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attacking everyone in myanmar do you regret words like that as we listen absolutely nigeria with a woman president it would be great we meets with global news makers until about the stories that matter on al-jazeera. to eon. as anger rises israel supreme court postpones monday's court hearing on planned forced evictions of palestinians in occupied east jerusalem. israel's prime minister vows to impose lord order after a weekend of violence there the al aqsa mosque compound being small than 200 people injured. i'm adrian figure this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up.
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grieving family and sperry loved ones after a series of bomb blasts at a school in kabul most of the victims were girls. and several indian states go into lockdown after covert 900 cases rise by more than 400004 the 4th consecutive day. israel supreme court has deferred monday's hearing on planned forced evictions of palestinian families in shaikh shiela the neighborhood in occupied east jerusalem has been at the heart of protests over the past few days there's anger of a possible expulsion of palestinian families who've lived there for generations to make way for jewish settlers on saturday this was the scene outside the al aqsa mosque compound during islams holiest nights in the month of ramadan is ready for least citing security beat palestinian protesters and dozens of people including
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children were injured. but israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu remains defiant despite international condemnation of the escalating violence he's vowed to restore law and order and says that plans to build an occupied east jerusalem will continue and talk if we also firmly reject the pressure not to build in jerusalem tomorrow recreate these pressures have been increasing of light i cite also to the beast of africans jerusalem is israel's capital and just as every nation builds in its capital and builds up its capital we also have the right to build in jerusalem and to build up to research on that is what we have done and that is what we will continue to do. i just want to remind you of a video that's gone viral in recent days an israeli settlers attempt to justify a forcible takeover of one palestinian home in shaikh shada which sparked some anger online after being caught on camera yeah i thought you know this is not you have yes but if i go you don't go back with. me i did and. if you have to
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go with me you will know my health and if i don't feel the thought of going to no no no no. is that i'm just the you know i mean well how it could is a writer and poet he's the brother of the woman you just saw in the video accusing the jewish settler of stealing a home he says that continuously being threatened with having to leave their homes . my sister and everybody in the neighborhood is continual conk confrontations with these israeli settlers. not only by sitting or property bar but by continuing to make the claim. about claims that they are going to continue to steal divest of the houses and the entirety of jerusalem clearly the israeli government is reoccupation forces the settler organizations that are registered in western countries clearly have an agenda to displace and dispossessed palestinians and it's nothing new this
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is a colonial expansionist policy that has taken place since the inception of israel $948.00 we have been seeing hundreds and hundreds of villages destroyed at the hands of zionist militias and today the israeli occupation has replaced artillery and weapons with us with a judicial system that is inherently supremacy and colonial i think we will be forced out but i think we are also gathering a lot of political and diplomatic pressure against israeli authorities we are in a grassroots movement. but also all around the world where people are finally saying no to ethnic cleansing no design of the primacy and didn't storm and occupy jerusalem demonstrations in support of palestinians in the occupied territory a happening around the world in neighboring jordan people gathered outside the israeli embassy and among the security forces to tell you and several people. in the u.k. people gathered in london manchester they've been out on the streets in solidarity
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with palestinians calling for sanctions on israel and pope francis addressed the violence in occupied east jerusalem during his sunday message from the vatican he says the multi religious identity of the city must be respected. say welcome but if you go larry political place you own it i am following with particular concern the events that are happening in jerusalem i pray that it will be a place of an encounter and not a violent clashes a place of preah and pace i invite everyone to sic she had solutions so that the multi religious and multi cultural identity of the holy city is respected and brotherhood can prevail violence only breeds violence stop the clashes funerals have been held for the victims of 3 explosions outside a school in afghanistan at least 50 people mainly schoolgirls were killed on saturday it happened in a mostly shia muslim neighborhood in western kabul the taliban has condemned the attack and denied responsibility more than 100 people were injured in the
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explosions doctors are struggling to provide medical care for those in local hospitals some families are still searching for missing relatives who have injuries statics is a senior advisor to afghanistan's interior minister he explained why the government believes the taliban is behind the attack despite the group's denials this would be very very stupid to believe. i mean look at the background look at the history what i've been. doing. killing people destroying our wood burning the schools killing innocent women activists young best of one son this is the bottom this is what the we know that this is taliban behind it in the park sunday you know it the pakistanis know that the international communities are aware of that now everyone is very obvious talking taliban are cells that are soft for the p.c. has begun and obama has you know they have got
