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an access point to the world beyond ah, holding the powerful to account as we examined, the u. s. is role in the world on al jazeera. hm. this is al jazeera. ah. hello, i am elizabeth braun am and this is the news hour live from doha. coming up in the next 60 minutes, ukraine says it won't accept any ultimatums to diffuse the tension with russia. as versions foreign secretary prepared for talks with the kremlin. a former sudanese cabinet minister who is critical of the military takeover is arrested by security forces. the international court of justice,
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orders uganda to pay the democratic republic of congo, more than $300000000.00 in compensation for its conflict in the 19 nineties and schools close in india's karnataka state as students protest against a ban on head scarves. i'm devin afterwards bought controversy is unfolding at the bay winter olympics involving the russian figure skating team and the consequences of piling up for premier league defender cut zima following abusive treatment of his cat. ah, you cranes as it won't accept any ultimatums to diffuse the tension with russia. foreign minister, dimitra collab, i made the comments following tuesday. the visit from the french president. clever says talks with western lead as a help in too low attention with moscow. all those comes as the u. k is foreign secretary arrived in closer talks about the crisis. western nations are threatening
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moscow with sanctions if it invades that ukraine. well, let's bring another barbara. he's joining us live from london and foreign secretary trust surviving in moscow. nadine, with threats of severe consequences. what's the u. k. strategy here? well, that's right. let's trust as a, as arrived in moscow for a 2 day visit where show hotel folks with her counterpart. so gay lever off. and on arrival, she tweeted out a picture of her and the following statement on twitter. in moscow to make clear russia must immediately withdraw its forces and respect ukraine, sovereignty of a severe consequences. any incursion would be a huge mistake. diplomacy be any way forward. and russia must pursue that path. well, last month, the u. k. government announced that it was preparing a new round of sanctions legislation,
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which it said would leave those in and around the kremlin wave quote, know where to hide. if russia were to take military action and in the words of the u. k. government launch a further invasion into ukraine with that legislation has not been passed as of yet was promised by thursday. so let's trust really firm keen to apply the pressure rhetorically. but on wednesday nights there's been a pushback by the russian foreign ministry calling for a clear change in the tone of speeches from british officials saying that without any productive interaction is impossible. and also stressing that trade and economic ties are stabilizing factor in relations with london. of course, there's been a lot of attention on the city of london and allegations of money laundering by rich russians. and of course the u. k is stressing that the sanctions,
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when they already would be part of a u. s. sledge response, and also boris johnson. the prime minister traveling on thursday to poland, 1st of all, but then to brussels, to meet the nato secretary general. that so part of britain's role under the alliance as will be the key ally of the us in the military structure. they've already sent troops to poland to the boat border with better risk, and they also sent equipment to ukraine. it's not clear how much more brittany's prepared to do practically, but certainly right now they're, the rhetoric is fairly hard at the moment. absolutely. thank you very much for that for now. that's not involved. joining us live from london and tosh. butler is following development from kias dmitri labor or giving a press conference. so here in key evan, he went over a couple of points. really. he said, 1st of all, in terms of the situation along,
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keeps along ukraine's border. he said that it was calm, it was quiet despite the built out over russian troops there. and that i caused some of the comments he made earlier today in which he said, look, the situation is still very tense, but it is under control. he said he also welcomed a recent diplomatic efforts by various a western leaders. he said that those efforts had really helped to or reduce tensions that helped to ease tensions. and that the a president zalinski had also welcomed them. he talked about the french president emmanuel mcgraw, who met with the russian leader vladimir putin in moscow on monday. and also with the ukranian present in kiev on tuesday, or he said the macro had put no pressure on a ukraine, had not come with any proposals, but it only come with opinions, particularly when it comes to a efforts by ukrainian and rochelle senior advisors to try and revive the piece
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process for the east of ukraine, that those are the so called minsk agreements. they are a talks that are being mediated by france, by germany. something that emanuel mark raw has said is very important. indeed, he sees that as a possible way to try and diffuse a tensions of ukraine, perhaps a possible solution to the crisis. and japan ascending gas shipments to europe, his fears grow of an energy crisis because of the threat of war and ukraine. the supply due to arrive later this month follows a request from both the us and e. u. europe depends largely on russian gas imports . we've gone to while the news and security forces and saddam have arrested, a former government minister add outspoken question of the military takeover. last year, the sudanese congress parties has colored almighty uses was detained because of his role in the now disbanded committee to dismantle the former ruling party. more
