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3700 people on the diamond princes are being quarantined for at least 2 weeks off japan's yokohama port that's off to mood in 60 tested positive for corona virus you know are all instructed to stay in their own cabin. you know that people from the insurer haven't been allowed up there on yak and they may have had a chance to interact although they've been instructed that they a meter or from each other so it's hard to read. the mood of the other passengers without a contact with them i see you know some people are very worried on the internet and social media japan is already dealing with cases of the virus and has imposed new border controls to stop it from spreading it's turned away another cruise ship from taiwan the world had organization says there is no need for alarm there's over 3700 people in crew and this is after extensive searching for cases and testing and
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testing of many many people so if i don't get my month's wrong that's that's less than 2 percent of people so. it's still about it's not a great number it does show the virus has spread alicia but again let's be careful here not to overreact the outbreak that began in china has spread to at least 25 countries in kazakhstan the reports of violence between kazakhstan and epic way community over fears of coronavirus chinese restaurants and businesses have reportedly been burned down singapore has increased its alert level after new cases of corn a virus not linked to previous infections or travel to china were reported people are rushing to supermarkets to stock up on food and essential goods and around the world war people are buying mass at what's called personal protective equipment or p.p. pushing up prices and creating shortages the world is facing the severe disruption
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was. it's a school trip. $62.00 are traveling going across one of them to thomas. the rest would be filmed by security cameras suddenly the bus is hit by a bomb. the strong blast rips through shops nearby. love me here the moment was low about well maybe i love that i live in a now you fish of mud that i know you love a lot you know nothing about of god
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a lot of it i have a loved one and i'm good but i'm in need you know you go you home try anyway but. the thought of me having nothing got out of an up hill i don't know what i know. or benjamin i doubt i'm about one yet i love love at a. time and even e he about half an hour usually in our human hand i say head oh there's a love of. ali was 11 years old he was buried alongside the other children the airstrike killed 51 people and left 79 wounded. the school bus was hit by saudi u.a.e. coalition jets they called it a mistake and claimed their target was the who the rebels the armed group that overthrew a democratically elected yemeni government the group has controlled northwest yemen and the capital city of sanaa says 2014 saudi and u.a.e.
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led coalition is trying to crush the who these and keep their next door neighbor in check it has pounded yemen relentlessly more than 19000 airstrikes since the coalition entered the war in 20151 3rd of these attacks have struck non military targets. it is believed that the fighting from both sides has caused an estimated $50000.00 civilian deaths. saudi arabia buys its weapons from the united states and the u.k. as well as a number of european arms manufacturers led by french and german companies. officially the use of these european weapons is compliance with international law but the truth is far more complex the say you can manufacture a weapon produced in a 2015. minutes on one ended and ship girl one go
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together muffled but you look for it this is all a. quest for answers europe's leaders are keeping their lips sealed. because if he doesn't do it we don't need it is it a momentous year. for the solstice focus on the british. evidence has been gathered accusation. has to be mechanical to bomb them off go back go join a computer time to let you know that it the u.k. and france themselves those states are risking complicity in future unlawful coalition attacks.
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the saudi and u.a.e. that coalition has been accused of violating international humanitarian law and the rules of war supplying the weapons used in these alleged war crimes would make the u.k. france and germany complicit. who support and majority of the victims of this war are civilians every dean families fleeing the fighting the poor into the region's biggest hospital in also the ca. most of the hospitals in rebel held areas have been destroyed so wounded civilians like these 3 women and their babies flock here there from her day down
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a city near the frontline. that. the sleekness face. i think i think putting 6000 so most of them. is a 6 month old babies mother she and her husband have been shuttled from camp to camp to escape the bombing with no need to feed their 6 children and for the past 3 years. there hasn't been to see any money that i had to get them out of this event and if i did it if this is that mine is $11.00. 11 that i. really don't think of that i will do this as i think. my hood will be put out. for a long time and then at the cash out am
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a number that sell them. and the one i had them with and then had them with me and chad and if we had 7 that had they known that i was 7 and 8 that is again. one of helis children already died from malnutrition and since the war started. to stop the filthy weapons supply the coalition has placed a naval blockade on yemen simultaneously preventing the delivery of food and humanitarian aid to the rebel held areas where these families live. have. failed to love. cars. set up for i mean. even. newborns are suffering and before the war this new need 2 units usually cared for around 10 babies now there aren't enough into beaters to house the ailing
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infants on the way. and may lack it over something like all good imma say heaven may lead them up that wanted to have no fight had. this mother brought in her baby last night her 5 month old girl is fighting for life london said that. survives a bad now. to answer questions. to get a bit of a 100. 1000000 the love babies hope. is in the you know you. could call it. to let it you. says this is an addict to address a las time. that the earth.
