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and. there are also 4 c 3 of the things they're all very. real changes made their way to the lives of the people who were. on leave in. this land. on. warnings of strong winds and very heavy rainfall in south korea's powerful typhoon haiyan makes landfall. hello i'm down in jordan this is our jazeera live from doha also coming up military helicopters are brought in to rescue residents trapped by large wildfires in northern california. despite arrests and beatings
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demonstrators in belarus take to the streets again tens of thousands are rallying to demand president lukashenko steps down. town crowds rush out to shop in colombia's capital as the country eases coronavirus restrictions but there are concerns it could cause infections to rise. we begin in south korea where typhoon haiyan has made landfall it's now traveling inland where it's expected to bring more strong winds and heavy rain earlier battered japan forcing more than 1800000 people to leave their homes tens of thousands of buildings have been left without power it's the 2nd storm to hit the region in a week where rob mcbride joins us live now from pohanka in south korea rob so just bring us up to date with what's happening 1st there in south korea where you are.
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so high shine is still making its way north across the korean peninsula it is still in south korea still making its presence felt but very soon we'll be passing again have to see this is very much following the same track as another typhoon of a few days ago typhoon my sack passing out to sea but it came ashore in the southeast of the country here with very strong winds also a little for a lot of rain bringing with it that we had in the city a pole hang here when it did come ashore this part of the city it's out towards the more exposed coastal area where it's porteous they were recording just in excess of 150 kilometers per hour of course the strongest winds effect accused to the japanese main japanese island of the south where we had the gusts in excess of 200 kilometers per hour hundreds of thousands of people evacuating seeking shelter and that's where we've seen the most damage but as this typhoon progress is it goes out
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to sea late to monday and then monday evening it makes landfall again as my sack did in north korea but what about the situation in north korea which as we know has already been hit by several typhoons in recent weeks. they are very much more vulnerable to the impact of these said typhoons we know as they reach north korea they do lose some of their intensity but north korea is in quite a precarious position it doesn't have the kind of infrastructure that south korea and japan has to deal with these extreme weather events it. has it's said things like agriculture are far more prone to crop failures and damage we know that thousands of hectares have been damaged but interestingly the north koreans have taken a far more proactive approach. been suffering from these storms with far more reporting almost in real time on state run television which is quite and. usual for north
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korea we've also seen kim jong un the leader being outgoing seeing the places that have been impacted i think want to go almost to show that he is a leader who cares about his people he knows that the kinds of things they're going through because of course they face all of these problems which are exacerbated by these storms such as the covert the isolation for it because of covert 19 and also the ongoing sanctions so. we do know that he and the north koreans are very concerned about this bracing for it and we do know that from their reporting that their main city in the east of one sun is once again under water it has been flooded so more damage to come and this latest storm approaches north korea only to rob a bright line 1st day in post and south korea rob thank you. now 300 ringer refugees have arrived in nature it's believed the group came by boat to a province but it's unclear from where previously local officials refused to allow a boat everything and refugees to land citing the coronavirus demick hundreds of
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thousands of running a fed me and military crackdown in 2016 most are in neighboring bangladesh. there's been a dramatic rescue in the u.s. state of california after fost moving wildfire trapped hundreds of people at a pop in a campsite in a national forest california national guard was forced to come in comes as the state schools are experiencing extreme heat which is increasing the intensity of the fires rebels reports from los angeles. they barely made it out alive a galloping wildfire trapped more than 200 people at a remote campground in the rugged central california mountains when fire blocked the only road out the california national guard mounted an emergency nighttime rescue mission sending in helicopters to airlift the campers to safety this picture shows dozens of evacuees crowded into a national guard chinook helicopter that fire grew so quickly so fast it trapped
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people at mammoth pools reservoir up in the mountains the creek fire broke out on friday evening and quickly exploded in size by sunday it had burned more than 18000 hectares tinder dry forest and underbrush fed the flames several small communities in the area were evacuated as hundreds of firefighters battle the blaze authorities say $63.00 people were hurt fleeing the flames 17 were admitted to local hospitals and injuries including both broken bones lacerations scrapes bruises those going to things another blaze called the eldorado fire is threatening homes near san bernardino east of los angeles it broke out on saturday and grew rapidly burning more than 1200 hector's and forcing some residents to evacuate the multiple fires are burning as
