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on country international filmmakers and world class journalists, let's take a deep dive into his common prosperity, bring programs to improve them and inspire you rec nickel solutions that can make a difference about barnowski 0. ah, china's growth slows sharply sparking concern about the world's 2nd largest economy . ah, i'm sammy's a then this is al jazeera alive from dell hall. so coming up, police in haiti say a notorious gang is behind the kidnapping of kristian missionaries and their family members. at least 24 people are killed in flags and mud slides in the indian state of carola and protested c,
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shoreline can fishman urge their government to give them more protection. ah, china's economic growth has slowed down more than expected. the world's 2nd largest economy grew by 4.9 percent in the 3rd quarter. that's a drop of 3 percent from the previous quarter. observers are blaming a slow down in construction power, short juice and floods. katrina, you has more from bay ging. china has been tightening regulation in a number of industries that have traditionally been major drivers of growth here in china. now firstly, you look at these energy cubs truck. china is trying to, aggressively made some of its climate change targets and that resulted in power shortages across the country. it's impacted some major provinces in china, and that's really had that manufacturing and productivity. secondly,
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we have to look at the construction industry. now this for the past decade has been a rapidly growing not very highly regulated industry here in china. the government has the use identified this industry is one full of risks and over the past year has been clamping down on that. and that's affected growth. and of course, is also had this issue of ever grant, china's largest real estate developer, which over the past few months has been in hot water. it's struggling to manage its $300000000000.00 worth of with a debt. it's really trying not to default on these. and the case of f grant has really scared a lot of other developers as well as investors, and that's having an impact on g d p. and we also look at the pandemic. now. china has maintained its 0 tolerance approach to curve and 19 so wherever you see these sporadic outbreaks across the country in various cities, china is still reacting with very severe locked downs and that's impacting domestic
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spending. domestic travel when, when it comes to things that china can't control. however, with the pandemic, we've got these global supply chain problems which is impacting china's exports and higher commodity prices as well. and that will really lead to this lower than expected growth figure place in haiti. saying the taurus gang is behind the abduction of foreign christian missionaries and their family members. so it taken as they left an orphanage near the capital porto prince is the latest in a wave of kidnappings which have risen dramatically since the assassination of the president. in july, my cana reports, heavy clouds loom over the christian age ministries headquarters in the u. s. state of ohio, the mission regroup has been operating in haiti for decades with a 9 month break 2 years ago, following a previous spate of gang violence, the organisation released the following statement. we are seeking god's direction
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for resolution, and authorities are seeking ways to help. it continues. the group of 16 us citizens and one canadian citizen includes 5 men, 7 women, and 5 children in the haitian capital port print the news of yet another mess. kidnapping comes as no surprise. statistics indicate that more than 380 people have been abducted in the 1st 8 months of this year alone. from my dear, i'm going to tell you sincerely in regard to security. we cannot talk about this. on the security point. i can say it has been 0, it's been a mess it up search and kidnappings. since the assassination of the country president in july this year, removing the last vestige of a functioning central government. the prime minister is seen as being involved in the presidents, assassination. and so the population,
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the huge lump and proletariat of puerto prince and the other cities of haiti are basically left to their own devices. and this is allowed a space for these criminal organizations to emerge. patient police, an armed criminal, gang, known as 400. my wife was responsible for the abduction. loosely translated as 400 inexperienced men. it said to be responsible for some 80 percent of the kidnappings this year. a u. s. security delegation has been in haiti and recent de is it's brief to consult to the haitian national police on ways in which the us can help restore law and order. here in d. c, the state department has issued a statement saying it is aware of the situation and is continuing to monitor at the christian age ministries in holmes county, ohio. nothing can be done apart from to wait and pray. my kind of,
