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and index reports, they're choosing those sites because their civilian target al jazeera, has teams on the ground lobby and say their numbers are barely a 5th of what they were before. the 3003 invasion because of iraq security did. when you were award winning documentaries and lied kneeves ah asteroid spying ethiopian military force the un to spend 8 flights to to grind raising fears of a humanitarian crisis. ah, i'm on the inside. this is out. is there a life? and i also coming up the un warns of mass atrocities in myanmar i meant reports of a troop filled up in the countries north. israel labels 6 palestinian rights groups
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as tara organizations accusing them of aiding armed groups. we consider the behavior of the balloon government as a hybrid to attack the people used by the crushing of victims. and the pledges to keep up the prussian bella race for wolves out any funding for a fence to hope to play with my goods. ah, fighting between government forces and to grow and rebels in ethiopia, northernmost state is intensifying. the un has suspended all aid flies to the region after one of his planes was forced to turn back to you to government as strikes. laura burton manny has his report for the sound of celebrate re gunfire, rings out into growth capital mckelly as captured government soldiers,
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a proud and trucks and paraded mccullough has been the epicenter of conflict between government forces and to grind rebels for almost a year. air strikes have been raining down the city before dave and the government says it aiming at military targets from local report. say it's also hitting for 1000000000 infrastructure for the good part of the year. we had no access to that to a great we haven't had access for the money weeks or since june. so again, it's allegations going back and forth between the ethiopian side and in the t p a enough. but what we know for certain as that 1000000. so feet, your guns have become displaced. there are conditions so far. famine the latest air strikes a forced the you and to a bought a humanitarian flight from landing. i think this illustrates just one more example
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of the direct impact of conflict on our humanitarian operations. plain and simple. um right now our flights are suspended, the lack of access for fuel trucks for cash, all the basic necessities that fuel our humanitarian operations are so we can help the millions of people in te grey dr. the mckelly is 8. a referral hospital are seeing 1st hand the effects of a severe shortage of food and fuel. worried parents sit by the beds of their children as well. good a. the doctors told me she is malnourished. my daughter is sick and i'm terrified for her. the un says acute malnourishment among children have searched in the to grey province. it says the conflict ravage region has descended into the wall. it's worth hunger crisis in a decade with
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a little nest. he's wounded because of war and suffering from lack of food. and there's no clear and in sight while, unless say government forces and to graham rebels remain far from a compromise. many remain vulnerable to starvation disease and thank just of a protracted conflict. nor about a manly outer theera. david del conte leads the stop to grow a famine campaign for refugee and national. he says both sides need to engage with international aid groups. provide humanitarian access. i think like the explosions, today's today's attack, the forcing the humanitarian aircraft to turn around as yeah, enter the symbol of the, the lack of respect for the humanitarian community, the united nations. and they and jose working to serve the people at b o. b. it will continue to reduce the amount of relief assistance going to be able
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to deliver on ground whether it be an integrate or a far or, and i'm horror. i think the united nations security council has a great responsibility as it relates to international peace and security. i would hope that the security council would meet to yet again, review this information, these events and push to either address this formerly. as a matter on the security council docket, or to start addressing this through the form of, of more course of action alongside with member states of the united states, european union and the like the efforts of member states to engage with the governor. and it's a grand defense force to, to have a conversation to engage in. negotiated settlement continues to grow, but this needs to be done at hyper speed and it's going very slowly so far. the united nation says that fairs mass atrocity crimes in me, on mars,
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thousands of troops gathered in the north of the country. the special rapid turn me on most as a new report also shows the military government has engaged in probable crimes against humanity. more than 1100 civilians happen killed and around 8000 people have been arrested since february's coo and mammals. outgoing us, special envoy is warned. the country is at risk of civil war and in to be with aren't there is diplomatic ada, said james bass christine shawna beckoned, spoke about the alarming number protested, imprison that this really terrible because i know the people also many who are now in prison and it's really so sad that nothing is moving, all you worried that this is either now or about to become a fully fledged civil war. yeah, that's my worry. because now the situation is different from 1988 or 2006 because the people they had in the last 10
