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shapes a generation and they have policy, then their life has been shame by vitamin the in depth analysis of the days global headlines inside story on our jazeera. ah, i believe 6 people have been killed in while 5 burning and southern turkey were in tie. villages and coastal results have been evacuated. ah, allow me say that this is al jazeera alive from dell hall. so coming up to new year's president moves to reassure the country. he won't be a dictator after m. p. 's and political officials are detained. joe biden hen said
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malta, come a day after announcing new corona violence rules and restrictions in the us. i'm holding the camera on the playing on the day life with the other and wearing kenya where a ride is putting electric bike through their paces to see if they'll overtake petro power. ah, emergency crews and turkey are still trying to control the biggest fives in the region which have killed at least 6 people. they've been burning for a 3rd straight day while doesn't. the village isn't. hotels have been evacuated. cruise number more than a 1000 have been involved in the operation. at least 14 wildfires, a burning and satellite images show the extensive those wildfires at least 5 planes and 45 helicopters are being used to put out the flames spreading across more than
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a 1000 sites. the u. s. and e. u nations have extended their support to turkey. so thought of that is live for us in mon, i've gotten on talia province that start with the 5 then our emergency cruise close at least at this point to getting a control of the situation. well some it's still i will say out of far away from being under the control because since one day when the 1st reports of. busy the fire being a rock that came out of the on talia then just one penny asleep. the report came out the 26 other provinces as well. and so far that has been 87 police is the locations that the for the fire rock that so i will say simply turkey lungs are on the fire only in 2026 provinces,
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a to 5 locations. 74 of them are under the console by more than pans of the locations are still burning. now here the, the, the force are on the way. we can see that the how to cope. there's the plains continuously getting water from the mediterranean and just dropping that over the supposed over the hard support here. but their job is quite difficult for me because just a little bit i go very much close was out of southern last seen that as if there is, or you all around and just the fire just the just erupt of there. and there's the places that have been on there taken under the control couple of hours later, even sometimes couple of minutes later or the fight is there often. again and again . so from the aging coastal cities of turkey from is mere to all around
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the, the mediterranean line to medicine too hot. i, there are tons of the cities that are struggling with the fire or sol, understand the authorities are deep into the investigations how they progressing. while the investigation still premature, but basically it is based on the circumstance. evidence says that maybe the p k. k will be behind the government as this is saying that that might be sabotage and organized. organize asked and attacked conducted by the p k. because in previous years, p k. k has claimed such forest fires. i'm based on that. the government know the intelligence service of the company and the minister of interior. how are working together? they initiated an investigation to see whether the p, k, k or any other organized group is behind. there's this forest fires that the
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burning across the country. all right, thanks so much. we're so thought about that too. as he is president has promised not to turn into a dictator as to members of parliament were arrested. i say it lifted parliamentary means he nearly a week off the season control of the government. staffers from the largest political party or not. they are also being investigated during wolf reports. more moves into niecy as political game of chess president. can you say ye dismissing a top foreign ministry official while also ordering the arrest of one of his critics for comments made on social media. said has insisted he won't be a dictator and says a seizure of power was necessary. critics call it a qu, saudi arabia has offered support with a visit on friday by the foreign minister to i couldn't remember sophia, the kingdom confirms his confidence in the 2 news. you need to ship at its ability
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to overcome the current conditions in a way that achieves the dignified living and prosperity of our brothers into nicea . when it was added to several new york times, journalists had been detained and then released creating fears over free speech. they later met them, insisting on to dedication to openness, the middle as despite the crosses that to nicea is living, it still operates with freedom of expression and with human right. built on the constitution and faced with some difficulties in some areas or with some administration than these are intentional obstacles. the parliament has been suspended for 30 days, which means there's time for deeper divisions or discussions. there are rumors about national dialogue, corso rumors that maybe we're heading toward a kind of a change where they are in the next or low. whether it's consistent, whether in parts or in, on the, in the constitution may be in the upcoming hours or the upcoming days. we know the
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leader of the country's largest political party and nafta has called for talk, but says his offer isn't open ended. he will, maddox, if you can. with that we are going to try use all peaceful means dialogue, negotiation st. pressure pressure from organisations internal and external pressure to bring back democracy. our early goal today is the return of democracy to to his . yeah. and now come many to niecy and seek gillian wolf. al jazeera has go live now to tunis, where we have journalists, sam kimball, joining us. so sam, let's start with, if you crunch up the numbers of people being arrested and detained every day, got us thought to wonder how much of a purge is taking place despite what the president is saying. indeed, there have been arrests. there have been numerous dismissals over the past several
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days. most important, fortunately, or most recent news being the arrest of to parliamentary members yesterday. one was the independent m. he. yes. in yadi who is the co founder of the hope and work movement in parliament. and he has been an outspoken critic of president tunisian president site and was erected from his home yesterday in the northern tuna suburbs . i spoke to his wife, we sounded quite shaken, and who claimed that a group of cars came with officers dressed, 1000000000 closing, calling themselves security. who took him away at his lawyer has said that this was for a case against him from several years ago. for insulting the armed forces and the president on social media likewise. but that this case was,
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was settled. likewise. last night there was the arrest of my head zayed from the cut coalition in parliament. he had a case against him from several years ago. apparently for, for what he was accused of stealing documents related to an investigation on the assassination of a former opposition activists, politician. and so he was arrested last night. there had, this is on the back of numerous ministerial dismissals over the past several days. and as well as the swearing in of an interim interior minister on thursday night and sam largest party, now calling for an emergency meeting of the cabinet. tell us about that.
