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incredible, always the real, all we've done is block out the light from a room and then allow it to come to the small episode, one of science in a golden age on al jazeera. ah me. the u. s. pledges to help rebuild garza during a trip by the secretary of state to show up a sci fi with israel. we believe that palestinians and israelis equally deserved to live safely and securely, to enjoy equal measures of freedom opportunity, and democracy. ah, hello, i'm down there. ally from dell also coming up under the
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thousands of people rushed to emergency shelter. another powerful cycle bear down on india unofficial part. another took your lympics code for the games to be cancelled saying it's not worth the risk to public safety plus airline stay a care of better ruth. and you with some new sanctions after the rest of a journalist who's flight was ordered to land in ah, what kinds of program the us secretary of state has outlined how the biden administration plans to men ties with the palestinians during a trip to both to the ceasefire with israel, anthony blink, and says they will reopen a continent and his pledged millions of dollars a new aid, but he adds, it shall. none of that money will go to ham. us diplomatic editor james bay's reports from ramallah in the occupied west bank. arriving in tell of the us secretary of state on a trip with
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a narrow ame keeping things calm after the seas. his 1st stop an audience with israel's prime minister pledging the u. s. is continuing commitment to israel's defense. but adding this, we believe that palestinians and israelis equally deserved to live safely and securely, to enjoy equal measures of freedom opportunity, and democracy to be treated with dignity. that echoed by the israeli lead. his words, perhaps unconvincing to some of the leading and 11 day bombardment of garza, we discussed also how to improve the lives in the conditions of the palestinians. the managed term conditions in ramallah. the 1st visit by a secretary of state to the president of the palestinian authority for over 3 years old contact was stopped when the trump administration announced it was moving the u . s. embassy to jerusalem. there was a cordial tone,
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but it was clear one of the president central, the bonds was not on the u. s. agenda. one of the month. and you're going out. we hope that the future will be full of diplomatic activity in order to reach a comprehensive solution and to put an end to recent events. president bass was told though that the u. s. would reopen its consulate general in east jerusalem. a diplomatic representation specifically for palestinians, which was close by president trump. there was a commitment to help in the rebuilding of garza after the 11 day war and a new package of funding for the un and the palestinian authority. what was most telling in his meetings was what secretary lincoln didn't say, no mention of pushing towards the 2 state solution. no mention of a piece process. it's clear that the biden administration wants to put a lid on this conflict, but for now doesn't want to attempt to actually solve it. james bay's al jazeera
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ramallah well knew security camera video shows the moments after a palestinian girl was shot in the back by railing soldiers. the 16 year old was wounded by a rubber coated steel bullet. last week. she'd been standing outside her home and the occupied easter wisdom, neighborhood of shakira. offices then father stung grenade into the house. the incident happened during protest against the forced explosions of palestinians from the neighbourhood. for palestinians are dealing with more than just the wreckage of a conflict with israel. corona virus is spending almost entirely unchecked. 250 new infections and 5 deaths reported on tuesday. but i'm sorry for that report. some garza, there's no way to know the real figures made out. i'm a see is struggling for breath like much have goes this population, he'd spend days at home in fear of his really bumming rates. the trouble was, he'd been infected with cobit 19 and was getting worse day by day. now, his condition doctor say is very serious. hadn't married. he was infected at home
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during the war, get corona virus symptoms, but he couldn't come to the hospital because he was scared of the shelling. we've had many cases like death that we've been dealing with, or in another ward and garza cities. she hospital, we find measured sally, a doctor turn patient recently out of intensive care. it wasn't covered 19 that put in there. it wasn't really as strike the security camera in garza's ministry of health building shows the moment he was blasted out of his office. the building wasn't hit directly. this was collateral damage from a strike across the street. but it was more than enough to shut down garz's only cove. at 19 test lab testing finally resumed at less than half the previous capacity on monday. as well as keeping people at home, the strikes also drove tens of thousands out and into temporary refuge in school buildings. there was some rapid flow testing done in places like this. the positivity rates were as high as 50 percent low, that about the you know,
