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al jazeera well documents the devastating impacts of climate change on a lay, consented goal and rivers in iraq. and the st asked, how societies can respond to global warming, the climate emergency, a season of special programming anal, jesse ah, more than $900.00 bodies are found in ukraine's cave region half to russian forces withdrawal. li say many victims were executed. ah, 11 o'clock, this is our desire life and death. also coming up, paul to the philippines, devastated after landslide, triggered by flooding,
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wipes out homes and leaves many missing such for survivors. in south africa, nearly 400 people are dead off to the west flooding in 60 years. and a quiet, protest memos, empty streets, chair, antique different feeling. so police and ukraine say the bodies of more than $900.00 civilians have been found in areas surrounding the capitol. discovery comes off to russian forces, withdrew the head of keeps regional forces in the town of butcher. more than $350.00 corpses were found. charles stratford has latest now from keith say more than 900 bodies discovered in what else or to say, or approximately a 180 different sites, mainly around the capital city. and saying that the majority of those killed that seemed to have evidence of being shot at close range. now we know that obviously
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the ukranian government is pushing for russia to be tried for legit war crimes. we know ukrainian government has backing in that endeavor by its western backers and was in the last couple of days that the chief prosecutor for the international criminal court was he in kit visited that area, boucher, where so many of those bodies were found, but it's important to recognize that there are huge legal challenges. if any kind of investigation into these illegible crimes is going to take place. also interestingly, over night there were reports of another russian as strike in the capital. there are reports of certainly according to to the local man saying that there were teams of medics and rescuers in an area of south west and south west of give, looking at that strike site. now this would mean that it's the 2nd consecutive
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night that the russians have hit a target in and around kia since the withdrawl of their forces from around the capital 2 weeks ago. and of course, this shows, despite that withdrawal of russian forces just how vulnerable ukrainian capital is . the russian ministry of defense says this destroyed building was ukrainian weapons factory in the south west outskirts of the capital cave. moscow says the plant made anti aircraft an anti ship missiles. people living nearby, say they heard at least 3 large explosions early friday morning. was very, lemme say annoy apologize. thanks. we parked the car and the 2 rockets headed one e. m. i did not realize that there are 2 rockets coming in, but when i went out afterwards, i waited in doors for some time feeling mostly. we saw the 3rd one coming it damaged the car toward the tires, hid the windows, and was people suffered to the walls, fell out. apologize. the attack came hours after russia said it's black sea
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fleet flank ship the mosque bar at sunk while being towed back to port after a fire caused an explosion on board. ukrainian military said it was responsible having targeted the vessel with ukrainian made neptune missiles. people gathered at a memorial ceremony for the ship in the port city of sebastopol in russian annex crimea. the moscow was the largest russian naval vessel to have sunk in action since world war 2 muscular dental plan anymore. i will even for those who have not been reimbursed, moscow was assembled, evans, my nation, i give them all of our power our hope, you know, the revival of the fleet in the 19. well, it is the symbol of engineering and scientific achievement. all comes to the 4th of our, of ne ukrainian army says it repelled russian army advances on at least 2 towns in the east of the country. russia has re directed its forces from cave,
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in an effort to seize more territory in the dumbass region. oh, you didn't, volunteers help ukrainian soldiers pack food to be distributed to some of the many thousands of people fleeing although still living the worst affected areas? i think. yeah, because this my home. and so we tell people delivering food chemistry and our town just destroying voicemail good. had to fill the thing. i want to move this drone footage shows destroyed residential buildings in murray or pool. the besieged polt city on the as off see his sop at 7 weeks, a bombardment by russian forces and pro russian, separatists repeated attempts at securing humanitarian corridors. to rescue thousands of people trapped inside have failed. the mayor of the city estimates
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thousands of civilians may have been killed in the fighting ukraine's ministry of defense as russia has for the 1st time used long range bombers to attack the city. so this is still wanting to bring a steady rushing occupants keep carrying out aerial strike. so mary, awful, they use long range bombers. the enemy's land forces are trying to capture the seaport, the strike on what the russian defense ministry describes as a weapons factory on the outskirts of kia is the 1st major strike by russian forces on a target around the capital city. since russian forces left the area more than 2 weeks ago, major military operations now for the time being have moved east, where there are increasing reports of an effort by the russian military to close in . around the strategically important city of slip ganske. the un says that more than 4700000 people have flayed the fighting and with no indication of any
