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make a difference what the order. i'm not matheson in doha the top stories on a thai soldiers hiding in a shopping center after shooting 21 people dead security forces are surrounding the mall and caught hundreds have been rescued but it's unclear how many remain trapped in haiti has been following the story from bangkok. late on a saturday afternoon a shopping mall in thailand came under attack a gunman opened fire at a time when it would have been at its busiest. here he can be seen firing multiple rounds towards people and passing cars. people found whatever cover they could after he entered the mall panic shoppers ran out
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the day coming to a terrifying hearing and if you go to the number of casualties is not yet confirmed as the situation is still ongoing we have been trying to bring out whoever we can 1st and we will gradually save others who are still stuck inside this was the heavily armed gunman seeming to walk casually through the mall he had earlier be named by police as jack reponse tamam a 32 year old soldier in the thai army he began his rampage hours earlier by killing a commanding officer on a military base outside the city as he continued his murderous spree he posted updates on social media including this one we complained that his finger was sore from pulling the trigger so many times gun violence is common in this country but not on the scale this will be remembered as one of thailand's darkest days when hey al jazeera bangkok and the number of people killed by the war hung coronavirus has risen to 813 people all but 2 died in mainland china the figure exceeds the number
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of people killed by the sars outbreak in 2003 they were all health organization is calling for calm while the miners read this misinformation makes the job of our heroic. health workers even harder it's diverting the attention of decision makers and it causes confusion and spreads fear to the general public doubly with not just battling the virus we're also battling the trolls and conspiracy conspiracy theorists that push misinformation and undermine the outbreak response voting is over and islands general election with exit polls predicting a 3 way tie there vodkas party for a gale as 22.4 percent of the vote left wing nationalist shin fein of 22.3 percent in the main opposition party file has 22.2 percent. talks between
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representatives of libya's un recognized government and wall of plea for half the half again ended with no agreement senior officials from the warring sides gathered in geneva the conflict is expected to top the agenda at an african union summit on sunday. example with regards to libya it's evident the crisis has been seriously aggravated by the presence of forces and equipment from many other countries in clear violation of the mandate of the security council i think we have to reestablish the sovereignty of international law and the conditions in which the decisions of the security council could be implemented and that countries should understand that their engagement to promote certain conflicts only increases the potential for action by terrorist groups turkey has sent reinforcements across its border after syrian government forces advanced and in the last rebel held province talks with russian officials have been taking place in ankara to try to deescalate the situation in adlib regime forces have taken the town of saki which lies on an
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important highway. u.s. and afghan forces have come under attack in eastern afghanistan the soldiers were taking part in a joint operation in the province u.s. forces had been helping the afghan army clear the area threatened by the taliban i'm tired tica has just had its hottest day on record the reading of $18.00 degrees celsius was taken at an argentine research base and it's nearly a full degree warmer than the previous record antarctic peninsula has warmed significantly over the past 50 years much faster than the global average and those are the headlines news continues here on al-jazeera off to yemen war profiteers are for naught.
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that was. it's a school trip. 60 children are traveling going across one of them on a school. the rest would be filmed by security cameras suddenly the bus is hit by a bomb. the strong blast rips through shops nearby. love love me here the moment was low about well maybe i love that i live in a like if you felt like my that i know a lot of a lot of you know another love of god
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a lot of it i have i have one and i'm going to dominate and he's going to go you home to die in a way. to let me have enough. of an uphill i don't know what i am. or benjamin i thought i'm about one hell of a lot of fun at a. time and even leave here but half an hour usually in our human hand i say head out of this for the love of. ali was 11 years old he was buried alongside the other children the airstrike killed 51 people and left 79 wounded. the scoop. us 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 screen and it you and ship girl one go
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together muffled but you look at the light this is all a. test 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 the bomb maker of them was called back of china complicit then to let you know that the you came france themselves the 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 supports and majority of the victims of this war are civilians every day 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 they're from hyundai del
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a city near the frontline. that. the sleekness 8. 1006000 so most of them. is a 6 month old baby's 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 the 700 if i did it if this is that mine is 11. 11 that i. really don't think of that i will do this as i think. motherhood they will be put out. but alumni and then the cash out am
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a number that says they're one. and they're the one that i had them with and then had them when i met chad and if we had 7 that had they known that i was 7 and 8 that is again. one of hannah's 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 enqueue beaters to house the ailing
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infants on the way. and may lack a dome something like all good imma say heaven may let him out that wanted to have a fight had. this mother brought in her baby last night her 5 month old girl is fighting for life london so that. survives. bad now. to answer questions. and get a bit of a 100. 1000000 the lead babies come. in the you know you. could call it. their land to let it you. says this an addict to address a las time. that the it.
