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on a just 0. i am sam is a down into how they look at the headlines here now the sierra the global death toll from the corona virus outbreak has reached 910 more than 40000 people are now infected meanwhile 60 more people have tested positive on a cruise ship that's been quarantined in a japanese port that brings the total number of cases on board up to 130 more than 3000 people have been stuck on the ship since it was placed under quarantine a week ago well experts from the world health organization are heading to china to investigate the epidemic katrina you has more from beijing. that money is going to be much needed resources at the epicenter of this outbreak and who have
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a province we're still hearing despite these new hospitals open opening despite sir makeshift quarantine hospital centers being made out of stadiums and schools and other government holes that people are still struggling to get access to basic care to base to testing kits to hospital beds they're still having to be turned away not just to move on in many of the cities surrounding. itself so the money is going to be poured into getting these patients with suspected cases of coronavirus access to care and treatment so that's one thing it's also being poured into basically paying a lot of these medical staff over the weekend 6000 new medical staff were flown in from china from all over parts of china into one so it's going to be spent on paying them it's being spent on basic supplies so mosques and gloves and things like that they're in short they're in high demand and there is
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a shortage of these things are the government is is paying factories to boost their production of these much needed supplies as well and the money is also being spent on a guest in the indirect impact of the coronavirus we have to remember that this is having a massive economic impact on businesses so the government is using that money to also subsidize those businesses and allowing them to delay payments of rent and insurance for example just to be able to survive through this very difficult period early results are involved general election she is the head of the 2 main center right parties for the 1st time but counting continues and no one party is expected to win a majority. yes actually it was she thinking things might be funny thank you thank you very very very clear is that we feel very distinctly thank you thank you thank you thank you. yes if you think you can.
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chance to live my life for being a special. south korean film parricide has made history at the 92nd the cademy awards they won for oscars for best picture director international feature film and the original screenplay. hose film is a dark satire on class and inequality it's the 1st non english language film to win best picture. and. we never imagined this ever happened we are so happy with how you. see this and. you need. because she's a. she would need. i feel like a very opportune moment in history is happening right now. with
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syrian government forces have taken control of several villages in aleppo province as part of an ongoing offensive on the last rebel held areas activists say 17 people were killed by airstrikes on sunday. as a base john's ruling party is claiming victory in the parliamentary election exit polls suggest the new as a beige on patio president. has won a majority in the national assembly several parties boycotted the vote. hurrican force winds are hitting britain and parts of northern europe storm sets in .
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it's a school trip. 60 children are traveling 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 above i won't even think i love that i live in a now you fish of mud that i know you love a lot of you know nothing about of god
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a lot of it i have i have one and i'm good i'm in need you need to go yeah i'm dyin way but. the thought of me having nothing got out i'm a bit of a i don't know what i. opened and i thought i'm up well you know i got a fuck at a. time and even me he about half an hour usually in our human hand i say head oh there's a lover. i leave was 11 years old he was buried alongside 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
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and the capital city of sanaa says 2014 is saudi and u.a.e. 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 weapons produced in a 2015. minutes in scotland and ship girl one go
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together muffled but you look blight 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 falls which focus on the previous. evidence has been gathered accusation. has to be mechanical the bomb maker of them was called back of china complete to thank the letter 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
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civilians like these 3 women and their babies flock here there from her day down a city near the frontline. that. the city not safe. to 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 for the past 3 years. there hasn't been to see any money time and again only 700 didn't like it if this is that my 11. 11 that i. really don't think of that i will do this if i. motherhood will be put out.
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but alumni and enough of the hash out a one number that says they're one. and they're the one i had them with and then i 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 the. kind of. set up for her leave. even. newborns are suffering and before the war this new need 2 units usually cared
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for around 10 babies now there aren't enough enqueue beaters to house the aging infants on the way. and may lack it over something like all good ima say heaven may lend a muttered to himself i had. this mother brought in her baby last night her 5 month old girl is fighting for life london said that. 7. bad now all the. offenders to answered our questions. get a bit of a 100. 1000000 the love babies come. in the you know you. could call it. their land to let it you. says their sanity duress a las time. that the it.