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a new strategy that we if we attack the army the answer of the of one forces will play in part. and that fact on the public and we would just see that it is not an it is the eyes idea but behind the scenes everyone is that we are that the taliban in doha the taliban in pakistan in the shower. are that you have come armed to start putting attack against the afghan government and people so the others know that that they are not fighting marlo you how do you feel one of the very high ranking commander. in doha that yet is no other group but taliban are responsible and they have the power but big attack in that once on the lam manically aid stay protected education in security in conflicts program and education above all foundations she says the only way towards a lasting and sustainable solution in afghanistan is by holding accountable those responsible for these kind of attacks. once we start propagandizing
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politicizing the issue of girls' education whenever we carry on dave so much asks or really parents are really families communities girls and selves they all value education so i think in rebuilding education in afghanistan the crucial thing to do is to listen to grassroots communities to recognize that they are the parents of children families have the right to design education system to have a horse in that process and then i think there is a vote for all of us the international community including as to rebuild and to support the un led peace process of gunstar and make the rebuilding of education a collage of that i think that within the peace process in afghanistan mechanisms of transitional justice i.e. holding to account those have been attacked in schools hospitals infrastructure in afghanistan is crucial to build
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a sustainable peace there is some progress there has been progress by the peace negotiators to bring all sides to the concert together it's not easy i think that the change in administration in the usa i think could potentially be a sign that could propel the parties to its peace and bring all parties to to to the conflict to the negotiation table and of course as a key political force within afghanistan or the taliban has to be part of that process but just as a burn tires and block roads in iraq after a prominent activist was killed by our known gunman was may was shot dead in the early hours of sunday morning near his home in the city of karbala it was a leading figure of anti-government protests in the city. he'd received several threats to his life of asked for protection is all serious about
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a full team reports from kabul. we have covered other assassinations that unfolded in a very similar way since anti-government protests 1st began here in iraq in october 29th teen according to the human rights commission here in iraq 34 activists have been assassinated by unknown gunmen $81.00 attempt so this is just one killing amid a series of targeted killings aimed at civil society activists aimed at protest leaders in an effort to really crack down on this movement now we spoke to was in this family the family home is right here next to me and what we understand what happened is that as he was coming home last night a motorcycle with 3 gunmen pulled up and shot him at close range multiple times they said that he had received several threats throughout the protests but as
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recently as a week ago that he demanded protection from the government which he didn't get and the family of course cannot directly say who is responsible but they are blaming armed groups that act outside of the chain of command that are act independently of the government and they have close ties to iran and unfortunately did don't really believe that the government is able to bring the killers to account we've seen several promises from the side of prime minister most of the me that he would rein in these armed groups that he would deliver justice to slain protesters and activists but so far only a handful of suspects have been arrested and no one has been brought to account. for a 2nd day running more than 4000 people have died of covert 19 in india u.k.
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medical journal lancet has warned the toll that could reach a 1000000 by august india is already suffering the highest death toll from the disease in the world is prompting the top reports. mass cremations like this are becoming common in india these family members have been waiting for our was to say their fine and good byes to their loved ones but how many days didn't you know. he was my relative and his name was reject. he had covered 19 for the last 10 days and was admitted to a private hospital last evening he got a bed until hospital here he was 35 years old and has 2 young children and he passed away this morning his wife is 30 years old me no one pays such a tragedy ever accelerator many experts believe new strains of the virus are behind india's steep rise in infections and are worried about their potential impact on vaccines one that was 1st identified in india the big 1617 is likely to be
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a variant of concern because it has some mutations which increase transmission and which also potentially could make them resistant to antibodies that are generated by vaccination or by natural infection. some states are imposing restrictions and curfews to arrest the spread of the virus but many people believe anything short of a national lockdown is in adequate. that. the situation is really bad the problem is that the lockdown is not strict enough if the lockdown was stricter we probably would have been able to bring the change which we're not able to do right now maharashtra was able to break the chain after a month of lockdown. people are scrambling to get appointments to be vaccinated as states report doses are in short supply the government in new delhi has almost essential government vaccines thing it too will run out of doses in the next 4 to 5
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days and although case is all for the state has extended it down by another week. doctors in sudan are expressing a lot about the steadily rising number of corona virus infections in 2 regions both cartoon and al-jazeera states are seeing an increase in new cases and deaths sudan's health but it's a set the situation is worrying because hospitals are at a poor condition there are shortages of oxygen medicines and equipment at the golden 31000 confirmed cases there but the government admits the actual numbers are much higher a weather update on al jazeera than we have last military jumps out labels of opposition the government of today he's a terrorist group. this is. in products we consume every day but it's also one of the most important voices of all to proper planning and.
