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played an important role in checking human. touch face. floods and landslides triggered by trench will rain kill at least 90 people in indonesia and east timor. so romney watching out is the real life my headquarters here in doha are also coming up 100000 kroner virus cases a day india recalled its highest rise in infection since the pandemic began. also jordan says it's for the plant by the former crown prince comes out to destabilize
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the kingdom a day after he claims to be under house arrest and a warning that a reservoir could collapse in the u.s. state of florida unleashing a wall of waste water. welcome to the program flash floods and landslides are killed at least 90 people in indonesia and neighboring east timor to ensure rain cause destruction across a chain of islands indonesia's disaster relief agency says thousands of people have been displaced rescue workers are struggling to reach remote areas with roads blocked and bridges washed away jessica washington has the latest from the capital jakarta. we just heard an update from indonesia's national board for disaster management they have confirmed that the death toll now stands at 68 individuals in east nusa tenggara province and 70 people are still missing rescue workers are
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trying desperately to reach these individuals and to reach these villages in need but it is a complicated matter indeed because of the ongoing weather difficulties we know that there is a tropical low system which is creating strong winds and heavy rains within this area and that is hampering the rescue effort we understand that the heavy is the hardest hit island is the island of utter nara in east flora's region but it is difficult to access that island because of the weather difficulties and because of the strong current authorities reported waves of between 4 to 6 meters making it difficult to reach villages in need on that island now we have a short while ago heard from the indonesian president who urged vigilance because this weather warning is in place for tension until the end of the week for extreme weather conditions now on in neighboring east timor we understand that floodwaters have started to recede in parts of delhi of delhi the confirmed death toll is now
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$27.00 and $8.00 people remain missing well for more the situation is table we spoke to jose susa son told us he's a pacific policy fellow the australian pacific security call it. has been substantial. the natural disaster which is it to most and the flooding which is it really has actually caused an immense amount of damage not just to to the capital itself but throughout the whole country and it certainly did impact on and damage to the national infrastructure. is quite substantial currently deliver there are 11 evacuation centers with 2000 families affected. the team was the government is. trying its best to deal with the with the with the issue of very timely displaced people
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so up until the the the floods. there's a containment of kind of it in it's a molester was was quite and the killer was quality control unfortunately perced to the floods the the lockdown around dealy the capital and the other 2 major cities bachao into k.-k. have become ineffectual so what we've seen is people from the capital especially moving up towards the districts. and not knowing which way which people have been effected you know make a hard fitted to move to minister government to tries to contact trace these people which up until now they've been to the government to be quite successful. jordan's forward crown prince hamza said in a newly released a voice recording that he would disobey orders by the army to not communicate with the outside world after he was put under house arrest on sunday the jordanian government said it's thwarted what it calls
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a malicious plot to destabilize the country the half brother of king abdullah says he's being punished for speaking out against corruption players who the. situation is a little bit difficult all the guards have left and the chief of staff threaten me on behalf of top agencies officials were recorded his words and send them to my family and those i know outside the country just in case something happened and now waiting for their action i'm not going to escalate but i will not abide myself by their orders to stay at home not to use to eat or not to be in contact with people and not to see my family but i've been told by the chief of staff is not acceptable under any circumstances so i'm still waiting for this matter to be sorted out but jordan's deputy prime minister says prince hamza and other top officials have been under surveillance for some time. reports. it was talk about the 0 hour government said that prompted jordan's king abdullah to give the green light for the arrest of more than and dozen people including best of my wife
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a former head of the royal court and finance minister he then became part of the inner circle of prince hamza bin has seen to have bred of the king who was also crown prince until he was removed from the role in 2004 jordan's that b.g. prime minister a minister said for he said that beyond a doubt the inner circle of prince hamza were coordinating with foreign parties and opposition abroad a plot to destabilize the country one day out of the state intelligence with already has been closely monitoring activity from his highness hamza surely for some desired by some of the lower and others whose movements were aimed at undermining our stability and security the surveillance intercepted movement. including communication with foreign sides on a so-called 0 hour to trigger measures aimed at undermining else to belittle shortly after the arrests prince hams that appeared in the video saying he had been put under house arrest for bid in from communicating with the outside world i claim
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later denied by jordan chief of staff prince also took the president did move after publicly criticizing the leadership of the country i am not the person responsible for the breakdown in governance for the corruption and for the incompetence that has been prevalent in our governing structure for the last 15 to 20 years and has been getting worse by the year. i'm not responsible for the lack of faith that people have in their institutions. their response the former crown prince had been sidelined since his removal from power but he is said to have been forging ties with this gruntal tribesman and the loosely organized opposition known as head a that has been calling for mass protests so far the government hasn't revealed the scope of the alleged plot but some say it's unlikely it was aimed at directly overthrowing king abdullah you can't have
