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tomorrow's discussions my black friday my role as this my old bean has been weaponized international film makers and world class journalists tell us how and why the textile and fashion industry is a major polluters bring programs to inform and inspire you. for now just 0. a priest is seriously wounded in the french city of lille after being shot twice by an attacker who's on the run. hello i'm adrian finnegan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up reports of a lockdown across england as coronavirus case is in the u.k. suppose a 1000000 we'll have a live update. desperate
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scenes and turkeys is may have province as rescuers continue to frantically search for survivors after an earthquake that killed dozens at. the james bond actor sean connery has died we'll take a look at his extraordinary career. we begin with breaking news from france and also talks priest has been shot and wounded in lille the priest was fired on twice as he was closing the church it's aca has reportedly fled the scene al-jazeera said david schaper is live for us now in nice david what do we know about the chain of events in leone earlier. the priest involved was a greek orthodox priest he was just closing his church looking it up at about 4
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o'clock in the afternoon when his saillant approached he had a sawn off shotgun and he 5 barrels into the abdomen of the priest a priest collapsed on the scene they might threaten. injuries he's being treated exactly where he hears this is a fight to save his life now neighbors said that they heard 2 deafening shots and then the screams presumably the sound of the double barrel shotgun and the cries of the priest so yet again another church christian church has been attacked police are arriving on the scene masses of police described by the people in the area. on that area around the greek orthodox church the assailant has taken off on foot he's presumably still on days of free in the city of leon at the moment so
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a massive security operation is going on there at this moment no claim has been made we don't know anything about the assailant how young he was who he was but he is free and armed and obviously dangerous in the moment what does this tell us about the security situation in france the country of course on a raised alert level. that's right i mean we've seen armed patrols by the police here increased around the basilica behind me where so many people are coming to pay their respects to those killed in the knife attack and beyond that they're trying to throw extra police cordons and armed armed units around all the places of worship in france that's a huge huge task and this is a case in new york where obviously there was nobody there to protect a priest to protect that church and that's a vulnerability but nevertheless the prime minister has said that these are both
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troops and police units are being deployed every effort is being made to try and protect places of worship of of any creed and also schools these are the danger points france is already on its highest level of a. these attacks they expect will come and they're determined to try and prevent any further loss of life but it's a huge task for the government and for the police. who are trying to protect the vulnerable people will bring you more news on that incident in leon as we get further details for the moment david chaytor a nice when he thinks of these protestors in pakistan's biggest city of but effigies of france's president of mariel mccrone they've been angry protests across several muslim nations after mccrone defended the right to mock religion and vowed to crackdown on what he calls radical islam rally in karachi for similar protests in the capital islamabad on friday and hundreds of people in ramallah in the west
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bank of join the protests they chanted anti french slogans thousands of people took part in rallies in hebron at east jerusalem earlier in the week indonesia's president meanwhile has condemned thursday's fatal attack on the basilica in nice but criticize president recent statements. indonesia's strongly condemns the statement made by the french president who insults the religion of islam which has hurt the feelings of muslims around the world this could divide the unity between religious communities worldwide when the world needs to be united in the fight against covert 19. associating religion with an act of terrorism is a big mistake terrorism and terrorist have nothing to do with any religion earlier president macross sat down with us here at al-jazeera to discuss the wave of anger he says the radical islam that he's trying to fight is a threat to all people especially muslims. welcome horney sentiments and even i
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understand the sentiments being expressed and i respect them but you must understand my role right now it's to do 2 things to promote calm and also to protect these rights because when you click the causal me what i want to say is very clear that today in the world there are people who distort islam and in the name of this religion that they claim to defend they kill they slaughter they make speeches justifying a kind of expulsion of human groups from the world today there is violence practiced by some extremist movements and individuals in the name of islam of course this is a problem for islam because muslims are the 1st victims and as i mentioned before more than 80 percent of the victims of terrorism are muslims and this is a problem for all of us the number of coronavirus cases in the united kingdom the supposed a 1000000 the reports in the british media that a new lockdown across england is on its way prime minister boris johnson due to address the nation in the next 90 minutes or so let's go live to london just seriously is this a knave the u.k.
