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ah, ah me escaping the onslaught of merrier po, the exodus from the besieged city continues as the president warns of a terror to be remembered for centuries. ah, taylor, this is al, jazeera ly from london. also coming up. i must be in the city in eastern ukraine and i'll be bringing you on the latest. and the destruction here was this city has been pounded by russian horses. mister lansky draws on the holocaust as he urges
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israeli to come to ukraine's assistance and russia flexes military muscle again, claiming to have launched hypersonic massage into ukraine. ah, over me as a sky has warned that the russian bombardment of marvel is a terror that will be remembered for centuries to come. the port city has been subjected to some of the most intense shelling of the 25 day campaign. many of its people, i've been trapped with little food or water. about $400.00 of them took shelter from the onslaught in a local school, only for it to be struck by russian bombing and destroyed according to ukrainian authorities. russert defense ministry meantime blames ukrainian nationalists for what it says is the humanitarian catastrophe in the city. united nations human rights office says at least 902 civilians across the country have been killed
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during the war as of midnight saturday. while it's refugee agency says 10000000 people about a quarter of ukraine's population have now been displaced, forced from their homes to relative or at least temporary safety. elsewhere in the country or abroad. we begin our coverage with famous robert innovative, enduring the obstacles of war. indignity and death. this is life in mario up. well now, i hope there will be some sort of a burial. this is just temporary. the military told us to put the body somewhere in the cold. the only cold place now or basements with the people in basements. so we bury them here with them with a problem. it is difficult to see how life can go on for people in a place like us. look at me, my do, but we didn't. we story, the blockade,
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or marable. we go down in history of responsibility for war crimes. to do this, to a peaceful city on what the occupies did earlier. it is terrible that will be remembered for centuries to come more or escaping war every day. but getting to safety can mean risking your life active conflict sounds rush and chuck quotes. ukrainian say it's difficult to know which way safe and not everybody makes. not about at nancy louis each does right. they began to destroy our city completely house after house as those battles took place on every side reached out to every house that became a target. oh, mary, opal's residence fled, a city still under russian attack from levine, a plea to end the war better. he arossi young, my dear russians always, we ask you all to go home, deal with your own families, of them will you have entered some one else's land. if someone else's territory with you are not liberating or you are barbarians. what would you hope that you all
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leave and never disturb any one ever again, julia, the rawhide, nearly yeah. at the largest reception center in review, volunteers prepare for an influx of evacuees from the war zone. thousands have come and gone. thousands more expected in coming days. one family from a village near keith said the worst part of their journey was witnessing the horrors of war. no, ma'am, ma'am. we were passing through a russian checkpoint and saw a lot of bodies along near the road. some of them were shot of what some missing body parts known as an one check point in the village. we were waiting for 2 buses that were part of our convoy. but they were all gotten done by pro russian forces at another village. pro russian chechen fighters hold people hostage, they say knowing ukrainian military will not shoot at civilians. what? what can i say?
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she says i'm scared a lot. i don't want to leave they are safe for now. together. warm, happy. but once his family is in poland flood a slough says he will go back to fight. jane basra v o 0. living. in the past hour, there have been reports of explosions in the capital cave. according to the cities mer blasts have been heard in the podium district hitting homes and a shopping district. there's no word yet on casualties or injuries. meanwhile, people living in ukraine's 2nd largest city have faced constant bombardment since the war started. although russian forces haven't been able to take control of ha, have they have const caused considerable damage? i said, bag report. an eerie silence hangs over quarter keith. with
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apocalyptic scenes. the center of the city, frozen like a page in history. standing still for the world to see there was a huge explosion ever that my was heard all over the city's saint. i lived quite close so i myself heard it and that they were, the walls were shaken. and after that there were several. and as i asked thrice and that in the following days, i walked in the streets thousands of times and there are so many i great little coffee shops or restaurants on the 1st floors here and people that live and here my friends live in this houses and so now there is no place where then cats can come back since the start of the war that maria has refused to leave her home city in ne, in ukraine, this strikes is, was she stayed to document what the russians are doing. chris said, dear with here during the net, so keep pace and saw even the nets,
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as you're in the, with the vault were to didn't destroy the buildings. and now they are in ruins because of the russians. hoyle, our neighbors, people here think that one day soon the damage can be fixed and buildings reconstructed. but the impact of the war and the minds of people in hockey would be hard to, to overcome. the russian thought the could just walk in and take the city, but they were mistaken. they were met with fierce ukrainian resistance and as a result, to punish her keep the rift coat. it's historical hot. for weeks it has been bombing day and night. once the city of 1500000, many have left mills. some of those who remain struggled for food. this man brought frozen chickens and bread to donate. did those in need? i'm not quite sure. i hopefully will end soon, so that our children can leave mapleton begun by fortune.