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indeed addressed to her new see the speaker of parliament as well as the leader of the parliament largest coalition party has called for an emergency meeting after these arrest yesterday has called for an emergency meeting of parliament, which would be difficult if not impossible, since sunday night. when to news in president high sky, it froze the parliament for 30 days. the prime minister, he sent miss cc and removed, parliamentary immunity. so in reaction to these arrests, arrested annuity from another has called for an emergency parliamentary session, which cannot be done practically speaking since the parliament closed. he also said that we are not those ready for all concessions but has won against the imposition of a dictatorship and regarding the arrest of you seen, i yadi had said that we condemned the illegal arrest of our yardi and demands that
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the location of yadi, the independent parliamentary member be revealed. i will leave her there. thanks so much, sam kimball. ah, nigerian sprint, a blessing aucker bout a has been suspended from the tokyo olympics after failing a drug test. the 32 year old to one long jump silver in 2000 and the they tested positive for growth hormone. she had qualified for the 100 meters coming final on friday. 10 track and field athletes were ruled in eligible to compete 3 days ago. off the failing to meet the minimum or testing requirements. and richardson is in tokyo with some faith. yeah, we got so used to talking about positive covered 19 tests is bit of a change to talk about test band substances, but it hints into an underlying problem in nigeria. 10 athletes that are already
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arrived in tokyo and the build up to these games withhold with very short notice that they wouldn't be allowed to take part in the lympics because the national federation just hadn't done the required pre competition drug testing. it's a huge blow finance area, a 13 of the $25.00 metals they've ever wanted to know lympics with track and field . so not having these athletes and not having a bar i taking part is a massive blow fit for their chances of winning. any metals here in tokyo test is saying they're going to conduct around $5000.00 tests during the games here in japan. perhaps more importantly in the build up $25.00 pounds and tests taken place in countries all around the world, talking not just truck and failed. it all of the olympic sports and it's normally the most pre competition tested to bring more positive cases in the test that actually take place here in japan. of the code 19 has created a lot of challenges to testers. we're talking to the athletics integrity units in
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the build up to the games and they said at one point during the peak of covered the testing rates with down 75 percent because of difficulties of accessing athletes. but that is now that situation is now improving. also with mentioning for the 1st time at these games, it won't be the host nation in charge of the testing operation has been done by an independent body, the international testing agency. so to the sanctioning that's not being done by the international olympic committee will be done by the court of arbitration for sports. so a huge effort to try and the politicize, the issue of doping and make it as fair as, as possible for all athletes. so i had an al jazeera tylen thinks to deliver vaccines to remote regions and sit back on the new wave of cove in 19 rescue operations in northern india, where a monsoon rains causing landslide. ah
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ah hello gets his view, wiping the sweat off your brow in places hovered straightly the outback. here alice set a new temperature record for all of july 31 point 8 degrees just not gene out that old record there. now in terms of the weather that we're watching, a system is crushing into western australia. it's going to generate once again, powerful winds, you've really been walked into this pattern here. we could see those gust about 75 kilometers per hours. so that's on sunday. let's track where it's go and as we head toward monday rate across the bite, it's going to give us white and windy conditions toward adelaide and eventually melbourne, and hobart. this will come your way as well. for new zealand, we've got rain, it's creeping in, but still sunshine for christ church. wallington gives ben auckland and that will continue on monday. it's not until late monday into tuesday. we start to see that
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rain sweep through storms really come in and go in across areas of south east asia . but i want to take you to the philippines because it has been intense rain here as of late, but we're seeing it back off a bit. still getting into the rounds of range, it's not as heavy as what we have felt over the last few days unsettled across the korean peninsula on sunday, and some heavier pulses of rain for central areas of hunt you on sunday. the weather bag. energy and change to every part of our universe. more small to continue. the change is all around the shape by technology and human ingenuity. we can make it work for you and your business.