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distancing no mosques, no protection, no hygiene. all of this created a bad situation. we know that corona spreads rapidly, that we have the british variant. aaron garza 5 cases would have been enough to infect all 4000 people in one school other than the american. look at the health ministry is worried about the prospects of what it calls a disastrous 3rd way. the corona virus, which is why this is so necessary. 48600 doses of the fire of vaccine delivered under the kovacs international alliance, straight to garz's only ultra cold freezer in the run tc hospital. in comparison to the vaccination campaign so far in garza, this represents a major delivery and a much needed one. but in comparison to the need across garza, especially right now, it remains the drop in the ocean. mrs. far from the mass vaccination campaign, seen just a short drive and a world away in israel. so far less than 2 percent of garz's population has been
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fully vaccinated. while gaza has been focused on the immediate life and death concern of a brutal but short war, a longer term threat may well have been gathering pace. harry for it, i'll just 0 garza now. the number of new covered 900 cases in india have gone up again. almost 200. 9000 people tested positive in the last 24 hours on tuesday. that figure fell below 200004 the 1st time in 5 weeks. the number of daily death has also gone up more than 4100 fatalities are reported on the wednesday up from 3500 the day before. but many believe the actual numbers a much higher i'm a 2nd cycle and to hit india and just over a week as made last fall on the east coast, it struck the state of edition, but neighboring west been gold and also bear the brunt. nearly 2000000 people have been moved to safety cycle. yas, is expected to bring gusts of up to a 185 kilometers an hour and severe flooding last week. a cycle and hit in the west
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coast, killing more than a 140 people. but we have suffered a lot from cars at 19 i thought laugh, couldn't get worse and tell been informed about the upcoming cycle. and now i have no idea how to raise my family. the only thing we can do is to wait until it's gone out of the school buildings can act as shelter. we have also prepared a diesel generator in case of any emergency drinking water is also in stock. so that's what dr. rogers, death book to he's chairman of the center for social medicine and community health that jo harlow narrow university, and joins us via skype from new delhi. dr. raj, a good job you. but let's talk 1st about cycling. yes. another very powerful storm . how well prepared are states like a vicious and west bengal? hello, good morning, darren. yes, its another sorry clone on the east coast. i just said it manned landfall at about
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0830 local time, and the land for the expected to continue for the next tree. the state of the separate ticket in the is generally very prepared given disaster preparedness mechanisms that have built up over the over more than a decade now. and, and it's quite a lloyd missionary, but this is a very severe psycho next tom. and it's certainly going to take it stone, and we know that in the spacing a huge surgeon corona virus infections and deaths. we just mentioned that there. how is that affecting the government's preparedness for these psych loans then? how is that playing into this equation? well, the government in both the states audition last spring, which are really going to brandon, it's coastal districts both these states have get up quite systematically over the last few days and then sure they're doing their best and building the district,
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their respective district district administration's. however, what's wanting about both these states is that they're still quite at their peak in this current phase that's been going has a positive rate of trend, is 6 percent already about 18 percent. their production redid around one, which means that it's just about stabilizing. so so and then and these, these districts are relatively far more and therefore the impact of corporate has a lot more been here. so the, so the psych loan is certainly going to affect affect the cost containment measures . and they say gluten shelters are going to be potential areas that could actually enhancements trend. and given the problems in there is now facing with a shortage of oxygen, critical care beds and a flo vaccine wrote out what's your assessment then of the overall cobra picture in
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the weeks ahead? well then, the weeks ahead why india is really about districts that large and the rural measures are being taken to adapt. adapt vehicle with containment, drew into their oral contexts. it's going to be difficult, but each state is making, making the best efforts of cause testing vaccination both remain challenges in the rural areas. a number of media reports in the past one we have spoken about have highlighted the extent and nature of vaccine hesitancy. in many of these areas, but, but that is the challenge in the coming 2 weeks. and i hope we are able to negotiate that as well as we did in some other parts of the country. dr. rodge desk. good to get your thoughts. thank you for talking to to 0. thank you very much. now,
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a prominent japanese newspaper, which is also an official partner. the tokyo olympics has joined colds for the games to be cancelled in an editorial. the a saw his symbol daily argues. it's not with the rest of public safety and strain and hospitals during the corona virus pandemic, japan government and the international olympic committee have resisted demands for the games to be cooled off altogether. the opening ceremony is less than 2 months away. where you say takahashi is national correspondent for the japan times. he says there are serious doubts about whether the games can be held safely. what i was pretty surprised when i saw that headline when i woke up this morning. in some ways, it may have been inevitable though, as you know, since the 4th way of depend on it began in japan a few months ago. public composition of the tokyo games has been growing. and i think this is a really striking, manifestation of that organizers are expected to speak in a press conference later today. and i think they're not going to be able to avoid