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will. get. things it can see again in my dining alone may i had little that. i scented through and save them of it. since the war in yemen started $85000.00 children have reportedly starved to death according to the un it's the worst humanitarian crisis in the world. in 2018 the un 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 in force since 2014 the
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arms 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 airstrikes 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 storehouse says these bombs are u.k. maids. as. they are film and i love watching your money highly secure not ok i feel like the a lot. of on a rally so all have equal it's often. look if i have to have a bit funny so i think then almost heart more. than when i. say your mouth you want me to get out. of a star. well good. for our british. internationalist to get mail how do. i want to back out that little while how do you know i love having you know and i don't know how i want to leave the house of
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motive elect about getting to do. that here but i don't have the you know if you go lucky. one cluster bombs like this hit the ground they become land mines which have been outlawed since 2010 by the also convention. and the any sort of appeal but these remain as 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. if you're in a place where they won't let you take photos but you want to get the g.p.s.
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and you the phone that has g.p.s. can take g.p.s. coordinates sometimes if you just take a photo of the floor then you can get the g.p.s. coordinates at the secret site 25 members of the engine or not and 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 a we're trying to do something like a human rights memory for the violations that happening and the ground to keep it for the future for in the accountability and legal steps. we are all. saved by accident. many of our foes such as has been detained more than once and want to know is receiving a lot of friends and we are facing a lot of hate campaigns for all parties to the conflict what is the 1st way a you would try and find information about what happened with fear strike.
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ok. you know. what do you mean when 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 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 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 true looting in all the united nations ses 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 don't know about it 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.
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parliament is committees on arms export controls said that he is powerless. 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 british university claire blessed with a security lobby so we did hear on the exam thank you many there 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 its others ship us dollars to receive this is you've 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 new york called other more for the but for it this is all i call via the really obvious to me rule of the old enough also you just got gold of having said. no only of all but deserve a nickel more than the baguette the last leg clare good of the damage done to eat sauce otoh is as you express it said all. the results show x. plus and if we then examine x. time and all he who would give us is only resuming his name if you have only to press is
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a moment of silliness i don't know me notional but act. according to flaunt sparkly 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 have 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 in on the land if you show the best value think about
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a shock you don't like l.a. galaxy illustrate the creation of a truck. but how does france monitor the use of arms that it sells. like you. with the french government feel 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 go to you can't take will be down in the stuff is there some useful tools there but don't be a catalyst an example i suppose a point i made. because i don't this or that i was there to look if i went on i did of a mushroom but she recovered by the weapon i destroyed this ocean polluted us i won't see that it will be so screw you and all of us but who want us for that yeah sure
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but the city as it will point to it will see if a new company. that will question you asked me whatever you know the longest walk. you know. 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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i'm sorry is a done with a look at the headlines here and i'll just hear now the death toll from the corona virus outbreak has passed 900 japan has the highest number of cases outside china 60 more infections have been confirmed on a cruise ship near tokyo more than 3000 people have been stuck on the ship since it was placed under quarantine a week ago inside china millions of people are expected to go back to work on monday as an extension to the lunar new year holiday ended but many stayed home normally busy commuter routes were quiet. katrina you has more from beijing. this virus that has has had a massive impact on life across the country even here in beijing which is very far
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away from the epicenter incubate province and of course while some people are going back to work the government is encouraging private companies or any companies as much as possible to encourage their staff to state harm if they can if they must go to work there encouraging them to sort of stagger the start date or the start time so perhaps get stuff to work in batches as they try to minimize crowding and prevent the spread and know that many schools are still shut and at least until the beginning of march early results are in filings general election is ahead of the 2 main center right parties for the 1st time but counting continues and no one party is expected to win a majority syrian government forces have taken control of several villages in aleppo province it's part of an ongoing offensive on the last rebel held areas activists say 17 people were killed by a strike. hurrican force winds are hitting britain and parts of northern europe as
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storm keera sets in major food warnings have been issued thousands of homes are without power hundreds of flights have been canceled south korean film parasite has made history at the 92nd the cademy awards they won for oscars for best picture director international feature film and the original screenplay june hose film is a dark satire on class and inequality it's the 1st non english language film to win best picture. those are your headlines the news continues after yemen war profiteers stay with us.
