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[000:00:00;00] i will just 0. when ever i write down to the news . former off gun president, sharp ghani speaks from exile in the united arab emirates. he says he likes to avoid bloodshed. and the us as a chance, provide security beyond travel airport as afghans thinking to escape are forced to navigate taliban checkpoint. ah, what channels is there a life for my headquarters and hi daddy navigator. also
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a heads tension grows in haiti over the slow pace of aid efforts following an earthquake. as the prime minister vows not to repeat a history of mismanagement. the fall out for farmers in god's off after is really air strikes, destroyed, crops, and materials and years of painstaking work. ah . hello. afghanistan and former president serv. gunny has spoken from the united arab emirates in his 1st appearance and fleeing couple. he defended his decision to leave the taliban, pushed toward the capital, saying it was to avoid violence. he also denied rumors that he fled with suitcases full of cash. the way he says johnny has been taken in with his family on humanitarian grounds. must be getting the russian and they should if i stayed, i would have witnessed bloodshed and couple
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a couple should not be turned into another yemen or syria over power struggles. so i was forced to leave i left with just a waste coat and some clothes. the personality assassination against me has been ongoing, saying, i have taken money with me. the accusations are people's lives, but you can even ask customs officials, they are bakery and back enough to understand taliban fighters have opened fire on crowds of protesters. the 3 people are reported to have been killed at a demonstration against the group takeover in the eastern city of gel abide. people are marching in the streets, chancing and carrying the gun flag video of the event later. so taliban fighters firing in the air and hitting protesters would stick. the fire has also been heard during protesting the eastern city of coast. there had been no immediate report of injury. demonstrators raised the afghan national flag
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over a road in the city. taliban fighters were seen chasing crowds away. meanwhile, a capital airport us lead troops of fired into the air to disperse people. gathering as they tried to leave the country, governments are rushing to bring home their citizens, as well as newly approved african immigrants. while the us secretary of defense says the american troops don't have the capacity to operate beyond the capital airport perimeter. the top american military commanders have been speaking for the 1st time since the fall of capital. they defended their action saying they had no intelligence that the afghan military would collapse so quickly. particle, hey, how's the latest from the pentagon? the top military leaders in the us faced the press and make promises. and we are the united states military. and we fully intend to successfully evacuate all american citizens want to get out of afghanistan,
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all american citizens who want to get out of afghanistan, they are priority number one. but then these leaders admit, they can only do that if the taliban let them. and right now there are widespread reports of people being denied access to the airport. we don't have the capability go out and collect of large numbers of people from birth. they say they are negotiating with the taliban to allow americans and credentialed afghans to pass. but say the number of us troops there means they can only focus on keeping the airport safe. and with another 2000 people evacuated on tuesday, there are still tens of thousands of us citizens and who need to get out. how did this happen? the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff says no one saw this coming the timeframe of a rapid collapse that was widely estimated in range from weeks to months and even years following our departure. there was nothing that i or
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anyone else saw that indicated a collapse of this army in this government in 11 days. the consistent mind from the pentagon has been this is not the time to look at what went wrong, but instead to focus on the mission. but with growing outrage from both republicans and democrats, it's likely congressional hearings could start as early as next week for what many or calling a humiliating. catastrophic failure. tactical have al jazeera at the pentagon. when the immediate aftermath of the taliban takeover there was a surgeon hospitalizations and have gone to san capital, a couple, some of the casualties have come from the international airport where they were shot while trying to reach the departure area. charlotte bellows visited a hospital in campbell, where some patients, including children, are being treated this 10 year old from a scanner stones eastern province of park to you was shot on saturday. it took his family hours to reach emergency hospital and central cobble. by been,