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will. get. things it can see again in my den in mayor halliburton that. i sent into the north sea them of it has. since the war in yemen started $85000.00 children have reportedly starved to death according to the u.n. it's the worst humanitarian crisis in the world. in 2018 the u.n. appointed a panel of experts to examine the coalition blockade on yemen and the impact of the thousands of airstrikes launched against civilians there. it concluded that despite disses could qualify as war crimes it's pointed not only at saudi arabia and the u.a.e. but also at the party supply. in the coalition with weapons based on a multilateral treaty regulating arms sales that has been enforced as 2014 the arms
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trade treaty or the a.t.t. stipulates that a state party shall not authorize any transfer of conventional arms if it has knowledge at the time of authorization that the arms or items would be used in the commission of attacks directed against civilians objects or other war crimes. but whose weapons are used in these alleged crimes the filthies are keen to put forward their evidence. after air strikes the rebels scour the rubble for bomb remains to identify where they came from. the start of the remains at sites like this. this bomb cemetery in sanaa holds both american and european bombs.
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the manager of the store house says these bombs are u.k. maids. as. to how i feel not a vile shell and i say you're not ok are you are the a lot of that shit. so what. if. you look at have to know how that bit funny so number. one will. say your mouth you want me to get out. of a star. well good. for our british. intermission just to give mel how did. i want to miss back. a little while how the love happened in the house and i don't know how i want to leave the house up more given that about the other. but i don't know if you go look.
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when cluster bombs like this hit the ground they become land mines which have been outlawed since 2010 by the also convention. and the only sort of but these remains were shown to us by who thiis one of the parties in this conflict we have no way to corroborate where they came from there are very few independent sources in yemen human rights watch is one of the few independent n.g.o.s investigating on the ground. if you're in a place where they won't let you take photos but you want to get the g.p.s. and you the phone that has to can take g.p.s.
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for. sometimes you just take a photo of the floor then you can get the g.p.s. coordinates at the secret site $25.00 members of the engine room norton i have come together for the 1st time human rights watch experts are training them on how to gather evidence most prefer to remain anonymous for their own safety and that of their families were trying to do something like a human rights movement for the violations that happening in the ground to keep it for the future for in the accountability and legal steps. we are all. saved by accident. many of our soldiers such as has been detained more than once and want to know is receiving a lot of firsts and we are facing a lot of hate campaigns for all parties to the conflict what is the 1st way you would try and find information about what happened with fear strike. over.
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ok. you know. what do you mean by you say oh. oh oh. ok great so many are you know sam is point is a really good reminder the accuracy of the information collected on the ground is vital it will be used by international organizations in their reports or videos of the strike site they also talked about renditions and physical remains of the types of weapons that were used right so physical evidence can be very very important. human rights watch has only been able to look into 88 attacks that would be deemed illegal under international law in 24 of those attacks it managed to pinpoint where the munitions came from.
