets underway in hong kong as the city braces for another day
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of mass protests. and a controversial project that promises to bring jobs that threatens unesco world heritage site intend. to involve ways founding leader is laid to rest robert mugabe is buried in his home village after his family's wishes prevail. the rebels say thousands of saudi backed fighters have surrendered during a months long military campaign the ruthie's have been targeting the southern saudi region of now speaking at the un general assembly the foreign minister of yemen's internationally backed government used his speech to blame iran for the conflict in his country and jordan has. well most of the addresses before the u.n. general assembly have been filled with calls to save the planet or to promote economic and social harmony the yemeni foreign minister used his speech to attack
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those he says are responsible for plunging his country into war and. these are who 3 militias supported by iran the main sponsor of terrorism throughout the world is a ron with its expansion a list iran exploits the resources of its people in order to wage proxy war using militias which are capable of the most heinous forms of destruction and sabotage and. of the then how the army stepped up his rhetoric accusing to han of trying to spread yemen's war into saudi arabia and onto the high seas. yemen with iran has some heavy has wrought havoc in the arab peninsula it has created trained and financed toothy militias to brandish the slogan of the iranian revolution and they haven't priced an approach based on abuse repression and torture the who things have transformed the region into
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a stronghold to launch rockets in order to operate in the security of neighboring states and never gave in and the see. who the forces meanwhile have reversed their decision to observe their own ceasefire instead they claim they've made significant progress in border fighting against saudi coalition troops as well as against yemeni fighters backed by saudi arabia. thousands of even in the forces have been captured as prisoners others were killed from among the prisoners is a large number of high ranking officers and soldiers of saudi citizenship more than 72 hours from the launch of an operation they have been destroyed imprisoned and captured. a former u.s. diplomat says with both sides intent on winning the. more it's been tough for you went on for ways and for regional negotiators to end a war that has led to widespread hunger disease and displacement. these are
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strong on the ground and they have done this before. in 2009 in november where the saudis 1st struck against them they went inside saudi border there is near that measure on area and they captured about a 100 warder guards. then they use them for water so i imagine this would be this big not unconditionally accept the results that they once again want to show. you know are capable of inflicting harm. and then again imply a prisoner swap and. it doesn't seem as if peace talks will happen any time soon at least muhammad tommy has reminded the international community this country is still got it by war rosalyn jordan al-jazeera the united nations all the foreign
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minister of yemen's internationally backed government also attacked and at the united arab emirates saying they were supporting southern separatists in and around the port city of aden. our army has had to face myriad direct military attacks in violation of international law and these attacks were mounted by air assets these attacks have undermined the stability of our homeland and in this way the immorality aggression has undermined the noble goals of the coalition . top saudi arabian minister has refused to answer questions about the whereabouts of the man believed to be involved in the. chain. of as the saudi minister of state for foreign affairs and he was interviewed by u.s. public broadcast at p.b.s. that didn't reveal the whereabouts of saudi. well look this is you know asking all these questions he was
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a close aide to the crown prince where is he now or you should ask the public prosecutor per the prosecutor won't talk to us. call them again and un human rights experts are urging saudi arabia to release a female activist who's been imprisoned now for $500.00 days. floorless being detained on national security grounds she was instrumental in a movement that fought to lift a ban on women drivers the un human rights special procedures group says it's shockingly hypocritical that she remains behind bars for campaigning a law against a law that riyadh has since changed. hong kong is bracing for another day of mass protests a probation rally has just taken place it comes just 2 days before the 70th anniversary of the founding of communist china and the antigovernment launch will take place later on sunday sarah clarke has been following that group of pro beijing demonstrators from counting into the peak. this is probably one of the best