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joining the likes of its european neighbors in marking a 1000000 coronavirus cases and these reports of a new lockdown at least for england. yes that's right it's been widely reported from friday night by some of the british newspapers that a nationwide lockdown was on its way if that is the case and as you mentioned we're expecting an announcement 1830 g.m.t. then it would be a significant you term for the british government to introduce these new measures in england largely because it has been promoting its more localized 3 tiered approach precisely to avoid in the words of boris johnson the misery of a full lock their birth according to the leaked information form a meeting between the senior scientists and boris johnson and other senior members of the government the government is confronted with some tough information
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basically saying that if the infection rates continues to go up this high that very soon they could be as many as 4000 deaths a day and that the peak of the 2nd wave could be up to one of the half times greater than the peak of the 1st bell given this leak the british government's hand clearly is being forced because we gather that they may have wanted to have made an announcement earlier on in the week but they've been forced now to bring this forward largely because it is being so widely reported the press conference was meant to take place at 4 pm local pushed back to 5 and now 630 the indication is that they are rapidly and quickly scrambling at the moment to be able to come up with a watertight plan that will obviously have significant impact on the whole of england and one of these reports saying that is is this just going to be for england of course the u.k. made up of several nations wales is already in what's been called
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a fire break locked down. yeah that's right well the devolved parts of the united kingdom scotland northern ireland and wales have the power to set their own rules and regulations and that's exactly what they've done so in scotland for instance tougher measures were introduced in september and arguably according to at least the 1st minister of scotland they are starting to see their figures go in the right direction in northern ireland a several week long lockdown was introduced a couple of weeks ago because of spiralling cases there and in wales too much tighter restrictions but a very different situation here in england where there has been real resistance from boris johnson who has preferred this tiered approach liverpool and manchester in the north west of england are currently in the highest ts but incrementally other parts of the country have been moved up
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a notch as well but it doesn't seem to be working and there are big questions about this incremental piecemeal approach to dealing with the pandemic and what we gather from these leaked reports is that the scientists are not convinced and that's why at the moment england is preparing itself for something much tougher potentially lasting for a month the hope is for many that there will be a easing of this potential lock down before christmas but until we hear it from the prime minister himself all we have right now is speculation out zeros need baka reporting live from london needs many things. turkey's president rushed up type out of what is yours will arrive in is mia as rescue workers there continue their frantic search for survivors following the powerful earthquake but i'm sure of people killed has risen to 28 more than a 100 people though have been pulled alive from the rubble so far time though is running out so as soon corsi all the reports from this man. this is the aftermath
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of a magnitude 7.0 earthquake. many buildings and as her province collapse within seconds killing dozens of people and injuring hundreds of others were buried alive this woman was pulled out of the rubble 17 hours after to earthquake but there are similar stories throughout our province. here a mother waits nervously near a collapsed building just stopping the rescue teams find her missing daughter she says she was working at a dental clinic when to earthquakes struck. i don't know until the dentist had a couple of workers with him maybe she's there we're waiting willing we will have good news most of the collapsed buildings were apartment blocks in there were brought to my nieces my uncles my grandmother and my family lives here including my daughter several families live here and we're waiting hopelessly. we're told the
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concrete and i don't call ins in this building are and very weak despite the structure being green force 4 years ago it's been less than 24 hours since the earthquake which gives some hope to the victims spell milly's but the longer the search goes on the more difficult it's will be to find anyone alive. there have been more than 470 aftershocks since friday's earthquake people in this region of turkey and in nearby quake islands have been to warrant this could bring further damage. the turkish red crescent has sent tents bet's and food to the region but the pandemic and the need for social distancing could add yet another challenge to this disaster scene aka solo al-jazeera is made western turkey will get a weather update next here on how to 0 then incendiary allegations on many accuses as a by shot of using white phosphorous near
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a civilian area and with just 3 days before one of the most divisive u.s. elections in history we'll look at the issue of race following a summer of discontent. hello the weather remains slushy fine unsettled across a good part of the middle east we have seen some cloud and right operand turkey bring some big downpours in here a little bit of wet weather on the cards too just around the levant but but just not faring too bad perhaps a touch below the average for some few spots so shabby right in there as you can see just across the eastern side of the mediterranean down towards the sinai peninsula maybe even into the far north of saudi arabia could see a bit of wet weather but the west the weather is up around the black sea making its way a little further race with so armenia georgia has about john could see some showers
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as we go through the next couple days you might even catch a shower water to the far northwest all of iran south of that is generally fired interop. 31 celsius and fairly pleasant sunshine over the next few days in light waves it really will feel very pleasant and they feel quite a pleasant across central parts of africa without the usual showers in play here as they should be short rains there just around kenya pushing across into tenseness what's the weather for a time to into somalia and not just some very heavy rain into the eastern side of south africa that is likely to bring some localized flooding a little bit of destruction as we go through the next couple days and it's set to linger. but. it's one of the most consequential elections in u.s. history counters there will be there every step of the way 9 hours of live coverage up to the minute results as they come in correspondents across the u.s.