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a coup or lesser security people involved so i don't think and you know this idea of a lot there is just not true there is clearly. an internal issue that's come out in the public and i think in a way it has turned out not in the favor of some of the people who began this process of arrests it's not clear what will happen to the former crown prince king abdullah said to favor an amicable solution for the sake of the royal family and the stability of the country there are still many questions that remain and answers the government says it will reveal all details in due course but if anything recent events reveal deep divisions within the royal family of a country considered a beacon of stability within a turbulent middle east but at that hamid al-jazeera. india
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has recorded its biggest surging curve of 19 cases with more than 100000 infections on monday. is the worst affected almost 2 thirds of the country's total cases it's supposed to not time. from new delhi. day on day for the past 2 months they've gone from an average of around 10000 cases in early february to more than 100000 cases on sunday for the 1st time in the past year. recorded its highest number of 57000 cases on sunday and maharashtra along with a handful of state states accounted for most of the cases in the country the other states. and. now here in delhi the cases were $4000.00 on sunday that's the highest since last year so promised in that in the board he held a meeting on sunday to review the situation and he said that the rise was due to
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what he called the sharp decline and appropriate behavior like wearing masks and social distancing due to a pandemic fatigue and also what he called the lack of effective implementation of containment measures sending medical teams to maharashtra to assess why the situation has remained the worst in the country they are the past year he's also sending teams to the states of punjab and. just the death rate is so disproportionately high in those states now punjab has recorded has seen the highest number of cases of the u.k. variant of the corona virus but health officials in india maintain that the variance whether they are from the u.k. brazil south africa. and variants that found and via those variants aren't responsible for the rise in cases they say it is because of people letting their guard down after the numbers sell as much as they did earlier this year.
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malaysia's former prime minister najib resign in court of appeal last year's conviction on charges of stealing hundreds of millions of dollars but he was sentenced to 12 years in jail and find nearly $50000000.00 in july u.s. and malaysian authorities say $4500000000.00 is believed to have been stolen from one n.d.p. a fund founded to promote economic development florence clearly has more from kuala lumpur. one of the grounds in appeal petition is that he did not receive a fair and just trial and we had heard during his trial the 1st instance in the high court defense lawyers arguing that not gyp had been misled by those around him that he had essentially been tricked now in the closing arguments of the trial the defense lawyer had said that it was a victim of scam in a series of misrepresentations by a financier who's now at large low take joe who also goes by the name of joe those that have been tricked by joe and other company officials and as well as some rogue
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bankers prosecutors of course argue that knowledge it as the finance minister and the prime minister at that time should have known what was happening so the appeal argument is largely going to be based on those same grounds that knowledge it was a victim and that he had been lied to and that the trial judge had made an error in dismissing evidence that defense lawyers or appeal lawyers argue will show that not just had indeed been misled and that misled into believing that the money found in his account was a donation from the saudi royal family this financial scandal was so big that at its height at least 6 countries when vesta gating it and investigations found that high ranking officials and major financial institutions were implicated now in the last couple of months in the recent months malaysia recovered more than $3000000000.00 from u.s.
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bank goldman sachs audit firm deloitte and malaysian financial group bank in relation to settlement deals related to one and. israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu is legal and political troubles are playing noticeable to musically his corruption trolls resumed with the 1st witnesses to just giving evidence. to those allegations of bribery breach of trust and fruit. still ahead here on al-jazeera a recovery operations underway in bangladesh after a ferry and cargo ship colline also we look at how one community in the u.k. is struggling to survive during the coronavirus pandemic to stay with us. for. the cause of the flooding in the landslides in eastern indonesia and these
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massive cloud is a developing tropical cyclone which is still producing heavy rain but it's moving away from eastern indonesia leaving a draw a picture behind the on that is a scattering of wet weather of big showers which worst recently has shown cells in print but i see it up through southern thailand including bangkok and then me and and there's a another rush developing in northern borneo but those are the 3 areas and you see that named storm just beside my head as it wanders through the water it will end up in western australia in a couple of days' time the flood risk from this thing this load you like off the coast of queensland is not as great as it was it could still produce some heavy showers in southern queensland and new south wales where of course was significant flooding a week or 2 ago but in the risk is that great to be arson it's moving offshore as it states of the water the weather in new zealand is looking lovely it's not quite as warm on tuesday as has been the case on monday we dropped
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a few degrees but look at this wall to wall sunshine misleads a bit of a cold breeze coming through the south but this hardly a big surprise i'm about to get the on wednesday you'll be thinking will it ever end well course it will be. from the al-jazeera london broadcast center to people in full full combat. sation i got my braces and when i was at the university of oxford it was really scared me because i was like these people are going to be in positions of power with no host and no limitations empire is the reason that we live in a multicultural society part 2 of pfizer's shaheen and adam rather fit studio unscripted on his era.