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he was in bad shape. this is the 1st intensive care unit in afghanistan. doctor say they witnessed a surgeon patients after the telephone took over cobble on sunday. they said most were the victims of armed clashes, criminals and chaos at the airport. to re shawn and for some of these causes many, many of the people by bullets by phone. so today's the hospital was slowing. they added extra beds. all admissions were from gunshot wounds. the hospital says it has received about 20 patients from cargo international airport since monday. for have died and the rest of being treated for gunshot wounds after the taliban and us forces tried to disperse, crowns that breached the perimeter. be to see if the patient from around bug off they are going to spend most of most of them the receive as bullets through the
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chest and head. this hospital is run by emergency in g or an international humanitarian organization with the taliban in charge. they say the operations have continued on uninterrupted. they say the minister of health has remain the same. and fighters have introduced themselves. i have to say so far out of plenty of that we are in the country. we always, we able to war and everybody respect off, nobody for matthew that was not just a big part of the patient. the brahman is 12 years old when the telephone took over his province of host on sunday, he ran out to meet them. he was hit by a government and the child died and he is now paralyzed. we have 18 or 19 years of war and in the last 10 minutes he was injured. at least he is alive and he will be okay. i can suffer and tolerate this, if there is peace. that is after michelle. the war may be over in afghanistan,
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the healing will take a long time. charlotte bellis, osha, 0 cobble of the united nation says about a 100 members, if it's international staff will be leaving. i've gone, astonish into the volatile situation there. the un says the move as temporary and that the situation continues to be monitored, but they're also calls for the un to step up its involvement or diplomatic editor james base spoke. you're locked up, or he, me, a former un mediator involved in the transition in afghanistan back in 2001 you answered to be there. definitely. nothing can be done internationally without the un and the u. s. has been absent a little bit too long. they should really, you know, raise their profile very, very much. yes, it is time for the romance. and again,
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i'm strong player them out when they get out. if they won't do they come tomorrow, declared the government. you know, they're all right for one week for 2 weeks, one month yet. but if you don't have a really aggressive government, then you know the, the data saga gun is time for 40 years. 50 years actually will, will resume or wisconsin and your view half the taliban changed their you know, because they love this low base because this guy understands roads of job. we take it, margaret, up to the ban on mapping. they know handle and then they know that country extremely wet. and this strategy has been, has been absolutely brilliant from your long career in diplomacy, all around the world and on that kind of stone. what are the lessons you think that should be brought to bear right now? what mistakes should the international community avoid making?
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heal realty is something that is via important and realization that when you go to a place like up or anywhere you know extremely little. so you have got to open your ears and not bust people around at least 47 people in brick in a faso had been killed in an attack on a convoy that happened near the town of r binda civilians on security forces or along those killed the government says its troops killed at least 50 fighters during cautions. these had region has seen regular attacks by arm groups linked to iceland. ok to number of people who have died in haiti's magnitude, 7 point to earthquake has risen to more than 2100. some 8 has arrived in a hard had city, la k. a survivors are desperate and help isn't getting to disaster zones fast
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enough. and john, home and reports, whole communities have been raised to the ground in rural areas, closer to the center of the clay. this is the as yet little known center of haiti's dissolves design to i was from the city that captured attention following subsidies, earthquake things, a worse. we drove through 10 kilometers of countryside in which most of the houses were simply destroyed. we stopped when we saw this building in the village of florida. how's the communities, hospital, church and school for 50 for years on saturday. in a heartbeat it was gone on sunday fell out. now we're trying to find to at least find a 10th to help the kids back to school. so they don't miss the year. the for on district chief says 90 percent of the houses have went down to. judith was washing clothes just like when we met her,
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when her house collapsed behind her i saw the us moving and we started running. there were 2 people inside. fortunately they managed to get out. now she and her family of 9, a homeless just like most of the community here. some lives have been lost to rahman and so been son was out in the fields with his dad when he was killed by a landslide, set off. by the way. i feel terrible. every time i'm taking care of the animals, i think of him because he enjoyed doing that. yesterday would have been, he's 14th birthday. they showed us a photo of him and abruptly it caused an outpouring of grief. we continued the villages wanting to show us all they've lost. i asked a nice cast stone by the ruin of her house if the community got any international aid, no,