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i'll just for washington, b, u. n. special envoy, so syria says the government and opposition will begin drafting constitutional reforms from monday. talks over the countries political future have been stalled since january 30th, 10 years civil war is killed over 350000 people in displaced 1000000. in 2018. the government and opposition agreed to form a committee to draft a new constitution. the progress has been slow. at least 24 people have been killed after heavy rain caused landslides and flooding in southern indian corolla state. officials say thousands have been evacuated and at least a 100 relief camps have been set up. and as they are, harding reports, disaster response team's been working to save those still in danger. streets turned into rivers. entire hill sides appearing to melt under heavy
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rain maroon. okay, there in baltimore, the rain from the top is accumulated here. the water has entered our veranda in our house. it has been raining continuously since morning. such heavy rainfall in the indian state of carola was unexpected and is claimed. several lives soldiers have been flown in to help with rescue efforts. this team is trying to reach others trapped beneath shifting mud. while this fruits and vegetables vendor does what little he can't to save his business. but no one will not allow them a little longer than a at around $330.00 or 4 pm. water started rising, and most of our stuff was damaged. we managed to save some vegetables like onions, but most of our vegetables have been destroyed. ah, the monsoon season ended in september and after months of heavy storms,
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locals were not expecting another one. bringing such wet condition. farmers here rely on rains to produce crops, but too much creates problems like waterborne diseases. while the clean up and rescue work goes on, the waters are slowly starting to recede. we are hurting al jazeera, have ghana stands interior ministry says girls who will soon return to secondary schools. since the ton of on takeover. only primary age girls have been allowed to go to school. male students and teachers were allowed to go back in late september, but the future a female teacher is uncertain with no plans announced about their return. al jazeera stephanie decker interviewed the afghan interior ministry spokesman in cobble indicated that it was imminent, re that girls in secondary school and universities, and their teachers, female teachers would be returning very soon. this is something that we've been
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hearing from the talib on since they took power, that yes, they would return, but it's going to take time. and of course, i've taking a toll on a lot of the girls. they want to go back to school. they want to continue their studies and it's also, you know, one of the demands of the international community for the taliban to protect and safeguard the rights of girls and women to go to school and to work the keep last time will be given by the ministry of education from my understanding and information in a very short time. oddly newest is and schools will be reopened. and all the girls and women will return to school and their teaching jobs. jo beth about the move. many people remain terrified of the taliban. there is no trust, i tell him what is being done to address that. he tells us amnesty has been granted to everyone are monitoring their fighters and have opened a complain telephone line of a 100 to the who are those people who are seeing the who have already left or have a plan to leave. we are giving them assurances that you are the people of this country, sons of this country, that come and work for this country unless built this country and slamming emeralds
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together. whereas in the protocol, but trust takes time to be rebuilt and only time will prove whether the taliban will deliver on their promises. one gentleman i was talking to works is a civil servant under the taliban government now because a lot of the old guard having to be fought the ministries because the taliban are fighters. they simply don't have that kind of experience saying that he had been paid a salary in 6 months and he said that things have never been so desperate. so yes, on the one hand, many people remain, you know, very questionable and skeptical and scared of the taliban. but the other side of it is that people will tell you that it's the economy. that is something that is making them one to leave this country. a demonstration has taken place in the lebanese capital, bay rude, barking, 2 years since mass pros has calling for the end of sectarian politics. and it comes at a time of high tension after 7 people were killed during fighting in the city. but smith as mo, from by root powerless in the face of the entrenched sectarian political elite.
