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a home for these children and they see them become somebody used to fall in their society fending for themselves. which would give me satisfaction. it's you who have created he division. u.s. president donald trump is accused of inflaming racial tension after a shooting in portland where his supporters clashed with come to demonstrators. close the whole room when you're watching al-jazeera life the headquarters here in doha also coming up opposition supporters celebrating montenegro after a church dispute brings a surprise election result. also tanks are rolled out in the bella ruse capital as
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tens of thousands of protestors marked the president's birthday with a renewed call to him to go. and a minimum wage is among sweeping labor reforms in council in the lead up to hosting the next football world cup. welcome to the program the mayor of portland has accused president donald trump book creating a culture of fear hate and division in the united states the criticism comes after a supporter of a far right group was killed on saturday night it happened when backers of the president clashed with code to demonstrators mike hanna reports. and racism protests continue in a number of cities across the united states the new wave of demonstrations sparked by the police shooting last week. of jacob blake and cannot show wisconsin the 29
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year old african american remains paralyzed in hospital. on saturday night dozens of president trump supporters confronted protesters in portland oregon. one person was shot and killed in circumstances still to be established this afternoon my heart is heavy the city's mayor insists that president trump must bear responsibility friends it's you who have created the hate in the division president trump you bring no peace you bring no respect to our democracy you mr president need to do your job as the leader of this nation president trump spent part of the day playing golf but only after sending dozens of tweets rushing out to the ports in may trump described his supporters who converged on the city to hold counted demonstrations as great patriots urging others to follow their lead his
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chief of staff denies the president is inciting violence we've had over 200 and our kiss and they're not peaceful protesters these are people that every single night conduct violent acts and and it is in democrat cities you know you want to talk about donald trump's. america most of donald trump's america is peaceful it is a a democrat led city important that we're talking about this morning people are getting injured a 17 year old self described supporter of president trump has been charged with killing 2 people in cannot show in the days of to the take a break shooting the president is still to condemn the killings and insists he will visit cannot show on tuesday despite the mayor there asking him not to i think that when you look at the conditions that are going on in the community this can be his trying to you know we're trying to move together and i think that at this point time it's it's not the best idea following day. protests in cannot show against
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police brutality a small group gathered to express their support for police an indication of the ongoing divisions within this country which critics contend president trump is intent on exploiting amid his campaign for reelection mike hanna al-jazeera washington jason stanley is a professor of philosophy of yale university a little through of how it. works he says the u.s. president has incited violence to boost his campaign message. mayor tad wheeler was really horowitz in his speech it was really a remarkable thing to state the truth so clearly and that's what we need from more politicians in the united states today the president is using the tactic of inciting protests let's recall that the president sent federal forces into the city of portland to incite protesters land to block lives matter protests were
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dying out and and he incited these protests and incited also you know property damage and made them larger in order to run on a massacre of law and order and now we're seeing him foment and encourage militias which is of course extremely dangerous the kind of vigilanteism that we've seen in an osha where ordinary citizens thinking they are you know supporting the president i suppose they are but ordinary citizens that are not part of any official them joining to go on the streets armed i mean this is this is the hallmark. of authoritarian movements worldwide. well the party this ruled in montenegro for nearly 30 years may struggle to hold on to power after an unexpectedly close election preliminary results give president. ruling d.p.'s party around 35
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percent of the votes brian reports. opposition supporters out in montenegro's capital puggle return after they made it declared the government had fallen. out of the. people of montenegro freedom has happened was. was after 31 years of absolute power this have to happen. early results from sunday's parliamentary elections put the opposition alliance just behind the ruling socialist party the d.p.s. but both sides said they can forge a majority with the help of smaller parties the d.p.'s of president candidates has never lost an election which is ruled montenegro 15 years to kind of leading the tiny nation out of the collapse of yugoslavia independence from serbia into the