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and as the sound of a, till refills the sky, people head to the underground station to hunker down for the night. every space is taken. this including inside the trains little jelly manase like a holiday. i saw her so i'm sleeping here. we took the mattress and pumped it up and more or less settled down. some people sleep here on the floor. we also eat here. the food is so, so volunteers bring it to our side because the doors and the subway are closed for the night. there's hope here, the next day will bring an end to the war. and no need to hide from the bumps. i said, beg, i'll da 0. her give ukrainian president lot of ms. lewinsky is appealed to israel for help against russia. he just, members of these really connected by room,
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soon as he like, and the russian invasion to the holocaust and told politicians both countries faced the threat of destruction. i faucet reports from west jerusalem israelis gathered and television to watch his speech. the let me as a lead sky had wanted played to politicians inside israel's connected with the parliament in recess its members joined from wherever they were by zoom. the significance remained a jewish president fighting a war in europe as appealing to what he set out as a sense of shared history by history and our survival and world war to listen to the words of the kremlin. they use the terminology of the nazi party. so it's a tragedy that they wanted to exterminate all europe. they did not want to spare any one of you. and now, any of us, they call this the final solution. but it wasn't long before ukraine's president pivoted to the present and israeli governments current policy. israel's prime minister, natalie bennett, has presented himself and his country as a neutral mediating force, talking frequently to both savanski and never,
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far from the surface. israel's interest in keeping russia on side, continuing to allow israel to carry out air strikes in syria unopposed by duty. is it indifference calculation or mediation without choosing sides? i leave it to you to choose the answer to this question. i only know to one thing that indifference kills calculations often turn out to be wrong, and mediation is only possible between countries, but not doing good and evil. so then he went on to chide israel for not adopting sanctions against russia, sending any of its high tech weapons, which he said could save ukrainian lives for weeks. now, israel's government has been arguing that its utility on the war allows it access to both sides. an honest broker, facilitating negotiations, but president landscape through the strength of his criticism has really exploded. that argument now criticizing almost every aspect it, israel's policy on the war is not the 1st time he's used such
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a parliamentary address in recent days to attack that country's policy. but there was an undoubted edge to his words. israeli ministers were quoted in the local media criticizing what they called his outrageous comparisons with the holocaust. the official line came from israel's foreign minister, repeating his condemnation of the attack on ukraine and thanking its president for sharing his feelings and the plight of the cranial people. harry for said algeria west seriousness. president, sky is also calling for a comprehensive peace talks with moscow, but some members of his parliament are not confident they'll be successful. earlier i spoke to m p in a so soon she says she has little faith in the peace talks, but hopes they could lead to more humanitarian car doors. what we know it is not gender on the russian side. that's for sure, because we do remember we could go and put leper officer blatantly said that they didn't invade ukraine as the best people we deal with elias and logical lives, then able to tell the truth and they're unable to keep their word. we are in the
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talks because in some ways that does lead to some minor results, like the humanitarian corridors. and also we do have hope that the russian command will recognize that they will never be able to capture ukraine food and that they understand on the ground. and they create to surrender on the terms that would be favorable and acceptable to us. but you know, dealing with with, with right now it's like making deals with people in the 98. you can have a trust that and it would never trust that you know, let them that dictate to just just destroy one, eastern european country will not touch the rest of the world that just just nave. so, so we, we are trusting the talks, but we are willing to continue as long as it allows us to save life here. russia says it's once again used hypersonic massage to attack ukraine. the defense ministry said it hit military facilities. one of the targets was reportedly an arm and vehicle repair site in the town of niche, in russia, at 5 cruise missiles from the black sea in michel, i have
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a fuel depot is destroyed by high precision missiles fired from the caspian sea and crimea. russia says it also destroyed a military training center in rich where foreign mercenaries are based. bennet smith is falling amendments from moscow. russia defends ministry says that it's used hypersonic missiles again for a 2nd time. there's no way of independently verifying this, but they use them to target their fuel storage site in the south of ukraine. and they launched cruise missiles from the caspian sea and the black sea at other targets in ukraine. second time, they've used these hypersonic or missiles, and this is what the defense ministry had say. a lot more profit. the hypersonic dagger missiles destroyed a large fuel depot, used by ukraine's armed forces. when near the village of constantinople of muslin, the main supplies of fuel for greens, army vehicles in the south were carried out there. the high precision miss. i
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allowed to strike the training center for green special forces about what were foreign mercenaries were based on. now the, something of an arms raised going on between russia, the united states and china over these hypersonic missiles hypersonic, meaning that can fly at 5 times the speed of sound that they've never been used in a battlefield environment before as far as we know. so if it's possible to independent, confirm that russia has been using them, that is the 1st time in this environment they, they have been used and an indication, again, of really the superior military arsenal. russia has it at its disposal compared to what are ukraine is having to defend itself with? still to come on out is here. education disrupted by war. we meet some indian students fighting to continue their studies after leaving ukraine. a high inflation and food shortages conditions, taking the streets. ah
