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somewhere else, but the truth is that they got no where else to go. so if you missed it online, catch it here with me. sandra, got men on al jazeera. ah . people in law appeal so urgent health that the city in pakistan is declared the most polluted in the world. and worsening air pollution force is the government in india's capital to shut down schools and colleges indefinitely. ah, although i may dream for again, this is al jazeera life and go also coming up refugees and migrants on the poland, bail roost border. prepare for more uncertainty a day after a violent crack down by police will have a live update at
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a push to end the fighting in ethiopia to grind region u. s. secretary of state entity blinkin is in nairobi to lend support to regional diplomatic efforts. ah, a toxic smog is enveloped parts of the indian subcontinent and that's putting pressure on governments to take emergency measures. in pakistan, the city of law has been named the most polluted in the world by a swiss monitoring organization. and people there are appealing for urgent help to save them from the worsting air quality. schools and colleges of shut indefinitely in india's capital. a ban on construction is in place until next week, and only some of new jellies. coal based power plants are being allowed to operate will speak to poverty, matalin you deleon? just a moment. but 1st let's go live to al jazeera. come al hider is in pakistan's capital solar hor kemal has been declared the most polluted city in the world. why is it so
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polluted? but their number of factors, number one, a 11000000 population heavily industrialize, not dimension to heavy flow of traffic, which is contributing almost 40 deep percent of the pollution into the air. and to top it all, you also have the right back the harvest season. the stopper remaining from doors crops is now set on fire on both sides of the border. an indian fun job in that relative end of august on the fine job area. it is an aggregate for bread boss, get in and also very famous for rice growing, but the government had done little because every year, when they bonded double, the government should have come out with a policy that does should be dug out mechanically. so as to stop the pollution that
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is going into the air, i was talking to somebody was coming from law today and he said they would take black smoke all the way on the motor a leading to his samo bod. so that showed you the scale of the pollution, la hoard of gosh, rank, and duct up t of the waters most polluted kit gave up after daily an oil on but toward in mongolia and the government hadn't done much. ida schools are still open, people are going to school, and millions of people depend on daily wages all factory. we're good to have to go and work to make a living. have not been given any advice by the government to stay at home. so indeed, the government doing ready little to address this problem. this is a recurring problem every year. around winter we are facing that same kind of crisis, but it seems to be getting worse. i'll 0 come, i'll hide that live in islam about many thanks. come all probably natal enjoy just live from new delhi, talk to the government there. so concerned about levels of pollution that it's got
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shot schools and colleges indefinitely. yes, we are in fact standing outside once at school and as you can see, the gates are shot. and at this point, we don't know when they are going to reopening of students in india had just returned for in person learning. and now they have to revert to online classes because of another emergency, the national capital. and that of course, is the worsening a quantity. now the government and authorities have foster slew of emergency measures after the supreme court intervene. so construction which is one of the major pollutants in new delhi has been paused for long guide was only opposed to the end of the week, but will only resume next week. now workers and unions are not happy about this. they've actually challenged this order and said that they need to be compensated on top of that, you know, trucks that carry emergency. so emergency goods will be allowed in delhi, but others will not deli, around any there on 11 tom, a power plant,
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6 of them. so more than half of them will be temporarily closed. they're also other a ways in which the government and authorities are trying to control pollution levels, trying to control and sort of arrest the health hazards. so a lot of water sprinkling on plans on street use of da suppressants and also anti small guns in areas where pollution levels are high of. we're going to see that happening over the next couple of days. now the mit department says that pollution levels that only saw improving often monday when you may have a little more of a windy situation so you will have little more wind and smug may reduce. but until then, absolute other situation could continue to be as bad. if not, was now government employees off the city of delhi, all working from home till the end of the week. but the central government, which is also here in delhi because it is the national capital, say of they're not going to be working from home. the government says it has suggested the chevy. he goes to reduce vehicular pollution,