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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 arabian that coalition in yemen with the bulk of their equipments. 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 seas or how with sarah was once played used by the saudi national guard it has a 40 kilometer firing range and a one meter stride. accuracy this powerful weapon has been a big seller for the next hour group. none of the groups are presented to its would answer the filmmakers questions.
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but an extra worker spoke out. the supply your course only solo you realize and you want to know to not mix their. if you don't was on the whole a human because it goes between your ears or eric bruna 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 isn't your is that all you are that that i ever there was any other lucky those that you refer to think your government is that they're more suited of us what war is the us wish real good in the us if one of us like that no human. has been protesting. the orders continue with more expected soon. in late
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august 2018 another next 3 employees is that a new contract has just been negotiated with saudi arabia. to protect our stores this dialogue has been reenacting.
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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. 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. but 2 years later the saudis decided to keep their weapons for themselves with france's approval they claimed a situation in lebanon had become too unstable. but this decision appears to have
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been premeditated on jimmy johnson nor sweat it in winners understeer just images or hard monday that a day imagine a yellow open shoe g.-man are in no urgent you don't feel quite possible for them don't let me tell you nicole was on a 20 year old world that to do for national geographic emetic in excess engine certain facile true young planet she just showed up for when humanity is certain or you don't. purportedly instead of helping lebanon saudi arabia was preparing its war in yemen with help from friends the filmmakers spoke with one of. their informant. and prefers to remain anonymous in 2015 he helped prepare the communications systems for the vehicles to saudi arabia. the
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french arms. i mean i'm sure that it's been said bigoted left stones songs. will drain you did a paper said a year to do fancy pursuit and hard to not. be each belief for us so we know our previous jr said year. 0 mark and 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. in the exam of august 1 of you will hear if you. need to point to the super cycle thesis it was about on is do they did they gallantly booker's any basic you can keep the cigars you want to preserve the book best is it if you stop to think it's ok to pollute these archives when he said the connection was understood i was only nuclear development of the body might i am the only question you have been gentlemen on the question really but is because it was simply. a thief in aluminum a holes that. you see because some possible position. where pretty. it was very difficult to. miss is that because it gave us a cigar comparable to you know what i want to come out in a lab so we base it up see what i talk about service and party a check for than exam our cup of global quirkily good as you like to do you know me lounge also all about the over deliver school as usual mo you know he can most of
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the string moved to a not so we have off at the faucet as you more could be. on jail or audrey or human counseling but you'd up with us from south florida a few 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. when you know. i see you don't walk. alone cone of entente you're in a situation fletcher so forth bally do you sit down the differences and city. home to let you know we're going to go more of a d.v.d.-a. but i wonder what's your birthdate of concern about only.
