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well i think for a crisis and keeping you up to date and we've seen countries retreat back and beaten back to the stream on 00. leaving the front lines libya's government says another flight carrying russian mercenaries who support the wall orderly fashion after has left tripoli. welcome back you're watching our 0 my name's peter davi these are your top stories domestic flights resume in india despite a large increase in the number of you cope with 19 infections. pressures building in the u.k. prime minister after he stood by his advisor who broke quarantine rules. we meet
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the woman who took it on herself to fill the gap of much needed medical to tech to here in new york. there have been more departures of russian mercenaries from the front lines of the battlefield in the libyan capital tripoli that's according to the un backed government the russians have been fighting on behalf of the warlord after against forces who backed the government with support from turkey after has been trying to capture the capital for 13 months the mayor of bani walid confirmed the russians flew the 1st group out from an air base in the town on sunday 7 military planes were sent to retrieve them our correspondent mahmud abdel warhead has the latest from tripoli. these are the pictures of libyan media show russian medicine a reason leaving police frontline they were meant to shift the balance of power on
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the battlefield in favor of the libyan warlord holy for have. but a series of defeats has left a half that are struggling to fulfill his ambition to take the capital from libya's internationally recognized a government. he's lost control of 3 military camps in a debate in the west he used to launch attacks on tripoli and several towns his forces are accused of planting landmines in residential areas putting civilians at risk during the pull our it now your dog doesn't ask any are as of yesterday we started combing the liberated area to ensure the safe return of everyone who was displaced we are still closely monitoring the movements of the remnants militias and mercenaries who are trying to reorganize their fragmented ranks we are fully prepared to crush them we assure our fellow libyans in the captured areas that we
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will not leave an inch of the libyan soil and will not allow foreign mercenaries to bank in residential areas and league do you any report last month suggested hafter was backed by up to $1200.00 medicine or e s from russia's wagner's group a private military contractor the u.a.e. which backs have is believed to be bankrolling them the kremlin and have to deny they were ever there. very recent military gains or by government forces have been largely possible because of turkey's supports it has sent troops to help tripoli against have to his fighters and has been calling for a political solution to the conflict and has refused to do any pressure by the warlords hafter says with retreat on the battlefield seems to suggest that their momentum is fast shifting in his 13 month long military campaign.
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sent us this update on the story just a short time ago. then he would leave the city there was a city of god who met the maid of benny will lead told him to see it up that civil flights have been landing in airport to carry the russian mercenaries there is no clear information on where to believing in libya or out of libya but what we know for certain is that some of the russian mosul is that left the front lies have been carried by land transportation from ben he will lead also to a job for military bases in central libya in all cases the russian medicine reserve in beni will lead now the mayor told and just see that the elderly council in binny will lead is protesting the presence of the russian
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mercenaries in ben you will lead because as they say they have taken part in attacking libyan cities and also attacking and killing and one innocent civilians there they say that the concern of the that some of the russian mercenaries might stay longer in beni will lead. domestic flights have resumed in india as the government eases some restrictions off for 2 months india has announced another record jump in new cases in the past 24 hours with nearly $7000.00 with more infections being reported some states a pushing to limit the number of flights restarting elizabeth or on them has been to the airport to see how the situation is unfolding. we're in delhi where more than $200.00 flights will take off and land on monday on the 1st day of domestic flights restarting in 2 months airlines say that they will be operating about
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a 3rd of all their flights to begin with but there was so much confusion ahead of flights restarting because there wasn't clarity on what the all states would accept flights and what the current team goals would be upon arrival and what he's seeing the result of that confusion 82 flights in and out of delhi have been cancelled leaving frustrated passengers behind they didn't have any notice airport officials say that's because a number of states went back on the number of flights that they would accept the was has states like tamil nadu and maharashtra they had initially said that they didn't want any flights and that's because the number of coronavirus cases of india contributes to rise they are struggling in their states and they don't want to see a spike nonetheless flights have restarted and what we're seeing is all passengers having their bags satisfies before they go inside everyone has to do with face mosques throughout the journey they are thermal screening before and after flights the close in time to check in and boarding gates is earlier than it used to be the
