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joyeuse the last generation is a fine hedgehog. on al-jazeera. al-jazeera . dozens of migrants arrive in italy after being transferred from a rescue boat funded by the british street artist banksy. the rommany watching off as their allies were headquarters here in doha coming up in the next 30 minutes. the. mood are.
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stepping up the pressure against racism in the us jacob blake's family leads a march in the town where he was shot a week ago. also thousands of homes destroyed in flooding in sudar and with the government warning that the nile river is reaching unprecedented levels. volunteering to help find a vaccine will meet the indonesian sisters taking part in human trials. the company welcome to the program dozens of migrants who were rescued from the mediterranean sea last week have been brought to the italian island of lampedusa now they were among small than 200 picked up by a charity vessel funded by the british street artist banksy charlotte dallas reports. after radio silence from the italian coast guard on saturday they responded to calls for help transporting 49 migrants from charity louise michel to
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the island of lampedusa it was 32 women 13 children for maine and one body and an identified migrant who failed in their dream to start a new life in europe. they had been on the louise michel a search and rescue ship funded by renowned british street artist banksy named after a 19th century french anarchist banksy painted it with a fire extinguisher and tagged it with a modified image of his balloon go i did launch last week from near valencia but the sushi media ship and its crew of team have been quickly overwhelmed. it came across nearly 90 people floating in a rubber boat on wednesday in 130 more off the coast of libya eventually with an overcrowded did they take the life rafts to the ship and motor in germany for urgent help but received no assistance the reason that there would not ever to
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move were because they were going to live for a long time to not overcrowded that too much and also to have. 5 a place for the body that they found. as the drama unfolded banksy posted this on instagram because i think it's a ticket pricing like most people who make it in the art world. to cruise the meat it's a french navy vessel we converted into a life boat because he's deliberately ignore distress calls from known europeans he goes on to say black lives matter. the u.n. says 44000 migrants have crossed the mediterranean this year 5000 have been rescued mainly by charity ships 500 have drowned there is a very dire a very. provent a bowl and a very unacceptable situation going on and in the mediterranean right now there is
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deeply deeply concerned by the continued absence of search and rescue search and rescue vessels and search and rescue capacity on the mediterranean the u.n. has called for europe to do more as a whole so countries like italy and ports like lampedusa there are a disproportionate load and the migrant crisis like that was very fine i love basically the fault that these are receiving the migrants. as the gate will view it up if you will see. you will be. baffled the island is now a temporary refuge for the 49 migrants next stop reception seem to when they will into the asylum process lift on the louise michel 170 migrants not deemed vulnerable enough they've been transferred to a different charity but their future is unclear on the palace. another boat
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with hundreds of warrants on board has been allowed to talk of the port of lampedusa patrol boats and the italian coast guard rescued the migrant bustle with about 450 people on board the boat was in danger of capsizing because of strong suit. hundreds of refugees and migrants trying to get to western europe are stranded in bosnia herzegovina many are seeking shelter or abandoned railway tracks existing camps are filled to capacity it's estimated close to 1500 people are living on the streets of b. her chair and other border towns liliana sitting on the sill mannion each reports now on anger amongst locals against the refugees. citizens of b cards are gathering for the 9th time to protest and the reason is still the same like it was for the last 3 years they demand all levels of authority here in bosnia-herzegovina to do some urgent action and to help them with this migrant
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crisis they want migrants and refugees to be deported from the entire bosnia and herzegovina they say that it would be the best solution for everyone. they are also stating that there's a lot of concern which people here in be because for the last 10 to 15 days there's thousands of migrants without any shelter out in the street in the open or in abandoned buildings and there's been reported more and more violence and fights between migrants so they think that this is not safe environment for people who live here their families and their property they are also stating that they have support for this protest from the mayor and as well from surrounding cities and areas who are also under a lot of burden since they also have the same problem with this migrant crisis for
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several years. the united nations around $9000.00 refugees and migrants means it's hosting more than half of all of the refugees in the balkans most in bosnia or from pakistan and afghanistan about $600.00 people arrive each week peter van der erde is in the is in bosnia herzegovina representative for the international organization for migration he explains why the country is a popular entry point for migrants. the numbers vary from day to day what we are seeing is about as you indicated so are between 406 other people arriving which per week individual who we receive approximately the same number of people the party if you look at the last 2 and a half years we've consistently had somewhere between i would say 50026002 maximum 89000 migrants and refugees in those here to government that figure hides the fact that these are not the same evil mostly there are certain small group that