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this is a u.k. manufactured weapon guided bomb produced in may 25th team and the reason the dates are important is because it's months after the coalition began its military campaign as well as human rights organizations in the u.s. and others are raising concerns about the way in which the coalition was operating in yemen so by continuing to sell weapons to saudi arabia or other members of the coalition that are likely to be used in a lawful coalition attacks in yemen the u.k. and france themselves those states are risking complicity in future unlawful coalition attacks. aware of this risk of complicity the european parliament's began calling for a suspension of arms sales to saudi arabia 2 years ago. 5 e.u. member states have stopped sending more weapons to saudi arabia but does exclude the kingdom's biggest suppliers led by the united kingdom. since the outbreak of
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the war in yemen u.k. arms manufacturers have sold more than 5000000000 euros worth of weapons to saudi arabia this support has sparked an eye. unprecedented wave of protest from both the british public and parliament. british arms sales are sharply increased and british military advisors are directing the wall it cannot rewrite that government this is pretty good age cannot be right that her government is truly looting in morley united nations says' is evidence of war crimes. 3 months after that speech troubling revelations heighten the criticism over arms sales in the united kingdom arms export permits are in theory granted on a case by case basis specific licenses must be approved by the government and n.g.o.s the campaign against arms trade investigated the permits granted to export
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to saudi arabia. as good information for you i think a lot of people don't know about it as well that was willing to help him piece they discovered that the british government had loosened the licensing process to speed up arms exports. we find out for a freedom of information requests that bombs and missiles are going to say the forces under open license open licenses are meant to be for goods which are not but which are not particularly sensitive then 5 these are some of the most sensitive exports that can be made we're talking about bombs we're talking but missiles in fact government has hidden for true value of u.k. arms exports to saudi arabia. even a member of the u.k. parliament's committees on arms export controls said that he is powerless.
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as n.p.r. member of the committee has been able to know how much i mean nation have been sent on the open licenses to saudi arabia you know we have no idea because the government just does not record they are open tickets to send as much of that particular item to that particular country so saudi arabia in this case as that country wants and the company wants and that's a real problem because it could be hundreds of millions of rounds to saudi arabia the saudi case is an interesting difficult one because the amount of money involved . so you are always going to come up to the front page of ethics. economics.
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france faces the same dilemma during the saudi crown prince mohammed bin said man's last visit to paris president emmanuel mccall was asked about the issue. in a position of. business with john a situated lobby so did he go on exam thank you many again the book is from. the french president is pursuing the same policy embraced by his predecessors on both ends of the political spectrum. between 20122017 the volume of weapons supplied to saudi arabia has tripled from 400000000 to 1300000000 euros. in 2015 when the war intensified in yemen it didn't slow arms exports quite the contrary.
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loved all. of us dollar short messages if you go back on the french government has continued to approve arms exports to a country accused of possible war crimes by the un. this sparked uproar in the french parliament in new york called the other more for the but for it this is all michael janda really obvious to me rule on the other not false you just got gold of all the evil etc you know all of our buddies are going to come more than the baguette the last leg claire to divulge it down me down to eat sauce or tories as you express it said on. the results show x. plus and it if we then examine x. taimanov he who would give us only reason i mean is there really to piss is a moment of silliness i don't know minos will. act.
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according to flaunt sparky questioned during a closed door meeting of the defense committee officially saudi arabia may use french made arms only to defend itself. can our weapons had an impact on the population. to my knowledge the ground equipment sold to saudi arabia is not being used offensively defensively. half. truckin 2 girls have to fight each other and if you show the best value think of the shock you don't like l.a.
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galaxy illustrate the play end of a. thread. but how does france monitor the use of arms that it sells. like you. with the french government fail to respond to repeated questions on the matter. it's all official response to the issue of arms exports. i report to parliament issued every year. left on my t.l. do you visit down south to see that. seal so you get to the weekend it will be down to the stuff is there some useful tools there but don't be a catalyst an example i suppose support me. because i don't necessarily care and of the issue i want when i did offer much from it she discovered by the weapon i just as well should pollute to do so once she does it will do so screw you know all of us could want us for a number yeah sure but the city as it will point to it will see if i don't comply.
