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well because that in this but if we will not allow any attack on iraq's sovereignty similarly we cannot allow iraq to become a platform for any hostile act against any of our neighbors i believe all the parties are aware of the conditions and circumstances of iraq we are keen on ensuring our sovereignty and we cannot allow iraq to be a platform for any threats to any country in the region especially the turks israel has again launched air strikes against hamas sites in the gaza strip the military says it was in response to rocket fire and incendiary balloons israel has bombed almost every night for the last 2 weeks it's also time for the 3rd tightened the 13 year old blockade by suspending fuel shipments and restricting fishing. they've been warlord honey for half his maintaining his blockade on oil output after earlier indications that he was lifting it he is however allowing ships to collect some fuel made up the wide explains from tripoli. only 24 hours after the
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head of the eastern to be used to prove how star petroleum facilities guard stated that they are lifting the blockade on the oil exports by instructions from the war lord seely for have to have to spokesman. announces that lifting the blockade will only include discharging or unloading the oil gas and other fuel to stored in the tanks there according to him by instructions from have to to eliminate an environmental disaster the death now this indicates a contradiction because if after his giving orders to his forces to lift the blockade on the oil facilities he himself stated in the past that the blockade has been imposed by local tribes but also seems that there is no or terminal lifting of the blockade at least for the time being despite international pressure now the state oil firm here of tripoli their national oil corporation has this to me
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did over $8000000000.00 losses in oil revenues because of the of the blockade the chairman of the national oil corporation most of them are also stated that the militarization of the oil facilities could trees could result in an environmental and humanitarian disaster because the presence of the military individuals namely the russian mercenaries in the oil facilities is close to. other chemicals and. stored in the tanks there and that could result as the chairman of the national or corporation in a humanitarian and environmental disaster. the opening of borders with neighboring countries however the west african regional bloc 15 members will be keeping the borders closed the president and senior government leaders were arrested and forced to resign on tuesday now the army is promising a democratic transition from a. new military to release these opposition
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demonstrators after the spent 2 weeks prison. arrested by the former government because justice and good governance. good education health rested just because of. the military leaders behind these disco. to gain trust and legitimacy. met with members of the opposition assuring them that the military intervention will be brief and that elections. but without setting deadlines. we have no political ambition we are soldiers we have other progressives other missions to deal with our objective is through the various meetings we had with the various social and political groups to hand over rapidly the powers to a civilian transition for the continuity of the state and we are all aware today of the political and security situation mali is going through. at least.
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and preaching. and withdrawing from politics after the meeting. is a member of the. opposition coalition led demonstrations that eventually resulted in which forced the resignation of president. i think the hardest part starts now it's a question of bringing everyone together there are no winners and losers we're even those who with if they don't have blood on their hands if they're not involved in embezzlement of public funds. must all come together military and civilian to defend the republic and impose democracy and good governance. but the reaction from the rest of the world was talked of can the beijing the united nations the african union and the west african regional bloc of course have all condemned the military cool course has imposed economic and other restrictions including one book
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cutting from michelin economic ties and membership of the party. on thursday france announce its keeping its forces in mali to help bring peace to the region but without a civilian government and the continued threat of course these are challenging times for many in mali. al jazeera the brother of a suicide bomber who attacked a concert in manchester back in 2017 has been sentenced to 55 years in prison 22 people were among those attending a concert on the ground they were killed when he detonated his explosives investigators say his brother hashem helped source the materials for the bombing victims of the families spoke after the sentence. we would like to thank judge jeremy baker causing the biggest sentence ever in these circumstances.