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is an exception but mostly these are these are changing population of population trends and so was he was an ordinary remains a transit country for now which is by wails of insulin markets and refugees continue to come because they know that they have the highest chance to actually make it through the border creationist ravinia into the on words. thousands of women have asked him valerie's to gentle state violence against protesters since the presidential vote august the 9th authorities arrested thousands of people now they started withdrawing accreditation from journalists with some expelled on saturday reports. defying what looks like a crackdown on dissent in belarus these women chanting we won't forget we won't forgive part of what they call a peacekeeping force designed to stop peaceful protesters being intimidated thousands marched in the capital minsk. since alexander lukashenko was reelected as
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president earlier this month officially winning 80 percent of the vote there have been daily demonstrations several people have been killed and hundreds more injured and now the authorities have started withdrawing the accreditation of journalists working for foreign media outlets the government says the move was recommended by bellerose his counterterrorism unit opposition leaders for atlanta taken off sky in exile in if the way near says she's worried about the government targeting the media on saturday she said quote the only way it will attempt to cling on to power is by fear and intimidation there was also a strong reaction from western embassies in minsk in a joint statement they said we condemn the disproportionate use of force and urge the belarusian authorities to stop the violence and the threats to use military force against the country's own citizens and to release immediately and unconditionally all those unlawfully detained intimidation and prosecution based on political grounds need to stop we call on the bell original dorothy's to respect the country's international obligations on fundamental democratic and human rights
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. the crackdown on journalists comes a day off the e.u. foreign ministers agreed to impose sanctions on 20 senior bella russian officials this sanctions against certain list of individuals who are guilty of human rights violations. that is an important step and this will impose some sort of hassle for those people on the list but the regime considers this the cost of doing business and this won't stop them from further intimidate bellers. the e.u. has urged russia not to intervene in belarus after president vladimir putin promised military support for an exam to look at but there's no sign those in power are ready to change their approach to the opposition but al-jazeera. now thousands of people have lost in the u.s. it is no show when jacob blake was shot by police nearly a week ago the events follow another night of protests which remain peaceful more
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than 1000 national guard members from wisconsin and 3 other states are on watch following early and rest in the city 29 year old blake who was shot 7 times in the back as being left paralyzed. my nature is to protect my son. my son when he cannot stand up. to. their. own. gave them the right. mood or. the right. someone is an enemy. really. did it. from the cold to end racial injustice in the united states has spread to chicago the blood clot it's not a demonstration has been held in the downtown area with other a result hundreds of police officers have been deployed around the city john
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hendren is in chicago with. it's called the shut down the magnificent mile protest the magnificent mile is the area in chicago known for its posh shops and skyscrapers it's where the business is and they want to gather people's attention by shutting that area down by taking over the streets and this protest started with dozens of people and it's grown into 100 perhaps low hundreds still dwarfed by this 700 police officers around chicago who are trying to ensure that this thing doesn't go south they are taking no chances indeed there are business owners business owners have begun boarding up again because in the past after large rallies sometimes the city has gone out of control late at night this was a long scheduled event and that means the city was prepared for it they had a plan police have been participating and for weeks now whenever we've had events like this curfews and road shutdowns have been the norm so that police could
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control the streets protest as gathered in israel to demand the resignation of the prime minister benjamin netanyahu for 10 consecutive weekends thousands of israelis have been running outside the lead as official residence in west jerusalem protests to say he should step down while facing a trial for corruption but also angered by his handling of the economy and the coronavirus pandemic. well still ahead here on al-jazeera rallying in support of battle government minister thousands take to the streets didn't libya. and a warning of war turkey and greece ramp up military exercises in the mediterranean as tensions heat up. how i once again welcome to another look at the international for costs well laura
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has now been downgraded to a tropical depression a final warning has been issued for the storm that's the location at present but we got this cold front which will slide its way through as we go on through the next 24 hours so as to engage will see the west weather sweeping through the eastern seaboard bryce's skies start to come back in behind but still a legacy of some very heavy downpours she just around the tennessee valley we could see some more flooding coming into play here and as we go on in some monday still some heavy rain pushing through the appalachians towards the eastern seaboard again a risk of some flash flooding some heavy downpours touch him with this one heavy rain to up towards central parts of canada down towards the south well i'm afraid louisiana arkansas so again we are going to see some heavy bursts of rain coming through here from time to time over towards the west where we could do with that right i'm afraid it's going to stay dry and sunny they want to the caribbean lot of sunshine here for the islands at least last fine and settle of still quite
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a few showers around the western side of the caribbean some showers making the whites was a leeward as we go on through sunday push on into monday they'll ease their way to the eastern side of the caribbean and move further west. on the counter because of how carving up the oil and gas riches of the east and that is radium could prove to be costly to say. the ends of jobs lost just perused tries to control the spread of the corona virus. plus the brigadier who wants to run the world trade organization charging the cost on al-jazeera. play an important role protecting human. ringback face.