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but they will be working on in the offices of the baton reporting life and from the deli puffy malfunction to of sun. now to the poland, belarus border where thousands of refugees and migrants are trying to cross into europe. our desert as had beg joints, as cert, live from high knocker on the polish side of the border. as that i can see just by looking at you, that it is cold, thousands of migrants have endured yet another freezing knife in makeshift camps there. what's happening? yes, they have enjoyed another night of freezing temperatures. we understand some of them spent the night in a warehouse and the by the russian side of the border. but today's very much the morning after the day before when we saw those scenes of polish forces using water cannon and tear gas as some of those people on the other side, stuck there with throwing rocks and pieces of concrete. now the polish authorities
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also said that some of them through stun grenades, and they blamed bella russian authorities because they say that's the only way they could have got a hold of it. and is to pull some of the polish media here, reporting it as their force is coming under attack. some of them are injured by what the media here. oh, cool. oh hooligans. but there is that situation does continue and they are desperate. people still stuck at that border. desperate people being pushed back with water cannon until i guess i'm stuck on the belly routine side of the border, polished forces stopping them from crossing into the you. it was only a matter of time these people faced with the lack of food, water, shelter, and sub 0 temperatures tried to push forward at the crossing at brucely. at the front, a many young men. but many women and children are in the crowds behind. to those on the receiving end to her, it's an inhumane and hypocritical rejection by europe. middle of zero's report on
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the grand spoke with them. yes, i was near charlotte while they're using pepper spray and water and tear gas against the children. is this the human rights of europe? 10 days we've been here without water temperatures or minus 5. and what can we do? where are the human rights organizations? we were a good country. they invaded iraq in 2003. we've lost everything. we've sold our cars and sold our houses. they've destroyed our country and now this is their human rights. regina mont, him the live coloma in nevada. we haven't slept since yesterday. our feet are freezing and the only word we can hear is attention, attention, eagle, and we have kids. we have wives and you know if they don't want to allow us through them, return us back to our countries. we haven't eaten for 5 days, only little foods available for women and kids. we need a safe place. we need to safe country. allah. it certainly is an uneven fight. without an ogden, you say, poland wants to show the world. it is defending europe's border against
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a belly routine dictator using desperate people as a weapon. they say alexander lucas shanta is taking revenge on the e. u for sanctions imposed after his violent crackdown on political opposition at home. for months, billy roost has been granting migrants visa z, promising them an easy route into the you and you probably america just because all we have to societal. so as i have told merkle, the problem is that we don't save those people. we would both lose. sheila both bellows and to an even bigger extent. the european union was didn't let through the refugees to the e. u territory. that's why i proposed on solving the situation in general, we agreed with merkel. we won't talk about it specifically. she, after some time for pause to discuss the proposal with a members of the european union or that's fine. what's the job as the numbers at the border grow? so to does of desperation, they can't go back, pull them says it can authenticate. that means we are likely to see more people pushing forward on the polish forces using tougher tactics to keep them out.
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now you understand the villa russian leader, alexander lucas shanker. we'll have another phone call you that going. john chancellor, anger merkel to try and resolve the situation here. the minister of defense in poland, i in discussions has stopped building that fence that will cost around $407000000.00 along the border. that will cover half of it and is about 5.5 meters high. and we also understand that the iraqi authorities are we'll send a plane tomorrow that will arrive in midst that will take back any of their citizens that are willing to go back. but the situation hair is divided to fit the opinion here is divided. some polls believed that the authorities are defending and protecting the country and defending their borders was others believe that the authorities should be helping those desperate people stuck at the border. al jazeera, as, as had beg, reporting, live there from the poland bella bruce border. as many thanks. armenia says that
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a cease fire with azerbaijan is mostly holding, following a day of violence, which left several soldiers dead. both sides have released conflicting information on the number of casualties. arminius, defense, ministry says that russia helped broke the truce. it asked moscow to help to defend its territory against a very forces as a by john had accused armenia of provocation, armenia, and as a by john 4 to 44 day war last year over the disputed territory of nagondo cut back . so don's military says that it will release form a prime minister, abdullah, hangdog. within the next 48 hours, a member of the new sovereign council told al jazeera that ham dock will be among detainees. being freed, he's been under house arrest since the military take over 3 weeks ago. have no doubt. com. dogs plan release follows a visit to saddam by the us assistant secretary of state molly, feed me, our mas ousted civilian leader on santucci. and 15 of her political allies facing charges of election fraud said she has been detained since the military stage
