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al jazeera may well every single. hour. 'd of the. residential blocks flattened in dancer israel launches its most intensive airstrikes on the besieged territory more than $150.00 raids in the early hours of sunday. this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up the desperate search for survivors is underway right now in gaza at least 174 palestinians have been killed since
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monday. israeli air strike on gaza flattens a building housing al jazeera and other international media. also coming up a vote that will give women more say in rewriting chile's constitution which dates back to military dictatorship. so it is 8 o'clock g.m.t. 11 am in gaza where violence has entered a 7th consecutive day that said take a look at the scene right now flattened buildings and residents looking for survivors on the left hand side of your screen you can see images of gaza with smoke billowing up over the skyline there you see an ongoing search taking place.
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we've seen pictures earlier of palestinians looking for any listening for any sounds under the rubble seems extraordinary anybody can survive but we can only hope we're hearing that 2 brothers. 2 brothers have been trapped under the rubble have managed to call rescuers from help from within the rubble and now the rescuers are looking for them you see bulldozers there in a more gentle search effort going on the way to try and track down those survivors also the other side of the screen there you can see. israeli military positions israel's prime minister vowing to continue the offensive on gaza for quote as long as necessary or the head of hamas says the resistance will not give in 174 palestinians have now been killed in the enclave and that includes 41 children let's hear now from our aforesaid our reporter with this from wester islam on the latest destruction. in a moment with
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a phone call from the israeli army another gaza highrise became a condemned building minutes ticking down on a one hour warning this the office of the associated press as it staff made instant decisions about what they needed to salvage to keep on working across the lift lobby staff from the al jazeera bureau were doing the very same thing on the street outside the building's owner pleading for a stay of execution the 7th we need 10 minutes as you can see there all around the press not people who are going to get weapons out. but there was no arguing but even about the timing. and the ha ha. ha ha ha ha. ha ha. al-jazeera gaza journalist software was live on air as he watched his workplace of 11 years vanish in front of him we panic frankly everybody to believe wouldn't believe what they want of all these are like
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a quick underpants thing that you think of when something like that happen this building was home to families as well as media companies more to add to the list of homeless in a besieged and played during days of intensive attacks from the sky. in a statement al-jazeera said it condemned in the strongest terms the bombing and destruction of its offices by the israeli military viewing it as a clear act to stop journalists from conducting their duty to inform the world and report events and vowing to pursue every available route to hold the israeli government responsible israeli military said how must operatives were using the building and media companies like al-jazeera and the associated press with human shields. i want to remind the world. that in firing on our cities hamas is committing a double war crime they're targeting our civilians and hiding behind palestinian civilians we've heard that from the israelis i can tell you that we've been in that building for 15 about 15 years with our bureau we certainly had no sense that hamas
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was there we would like to see the evidence we're not sure whether hamas was there or not we don't know but i can tell you the impact will be that the world will know less about what's going on in gaza because that building was leveled amasses top gaza political leader issued this message during a visit to the qatari capital doha look. that has been besieged for 15 years 15 years under siege from every direction. a must as military wing sent further major rocket attacks deep into israeli territory on saturday a 55 year old israeli man was killed when one rocket struck his home in a televised suburb in the midst of it all in the occupied west bank palestinian protesters confronted israeli soldiers on not but day when palestinians marked the creation of the state of israel what they call the catastrophe the palestinian red
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cross said scores were wounded many by live ammunition in occupied east jerusalem or scuffles around the neighborhood of shaikh shura where threatened forced expulsions have fueled the tensions. with violence on so many fronts still untamed israel's prime minister said he spoke to the u.s. president and informed him of israel's planned next steps are a force at al-jazeera west jerusalem. where families of victims of the airstrikes have been holding funerals across gaza and a warning to view is there are disturbing images from the very beginning of man's report. at the funeral of a child in the. southern gaza i'm a woman and she only. children playing with their toys mothers grandmothers and families left inconsolable yes it was i am innocent victims of days of heavy israeli airstrikes and artillery fire that destroyed homes and
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neighborhoods vote out of what is by be done in it we were sitting safely at hard we didn't hear a warning rocket our house got hit violently why why why do they bomb houses and their residence. in the northern beit hanoun neighborhood people search through rubble for their belongings. gaza is home to about 2000000 people in an enclave under israeli blockade there are few places to escape the bombs gaza is probably the most densely populated spot on earth it has been under 14 years of air or sea and land blockade it is the place where the spare is extremely high and were civilians are trapped. to scape the bombs many children as sheltering in schools but they still don't feel safe. and i'm not that we ran out of the house after the air attacks and our house was bombed we fled to the school we're told at the smoke
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from the bombs poisonous we don't know what the poison is and we only know that the thick smoke after the explosion was very choking for what purpose in the united states on thursday house democrat rashida to play up made the motional statement to congress reading the words of a palestinian mother. i want to read something a mother named the man in the has a wrote 2 days ago. she said quote tonight i put the kids to sleep in our bedroom so that when we die we die together. as al jazeera spoke to a man about the message it was interrupted as bombs exploded nearby you can hear it actually while we're speaking there is loud sounds of bombing the. people are living through fine lines. every single day. we wake up to the light and as it is like iraq. and. worse here
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every single night we are names. hamas and its allies have responded to the attacks by firing a barrage of rockets from inside gaza. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says the bombardment will not end soon. as bombs fall rescue workers seek for survivors after a house was hit an all shouty refugee camp on friday killing 10 members of a family funerals are taking place throughout gaza for those killed which includes dozens of children for those who survived the bombs they're now in the traumatized and terrified of further attacks. door about a man the al-jazeera. well israel's bombardment of gaza has sparked a global outcry people have rallied in solidarity from iraq to the united states 100 points now from washington d.c. . from the washington monument to the u.s.