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book mark you want your visit with me so rahman a reminder of our top stories the italian coast guard has transferred 49 migrants to lampedusa after taking them off a stranded rescue vessel there amongst 200 migrants who were picked up by a rescue boat funded by the british street artist banksy. hundreds of refugees migrants trying to get to western europe or stranded in bosnia-herzegovina many are seeking shelter on abandoned railway tracks existing camps are filled to capacity. and thousands of women have marched in valerie's to denounce state violence against protesters defying threats by president alexander lukashenko the government is withdrawing accreditation for foreign journalists. democrats in the united states of accusing intelligence services of betraying americans after it was
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announced that they will no longer provide in person security briefings to congress on foreign interference in the us elections the decision comes just over 2 months before the presidential election and 4 years after russia was accused of meddling by kind of has more from washington d.c. . well the office of the director of national intelligence was shared tool to brief congress in the middle of next month on election security particularly with regard to foreign interference in the american electoral process now john ratcliffe the director has written a letter to congress saying that this briefing will no longer be in person that the relevant committees in congress will be provided with a written briefing now in his letter he indicates the reason for this is because of certain leaks out of congress now this has been rammed home by the president himself who says that the director john ratcliffe got annoyed at the degree of leaks and president trump goes on and names the chair of the intelligence committee
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in the house adam schiff as one of those who could be responsible for such leaks is what president trump said. directorate live broke integration into the committee and the information leaked where there were shifty shifts for somebody else. they leaked the information before it gets in and what's even worse they leak the wrong information and he got tired of it so he wanted to do it in a different form because you have leakers on the committee. obviously leakers that are doing bad things probably not even illegal to link and of course democrats in the house are absolutely enraged nancy pelosi and the chair of the intelligence committee adam schiff have released a statement describing this as a betrayal of the american people saying that there is political intention at work here to minimize the russian interference that the according to the
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counterintelligence department is ongoing and is aimed at bolstering president trump's chances of election. this is the lower trench rain and floods of submerged many parts of the capital the government says they know river levels are on president is at least 80 people have lost their laws and thousands more 1000 homes have been destroyed since the start of the monsoon season have a more could cost him this is all that remains of his belongings after the nile river flooded his home and his neighborhood in sudan's capital hard to me he says when he 1st saw the river rising 2 days ago he thought he'd be able to save his home but soon realized otherwise but. we put sandbags around the entrance of the house so it won't collapse then i went to help other homes much closer to the nile and when the water continued rising i ran back to make sure my house wouldn't collapse but it did and we lost so much i took my family to
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a relative's house and now i'm trying to see what i can salvage. dozens of other homes have suffered similar damage destroyed by the river less than 5 kilometers away. i took my kids out when my home got submerged in water all our property and life savings have been destroyed by the flood. i have lived here for many years but this is the 1st time the flood has reached this height it's caused a lot of damage my house now has collapsed meteorologists say the rise in the level of the nile river is due to heavy rains in the south of the country they also say climate change has increased the amount of annual rainfall flash floods have killed scores of people since the start of the rainy season a month ago thousands of properties around the country have been destroyed hundreds have been displaced some living in tents of us staying behind to guard what is left of their shelters. for many families who've lost their properties in the floods the journey to starting over is one that will take some time the country is going
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through an economic crisis with inflation soaring at 150 percent and as families wait for the water levels to recede they remain concerned about the potential spread of water borne diseases such as malaria and cholera sudan's government says it expects more floods in the coming days as heavy rains continue to fall in the highlands of neighboring ethiopia the source of much of the miles of water. we expect an increase in the normal level in all situations especially from khartoum going northwards so we're urging those people on the banks of the noire limits branches not just to be alert but to help protect the areas in their villages and come together for osama the damage is already done he's hoping the government now focuses on assisting those who have been affected by the floods so that they can get over the crisis and rebuild their lives here but morgan on to 0. this is splendid interior minister of libya as you recognize government is in tripoli for an investigation of a recent government violence against peaceful protesters. will be questioned about