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no vocal. there's many 18 flying into haiti and heading to this region. but it seems the help has yet to filter down to here and it's needed. you go from house to house in this community. there's 123, and $4.00, and then mostly destroyed. and what people hear a telling us is that this time round, they're unable to help each other because they're all victims. the district head is very clear about what floor own requires and then stop pulling water and food for what a 10 for the most important thing. he says that he's already talked to the prime minister, who asked him to wait. meanwhile, fresh off the shots continue through the town, a powerful one while we visited. it's frightening crowd into the street. they already have little left apart from each other, john home, and i'll just either thrown hey to fill a heads on al jazeera turkey call for
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a peaceful resolution of the t. grey complex as the prime minister visits ankara, a tough life lesson for some the vaccine battle spills onto us college campuses. ah, ah, it's time for the journey to winter sponsored by cut on airways. hello. come with me. we'll talk about the weather story across the middle east and, you know, i gotta tell you, some of these temperatures are below average. we don't see too often do we? so for example, re add $41.00 degrees and q $844.00. there is a reason for this, think you age and that's because of the small when but the wind will be switching direction toward that se. so that's a breeze coming off the golf. so it's going to ramp up that humidity. you're going to feel it big time as it bumps in and your temperature will now job a bit. now, through pockets found we're seeing the return of mon sooner moisture toward the north, mostly up against the foothills of the himalayas on thursday,
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off to the mediterranean, with the focus on turkey. let's see, dr. but a run of rain passing through the bathrooms, so that will impact the symbol with a high of 30 degrees, talking about the rain and storms through the tropics of africa, pretty much anywhere from western kenya right through to gabon and camera room. we will see those storms flare up on thursday that further towards the south. it's unsettled for both the western and eastern cape. we'll talk about those winds in a 2nd. but 1st, let's focus on the positive johannesburg wall to wall sunshine with the hiv $21.00 degrees and promise you we would talk about the winds for the eastern cape. got seen up to 55 kilometers per hour, and now you're up to date season sponsored cut on airways. if you were looking at this from the outside, you would really wonder what was going on, what, what is this is a religion that they have an in depth exploration of global capitalism on our
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obsession with economic growth. this is still the center of capitalism. there is no limits. i view myself as a capital artist. we are trying to bake the world mother and father. we don't want to be realistic in the world. we would rather have a fancy growing pains on al jazeera. oh, i the me. hello young. the top floors on al jazeera, speaking from the united arab emirates of jonathan's, former president of gunny has defended his decision to leave trouble. he says he left to avoid violence and denies rumors that he fled with suitcases full of cash. us defense, secretary has admitted evacuations from capital,
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haven't met their target. lloyd austin says american troops don't have the capacity to expand beyond the airport perimeter. to help get more people out of, i've gone the damage to rural, have the following saturdays. magnets and $7.00 or 3 is becoming clear. entire communities have been raised in rural areas near the center of 2189. people are known to have died with both rescue effort tampered by bad weather. circuits president has urged a peaceful resolution of the t right conflict during the open prime minister's visit to ankara. read the paper. tuan also says ankara is willing to mediate between ethiopia answered don to resolve a separate border. disputes are so far as our reports from ankara he was awarded the nobel peace prize for and in a conflict with every year. now he is under pressure to stop another it took him prime minister at the met, arrived on credit at
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a crucial time for his country. it is one of the few with it he has made abroad. since the conflict integrate began in november, turkey too has been facing his own challenges. the 2 of your leader began by offering his confidence in support for turkey struggle with the recent wildfires. the main reason for your being leaders with it is to improve economy and trade ties . turkey relations with africa has gained momentum in the last decade, especially with it you appear the 2nd most populous country in the continent. turkey is a major investor there with nearly $3000000000.00 across various sectors. but the conflict in ethiopia as norton piggery region is poisoned everywhere to those investments. and the turkish government wants to help to get a 1000000 in dickie gilly smith. a few of his peace and integrity is important to us,