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then they will question you asked me whatever you know the longest walk. a lot. every other year french arms manufacturers gather outside paris in veal ponds to show off their newest and best armaments. along with us u.k. and german manufacturers they supply the saudi arabia led coalition in yemen with the bulk of their equipment.
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there's a wave of sentiment around the world people actually want accountability from the people who are running their countries and i think often people's voices are not heard because they're just not part of the mainstream news narrative. obviously we cover big stories and we report on the big events going on but we also tell the stories of people who generally don't have a voice and then when i was a child my that's never be afraid to put your hand up not a question and i think that's what our syria really does we ask the questions to people who should be accountable and also get people to give their view of what's going on. the island of sardinia a famously adelie college a spot. less well known as a proving grounds for war. investigating claims that years of military training and arms testing triggered cancer and birth defects amid the local population. secret sardinia people in power on al-jazeera. the big stories generate sounds like maybe angles in this
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story are too numerous for comfort with different angles from different perspectives things never really bring relief. money to war to even separate the spin from the facts the misinformation from the journalism is so clear and sounds to me and near people's think that with the listening post on al-jazeera . examining the impact of today's headlines you use the misinformation but i've used the term by setting the agenda for tomorrow's discussions how unique aloma is this in terms of modern american history when it comes to racism you have the making of the male fascist mold international filmmakers and world class journalists bring programs to inspire you. on al-jazeera.
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or. the little. i'm kinda dollar dog the top stories on al-jazeera the corona virus outbreak are showing no sign of slowing as authorities in china scramble to bring the epidemic under control the u.s. embassy has now confirmed the death of a citizen in the quarantined city of will harm meanwhile hong kong has started a 2 week quarantine for people arriving from mainland china to try and stop the spread of the virus across china at least 724 people have now died between you has more from beijing. president xi jinping is really scrambling to reassure people saying that the party has declared a war a people's war on this virus they're announcing all these new initiatives for example this hospital the 2nd emergency hospital with 1600 new beds for coronavirus
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patients has been opened today they're also trying to reassure people that these testing kits that are going out are valid and there are effective because there are pins been some concerns about whether they're offering some false negative results so they're really trying to reassure people because we've had as you've mentioned this fear and panic 1st about the spread but now there's this frustration that the government is doing too much to really try to control the narrative and trying to cover up i guess how serious this is. voting is underway in ireland snap general election opinion polls are predicting a shift away from the 2 main center right parties too with the left wing nationalist party the main concern for voters is the public health care crisis and housing shortage. millions of indians are voting in delhi the original eviction is seen as a test for the country's ruling b.g.p. following weeks of often violent protests both in the capital and nationwide against the new citizenship law. 2 senior officials who testified in the
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impeachment trial against u.s. president donald trump have been fired by him 48 hours after his acquittal gordon sandland and lieutenant colonel alexander vent been criticised trumps handling of military aid to ukraine. u.s. democratic party candidates hoping to secure the presidential nomination have held the latest t.v. debate in new hampshire for next week's primary there turkey's military says it will retaliate against any new attacks on its forces in northern syria that comes after 8 turks were killed in shelling by the syrian government are delegates due to meet turkish officials to discuss the fighting. the news continues here on al-jazeera after yemen a war profiteer. in a. every other
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year french arms manufacturers gather outside paris in field pods to show off their newest and best armaments. along with u.s. u.k. and german manufacturers they supply the saudi arabian that coalition in yemen with the bulk of their equipment. both the coalition led by saudi arabia and the u.a.e. and the hope the rebels have been accused of war crimes raising the possibility that their suppliers are also complicit. at the last arms trade show the cesar how would serve was on display used by the saudi national guard it has a 40 kilometer firing range and a one meter strike accuracy this powerful weapon has been a big seller for the next her group. none of the groups are presented to its would answer the phone makers questions.
