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be a good power. what will the result mean for germany and european union? september on al jazeera ah growing concerns about possible terrorist threats and dennis done the us and its allies or the susan to stay away from hobble a cause. ah, hello, i'm emily angry. this is al jazeera, alive from jo. how also coming up you zealand and australia struggled to contain rising numbers of coven, 19 cases. brazil. indigenous people fight for land rides. the top court is deliberating
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a case that could end protection on some native land. i can't afford to live there . i don't belong and struggling to make ends meet the challenge facing millions of americans as inflation in the u. s. continues to rise. ah, thousands of people in afghanistan who are hoping to lay before an august 31 deadline, a bank told not to go to cobble airport the us and some of its allies have warned of possible security rants. the british, the british armed force, as minister, has said, those credible intelligence that an intact is imminent astronomy. i is also urging citizens to stay away thousands of scrambling to get out of afghanistan before the end of the month. when evacuations are expected to any, alan fish is in washington,
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they say with more on the security concerns, the u. s. embassy and cabal has received a specific and the cd is threat. and so they've told americans not to gather the 3 gates at the airport. and those are making their way they're not to come at the moment. the threat comes from i saw k, which is the melting groups off shoot in afghanistan. it is canada, a number of attacks throughout the course of this year. and just at the we can jig sullivan, who's the national security advisor here in the u. s. described, i saw k as an acute and persistent threat. jewel bite mentioned them when he was talking on tuesday. he said that that threat is there and essentially saying to the taliban, you need to make sure that this group does not do anything to derail the operation . it's under way at the airport, particularly if you want us troops out of afghanistan by august. the 31st, the pentagon said it would consider sending the military
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u. s. military into parts of cabal to try and rescue americans who were stuck. that know becomes a more favored option because they simply don't want americans around the airport because it has long been considered as a potential target for bombing or attacks by any on group. and you'll know that joe biden asked for contingency plans from both state and defense. he received that briefing on wednesday morning. that was all about what would happen if the had to extend the deadline beyond august the 31st. this is very much a fluid situation. those plans are being updated. they'll not have to be looked at again, given this serious threat from ice or key to americans and cabal. charlotte balances in cowboy, she explains the difficulties people have getting the airports. we're getting more threat distributed around i saw different western countries putting up saying do
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not come to the airport because the threat of an i feel attack is quite high. the americans did put out a threat of that nature earlier in the week. nothing has really eventuated after that, the telephone scene to move special forces to secure the perimeter. but still western nations incredibly worried about this actually telling people not to come to the airport. we know about 1500 us passport holders remain and cavil were made to be evacuated. we understand that they starting to 2 out of the why, if you will missions with the ascending helicopters to try and retrieve these people and get them to the airport because of the threat to tell about also saying to us, we're also trying to secure the perimeter we're also trying to isolate we also understand that they've got to kind of use strategy to get people and we were witnessing this yesterday with their putting people on buses, essentially pre facing them at different places around cobbled checking that
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they've got the paperwork they need to get through and then taking those buses as kind of a streamlined process to get past the taliban. that had been working quite well. yes. today, but then we understand last night that the telephone said it's stopping some of those buses on route to the airport and checking people to documents via whether or not some people said they didn't get through after that. but we understand that the us and the telephone have a deal with a telephone or on district construction. not to let anyone through without a passport, without a green card, without verify documents. and there's some confusion about what a verified document looks like. mexico has accepted its 1st group of refugees from afghanistan more than 100. people arrived overnight on 2 separate flights. manuel ro palo reports from mexico city. this is the moment afghan refugees were 1st greeted by officials in mexico city on tuesday night. there were rival follows what mexican authorities have described as