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years, a certain freedom. and also now there are equipped with iphones and the social media are very active. and the, the main source of information in jamar, a facebook and twitter, and therefore they, if i follow these done, i see they are very determined not to keep up. and if they don't give up and if they are so angry to also use while it's done, i think it goes on and on. that's the while and we'll create otherwise, islands. and therefore i fear a full blown internal armed conflict. you say things are different. this time and the civilian population is different this time. why then would the military give up power? they've got it because if they were going to give up power, they know with this population they would face accountability for the crimes. they
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committed? not. yeah. yeah, that's my guess that they don't want to keep up. and that was also the root causes off the cool because they realized we after the, a successful election of the and all the november last year, they realized on sunset, she was very much determined to make now the reforms happen. and now the military realized, oh, she really wants to change the constitution changed citizen cheap blow. therefore we have to act and to change the situation. the u. s. says they will seek information from israel about it's moved to designate 6 palestinian civil society groups of terrorist organizations. the n g is targeted included leading palestinian human rights activists. i'll hock adam here, as well as the research center, as well as the keys them a funnelling money to an armed group. israeli defense ministry says the bond
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n g. i have ties the popular front for the liberation of palestine colored l gins. he's a senior fellow, the middle east institute director of the palestine program. he says, israel label the groups of terrorists because they exposed human rights violations . when you dig down in terms of the criteria that these really used to designate these groups, you find that it's, it's quite a tenuous connection that they've made. there are several degrees of separation. i think it's, it seems pretty clear that these are organizations are annoying to israeli authorities because they shine a bright light on israeli human rights violations. and they also do the same with palestinian human rights violations by the palestinian authority. they are generally widely seen as credible in the international community in
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by other governments, by, by civil society groups around the world. i think this, i think to most people looks like a pretty transparent attempt to shut down criticism and accountability by, by civil society groups. it's the same sort of thing that you see in an authoritarian regime is elsewhere in the region. the european union says as extremely concerned about the growing number of refugees and migrants crossing into the block from belarus. as a case mens give one, it's called state sponsored smuggling issue has dominated talks on the final day of a latest summit in brussels. natasha butler reports as frustration with bella. ross grows in the block. some you are a pin. leaders did not hold back on the last day of a summit in brussels. they accused president alexander lucas jenko, of running
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a human trafficking ring and weapon ising migration, by helping people to cross illegally into neighboring countries to be see the harbor to attack her of belarus. regime, which has continued, which is becoming more and more aggressive. receive is up hostile basin efforts vi c, a prior try. soft bar ocean regime to find new connections. new destinations. the u says the minsk is flying people mainly from the middle east into bearers, and helping them to cross the border into the block by a poland, lithuania and latvia. what are you in luxembourg prime minister called on leaders to respect people's rights? a day after an 8th person died on the border. what conditions for migrants are grim for some countries want to build a board offense? but after the meeting, you leaders agree to strengthen borders and impose more sanctions on minsk. we consider the behavior of the bellows. government as a hybrid attack,
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the people used by lucas shanker of victims. we must help them. no one's life should be used for political issues. and this is an instrument elevation of migration to pull it put to political pressure on the european union. we will keep up the pressure on the location collision and the problem with the europeans borders is not so much that we don't half an off border guards or order. we don't have enough fences. da da da, real problem is that when people manage to enter illegally on you territory a dad, they are fairly certain that they will be able to stay even if they do not have a right to stay with better us. his actions widely seen as retaliation for existing you sanctions, some one to where the more penalties are likely to stop minsk. but how to tackle migrations long been