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capitol thousands swarmed the national mall in a show of propellants stinney in support we have a voice and our voices being heard and we this to have some politicians doing something about what's going on the crimes that's that's are taken place in palestine today as not get a pass without punishment this time. across the u.s. demonstrations took place in washington new york chicago and at the state capital in colorado where even pros really voices joining the call for peace or at least new press are men and are your or he or all inhabitants of the region. the protests coming on the day of nakba meaning catastrophe or exit is in arabic spanned the globe. thousands of palestinian flag waving supporters also emerged in london rome and
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madrid. in the german cities of cologne and berlin protesters clashed with police. in paris 2 there were confrontations and in baghdad demonstrators burned israeli and american flags here in washington an unusually large crowd of propellants tinian demonstrators came to express their disappointment that by not pressuring israel more the united states was essentially buying time for them to consolidate military gains and exact an even higher cost in gaza i'm like a memory. as the conflict continues the growing protest movement in the us more. a noticeable shift in public sentiment if not in government policy john hendren al jazeera washington. israeli media is reporting that the u.s. envoy to the amount is bt israeli defense minister benny gantz to discuss the conflict arrived on friday sent by the u.s.
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president joe biden in the effort to calm possibilities biden has called for deescalation battin a phone call with the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu he expressed strong support for israel's campaign 5 north spoke with palestinian president mahmoud abbas phyllis bennis is a fellow at the institute for policy studies and also author of the book understandingly palestinian israeli conflict and she says the u.s. isn't pressuring israel to stop the attacks and explains why what we know about the conversation between president biden and the israeli prime minister and mahmoud abbas is that he has not called for a cease fire he has not put any pressure on israel to stop the slaughter that's underway in gaza and that this is a very familiar situation in which it appears that the u.s. is taking the lead from israel on when they are ready for a cease fire and netanyahu has made clear he is not ready for a cease fire he said that our aim is to send hemis
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a message that it's not worth sending these rockets he is still sending that message and this is very reminiscent of earlier situations in 2006 with the the israeli war on lebanon connelly's or rice then the secretary of state to to george bush said we aren't we don't want a ceasefire yet implying presumably there were not enough dead people yet we see is something similar here it's quite dangerous. stood here now observe one of the 100 to maternal mortality in the world we look at why pregnancy is so dangerous in china. cut above the rest we need design is making a fashion statement by trying to save the info.
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it's time for the. sponsored plan qatar airways hello there across a huge swath of europe we've got wet weather breezy conditions just a bit miserable let me show you where i think the heaviest rounds of rain will be storm wrists towards the northern portions of italy but also as we head towards slovenia at the czech republic poland and ukraine as well where the risk of flooding is here because water levels are elevated from all the snow that we saw in the winter and now some of these heavy rains that we are seeing look at this batch of precipitation croatia slovenia the czech republic poland once again in the line of fire on monday now there is some nice weather to be had not only toward the south but also toward northern portions of europe for example moscow could touch 30 degrees on monday well above average we also have high temperatures in the mediterranean we did see some rain from greece stance into turkey did in pakistan bowl but it's now out toward we'll get another wave of quick precipitation for is
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stamboul on tuesday but look at these temperatures istanbul 28 you should be about 22 athens $33.00 and your average is $24.00 or so of the same can also be found across areas of north africa tunis $32.00 degrees and cairo plenty of sun on sunday with a high of 39. sponsored paul qatar airways. talked to al-jazeera we are skipping along with who were attacking rigging ago and now they're attacking everyone in myanmar do you regret words like that when we listen absolutely nigeria with a woman president it would be great we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter on al-jazeera understand the differences and similarities of cultures across the pond so no matter how you take it we'll bring you the news and current affairs that matter to you.