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a difficult journey across 6 countries. in the pre dawn, hours of wednesday, a 2nd flight arrived with more than a 100 other afghan nationals, many of them journalists and other media workers seeking refuge in mexico. all of whom were welcomed personally by mexican foreign minister, marcello, but we might be very far away from what is happening in afghanistan. but the human cause, the protection of the values that we identify with mexicans, have led to a commitment problem. so they can be in mexico when it comes to rolling out the welcome met for refugees. mexico has a long tradition. this, historically, mexico has been a top destination, especially for people who are fleeing political situations. as was the case with chile, argentina, and spain. mexico has always been an important and welcoming nation across mexico. many are expecting the country will welcome more africa and families in the days ahead. probably shelters like this one near the outskirts of mexico city. see
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their doors are open to anyone seeking a safe space and a meal is not the most perfect. if we don't discriminate, if people want to come from afghanistan or anywhere else, they will be well received. the arrival of refugees from afghanistan also spotlights. how mexico is already hosting a growing number of displaced people from around the world who are seeking asylum. so far this year, mexican officials recorded more than 64000 asylum applications. and data suggests that 2021 is on pace to set a new record for the number of people seeking asylum in the country. some experts have warned that mexico's ability to care for everyone may be limited due to the growing populations of migrants and refugees fleeing crises in haiti, venezuela, in countries and central america. mexico is one of only a handful of latin american countries, including sheila and costa rica that have offered a commitment to aiding refugees from afghanistan. monroe,
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wrap alone al jazeera mexico city. me, astray alia, has reported a daily cove at 19 record, more than a 1000 new cases for the 1st time. since the start of the pandemic, the majority of infections are in the most popular state of new south wells. and the delta variance is being blamed for the rising infections and deaths. officials have been urging more people to get vaccinated in neighboring new zealand. more than $270.00 cases have been reported there since the start of the latest outbreak . the governments already imposed a strict lockdown to keep infections down, but there's concern those efforts are being hampered. we're seeing lot downs impact on our numbers. but there is no doubt that delta is changing the way those numbers look. previously when you went to lockdown. anyone who might have had carpet but
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wasn't yet infectious to others. we suddenly put behind closed doors and they stopped and tried chains of transmission. with delta, people are infectious much sooner and they appear to give it to more people to the u. s. and new york new governor has revealed 12000 more people died of covered 19 than was previously reported. kathy hotel says the figures were reported under her predecessor andrew cuomo. it brings a total number of deaths in the state to more than $55000.00. cuomo resigned to earlier this month after accusations of sexual harassment thailand is facing its worth corona virus outbreak with more than a 1000000 infections. the government says it will save $61000000.00 astrazeneca shots later this year. just 9 percent of its population has been fully vaccinated. and just got high level reports from bangkok, volunteers, and now helping with the vaccine rollout. his saffron robe disappears beneath the
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whites of his medical protection suit. as problem a ha prom punk prepares to head out. the buddhist monk leave a volunteer team organized by his cock temple to one of the many poor communities suffering from thailand's worst cobra. 1900 outbreak since the start of the pandemic, bowpoint. but when it comes to taking care of patients and access to basic public health, this is something that should have been taken care of by the government. we all know the coven 19 situation entirely, and is very severe. not everyone has had their inoculations. many people have fallen through the cracks and have not received any help. his team administered wrap a test for those who can't afford them. 2 lines means positive in this crap household . 6 of the 12 people tested positive for cove at 19. but it's not just those being neglected by the governments covered 1900 medical response plan, who are suffering the economic impact and some of thailand, industries is so deep. they are turning to the court to hold the government
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accountable. vas massage parlors are big business in thailand. at least they work before the pandemic. the industry used to bring in over a $1000000000.00 a year, but now more than 80 percent of the businesses are closed for good putting more than $200000.00 people out of work. in the repeated times, the government has tightened. cobra, 1900 restrictions spots and massage parlors. top the list of closures they've been closed for most of the year without any compensation from the government. a group of massage parlor owners and misuses fire the class action suit in civil court seeking $6000000.00 in compensation. who's your high? yeah, this case is very many victims have been damaged by similar actions and the people damaged by these actions on the governments should be compensated at the same time . this is sold, they don't have to risk filing individual suits and possibly getting the front of the the prime minister's office and the ministry of public health. both refused our interview requests. as the government tries to keep up with its delayed vaccine