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hello across the middle east we have seen flooding toward a huge swath of afghanistan into northeastern portions of iran let me get you the total so far that we've seen keep in mind we are just about 910 days into may and already for northeastern iran 7 times what you would see for the entire month of may part of the issue is this rain is falling in the mountains it's draining off the mountains into tributaries that's rising water levels and on monday unfortunately looks like rain across iran we do have rain in the mountains and also some pockets of heavy rain toward northern areas of afghanistan ok let me take you to the mediterranean where temperatures have been warm they're coming down a bit for example in stamboul but still on tallia $29.00 degrees in nicosia cyprus
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a high of $32.00 on monday for such areas of africa this very wet weather towards southern somalia is starting to move offshore this is the direction of the wind that we see as monsoon season starts and it will steer those heavy rains toward india otherwise have been getting some pretty good downpours toward areas of south sudan it's beginning to dry out toward the western cape and for stress by where we saw that heavy rain dry conditions so we look nearby to cape town plenty of sun and average temperatures. in southern england with 2 farmers turn to the fiery part pioneer of this the track is in the driving seat and just absolutely astonishing the life that poor back even not very much and i mean. one by you here in companies
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revolutionized. in our. hearings by you have. you have the technology. on al-jazeera. hello again this is al jazeera the main news this hour israel supreme court has agreed to delay monday's decision before to fiction the palestinians and shake shot prime minister benjamin netanyahu says that he's determined to push the plan through. children and taken place for the victims of 3 bomb attacks which targeted a school in afghanistan at least 50 people mainly schoolgirls were killed in kabul
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on saturday and no one has claimed responsibility. for the 2nd day running more than 4000 people have died of covert 19 in india there were 400000 new cases confirmed sus the experts are warning that the truth figures are likely to be much higher. than last military has designated a rival so-called shadow government and its defense force a terrorist group explaining the national unity government for carrying out bombings austin and killings the unity government which is mainly made up of exiled politicians announced the so-called people's defense force to protect civilians from the military a local monitoring group says the more than 770 people have been killed in the army's crackdown on demonstrators as well and he could protest as are continuing the demonstrations in the finance of the crackdown and yanked on dozens of people from different districts marched through the city center large crowds joined rallies in several other regions including mandalay and captioned states. when as
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executive director of the human rights network based in london he says the military hasn't taken control of all regions of the country and with the national unity government has the backing of different ethnic groups across to have. a murmur right now there are multiple arms school and they are no one can control completely any part of the country completing the country so that means the military gender trying to. the power is still failing is not getting that position here and on the other hand that we have a lead you to make people democratically elected government that is there and huge ego and national unity government which would form the whole the most important point here is that a new government has a democratically elected government who's with a mandate from the people of burma those who are all for the people of burma and they are standing up against that military officials we geve this terrorizing you know committing brutal crimes against humanity every day in every part of the past
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as you see that and you see government there exult go examine their within burma they are hiding and their communication with each other yet trying their best to serve the people so we understand they have immense of challenges but the point here is what about the international community you know we are being so well we only have to have a lip service from international community yes we see that there are sanctions are going on as some pressure is going on on the on the military but we need real tangible. you know effective support for this and huge government and people those who are supporting support of the people in order to overthrow the brutal regime. a senior british minister has played down speculation that the government could try to block a possible scottish independence referendum in course that's after the pro independence scottish national party won its 4th straight parliamentary victory its leader
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nicola sturgeon says that any attempt to do so would be an attempt to overturn democracy all of this talk about legality and whether or nor the government challenges about its government in court misses a point the people of scotland have voted for the s.n.p. on the strains of when the time is a an independence referendum as in 2011 leading up to 2014 any u.k. government that has any respect for scottish democracy would simply accept that and come to an agreement with the scottish government to put it beyond any legal date russia's president vladimir putin has said that his country will firmly defend its interests during a show of military strength to mark the 76th victory day it's the anniversary of the soviet defeat germany and watched as 12000 soldiers and 200 vehicles dominance were paraded through red square in the sky. chad's military has claimed victory in a battle with northern rebels that led to the death of president idriss deby captured
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fighters were paraded in the capital in jamaica but the military has previously claimed victory over the rebels only for fighting to resume president baby's death in april caused a political crisis and protests after his son muhammad to be took power he's promised to hold elections after an 18 month transition. must be. as you would have been a weird rebels have infiltrated our territory and we have responded with appropriate military action we brought back war prisoners in the gear we cleaned up all the areas where we infiltrated and i can guarantee you that the whole to retore is secure we asked the people to return to the normal occupation and enjoy regain peace a country is secured thanks to god. astray a man who's suspected of being a recruiter i saw has been arrested in melbourne federal police to tame the 30 year old who'd been deported from turkey he was jailed for 18 months is expected to be charged in australia over offenses allegedly committed during his time in turkey