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well again watching al-jazeera remind voters of stories and violence in gaza has entered its 7th consecutive day we're hearing in 2 brothers trapped under rubble we've managed to call rescuers for help and it follows hundreds of air strikes overnight more than 174 palestinians have not been killed in the. u.s. president joe biden has called for deescalation hostilities to show concern about the civilian deaths with palestinian president of the past express can express strong support for israel's campaign in a phone call with prime minister benjamin netanyahu. now to chile where voters are choosing delegates who will rewrite extinct leadership era constitution
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many hope the new draft will address the social inequality that led to violent protests nearly 2 years ago latin america until its union has this report from santiago. it's a historic election in more ways than one 0 it's the 1st time chileans will have a say in the formal write a new constitution and document that will determine the country's economic political and social roadmap. beddes and her husband believe it's no small feat if he had but this will define our future that's why this day is so special and a quarter of them in order to make the necessary changes the social changes that we've been waiting for for so long that if the chileans are also electing mayors governors and city council members but the constitutional vote is regarded as the most significant the current constitution written 40 years ago under the stopping of shame dictatorship is regarded by a great many as illegitimate and the source of many of chile's ills for the 1st
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time anywhere in the world 50 percent of delegates to a constitutional convention will be women 70. of the 155 delegates were also represented use indigenous people their existence isn't even recognized in the current constitution. and another 1st to prevent long lines because of the pandemic the election is taking place over 2 rather than one day that means these votes won't be counted until sunday the end of the 2nd day in the meantime these bins will be taped completely covered with seals that according to electoral authorities will break of anybody tries to tamper with the votes and then there will be taken to a special security area and kept under guard by the army even so a lot of people don't trust the system this is a leader there you that's why daniel who works in front of his designated polling
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station is staying out there now that obama would only have a common way to vote but more of us will go tomorrow because we've seen in many countries that when they leave their votes overnight someone changes them. while chile doesn't have a reputation for vote tampering it's a reflection of how discredited political institutions and politicians have become in this country where millions are waiting for a new constitution to prioritise the social rights of the majority rather than the privileges of a minority you see in human al-jazeera santiago. police in el salvador have discovered 10 bodies at the home of a former officer a huger or saudi have a society who was arrested last week for killing a woman and her daughter the bodies of 7 women and 3 children were then found during a raid on this property is being investigated for sex crimes and a total of 13 murders warrants have been issued for 9 other suspects. 30 people
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have been sentenced to death in the democratic republic of congo after violence between rival muslim groups protesters were fighting over the right to celebrate the end of ramadan at a sports stadium in the capital of can shut a police officer was killed and several people injured $38.00 people have been arrested and face charges including criminal association to rebellion and attempted murder. now one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the world one out of every $100.00 pregnant women is expected to die during labor related complications reports from the capital one of the biggest challenges is to medical care. this hospital in chats capital is where comes to receive prenatal care it's more than 2 hours away from her home but it's her 1st pregnancy and she's been experiencing complications and with her due date just weeks away she fears for her life and that of her baby. i've heard stories of women suffering during
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childbirth and i've been getting it regular pains in my stomach so i come to the hospital to get help because i don't want anything to happen to me. i was says her fear is made worse by the fact back teenage pregnancy increases the chances of maternal mortality she's only 14 and chad has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the world more than 60 percent of its nearly 60000000 population live below the poverty line and while access to maternal health care is one of the few services that's offered for free the rate of women losing their lives during childbirth has not reduced much over the past decade more than a 1000 pregnant women out of every 100000 are expected to die during childbirth or from related complications every year according to health several other factors attributed to the high number of deaths including lack of enough health most of the fatalities are recorded in rural areas outside the capital where access to healthcare is limited less than 25 percent of pregnant women have access to medical
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a qualified. and years of conflict in the country's north and east has limited the provision of health services in those regions the united nations also says that the country's literacy rate is contributing to the high death rate 4 out of 5 women between 15 and 24. are illiterate and health workers say that's affecting women's awareness regarding their health so that. women usually come to us in late stages of pregnancy and by then they've developed multiple complications it's because they usually come suffering from malnutrition high blood pressure and that's the least it's sometimes worse we tell women to come to us as soon as they know they are pregnant so we can give them the right care but many are hesitant so when they give birth there are health risks not only for them but for the new babies that are born how was says she knows the risks she's facing and doesn't want to become another addition to the mortality statistics in chad she says she hopes to have