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the general says. thanks to his inside sources and social network sites that focus on armaments he identified french weapons and youth on the frontline. clear on next you're going to. do data human. like it was it was on the pulse of the un you terry. 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 teams not even members of parliament who
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are supposed to monitor the government's actions. so the un. i'm a sauce. best rocketeer sort of human joe hockey. they 'd are video games as outsiders for the event go to miss our turn against fashionable christmassy don't work their dishes are not supposed to get called up with the additional rigs you could use i posted to complete our school they didn't and that was a day on which is that you traditional see it that way but he said he. says he thought all the fiction works on dell yalof want yeah me presentation it will president remember and i didn't want to defame it is your best you're really really sure if we can use it or use it but the me sure if you know where to go you posted my own horse of a simulator and it also has been initially says our song on it i think it was on here and what he had to wait on i spent time with that quite
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a schoolboy is his run of almost half a new bottom until novel but that was. 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 armenians purchased from france it was subsidized by the local
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government and is expected to employ 100 local workers just asked long senator for an amused support the project while serving as french defense minister in 20112012 he increased french trade with saudi arabia substantially. wouldn't do an on camera interview but had this to say via telephone. official. that's. the reason. all except a little. i think is it i said going to get in galilee so it's a good place to go. to me but it's. nothing seems to have slowed down the sales not the accusations of war crimes nor the
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thousands of civilian deaths not even the murder of a saudi dissident in october 2018. isn't that just a judgment question to treat best guess right answer the judge so today's talking is because i did a lot of the so did. i should be again it is true it dos focused i still mood. in france hush exists 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 long doesn't mind it cost him voided just to sit. at the prompting of social democrats merkel types 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. he's fit in the as the same and it's. so i will club and also. a line before he a woman the game and stops in a ball in the house was dissolved disappointed tic side 30 of the your novel for the internets 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
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decision was numbed the knesset applauded by the german public. 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 don't need to give up yet kind of off and i thought here i mean if i'm not. going hard to bidding on creatures in the harmony it does. invite i've often exported an image of adding another gong amended god it's bohol saudia have been vetted by the. some weapons makers didn't even wait a few months. in midtown germany 2nd biggest defense contractor apparently devised a strategy for getting around the back. behind the time executive refuse to answer
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requests coming. the information came out by accident discovered by a former italian and. one of the tuber 29th 2015. and a colleague were getting ready to take off from count. airports. say a medicine man. meant better over. the in peter the bomb that. was the bomb but. then more on the. internet able to document. it and.
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even then it. depends. on the. start of. the stop a quest. or course i went i meant that. he then discovered that more bombs were about to be shipped out this time on boots belonging to the body shipping company which belonged to saudi arabia. to contain aerial again we don't know. a container. entering shayna visually for. that.
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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 mattel group. they are encased series bombs identifiable by the code stamped on them during manufacture 84447. 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 the 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 hine mattel subsidy stamped 3.
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447. 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 experts next hour he spent the past 2 years investigating the arms exports which is fine mittal channel to saudi arabia through its alyan subsidiary. in asking. a visa from
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a defense i'm over that's one f. me one nautical mile and i meant to imply gunmen yeah but talked on south 90 maybe one or all. us. on the help they need to string all men from that union all's legal to get you see in the audience would a few years old you have been a fool and. 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 u.k. 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
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illegal you can't export criteria is very clear it says but if there is a clear risk that weapons might be used to commit a serious violation of international humanitarian law. an arms sale should not go ahead the case brought several classified emails 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.
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on june 20th the u.k. 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 or welcome back to your international weather forecast well we have seen a lot of rain here across parts of the eastern mediterranean really impacting parts of lebanon syria that weather system has now pulled away what we're going to be left with though the water is beginning to recede across some of those regions but the temperatures will start to rebound so here in beirut 10 degrees is going to be a forecast high here on monday and as we go towards tuesday a better day a warmer day where the temps are they are 13 where it is not going to be warm as over here towards kuwait we do have a lot of colder air pushing across parts of iraq in iran as well your 3 day forecast looks like this in kuwait city we do expect to see those temps is coming down 13 degrees on monday 10 degrees as the high as we go towards tuesday but take a look at the overnight lows it's going to get down to about 2 degrees across much
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of the area and then very quickly across parts of south africa it is going to be some very heavy rain we're dealing with here across much of the east as well as the northeast that will be pushing into parts of mozambique as well but behind that front it is going to be a little bit cooler for johannesburg some showers start to pop up by the time we get to the afternoon to attempt to there dropping down to 22 as we go towards tuesday but for cape town plenty of sun and the forecast over the next few days and we do expect to see attempt of 28 in harare at 22 degrees for you. for. the race for the white house has become this month to 04 states have their say on the day he wants to face down trying. to add to continuing coverage of the past in just the 2020 u.s. interaction. does it. gives you
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