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program, new infections will continue to increase and the lockdown will likely remain as well the reliance on volunteers to come to the aid of the communities that need the most help. got either al jazeera, bangkok, indigenous activists in brazil, waiting for the supreme court to make a crucial ruling on rights to their ancestral lands. members of 170 groups or in the capital brazilian to hear the decision. iran group appealed against the states, viewed that tribes can only claim land if they leave or make their claim before law came into for 30 years ago. indigenous people say many of their communities were expelled decades before that mob or people were decimated. we were 1000000, and now we are very few. many of our people can't even say who they are anymore. this invasion was huge and this time limit must be removed. we cannot pay with our
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lives. for monica, yet to kiev, is outside the supreme court. in brazilian it's been a very, very long day. there was a screen set up here behind me where they were listening to the supreme court justices vote. but instead of voting on the indigenous issue, which is which should have been addressed today. early in the afternoon, they started talking about the central bank and a proposal to make it independent from the government. and so during the whole afternoon, you had all these different indigenous people. just camp out here listening to this to this wrong session in received. but they were chanting, they were praying, they're waiting for it to end because next in line comes the decision on, on their, their, their issue which is who have the right to claim indigenous land. only those that
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have that were there until 988. so what happens to those that were expelled from the land before that? there's land is tied to also the environment because by allowing a commercial agriculture, illegal mining by making it easier for land grabbers. it also contributes to deforestation. also, even if people don't occupy the indigenous lands, they're encroaching these reservations and they're poisoning like the water. the fish are no longer the can no longer eat their staple food, which was fish because it's poisoned with mercury. so they're all these different issues which are dress still ahead on al jazeera delayed. again, a landmark judgement on pollution in jakarta is put on hold for the 7th time. and israel's prime minister in the us hoping to persuade president joe biden again to
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deal with iran. ah hi again. thanks for joining in here, sir. whether headlines for europe and africa will start toward the northwest for we still got this disturbance over scandinavia. the baltic states, but now what's happened is this weather has pressed further toward the south impacting central parts of europe. and because we have rain, we've got cloud cover and low temperatures. so prague just a high of 17 on thursday. that's the best i can do for you. out breaks the storms across the balkans, mostly contain toward albania and as we head toward bulgaria as well on thursday. now i don't think that this batch of what weather is going to push into. it's stumble on thursday. it just some increasing cloud cover with a height of $31.00 degrees and hey, we've lost those brisk winds that we were dealing with over the last little bit for
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barrier. daytime heating will produce some storms, mostly into the interior and northern portions of portugal on thursday. ok, when you say we goes africa right now, primacy, we will get there. and i wanted to start with some rainfall amounts toward northern toko, scooped up 54 millimeters of rain. and we will see our strong storms toward western africa flaring up across the gulf of guinea. widespread rain across nigeria, but also heavy for the ivory coast. and as we head towards the air, the oh and so free town. a hive. 26 degrees. that sure weather update. thanks for tuning in the frank assessments. by way. it is a lesson i gave freedom, surprising informed opinions. what you saw happening get from market it was what it was was petune is the critical debate here. it's not between cooler and any other. great. then we have conference here between 34 years re running to keep them people
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in depth analysis of the days global headlines inside story on al jazeera. oh, the me i know you're watching out 0. i'm emily angry. reminder about stories this hour balances of people hoping to leave afghanistan before and all the 31 deadline i've been told not to go to cobble airport. the us standards. airlines have warned about possible attack. the delta, very interesting blame for arriving cars at 19 cases in australia and new zealand. australia has reported a daily record of more than
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a 1000 new infections. zealand has seen more than 270 cases and indigenous activists in brazil waiting for the supreme court to make a crucial ruling on bribes to the ancestry land. arrived, group appealed against the states that tribes can only claim leg if they lived fit for you. and secretary general says, all steps are being taken to cable operations running as afghanistan, faces, amounting humanitarian crisis. the agency has elected some stuff from cobbled to has it's done where a temporary office has been set up. my cannot has more from the united nations. the un says a 3rd of its international staff have now been relocated from a gun is done to its temporary base in context on in addition, it says a number of gun nationals have also been brought out of the country. though there are no specifics as to the exact number the staff had been told to work from home,