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is the situation deteriorates. all the countries in the region will be affected. we are ready to make every contribution to the problem solution. it's european federal forces have been fighting the t re, people's liberation front, or the tpr laugh. once portal entity that had dominated it you up in politics for nearly 3 decades. of the i met said this forces to the region, accusing to green rebels of attack in a federal military base in the north and destabilizing the central government. the conflict has keep thousands of people displeased. hundreds of thousands more support can a major refugee crisis. and the prime minister has asked for turkey support. we are push it perky showing gentlemen, friendships the to appear in his time of need once again limits plus my deep appreciation to you and through you to the people of the people and government of
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the republic of turkey for the consistent support and friendship. this was, it was particularly important as the 2 companies more, more than a 100 years of diplomatic relations, where the 2 leaders may not come up with the media solutions to the issues facing the, to appear. the top could lead to close relations. both are going to appeal, believe each other, right. every, the integral, while many civilians in the region remain cut off from humanitarian 8th and turkey . like many other ones and, and to the war to stop a human catastrophe. in the macon said that al jazeera and kara in the us president says he disagrees with the world health organizations warning against giving current a virus booster shots. joe biden says his government is capable of looking after its own citizens and helping the world at the same time. his comments come off to
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the white house, unveiled plans to offer booster jobs for mid september. people will be eligible 8 months after receiving their 2nd job. while some might be thinking of getting a 3rd vaccine shot others in the us don't want to get their 1st. rob reynolds explains how the political controversy has spilled over to college campuses. more than 20000000 us students are headed off to college. this year there's a new item on the curriculum. covert 19 vaccine mandates, more than $700.00 colleges and universities now say students must be vaccinated or face repeated cobra, testing enforced social distancing, or even be barred. from campus colleges are desperate to prevent a replay of last year's damaging campus. shutdowns and other outbreak would be extremely disruptive. we're risking another evacuation from college
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campuses in the fall and it will have an even greater impact on those who are already the most vulnerable in our society in the politically hyper charge debate over vaccines in the us. there are naturally those who refuse to comply. riley o'neill, a student at loyola marymount university in los angeles, is one of them. it goes back to the idea that i should be able to choose whether i get the vaccine or not. and if i'm going to be coerced into doing that, i doesn't feel like a free choice to me. very much feels like oppression. he has sued the university over it's vaccine policy. if he refuses the shots, he could attend loyola marymount, but would have to undergo repeated testing and observed social distancing with other students. o'neil's lawyer was quick to frame the issue in political terms.
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there's going to be this continued divisive effort by the laughed by the progressive side of this nation to try to create this division between the vaccinated and the unvaccinated. so far legal efforts to overturn college vaccine mandates have fallen flat. a federal appeals court recently ruled against students suing the universe the of the indiana over its vaccine mandate. one of the judges wrote, people who do not wish to be vaccinated can go elsewhere, and the supreme court has upheld at ruling. o'neill seems unconcerned that unvaccinated young people will get infected and spread the virus to more vulnerable people. quite frankly, my age group isn't nearly as affected by coven 19 as, as older generations are. that's a problem that says, higher education authorities, part of our educational responsibility is to talk to people, not only about their rights,
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but also their responsibilities and liberal education. america's historic mission of educating for democracy requires that we impart that message. now more than ever, survey show the overwhelming majority of college students approve of campus vaccine mandates. rob reynolds al jazeera los angeles. many farms in gaza are destroyed by israel during the recent conflict. the cost is estimated at more than $200000000.00. it's led to job losses and it's pushing out food prices. you must say a reports from gaza as he inspects what's left of his life project up to lab halima finds himself speechless. this was the hydroponics form built by his family, who's worked in agriculture, hearing garza for 25 years. it allowed them to grow everything from seeds, fruits and vegetables,