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however the families. will never respect the loss we feel each day without them. because. because he will really be serving the sentence that we are. in venezuela opposition leader at $1.00 is planning a boycott of the upcoming legislative elections. he's appealing to the fractured opposition parties to unite and what's being seen as a last ditch effort to maintain some recognition at home and abroad or from latin america doesn't seem human. it's been nearly 8 months since government forces literally knocked out one by the often when israel is national assembly this even though he was the leader of parliament now president nicolas maduro is preparing to make good on his vow to regain control of parliament the country's only independent democratic institution in upcoming elections in response why though is issuing an urgent call to opposition parties for action. because i propose
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a commitment to discuss and agree on a common strategy in the next 10 days i will expect a public and active answer from each of you showing a united commitment to freeing venezuela. why those plan calls for denouncing and rejecting what he calls an electoral fraud i.p.y. we must activate an agenda of domestic and international action and mobilization to obtain the necessary responses from our armed forces the international community and all of our allies. why though is appealing to the fractured opposition to join forces and call for a total boycott of the elections arguing that fraud is a foregone conclusion participating we did to them as a dictatorship he says a new data analysis poll suggests that 75 percent of the news whalen's believe the elections won't be competitive and won't reflect the opinion of the voters wunderlich there will when you ask people about their disposition to vote in an
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election that evidently is not competitive only 11 percent say that they are very willing to do so and about 30 percent say that they may and that means around 40 percent might go to the polls but past experience shows most abstain if conditions are unfair. given that sentiment the all. position is clearly in a lose lose position. dog has lost momentum leadership and the ability to mobilize large numbers of people as he once did his best is that by boycotting the poll the opposition can at least claim there was no election. that will likely draw out in political standoff in which more than 50 nations recognized by the all as venezuela's legitimate interim president but as he well knows how even that can't last indefinitely see in human al-jazeera. but of coronavirus update for you now more than a quarter of a 1000000 people have now been killed by the virus in latin america brazil is
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finding the world's 2nd largest outbreak behind the united states and accounts for nearly half of the deaths in the region peru colombian argentina are experiencing rising daily cases in more russia's sputnik 519 vaccine is being tested 140000 people to get domestic regulatory approval the vaccine is already been hailed as safe and effective by russian authorities and scientists after a small scale human trial the results of this trial have not been released which is lated to lead to skepticism over the safety and its effectiveness huge numbers of afghans are facing food shortages caused by the corona virus pandemic and the lock downs that followed in the 4000000 people have lost their primary source of income since the outbreak began according to estimates by the world food programme 16000000 people are at risk of going hungry and food prices have soared because of border restrictions and in the 2000000 afghan children under the age of 5 are
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likely to suffer from life threatening hunger according to the charity save the children. parvati ramaswamy is deputy country director for the united nations world food program in afghanistan she explained to us how difficult it is to respond to this crises at a time when donor countries are struggling with problems of their own you know can't be and the mic is just not effective gonna stop it's a global pandemic and we have seen unprecedented consequences of this and. the urgency is everywhere even that of countries are having problems not so much probably like the ones in afghanistan but definitely employment is an issue having the right hospital beds for everything people to treat is an issue people following guidance and reducing the risk of transmission is an issue so we are not
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see this problem as just confined to one country is transborder. but we also know that other international partners have come up together to ensure that that is going to help us and just in case. india is struggling in its battle to contain the coronavirus pandemic in countries reported a new record increase in daily infections almost 70000 on thursday that brings india's co total number of cases to almost 2840000 the 3rd worst hit country in the world but health authorities say they have rapidly increase their screening with almost a 1000000 tests conducted in one day. and 73000 people are listed as missing in mexico and around one in 5 children activists say the number of youngsters who disappear every day is not doubled over the past 2 years most a believed to have been trafficked for sexual exploitation or sold into forced labor that story from mexico city. 22 up it is asking for help to locate
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her 2 year old son dylan he was taken from a market in the mexican state of chiapas on june 30th when he does says despite the media attention and help from activists it took a long time for police and authorities to begin investigating the boy's disappearance. in the let me in i know it's not only my son that everyone should be looking for but i know that if we search for him we will find many of the children that's what i would like for people to keep looking and keep coming together not only for my son but for the many other lost children when he does case is far from unique every day an average of 7 children go missing in mexico and that rate of daily child abductions has almost doubled in the last 2 years. we believe the disappearance of young children is linked to illegal adoptions nationally and internationally you know and in the case of other less and girls the evidence suggests they become victims of sex trafficking and in the case of