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unless it's necessary for them to go into un offices to complete their work. the secretary general held what is called as a virtual town hall with you and st. off in the course of the day, he is said to reassure them that the un is doing everything it can to protect their safety. but he also says that it's necessary, free for the un to carry on its activities. enough gone is done with a view to the mounting humanitarian crisis. the un spokesman confirms that they will be a substantial staff in country, but would not be drawn on the exact number that is needed for the us to be able to continue its operations. all of that is still being worked out right. we are ongoing with a number of programs that we've talked about every f, p eunice, f u n h c, r w h ho obviously, as the situation stabilizes or we will have
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a better idea of what we're able to do with the humanitarian needs are. and what the staffing is, will be that we need to run those programs. and most importantly, the funding that we will need to earn this program that being a number of reports about discontent among un staff about the lack of action in terms of protecting their safety. the un spokesmen refuses to comment on the specific allegations, but he did confirm that a number of letters had been received from various unions, which are being considered by the secretariat. some african nationals have arrived in uganda under a u. s. arrange to deal uganda will take in 2000 afghans in all though only remained in the country for a short time before being re settled elsewhere. if the 1st african country, the hearts african refugees at 24 hour cofi was reign stated in central nigeria to gum and killed at least $36.00 people on wednesday,
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it happened in the region of just north, during a ride on a miami christian community. police say 10 suspects has been arrested. the curfew was 1st declared on august 15th after muslim worshippers were attached 5 wide as a searching for survivors. after a 3 story building collapsed in spain, cruise managed to rescue one person from the rubble in pena. scala in the region of valencia. at least 2 people are still trapped. engineers are investigating the cause of the clamps violence between support his opponents and bolivia is shout for me in from president. and janine and yes, broke out on the streets of the pads on wednesday. hundreds, march, calling to her relief, doctor say, and yes is in a stable condition to she tried to take her own lives. she's been charged this genocide in connection with the deaths of protest. it's in 2019
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inflation is on the rise in the us reaching its highest level in decades that forcing up the cost of living and heating people who own the lowest wages hod gabrielle elizondo, reports from east brunswick in new jersey. it's another day heading into work for brian crew us and it's no easy commute to get to his job as a banquet server. it's a 160 kilometers, almost 2 hours each way from his home in east brunswick, new jersey to his job in atlantic city. he doesn't do it by choice, but out of necessity. it's the only job he can find where he makes enough income to survive each month, but barely. people, i don't always think realize what it's like to have to live on half a penny. you know? i call it sometimes splitting penny. brian is one of an estimated 125000000
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americans who live paycheck to paycheck. it's now even made harder by writing inflation for many years. the inflation rate and the u. s. hovered around 2 percent, but it's been steadily increasing this year to where it's now about 5 and a half percent. the highest. it's been since $990.00 food, rent, energy, new cars. those are the sectors that have seen the biggest price jump. and economists say, it only takes a slight increase in inflation to cause a huge impact. the perception that inflation is a problem could lead us to make some very bad choices in terms of economy. if we god forbid, raise interest rates right now, while unemployment is still elevated, that could be a real economic disaster and anti poverty advocates say inflation is only a small part of a bigger problem. the income inequality that has been growing over the last few decades is really that the key concern. we've had weighed stagnation in this nation
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since the early 19 seventy's and wages have for decades not kept up. we have the high increases in cost of living for brian, he faces a new challenge. his landlord raised his rent. he can no longer afford it, so he'll be evicted next month. like taken to go well, because i can't afford to lose. i don't belong. you know, it's a really nice place, but now you know, only because i can't afford it. he says if he can't find anywhere else to live, that car he drives to work will also then become his home. gabriel is dondo. how does it? east brunswick, new jersey, a landmark case accusing indonesia president and top government officials of filing to current pollution in jakarta has been delayed for a 7th time. the law suit brought by citizens once strict standards for pollution,