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confronting these issues. the issues raised in that there's an ongoing state of emergency and prime ministers who is expected to decide on friday whether to extend that in 9 prefecture, including tokyo. and while recent efforts have been made to sort of bolster and quicken the vaccine roll out in japan, 2 large scale vaccine sites opened up in tokyo and soft i just 2 days ago over here in japan. whether that's going to be enough to hold again, safely, is still a big question. recent call suggests that a majority of people in japan are strongly opposed to the tokyo games. take. any poll taken in the last month or 2 may be 60 to 80 percent combined. believe the talk you can't be held safely, need to be postponed again, or should be cancelled altogether. so that the poster telling last not so to come here and i'll just say are including found denounces what it's calling a qu within
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a coon in molly and george floyd's life is celebrated with the st. festivals, rallies and moments of silence. one year after he died more on that day with awe. hello there, hot and dry conditions persist across much of the middle east. as we enter the mid week, we do have a brisk northwesterly wind, cooling things down slightly bringing temperatures down in doha to 43 degrees q 844, but the heat is still there. one area that suddenly heating up is or mon muscat could hit a record as we go into thursday. so the temperature does dip slightly as we go into friday. but plenty of hot, dry weather hear some of that dust kicked up by those winds and they'll be plenty of hazy sunshine around up in the event. things are also heating up temperatures in
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iraq, edging up slightly baghdad at 43. so pretty quiet picture here. and it is quiet as well for the horn of africa, a few storms across the pin rift valley, but it is looking rather quiet across that central belt the equitorial boat. not too many storm clouds. here we will see some showers across northern parts of the democratic republic of congo, edging into uganda. and it's hot and dry picture for much of southern africa as well. plenty of sunshine for what swan and south africa ahead of the rain that will reach cape town by the weekend. the father should be a protector. who forgot tara? he was her tormentor. ah!
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betrayed for years she carries the evidence inside her. ah! that will be enough to find justice in afghanistan. patriarchal society, a 1000 guards, blank, me witness documentary announces era. ah the a. welcome back. if you don't mind about top stories, this, the us secretary of state is in the middle east hoping to strengthen the fees fire in israel in the house in garza, in an effort to mend ties with the palestinians. anthony lincoln amounts millions and new aid. and since the u. s. is reopen consulate an occupied east jerusalem the
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2nd cycle to hit india and just over a week of may land fall on the east coast, nearly 2000000 people have been moved to safety. such expected bring gusts up to 195 kilometers an hour and a prominent japanese newspaper, which is also an official partner. the tokyo olympics has joined cold for the games to be cancelled in an editorial the assassination one day. the argues is not worth a risk to public safety during condemning. now airlines are changing course to avoid better routes. international outrage, mount server jet being forced to land in mens and the arrest of a different journalist on board. a fighter plane and go to the jetliner after what turned out to be a false bomb threat? jenna hall has a story. the video shows journalist and blogger, roman protest, savage saying that he's cooperating with the bellows authorities. and he's being treated according to the law. but certainly this continued, but look closer,
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according to those who know him well, there are signs, he's been beaten, his nose looks different, possibly broken. there appears to be bruising and may come, powder, unconscious of his face and muscles. many world leaders have condemned. what happened on sunday, after a run, a plane from athens to vilnius, was intercepted by a bell russian make fighter jet and forced to land in minsk potter savage and his russian girlfriend sophia. so peggy were taken into custody. pretties prime minister boris johnson is the latest joining us president joe biden. and the leaders of the european union, johnson said the video of protest savage was deeply distressing and warned the barrows will face consequences. and those consequences are beginning to crystallize . targeted economic sanctions promised by the e u. the bella, russian national airline, bella, we are banned from e u airport, a host of international airlines avoiding bella, russian s. space, depriving the regime of valuable revenue for overflight rights. nato has stepped