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a coup in february. she already faces other criminal charges. the military justified its takeover by accusing her party of cheating to win a landslide election victory. but independent observers found no evidence of food. we'll get a weather update next day and i'll just say well then the damage caused by a months worth of rain in just 24 hours in parts of canada. and a teenager awaits his fate in a trial involving one of the worst racist crimes in the us in recent times. ah, what is almost the seasonal norm has? we've been sing for a while now. the concentration biggest shower is in indonesia, particularly job and born. yeah, the bit more of
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a spread to the east that through solar waste and the still plenty of rain in vietnam, cambodia, and a long way north in thailand, still reaching bangkok, but the focus is fair. the sas through columbia, down towards singapore. unseen martyrs looking wet once again. it's dried up, mostly in australia. now the still legacy rain this running down the rivers and causing some flood risk here, but the real cold and the wet has gone away to new zealand. we've got more rain coming through tasmania and victoria and concert obvious belt, running out through south australia to west australia with perth in the middle. that rain is probably welcome, but it certainly gets heavy once again about trying to get to friday. and then it skids off really into the bio but throughout the life. now if you know that in macau playing cricket, for example, the onshore breezes light, it's take you a, some the humidity and they're very few showers. now in queensland, a news even the story should be of an improving one. this is thursdays, full cost, light ish when they're going to write on the lease side this time release in size,
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a crusted cook, and a few showers. otherwise is fine. ah oh, the land of the free if you are black or a criminal, you are someone who is supposed to shut up in exit would of america gives you a new episode of democracy may be exposed racial conflict, ethnic politics and inequality in the united states. they get upset if you say all lives because they want to focus on what we had a dream on al jazeera lou .
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ah, hello. yeah, this is al 0. let's remind you of the main news. this are the city of the horror in pakistan has been named the most polluted in the world. people are urging the government there to save them from the worsting air quality. at a new delhi and neighboring india, schools and colleges have been shut indefinitely to the pollution. thousands of hertford refugees, migrants on the poland by the roof, border of spend another night sleeping and make shift camps. on tuesday, police and poland far water can of tear gas suppose trying to cross media says that a ceasefire with us of i. charlotte is mostly holding, following a day of violence which left several soldiers dead. armenians, defense ministry says that russia helped broke the truce. both sides blame each other for provoking the fighting the secretary of state as meeting kenny as president in nairobi as part of a diplomatic push to bring peace to ethiopia. the year long conflicts between
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ethiopian government and rebels from the northern t grier region has escalated in recent weeks that been warnings that it may spiral into a full scale civil war. kenny has been pushing for negotiations and a cease fire war from al jazeera katherine sawyer in nairobi. the huge impact on the u. s. has released good relationships with kenya and a very good relationship with if you p as well. but this relationship with the feel p has been strained in the last a year or so are the u. s. has threatened functions against a few pierre, but then he's holding off on that to allow for a chance for a dialogue. so there is a secretary of state are in his meeting with president looking at her and to brief him on his recent visit to if you hear the president was there on sunday where he met, ah, prime minister i'll be amid and the government officials are to talk about a peaceful resolution of kenya is playing a pv whole role in intervention efforts. if seen of laurie of diplomatic efforts
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going on from the us, from the african union arms and 4 on envoy nigeria from our nigeria president or less. a good bassinger has met both sides of the conflict, the to gran leadership, as well as the government. and at least publicly put side say that they have no appetite for an outright war. but we haven't seen beyond that any movement to a cease fire or even talks. so people are worried about that and they see that there needs to be more pressure on these 2 groups. they're both have been accused of human rights atrocities. in fact, the u. n. has released as a statement as saying that the t grands in id stop by and other areas are being lot rounded out by security forces and detain. so there is a lot of concern in if you appear right now. the 1st of a 2 week strike by energy workers in nigeria has triggered panic. a petrol pumps,
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long queues of cars, a blocking streets from the capital of buddha. the government has tried to assure people, but that is enough stalk available. that hasn't stopped drivers rushing to fill up . the main union wants the government to intervene and what it says are unfair labor practices amongst oil companies. a jury in the u. s. is expected to continue deliberations of the murder trial of carl rittenhouse. he's the teenager, accused of shooting protest as in wisconsin. last year, 2 people were killed during a black lives matter demonstration. the 18 year old says that he acted in self defense. john andrew has worn out what happened on tuesday of the courtroom in kenosha inside the conversion county circuit court. the jury is considering the faith of kyle written house. they asked for jury instructions on tuesday, which includes sections on self defense and provocation, which are the 2 key issues. in this case, the defense is arguing, the kyle written house was defending himself when he killed 2 men and maimed a 3rd. the prosecution says he provoked that confrontation, rittenhouse,