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the response to demonstrations that took place on friday the minister requested the investigation to be televised racial transparency reports suggest the growing friction within the government of national call between bashar and the prime minister. thousands of rather than the structural support of these a splendid interior minister who's from the city people are accusing the government of corruption and not investing enough in infrastructure but training has been following the story for us from misrata. protesters have been gathering in western libya against what they say is of lack of government services there's no money in the banks there's long power cuts and there is no services within it within the hospitals and they're saying that's due to the. action within senior officials within the g n a now fires are still raj promised that there will be
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a cabinet reshuffle coming up in the days. last night on friday night a phase or so raj order to just bench in effect. that he was shot as the minister of interior he's seen as a very charismatic leader he's been in the forefront in the charge against fighting corruption within the g.n.a.t. so many were angry with this decision last night soon after this decision by suraj hundreds gathered in misrata to protest this decision today. arrived in. the airport in tripoli hundreds welcomed him senior officials within the ministry of interior welcome to he's seen as improving security conditions within tripoli and within western libya so many are angry today we saw phases of point defense minister he also defense he also appointed a chief of staff of the military it's yet to be seen whether or not this is going
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to the beginning of a complete cabinet reshuffle but the feeling is very tense within residents here who who support the tea bush. so we'll have to wait and see whether this is a complete cabinet reshuffle or not. turkey's foreign minister is warning greens that its plans to extend territorial waters into the aegean sea could lead to war 2 weeks of military exercises northwest of cyprus both sides have accused each other of violating airspace that has been months of tension over who controls gas reserves in the eastern mediterranean turkey's vice president has echoed the foreign minister's warning ship not only it's a member you know what greece wants to expand its maritime boundaries for 12 additional miles this means we will not be able to move nor are commercial ships not out to these ferries are our fishing boats do they really expect us to accept this if this is not a cause for war then what is at least $29.00 people have died in
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a restaurant collapse in northern china dozens of survivors were pulled out of the rubble by rescuers including 7 with serious injuries an investigation into the clamps of the 2 story building in linfen city is under way. thousands of people turned out onto the streets of berlin in a march against creative iris restrictions that us despite a police order for the demonstration to be shut down because social distancing rules were being violated dominic cain has more from berlin. for weeks the daily number of new coronavirus infections in germany has been rising yet for these people in berlin what matters most is their right not to observe any restrictions not to wear masks not to follow social distancing and to show their anger at the politicians who have imposed them because of the killing is illegal eilis is illegal the whole government is illegal everything is illegal and corona is just a medium to heavy flu a pandemic that is being used to enslave us humans. that view is not shared by the
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police who tried and failed twice on friday to persuade the courts to ban the demonstration saying the protesters posed a serious risk mentioning the him under the i was going on and that's these are people that we can assume coronavirus skeptics have taken no precautions in recent months in a time when infection numbers are increasing we don't believe these gatherings to be responsible. the protesters are made up of many different groups some from the political far left of society some from the far right what unites them is a sense of injustice and rights being lost demonstrations like these pose this country's politicians a serious ethical dilemma forcing them to balance on the one hand the rights of individuals to protest against government measures with which they disagree and on the other hand the rights of the wider community to be protected as far as possible from the risk of coronavirus infection. it's
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a risk ministers say is growing blame is is just some fruit the problem is the numbers are too high too early given that winter is coming and we don't currently know what effect it will have and how the flu and other illnesses will affect it the numbers are too high at this early stage. that's why the all thora t's have tried so hard to prevent scenes like these and why they are so fearful of what effect so many people might have when they're in such close proximity to each other without masks dominic came out zerah berlin. indonesia is reporting record new current virus cases for a 3rd consecutive day more than 3000 were recorded on saturday taking the total to almost 170000 it's led to indonesia advancing trials of a potential vaccine developed in china just a washington has more from. the sisters they used to doing almost everything