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a record smashing heat wave scorches california and other western states a community near los angeles reported a blistering 49.4. degrees celcius robert oulds al jazeera los angeles. security forces and better have detained dozens of protesters at a large anti-government rally in the capital tens of thousands of people gathered across minsk calling for president alexander lukashenko as resignation protests have continued every day since last month's disputed election which look at shank those opponents say was rigged but a smith reports now from neighboring lithuania. there is still some safety in numbers for the 10s of thousands of protesters on the streets of ments. the ministry of interior and valorous has warned them that demonstrations are illegal closing off city squares and streets but that hasn't stopped people descending on the capital for a 4th week a protest against the continued leadership of president alexander lukashenko he
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claims he won the august 9th election with 80 percent of the vote the opposition say the poll was rigged and they want to read up. those protesters made their way home on sunday security forces seem to take advantage of the thinning crowds pulling out people apparently at random according to witnesses and bundling them into vans. another video has emerged on social media of masked men in civilian clothes beating up people on the streets of minsk. in wall now breaking down the door of a cafe where the owner had given shelter to protesters. to measure the regard people started running in say to the door and then out on 15 to 20 people in black mask started to smash the glass into some people our human rights experts from the united nations say they've received hundreds of patients of torture impeaching her for us. this is all good call kovar of the opposition coordination council
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sentenced to 10 days in jail she appeared in poland on saturday after she says she was forcibly taken to the border in a pretty good. they came to the center where i was isolated they gave me had a mask and took me out of prison they made me lie in the back seat and they drove me we from the isolation center. of the presidential palace in minsk it was tight security to protect luka shanker from his own people. we won't forgive we won't forget their shouting the video is emerging out of minsk on sunday night suggests that whatever tolerance the government had for the protesters is wearing thin but could increase pressure on western powers to impose sanctions on alexander lukashenko and senior members of his administration lithuania's foreign minister says in an interview that the european union's lack of action over belarus is undermining the credibility of its foreign policy bernard smith al-jazeera
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vilnius. well veronica said it was a leading bella russian activist who fled to poland after last month's election and she says the protests will continue until look at shankar steps down we are working very hard with the international community we get to need international leaders we describe. because we want our community and community to. like to leave if possible because he will make sure he's not the. enemy in he. pushes. people away. with international community with a group. of people that changes. before and never give up. for 26 years and. before weeks before the way he treats people the way he tortured
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people the way he the mob. we. nation with. the power of libya's rival sides are meeting in morocco 2 weeks after the amounts to a cease fire agreement delegations from tripoli's un recognized government and the eastern based to brooke parliament to holding talks south of robots a larger meeting including countries backing the 2 sides expected on monday in switzerland. that's to we urge you to be pragmatic and practical to reshape and find an ultimate solution the libyan people are eager for peace and i'm hopeful that within a couple of days the delegations will bring the people positive developments when morocco is playing an important role in the mediation effort says mahmud of the wide reports now from tripoli thing. more open foreign minister spoke and both of the legations also spoke it seems that there is
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a positive atmosphere apparently bought this is only this seems to be only the beginning of a series of meetings to be house to buy more or call it seems that workers are also keen to invite both rival leaders the head of the tripoli high council of the toilet initially and the speaker of the. eastern parliament aguilar sala later there is no definite time for that to be meeting but as you know that morrocco is also in a way or another tries to make sure and to stress on the fact that the agreement that was sealed and morocco in 2015 known as the libyan political agreement is the main bases for any political settlement to the
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crises in libya now this invitation to the rival delegations by america is a whole moral can initiative and it's paddling with other international efforts to sustain or to make sure that the seas fire dick aeration is being implemented on the ground time for a short break here in al-jazeera when we come back thousands of people rally in montenegro after a pro serb and pro russian party is declared victory in parliamentary elections under shocking decision in tennis as the world number one know that djokovic is kicked out of the u.s. open for striking a line judge with the ball or not stay with us.