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resar expected with was issued for all committee members. let's bring in our correspondent have a morgan choose joining us live from costume uses as a prominent figure here, but tell us what might be making him a target here while the committee to dismantle the june 30th regime. that the regime, former presidents, amr, but she was suspended when the military took overpower in late october last year. now just 2 days ago, a review committee that was at the, by the military that the takeover issued a report saying that the work of the members of the committee raises some questions . it says that many of the decisions that were made were made without reaching a quorum of the committee members. it says many of the acid that received from people who were loyalist bashir regime were not sees following due process and were not headed over to the ministry of finance as they should be. and they mentioned many of irregularity thing that many of those who were dismissed from their
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positions in government, institutions and ministries were not to be, were not supposed to be dismissed or rather that they should be judicial process for their dismissal. so all of that reports or statement that came with the report from the review committee set up by the military after the suspension of a dismantling committee. re some questions and led to not only hi dominic, who was cabinet minister for the last several months of prime minister, hum doke governments transitional period. but also spoke an outspoken critic of the military and leading member of the force of the freedom and change coalition. which has been pipeline since the takeover. so other members have been erected as well. at least 2 members, all the dismantling committee have been arrested since morning. there are reports that more will be more or more and will be issued for the other members of the committee, because again, the review committee says that the work of the initial committee that has been suspended since the take over raises some questions. and those members should be answering some questions to the authorities and have
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a why do you think we are seeing the warren? so these arrests now now for dan has been in a political deadlock for months since the takeover. there has been difficulties in reaching consensus between the various political parties and the stakeholders here and to that. and now the military says that it wants to form a government. 2 off technocrats, people not affiliated to any political party, but it also wants political consensus that has been very hard to reach many for political parties, especially at the parties who are part of the force of freedom in change coalition . we're also members of the dismantling committee. they have been very outspoken against the military against the take over the issued a statement saying that the best way to move forward if for the military to be sidelined from the current positive that they should focus on reforming the military institution. i should need the work of governing fidel transitional period for the next year and a half or 2 to civilians until elections are held. now this is a statement that we have been seeing repeated since that take over. and it has
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raised the tension between the 25, the united nation mission here. and for them has been trying to mediate between the various stakeholders. but that is get to produce any kind of that love to bring together all the facts and go see a thing table. so it looks like this move as much as and also targeting members of the muslim committee. it looks like it's also taking into the both aspect of it that love that that is currently isn't hipaa. thank you very much for that. that is, have a morgan with the or the latest live and to thank you. now you can to has been ordered to pay $325000000.00 to democratic republic of congo. the d. c was seeking $11000000000.00 for its economic loss from fighting around 20 years ago and to compensate victims. the ruling by the international court of justice is final and can't be appealed. tens of thousands were killed as uganda and wanda back rebels. fort congolese government troops the control of the mineral rich region of
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a tory. well, let's bring in john mulberry sanger. he's a researcher for democratic republic of congo at amnesty international, and he's joining us live from nairobi. very good to have you with us on al jazeera and how much of a victory would you say this is for democratic republic of congo, the victims of the fighting and for their families. thank you for having me. today's ruling by the international court of justice is very important. symbolically 1st, because for, i mean, for the 1st time since the combo wars started, estate is being held to account. there was this for strolling in 2020 tides which recognized the responsibility of uganda. 2 and now they're out there also the compensation is coming. now, you saw the amount of compositions seems very little compared to
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the damage compared to the number of victims. but it is still some important step. and that might, that might be because the, one of the judges said that there was insufficient evidence to support the darcy's claim of $180000.00 civilian deaths for which uganda owes reparation. none the less, uganda has been ordered to pay reparations in the past and 2005, the i, c, g will that it had to pay reparations to democratic republic of congo. and that never happened. so will it happen this time? it so, i mean if one hopes that each will happen this time, and it's also some somehow depends on the deer. says government willing to make sure that you're gonna pay what it has to pay. because you know, it's the ruin the court, the court of justice has done its work. but now it,
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there is a diplomatic walk that needs to be done by did your seat to make sure that their money is, is it and that it goes to. so the victims and tell us about the fighting. and that took place, you know, the told of the fighting took on the people in and around the region of the, to the reason why this compensation is necessary. well, so that the war that you're gonna was involved, the in, in, in done 9099 in 19992002 caused a lot as it is established in 20 for a 2205 rolling. and in today's rolling, it's caused a 1000 of people to, to guy. it's caused injuries. it destroyed villages and, and people's homes are and then the peer jingle of natural resources of,