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nato alliance and towards the european union. but this year has passed he's faced a real challenge from an opposition which wants closer ties with syria and russia. we have great respect for the results achieved by all political subjects in montenegro as i said we will wait for the final counting of. wait for the official results of the state election commission analyst described you kind of that is both a reformist and an autocrat who's allowed corruption to run rampant but much of this campaign is focused on a controversial law passed by his party which paves the way for the state to take over property from the powerful serbian orthodox church that has sparked huge anti-government protests. but you kind of a chick used to trying to raise serbian heritage about a 3rd of the population identifies as seb djukanovic argues he was trying to protect montenegro which he said was being threatened by said nationalist forces if
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the opposition alliance was able to govern alone it would herald major changes that would mean the group would completely change its strategy it would change. its stance on the possible. on its nato membership and who are because those artists. wouldn't want it within the existence of the most modern aggros and. the final results are expected later on monday in an election that's changed montenegro's political landscape and the terrible edges or . even the. well to cross capital. it's quite surprising situation in result in montenegro in these elections because this country actually never saw changes in power in its history so even the chance that it might happen is
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a surprising surprises the sharp fall of leading ruling party also a sharp rise of prosser be unqualified but. none of them have enough hands environment to create a new government even both sides claim that they will try to form a government they will need to support from their minor parties the good information for all those in montenegro was a supportive for you of this broad western path that country took in the last couple of years 3 years ago montenegro joined nato alliance it's a front runner in balkans region when it comes to european integration so that when information for all those frayed country could change its course in that sense is that government could be formed only with the help of the smaller parties there are 3 options and all 3 are very progress that. they will definitely not allowed to change the course of the country in short term and. no matter who is going to be
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a leading party is it going to be the support from them to nigger a ruling party currently or is going to be a pro serbian opposition parties who are claiming that they will form a government at the end. there are tens of thousands of protesters and delarue savalas again until the streets in the capital to demand the resignation of the president alexander lukashenko now they accuse him of rigging the election but istm it is following developments from neighboring lithuania. sunday's alexander lukashenko 66th birthday this is not the president he was hoping for. were not a herd of cattle or cowards were belorussians their chanting i was. it's 3 weeks since the disputed election that the ballot russian president claimed to win with 80 percent of the vote no one here believes that and they've been protesting against luka shank ever 6. months i'm here to
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express my disapproval at the rigging of the elections and to be in solidarity with everyone he was detained i am for peace i am propellor s. but the. protesters have been peaceful from the outset and after initially violently attempting to suppress earlier demonstrations the security forces have taken a step back in the past couple of weeks some protesters are being detained more than 125 according to the government and many journalists of have their accreditation revoked there was on sunday what witnesses described as the largest deployment so far of security forces who blocked off access to some main street. one of the country's largest mobile phone operators said it had reduced mobile internet capacity of the government's request. and tanks roll down a road close to lucas shank as residents in minsk as protesters headed there. but
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there seems to be no indication the momentum has gone out of these demonstrations and luka schenker looks no more likely to loosen its grip on the presidency after 26 years. the kremlin says about amir putin called alexander lukashenko on sunday to wish him happy birthday for the 2 men of agree to meet in moscow in the next few weeks a suggestion of the kremlin's willingness to buck russia's president as the european union prepares to impose new sanctions. bernard smith al-jazeera vilnius. lebanon's ambassador to germany mr looks likely to be the new prime minister to days of deadlock that's after he won support from several parties including the governing future movement tolls are expected on monday to confirm the post the former government resigned earlier this month after a blast in the capital beirut killed nearly $200.00 people and a little sectarian power sharing system the prime minister must be