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hello once again the weather remains extremely hot surround the levant we have got clear skies right throughout the middle east lots of hazy sunshine temperatures in jerusalem still getting up into the mid thirty's and a touch in the low thirty's the imperative of course into baghdad and into kuwait not too bad here in doha temperatures of around 41 celsius we will see those temperatures falling back a little as we go on into tuesday sent in the possibility of some he'll be nice to come as we go through the coming 24 to 48 hours they'll be a few shows just around that western side of yemen once again just around the southern end of the red sea joining up with the showers right across the heart of africa maybe want to coastal showers just pushing their way to that eastern side of kenya but it's western kenya pushing across into uganda that will see some really heavy rain as we go through the next couple of days more of the same there on choose day just noticed over towards the gulf of guinea as they should be there
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will be some heavy downpours there all the way across into nigeria for much of southern africa in a slouchy to i was saying some wetter weather just around the eastern cape that's in the process of just not going away now so brightening up quite nicely here 18 celsius in portland both warmest still as we go on into cheese day. an image can change the way we see the womb if we had not seen this we would be talking about it it can spark mass action or serve the interests of the powerful he created longing for a fellow opportunity it can obscure the truth this is a legitimate news story but this is for x. and 13 points for pretty intensive it can forge narratives already right through the listening post gives you the full picture on a. welcome
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back or come out of our top stories here on al-jazeera typhon high ship has made landfall in south korea it's now traveling inland birds are expected to bring strong winds and heavy rain after battering. more than 200 people have been airlifted to safety in the u.s. state of california that's after they were trucked to the forest by a fast moving wildfire. and libya's warring sides are meeting in morocco delegations from tripoli's u.n. backed government on the eastern base to brook parliament holding talks out the robot at a larger meeting and montrose switzerland on monday. saudi arabia says it's intercepted and destroyed an explosive laden drone from yemen who the spokesman says several
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drones were sent to port in response to an increase in saudi air strikes in yemen the saudi u.a.e. coalition has been fighting yemen's who the rebels since 2015. has the latest on the yemeni capital sana'a. this will tell you 3 attacks according to the host he's a spokes person a come just days after the minister of defense of san our government wants saudi arabia that the whole deal will carry out more retaliatory attacks inside saudi territories and that they have entered the 4th phase of their retaliatory operations against what they describe the spike of saudi air strikes on civilian areas and and this also these operations come just also hours after that was held by the ministry of transportation to mark the 4th year of the saudi banzai national ports the ring the press the number of shocking figures have been
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revealed the claim that the at least 80000 civilians have died because of the band that. their right to travel abroad has been denied due to the ban and also mentioned the around 450000 civilians i was still waiting for their turn to travel abroad. they need. medical intervention currently according to the announcements by b. un humanitarian coordinator that the the health of the authorities or the relief humanitarian efforts will be halted especially because of the donations that have been halted by the donors so this will make things worse in regarding the humanitarian situation in the war torn country. a fire in syria has any problems has killed 3 children the oldest was just 6 happened the night tent
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for internally displaced people in the rebel controlled town of. a civil defense unit helped put out the fire and rescue the mother who suffered burn injuries. mexico's president has ordered an investigation into a shooting by soldiers incident in the border city of new haven a nato left 12 people dead and there is money lopez obrador has been under growing pressure from the united nations to take action money iran are reports from mexico city. this is the moment mexican soldiers in gauged in a shoot out with alleged gunmen on the streets of new. body cam footage shows security forces letting loose a barrage of gunfire on a silver pickup truck continuing to shoot even after orders were given to stop. by the end of it 12 people had been killed. in the video as authorities approached
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the vehicle you can hear one soldier saying one is still alive before another soldier gives the order to kill him. but. it was later revealed that at least 3 of those killed were kidnapped victims being held with their hands and feet bound in the back of the truck these 2 germans as if they're an offense that i have instructed the defense secretary to investigate because we will not allow this practice and this is how things were done in the past but. experts say worsening insecurity in mexico has made the job of the armed forces more dangerous than ever but warn excessive force by some soldiers often leads to the deaths of unarmed civilians were not it was units that were with an extrajudicial killing shows he said lack of rule it reveals a weakness in the state what it shows is a state that can be can see that a failed state where. no. in recent years smart phone cameras in