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this was the modest turn out for lebanese civil society groups mocking 2 years since nationwide. protests demanding a new state. it's extremely frustrating because with all the protest movements, everything that the people have done. those murderers who remain empowered refused to give in to the need to change. they are not resolved any of the problems. despite all the demands by the people in the streets over 2 years, back then tens of thousands of people took to the streets in an unprecedented display of solidarity across religious and political devonne. ah, but months of protests got them. nothing except a new government with the same old faces. the economy has imploded, the currency losing 90 percent of its value. even the horror of last year's bay report explosion hasn't dislodged those in power. they've been trying to get the investigating judge tank baton removed as he probes rampant corruption at the polt
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blitzer all the 100 unofficial. obviously the lebanese regime is responsible for the explosion due to its up him and his bola is at the head of this regime. they'll try to stop anyone who tries to target the system. they played a role in cruising the judge, but they didn't think he'd be a fighter who take told me the issue is that the 2nd and this is abraham tate and spokesman for the families of the victims of the poor blast, saying judge patasha, step down, accept box never been the collective view of the families. many suspect tate was speaking under duress in another effort to frustrate the investigation or take denies because i mean, they seem to have it was, it's obvious the political parties don't want this investigation lot include, has below, and everyone who supports them. if this investigation is stopped and it won't just have a psychological effect from the families, but on the whole nation. lebanon's constitution divides power between christian and
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muslim sects, and neither popular protest nor economic collapse, nor the port explosion has succeeded in changing how it governed elections scheduled for the end of march and the hope amongst independent candidates and groups that they can hon. it's popular frustration to challenge the status quo, but that depends on the building united front, to draw people away from cic, terry and voting. and it relies on the parliament not finding a reason to postpone the vote. bernard smith, al jazeera, they root. oh, stella had on al jazeera residence, so one town in central mexico, of fleeing as gangs battles of power. and why the compet industry in afghanistan is struggling to find bias. ah
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here's the thing. we've got some below average temperatures across the middle east . hello everyone. we're talking about sa bedroom, $25.00 degrees. it's not that bad just a few below where you should be elsewhere. a box that 35 degrees or temperature has come down from what it was just a few days ago in the forty's. if we look at doha over the next few days, we're going to see that when pick up a fog and missed to start the day heads up on monday. and there's those wind gusts about 55 kilometers on tuesday. so that's going to swirl around the sand. in dust, right? sunny skies for southern areas of pakistan, karachi, $38.00. but some of this what, whether in northern india may seep into northern areas of pakistan. that's something we're going to be on the lookout for. cross turkey, the black sea region. we've got some driving rain, so for tribes on we can expect that in the forecast for you next through central africa. we have also heavy falls across up much of the democratic republic of congo, and further toward the north hart to matt $41.00 that's above average,
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unsettled for eastern part, so that south africa. so i will call it durban rate to my put so 18 degrees and for the other side. cape town, 21. but let me put you for it a few days on wednesday, your temperature shoots all the way up to 32 degrees. thanks to a change in the wind, cease it ah. in the world's most populous nation, one in every fi women's self is domestic. why one east in the gates. john is don brandis han one out 0 o g 0. when ever you? oh, okay.
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oh oh, come back here watching al jazeera time to recap all headlines. china's economic growth has slowed down more than expected. the economy grew by 4.9 percent in the 3rd quarter of this year. that to drop of 3 percent from the previous school. so police in haiti say a notorious gang is behind the abduction of foreign christian missionaries and their families. they were kidnapped as they left an orphanage near the capital pool to print, floods and land slides of killed at least 24 people in india, 7 careless states. officials say thousands have been evacuated and at least a 100 relief camps have been set up. was flooding since 2018
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more now on the economic daughter out of china. oh, victor gao is the vice president of the center for china and globalization. he says, well, the latest figures a disappointing, the country will register a good g d p growth, right, for the year 2021. the 3rd quarter numbers which just came in are really on the lower side. however, i think china's confident that it's a year number for 2021 in terms of the g d, p growth, or china as a whole, could still reach about 8 percent. and that will me, china, one of the best, if not the best performing economies are all the larger economies in the world. and i think if you look very closely on the negative side, yes, recently there's being significant price increasing commodities oil gas and also imported coal. and are there is concern about india security, disruption of