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of deer c with the involved, mental uganda. but with your involvement of other actors as well, including ronda, so that there, i mean, as o c o, seeing them amount of reparations that has been decided by the court doesn't seem to meet the level of the damage, but still it's so it's an important step for, for the victims. all right, mr. and thank a thank you very much for your time on. this is really appreciated. that is amnesty international john movie sang, joining us life on my v. thank you. thank you for me. plenty more headline news alla, including a shot in the arm for west africa. how senegal is buying millions of doses of clothing vaccines for export to its neighbors. women, indonesia, where police are being condemned for cracking down on villages. fighting to save
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their livelihoods. and 16 years after throwing away victory as redemption for this snowing border, she picks up a gold medal engaging that's coming off of sport. ah, the protest in southern india by hindu and muslim groups are becoming increasingly heated because of a ban on girls wearing head coverings and class high schools and colleges and cannot of the state a closed until friday, while judges decide on the benz legality. it has re ignite of the debate about whether the hindu dominated government to safeguard the rights of indians, minorities of the metal as more from the capital, new deli, wow. videos that defined the growing tensions in the state of to not to go in. so india students aligned with him to groups, heckler, woman, for wearing
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a boycott, as competing religious. johns, a hood, every religion has freedom, they're falling their culture and i'm following mind. they should let us follow our culture and not to raise obstacles for us. a few weeks ago, 16 needs students were barred from wedding head scarves in the classroom. those protests have now spread across the state with more women, demanding the right to cover their heads and cloth, opposing them all in the groups. they have been marching, reading, saft, and colored, gobs and shoals, and some hoisted a saffron flag. the color is considered sacred by many hindus ego, uniform, a living on uniforms seem for everybody whether it is hindu muslim. oh christian, they should abide in very uniform and a job has to be kept outside the gate. state government run by prime minister marines. modi's party jumped the party has supported school and college administrators inventing muslin girls wearing had come in class. the route has the
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ignited the debate about minority rights in india that these in the book, the mrs groups are the same. you know, the self same groups that since 2008 attacked women in the same coastal cut america area for visiting bumps bearing western clothes, they ballantine days coming up and the same group will be out on the street at clint. couple levels. what's the thing together and saying that you're not allowed to factor nice with somebody who's not your husband and so on. so these are extremely resistive groups that have nothing feminist about the objection to the job. they are merely trying to prevent any, you notice the sink, the spaces for muslims and colleges. and i think the space for interaction between the one with the state government closed all high schools and colleges until friday, while the high court judges who are legal arguments and decide whether or not the
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law on constitutional freedom is been broken. part new middle algebra, new daddy human rights groups and criticize indonesia security personnel for a police operation that led to the arrest of more than 60 people. people in a central java village were protesting against plans for a rock line, which some say would destroy the livelihoods. jessica washington report from jakarta in one us village central java. the police presence remains high after early a 10 scenes between security officers and residence. dozens of people were brought that to their village after being detained by how many, how many one man exclaimed, how he is detained. i was at the mosque where it was time to praise, open the door and went to wash myself. then i was taken away by police. i got here, of course,
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refused to let authorities survey them. a legal aid lawyer was also detained. communication in the area was disrupted. grandparent nisha condemn, very much condemn the ah, excessive force used by the police and other state barret. this authorities plan to create the mining side in what us the and said, well, will be used in the construction of the banner dan, a major government project. this very obvious that this will create a college degree edition in the village authorities say they have already given people the chance to voice their due to lack of what the ad becoming we had already communicated with the regional government with people religious leaders in waters. so we could go and start measuring the land of those who agree with the project. our. * local police say they were trying to prevent the ben again,
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one of these is major ongoing infrastructure project. it's construction is considered a priority for the central government, but some have concern that official might be putting developing the full human rights human rights group say the reason infrastructure projects have also resulted inland. documentation of land grabbing. government has put priority over development rather than human rights security rather than liberty rights group. the calling for an investigation into conduct of security personnel. jessica washington 00 to counter me. senegal hustling to deal with the european union to buy 300000000 doses of corona
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virus, vaccines, president of the european commissioners. lavonda land is in senegal for the deal. the vaccines will be produced and the purpose build factory outside the capital decor and distribution across west africa. as a big has more from deca. of course, that's a boost for the synagogue here, but also the rest of africa will create jobs. but if africa has struggled with low vaccination rates, and part of that is access to vaccine dose is global system that hasn't favorite african countries, but also the world health organization program kovacs that they to get poorer countries. vaccine doses, and that relies on donations and some of those donations of those doses have had short expiration date. not the end of last year and a got lost around 400000 doses because of the expiration date. the nigel area nearly a 1000000, but it's thought that once this factor is up and running and manufacturing bills, doses that should address some of the distribution issues. it's thought that now if