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a normal delivery but fears that at her age the odds may be against her and her child he will morgan al-jazeera. india is reporter for in delhi corona virus infections but an increase in deaths recorded more than 310000 cases and almost 4100 fatalities in the past patrolling the after the bodies about 2000 suspected covert 1000 victims were recovered from the river families are being offered money to help bury their loved ones. citizens have arrived home from india on the 1st flight since a controversial travel ban expired 70 other passengers were stopped from boarding the plane in new delhi because they all close contacts tested positive positive 90 days arriving in darwin well quarantine for 2 weeks in a converted mining camp. well once known as
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a coronavirus success story taiwan has imposed new restrictions that battles its worst outbreak since a pandemic began $206.00 new cases were reported on sunday in taipei and surrounding areas indoor gatherings are limited to 5 people and shops restaurants are closed for the 1st time masks are required outdoors government has appealed to people to avoid panic buying saying that things are working. well taiwan has warned the risks of doing business in hong kong have increased under a sweeping national security law imposed by china hong kong's government froze the assets of the media tycoon jimmy lie including shares in his media publications it is the 1st time shares of a listed companies large stake holders have been frozen under the security law lies serving a 14 month sentence for taking part in an authorized pro-democracy protests in 2019 . china has successfully landed a spacecraft on mars it's now the 3rd country to have
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a rover touchdown on the red planet after the united states and russia. has. an explosion of relief and celebration after what scientists describe as 7 minutes of terror. watching their spacecraft land on last. thank you for the mission is a success. china's venture to the red planet has its most ambitious space mission yet before now it's only gone as far as the moon. it should be said that this was not an easy task it is our 1st time down this path and we have met many difficulties and it was through a lot of hard work that today we were able to go through with our plans to make our goals the reality that young when one orbiter sit out in july last year and reached mars and 7 months it's been circling the red planet since february the 6 wheeled
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rover inside long is named after the god of fire an ancient chinese mythology the plan is to undergo a few days of tests before it explores an icy area known as utopia plan a shia joining an american rover that landed in february it's going to look at the geology of the area look for evidence of past water current water so the interior master couldn't really just program a science particularly works the 1st time and that means the market has dropped. that's are confirmed. china is now the 3rd country to make a touchdown on mass after russia 971 and the u.s. 5 years later next is rovers have already sent back pictures of their environment the sound of the martian wind while a tiny helicopter ingenuity made a pioneering flight there last month several other craft overdoing the planet
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including one from the united arab emirates part of a global space race that's recently accelerated with several countries jostling for the top spot. china's if it's haven't been without criticism last week it caused concern worldwide when daybreak from one of its rockets fell to earth and controlled the u.s. space agency nessa accused beijing of being irresponsible for china said there was only an extremely low risk of damage but in the long term china's looking in a very similar way to the rest of. the things we can learn but i think societal it's also really cool because it's a step along the road watchfully human exploration an opponent presents. another successful miles mission that could have long term consequences for those of us on this planet alexia brian al jazeera. fast fashion is easy on the wallet but the environment pays a high price and many have coming round to the idea of
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a more ethical and sustainable approach to clothing so fashion to halt mindless consumption excessive production and over complicated supply chains forms larry has more now from quantum. saving the environment one garment at a time that's what these 2 friends who cohen a fashion label are trying to do they make coats from upcycling old fabric and even go to the extent of using threads wow diving i can see how much. that make human cost thing. and then i want. a more direct way to help mother. fashion is one of the most polluting industries it's responsible for 8 to 10 percent of greenhouse gas emissions and nearly 60 percent of all clothing produced eventually ends up in landfills the most profitable business model is fast fashion mass producing pieces based on the latest catwalk trends these sell fast
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and are discarded just as quickly. but some people like chong are doing their best to keep close in circulation for longer she and a friend started a close walking event several years ago. as we grow we actually influence more people to accept this concept of secondhand clothing. they charge $5.00 per person and everyone brings at least 5 items for swapping but is allowed to leave with as many pieces as they want so i think we should be recycling things much more we should be prolonging the value of these items more. another way clothes are kept out of the landfill is through research. customers shopping at secondhand stores who often those who couldn't afford new items but as it's becoming trendy to be thrifty the popularity and number of these stores is increasing the pandemic too
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has gone some ways in changing consumer habits people have become more careful with their spending cancellation of fashion shows disruptions in supply chains to help shoppers break the habit of following the latest trends but as the global economy slowly recovers and consumption bounces back to prepare demick levels and viral mentalists will be hoping the trend for sustainability in fashion stays constant florence louis al-jazeera. by let's have a quick check of the headlines here and al-jazeera and violence in gaza has entered a 7th consecutive day we're hearing of 2 brothers who have been trapped under the rubble and they've managed to call rescuers for help search is ongoing all this follows hundreds of strikes overnight more than 174 palestinians have been killed
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