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and for them to be actively enforced. it was filed in july, 2019 against president joker without or without a chicago governor and 7 other officials. bonding andrea on you is a climate and energy campaign with great pace. he says the constant delay show that demand and clean air from the government is not an easy process. again, we have to wait for another 2 weeks to have been to the citizen having. busy that ada so. busy at least the mending part of the competition, the only demand for the government to do their job to control their pollution and thinking strategic plan and action was so typically high me behind me. heavy rains have affected several communities in
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columbia. rivers swelled inundating towns and destroying plantations. the rainy season has already killed dozens of people and damaged thousands of homes. where you, the house is flooded in water up to your neck. my mother in law also lost everything . her chickens also drowned. we need the government to help us. we're like a ghost town together with them for every time there's a wet season. we have this problem, year after year, until the national government makes a final decision on a dime. we will always continue to have this problem around parliament has approved all but one of the new president abraham races, 19 cabinet peaks and pays, rejected his choice for the education portfolio. and the president will have to put forward another candidate, racy who's considered a conservative hotline. one elections in june with a low voter turnout is inherited a severe economic crisis made worse by the cove at 19 pandemic.
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israeli prime minister naphtali bennett, he is in washington for his 1st state visit overseas. he's amazing with the secretaries of state and defense. top of ben, it's a gender is stopping us efforts to restore a nuclear deal with iran. he'll made president joe biden on, says dang abdel, hunted to reports from westerly jerusalem on what to expect from bennet visit. he was once a us citizen, son of immigrants who settled on the west coast now enough. talley bennet is going to the white house as prime minister of israel, a key ally of the united states, but whose relations with democrats in the us was somewhat fraught during the premiership of his predecessor benjamin netanyahu. it's been very clear from the beginning that the goals of both natalie bennett and foreign ministry, iowa paid, were to rebuild the bi partisan nature of the relationship that they thought was
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lacking during the 12 years under nathan yow who really focused on the republican party. also of the agenda is iran, israel, opposing efforts made by the, by the administration to return to the 2015 agreement, which by this predecessor pulled out from an after the targeting of an israeli managed ship in the gulf of oman. bennett is trying to bring about an international consensus when it comes to retaliation, but gone other days of trump, when israeli prime minister appeared to be able to dictate the middle east foreign policy of the white house. the bye didn't administration favoring a 2 state solution. when it comes to dealing with these really palestinian conflict, bennett has already scored a point with the by did administration new as counseling here and occupied east jerusalem. that deals with palestinian was by the trump administration. there was talk about reopening it, but that the request of israel,
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the department has shown that plan at least for now time to allow the new israeli government to pass the budget indic nested by november, necesary for the ruling coalition to survive. the democratic administration is fully aware of the very delicate nature of israel coalition. and the fact that basically the israel prime minister is, is trading on eggs all the time. and therefore, he has to be very cautious, very careful. since bennett took off as the u. s. department has made statements against house demolition and the legal jewish settlement expansions in the occupied palestinian territory. which bennett has been an advocate of since his entry in political life. a kid like these a good steps but not enough. it's lip service. barden should say the only solution is to end the occupation because the image of israel today in the world is one of apartheid ethnic cleansing and racism. it's very uncomfortable for the us to be
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associated with that. yeah, opinions are changing into us when it comes to israel. ben is visit, comes and progressive within the democratic party. are pushing to recalibrate the relationship between the 2 countries called for conditioning military, a to israel, and open criticism have moved from the fringe to the floors of congress. with that in mind, bennett stuff is challenge is to convince the american public that he is the face of a government which is inclusive in more than just to name that how many edges either west jerusalem ah, this is al jazeera and these are the top stories thousands of people hoping to leave afghanistan before and august 31 deadline i being told not to go to campbell airport. the us.
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