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they set up the time to when they set up the plant and they start manufacturing doses, africans manufacturing doses for africans, that should be a great to uptake in those vaccination. now one of the busiest border crossing was between the us and canada has partially reopened blocked by a convoy of truck is fighting vaccine mandates. the ambassador, a bridge between windsor and detroit carries 25 percent of all trade between the 2 countries. the so called freedom conroy protest is now and it's 12 day trial has want vaccine requirements and other clothing 19 restrictions removed across the board of workers u. k prime minister balls, johnson has indicated the last remaining cause of 19 restrictions may be scrapped early. that includes the end in the requirement for people to self isolate. if they test positive, johnson says he reveal his plan for what he calls living with the virus later this month. his leadership is still under pressure though as new party gate photo is
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emerge. mrs. big, i can tell the house today that is my intention to return on the 1st day after the hot to recess to present our strategy for living. we've provided the current encouraging trends in the day to continue. it is my big patient that we will be able to end the last domestic restrictions, including the legal requirement. so if i said, if you test positive a full month, why under simmons is in london and he says johnson is under pressure. as more photos emerge. was seeing more of this there, there are many more which will be released no doubt and, but the situation was far as the conservative body is concerned, is the $54.00 am pays half the table questions, the apt to put through letters in order to get a leadership council leadership contest on the way that does not work happening any time soon. it's very likely that people will keep their powder dry. the in peas
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will wait until the publication of the metropolitan police report to get the biggest support possible so that they are having a reasonable chance of success in bringing johnson down. so there's a lot of a lot of thought here, a lot of thought being given about a contest, which is highly likely to happen, but doing it at the right time to guarantee a result. and that would be the departure of johnson. it's quite possible to sri lanka now, we're healthcare workers in government run, hospitals are continuing their indefinite stripe to demand higher pay asthma. now fernandez reports from the capital colombo negotiations with the government of so far failed to find a breakthrough critical dimes injury lanka. more than $60000.00 health workers are on strike across the nation. disrupting a range of services, including medical clinics, consultations and tests, nurses, medical technicians,
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and public health inspectors are among those taking part. and they made the, at an angle that we can't get medicine or treatment because of this strike. we traveled a long way without eaten food because we had to get some tests done. the indefinite work stoppage by 18 health trade unions is pushing for a number of demands. our reasons and our people are suffering regarding this. but what can we do when the ministries and the bob public admin fees, and then you see and the salary gums and, and really so, rather than think of your bill, they don't all say me be right with the if you do it and all 350 commer, this is the strike is about winning do recognition for walkers across the health sector who have been neglected. he says salary discrepancies, administrative issues, and the implementation of systems dealing with the public are among their concerns . many sri lanka, uns rely on the free health service because they cannot afford private health care
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. some of them travel long distances to secure specialist treatment and attend regular clinics. rural hospitals like this are usually teeming with people, but have gone quite in the last 3 days. help minister kelly rumble quello mit union leaders on tuesday, but they failed to resolve the issue better with genuine cases. oh, there be mind some genuine cases and i would say b, i accept that i to ask for that. all right. but certain things, i think this completely tim to been painted, been colored with political aspirations. and i am prepared to pollard strikers, have demonstrated outside the hill ministry, some even forcing their way in to urge their demands be met. while the government and health trade unions try to negotiate
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a deal house in the philippines are badly affected by disruptions to the free public health service. many want to see the 2 sides working out an agreement. but observers said, that seems unlikely. michelle fernandez, r 0, colombo, still ahead on the news hour searching for signs of life in columbia. and questions about why must slides of wiping out the poorest communities working towards cleaner energy, european scientists report a major breakthrough in developing nuclear fusion power and agents. lots of the asked a couple nations fine and then weighing on the mind the capsule that story coming up in sport. ah, your world's weather at the beginning in the middle east hang tight will get africa
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and one sec. but 1st, the pitcher rounds of rain through the levant, northern areas of syria, iraq, and that is dropping down to the south intact. she waits, may see some showers. we go in for a closer look. 2 things i wanted to point out here, southerly flow that's pops up the temperature, ria, 26 same goes for q 8, but look, there is some of those showers that may leak in there, the risk of it, and maybe even some funder downpours did see quite intense downpours in karachi, also a suburb 150 millimeters of rain within hours. so all of that to say water logged roads were certainly an issue that energy has shoved away. so we're back into the sunshine and temperatures are lifting. for example, in karachi, 27 degrees high for you on thursday, while wet and windy conditions we had in its stumble, but that energy has shifted out toward the east were also seen push into the caucasus as while on thursday. take it to africa, we're talking about the potential to break some records here darker the red, the hard, the temperature jew, but 40 to the record for february is 43 degrees. we have pouring rain falling from