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center has set its guidelines for quarantine upon arrival only passengers showing symptoms will be tested and only those who a positive will go into quarantine but all the states have set different rules but one thing that everyone has to do is the government has made. mandatory. contact tracing and that's raising. privacy experts say. privacy is not have the privacy to protect people's personal information. restaurant cafe owners in spain have opened their doors to customers for the 1st time in 2 months people can also go to their tells in museums in barcelona as part of the government's phased approach to easing virus restrictions from july the 1st international tourists arriving in the country will not be required to enter quarantine either spain has been hit hard by the pandemic recording nearly 29000
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deaths. the british prime minister boris johnson facing condemnation from the public the opposition parties and even from within his own party for defending his top adviser they have been growing calls for dominick cummings to quit or to be sacked after it emerged he drove 400 kilometers to his parents' house when britain was under strict lockdown and he was showing symptoms of covert 19 parkas in london he says the breach and senior politicians defending it has jeopardized trust in the government. this isn't simply the story about war this is about trust and faith in government a government that lay down rules and regulations that require people to be disciplined required self-sacrifice of people and our people are questioning well look what was it all for given that perhaps senior officials close to the prime minister close to the government as a whole may have been bending the rules of their own advantage in london today it's
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almost as if summer has come early and with it the inclination to perhaps bend the rules and regulations of social distancing in people's favor and of course all these allegations spiral around dominic cummings the question is really should people be following what the government says. this is what the newspapers. the tabloids very interesting to say that this one the daily mirror is left wing the daily mail is right wing both of them saying similar things don't mix and they were the daily mirror a cheat and a coward so it describes dominic cummings and boris johnson as response to the breach of the regulations and the daily mail what planet are they all in huge distrust as i said and those that are meant to be leading this country at a time where perhaps trust in leadership was never needed quite so much as it is now the indian government has deployed soldiers to help with rescue and relief
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efforts after a powerful storm hit last week cyclon destroyed homes trees and flooded hundreds of villages in west bengal and odisha states more than 20 rivers have breached their banks and sea water is seeping into farmland in the sunderbans mangroves region so you know school world heritage site priyanka gupta has the story of. the last greenfield so why spangle have turned the wasteland 5 days off to suck on a farm made landfall in the eastern state of india the scale of destruction it had left in its path it's now becoming more clear. this 2 more to community of char coming in the sun there goes my groove region was caught in the eye of the storm. 60 year old and how old are lost on his harvest. salty water from the field for gold fever has so much to do this party and put into foods the
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soil is now so contaminated that he says it will take years of monsoon grain to wash away the salt. until the starvation looms over his family a full. that come are going to want to get i'm 60 years old what can i do now i have nothing left i have no option but to die. bob i should do more and do a scraping for pieces that you can still salvage from this destroyed home the grains that took a monster harvest are all gone the fish in this pond died. overnight this fall and fisherman has lost all his income and i'm going to i was taking refuge with my family in a shelter after returning i see that everything's gone i really hope the government can help us tide over the crisis this in the region is
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a cost of more than $100.00 islands and one of the world's largest mongo forest stretching across west bank gold and bonaduce it's home to the endangered koori big old tiger and is the mescal want her to side. more than 40 percent of people in this part of india live in poverty. thanks to the surge of the sea water in this etymologically sensitive region could be devastating for its poor farming and fishing communities across hundreds of villages. but we haven't got the want to get to the actual. they're no better than the trees and plants have all died because of the salt water and the way the fish are dying it will be really difficult macam least here to put food on the table the coronavirus has already had an impact on their incomes we need to start government point to scam so you know. the corner virus pandemic on lockdown are also making it harder for families from
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diesel engines to go to cities for work. for people like. the future remains uncertain unless help arrives soon priyanka could go to see. his ruling party candidate has won the presidential election with almost 70 percent of the vote. is a former army general he was handpicked by burundi's long time president who is stepping down after 15 years in power the election was marred by allegations of fraud and harrison and. still to come here on al-jazeera staying at home and feeling ignored how disabled people are struggling behind closed doors. also ahead forgoing ancient traditions iraqis use technology to mark a holiday overshadowed by coronavirus.