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and the rest of the world al-jazeera brings you a unique global perspective on the u.s. elections 2020 frank assessments looking anyway the protesters anyway even the people who feel that the vision i didn't depth analysis of the global headlines it's really out there on the inside story on our era. hello again this is al jazeera let's remind you of the main news this hour a priest has been shot and wounded in the french city of leone the attacker has escaped but follows the killing of 3 people at a church in nice on thursday. coronavirus cases in the u.k. have passed a 1000000 the government there is considering
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a national mark down in england prime minister boris johnson is due to speak in the coming 90 minutes. rescuers in turkey are searching for earthquake survivors in the city of izmir magnitude 7 trauma under the aegean or down buildings and triggered tidal waves of turkey and greece at least 30 people died. armenia is accusing azerbaijan of using volatile white phosphorous munitions in the back the ministry of foreign affairs released this video saying that civilian areas a nearby white phosphorus is considered an incendiary weapon its use is restricted under international law the fire that it causes is difficult to extinguish it sticks to flesh making its burns more severe armenia's prime minister russia for help and its conflict with azerbaijan as any forces have made advances toward some locations in the disputed no go no kind of back region after talks in geneva on the
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collapse of a 3rd ceasefire the 2 countries have at least agreed not to deliberately target civilian populations rory chalons has been following the latest for me out of an. on the armenian prime minister whose office you can see across the square behind me tweeted out earlier today that despite the agreement reached not to target civilians and civilian infrastructure since the early morning azerbaijan has resumed its bombing of shushi and the panic at the azerbaijan leadership he said is not capable of fulfilling its own commitments and the civilians of new go to karabakh are its main enemy and target now he was referring to the fact that just yesterday on friday both these sides pledged not to target civilian populations and he's saying that that is exactly what the azerbaijanis have done the armies of also released a couple of video seemingly show the use of white phosphorus an incendiary munition
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that sends out burning lumps of white chemical full down causing horrendous injuries to anyone who is underneath restricted under international law and he says that the azerbaijanis have been using this against targets in the go on our karabakh they're all civilians presence now by john or thorazine that is our. not the case that they don't even possess such weaponry which is a restricted to international law we know that's not really the case because both these sides have been using cluster munitions restricted on the international law. sides have been bombing civilian targets with those in the last few weeks. well the answers have said right from the beginning that those accusations were groundless and not just a few minutes ago. aides to president ilham aliyev has actually tweeted
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that i mean. has used this white phosphorus. in the woods of the town of show which their minions refer to as shusha and rory was just talking about that i mean i was saying that. now earlier in the day the ministry of defense also said that it had intelligence that i mean you had moved white phosphorus. with the aim of creating a pro bowl creation now accusations have been going in both directions about who is doing what and who is actually breaking international law. from the azerbaijani point of view. their civilians that have been targeted the most latest attack was in bard a few days ago 21 people died in that attack in the human rights watch issued a statement on friday saying that indeed. had used cluster bomblets in that attack
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now as they were just. using exactly the same cluster bomblets as nagorno-karabakh something that by john refuses but when it comes to the civilian toll so far as ever john has paid the highest price. about $91.00. killed. that happen. ivory coast's president is urging calm during a tense election on a somewhat seeking a controversial. opponents are calling for a campaign of civil disobedience woman 30 people have died in the run up to the election but observers say the polling has been largely peaceful voting issues and later this hour i'll address reports now from a budget. well in many parts of ivory coast the voting have been been largely
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peaceful president alassane ouattara voted just a few hours ago immediately after he said he's proud of let this country to its current democratic status and warned that. the process should not be destructive he was in particular referring to opposition leaders who called for a boycott and disruptions of the electoral process he said would not be nice what i want to ivory coast needs now is peace he particularly drew the attention of the youth and asked them not to be manipulated but that is not to say that the election went on peacefully throughout ivory coast there were at least a dozen incidents recorded across the country this might was confirmed by the election commission which said the commission has made some remarkable progress in addressing some of the issues at stake some of the items or places election places that have been destroyed so currently the election process is going on and vote
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will close or voting will close in the next 3 and a half or so so so basically it's been progressing largely peaceful in many parts of ivory coast but again there are incidents recorded as expected because of the call for by court for boy court as well as campaign of civil disobedience as demanded by some opposition leaders voting has ended in georgia where the president was among the 1st to cast her ballot in the polls opened with the covert 19 restrictions in place versus getting temperature checks before they entered polling stations opinion polls suggest a progressive georgian dream party which leads the current coalition government is in the lead over the number of early and early and malin votes in the u.s. state of texas has passed the total number of votes cast there during the 26th election with 3 days to go more than 9000000 texans have voted. it's the 2nd states off to hawaii to break its record across the country more than $85000000.00 people