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southern angola right into northern namibia. i think we may see some flooding here, but for cape town, it's sunny pitcher on thursday at 23 degrees c later. ah . in iran, the head of a mental health hospital experiments with a bold new treatment. the therapeutic power of love, the prescription roman against all odds, his patience embraced the matrimonial remedy. but can wedlock lead to better well being on his board? the marriage projects, witness on al jazeera ah diets define who we are. but who are we? if we don't know what we're eating in a disturbing investigation into globalized food fraud,
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people and power reveals long hidden scandalous practices. the def, infiltrated international hold. so markets and supermarket chains and asks, what's really on our plates. food in glorious food on to one out just sierra ah ah, watching on to 0 with me, it is of a randeman, doha reminder of our top stories, the sob. ukraine says it won't accept any ultimatums from russia to diffuse the tension with its neighbor. foreign minister, demitra calais, bought calais verse has talks with western leaders are helping to lo,
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attention with moscow. security forces incident have arrested college almighty uses . the former government minister and outspoken critic of last year's military take over and more arrests are expected with was issued for all members of the now disbanded committee set out to dismantle the former voting party. and schools in india's karnataka state have been ordered to close for 3 days because of anger about a bad on muslim students wearing head scarves. the opposition is accusing the voting b. j. p of discrimination is returned to our top story on the tensions between ukraine and russia. now off the coast of ukraine, there was an increase in the number of russian navy patrols fishermen say they are living in fear of being arrested and interrogated by russian intelligence agent. charles stratford has more from the as of see the, the freezing foggy stick speed out across the sea, crimea,
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which was antics by russian forces 8 years ago. he's not far from here. anton has come to check the area he will fish when the winter fishing season starts. next week. he insists on covering his face because he like hundreds of ukrainian fishermen has been detained by russian naval intelligence. in recent years. he says he was taken to a russian naval base and coach at the entrance to the black sea where he was interrogated and held for 15 days before being released. lot of the 3 mister, there are many obstacles access to the sea as difficult russians don't allow us to work properly. they approach us and stop pushing us back, harassed us. we can't do anything of our small boat against their equipment. it's impossible to prove to them we have a right to be here. pointless trying. the wreck of a soviet fishing troll appears on an island around which ukrainian fishermen now cost their nets less frequently. soviet build houses where the fishermen used to
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stay. stand there near the shore were about 20 kilometers off the coast. fishermen tell us that normally in this area they'd be around a 100 ukrainian fishing vessels operating. but they say that number is dwindling fast because of fears. of russia, naval patrols in 2003, russia and ukraine signed an agreement which allows both countries to fish anywhere . and the, as we'll see since 2014, when russia unexplained, the moscow has increased its naval presence and taken greater control of these waters. and the larger black sea, as off, is connected to by the current straight. in december, the ukrainian navy said russia brought 75 percent of the as of by issuing navigation warnings. recent large scale russian naval exercises of crimea, fuel fears that the criminal is preparing to invade ukraine by c,
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something russia continues to deny. green last 70 percent belief. when russia sees control of crimea and sylvester pole, the black sea port, city grange government, he's going small naval patrol vessels from nato palm as but seems powerless to better protect fishermen, kerber guardianship. there's lots of course, i'm worried. we go far out to sea. we might not come back, it's good as the russians inform our families that they've taken us for. but there are many instances when they file forged cases against us. and the risk being put in a russian prison for the fish market trade is say they are feeling the financial fall out of rushes, actions, and see who for me. all the situation has got really bad. no rush and tories small amount of fish from the boats because of problems at sea deficient industries suffering. and that means we do to we repeatedly asked the ukrainian navy for
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comment about how can better protect fishermen from what the government calls russian aggression. the navy refused because of what it says are security issues. and so i was afraid of fishing these icy waters in the weeks ahead. i see now increasingly under russian control charts, rapid changes, era the, as of see some new great turkey is given 3 international news organization 72 hours to obtain an operating license of face being blocked. you are news ga, weller and both of america have been given the automation by the media watchdog and as don bolt, it is the 1st time foreign digital media outlets have fallen fall of the regulator around 90 percent of mainstream media in turkey is stay turned on the tight government control shops of close to the city of nablus. as palestinian started a general strike and protest, israeli kennings palestinian leaders, a demanding and international investigation into what they described as