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a sunni muslim. lebanon's president michel aoun says the political system needs to be changed and has called for a secular state. the transformation of lebanon from a prevailing 6 terry interest him to a modern secular state a state of theaters and citizenship mean to tell vacation from the hated legacy of sectarianism and its repercussions of asian from sects red lines and quotas that bind any constructive will and hold any step towards reform. white house adviser jared says the stage is set for more progress in the middle east he's in jerusalem following a u.s. brokered deal to establish relations between israel and the united arab emirates on monday cushion and other u.s. advisers will join an israeli delegation on the 1st commercial flight from israel to the united arab emirates palestinians have denounced the deal saying it betrays their rights. well still ahead here on al-jazeera on the verge of
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a peace deal in sudan the transitional government and an armed group are set to put pen to paper. and we look at what's behind latin american struggle to slow down the spread of covert 19 those stories after the break. we've got clear skies still living across the eastern seaboard as the remnants of hurricane lore move out of the way brighter weather coming in for a time but there is more rain in the forecast just over towards the appalachians linking all the way back through the mississippi valley all the way back towards arkansas towards oklahoma somewhere where that city just pushing across central parts of canada that's all making its way and in general easterly direction another clutch of storms coming into the central and southern plains will be heavy at times
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we could see some flooding down towards northern parts of texas the showers actually extend their way across arizona breaking a rain coming in here along last time it didn't fail expect back if we can call it that to around 37 or 38 degrees celsius still 100 in found hot but a good deal colder than it has been recently no sign of any right for california but we could do with the rain we got some heavy rain meanwhile into that western side of mexico lots of clout showing up here more big and foundry downpours could lead to widespread flooding into parts of mexico as we go on through the next couple of days come further south and it's really a case of sunshine and showers talked about across the caribbean for time some showers there into the east and we will see some wet weather gradually making its way into jamaica. rewind attends with scenery and brand new updates on the. i asked around to see
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this documentary i would compare it to a onion in the onion the fleetest bar and the company that wanted to remind continues with cambodia's often b.c.c. . this is actually totally crazy scene or just analogous to pick up 4 kids from his infant actually they now can now and we could just drive off with them. on al-jazeera. all. of them i could watch al-jazeera news the whole room the reminder of our top news stories the mayor of portland does accuse president trump of creating a culture of fear and hate in the u.s. the criticism comes after a supporter of
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a far right group was killed on saturday night. the 2 main parties in montenegro claim victory in parliamentary elections early results given president miller the kind of riches d.p.'s party and narrowly used but the opposition leader has declared the government had fallen. and tens of thousands of people have filled the streets of the belorussian capital to demand the resignation of president alexander lukashenko they accuse him of rigging the election the protests are now in their 4th week. sudan's transitional administration and an armed group are expected to sign a peace agreement it aims to end conflict in various parts of the country including the western region of dolls for the deal mediated by neighboring south sudan is said to mark a new start for the country have a morgan has more from the capital khartoum. nearly a year after the start of talks to dance transitional government and the opposition coalition the sudanese revolutionary front are on the verge of signing a peace deal the administration made ending conflicts across an extent priority and
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it's hoped this will help achieve it so from the bottom of the me we are glad that we managed to achieve a milestone regarding achieving peace in sudan we know there are other factions that are used to sign and we hope there will be another ranch negotiate with these groups peace is the most important thing we have for the decisional period and without it all the talks about democratic transition economic developments is not possible so we see this as a 1st step to the dance incision leading up to this deal agreements have been signed by other groups that make up the sudanese revolutionary front each are presenting a different region in sudan the groups some armed oppose the previous government of ahmed bashir who was overthrown in april last year they say their regions have long been marginalized the new deal will give a role in the transitional government and hand over more power to local governments it also paves the way for the formation of a transitional legislative assembly the deal mediated by south sudan would also