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but an extra worker spoke out. with a clear bush only holaday on and you want to know to not mix their nobleman if you don't was already sort of human because they all speak to the others or eric bruni is a union delegates at next are driven by his convictions and protected by his union mandates he travels around france telling arms industry workers how french maid arms are being used in yemen was. she no notice i just was indifferent as i'm sure is that all you are is that but i hear there was enough of oculus that you. you know if it takes your gum area that there are more shows in the bus what or as the us was real good in the us if one of us like a no human. has been protesting. the orders continue with more expected soon. in late august 2018
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another next to employ youth is that a new contract has just been negotiated with saudi arabia. to protect our stores this dialogue has been reenacted.
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this contract was signed while the un was raising the possibility that the coalition committed war crimes. none of the details of these contracts have been made public it's not the 1st controversial defense contract between france and saudi arabia oh yeah yeah. yeah. in 2014 france signed a contract to sell 2400000000 euros worth of military equipment to saudi arabia officially the saudis were supposed to give them to their ally lebannon to help that fight so-called terrorists. by 2 years later the saudis decided to keep the weapons for themselves with france's approval they claim the situation in lebanon had become too unstable.
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but this decision appears to have been premeditated. that day. in. the south and the. purported the instead of helping lebanon saudi arabia was preparing its war in yemen with help from friends the filmmaker spoke with one of 24000 sources. the informant still works in the arms industry and prefers to remain anonymous in 2015 he or she helped prepare the communications systems for the vehicle sold to saudi arabia. source that the french arms maker knew the weapons
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would be used in yemen. i mean i'm sure that it's been said bigoted left stones song. so plentiful they'll drink did a paper said a yet to do fancy pursuit hard to nuss a b. h. belief sound yet no operatives in the said year. hold was prime minister when the donors contract was negotiated. he was then appointed foreign affairs minister and held the position when the military weapons
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shipments to saudi arabia began. his arm of the orchestra was of your view if you. need to point to the super cycle resource it was of the top is true that it egalitarian booker's any basic using clipless a government you have to preserve the book because if you don't see it you can still kissable read these archives when he said the connection was understood element of only nuclear development everybody might die and the only question you haven't examined on the question to be able is because it was simply. a thief in a window you will say. use it it's impossible because it where put it. it was very difficult but to. missy is that because it gave us a cigar comparable to you know what i was going to come out in a lab so we base it up see what i talk about service on property a check for than exam oh cup of global quirkily good as you like to do you know me lounge also a while but all that i live as good as usual now you know people most of the.
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street movement can do enough so we have coffee at that afghans each as you more could be. on jail or ordinary or human continent but you never progress from south of you the net. the dulness contract provided for the delivery of munitions 1st is there how would series $24000.00 spotted them in footage filmed by a saudi t.v. crew at the border with yemen. over me. i see don't work there are more chances are known cone of long time cheery scituate a financial sojourner from spelling do you sit down a different city. home tonight i know we're going to go more of a d.v.d.-a. but i wonder what your perverted concern about only really
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the chances are. thanks to his inside sources and social network sites that focus on armaments he identified french weapons and used on the frontline. all out. nuclear on next. the day the human eye was a belgian republic its was it was on the pulse on the humanitarian. for it encountered a total of 11 weapons that could have been used against civilian populations but couldn't get anyone to officially confirm his list. it is classified information deemed top secret. no one can check on the executive branch's arms deals not even members of parliament who
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are supposed to monitor the government's actions. so the un. i'm a nice saw was it your best took it to your sort of human. they are you know what i guess is that it is really a man go into business of a turn against illegal questions that don't work there destroys. all up with the additional executives and i posted to a school that was a take on is this all see it that way but the answer. is all taught ific you will value. me presentational places you didn't remember and i haven't wanted to defame a fish the best you're really really sure is we can use a little research by the me shortly only to put us in my own for submission with the law so that initially says after some time that's how it was or did what he had to wait on i spent time with that quite a ways as his role of almost nobody montell novel but that was.