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his lawyer, says he is inside the court house while the jury deliberates, and that he's nervous, he knows that he will be taken immediately into custody of convicted of anything. there was some controversy on tuesday when the judge allowed rittenhouse personally to narrow the jury pool from 18 to 12. by reaching inside of a tumbler and pulling out names written houses, mother wendy, sent out a fundraising letter on tuesday asking for support for the defense. she says the family will pay about a $110000.00 in legal fees for november alone. that defense has been funded largely, if not entirely by donations for many here in kenosha though the question is, when the verdict comes down, what would the crowds in the street do? this is the case that after all began with a confrontation between protesters encountered protesters. people are found on the west coast of canada say that they're facing a catastrophic disaster due to flooding. at least one person has been killed by a landslide,
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to others. a missing extreme weather has forced the closure of almost every road to and from the city of vancouver, jody vance reports stranded for days. this air left was forced to wait for the extreme weather to subside before helicopters could even begin to rescue motorist trap by the flood waters. this is just one of many similar scenes happening across british columbia. meteorologist warned of the approaching atmospheric river headed toward the west coast of canada late last week. none could have predicted just how much rain would fall or for how long record rains devastated. major highways, one by one they were all closed. the 1st to close due to a mudslide was the busiest, the coca, how a highway with a major connection between the port of vancouver and the rest of canada. sustaining major damage and officials have yet to determine any timeline on reopening the case
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of a debris, it may be as simple as removing the debris and ensuring that the road the road is safe. it may be in other areas that you know, there needs to be additional work done. but the bottom line is if those technical assessments are being done and the ministry of transportation, highways are working as hard as they can to get roads open as quickly and safely as possible. evacuations and rescues remain the priority. also with the search and recovery of anyone reported missing deadly heat and wildfires in summer and just 5 months later. record rain and flooding all adding volume to prime minister just introduce those plea cop 26 about the impacts of the climate emergency in canada. canada is warming on average, twice as quickly as the rest of the world. and in our north. it's 3 times quicker. the science is clear, we must do more and faster with
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a storm. now past the repair and reopening timeline is the looming concern. jodie vance. al jazeera vancouver a year ago. the small island of providence here was devastated by the strongest hurricane to ever hit columbia. they destroyed the islands infrastructure and killed several people. president of an decay promised that it would all be rebuilt within $100.00 days, but as on a shudder appear to report now many people living there, a still intense normally, robinson, a year later feels much like the 1st stay after house was destroyed by hurricane i yoda isiah, downloading for my fatty and our family remain in attend, with holds. now letting the rain through memories of the devastation still hunter looking as if he thought the saddle naca. if they have a harsh, i beg them to please help us. we need a house, we need to be living comfortably again. it has been very difficult. it is still
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very difficult. i stood and she had just begun this 84, afro caribbean families have this small colombian islander, frustrated, still waiting for a house to rebuild their lives. a year ago, the category 5 hurricane destroyed 98 percent of the infrastructure presidency. van duka promised to rebuild in a 100 days the reconstruction has been very slow. the remains of the old hospital of yet to be demolished. limited care is offered in temporary tenths in the smallest, no smallest. i'd recommend the book. it's frustrating. that health should be a priority, toyota. we should have a better separation for cobit patients, a, but here it is, everybody with everybody following complaints and under increasing pressure, further, slow progress, the government contract. there has indeed increased the speed of reconstruction in
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the last couple of months promising now to deliver roughly half of the new homes for the 1st anniversary. blessed by one of the longest coral reefs in the world. providence as long resisted last tourism large resorts in shopping malls defending its traditional race, south culture, but no tourism at all as deeply impacted economic hardships. fishermen in community leader edgar stevens says many believe the delay heights at dark or plan backyard is appro. lemme. he says the rebuilding gets prioritize the states by mainland and for investors and authorities are trying to restart longer. post plans like the expansion of the airport as but i can sadala hand there, but again we fear that they are trying to tire people so they will start selling their land. or how do you explain that there is no hospital yet indian or that the houses their building are not made to last? the hurricane was a godsend for columbia's political elite. ah, the united nations development program plans to stream a concert and launch