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restart sudan's 39 month transitional period imo we affirm the commitment of south sudan and sudan's journeyed to peace because sudan peace is south sudan's peace there are still 2 more groups that are yet to sign a deal and we will continue on the issue of peace until there is a comprehensive peace in sudan we don't want any more war in dar for negotiations to end the conflict in the western region of darfur has taken the longest the war there began in 2003 and has resulted in the deaths of 300000 people and the displacement of 2000000 the forces of the armed groups will be integrated into the sudanese army reparations will be paid to those affected by the conflict and those displaced will be allowed to return home and. i fled from my home village and 2011 and came here with some of my children my oldest son is now refugee in south sudan there are so many people displaced by the war room here in sudan and in other countries they need to know what the deal is about and when they can come back home
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. the deal is not the 1st attempt at peace into dance conflict but the dance transitional government and the sudanese revolutionary front see this time there's a political will to make it last people morgan and does iran have its own friends as pressuring mollies military jointer to a civilian rule within months saying the coup leaders 3 year timeline is out of the question the military has held talks with some opposition figures about a transition but there's been no agreement yet it seized power nearly 2 weeks ago the regional bloc of course has called for an immediate handover to civilian rule and elections within 12 months china is warning the senate speaker of the czech republic to pay a heavy price for making an official visit to taiwan the last. arrived in taiwan on sunday with a large delegation he said his visit would promote business links and that the czech republic would not bow to beijing's objections china considers taiwan
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a breakaway province ineligible for state to state relations dozens of people have been injured by security forces in indian administered kashmir they were shia muslims holding a religious procession. the . police fired tear gas and shotgun pellets on the crowd in srinagar and you know authorities had banned gatherings to mark a shura for sheer will storms that it's the day of one of mourning to commemorate the death of a grandson of the prophet muhammad in battle according to local media several people have suffered serious injuries. and india has also recorded $78000.00 cases of corona virus in the last 24 hours the largest number of infections in the world anywhere the health ministry also reported $948.00 deaths
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taking the total number of people who have died from corona virus in india 263500 the government is further easing pandemic restrictions nationwide subway networks are being reopened and some sporting religious events will now take place. countries in latin america are still struggling to bring the credit virus pandemic under control the number of cases and deaths continue to rise the region accounts for about a 3rd of the more than 25000000 global infections. desirous. 'd there's been no let up since the 1st case the coded 90 was reported in latin america at the end of the february. 5 months on in one of cyrus these ambulance workers mourning the death of one of their frontline colleagues the number of registered infections in argentina has passed 400000. it's a similar story across the region in peru these health workers to the mom better
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working conditions peru has just overtaken belgium as the country in the world with the highest number of deaths per head of population are there more that must mean more than 1000 workers have been infected due to lack of personal protective equipment more than 70 health workers have died. lack of adequate investment lies at the root of many of latin america's problems the inequality is only highlighted by the pandemic with health workers often hit particularly hard as we both. know what i was a kind of a patient 49 percent of my lungs are been affected as an employee of the affected institution i've still not been paid compensation. each country has tackled the crisis in its own way some like peru in argentina with strict early lockdowns others like brazil and for size in the economy over health brazil has just reduced to the 120000 deaths from the virus 2nd in the world only to the united states is
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to many places this seems to be a real disconnect between the parties is that are being implemented and what the epidemiological kerberos tents. this is not a good sign wishing the virus so we will not work. the colony showing tentative signs of recovery last year have been devastated by the pandemic the already vulnerable like the street vendors in the colombian capital bogota are now barely surviving better buda days that we don't work a days that we don't eat and don't have enough to pay for utilities or anything at all and. many countries in latin america believe their rates of infection will be peaking around now and they begin dreaming about the end of the crisis that's not happening the nightmare only continues. them when their al-jazeera one of cyrus.