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voted early setting the u.s. on course for its biggest turnout in over a century the question of law and order has been one of the central themes of this year's presidential election campaign and it matters more than ever following the summer of discontent and protests against police brutality and systemic racism now dearest mike hanna reports from wilmington delaware. in the u.s. it's been a year of living dangerously particularly for african americans who have disproportionately borne the brunt of the coronavirus pandemic and who have been far more likely to be victims of police action than their white fellow citizens. the killing of george floyd just one case of brutality that galvanized protesters across the nation people of all colors banding together under the umbrella of the black lives matter movement. one candidate to embrace the movement and all its talk for. the other
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rejected it. many of those who are spreading violence in our cities are supporters of an organization called the black lives matter b.l.o. . soul. it's really it's really hurting the black community to the black the president of the united states some african american conservatives who share the support in get that at the white house at the presidency but taishan wearing blue to show their support to the police and the signature red caps to show the support of the president there are people all around the country that support this president because he supports a law and order it's that simple and some insists that the white crowds that double trumps rallies did not show the whole picture. a lot of blacks support and want to support and will support and vote for president dollar strong but they
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don't want to be called a sellout by you in favor of law and order i'm in favor of law you follow he went to be able to order an order to have somebody who has no friends or lot in front of all these ordinances law doesn't let and your an order or justice where people get treated fairly and biden contends that the president is a source of the very violence he proposes to condemn fires are burning we have a president who fanned the flames rather than fighting the flames but we must not burn we have to build this president long ago forfeited a moral leadership in this country he can't stop the violence because for years he's far managed. biden said dos mint is not unconditional riding is not protest lutein is not protesting setting fires is not protesting. none of this is protest is lawlessness plain and simple.
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the black lives matter mint has been the single most powerful invisible force 'd during this election year the question only the result at the polls. is whether this energy is translated into a thick political as well as social and. mike hanna al-jazeera wilmington delaware tanzania's 2 leading opposition parties say they won't recognize the election result after president john mica foully was declared the winner they say there's been widespread irregularities are demanding that a new vote be held according to the national council fully 112 and a half 1000000 votes in wednesday's election his main challenger got less than 2000000 the united states has agreed to restore sudan's sovereign immunity meaning that it can't be sued in american courts in return sudan will settle existing legal
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cases including for the 1998 bombing of u.s. embassies in kenya and tanzania khartoum has agreed to pay $335000000.00 in compensation for the attack suite the white house removed it from its state sponsors of terror list as part of a normalization deal with israel for james bond actor sean connery has died at the age of 90 the scottish actor began playing double 07 in 1962 charlotte bellis looks back at his life and career. it was in the 1962 spy thriller del to know that sean connery 1st acid one of cinema's most famous minds. bond. james bond a role that would change his life he said bringing to life the story of the british spy double 07 was reciprocal how important was during bond in the development of sean connery. obviously very important because of the. worldwide
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attention that you want to track one into another market bracket all accurate. connery played james bond in 7 films spanning more than 2 decades his lust was in never say never again in 1983 determined not to be typecast he saw different roles going on to win an academy awards 2 bafta and 3 golden globes. he received the american film institute's lifetime achievement award just tells you that you're not dead yet. connery 1st met queen elizabeth at the premiere of you only live twice in 196733 years later she knighted him for his services to film he called it one of the proudest days of his life and remarkable career sean connery was the nearest i would say the scottish have to 2021st century matters and national
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hero people thought they could relate to him i mean he grew up in edinburgh tell. the navy he was a war he came up the hard way and you can play rough tough role brilliantly. connery lived the highs and lows of the bond character profiting from his popularity and later scrutinized for some of calling his character his 60 attitude towards women it wasn't helped when connery told american journalist barbara walters women sometimes deserve to be slapped and his attitude to women certainly and i think you are trail of james bond was a sense of. sudden istic dinosaur to quote judi dench as a mean one of the such films later in life he supported the scottish national party and publicly advocated for the scottish independence we have waited. nearly 300 years my hope is that it will evolve with dignity and
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integrity and that it will truly reflect. the new voice of scotland. is enduring contribution to scotland culture and film transformed him into a national hero connery had tried to distance himself from the role that made him famous but for millions of fans around the world he'll be remembered as the suave agent double 07 with a license to kill. it is good to have you with us hello adrian for going to hear how the headlines and al-jazeera a priest has been shot and wounded in the french city of leone. has escaped that follows the killing of 3 people at a church in nice on thursday david chaytor reports now from nice. p.r.
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