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adolescent boys we know they're often forced to work for criminal groups. according to the latest national statistics more than 73000 people are listed as missing across mexico and just as forced disappearances have seen an exponential growth in recent years so have protests calling for accountability demonstrations like these have become very common here and the mexican capital and they're often organized by the family members of missing persons and what we hear consistently from people at this site of protests is that the government isn't doing enough to find their missing loved ones that i know. mexico has some of the toughest laws in the region against human trafficking but legal experts say a culture of corruption and impunity means few cases are ever solved many are never even investigated. in the absence of state help dozens if not hundreds of collectives have been formed by the families of the disappeared there on
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a constant search for the 10s of thousands of missing persons across the country an estimated 20 percent of whom are children and adolescents noise and only. 20 percent of disappearances is a very high percentage and if you include young adults up to the age of $25.00 what the data suggests is that it's mexico's youth that is disappearing. but many compare the phenomenon of forced disappearances in mexico to an epidemic that has only worsened over time since the turn of the century it's estimated that some $12000.00 children have gone missing in mexico most of them between the ages of 13 and 17. a little al-jazeera mexico city. tropical storm has hit mexican shoals and is already causing floods people been asked to take shelter in moscow boats and fear of strong winds after the unexpected landfall they say 2 people including a lifeguard have lost their lives jeff we have began as
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a hurricane in the pacific ocean and was downgraded to tropical storm status after losing force on wednesday. china's president xi jinping is instructed the army to help deal with the floods that hit the southwest of his country weeks of rain of cold some of the worst floods in sichuan province in 100 years the army will help complete disaster relief tasks such as repairing roads more than 170000 people have been forced to leave their homes while dozens of died and many others are still missing. now greenland's ice sheet the largest in the world melted at a record level last year according to the great satellite mission an estimated $1000000.00 tons of ice melted into the sea every single minute in 2019 a breaks the previous record in 2012 by 15 percent the greenland ice sheet contributes to around 20 percent of the world's rising sea levels. to
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brazil where fires are once again burning in the amazon region and experts say the damage could be even worse than last year's devastation that's despite government pledges to avoid a repeat of the tragedy in $21.00 team monica you knock of reports from rio de janeiro it's only the start a fire season in the amazon but it's already the worst in a decade. brazil's national institute for space research is reporting a total of $6300.00 places in july 20 percent more than for the same period in 2019 environment minister he couto sallies says measures are being taken to prevent last year's tragedy from repeating itself is not schoolgirls mice we are sending an additional $3000.00 firefighters and more aircrafts to protect the forests and prevent the destruction in july the government banned fires for one $120.00 days in the amazon and fund the knowledge regions farmers have been forbidden from burning
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vegetation to clear their land during the democratic national convention is about to conclude. by then accepting the nomination of his party here aren't of the civil rights movement left us with this wisdom give people lie and they will find the way give people life those are words for our time the current president's call american darkness for much too long too much airing or too much fear too much division. care and now i give you my word if you entrust me with the presidency i will draw on the best of us not the worst i'll be an ally of the light not the darkness it's time for us for we the people to come together and make no mistake united we can and will overcome
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this season of darkness in america will choose hope over fear facts over fiction fairness over privilege i'm a proud democrat and i'll be proud to carry the banner of our party into the general election so it's of great honor and your melody i accept this nomination for president of the united states of america while i'll be a democratic candidate i'll be an american president i'll work hard for those who didn't support me as hard for them as i did for those who did vote for me that's the job of a president to represent all of us not just our base or our party this is not a partisan moment this must be an american moment some of the calls for hope and light and love hope for our future light to see our way forward and love for one another
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america's it's just a collection of clashing interests of red states or blue states are so much bigger than that or so much better than that no nearly a century ago franklin roosevelt pledged a new deal in a time of massive unemployment uncertainty and fear stricken by disease stricken by a virus f.d.r. insisted that he would recover and prevail and he believed america could as well and he did and we can as well. this campaign isn't just about when you votes it's about winning the heart and yes the soul of america when and for the generous among us not the selfish one unit for workers who keep this country going not just the privileged few at the top $100.00 for those communities who have known the is the injustice of a knee on the neck for all the young people have known only america
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being in rising equity and shrinking opportunity they deserve the experience of america's promise they deserve to experience it in full in oh no generation ever knows what history will ask of it all we can ever know is where they were ready when that moment arrives and now history has delivered us to one of the most difficult moments america has ever faced for 4 historic crises all the same time a perfect storm the worst pandemic in over 100 years the worst economic crisis since the great depression the most compelling call for racial justice since the sixty's and the undeniably realities and x. and just take celebrating threats of climate change so the question for us the simple are we ready i believe we are we must be you