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surveillance video have increased the visibility of abuses by armed forces like this 2017 video of a soldier in shooting an unarmed civilian in the head point blank cases like these have painted a troubling picture of systemic misconduct within the ranks of the mexican military . mounting allegations of abuse have led to increased pressure from human rights organizations for mexico's government to apply the highest international standards when investigating cases of misconduct forced disappearances extrajudicial killings violence from cartels and violence from the military these are not new problems for mexico but mexico's president did recently say that the united nations would be allowed to intercede in the country without limitations on all matters related to human rights. the strategy of the last 3 mexican presidential administrations has been a militarization of the nation's police force is. the most recent example was the creation of the $60000.00 member national guard which deployed nationwide just last
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year. but critics point out the data on violence and insecurity in the country suggests more boots on the ground has not meant less violence on the streets. below al jazeera mexico city. corona virus infections in several european countries are rising france reported another 7 cases on sunday officials say the spike is partly due to more testing on that there hasn't been an increase in hospitalizations all deaths in the u.k. there's been a 3000 new infections the highest any rise since late may the government says it's mostly among young people the raw fear is it could spread to the vulnerable. we'll take whatever action is necessary but the 1st line of defense is that people should follow social distancing we've also got the testing and the tracing and they're happening wreck order rates we can use and we will use local lock downs if that's what's necessary but the 1st line of defense for everybody no matter who you are no
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matter how old you are is to follow that social distancing so that we don't pass it on to people who will end up hospitalized or worse u.k. prime minister abbas johnson has set a deadline of october the 15th to strike a trade deal with the european union if there's no agreement by then he says britain will move on to the u.k.'s chief brags that negotiated david frost earlier warned that britain isn't afraid to walk away if brussels doesn't really end on key issues frost and the unit go share to michel barnier they will hold an 8th round of talks on tuesday the u.k. left the e.u. in january but still follows most of the blocs rules until a transition period runs out at the end of the year. historic changes underway in montenegro after pros and production parties declared victory in parliamentary elections last week but supporters of the pro western government are worried about the change in power than the chapelle that reports. after 30 years of being ruled
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by a single party montenegrins are at a crossroads for the 1st time since a multi-party system was introduced in 1990 the democratic party of socialists won't be forming the next government and many are worried that lots of us a lot today i came to the capital of montenegro with my friends and my family just to quote our state to help many people remember what their ancestors did and what they died for and that is for justice ana and the freedom of montenegro. supporters of president milosevic on a bitch and the d.p.'s rally by the thousands on sunday they were alarmed by what they saw after the august 30th elections serbian symbols and the 3 finger salute that accompanied the opposition coalition's declaration of victory. i am a solicitor there could be a really sure they put the scare i think people have given here to support pace harmony tolerance rather than sube nationalist interests we all live in harmony as
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brothers we don't need divisions among the negro and because of that i support my lord but i am against any other flag being waved in our country by any in bosnian serb ian turkish german any other except for the montenegran flag. d.p.'s is pro western and pro nato and saddled with corruption charges and accusations of becoming increasingly authoritarian the pro serb pro russian parties that ran under the banner of the future months negro are likely to change course away from the west and towards moscow and belgrade bureau in the premier's trip djukanovic accuse serbia's president aleksander fi chip shot in the serbian orthodox church of interfering in the election and in a temp. to revive greater serbian nationalism. the real fallout from the election is yet to be seen at the minorities that depend on montenegro stability and ethnic harmony want to make sure they'll be protected by any change in power and from any
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repeat of the past and or should i desire. guinea's leading opposition leader selu delhi india has announced plans to run in next month's presidential election the former prime minister says he wants to stop president alpha condé from winning a controversial 3rd term in office x. 2 year old khan days near the end of what should be his 2nd and final but he's running again after pushing through changes to the constitution. people in senegal is capital dhaka iraq hearing day brienne madoff the heavy rain caused flash floods destroying homes and businesses 3 months of rain fell in just 7 hours on saturday the president has announced an emergency aid plan. but testers have gathered a melting glacier in switzerland to push for action on climate change the demonstration comes a day before the swiss parliament begins debating new legislation on reducing c o 2 emissions the government says nearly all the remaining places in the alps will disappear by the end of the century if nothing is done