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a crowdsourcing drive to raise funds and bring attention to the plight of its inhabitants that many here left wondering when they will return to a dignified home. and if they will be able to sustain their traditional way of life, allison and petty al jazeera island, the dancer gyla is president, has survived an impeachment vote to remove him from office just months before his due to step down. the salad fell to show up, fell short of a 2 thirds majority needed to our sebastian panera. he was accused of corruption following the leak of the so called pandora papers. they exposed the hidden wealth of some world leaders and business people. the documents linked for the other to the sale of a mining company through a family business to a close friend. for the other denies the charges. human remains have been found at the size of one of new zealand worst mining disasters. 11 years ago. 29 men were
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killed off to methane gas exploded in the pike river mine. investigators were only allowed access in 2019 due to safety concerns, images taken last week. during boring the mine confirmed the presence of 2 bodies covered 19 measures in new zealand are to be eased at the end of the month. prime minister to send a are done has revealed and you traffic lights, system restrictions will mostly apply to people who haven't yet been vaccinated. and from mid december, people from oakland will be able to travel outside for the 1st time in 4 months. the country of struggle to contain a delta variant outbreak since august, the countries recording around $200.00 infections a day, mainly in oakland. but vaccinations have risen steadily 84 percent of those eligible anal fully vaccinated. pfizer is seeking emergency use authorization of the u. s. for an experimental cove at 19 pill, a study by the company found that it reduces death and hospitalization in unvaccinated adults by 89 percent. it said to stop
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a mechanism that replicates the virus. pfizer has also agreed to allow other manufacturers to make the drug for lower and middle income countries. full not professional cricketer, as im rossi has told a u. k parliamentary inquiry that he was racially abused throughout his career and england. ruffin played for yorkshire. that's considered to be england's most successful cricket club. just a warning, his evidence contained the use of racist phrases that you may find offensive. let him baba reports from london. he promised it was time for truly must it seem or feet arrive to give evidence to a parliamentary committee. it was mosque song and gloves off as he recalled his time at yorkshire county cricket club, i dressed joined a dress room full of my heroes. michael von matthew. ha, god are the 2 father. 5 of his team and it was just, i'm the most surreal moment for me. i ended up with a hill pretty early on. and me and other people are from asian background. there
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was comments such as you lot say over there, near the toilets and, and if a washers and the word paki was used constantly and that just seems to be an acceptance and institution. i'm from the leaders and no one, no one ever stumped out. back in september, a summary of an unpublished report by the club said refill had been bullied and racially harassed. but in one instance, it labeled the use of a racial slur as banter for me. yorkshire chairman brought your hot and resigned over the clubs response, which you see no action against any staff or players. there's been a substantial amount of thoughtlessness and ignorance. a reluctance to apologize, a reluctance to the c as in the victim and reluctance to put into place the on the recommendations when pushed hot and said the club fell within the definition
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of institutional racism. he also suggested the england and wales cricket board or e. c. b could and should have investigated refix allegations. it's that he climbed in as a say, you know, you could describe this is the wild west the way this is what we've had this morning. do you think the sea bass hit her? yes, i do. i think her, we are learning a lesson here about and what lesson are you learning? mr. allison? well, i think we've got a long way to go to fulfill our, our ambition to my cricket. again, for every one, i seem to fix testimony here was protected by parliamentary privilege, meaning he could name no use without fear of legal reprisal. but he stressed that it was never about going off to individuals for him, but he wants to help create a help your sport for everybody. a massive believer everything up a for a reason. and like i said, hopefully 5 years time. and we're going to see a big change and i look back that i did something
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thus far bigger than any runs ago or any weeks. ready ago but yeah, it's horrible if we're fi called for real changes to get rid of all discrimination in cricket, including against black players and women, the committees due to issue its own recommendations. it's then up to the government to decide what action if any should be taken mentioned. nadine barbara al jazeera london balanced with some glue. it's good to be with us. hello, adrian. i think i'm hearing though how the headlines and al jazeera, la jolla, pakistan has been named the most polluted city in the world. people there are urging the government to save them from the worsting air quality. meanwhile, in new delhi and neighboring india, schools and colleges have been closed and definitely due to smog come out, hyder.
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