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and other more rain across southern and central areas of china can see the cloud in the last year as it's on its way across towards the korean peninsula eventually on tools japan says $73.00 cheese a week of missing if you want to still to clear away from central areas of honshu 23 celsius in tokyo with their shows some temperature in seoul again more rain in the forecast and this rain eventually work its way further southward into southern china but a down couple of days ahead into hong kong that rain on its way towards the taiwan as well such as we head through wednesday and at times that could be fairly heavy carrying up across the korean peninsula on a warm day and beijing with a high of 29 degrees celsius wise but shots thunderstorms across much of indonesia as somebody securely heavy rain late in the day choose across these western areas of borneo scattered showers across the philippines and heavy rains as well throughout much of thailand on towards come bodi a similar story the on wednesday as well and we'll see more thunderstorms across areas of the many peninsula and down across into walls southern areas of the
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sumatra the cleanup still continues into were the northeast of india west bengal as well of course on bangladesh it remains a very cloudy picture through bangladesh more heavy rain as well cheesed across much of the northeast and turning to snow into the mountains but away from that it's about the heat temperatures in the mid to high forty's and the rain pushing in towards carola. talk to sarah. let me ask you how worried you are about the increase in hostilities in yemen we listen this is the moment to stop all military action this is the moment of course since right on fighting i did meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter on the 00. be the hero the world needs right or. wash away.
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all of. you watching al-jazeera live from the mind of our top stories this hour russian mercenaries fighting for the libyan all or to leave for after have retreated from the frontlines his forces have suffered a string of defeats in recent weeks against the un recognized government. india has reported its biggest one day jump in new cases nearly 7000 but domestic flights have resumed as the government eases restrictions after 2 months locked up. u.k. prime minister boris johnson is facing condemnation for defending his top advisor there have been growing calls for dominick cummings to quit or be sacked after it emerged he traveled during the lockdown. a sudden rise in the number of
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burials in yemen suggests the spread of coronavirus is much greater than the authorities are reporting it comes after the u.n. and as the country's health system has in effect collapsed charlotte bellus reports . these freshly dug grave since at the scale of the corona virus outbreak in humans largest southern city of aden humans health ministry says the disease has killed 39 people here the number of graves suggests that number is much higher and. it's strange he says never happened before the symmetry in all the years past to have these numbers of the dead. humans health minister announced the 1st virus death on april 29th 2 weeks later that grew to soutane but charity save the children disputed the death toll they recorded nearly 400 patients who died of corona virus like symptoms in just a week nobody knows the true numbers because yemen is only testing 31 people per
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1000000 what she's very very arranges we have. a right. already dead and sewerage a market. very very high. the u.n. announced last week that yemen's health system had effectively collapsed it was already on life support after 5 years of civil war and calls to stop fighting amid depend demick were ignored the residents in the south of yemen and all over the country honestly have been following the coverage 90 a crisis emerging all over the world and rightly concerned because agencies the government agencies have really not done much to protect the. doctors without borders runs the only did occasionally cover 1000 seem to in southern yemen but even it is turning away the sick they don't have enough oxygen or personal protective equipment it suspects foresee that starforce also infected but there's
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no tests to check her or her red and we were obliged to reach was because we did. learn. be able to treat a patient so it's very hard the organization believes didn't adan about 70 people are dying of coronavirus in their homes every day when a lot of people have brought their dead to us from the pandemic the rains in a disease from this guy that has come to us we don't even know what a tease and why it's killed so many these men try to pray in peace. it's impossible with the symmetry sorry busy day digging 5 times as many graves is normal even children help the humans government has not reported the true scale of coronavirus it's obvious for those on the ground charlotte dallas.