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a source of division in the block. at our last summit is german chancellor, anglo merkel, expressed regret. but after so many discussions, the you has yet to come up with a coherent migration plan. natasha butler al jazeera, brussels, still a head on out his era, millions a force from their homes as climate change, fields, hunger and conflict in africa, the hell region. and fighting to protect the family, alters the critically endangered species, is found an unexpected home in george's county. ah, it's another beautiful sunny day at 35000 feet. the weather sponsored by cutter airways voted world's best air line of 2021. well, the season seemed to have changed out throughout the ravine peninsula and up 3 rock on the letter. i was tempted back down to where they should be. there's nothing
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much in the sky apart from hays which is picked up as light dustin, things like that shamal wind is blowing down towards to her. now it's got to weaken during saturday, disappear for sunday, with temperatures now staying where the average says they should be both by day and, but the low thirty's or the high twenty's. typically, there is some active weather raster in northern pakistan. and the far north of afghan seems snow up in the hills. a bit of rain for the south. otherwise is looking fine back to the caspian. but it's not true of the black sea that could be a significant change. now. it's not likely to affect the levant. i think the winds remain light here. but here in turkey, look at that change coming in during sunday. and normally breeze huge amount of rain, he's got to feel cauldron and less pleasant than just recently in greece. the clouds picky up again, and showers are also more likely. an over the monsoon wind is weakening. now the cur somalia. this is one of the wet amongst a mock a dish. there'll be more showers. i think it's a modern, some parts of ethiopia, but the heavier straightening trough,
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crafters still further west in gab on down towards norton angola. these are big and slow moving shares. you do get flash floods. the weather sponsored by kat are airways voted world best air line of 2021. talk to al jazeera, we ask how would you dislike with relationship with the us? we listen copied. my kid is not all 4 of 19 has been terrible demonstration of the failure of human. so we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter on boucher sierra had been covering all of latin america for most of my career. but mil country is alike and it's my job to shed light on how and why a oh
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well come back you watching out as a reminder of our top stories this now, the un has suspended all 8 flights into ethiopia to growing regions bounce off to un plane was forced to turn back because of government air strikes. it's a full stay of air raids this week on the to grind capital mechanic. it's nation says it fi is mass atrocity crimes in me on last. thousands of troops gather in the country. be on special rock, which i also will. the ministry government has engaged in probable crimes against humanity and crimes. the us says it will say when the nation from israel about its move to designate palestinian civil society groups as terrorist organizations. israel is accused groups of funnelling money to an armed group. a number of new corona, varez cases continues to rise in russia. has reported
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a record number of deaths for the 4th day in a row. john hall reports rotter's cove at 900. something the authorities can no longer ignore each day. this week has produced record numbers of infections and deaths. forcing the return of some restrictions. russians themselves having to reckon with a low vaccination rate and high levels of misinformation. what is new emotions, fear more or schnells, but it's a very sensitive issue. a burning issue for all health care walk is because we read what's on social media and see the most negative information coming from our country citizens regarding vaccination pop over here at hospital number 23 in the city of new novgorod, the i. c. u is full of coven patients, most unvaccinated. only a 3rd of the population has taken up the offer of a russian may jab. russia was the 1st country to announce the vaccine last year. but public mistrust largely dating back to the soviet era. has kept many people
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away. vehicle is above oscar. listen. they came for our grandmother. she was 83. she died right away after catching it. she wasn't vaccinated, i'm begging all the russians, please get vaccinated, because it's really dreadful and dangerous. president putin has ordered offices to close for a week at the beginning of november, the 1st national restrictions since the early months of the pandemic last year. why the lockdown measures have been announced for the capital moscow with a vaccine passport system being introduced in saint petersburg. but the new measures along with renewed appeals to get vaccinated come in the face of widespread public apathy. come when you have the witness, the sheila, until we can tackle the root cause the driver of this rise in cases, nothing will change. and that's the mandatory ma, squaring, and it's vaccination. only these 2 components will add up to a formula for success. last year's early locked down was unpopular and drove the economy into recession since then. mixed messaging on state run media has fueled