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a heinous crime by israeli special forces. they opened fire on a car carrying 3 palestinian suspected of attacking israeli soldiers. the shootings provoked protests and threats of retaliation by the alex, a massive brigade. the un secretary general spokesman is calling for com. we've obviously seen what happened and nob loose and we're concerned by the recent developments including the increase tensions in the occupied westbank. obviously including the, the incident which a 3 pal students were shot and killed by israeli forces in nobliss. our appeal remains that all sides too for com and to avoid any further escalation. whenever abraham is a novice in the occupied westbank where protests have gathered, hundreds of people have gathered here in nablus, coming from different cities from the occupied west bank. they want to pay their condolences to the families of the 3 young men. many here tell us that they were
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shocked at the way these really force has conducted this operation. and they say that the numbers of bullets inside these young men's bodies shows the levin of hatred. when we were looking at the faces of people coming here, we saw sadness, anger. there also young people who are let down bessy commend out of it to be in those young people can't be blamed for taking this course of action. there's no future for us these nor hope. i'm a commercial short our global. i want to see the whole st. rise up today. it might be my friends to morrow might be the other palestinians, friends, or cousins. we need to keep protesting for our homeland shops here in nablus have shut down their doors, responding to calls for a general fry. we've seen these calls being echoed in different cities in there was ranking clothing and rama law jeanene. and to cut him. we've also seeing the young palestinians take the there's 3 still been to an to voice their anger. some of them
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went to a near the league as really a settlement of vets as me and i'm a law others where in hebron where they threw rocks, add these really army, the army, you dispersed the crowds and responded with robert bullard tear gas and sun grenades. while the velocity and leadership has condemned the killings and said that palestinians are in need of international perfection. people here say that these fund them nation are meaningless. they say that they were left alone facing one of the strongest army in the world. to those in authority of being accused of using a state of emergency to hide detentions a report by human rights watch highlights the case of 2 former officials. newer the in beatty and fatty bill, the who were arrested in december and taken to secret locations. family members said they haven't been formally chat,
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charged and being denied access to the lawyers. beattie is now a hospital, the bell, the remains and detention president car size has been accused of using emergency powers to crack down on political defense and members of the previous government, which he dissolved last year. but rather by louisa political scientist, stand journalist and tunis, and she says, president 5 is using emergency powers to target has political opponents. your 30 to in note, you need to know are using this arbitrary. you don't see a sign of residency without a judicial a her site and i think this is a threatened to human rights as we can read in human rights watch report to a president i this started for to threatening political parties today. he's threatening the judges by the dissolution of the supreme judicially counsel. and
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right now with this the i, b, i b 2 are 30 assign. it is you don't see he's really threatening human rights. he's using these laws in order to comply with his opponent. i think this is a real threat for human rights today. i think he's opponent, especially not a party adult to tune it's because as we can see, the people who are, who are under, who are, where are right now are under average be a 3 assign it to resiliency. who are people from are actually like, like a tv so, especially he's the opponent from a political party, as we know is a science without a political background. always comes to political parties of corruption. so this is not a surprise to come down and not the party and to, to put these know,
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went to secure the slow, just for he phoning from political party. the political scene is, is fragmented, and this less smooth game after sharp criticism on the jets. and now finally, he did a hint, and he and now said that the solution of the supreme judicially counsel and this move races really fierce about human rights and the independence of the discovery following through media emergency crews in western columbia. searching for a saw survivors swept away by landslide. it killed at least 14 people, an injured dozens lore burden, manly, his law, the military rescue workers, and locals spent hours picking through mud and debris, searching for finds of life. in this poor neighbourhood in columbia's does carruthers region heavy rain continued through the night,
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loosening the soil on the mountain by morning, a large chunk of broke free burying the homes below. okay, it was a very loud bang at 6 30 in the morning. it swept away over houses in front of it, about 6 houses, including the people inside you, but as the arc as a widow and it felt like the whole world was coming down, my brother was shouting, get out, get out of the river. it's overflowing. and when we got out, the tragedy had already happened, people were shouting, my brother pulled a lady out who had already died. my father pulled out an elderly lady who was our lifelong neighbour. families from dozens of homes have been moved away from danger zones. local authorities say the nearby or to river is overflowing, and the soil on the mountain remains unstable. they also fear any more mud slides could block the river and caused major flooding, or maybe from a foreigner and 1st we working on the rescue. secondly, we are mitigating the risk factor in the upper part of the landslide,