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into the fray. secretary general jen stilton burg described sunday's incident as state hijacking. the united nations office for human rights likened it to extraordinary rendition such abuse of state power against the journalists for exercising functions that are protected under international law is receiving and deserves. the strongest condemnation came to galvanize global outrage and speaking from exile in lithuania, opposition figures, svetlana, take an op sky called for concerted international action function, wallace, and the us with us. and really it will be for june. she's asked that her group be allowed to meet g 7 leaders at their summit in the u. k. next month. french president emmanuel macros says he supports that
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idea, as mainly western opprobrium continues to build aimed at the 27 year long rule of alexander lucas shanker. jonah hope al jazeera and bella ruth has released video of the detain journalist russian girlfriend the as with roman pa to say that it could have been recorded under duress 23 year old students. sophia, a pagan can be seen describing herself as the editor of a social media channels which disclose personal information about bella, russia, officials, because lawyer said, she's been jail for 2 months. while an investigation was carried out, the pro democracy activists in the city of montana, johnson sellers will be free as they were 100 prison. terms and court were ordered to spend between 4 and 70 years behind bars, organizing mass unrest up according to radio free europe, for no house of rushes. parliament has approved a bill which effectively bands,
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allies of opposition leader alexia valley, from running for public office. legislation prohibits people from being elected if they are linked with groups designated as extremist valleys, in prison, for breaking bail conditions. while being treated in germany for a near fatal poison. but un security council is coming and emergency meeting to discuss molly on wednesday after what france is describing as a qu, within a qu, engine, vice president, colonel, se me greater who lead last years military take over, ousted the transitional president and prime minister, and ordered the arrests and selections will take place next to us plan, but there's international condemnation and threats of functions. nicholas hawk has more now from neighboring synagogue in downtown by my co security forces, including the military, are patrolling the streets, dispersing protesters out to denounce what they described as another military coup . we had gather to say yes to republic, no to june,
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to know to another coo and no to car up soldiers. the country has been left again in the hands of ill intention. individuals were using the state apparatus, drop power, and the future we want to. we are not on national television. a soldier reads a statement from former june to leader and vice president, se me go into announcing the dismissal of both the prime minister and molly's president, accusing them of sabotaging the transition of power in something. on monday, a government was announced in which 2 leading members of the general had been removed from their position. coffee was creating his new government. the prime minister put together a list agreed with by the president. without consulting the vice president who is in charge of making decisions on defense and security, this is a breach of the charter. the judith sees power from former president de brian b r k tyna cool. last august, following widespread protests over the states inability to bring peace and security
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removed from power by the military, june to the put them in power. prime minister are one and by and dow are being detained in the military camp outside the capital. cotton. this tussle for power are the maryan people. millions have been displaced from the north in the center of the country where armed groups affiliated to die in the slum estate continued to gain grounds. this, despite the presence of the biggest and most expensive un operation, 4000 french troops since the military gentle has taken over power. the security situation is deteriorating due when the african union and the european union have in them what french president, emanuel con, describes as a qu within a qu. he's calling for an urgent un security council meeting, and what appears to be the beginning of another crisis of leadership in molly nicholas park al jazeera, thousands of civilians fled their homes and ethiopia to gray region around the town
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of axiom. it's part of a continuation of attacks on rural villages that began on friday. witnesses say the violence has been carried out by retrench soldiers. malcolm way by mona, from kenya's capital nairobi recording to multiple testimonies of people we've spoken to in the last few hours, who are in the town of acts and many to say that tax began on friday in rural areas on villages attacks that many people say directed against civilians, they named the people who spoke to more than a dozen villages all of them to the southwest of them. people blamed eritrea and troops. they say that this is displaced thousands of people. many of them have complained of indiscriminate shelling, other people that we've spoken to have reported that men and boys have been targeted and killed in other cases, they've been arrested and taken away survivors. a very worried about that, especially following reports we've seen in recent months of young men being massacred in that region have been accused of supporting their 2 grand people's