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public skepticism. the time may have come for the kremlin to gamble with its approval ratings if it's to stem a rising. covey tied jona whole al jazeera. the thigh government is targeting critics of its coven 19 vaccine plan, with many ending up in jail. most have been charged with the famous monica. the king owns the only fun producing jobs in the country. scott highland has moved from bangkok i earlier this month, supporters gathered in front of bangkok, reman prison, calling for the release of protesters jailed for royal defamation or article 11 to 2 of those had been the only participants of a protest which resulted in them being held without bail, high, high government can get the oxen level, the government, a monarchy, and all the benefit. at the protest in front of the headquarters, the pharmaceutical firm, owned by thailand,
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king siam bios science. the 2 protested question, the governments move to award and fund. it's local astrazeneca vaccine production solely to the firm. the backbone of thailand, cove, at 19 response, when opposition m. p. 's asked for greater transparency, the government released the copy of the contract between astrazeneca and see him by sign. the critical sections of the contract were blacked out like the budget, the schedule for vaccine distribution and numbers of shots that a leading opposition figure also charged with royal defamation. for criticizing the sign bias 9th deal was officially read his charge last week and i was questioning the, the spirit of this deal doubt whether it's beneficial to to the monarchy. because if there is any failure in the production, then the people will question the king as the ultimate or no other company. and he said the government's hands are tied. it can't pursue legal action against psycho
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bios science with the king as the firm's head. in responding to a question from al jazeera, regarding the jailing, a peaceful activists for protesting outside signing bio sciences headquarters, astrazeneca declined to comment. kenneth torn sees the government crackdown a public outcry about the deal to be a low point for the country, saying there are more royal defamation cases now than ever before. i think this is the edge of for you don't been dialing one wireless group pushed for the charges against the 2 young protesters saying they're focused on the wrong issue. pulled up and i think the conflict of interest is not the issue that we should focus on. we have to focus on the current crisis, not the fact that the company will have the patient and right to produce more vaccine in the future. so while governments and leaders around the world are working on ways to move on from the pandemic, adopting a policy of transparency about cove at 19. thailand's government appears to be
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focused on putting people in prison, who are asking for that same openness. got hardly al jazeera, bangkok has been violence in pakistan during demonstrations by supporters of a bound political group members of terry gala beg pakistan known as t l. p on demanding the release of their lead. and the same with the he was arrested. the cf inciting violence ca, haida, has moved from islamabad. at least 2 policemen have been killed. some of them, i seriously injured. a number of the protest, her all sorts seriously injured. the provincial government is saying that the law enforcement agency will come down hard on doors who are taking matters into their own hand. the daddy girl up beg august on her victim to come, where did supporters to the city of islam abroad and also to stay fit and they've
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been demanding the release of their lead a sod sand ridge. we who succeeded as father hodgen, would send grisly hard them were sand ridge. we of course earlier had stage protest and grande 17 bringing the country to a wardrobe standstill and again in grande 20. as a reaction to the french resident manager, my crohn's remarks about islam. not there been demanding the explosion of the french ambassador. the government had reached or did read them earlier this year. however, the deal be said that it had not for the fact that in the government has also been the organization an arrested source and rigby in april. so the situation indeed, quite serious and the law enforcement agencies on red alert the you as well feed program is warning global hung i will rise exponentially. g to climate change. the agency says extreme why that will lead to more people being displaced as they're
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forced to such a thing. it's already happening in parts of africa when drought has led to rise in armed conflicts. nicholas hank reports from central burkina faso. it's only you and helicopter that we travel to the city of kaya in central burkina, faso. the, to our road journey from walker do has become too dangerous, even for humanitarian workers. the threat is the armed group, the slavic states in the greater sahara, under escort and bulletproof cars, we travel to siri, a village that has something armed groups, wants and villagers need a well abundant in water at the height of the harvest season. kinda error, more dose village in the north of the country was attacked by members of the ice al affiliate. they killed farmers and herders and stole their projects and animals. she fled south, but then came a series of droughts. she fled again following the clouds, hoping for rain and searching for a place to plant her crops less out of when the rain never came to season hasn't