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a new supply to china in her shot while, as well as the low, medium and longer term. this is a concern. and also in terms of the financial regulation channel has being tightening up financial regulation significantly, especially financing for privately owned property companies. and i think this is as the previous, the panelists of the said, some of the self inflicted wounds in china in the recent months. and i think her, in terms of global logistics, you'll hear a lot of bad stories in the united states in europe, for example, about their inability to get their house in order. and their logistics have been slowing down quite significantly inc, parting california for example. and this also has a negative impact on the chinese exports while they do want to fulfill all these export orders on the receiving side, they have being bottlenecks,
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experienced in quite a number of countries in the world which also negatively contributed to the lack luster. you cannot make performance in china, so it's a tough period in china by in the longer term. i think everything will straighten out and a percent g. d p growth for this year is achievable, new zealand. fine minister, just under a done size, the country's largest city will remain on the long town for another 2 weeks. oakland has already been locked down for about 2 months as it deals with an outbreak of the delta variance. the done says restrictions could end this 90 percent of the population is fully vaccinated. the country had been virus 3 for nearly 6 months before the outbreak of the delta vary and began in mid august. hundreds of shrunken fishermen have been protesting against what they say is poaching from neighboring india. they want the government to enforce the 2017 law,
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which would prevent indian fishermen from encroaching into shoreline can waters mcnelson. anders has more from colombo. they say they're taking a sand to protect their way of life. fishermen from the town of military, with the frontier lanka sale to the northern tip of the island. they're demanding. the government stops. what they see is illegal fishing by indian and the use of band fishing method in philanthropy territory water joined by both along the way. so a lot of the had a message saves office. i'm going to look at the indian trawlers can be easily seen and they come very close to the coast. they're not being punished at all. as even this fitted shot by al jazeera few years ago, the trawlers have big wooden planks which are used to scrape the ocean flow. while a large net scoops up everything in their wake. the fishermen not angry and frustrated. they say the indians both are not only fishing illegally,
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but also damaging the marine environment and future fish stocks, as well as their livelihood. their main demand that the government implement the law. to stop this, there are 2 laws that the fishermen are demanding must be implemented. one that benz bottom trolling, and another that regulates for in vessels was crews must obtain a license to fish in sri lankan waters. so, so still dodge 0 that the pandemic has led to an increase in illegal fishing. as the navy and coast guard avoided contact with indian fishermen in case they were infected, they say up to 500 boats, sometimes into she lanchen waters in a day. india maintains that the fisherman issue must be resolved on the existing bi lateral mechanisms in a humanitarian manner. a tom and member of parliament who helped introduce the legislation, joined the protest. perfectly all fishermen, od back rips and ram amber below. see that and were possibly on it
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when they got them in the morning and saw it destroyed it proper way by this process. but i'm glad you got one down but see, but i need to this for just mr. grab and shuttle to work to this. but the law is not being unfair. researchers see with indian seemingly getting away with bottom trolling the number of local boats. taking up the method has increased community leaders said the only way to resolve the problem is for sure long authorities to enforce the laws. and if they don't, the livelihood of thousands of local families are at stake. bonaire fernandez, i'll g 0, colombo i, senior member of venezuela's opposition is urged the president to resume negotiations despite the government and void being extradited to the us. the talks was suspended when alex solve was handed over to washington by cape verde. he was
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arrested there last year over money laundering charges. the talks aimed at solving venezuela's, political and economic crisis. hundreds of el salvadoran stokes to the street to the capital on sunday. and then you protest against the government of demonstrating against the range of issues, including president naya book kelly's decision to adopt. 5th coin is legal, tender equipped, how currency can now be used along with the us dollar as a form of payment to mexico. now where the state of that could take us has become the latest battle ground between the countries rising number of criminal gangs. john holman reports turned the small community of last aramis us into a ghost town in the past. 2 months bells have rung unless the meters for a month the village is animals have the run of the streets
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for they shoot out in september, lead to people fleeing or mass leaving another empty town in mexico and the violence in this country continues to spread. and the state is i could pick has become the latest epicenter. there's a multi way fight for it, but the heavy weights are a division of the sinner, lower cartel, and heli, sco new generation. it's because i could take is a hub, a vital network point to get drugs, ingredients, money, and guns from mexico's ports up to the north. for the cartels, it's about profit for the towns people. it's about fear and powerlessness in their own hugs. they should talk to us, didn't want to be named 715 out of the bullet came in through the door. this is where my white cook's thanks to god. she wasn't cooking then williams, i guess here's the bullet hole and there's the gas cylinder. the bull hole is here, and that's where my daughter sleeping. yeah. he fled off to the fire fight. now