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ah, the me. i was thinking through the headlines here now just here and now firefighters and turkey are trying to control 14 far as far as off the managing to put out more than 70 in the past few days. at least 6 people have been killed in his, his president has again rejected accusations of a coo and says he will not turn into a dictator. 2 opposition. politicians were detained on friday after president ice. i. e revoke solomon for immunity. nigerian sprinter blessing our car battery has been suspended from the hotel and take off the failing
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a drug test. she's qualified for the 100 meters semi final on friday, winning her heat comfortably. in china is working to contain its most widespread covered 19 outbreak in month earlier this month. a cluster of infections caused by the highly contagious delta variance were 1st detected in non ging. since then it spread to 6 other provinces including beijing. millions of people are being tested and hundreds of 1000 around the locked down b, u. s. president. his warning further guidelines or rules could be introduced after a surgeon code 19 cases comes a day off the he announced title rules as well as incentives to get people fascinated. joe biden was asked if americans could expect more restrictions. all probability why we had a good day yesterday, almost a 1000000 people got back to maybe about half
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a 1000000 of those people for the 1st 5 2nd shot. and so i'm hopeful that people are getting to realize how expensive the researches believe that targeting unvaccinated people with special restrictions is one of the best ways of encouraging them to get innoculated. but there are some who will likely never get the shots. rob reynolds explains from los angeles. in this los angeles park, people are frustrated with the millions of americans who won't get vaccinated. i think they are very selfish and nowhere and ignorant in the only thinking about themselves. they don't care if it affects other people. that's the thing, research shows there's a hard core group of anti factors who just won't budge. there's something like 16 to 18 percent of americans who are not knowledgeable the recalcitrant. they don't
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want to get it. and they're in without direct policy, any sort of mandate or something specific. that's a much stronger than in urging. they're going to say unvaccinated until very recently, policy makers in public health officials have been relying on the carrot, not to stick to convince hesitant americans to get the vaccine. when you get your 1st dose, you will get a $100.00 incentives, cash payments and other freebies have nudged some procrastinators, but not the most adamant. they tend to be younger. they tend to be less educated, less affluent, and much more republicans, democrats. and so they typically are receiving their information for from more conservative news outlet. now more institutions are applying the stick in the form of back mandate to make life a little. ringback more difficult for the on backs and well,
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announcing that 240000 california state government workers will soon be required to get vaccinated or face on earth testing and social distances, ruled governor gavin newsom blasted right wing tv networks like fox were exhausted by the right wing echo chamber that has been perpetuating misinformation around the vaccine and its efficacy and safety. more than 600 colleges and universities nationwide, including the half 1000000 students and staff in the university of california system must get jabs before classes begin. google, twitter, and facebook will require all employees to be vaccinated. when offices reopen and there's more planning to take in a broadway show, better get your shots 1st. no unvaccinated patrons allowed. how about a cruise? you won't be setting sail on most lines until you're fully vast. research shows that private sector and government mandates do help convince all but the hardest of
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hard core vaccine resistors. and with the delta variant spreading across the country, it seems there will be more mandates in the weeks to come. rob reynolds al jazeera, los angeles collins government has ordered an additional $10000005.00. the current of virus vaccines is battles a 4th wave of infections driven by the delta variance. tony chang reports from bangkok tie health officials set out on a cobra 19 test and treatment mission. although close to bangkok, some of these areas are only accessible by boat, especially during the rainy season. urban centers has seen the highest infection rates, but increasingly suspected cases being reported in remote and rural districts and health services being stretched to the breaking point. the new than anake on bar who is currently i'm worried because we don't have enough health officials to take
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care of patients. even though case numbers and those a waiting period keep rising with government services under strain, sometimes taking matters into their own hands. this group of volunteers are going door to door testing oxygen levels for those to show cove at 19 symptoms. with many impoverished communities suffering from high levels of infection. they're learning to look after themselves. one of our friends died. he couldn't get any help, couldn't call anyone we don't want that to happen to anyone ever again. hospital beds in the tie capital and now so scarce to the hill service, his outfitted especial covert train to transport patients for treatment elsewhere. more than a 100 patients can be transported to 7 provincial capitals, whether still beds available with the transfer of patients. these patients are from bangkok who haven't received treatment in hospitals. we want to bring them to
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doctors in their own home town. and the traveling process is controlled all through the journey with infections still hitting record highs. many expect tough locked down conditions to come to the last 2 weeks, communities migrant labors like this one behind me have been completely locked down with gods on the gate to make sure no one can get in or out. now, many people in bangkok concern those strict measures could be applied. everybody had done the airport. the congo warehouse has been converted into a temporary field hospital, 1800 cardboard beds ready for new cove at 900 patients. with nearly 3000 new infections in the capital every day, even this went whole back. the tide of the 4th wave, tony cheng al jazeera, bank of baton bomb is battling government forces around the western city of herat become a major focal point of the conflict with heavy fighting in the past few days. and