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brought what we expected. i'm more worried about the climate because if there's less rainfall armed groups will attack for our crops. more than a 1000000 people are displaced in burkina faso after flying both armed groups and the changing climate. the temperature in some areas has reached a record 50 degrees celsius. a tiny rise in temperature has a devastating impact on production. look at this, this is sorghum, normally considered a resilient and strong serial. but where at the end of the rainy season, it still hasn't reached maturity. this has an impact on people's ability to feed their families. the world food program is digging what they call half moon, small pits from the ground to try to retain what little rainfall there is. more than 10000000 children in the cell are experiencing acute malnutrition. most are displaced. well, the minister of environment says climate change is fueling the conflict. both aren't routes and civilians are seeking refuge in terrible areas. this is affecting
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our ecosystem already under pressure from rising temperatures. we are not a polluting country. they got rich wants me to pay because we, they need to help us find the solution. so we can live and resolve this problem. you doubling while world leaders gather to discuss climate change at the club, 26 conference in glasgow to keep their room. waldo will be on the move for her fighting hunger means walking hundreds of kilometers and breathing the threat of arm groups in soaring temperatures. for this water in this changing climate and the hell is become a resource. people are ready to die for nicholas hawk out to 0 degree, picking a phantom the u. s. supreme court has declined to block a restrictive abortion law in texas. a says it will fast track arguments. in the case, the law effectively bounds terminations. once a fetal heartbeat is detected and it's usually around 6 weeks into a pregnancy,
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before many women are aware they have conceived a justice department says it violates the landmark roe vs wade ruling from 1973. on servatius in georgia, i'll fighting to protect a family off endangered eurasian otis and living on a river island in the center of tbilisi illegal grabel, mining and waste dumping have destroyed much of the species natural habitat of enforcer. walker has the support in downtown to please see at doors, the fisherman and not the only masters of the croft. this is the moment. a family of horses is seen on a fishing expedition, an extremely rare encounter captured by a local filmmaker. it was absolutely astonishing for me to find the alters right in the middle of the city. sir, ordinary howl live farms away to, to thrive in places where you never expected. one moment you have them stealing
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towards your gun, your filament, and then they're gone. and you'll never see them again until next to lucky day. the altars have the hope up stream on this river islands. what is a critically endangered species in the caucasus and their surviving here in the only natural forest left in the city. hill accessible to cats and dogs, and without climbing equipment, humans or portal proper. i gave you though, when we set up camera traps and took photos of offices here for the 1st time home visit. it was a very emotional moment for me. we find the occasional footprint, but research is of worried murphy, pro fraud, thought i to go, what is i believe? i think the situation is worse. and now, 3 years ago, we were seeing many more traces droppings. and i've seen this year. i never thought
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i'd get excited about animal droppings, but here is incontrovertible evidence of multiple a cramps claw from a fresh water crab eaten from this river. by an autumn, the island is virtually all that remains of the artist habitat in the city. 70 heck, days of natural forest, the meadows have been destroyed in just a few years by illegal waste disposal and gravel mining. local residents have fought a successful campaigns, ends the destruction. now they want the area restored to its natural state. i think it's more sustainable way of investing money to have a result, maybe not to morrow and in one year, but in 10 years. but it will be like 10 times on a 10 times larger territory and it will have like 100 times larger impact maintaining by diversity ecology of their city. researches have showed the island
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is vital suitably sees or to population plans to turn it into a recreational park. have since been shelved. it's now a candidate to join the european emerald network of protected areas. there is still hope for these authors, and that footage like this will inspire their human neighbors to cherish them or risk losing them forever. robin 1st year walker al jazeera tbilisi. ah, this is al jazeera, these, you top stories. the un has suspended or 8 flights into ethiopian t gray region. asoft a u. s. plane was forced to turn back because of government asteroids and so forth . day of air raids this week on the to grand capital mckelly un humanitarian flight,
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departed addis ababa this morning. was forced to turn back in the midst of it by.

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