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many people with disabilities are facing greater difficulty during the pandemic charities in the u.k. oppressing the government for more help they say the law has increased people's fear of isolation and many are worried they won't get the correct treatment if they become ill and the hayward reports elsa has been self isolating since the beginning of march so makes the most of being in the garden she has said there rheumatoid arthritis and is in constant pain the drugs she takes suppress i mean system so she was told to stay at home for 12 weeks to shield herself and waiting to go back onto a drug that i've been on before. but if i had been. if covert had been around i would have been dealing with this at an early stage but i know that my consultant has been on the cambridge front line so i didn't want to bother him disability groups say worries about health and accessing services are being felt more acutely during the town and many people are struggling behind closed doors
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according to the charity scope just over a quarter of disabled people feel forgotten or ignored by the government some disabled people considered clinically extremely vulnerable to coronavirus have been asked to shield in theory being on the phone local list can provide people with extra support such as ours a person to. try to save the system is flawed because it doesn't include groups such as the point i wanted to point shopping with social distancing rules very difficult yet again has always left socialising last year he went blind after a brain tumour and he lives alone i do it if i am perfectly healthy other than it was but i am also incredibly vulnerable and when all the services were drawn everything from my social. social worker to not being able to get. got to kuwait all of those things i was rely on or i believe in a kind of. going for
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a walk or maybe you know these i want for humans in the park. rickards your we have. a government spokesperson told us it is determined to ensure the most vulnerable are supported during this pandemic but campaigners say more needs to be done in that speed of decision and forces the coming very quickly and not being moved very quickly we believe that the needs of disabled people and specifically in these a partially blind partially sighted people from our perspective have not been taken account of have not been told and we really think that needs to happen much has been made of the resolve shown by people during this crisis some have had to demonstrate real fortitude for years and i would al-jazeera lincolnshire some schools have reopened in australia and students returned to their classrooms in new south wales while some of their parents went back to work the government quickly
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imposed a strict lockdown at the start of the pandemic decisions widely believed to have helped reduce the number of new cases to 20 per day more restrictions are being lifted in palestine after no new cases were recorded over the past 24 hours mosques and churches will reopen on tuesday and by thursday people will be able to go to the shops and the restaurants and workplaces in the public sector will reopen as well the prime minister says all the reopening as well abide by medical advice. the iraqi government has imposed a lot done for the duration of the ied holiday but not everyone's abiding by the rules some mosques are allowing in small numbers of worshippers yet most muslims are letting go of centuries old religious rituals to help protect their communities from the virus simona fulton reports now from baghdad. the call for each prayers rings out from the minarets of. but that's most important sunni mosque normally hundreds would attend the morning prayer which marks the end of the
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fasting month of ramadan but only a few dozen people flock to its gates to observe what is one of the most sacred rituals of. harms because. i decided to come and play. safety precautions. in the law and people in the mosque is ignoring government orders to remain shot to prevent the spread of coronavirus the government has imposed a total lockdown over to eat holidays but some mosques are nevertheless letting in a limited number of worshippers for the most part however people will be spending their holidays at home. for hasan like many other shia iraqis a trip to the shrine city of najaf in iraq's south is a must on the 1st day of ied there he would normally pay his respects at his
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father's grave and pray at the muzzle of a relative and successor of prophet mohammed this year hasan has gone online to fulfill his religious duties the shrine has made available an application that allows pilgrims to visit virtually. to me it's the 1st time the experience is very nice of course it's not like actually being there but it has brought some relief from you can use to visit we're able to visit from afar but in the presence will be through our intention. other religious establishments are using the internet to reach their congregations. throughout ramadan. harry has live streamed his sermons on facebook with only a small number of people attending in person. on the 1st day of eat jamila would usually host friends and relatives at his grandfather's house in baghdad cavaney a district the building passed down for 3 generations is a popular venue for prayers and religious studies. of course the door