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will. get. things it can see again in my den in mayor halliburton that. i sent it through and see them of it. 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 these practices 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 sana'a holds both american and european bombs.
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the manager of the store house says these bombs are u.k. maids. yeah i fell in and out of our shell and i said you're not ok are a few of 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 uk and i don't have want to leave the house up more given that about the attitude. but i have to know if you go lucky.
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one cluster bombs like this have the ground they become landmines 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 corroborates 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. so. 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. next sometimes if 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 and we're trying to do something like a human rights movie 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 from 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 my now 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 2015 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 and the u.n. 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 unlawful coalition attacks in yemen do you claim 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 triggered a 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 people are no better as well that was willing to help him. 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 an m.p. a member of the committee has been able to know how much i mean he should 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 emanuel mark home was asked about the issue. in a position of. business with jenna situated lobby so did he go on the exam thank you many and again the population here in. 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 dollars short messages to those you got to check 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 the only other mulford about 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 otoh he says your express is set on. these are still x. plus and if we then examine x. time and not he who would give us only reason i mean is there really to press is a moment of silliness i don't know me notional but act.
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according to flaunt sparky question 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. trying to get us and our intel and if you show the best value think of the shock you don't like a legal external straight play on
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a. trust. 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 if he doesn't do something useful to say but don't be a catalyst you need to pull your best to support me. because i don't necessarily care and of the issues i want when i did offer much more but she recovered by that point i just as well should pollute to do so once she does it will do so screw you and all of us but who want us for another. short but the city as it will point to
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it we're safe and a company. that will question you asked me whatever you know the longest walk. a lot of. every other year french arms manufacturers gather outside paris in veal ponds to show off their newest and best armaments. along with u.s. u.k. and german manufacturers they supply the saudi arabia led coalition in yemen with the bulk of their equipment.
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matheson in doha the top stories on al-jazeera police in thailand say an armed shooter believed to be a soldier who's killed at least $21.00 people is hiding in the basement of a shopping mall the building in the city of caught out has been surrounded by security forces for several hours and the number of people killed by the will harm coronavirus has risen to $813.00 people the figure exceeds the number of people killed by the sars outbreak in 2003 the vast majority of the deaths have been recorded in mainland china voting is over and ireland's general election with exit polls predicting a 3 way tie cars party finagle has 22.4 percent of the vote
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left wing nationalist sion fein have 22.3 percent and the main opposition party fianna fáil 'd has 22.2 percent talks between representatives of libya's un recognized government to. have again ended with no agreement senior officials gathered in geneva the conflict is expected to top the agenda at an african union summit on sunday. for example with regards to libya it's evident the crisis has been seriously aggravated by the presence of forces and equipment from many other countries in clear violation of the mandate of the security council i think we have to reestablish the sovereignty of international law and the conditions in which the decisions of the security council could be implemented and that countries should understand that their engagement to promote certain conflicts only increases the potential for action by terrorist groups turkey has sent a reinforcements into northern syria that's after regime forces took the town of
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saki but in the province talks with russian officials have been taking place and to try to deescalate the situation the u.s. and afghan forces have come under attack in eastern afghanistan the soldiers were taking part in a joint operation in province u.s. forces had been helping the afghan army clear an area threatened by the taliban. i'm tired tica has just had its hottest day on record the reading of 18.3 degrees celsius was taken at an argentine research base antarctic peninsula has warmed significantly over the past 50 years much faster than the global average and those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera yemen war profiteers goodbye from.
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every other year french arms manufacturers gather outside paris in field ponds to show off their newest and best armaments. along with us 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 healthy rebels have been accused of war crimes raising the possibility that their suppliers are also complicit. at the last arms trade show the caesar 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 filmmakers questions.
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but an extra worker spoke out. with a clear bush only shoulder you realize and you want to know makes their. if you don't was only sort of human because they all speak creole as well 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 made arms are being used in yemen where you see no notice i just was indifferent as i'm sure is that all you know is that the devil was he of the lucky ones that you refer to think your government is that there are more shows either of us what or is the us wish real good in the us if one of us like the no human. has been protesting. the orders continue with more expected soon. in late
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august 2018 another next to employ you see 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. yes. 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 lebanon to help the to 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. but this
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decision appears to have been premeditated. jimmie johnson norsworthy it's an winners and losers here just images or hard monday the day imagine a yellow open shoot g.-man are in no urgent. and don't let any. 20 oakland word that the new guy feek emetic incessant vengeance of an facile. young pleasure when your man is certain about bach or evil. purportedly 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 vehicles sold to saudi arabia. source that the french arms maker knew the weapons would be used in
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yemen. in year 2 new people see. us at the. year. to a halt 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. basic using. nuclear power. is. safe. he said was it. we're pretty. it was very difficult not to. miss it is that because it got comparable to you know what i was going to come out in a lab so basic but see what i still got myself on property a check for than exam oak up of growth of course good as you like to do you know me lounge also although i want to over deliver school as usual no no he comes.