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together and now yet another shared experience they are part of the trial of a potential covert 19 vaccine tell me. if this vaccine works praise god indonesia will go back to normal and we can go anywhere without being what. each day they feel in a health report and so far they've had no thought of facts and i have enough evidence . that they did human trials in phase one and 2 and they were fine and so there's no need to be afraid more than 2000 indonesians signed up for the trial of the vaccine developed by chinese pharmaceutical manufacture a sign of back. dr youngner has also pointed indonesia's medical community has been hit hard by the outbreak and dozens of doctors and nurses have died he hopes he can help his colleagues. know that i mean. i don't feel like we're being used as guinea pigs in this time of the pantomimic this is an honor for us. the proposed vaccine
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has previously been tested in china now advanced trials are taking place in countries with high rates of infection base 3 trials are expected to last around 6 months and if the vaccine does work indonesia's state owned pharmaceuticals manufacturer says it will increase production capacity and aim to produce around $250000000.00 doses of the vaccine by the end of the year. the government has signed a deal with son of that to purchase 50000000 doses of vaccine concentrate and take part in a technology transfer. according to those running the trial in indonesia that's good for both nations yet the one thing infection rate is still high here we can benefit from this trial if it is successful in the michele field one of the 1st countries to get the vaccine analysts say the outcome of the vaccine race could have long term impacts on global politics if.
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we're. son of a vaccine candidate is also being tested in brazil and has been approved for late stage trials in bangladesh just to washington al-jazeera indonesia. your children there with me still robin a reminder of our top stories the italian coast guard has transferred 49 minute rounds to learn to do to taking them off a stranded rescue vessel there amongst 200 libron sewer picked up by a rescue boat funded by the british street artist banksy and the bottom line is more can be done to show solidarity and by providing. more spots across
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states to take in to take and refugees and these individuals who are in need of international protection need an accelerated process imagine being stranded at sea for weeks on end only to reach dry land to then have a stalled process for your asylum claim to be processed more needs to be done and we have to recall that you know these are refugees these are people who are fleeing conflicts from around the world who are in need of safety and the situation in europe is manageable over the boat with hundreds of lawyers on board has been allowed to dock at the border lampedusa patrol boats on the italian coast guard rescued the migrant versal with about 450 people on board the boat was in danger of capsizing because of strong winds hundreds of refugees and migrants trying to get to western europe are stranded in bosnia herzegovina many are seeking shelter or abandoned railway trucks existing comes off filled to capacity thousands of women
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have lost in deliveries digital state violence against protesters but defying threats by president alexander lukashenko now the government has a drawing accreditation of foreign journalists. thousands of people of wash in the u.s. city of konoha where jacob blake was shot by police daily a week ago the event follows another load of protests which remained peaceful and the call too and racial injustice in the united states has spread to chicago black lives matter demonstrations has been held in the downtown area with other rallies elsewhere hundreds of police officers have been deployed around the city protest as have gathered in israel to demand the resignation of the prime minister benjamin netanyahu for the 10th consecutive weekend protesters say he should step down while facing a corruption trial that also angered by his handling of the coronavirus pandemic those were the headlines about good lord news and half an hour here on al-jazeera next it's counting the cost to stay with us. the deadline it's
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drawing near the ivory coast his rival parties to nominate their presidential candidates. october's election is likely to be a major test for the country's security who will face the people in a run for the highest office i recall as presidential candidates on al-jazeera. hello i'm adrian ferguson this is counting the cost on al-jazeera a look at the world of business and economics this week carving up the riches of the mediterranean could prove to be a costly mistake as a lebanese well comes up dry and all companies delay drilling could nations miss out on the oil and gas bonanza. peru's economy has tanked millions of lost their jobs as the.

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