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which of the water flows and the factors are generated, the disaster, the emergency, the death toll is expected to rise as many have been taken to hospital with critical injuries. the problem of mudslides is common here during the rainy season and has led to major catastrophes in the past. the biggest in 2017, when 320 people were killed in the southern put a male province. those most valuable often live in poorly constructed wooden homes, built on mountains and valleys and along rivers in das gave us it's those impoverished communities who left not only displaced but dealing with the death of family members. lore about a manly i'll do theorem. now fire has wrecked a luxury apartment complex in oklahoma city in the us, several parts of the building which was still under construction, collapsed fire fighter, said,
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why rather roofing material fuel the inferno. the cause isn't loan and there are no reports of casualties lower. now new and more little variant of bird flew as devastating poultry farmers in west africa. millions of chickens have already been called ackman address reports from tame and near donna's capital, accra on the struggle to contain the spread. this is the 2nd time in the 7 months delaware farms has been forced to college chickens. $30000.00 birds are being destroyed. just 2 weeks after $63000.00 was spent to restock the farm. there was very, very frustrating for us and very difficult to be. so just after coming to populated them and all that. so really must so much so much better in order to do last year. berkeley was the h 9 into writers. this year is the more legal age 5 and $1.00 barrier which is
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difficult to control. 24 hours ago. 4000 chickens were here. now it's nearly empty. and even the few remaining will have to be destroyed. ventnor fisher say just one infraction is enough reason to call the entire farm birds. and the rising number of debts across gunner war is that the government we are having to deal with it to try to minimize the cost tens of their debts. mortalities is the highest in the 10 year period. 310. what we have are more than 700000 bears which have either been put down as a preventive measure to control. ready ready that to spread or have been a, died out of the infection. officious on the ground, stay the current or break. took them by surprise,
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punched in the numbers. so we are a little bit overwhelmed because of resources and logistics and all that. so, you know, we've had most of the things are not actually in place us we, because we didn't have to spend that there's no more base will be affected. gardeners, neighbors are reporting cases to it's blue. tell you little tries to search for the subtle consortium feel for it to others. it is more conclusive for cruising to shortage of food. that for, for beauty you control never encounters many small farms have been forced out of business. the government says it will soon start compensating farmers for their losses. but while they wait for help, thousands of farm workers for use certain times about their future degrees algebra,
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tara data. now scientists have made their biggest breakthrough in 24 years into the process of nuclear fusion. it's a step closer. it was described as the ultimate power source and away from fossil fuels. that's the energy process that power the sun and has the potential to provide virtually unlimited supplies of clean, efficient energy. european researchers of the u. k. beth based jet laboratory, a working to deliver fusion power by 2040. the licensed experiments have produced $59.00 mega jewels of energy and 5 seconds. that's more than double what they were able to produce 1997. it's not a huge amount of energy, but scientists can use the process to help build an even larger reactor, which is already on the way in france. athena copper to israel researcher at the max planck institute for plasma physics in germany. and she says there's a very clear plan on how to move forward. the next step is eater,
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is the experimental reactor hardly being billed in southern france. and this is a larger scale much larger scale and expenses waived on here. but the experiments we have succeeded in performing now in the, in this results we're presenting, is that peach us a lot about how well this plasma will behave and this huge experimental reactor, this device will be able to produce even more fusion power up to $500.00 megawatts and for even longer time. and in parallel, we're thinking about the next step, which is a demonstration fusion power plant, which will show how we will deliver electricity. and after that, of course, it's for society to pick it up and use fusion energy. it's clean and safe, it's abundant. there's. it's safe inherently because there's nothing that can go wrong in principle that would require any measures to be taken for the public. so if one does something wrong, the plasma just shuts down itself,
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and there is absolutely no danger. still ahead on the news, allah and sport will hear from read both bought song the changes he'd like to see the upcoming for me to one season. ah
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ah hole ah ha! it is time for sport now he has jevar. thank here, elizabeth, let's start with the developing story at the winter olympics in aging. one of the middle ceremonies has been delayed by what is described as a legal issue is centers around the figure skating team event that was one by the
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russian and then pick committee on monday. that was when a 15 year old, a, camilla valley ava landed the 1st quadruple, jumped by women in an empty competition. we've had a value. even 3 of the teammates did not appear as our practice sessions on wednesday, the i se, se the ceremony would take place as soon as possible. we are doing absolutely everything and everyone is doing actually everything that these the, these, the situation can be resolved as soon as possible because we have athletes and, and athletes of one middles involved. i can't give you any more details because i don't actually know it. but we will be doing our level at most to, to make sure is resolved as quickly as possible. it's been disastrous day for scat . mikaela schiffron who is questioning whether she should keep competing at the games after crushing out in the giant slalom. i was defending champion, this is what happened in her favorite discipline, the slalom different