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a cooperative species. you caught it each other up and threatened each other all beside studio be unscripted on elvis era. ah ah, reminder the top stories, your knowledge, a 0 ukraine's president lot of mizzi lensky says. russia's bombardment variable is a terror that will be remembered for centuries to come. the port city has been subjected to some of the most intense shilling of the 25 day campaign. local authorities say a school where hundreds of people with sheltering was hit by russian calling on sunday. in the last hour there been reports of explosions in cave. according to the cities, mad blasts have been heard in the podium district hitting homes and
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a shopping district. earlier, several people were injured when a 10 story housing block in north western keith was shout. ukrainian president wrote a miss lensky, his appeal to israel for help against russia addressed members of these relic knesset by zoom. and as he likened the russian invasion to the holocaust and told politicians both countries face the threat of destruction of the war and ukraine has forced nearly 18000 medical students to return home to india. they filed a petition in the supreme court asking the government to allow their transfer to indian colleges. elizabeth per on him spoke to some students in new to pradesh. when you, when you get in women and children watch on sharma shows videos of him and his fellow students fleeing the russian bombing of car cave. the 20 year old was in his 1st year of medical school in the east and ukrainian city. he's one of nearly 800000 indian medical students evacuated from ukraine since the russian invasion
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began molest in, in the apartment. plenty of beg him and government all passed the entrance exam last year. but i didn't have enough marks to go to government college here. because they cut off for climate of very high. so the better option for me was to go overseas with them. oh. my god shanks. just as monica an entre. but he said they were forced to study overseas with fees a much cheaper. their families says they're paying half the amount of fees and ukraine than they would. and private colleges in india, online classes have begun for the sisters and some others. but they're not ideal. or lame when it go on yankee. and the problem with online is that we need a lot of practical experience, which we aren't able to do. we are a 3rd year student and practical is very important. and the 3rd year. so it's difficult the return of the students from ukraine is again putting the spotlight on the lack of medical colleges in india. the number of seats available for medical
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education in india is far less for the number of students who leave school with the hope of becoming doctors or the 1600000. who did the entrance exam last year on the 88000 and made it into the 562 medical colleges from the country. given the shortage private colleges charge, hefty fees for the much sought after spaces and receive large donations from students, families, public health experts, blame and lack of government investment and health care. and what they call the medical council of india's arbitrary regulations to set up colleges. but the, it was a bona fide the intent to protect standards, as they said over there, it was to protect some interests of people who are running private medical colleges . i cannot really say, however, that did result in a smaller number of medical colleges and also clustering of medical colleges in the
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4th southern states and to west and indian states. prime minister that ends from already blamed previous governments for the lack of colleges and said his administration will increase the number. as students have returned from ukraine, appealed to the government to find a way for them to continue their studies at home. some health experts say it's an ideal opportunity for india to tackle the dr. shortage. elizabeth per item al jazeera, great, annoyed the author. publish. familiar, suffering. it's worth drought in 40 years. or half a 1000000 people have left their homes to seek food and water. because the livestock died and they're unable to grow crops, the world food program says for millions, tamales will experience food shortages. if there's no rain by a pro. welcome web has more care. hussein, amid says when she planted her last handful of seeds on a farm, rain never came. with no food left,
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she started to make her way here. somali as capital mogadishu, with her 4 children. that journey began on the back of a truck. then things got worse, not the truck driver said, this is my last stop. you can continue on your own to mortgage issue. we sat down under a tree, my 2 babies were in bad condition because of hunger and thirst. then all of the sudden i found they had white eyes. they had died. there was a lady living there who helped me to bury them by the roadside raquira and her 2 surviving children are among a rapidly growing number of people who are now staying in camps like this on the outskirts of the city. most of the people here walked for more than a week to get here, the caird, whatever they could, top orleans and sheets, that's what they've made, that shelters out of the more than a 1000 people living in this settlement. and all of these shelters have sprung up within the last 4 weeks,
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where they've come from the situations been deteriorating in the humanitarian agency. say it's about to get much. most of them have come from the southern part of somalia, where they depended on farming and hurting livestock. until the last 3 rainy seasons failed. crops, withered and animals died here, surviving on one meal a day. however, mohammed osmond was one of the 1st to arrive. she's a community leader. she'd been trying to find help with little success. holla had a car that was guy d. c. him. the situation around here is extremely difficult. people are hungry and in poor house, people don't even have shelter. every time a car passes here, people think that somebody is coming to give them food. it's a similar story. all around the outskirts of mogadishu. the un says more than 60000 people have arrived here in the last 4 months. and across the country,