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know all elections are important we know in our bones this one is more consequential as many have said america is that inflection point a time of real peril but also extraordinary possibilities we can choose a path of becoming angrier less hopeful more divided a path of shadow and suspicion or or we can choose a different path and together take this chance to heal to reform to unite a path of hope and why this is a life changing election. this will determine what america is going to look like for a long long time character is on the ballot compassion is on the ballot decency science democracy they're all on the ballot who we are as a nation what we stand for most importantly who we want to be that's all on the
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ballot and the choice could not be more clear no rhetoric is needed just judge this president on the facts 5000000 americans infected by covert 90 more than 170000 americans have die by far the worst performance of any nation on earth more than 50000000 people have filed for unemployment this year more than 10000000 people are going to lose their health insurance this year nearly one in 6 small businesses have closed this year and this president if he's reelected you know what will happen cases and deaths will remain far too high more mom and pop businesses will close their doors and this time for good working families will struggle to get by and yet the wealthiest one percent will get tens of billions of
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dollars in new tax breaks and the assault on the affordable care act will continue until it's destroyed taking a shit insurance away from more than 20000000 people including more than 15000000 people on medicaid in getting rid of the protections that president obama works so hard to get passed for people who have 100000000 more people who have preexisting conditions and speaking of president obama a man i was honored to serve alongside for 8 years as vice president let me take this moment to say something we don't say nearly enough thank you mr president. you were a great president a president our children could and did look up to no is going to say that about the current occupant of the white house or you know about this president is that he's given 4 more years he'll be what he's been for the last 4 years president takes no
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responsibility refuses to lead blames others cozies up to dictators and fans the flames of hate and division he'll wake up every day believing the job is all about him never about you is that the american you want for you your family your children i see a different america one this generous and strong selfless and humble it's an america we can rebuild together as president the 1st step i will take to get control of the virus that has ruined so many lives because i understand something this president has done from the beginning we will never get our economy back on track we will never get our kids safely back in schools we'll never have our lives back until we deal with this fire us the tragedy of where we are today is it didn't have to be this bad just look around it's not this bad in canada
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or europe or japan or almost anywhere else in the world and the president keeps telling us the virus is going to disappear he keeps waiting for america oh i have news for him no america is coming we lead the world and confirmed cases lead the world to deaths our condom is in tatters blocked latino asian american native american unities bearing the brunt of it and after all this time the president still does not have a plan while i do if i'm your president on day one will implement the national strategy i've been laying out sense march. will develop and deploy rapid test for the results available immediately or make the medical supplies and protective equipment that our country needs will make them here in
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america so we will never again be at the mercy of china or other foreign countries in order to protect our own people well make sure our schools have the resources they need to be open safe and effective we'll put politics aside we'll take the muzzle off our experts so the public gets the information they need and deserve honest on varnish truth they can handle it will have a national mandate to wear mask not as a burden but as a patriotic duty to protect one another in short will do what we should have done from the very beginning our current president's failed in his most basic duty to the nation he's failed to protect us he's failed to protect america and my fellow americans that is unforgivable as president i'll make you
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a promise i'll protect america i would defend us from every attacked seen and unseen always without exception every time i look i understand i understand how hard it is to have any hope right. on this summer night let me take a moment to speak to those of you who have lost the most have some idea how it feels to lose someone you love i know that deep black coal that opens up in the middle of your chest and you feel like you're being sucked into it i know home mean cruel and unfair life can be sometimes but i've learned 2 things 1st your loved 1 may have left this earth but the never leave your heart so always be with you you always hear them. and 2nd
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i found the best way through pain and loss and grief is to find purpose as god's children each of us have a purpose of our in our lives we have a great purpose as a nation to open the doors of opportunity to all americans to save our democracy to be a light to the world once again and finally to live up to and make real the words written in the sacred documents that founded this nation that all men and women are created equal endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights among them life liberty and the pursuit of happiness you know my dad was an automobile decent man he got knocked down a few times pretty hard but he always got back up he worked hard and he build a great middle class life for our family used to say joey.

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