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is open we will not turn anyone away but this time people will not come in large numbers only very few will come and you can count them on one hand it's not like in the past we were afraid for them to get the disease. but fear of the coronavirus is not enough to keep the most devout away authorities have set up roadblocks throughout the capital to prevent people entering graveyards and shrines even during the city's most violent years but the streets have never been this empty on the morning of 8 c. want to fulton al jazeera but that. germany's top court has ruled volkswagen must partially pay back car owners affected by its emissions cheating scandal 5 years ago v.w. admitted to using software to cheat on diesel engine emission tests its engines were missing up to 40 times higher than the legal limits more than 11000000 cars worldwide are affected. afghanistan has started freeing taliban prisoners in what
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the country's president asked for afghani calls a goodwill gesture these images of the 1st $100.00 men released from prison on monday president danny chose to free around 2000 prisoners in response to the taliban's offer of a 3 day truce over the eat holiday stew to end midnight on tuesday new york has been struggling with a lack of personal protective equipment ever since it became the epicenter of the pandemic in the u.s. but one woman in brooklyn has taken it on herself to help medical workers get what they need to stay safe gabriel elizondo reports from new york. she's been called the patron saint of personal protective equipment or p. p. e. and for hospital staff here in brooklyn rhonda rowland shear is definitely a godsend like many americans she became frustrated at the hard time hospital staff faced getting a hold of p.-p. essential for working with patients infected with covert 19 unlike most people she
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decided to buy the equipment herself and then give it away this handout the line went around the block each week her charity cut red tape for heroes gives out plastic bags inside her gloves masks shoe coverings hand sanitizer and other supplies given to anybody who needs it and we treat non-medical staff just like the medical staff because they're the working people the maintenance workers that are in the rooms of coban patients picking up the trash bringing a lot of yet they're considered non-medical workers and i don't agree with this anybody with a hospital gets free people hospital staff are appreciative but this is very important because they're going to say the lines you're going to save us from transporting anything to the patients and from the patients from transferring it on
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to us so it's very important as lifesaving all the supplies rhonda gives away have cost her more than a half $1000000.00 money she raised by taking out a loan against her new york city apartment while everyone is very happy with what they're receiving many have told us that inside the hospitals the demand for personal protective equipment for exceeds the supply overall is not enough there's not enough you know everywhere you go you know i need you know so it's it's definitely some that's very much appreciated a woman who has taken it upon herself to help protect hospital staff one bag of supplies at a time gave rosendo al-jazeera brooklyn new york. an earthquake in new zealand has left the country's prime minister shaken despite its injuring a live t.v. interview just and our speaking to a local morning t.v. show when the quake hit getting a bit of an 8th quake here i'm quoted quite
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a decent shake here if you see things moving behind me stopped salutes a little more than most that stop tryin to store is it still going you know it's just stops and you're feeling safe and well to continue the interview you know are we find. any hanging lights i look like i'm in a structurally sound. place. this is al jazeera these are the top stories russian mercenaries fighting for the libyan warlord honey for have to have retreated from the frontlines his forces have suffered a string of defeats in recent weeks against the un recognized government. has more from tripoli. benny when the city is south of the city of the horn at the maid of ben he will lead told that several flights have been landing in airport to
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carry their russian medicine is that it is no clear information on where they're leaving in libya or out of libya but what we know for certain is that some of the russian most reason that left the front lies have been carried by land transportation from benny will lead also to. military bases in central libya india has reported its biggest one day jump in u.k. says nearly 7000 but domestic flights have resumed as the government eases restrictions after 2 months locked down. british prime minister boris johnson is facing condemnation for defending his top advisor there have been growing calls for dominick cummings to quit or be sacked after it emerged to travel during the lockdown is due to speak in the next hour in india the damage caused by
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a cycling is becoming clearer homes have been destroyed in villages in west bengal and a vicious states of being flooded sea water is seeping into farmland in the sunderbans mangroves regional unesco world heritage site restaurant and caro cafe owners in spain have opened their doors to customers for the 1st time in 2 months people can also go to the tells in museums in barcelona as part of the government's phased approach to easing virus restrictions as of july the 1st international tourists arriving in the country will not be required to enter quarantine the ruling party candidate has won the presidential election with almost 70 percent of the vote. is a former army general he was handpicked by burundi's long time president is stepping down after 15 years in power up next talk to al-jazeera i will see you very soon. to scarcity has become a major global issue the demand is going straight up and the supply is going
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