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known spots in hong kong certainly for tourists and of course milan visited other about a 100 or so behind me they've been bussed up to this spot and they're doing it to the on trying to get there with 2 of hong kong trying to get their message across and this of course is in the lead up to type one which is a public holiday in hong kong and in china this is china's national day and on to say they'll be celebrating the 70th anniversary of the founding of the people's republic of china so it's a very big die planned out the police will be preparing for potential clashes on that day other be trying to keep the 2 groups apart that is the anti government of the problem groups and this group behind me which is the approach but as i mentioned this group today is getting a bit of a message across to the song and with the flags and they're all dressed up and no doubt they'll be a few more spots to come there is another rally planned to soften the prague up a pro democracy an anti-government rallies planned full course by by now this would be a mottram caused by by
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a couple of kilometers back to where we were last night on saturday night which is admiralty which is where the government headquarters is located now this particular rally that have sought permission to go ahead with this rally on other occasions they have sought permission but the permission hasn't been granted so at this rally we do expect large numbers and the shops and the stores the big retail outlets around those areas because it's a very busy area there already closing in preparation for those large numbers together. polls have just opened in austria's snap election a corruption scandal in may lead to the collapse of the right wing coalition government opinion polls suggest that form a center right chanceless the bastion cuts and his people's party are likely to return to power leaders from the party that served as his coalition partners were caught on camera appearing to advise russians on how to gain influence and austrian politics. barbara's founding leader robert mugabe was buried on saturday and his home village of qatar and ends
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a dispute between his family and the government over his final resting place are in the tasa has been. robert's mugabe's burial was subdued very different from the large crowds easter tracked jarius political rallies that's because his family wanted to give him a private send off with close friends and some people from his village in when vita to come and say goodbye to zimbabwe's founding father. a reproach also learned a lot of good will from. his leadership. and it will win. out the goddess of the players in a rebuttal witness from baghdad and i'm here to call them as i thought it was important that i come here to see him in a restaurant here in l.a. just as analyst says for weeks there was a dispute between the government and family over way he should be buried in zimbabwe people are usually buried within a week mugabe died at a hospital in singapore more than 3 weeks ago. roberts mugabe stanley say he was
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angry the army removed him from power 2 years ago is widely believed to be one of the reasons why there was a dispute over the burial place government officials later related saying they respect the family's wishes president in a so when a guy who had 1st pushed for mugabe to be buried here at the national heroes acre symmetry in the capital harare a station was a liam was being built for him but in the end regardless family had the final say and once they don't think he's recently to do for a fall for around undermining the man of reason. and or new way of demonstrating it would be to say. privileged i had a very good because i'm not happy with the man in which i am as removed from office . gerry in his early years as prison. it was praise for improving access to health and education for the poor but nearly 4 decades later millions of the bombings are
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struggling with soaring inflation and high unemployment he got his final wish to be buried in his home village but he leaves behind a ruined economy and a divided political environment. al-jazeera zimbabwe. whether an expert still ahead on al-jazeera 4 years after a cease fire are there any signs of long lasting peace. and the taliban carries out a series of attacks with afghans come out and vote to choose a new leader. how i once again welcome to another look at the international forecasts is looking for a dry across the middle east as per usual little more cloud up towards the caspian sea the black sea not too much right on this what is generally looking settled even
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here down to the southeastern corner broad skies coming back into the southeast of pakistan but we have seen some lively showers a recently 35 celsius the karate central areas back to kuwait city 4243 still good 3 or 4 degrees above the seasonal average an employee were getting up to around 28 celsius over the next couple of days a similar value to 4 jerusalem for the dry weather down across the arabian peninsula southern parts a little more clout there because some were to weather on the southern end of the red sea that western side of yemen perhaps it was a lot lower as well but elsewhere as you can see more hot sunshine 30 in ourselves just in doha on sunday evening. cooling off 38 celsius as we go on into monday so not much of a cool down here plenty of heat to recently into southern africa getting up into the upper twenty's across south africa once again on the eastern cape the western cape seeing some welcome rainfall i suggest cape town of 80 degrees celsius that is
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