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liberation from the enemy of the government and the government of our choice in this conflict. now, earthquakes caused by the erupt of africa as most active volcano stoking fears that mountain the arrogant when erupt. again, toxic gas and lava started exploding from the volcano on saturday, killing at least 32 people. 17 villages on the outskirts of the city of coma in democratic republic of congo were destroyed. around 5000 people have been displaced . soon among the must be careful, do not climb on the lava. people who gather at the lava rocks without being certain that it is already solid risks, suddenly sinking inside. and if the gas is present, you are at risk of suffocating and losing your life. for lincoln, navy, and air force i helping fight a massive fire on board a container ship anchored outside the port of colombo. the express pole that's been burning for 4 days. it's 25. number crew was taken off the boat off the fall of the
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cargo exploded the ship. what kind of 25 tons of nitric acid, as well as other dangerous chemicals specialists, fire fighting equipment is on its way from the netherlands. india is also sending help us media reporting that new york prosecutors investigating donald trump, his organization, and those close to it have convened a grand jury, but it's unclear who could been line for indictment. the panel is hearing several matters unrelated to the former president's case. my county has more from washington dc. we do not know whether this investigation is going to be sent to don donald trump on the trump organization on some entity close to donald trump. so at that stage that is still an open question. but what it does mean is that we now heard from 2 sources that the grand jury has been convened for up to 3 months sitting 3 days a week. and this indicates an escalation in terms of the 2 separate investigations being conducted into the trump organization. and those connected to it because now
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very clearly criminal charges are being investigated to one of these entities connected to these 2 separate investigations. so this is a major escalation. we heard last week from the attorney general of new york saying that what had been a civil investigation into the comp, organizations, financial details had expanded into a criminal one. she indicated as well that her office was now going to be working together with the new york district attorney to investigate these various cases. now, just to break it down, 2 separate cases effectively being investigated. one dealing with hash money being paid to people who accused donald trump of sexual advances and saying that the tax money was taken from campaign funds. the separate case being conducted by new york state involves various financial irregularities or alleged financial irregularities
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. the white house and crumbling of both confirmed joe biden will meet with me putin in geneva next month. some it comes at a time of growing tension. president biden has described russia as the biggest threat to us security name and the president has treated out a milestone in the countries covered 19 inoculation campaign. it said as of today, 50 percent of american adults are fully vaccinated. that's a big deal, folks. it means more than a 129000000 people are protected against cobit 19, but the vaccination rates vary greatly with some southern states lagging in their rollouts. medina says trial show it's vaccine is safe and effective for children who are 12 and over it's applying to the u. s. drug regulator for approval. the u. s. in canada already aligned to 5, the bomb tech jump to administer to teenagers. however, the world health organization says that given global shortages, children in rich countries should not be vaccinated before adults elsewhere.
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the moral services are being held across the us market years and george floyd was noted by a white police officer. the 46 year old family and friends have been at a candlelight vigil in the city of minneapolis where he was killed on a black man's death box mass, anti racism protest denying the quantity of florida family members urging congress to pass the police reform bill. the 1st anniversary of ports killings had been sent to the deadline by biden, for the legislation passage be and today is an honor to meet with the president, the vice president for them to sort of concern. so our family and for them to actually give an ear. so our concern is how we feel on the situation. i think it was a very great mean we're very appreciative and grateful that president vice president invited here. i think that the meeting when we'll show or concern i think generally you want to know is that how we were on, on what he could do to support us any day. let us know the support pass on the bill,
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but he wants to make sure that if the right building that arrest view also said that, he said that he's not happy about it not being made, but he doesn't want to be able to be right if you can make federal law to protect the bird, which just about ego, you can make but federal law to protect people cullen. ah, type a quick check of the headlines here on out to 0. the us secretary of state is in the middle east hoping to strengthen the sci fi between israel and hamas, and garza, in an effort to men, ties with the palestinians, anthony and blink, and announce millions and new aid and says the us has reopening a consulate and occupied east jerusalem i informed president boss and earlier prime minister netanyahu that the united states will.

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