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and syria thousands of people have been marching in cities across france demanding that the government bring in ambitious measures to tackle climate change. they say a proposed climate law doesn't go far enough they want any public funds used to support french industry to come with strict ecological conditions and they're pushing for the creation of thousands of jobs in the green economy. exports most of the world's elder nuts it's found in the cell walls of brown seaweed and is used in products that include cosmetics the alligator grows in on the water forests off chile's long coast fire boss as a last in america and it's a loose unable to report it's in danger due to a growing black market and illegal harvesting. added plants it's obvious that planet earth is more water than land. but if there are at 1st it
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looks like there's nothing but underneath there is extraordinary biodiversity one trunk of our can sustain more than 400 species there are snails see a chance and then many it's where life begins. these are map grow algae forests as indispensable for our survival as those that grow above ground through photosynthesis they absorb just as much c o 2 gas and together with phytoplankton and sea grass they produce nearly half of our planet's oxygen are there also like nurseries for small fish to find shelter from predators. along 2000 kilometers of chile's pacific coast these forests can grow 40 metres high and live for up to 25 years but they are in danger i thought marcus on the lead access there are areas especially in the north where
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the algae is being extracted indiscriminately. killing other muslims almost every day maybe a compass walks on to the edge of these rocks to catch a needle as it's called in chile it's hard work but it's escalating price has allowed her to send her 3 children to university. these widows are drying out here so that they can then be taken off to be sold and why is this algae in such a high commercial demand because they are the source of alginate you probably have never heard of it but believe me you have consumed it this is making your car's dashboard into the most expensive type this variety for making green. and this one called the black widow is used in making the plastics that we use practically every day. it's also used widely in the cosmetic industry from here it's taken to a processing plant to be chopped and shipped primarily to china and japan chile
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produces 40 percent of the world's alginate but much of it is harvested illegally and media companies says she only takes what the ocean throws out in the thick of it all this is what we call the head of the tree the ocean to root out to shore because it was no longer needed this isn't the same we're oh that the boat extracts the fishermen dive cut it off from the head and kill it. licensed fishermen are allowed to rip out the algae a technique that was illegal until 1800. last year 500 tons were exported half of it harvested without authorization in a thriving black market. chile's long coastline makes it difficult to police but there are other ways to help turn the tide like states for example saving or regrowth. of the box. or. it
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requires an investment yes but employing science to counter the depletion of natural species has already become a necessity so that as darwin once said we don't all perish you see in human al-jazeera peachey coolie chile little man i'm a circus son of raising of fast bust say but it's unlikely she'll see her 2nd unless her parents can find more than $2000000.00 mil has skeletal muscular atrophy a genetic disease that affects more than 10000 babies every year a new drug can save them but in most places it's not funded child pallas explains. was born with a genetic disease skill liesl muscular atrophy her nerve cells a dying causing her muscles to waste away she will die and see new gene therapy coots ogun sma the problem is it's the most expensive single dose truck in the
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world at $2100000.00 and her parents must raise that money. i know she has a. why she has the nuptials. nia is a life support but we still have time she can still get the treatment if she's less than 2 years of age she's only a year old so she can still get the treatment so going summer is approved in 15 countries mostly in europe and north america more than a 1000 children have received the drug since moved us brought it to market in 2019 but in places where it is not approved parents must fundraise lifesaving parcels also cannot be developed so as to school like 98 percent of the children in the world the drug company says it appears expensive because it's a one time injection and says alternative treatments run into the 10s of millions of dollars over a person's lifetime and it also cost more than $1000000000.00 to develop the
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company says it's lobbying governments and insurers to make slogans meant more 6 a bull we are doing everything in our power to get access to those products all gentle up with these maybes in every country. as much as we can and we working with the governments and we're prepared to if i can see this mexico as possible to enable access there is another lifeline a lot of free novartis gives away 100 doses free each year baby fast mo one m. receives 0 gains made in india in january the family had a son who died of the same disease and $28.00 aine. dr and matthew treated fastener she has seen $38.00 children die of spinal muscular atrophy with the drug not covered in india and $2000000.00 out of reach for most she regularly into his babies in the nevada psaltery i am used to getting disappointment letters from every fortnight and sorry don't have your be patient are not reality it better luck
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next so far the ask your oh so i've been living with these emails so for now thousands of parents around the world live to reckon with to reality if they lived in a different country or if they were rich they could save the baby the most the children's lives depend on the generosity of strangers shelob ellis al-jazeera. it is good to have you with us however a very unfair going to here in doha the headlines on al-jazeera israel supreme court has agreed to delay monday's decision on the forced evictions of palestinians in shaikh shada the attorney general asked for the postponements prime minister benjamin netanyahu though says he has to turn.
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