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welcome back you're watching al-jazeera with me still run a reminder of our top stories flash floods and landslides have killed at least 90 people in indonesia and neighboring east timor trench all rain has destroyed roads and washed away homes and bridges rescue workers are struggling to reach remote areas. and jordan's prince arms i said in a newly released voice recording that he would not obey orders by the army to stop communicating with the outside world after he was put under house arrest jordan's government says it's thwarted a militia splotch to destabilize the country. and india is reporting daily highs in covert 19 in sections of more than 100000 reported in the past 24 hours some states have imposed new restrictions to stop the spread. a rescue operation is underway in
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bangladesh where a ferry and a cargo ship have collided police say the ferry was packed with passengers after a new crew and virus restrictions were announced at least 27 bodies have been recovered so far several more are believed to be missing alexy o'brien has the latest. on the banks of the sheet alexia river desperate families waited for news. that is the hour was passed their anger grew like. the ferry capsized last night but it's yet to be retrieved was there such a delay. the small ferry had been carrying about 50 people when it collided with a cargo vessel on sunday night it was finally pulled from the water on monday rescuers say they were delayed by bad weather. and i appeal to the prime minister with please let us get the bodies of my father and mother the vessel was said to be
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packed with people rushing to their hometowns. the government had announced a weeklong lockdown to counter a spike in corona virus cases there were more than $7000.00 new infections reported on sunday the highest in a single day under the restrictions which are now in force all domestic travel services are suspended that seen a rush on buses ferries trains and flights hundreds die in ferry accidents every year in bangladesh blamed on badly maintained vessels poor safety standards and overcrowding witnesses say the capsized ferry was carrying too many people and investigations underway alexi o'brian al jazeera gunman who killed an antiterrorism court judge and his family in pakistan please after the 3 day he was traveling from the sword valley to islamabad with his wife and children when they were attacked back as those anti terrorism calls here cases ranging from terrorist
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financing to armed attacks no one has yet claimed responsibility for the shooting 30 seven's murder trial in minneapolis has been the focus of global attention last year's killing of george floyd ignited protests across the world and became the center of debate about racial injustice gabriel is on those spoke to floyd's uncle about how the family is coping. the 1st week of the trial saw some emotional testimony that was hard to listen to particularly for some of george floyd's family members who are here like selwyn jones his uncle who i had a chance to speak to and this is a little bit of what he had to say what is it like to be here in that courtroom. this is all a lot i've had tree. you save somebody that you've loved and cherished 4546 years and one day he's gone because they're just power and control
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this is this is what justice for florida. we gotta have justice for forward we've got to have justice for all is it hard to relive floyd's death through this trial this week i have been. sad it's just like somebody sticks to hang your chest and rip your heart out because you see a good dude. human everybody has mistakes but you see a good dude if you seen the video before he was in a store that's us laugh and dance and a you don't say him and to know that he got killed murdered for $19.10 pennies. you know so i'm not mad at any individual person now i'm mad at the system so if we can get this done and come to an you know come to
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a good conclusion to see if we can't fix the system because we have an opportunity for the 1st time ever to fix a system because of the death of my nephew the drug use how do you as a as his uncle. how does that make you feel when that comes in by the defense bringing up drug use a. is something that we live with you know there's people with this people with so many addictions in this world and it's something that my man was fighting you know what i'm saying. you should not be issued a death sentence because you're how. simple there's been plenty of people in this world it's been hard before and they didn't get murdered in the mill the street like the dogs so you know they're trying to assassinate just can't turn. but it's a proven fact you know he had issues he had a you know he had demons but his demons did not. put him
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in a situation to be killed because he wasn't fighting he wasn't arguing he wasn't doing any of the things that you would. coincide with been murdered do you feel confident that you'll get a guilty verdict now after one week not put in heart for the cart i'm not putting the cart before the horse will say i can say i'm waiting because i. i believe in long after now we're nothing surprises me so. i'm going to wait and hope that things come out the way it was supposed to jones is one of several of floyd's family members that are here they say they'll stay for as long as the trial takes which could be up to another 3 weeks but he could a waste water reservoir is causing concern that a wall of water could overwhelm hundreds of homes in the u.s. state of florida the water contains hazardous waste from an old fertilizer factory
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that's particle hain explains. it's the one question thousands of people in the u.s. state of florida are asking will this spill turn into a giant flood. we're talking about the potential of about 600000000 gallons within a matter of seconds and minutes leaving that written can pool and going around the surrounding areas the danger one pond collapses and the other 2 near it also breach the potential of 3700000000 liters of water running into hundreds of homes nearby the concern is that could lead to a nearly 7 metre tall wall of water barreling down still not everyone nearby has chosen to leave even with the hurricanes and everything and we didn't evacuate but one concern has been alleviated initial reports said the water was radioactive officials now say it's not but to be clear the water being discharged to port