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as our diplomatic editor james bay's reports from cobble, both sides have different accounts of what's going on. having flashes in horizon for several days now, but the intensifying according to local sources, the latest fighting to the south of the city, the african government say that they are turning the tide. they say that they have made some gains. they say, certainly earlier that they had retaken the road between harassed city and the air force. i can tell you that most flights are cancelled. but we have spoken to a journalist who says that there is an afghan military flight that is going in and out of herat half water this time. we also are aware of government claims that they have killed or injured a 100 taliban overnight. bought the taliban and tell a very different story. they say they're only offensive with making games. they claim that they have severely injured a police chief in jill
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a district right next to the city and killed several of his body guards. they also say that they have killed one of the army commanders. that is colonel abdul hamid. of these so far corps and i can tell you the government has now confirmed his death also also was reporting that is mel con, who's a former dean leader from a cabinet minister and a key figure. some would say the most powerful figure in herat. he's bought his own fighters to the front line on, in support of the government to try and change the tide of the battle right now. clearly very serious, the government of african, the stone that this major regional city is in some ways surrounded and certainly with the airport. not for the operational consulting, at least for now, a landslide is killed at least 7 people in northern india. this is the latest in a growing number of deaths caused by this year's monsoon reigns. golden robinson
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has more within moments, mountain road gives way heavy rain to hit the 1000000 region, hard, causing flash, flooding and landslides waiting the lives of dozens of people. the national disaster response force and in due to beaten ball, the police are carrying out the rescue operation. so people are still missing and rescuers are looking for them. all roads and bridges swept away in genuine kashmir emergency teams have been called to the scene. it comes with all i am 58 years old and i've never seen such a severe flood in my life. the floods, of course, a lot of destruction earlier. we did not even have a bridge. now it has been constructed, has washed away by the floods within 7 years, over on the west coast, the country. so more than $58.00 centimeters of rain in just one day residence, forced to flee their homes as authorities release water from nearby dams that are
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at risk of overflowing. the rains are reminiscent of a similar catastrophe that struck the region back in 2005, killing more than a 1000. but resident save the tragedy this year is worse. gordon robison, delta 0 now motorbike sound affordable way to get around the many developing countries in kenya about 200000 new bikes, hit the road every year. nearly all of them run on petrol, but bank be about to change. malcolm web went to the town of homa bay were recently developed. electric motor bike is creating above most of like use in kenya is exploding because much less to buy and run the car. good on the roads. we can carry almost any kind of cargo or about 2000000 bikes on the roads. most of them are used to serve paying customers. the numbers, doubling about every 8 years with it, their carbon emissions. it's
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a similar story in much of the developing world. all right, as we spoke to in this town in western tenure, they did tired of coming here to the mechanic. most of the motor bikes made in china and india, a design for better roads. petro power engines where out fast, these people are not bringing or spare parts. and if you find the, you know, the little bit too expensive. so we would go for about 10. i'm the well, who not said john euchre. he's one of a handful of writers here. he's been given an electric motor like for try it as few moving parts requires little maintenance and no fuel got come back in a come to compare when i used to petrol driven motor bikes. i could save $20.00 a month now with the electric bike, i can save about $80.00, changing batteries costs less than half of what i spent on fuel. john says the cost
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savings make a big difference to him in his family. the buy he's riding. comes from this workshop is in the capital, nairobi, the sweetest company called opi birth has developed the place here. lucy miguel is one of a team of engineers who designed them specifically for the rough roads. and for the growing most bike market, the biggest challenge will be making the price is compared to the fucking feel of us. so we know how affordable our expect to really wanting to invest, but making sure that it's like a bill here. design engineers just over all makes it very much cheaper. the ride is here. say they want to try the electric bike. the big question is which kind of bike goes faster? and best way to find out is with a race on the electric bike quicker off the song and go back back to the extent of ration. and they've got to say that they feel that
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i'm holding a camera going on and playing on the day alive with the all of the writers we've spoken to glossy. how quickly can these bikes become available? now let's test the new technology. one of us says it plans to start mass production later this. yeah. malcolm web al jazeera home a bay, kenya. ah, take you through some of the headlines here. now just are now 55 isn't turkey is still trying to control full team far as far as off the managing, put out more than 70 in the past few days. president and i have tell you about it. the one is declared several regions disaster areas. at least 6 people have been killed. today the president has rejected accusations of a coo and.

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