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a 2nd only. we know that in the past 30 to 40 years more than 500 glaciers have disappeared or are disappearing so it's an alarming figure we know that it will have consequences on the alpine environment and later in the regions around it's one of the largest sources of fresh water and it also maintains the climate as it is now. not colombia is easing some coronavirus restrictions off the months of lockdown many of flouting some of the rules that are still in place but officials in the capital bogota have found new ways to keep them in check using kyle one's own petty as the story. tens of thousands of residents are back on their bicycles for sunday street dishes. or bikeway event in the colombian capital the city is reopening after dinner corona virus infections appear to have passed the peak. of you know what song this is regarding the rules this city has dispatched clowns to stop the worst offenders and remind them. and keep
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a safe distance but that there was rather a lot to ask them what it's necessary to keep reminding people as they come out again that we can't be too close and still need to take care of ourselves i think they're listening. yet many say after more than 5 months of lockdown you can't blame people for taking some risks but i'll limit the scene for you yeah it might have an effect in increasing contagions but it's been 6 months since we've been able to do this it has been too long. restaurants have also started pilot programs across the city over the weekend allowing them to serve customers in open spaces under strict health measures. but in other parts of town the situation seemed out of control. as big crowds took over shopping areas jammed to by informal game there's under the current rules areas like this one are only open. to try and reduce the amount of people on the streets. but with this kind of crowd
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many. other spike in infections. there are a lot of people gathering so the truth is i'm a bit worried lots of people without masks and no police so i'm not going to be back until it's base or organized. other countries in the region that have been reopened i've seen a resurgence in the number of cases. in mexico new reports in excess mortality rates suggest the true coronavirus stalled there could be much higher. the country has recorded 120000 more deaths during the pandemic that's almost double the current official number of. a somber reminder that the fight against the virus is far from over. and. the world's top tennis player novak
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djokovic has been kicked out of the u.s. open after accidentally striking a judge with the ball he was playing a 4th round match when he hit a ball in frustration after losing a game and then ended up hitting a female official in the throat after a long discussion with a tournament referee it was confirmed he'd been disqualified djokovic has been fined all the prize money he earned in new york while joke of a chance since apologized for the incident he took to social media to say it was wrong and he didn't intend to hit the official tennis star also said he needs to work on his disappointment that he needs to evolve a player. check of the headlines here on al-jazeera has made landfall in south korea it's now traveling expected to bring strong winds and heavy rain after battering japan earlier from. still making its way
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north cross the korean peninsula it is still in south korea still making its presence felt but very soon will be passing the sea this is very much following the same typhoon of a few days ago typhoon my sack passing but it came ashore in the southeast of the country here with very strong winds also a lot of rain bringing with it. the city apart here when it did come ashore that this part of the city it's the more exposed coastal area where it's port is they were recording in excess of 150 kilometers per hour security forces and bella ruse detained dozens of protesters and a large anti-government rally in the capital tens of thousands of people gathered across minsk calling for president alexander lukashenko is resignation protests have continued every day since last month's disputed election india has
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a past brazil to become the world's 2nd hardest hit nation by the coronavirus pandemic or the 90000 new infections have been reported on monday a 1000 deaths libya's rival sides are meeting in morocco 2 weeks after they announced a cease fire agreement delegations from tripoli's un recognized government on the eastern base to book parliament holding talks south of a larger meeting in switzerland on monday. saudi arabia says it's intercepted and destroyed an explosives laden drone from yemen who the spokesman says several drones was an attack order and response to an increase in saudi air strikes in yemen thousands of people have been rallying in montenegro's capital against the nationalist coalition that won a slim majority in last sunday's elections coalition is now trying to form a government but just as fear it will push montenegro closer to serbia and russia so those were the headlines the news continues. after the listening post statement
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thanks so much and i for. one counting the cost as oil prices economy strength and austerity kicks in is this the end of the middle east so while russia south africa's unemployment $10.00 a record high before the pandemic plus this fight to save think khana me. counting the cost on al-jazeera. it is hard to comprehend how something like this could happen the. $994.00 hordes of hutu militias would roam the streets in countryside of wonder looking for to seize to kill. it is difficult to comprehend why they would turn on
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their neighbors their friends and in some cases members of their own families. it was a killing spree that lost a $100.00 days and came to aid.

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