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more than half a 1000000 people have been displaced by the drought. humanitarian organizations say they only have 3 percent of the funds needed to help them. the solution is for everyone to act fast. we need more fund. we need more attention to the drought. we need the support from the donor agencies from donor countries. at to the somali people, that's what we need now. meanwhile, somali as government is entangled in an ongoing and fraught electro process, much of the world's attention is focused on the war in ukraine. people here have been left destitute there, waiting and wondering if anyone will come to help. malcolm web al jazeera, mogadishu, somalia, thousands of people have been protesting in tune is yet in the latest of a series of rallies against president chi sad. he's accused of seizing power during a political crisis in july,
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so i had suspended parliament and sacked the prime minister before further expanding his legislative and executive powers. john indians say they're struggling with unemployment, food shortages and high inflation. lease, if open has more on the demonstrations from the capital tunis. denisia is independence day. this year marks the end of a public online consultation process. inst. again, to instigated by president chi side, he invited to nation citizens to contribute their ideas towards a new constitution. he plans to write, however, this is not hot that much popular support. people are much more concerned with more immediate problems, such as the food shortages. there is no flower in the shops. there's no bread in the bakeries. and bake has been names on striking protest in the past week. a movement holding itself citizens against the cood, more towards the parliament to day that angry about any idea of changing the to
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nation constitution. parliament has been surrounded by a police cotton and secured by the army since july 25th. when ty side made his power grab and bought all state powers into his hand. the citizens against the crew movement won't fresh elections. they won't return to a democratic normal state. they want to see a new parliament and a new government, try and solve the real problems that to nations are facing. which is mostly economic. there's a real, real possibility of a severe economic catastrophe on people themselves. want an end to the hunger and food insecurity. and he, 6 people were killed in southern belgium. when a car was driven into carnival performers. the incident happened in the small town of trippy buccaneers, about 50 kilometers south of the capital brussels. the driver and
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a passenger in the car were detained by police. about 40 people were injured. the presidential candidates in the philippines have held their 1st televised debate. there are several hopefuls wanting to replace outgoing president, rodrigo utility in may, but it's the person who didn't show up for the debate. it was the focus of attention. jamila linda gun reports from manila, was strong battling over the economy. the pandemic and president rodrigo de turned his policies. they debate in front of a live audience who has the best plan for the country's future. manila, may you're a score moreno. i'm sen, panful locks on and vice president len euro bridge. dogwood are among the crowd favorites was mine out, the $180.00 in out of the $118.00 infrastructure plans of breast. at the 3rd there on the globe had been finished. we need to rebuild them. and instead, get the filipino bray with tech or
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a spark birch also forcing less on infrastructure and going beyond like linking firms to market roads. no one around the world for his boxing career manufacturer is now was sen, promising to provide housing for all filipino families. but he hasn't exactly laid out how he plans to achieve that. just like money buck yell manila, me, you're is scoreboard. and his story is quintessentially filipino. he was a poor kid who became an actor. he went on to become one of manila, is most popular me years. moreno doubled down on that rags to riches story saying anything is possible if he becomes president, vice president lenny roberto is the leader of the opposition and the only female candidate in this years run up there. yeah, po wagner. not thing had not been aiyona among whom our ups are up and let us not look for the ones who are not here. i am always here all the time in front of you
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fighting for you her. she'll truly either show up and man ave up was the best man for the job is a woman mr. mark will not be joining this debate. robledo is referring to this empty podium. it was meant for bone bone, marcus, junior, son of the late dictator, ferdinand marcus, senior and the front corner in the elections. but he has refused to attend nearly all debates since the campaign started. he says that questions have been repetitive and are lacking in substance. some of those questions include his conviction for tax evasion, his families, multimillion dollar sd, tax and accusations over trucks use even his own supporters have urged him to show up, saying leaders should to have the courage to face the public compared to previous debates, the insults a hurled towards each other are less personal. but as the hours dragged on,
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the show started to look more like an emergency meeting for a country depot in crisis. in this came all meant of a long and divisive campaign. nearly all the candidates agree that debates are unnecessary opportunity for the voters to measure that candidates credibility. to melinda, again, al jazeera manila. ah, i 2nd to put the main stories on al jazeera ukraine's president vladimir zalinski has warned that the russian bombardment of mario pole is a terror that will be remembered for centuries to come. port city has been subjected to some of the most intense shelling of a 25 day campaign. hundreds of.
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