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again and missing one of the early gates and failing to finish, she sat down on the side of the course for quite some time afterwards. the 26 year old had been expected to race in the upcoming super g downhill ad combined event artist. but now she's not so sure. i was clearly feeling emotion stuff a little bit. i know not. i was pushing out of the start. i had full intentions, just king as hard as i could. pretty awful. yeah. but yeah, i won't feel awful forever. that's for sure. pretty, pretty low right now. earlier we spoke to for time at winter olympics shami or cold . she told us schiffron needs support, not criticism. i think it's very challenging when you're not used to
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a new experience and we saw her d n f in the giant on she tried to reset we. we've only seen that once in the last 4 years and for her to have back to back d n s, you got to go back over a decade for her to be able to handle those emotions. i think she struggling with the snow with the pressure. what we need to do now is we need to support her. there's a lot of chat on the internet about her book lane choking it. these are not the right words to address an athlete who is mentally, you know, challenging them. so i'm struggling, and i vocally, you can see in her post rates interviews that she's now debating about whether she's going to go on and compete in other events of this lympics. she is a huge talent, and someone we want to see on that stylist and just i just think she can come back from this. she could be fast in the speed of it, but she's got to believe and want to do it. and right now her self confidence is old time low. she's saying that she doesn't want to take away from another teammate
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who potentially could be better and make more than 5 gates. so right there is a demon in her head right now about this olympics and completing the course. and she needs to, she needs to go over that she needs to have the confidence that i mean, the rest of the world. we see her potential, we know that she can do it, but right now she's questioning herself the 1st us gold medal at these games was one by lindsey jacob alice in the women's snowboard cross 16 years after she famous a 3 victory away at the cheering games back in 2006, and she's been with in meters of taking the gold medal. but trying to show votes with a trick and fell over getting overtaken abeline bus after missing out in the next 3 lympics. she's finally got that metal at the age of $36.00, germany and now top of the metal talley with 5 golds. no way in sweden of taken for gold medals. h. the netherlands, and house china round out the top 5. west tampa cut zima as his pet cats taken away
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by animal welfare organization, the pca. after he was found to kicking and slapping one of them, police have also launched inquiries into the video which from much on social media, the primarily club is find the defender around a $340000.00. some money will be donated to animal welfare charities. he's also been dropped by his sponsor. this will comes off to west ham, widely criticized the playing the late in the game against watson on tuesday. egypt captain mohammed sala is still struggling to come to terms with his country's defeat, senegal in the africa of nations final. he's now back with his club by liverpool, but the manager young club says missing out on the african title is weighing heavy on sal is mind. very disappointed or busy is a massive thing. i think i'm losing a plan is always really, really hard. he can sing that song, but the way they lost it is of us, especially heart. and that's what he told us. well, he will deal with that of course. and i think i hope that today will be already
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better. but yesterday everybody could see yeah, he still has the final in his mind. i don't think there's a lot of space for more determination in most mind when you lose a file, that's really hard, really hard. but if you use it for the next big games or next big tournament, then it can be at least helpful. 2009, a us open, tennis champion, one martindale portray, was on the verge of retirement. belgian time was beaten on tuesday by federico del bonus that the argentine opened in bonus iris. the 33 year old hadn't played since 2019 jeep injuries and says he has yet to find out whether or not he'll play next week. realizing informally one rebel boss, chris, in horner's court for simpler regulations to avoid a repeat of last as controversial ending to the championship decide on. i also believe the race direct search be given a more assistance after being forced to make difficult decisions, which ultimately allowed max to stop and take lewis hamilton on the final left and
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abby and plaintiff wild title. i would expect that to hopefully be clarity of achieving more support for the rest, direct them or perhaps more technology available to him that we obviously have and. and so that's why having clear rules, concise if regulations, which means maybe getting back to basics in a few areas because these rules of evolved over many, many years. and they get laid upon late upon that. and i think to have to revisit that with a clear and open mind is a very healthy thing in other f. one nice landa norris the signed a contract extension with mclaren until 2025 north finished 6 in the drive the championship last year. and chelsea be to the saudi arabian side, i'll hill out one mill to reach the club wild cup. final will have action from that much a little bit later. elizabeth. thank you very much, deborah. that set for me. elizabeth brought him for this news. al long taylor will
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be here from london in just a few minutes. more of the day's news. ah mm. as the world's best athletes to pass the winter olympics aging is bracing itself for the arrival of an estimated 11000 people. kind of 0 tolerance corvette strategy . what and despite diplomatic play, quotes, which one is winter game trials will bring you the latest date is 2022 winter. olympics on al jazeera joined the debate. they eraser of like people from the
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