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he's back trying to plaster over some of the holes in his shop. but there's always more the trauma and fear won't go away. even though villages trickling but an able to afford staying away longer. selling was korean, the me for media because the way that i went running with my sister and my father in law fled without a change of clothes torres to seek asylum and the u. s. because of the violence, my sister was shot in the hands of the army and the police say that everything's okay now that the here you worried about the future for you to see teeth broken up. ok. yes. because the here just for a year, what will happen after that and look if you're not going to take us with them, what will happen to us and our families? so this is a home, this is our community. where are we going to go? where can we go without children? the want the future for them? we're just going from house to house and city days. the army checkpoint and the
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state police station did the shut up village school a trying to provide reassurance. they gave us a ride around town. a lot of people have now returned the last a meet to the village to has quite subdued add to it. there's no law of causal people in the street apart from the soldiers and the police who with now one man who hasn't showed the state new governor, or any one from his cabinet. even though lots of meat does it just an hour from the capital. the shopkeeper had a message for them. i want to let you guys at the number thing. if the, your model, i ask the authorities to please answer this call. we are people to be. we want to live here in our community, our homes, in our land. please be aware of that, and as the song says, you know, sort this out between you and them. do whatever deals between yourselves, let us work. let us live in peace is not a call for justice or the application of the law just for an agreement to be
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reached. so that when the soldiers and police go, these people can still survive. john home and i'll just hit a 2nd texas. now there's been a memorial service in the norwegian town of congress who are 5 people were killed last week by a man using a bow and arrow 3 other people were injured. and wednesdays incident numbers of the royal family were among those who attended sunday service. a suspect has appeared in court. a scanner stands carpet industry is facing its biggest crisis since the taliban takeover. exports and domestic sales have plummeted due to the freezing of financial assets. and border closures, when it's brought uncertainty among millions of people who depend on the sector. hashem or her borrow reports from missouri should if it's quiet in this corporate market in missouri. sherry, the place was once buzzing with tourists and people eager to by traditional afghan
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carpets. but now shop owners are struggling to find buyers or catch him here. so on was honest, these news is slowed down a big deal. there's no more activity here, nor much selling and buying convey to the past martha found or my through the 4th year measure. carpets would have gone to stanz biggest exports in the past few years. near it, but since the taliban stake over afghanistan has been isolated, its assets in u. s. banks frozen and his borders closed. the banking system has now shut down. and along with decades of war, that sled to the carpet and rog, industry facing its biggest crisis afghan carper's have always had a timeless appeal around the world. then took a designs reflect an ethnic and cultural diversity. and the proudly displayed here by merchants to make good profits. but many men and women who spend long hours and
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weaving rags and carpets face uncertain times and never had burned to has been a refugee in pakistan for decades. was settled on the outskirts of missouri to shut eve, he finally thought he would be able to look after his family. hello, my mazda or cotton other. this is very important for us. this is our only source of income. there are no job opportunities here for his daughter has other making carpets pay for her schooling as she hopes to save some money for when she goes to the university 9 that my husband, i want to become a doctor, but things are changing and i hope to be able one day to find real work when i graduate, but for the time being i enjoy hand weaving. needham chlorophyll inside the sea and his family have been in the industry for generations. until recently, business was thriving with foreign clients willing to pay high prices for wool and
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silk rugs and carpets which guillotine, m. u. m. in problems at the borders which are closed and also the banks. so we can't export and we have no cash to pay providers. for now though no one is showing up at his shop. he hopes at the borders will soon open, so he can begin exporting again. but until then, said, has no option, but to continue admiring his artworks and the many stories detail about the old and young men and women who toiled for months and years to make them ash about about al jazeera mazata sharif. ah, let's take a look at the headlines now. here now to sierra, china's economic growth is slowed down. more than expected. the economy grew by 4.9 percent in the 3rd quarter of the year. that's a drop of 3 percent from the previous cause.
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