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manatee is not radio active and is primarily salt water from the port manatee dredge project mixed with legacy process water and storm water runoff but some of the water is a by product of processing phosphate or into fertilizer and it contains nitrogen and ammonia and that could be a problem if too much pumped into nearby water since i retired from the fire department i'm now i'm a full time commercial fisherman and crab are and of all of this water is pumped in or leaked into the bay it could be catastrophic to the entire fishery and could in essence put us out of business state officials insist the water it's really seen is safe but that the bigger concern is a potential flash flood they're hoping that by pumping out more than a 1000000000 liters a day they are slowly averting a much bigger crisis political gain al-jazeera. partial results in bulgaria's election point to a victory for the prime minister's center rights policy boy cobol result is seeking
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a full term but with a drop in support and without a clear majority he's likely to struggle to form a coalition though it's all physical ing on his opponents to join forces for the sake of stability but it smith reports from the capital safina. by the books were taken to self isolating voters in bulgaria's general election but even with this unprecedented effort has been typically low at just over 40 percent . i cast my vote hoping for change we can live better than this up to now nothing good has happened or gary's prime minister didn't invite cameras when he cast his vote this video is from his public relations team or cobar soft as avoided the press since widespread corruption protests last summer relying instead on social media this is the most corrupt country in the e.u. according to transparency international both jerk party and the main opposition
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socialists have lost votes to anti establishment parties that emerged from those protests. in the current situation it seems it would be hard to make a government too many parts of the parliament. on the edge of the e.u. bulgaria is a former satellite of the soviet union today it's in the middle of a fight for influence between brussels and moscow 6 russian diplomats were recently expelled from severe accusations of spying there is i think a russian intelligence activity in the country we're going to swing here in from their perceptions of the west and this can go a few years at a time when i when there is a waning international legitimacy in the sense that both areas american and european partners to begin to down to its pro western credentials one recent poll suggested 45 percent of bulgarians are in favor of a strong man style of leadership the didn't have to bother with elections. the
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party will be the largest in parliament but faces tricky coalition talks because this new. party says it will refuse to share power with the prime minister and any delay in forming a government could affect how record $59000000000.00 of e.u. funding is allocated here that's more money than bulgaria's had so far and it's 14 years of e.u. membership. bernard smith our jazeera saffir in france the number of people admitted to intensive care units rose by 68 on sunday putting further strain on hospitals the country is now under a 3rd national coronavirus lockdown with thousands of police officers deployed across paris to enforce restrictions last week the government announced alcohol consumption would be banned in some public places. poverty in the united kingdom is at a record high the latest government data shows 4300000 people are now living below
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the poverty line and that was before the current virus pandemic began charities are warning the situation is getting out of control under simmons visited rotheram an english town that's been classed as one of the poorest in northern europe still manufacturing made rather of the devise of it now would go near to destroying hope in this town on the skyline looms the threat one company one decision without government money hundreds of jobs could go covert has already ripped into work week local economy and you never have to look far to find a food bank susan bradley is dependent on food aid she's a volunteer here because she's so grateful for their help she has a job but she's laid off with the government providing 80 percent of her pay that's not enough though to support her family. and softball just you just for
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perform again. as a parent off off off off off struggled many a times before the law in a in a situation lot will swear off of not even in the kitchen cupboard the fridge just to mock. me denise leslie is in charge she's a counsellor with the local authority devoting most of his spare time to running this service i never thought that we did come back to a lack of 985-8589 is fact until we see it was and it all ok private. i do genuinely. do you know it's funny i've done this for 30 years and i think you've got to really understand very slight nothing and that feeling is shared by more and more people as cope it takes jobs as well as lives and alongside poverty the coronavirus has shown inequality in health as well rather him has one
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of the highest death rates from coated in the whole of the u.k. one of the reasons for this is rather as manufacturing industries working from home isn't an option this firm like many others has been hit by coded despite strict procedures i'm relying on these guys to tell me things feel faint enough to be able to work but how many of them would go home and earn nothing. and if the choice was i don't tell you money on this or that away. say at the food bank susan bradley heads home with a week's worth of groceries she's always worked for a living and never thought she'd be reliant on charity to get by andrew simmons al-jazeera rather. your child is there with me still run a reminder of our top stories flash floods and landslides and killed at least 90.

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