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thousands of demonstrators gathered in mexico city on sunday to demand the resignation of president and rares manuel lopez obrador protesters blame the bearskin leader for everything from the economic crisis and gun violence to a shortage of medicines president over gore has dismissed his critics as elitist saying that they need to spend more time with the poor and people in smaller terms . activists in montreal have pulled out a statue of canada's 1st prime minister of the calling for the abolition of the police system i heard all the statues of john a macdonald as folklore when it hit the grove historians say mcdonnell's policies in the late 19th century included the creation of a residential school system that forcibly removed indigenous children from their homes and sell them to state run boarding schools many of them were abused and some died. carter has announced a series of labor reforms for the 1st time it sets
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a monthly minimum wage for employees regardless of nationality or job the new measures will allow workers to change employers without needing their sponsors approval their own car reports. after a 2 year long consultation process with the u.n. body the international labor organization the state of cattle has announced sweeping reforms in the way employees are treated in the gulf state some of the changes include the introduction of a minimum wage of $1800.00 tare rails around $500.00 u.s. dollars a month which includes an allowance for food and accommodation there's also freedom of movement between employers without the need for what's called a no objections difficult the law applies to all x. party employees in the country including domestic workers employed by individual families there's concern that previous laws in place to protect workers haven't been in force properly local media have reported that some construction workers were paid for months at the start of the coded in $1000.00 pandemic the
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international labor organization says the new laws will be forced and there will be more outlets to resolve labor disputes. we had to jointly with the state of qatar study its impact its paper ations and ensure that it's been official for all including the workers the private sector and the country so a lot of ground work had to be done also the legislative changes the actual law to be prepared but also when it comes to the minimum wage there actually has to be a study done on the needs of the workers after those largest export populations come from bangladesh pakistan the philippines and india the government says that the minimum wage will be beneficial to both employees and the country this is part of it bigger picture there reforms 1st laws are very good these 2 new 2 major announcements today are fantastic for the country but implementation is equally as important so we will be working with the government here. ensuring that
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the labor inspectors are fully aware of the legislation making sure that the workers are aware making sure that the enterprises companies the private sector is aware because i was hoping these reforms will also address concerns in the run up to the football world cup in 2022 human rights groups have highlighted various issues about workers in the country that include deaths on construction sites and inadequate living conditions in the last 6 years 34 workers have died during the construction of world cup stadiums that's brought a lot of attention from the international community on cats are now these labor law reforms are partly their way of dealing with international pressure however the closer we get to the world cup in 2022 the more bright the international spotlight will shine imran khan al-jazeera. at least 3 migrants have died after their boat caught fire and it in the southern coast the vessel was carrying around 20 people
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italian health officials say another 5 migrants were injured and taken to hospital meanwhile residents of the italian island of lampedusa protested the arrival of 450 miles on a fishing boat locals say the island just can't cope an immigrant reception center built for around 100 people is commonly housing more than a 1000 italian officials have been transferring people to other locations a wildfire in southern spain has falls more than 2000 people to leave their homes schools and sports centers have been converted into temporary shelters the fire broke out on thursday in a mountainous area 120 kilometers northwest of seville fire crews on the ground are struggling to access the affected areas because of the rugged terrain. and in sudan floodwaters of reached the highest levels on record in the capital killing more than 90 people troops have been deployed to help in the evacuation and building barricades in khartoum tens of thousands of homes have been destroyed since the
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start of trench raise the government says that all river has reached unprecedented levels. a 3 year old girl has survived a dramatic incident at a kite festival in taiwan. the kite was supposed to be scattering sweets for children and suddenly took off in a strong gust of wind wrapping its tail around the young girl while she was carried through the air for about 30 seconds before coming back down she suffered only minor cuts. your child is there with me as a whole robin a reminder of our top news stories the mare of portland has accused president trump of creating a culture of fear and hate in the u.s. the criticism comes after a supporter of a far right group was killed on saturday night. do you seriously wonder mr
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president why this is the 1st time in decades that america seen this level of violence it's you who have created the hate in the division it's you who have not found a way to say the names of black people killed by police officers even as people in law enforcement have president trump you bring no peace you bring no respect to our democracy you mr president need to do your job as the leader of this nation and i mr president will do my job is the mayor of this city the 2 main parties in montenegro have claimed victory in parliamentary elections early results give president mellowed a kind of itches d.p.'s party in our lead but the opposition leader has declared the government had full. tens of thousands of people of phillis trees of the
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belorussian capital to demand the resignation of the president alexander lukashenko they accuse him of breaking the election the protests are now in their 4th week lebanon's ambassador to germany was the labor looks like he'll be the new prime minister after days of deadlock a deep one supporter from several parties they'll be talks to confirm the post on monday the former government resigned earlier this month after a blast in the capital beirut killed at least 200 people. france's pressuring mollies military jointer to allow civilian rule within months saying the coup leaders 3 year timeline is out of the question the military has held talks with some opposition figures about a transition. china is warning the czech republic that it will pay a heavy price for the senate speaker's official visit to taiwan. arrival in taiwan on sunday he said that the czech republic would not bow to beijing's objections those with headlines won't use it often and we want is next.
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