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to increase transparency in july 2018 a deputy proposed creating a committee to investigate the use of french weapons in the war in yemen fabian good to fast oppose the move the committee of inquiry never got off the ground. one arguments used to justify the contracts these arms sales helped france maintain its strong geopolitical foothold in the region. the 2nd argument is a canard make the arms industry employs 165000 people in france. this center in france is looking region has been set up to train saudi soldiers on how to use our lands purchased from france it was subsidized by the local government and is expected to employ 100 local workers just last longer senator for
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the muse support the project while serving as french defense minister in 20112012. he increased french trade with saudi arabia substantially you have known who couldn't do an on camera interview but had this to say be a telephone. official. as an issue that's. the reason. all except a little just didn't. look as if he had come to get a good lobby so it's a good place to go. to me but it is. all . nothing seems to have slowed down the sales not the accusations of war crimes nor the thousands of civilian deaths not even the murder of
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a saudi dissident in october 2018. isn't that his judgment crashing into a tree bust that's really an issue that i decided to taste accurate history because i did democracy lobby so did. the german i should be again it is true it is something straight up i still mood. in france skilling's per the official protests but it is a fact trade with the saudis. in germany the reaction was harsher. that's. been done to name them all nixon. and the chance there's decision to the promise she made 7 months earlier but never put into practice and going to merkel was
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putting together her government at the time ishmael one doesn't manage in void it just focused it. at the prompting of social democrats. to stop exporting weapons to countries involved in the fighting in yemen. has to. survive. exposed because it's all. in a few forbidden to show a plea deal. done. by a district suleman so we're still mostly for woman for me as can be isn't vote for me she is all i know. i know political.
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when you see him get america pleading for a number because of the case how do you feel. the good. is fed in the as the same amounts. so i know. a lion before he a woman the human stops in a ball will buy in the house was dissolved disappointed ticked side fed you think your novel for the internets and i'll put it tick but boy. the goodness comes love i'm so lucky. in germany 136000 people work for the arms industry and number of this decision was numbed the knesset applauded by the german public.
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and open yon van auken with a member of the committee on foreign affairs and the disarmament commission for 8 years i'm going to back and i'd like to give a kind of offer made us all here i mean if i'm not. going hard bidding on creatures in the harmony it does. not invite i've often explored a commitment to having another go home amended god it's above all saudi to have been vetted by the. some weapons makers didn't even wait a few months. heineman time germany 2nd biggest defense contractor apparently devised a strategy for getting around the back. behind me time executive refused to answer
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requests coming. the information came out by accident discovered by a former italian and p. . 29th 2015. p.t. and a colleague were getting ready to take off from count. airports. say a medicine might be no. better over. the. beetle the bomb that. was the bomb but. then more on the. internet. and. we're going to.
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turn around. but. even then it. depends. on the. start of. the stop a quest. or course i went that meant that. he then discovered that more bombs were about to be shipped out this time and both belonging to the body shipping company which belong to saudi arabia. container is again we don't know. container. entering shayna visually for coke.
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he filmed more than 20 of these convoys where. he also made a key discovery the bombs are manufactured by an italian company that belongs to germany's behind mattel group. they are m.k. series bombs identifiable by the cold stamped on them during manufacture 84 for 47. with this code a link was made to a war crime committed against civilians in yemen. in october 26th the saudi and u.a.e. led coalition bombed a house where a couple and their 4 children lived with the strike killed the entire family. the bomb remnants found in the ruins carried the high nitel subsidy stamped 3.