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straight to a nasa so we're off it. as you move could be. as you know on jail which ordinary or human can't win but you know you're so full of you that met. the dulness contract provided for the delivery of munitions 1st is there how would. 24000 spotted them in footage filmed by a saudi t.v. crew at the border with yemen. over me. and i see don't walk. alone cone volunteer. situation fletcher so for most value you sit down the defensive some city. home to let you know what of a d.v.d. . but i one left once yeah but vetter can still nip out early.
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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 up. next you're going to pull. the data human read about it it was it was on the pulse of the un you tell. 14 counted 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 see kettles who are all tipped over you well. i'm a nice sauce. best rocketeer sorry i'm in the hottest. they are due to get us at this from the air and go into business have a turn against. the work destroy. pull up with the additional rigs you can teach and i post a to school and i post a day on which is that this all see that but he said he. says he saw it all to fiction which will value. me presentational president remember and i didn't want him to defame me physically bestial feeling really sure if we can use a little research by the me shortly only to only put us in my own for submission with the law so that initially says our song on it i think it was all good what he had to wait on i spent time with that quite a ways as his role of almost nothing new but immortal 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 help 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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an amused 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. at issue. 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 question. to me but it's going to be. 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 question to treat best answer that i decided a stalker is because i did a lot of the so did. i should be again it is true it is something straight up i still mood. in france. killings 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 is 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 does that. 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 the show. by a district suleman so we're still mostly for woman for. good reason but for me she is all i know. i know political.
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when you see him get america. 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 stuff in. in the house was these all disappointed tick side fed you think your novel for the internet's another put it took 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. 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 often that i thought here i mean if i'm not. going hard bidding on creatures in the home of a shift does. not invite i've often explored a commitment to having another geelong amended got its bohol saudia have been vetted by the. some weapons makers didn't even wait a few months. time mentality germany 2nd biggest defense contractor apparently devised a strategy for getting around the back. behind time executive refuse 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 man. meant better over. the impi to the bomb that. was the bomb but. then more on the. internet. and.
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i'm going to. go. 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. the 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 a high in 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
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384447. they ski lift for the oil they provoke little sort of. started the local saying the . saudi doctor with. us equipment it. 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. of these of defense
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i'm over that's one f. me or nautical mark and i meant to imply gunmen yeah but talked on south 90 maybe one or 2. picked us. on that's helped to heat this rig or mean fun that the union all's legal to get you see in the bin what a few years old you have in a fooling. 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. 18 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 morning will not end until justice has been served.
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hello now the latest storm that's gone through the u.s. which is a violent one has at least gone off shore it's going to cause some damage in northern europe and as it goes away what was in the west which was snow from into the cascades in the rockies is now this across the plains into the midwest with rain shasta south of that there's a contrast in temperatures not a huge one so these are probably just just going to be xander still rather than think more vicious than that this is sunday's picture you're looking at which is a much drier and sunnier one in seattle and in vancouver in washington oregon
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haven't seen that for quite a while after teddy and that's true down the pacific coast as well all monday the rain is developed a bit more big showers i think down the southeast once again looks like a repeat performance i don't think it'll be anything like as vicious and there's not much snow on the northern end or on the back end either in fact is not back in chicago minus 3 in minneapolis and the real cold pool is in winnipeg that's gone as well minus 6 as opposed to about minus 12 so the back edge of this frontal system is on its way through cuba and the bahamas which means for crosswise it's telling off we've got a few showers left or not very many 26 down half hours warmed up against slowly 29 and 29 in belize and here the sun shines brilliantly. musician performer visionary teacher.
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al-jazeera world meets the man bringing traditional arabic sounds to a whole new audience being a one man and being american playing around with it already in something new from boston to palestine the land of his bad enough as the next generation of musical talent simon shaheen the musical journey on al-jazeera. unprompted and uninterrupted discussions from our london broadcast center. on al-jazeera. radicalism is on the rise across the globe and we're told it's everywhere we're told was supposed to be highly suspicious of everybody and everything but our government policies aimed at tackling radicalization in fact pushing youngsters to the fringes of society the impact is you don't belong and there's only so much we can try before you say ok that's me rethinking
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radicalization part of the radicalized youth syrians an al-jazeera. this is al-jazeera. hello i'm rob matheson and this is the news our live from our international broadcast center in doha coming up in the next 60 minutes dash to safety from a shooting rampage in the thai shopping mall after a soldier kills at least 21 people. the death toll from the china coronavirus outbreak is climbing it's now killed more people than the 2003 saw as break. 3 way tie exit polls and islands general election suggest it's too close to call.

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