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even when they were not in season. it was all but destroyed during israel slater's bombing nearly 3 months ago. so how did the importance of this project lies in providing food in the off season? increasing production. this project supports 12 family including mine. these families have now lost their livelihood after the bombing of the farm. up a harley must project which coast approximately $120000.00 to build, covers an area of 3700 square meters. it provides agriculture, dennis t and a crop yell that usually requires 3 times the area needed in conventional agriculture. the, these early bobbing in may destroyed more than 80 percent of abraham is project. he says he hasn't been able to obtain the air popping devices that he needs because of puerto restriction, but, but as a result of the bombing the pipes, as you can see me,
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are completely broken or have holes in them. it's led to the crops of di, farmers in the gaza strip to leave these really a cause patient is deliberately targeting and destroying the lance in order to force the strength to import vegetables and fruits from israel and employment traits here exceed 70 percent in agriculture remains one of the most important sources of income and livelihood for many palestinian families, got this ministry of agriculture save hundreds of factories of vegetable forms in greenhouses have been destroyed. this has happened as a result of direct targeting or through the interruption of irrigation water, as well as the annual submerging of lands by sewage water. when heard, of course, these really patient aims to destabilize food security in the gaza, strip the economy and increase and deepen the siege imposed in the gaza strip. the international committee of the red cross and other international organizations have
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been working for many years to assist farmers in gaza despite the challenges posed by these really occupation. there are innovation a project for, for young farmers or young engineers who are interested in bringing in new techniques like the hydroponics technique. and this is the beauty about the diverse expertise of, of the population. and farmers in this area. the i c r. c said it's done all it can to help the farmers here including replacing solar panels, especially in paltry farms. but for farmers like halima, it will take a lot more to repair and replace his families, life's work and one day bring back their crucial social income. human, a seed al jazeera, gaza. wildfires are burning on multiple continents in one of the worst seasons ever
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recorded. huge parts of forest are being destroyed in europe. they're being driven by wave that's created ideal conditions experts, a climate change is largely to blame. so let's get an update on some of the countries effect and take a look in front of please. 2 people have died near the french riviera. more than a 1000 firefighters are battling the flames. thousands in the region have been evacuated over in spain, firefighters are still tried to control a major forest fire authorities or using drones to help them track down hotspots in avia and in catalonia, the blaze for several 100 people to leave their homes on the hottest weekend of the year and the fire burning north of degree capital is dangerously close to homes. villa village, excuse me, and 6 other villages have been evacuated. trues, i thought the fire was under control, but then it a ruptured and strong winds. they're also battling another fire south of athens authorities in bolivia, se fires there have burned through more than 2 and
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a half 1000 square kilometers in the santa cruz region since early august, its ravaged, crucial areas of the agricultural heartland. there are concerned the fires could spread to forests while the olympics may have finished nearly 2 weeks ago, but its legacy lives on brazil. gold medal and canoeing has inspired a group of indigenous youngsters living the amazon to go for gold themselves. david stokes. how's the story? the house on the water training hard. these children from the indigenous community on the river quite as a tribute tree of the amazon river. they've been inspired by fellow brazilian is achia kiddos to sent us who want to canoeing gold medal at the tokyo olympics beneath them with us. sometimes he motivates me to row every day. my dream is to take part in the olympics and when metals and to continue my career because it is
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not easy. nothing is easy in our lives. growing up in this part of the world may be tough, but when it comes to canoeing, there are some advantages. but it's got mentioned in the syllabus, boom boom will practically born in indigenous canoes and that helps them with a balance and stamina around 60 youngsters. some as young as 7 have enrolled in a project called indigenous canoeing sets up in 2019 by the foundation for amazon sustainability and the brazilian canoeing federation. the children used to paddling slowly so as not to scare the fish, but they are now being taught well competitive techniques. why med? you've been middle look up to the gold middle. more and more children are talking to me on what's sent and wanting to sign up and our doors are open for everyone and i prayed for this to happen. not only for us here in the amazon region, but i believe that all of brazil saw and i think that every day it will grow more motivated by metals and now with the proper equipment. many of these children are
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