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447. they ski lift for the oil they provoke little sort of. local saying the. saudi doctor when. i meant it. they ask i ain't that. the investigation prompted germany's peace networks to take action. it confirmed the findings of arms expert next hour he spent the past 2 years investigating the arms exports which is fine mittal channel to saudi arabia through its alyan subsidiary. nominees of defense
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i'm over this one if me on all of them are fundamental in forgotten and yeah but talked on south non-security one all. mentality up like us. on that's helped to heat this rig on from that union also legal to get you see in the wood a few years old you're having a fling. with politicians feeling to stem the tide of arms flowing to saudi arabia some activists have turned their efforts to the courts. among them a team in the group painted by andrew smith and experts with a campaign against arms trade. in march 2017 this. filed a complaint contesting the legality of uki arms sales to saudi arabia it worths 1st . the reason we took legal action is because we believe fees arms sales are not just and moral we believe it also illegal you can't export criteria is very clear
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it says but if there is a clear risk that weapons might be used to commit a serious violation of international humanitarian law. the non-sale should not go ahead the case brought several classified e-mails to light like this one consider the defense secrets. in it the head of the export control joint units a government organization expresses doubts about the legality of the arms shipments concluding. to be honest and i was very direct and honest with the secretary of state my gut tells me we should suspend. the n.-g. o. lost the 1st round in the case but was allowed to file an appeal. on june 20th the u.k.
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court of appeals ruled on the case declaring british arms deals to saudi arabia for use in its war in yemen unlawful. the u.k. government has halted licenses for weapons exports to yemen while it appeals the ruling. this victory has provided fresh hope for human rights advocates in yemen as they push forward to relentlessly with their investigation. despite the chaos they have not given up hope that one day the perpetrators of these crimes and their accomplices will be brought to trial. for the victims' families the mourning will not end until justice has been served.
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hello again and welcome back to international weather forecast well that week long storm that cross united states is finally pushing out into the atlantic we saw snow very heavy snow ice thing we saw severe weather and we saw tornadoes i want to take you over here toward south carolina this is the aftermath of the tornadoes that went through part of that state and you can see the downed trees across the area not just south carolina but also up here towards maryland affecting this farm the outbuildings as well as a lot of buildings and towards in terms of homes as well as roofs well the good
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news is that storm system as i said is now out here towards the atlantic it's still developing no causing a lot of problems up towards the north and we're going to be seeing the winds crossing over towards europe later the next thing we need to watch here across much of the state is going to be the system that is coming out of the rockies into the central plains and the midwest this will bring a lot of snow over the next few days to parts of minneapolis over here toward chicago as well we will be watching this heavy rain down here across much of the south well the tail end of that front i was just telling you about with that storm system is pushing through across parts of cuba and you can see the clouds right there it is going to bring those temperatures down slightly today we do expect to see have in at about $24.00 degrees but by the time we do get towards tomorrow temps come back up to about 26. gives you a deal dead and did you get the peace prize too soon. is this going to hurt or help
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donald trump's reelection chances it is very true one thing you could shoot somebody on 5th avenue and not have any consequence this is not a muslim issue this is a human calling the issues join me in the hot sun as i put up from questions to my special guests and challenge them to some straight talking to go debate here on al-jazeera. the race for the white house has begun this month to see 4 states have their say on tuesday wants to place donald trump. to mr lafcadio to continue coverage of the casting of the 2020 u.s. election. only just. in japan thousands of men and women of banishing without a trace one i want to use investigates why people engineered their own disappearances. on al-jazeera. it is
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impossible to overstate the mental scarring of the survivors which peter lived in the home until the age of 4 when the nuns sold them all to move on and family by that time he'd lost his sister she like nearly 800 others has the name recorded in the death register for the catholic organization put bodies in here there were baptized yet about the manger on conservation grounds savages for them become painters and the government is so frightened of the damage to the church that the full excavation would do that it is resisting it's so they're threatening court action i think the only way in which this will result this through an order of the spirit courts of this country i can't see any other way because there is no will there's no wish there is no appetite church and state in this country are still wedded in a poisonous pact. this
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is al-jazeera. hello i'm kevin l. this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes. past the situation is on the way at least a dozen people have been killed in iraq from thailand. over understanding is growing impossible to predict where it was going to die warnings from the world health organization the end of the corona virus outbreak is far from over. inside a ghost town in northern syria while an uneasy standoff remains between turkish and syrian forces. shady operations we take a.

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