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de escalation. that number is expected to rise. char stratford, al jazeera keith, while ukraine's president vladimir lensky, says the country needs more weapons to end the war, and he, once more sanctions applied, or moscow, or only son, keenan, if i can prove that, i have the next package of sanctions against russia must include a russian oil band, in general, the democratic world must accept that russia's money, the energy resources is in fact money for the destruction of democracy. when these decisions are made, we will all be able to see peace coming. one of the most important religious and cultural sites in ukraine has chosen a novel approach to protect itself from attack by having no defense at all american ports. now from keith, just a few steps and we travel back in time, a 1000 years since the
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fear church is the oldest and most important religious site in eastern europe. it's the unesco heritage site and it's easy to see why ms. on ms. owens have sent alisha this of his casa, lora said that we are located now in the central part of st. sophia cathedral got a 1000 year old monument, which was built in $1011.00 with novelty. it is a symbol of our state. it is both ukraine's and the world's heritage, and there are many authentic, 11th century frescoes, and was it preserved here. there is not such a large number of preserved mosaics anywhere else in eastern europe with those when what happened with here in front of the 6 meta mosaic image of mother or anti made out of millions of small pieces of smouldering, of a 150 shades of different colors for 3 above me is an image of christ panel crater,
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surrounded by angels hollow, the main treasure of sophia, or the authentic 1000 year old only frescoes and moses. it's impossible to take them down from the wall to put them in boxes and place in some bomb shelters to day or same as 1000 years ago. these mosaics are on the walls and they are priceless, maintaining these valuable frescoes, m as i acts as a year round task. but since the war began work has stolen to you. but one thing also stands out. unlike other important buildings, there's no defensive measures here to protect the compound, no sandbags or blast walls. the management of the church compound has declared it a demilitarized zone, especially navine on the 1st day of the war. we had to close the museum. at the moment, all our museums are closed for visitors, and our monuments are conserved in the muzzle on the territory of the cathedral. there is no single military nor any weapons. there is only a small number of workers who maintain the facilities and official. there's
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a saying in arabic, trusting god, but to have it your camel saints of is hoping that it status is one of the oldest most important historical sites in eastern europe will give it some protection. however, the church compound is surrounded by strategic sites, including key ministries. during the 2nd world war, it is said that german bombers avoided targeting the church, but to day, not everyone shares the belief that if the capital is attacked again, it's cultural heritage will be sped. so much so that this is now a common site statues, boarded up and hidden away. among con, our desert, keith, in serbia, thousands of protest is of rather than supportive russians invasion of ukraine. they oppose the serbian government fate to remove russia from the you and human rights council. many subs if skeptical of nature and belief, the west prevent moscow into attacking ukraine. distrust stems from the 999 native bumming of serbia. forced presents love milosevic to troll troops from the rescue.
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teams in the philippines is searching for people missing. after tropical storm meggy struck the islands. heavy rainfall triggered land slides that devastated eastern and southern coastal areas. more than 100 people have been killed. $200.00 a missing jamila dugan is in one of the hardest areas in the province. we are in the town of buena, the scene of another devastation brought about by typhoon maggie. this sound is about 10 kilometers from bay bay later. also another town devastated by incessant rain and several landslides, at least 17 people died here. and it took many days before their bodies were pulled out. most of them have been buried while those who survived are in hospitals and were able to slowly return to their homes. now this is a 10th set up by the families of the navaros, the suarez,
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and the martinez as they lost 16 members of their families. grandfather's grandmother's mothers, even a month old baby, and they say when their bodies were pulled out, they were still in their bedrooms, and it all happened to quickly that they were not able to evacuation. no, president of the legal detective visited the province of late or late friday. he promised to give and bring aid to those who need it most. he met up with government officials and responders, but for the survivors here, they say that lent will never be the same again. it is supposed to be a period of prayer and grace. now let these say will always remind him of this tragedy and their overwhelming grief rescue as in south africa searching for survivors after the work flooding there, in 6 decades, authorities to release emergency funds to help tens of thousands of people left without food or shelter. nearly 400 people have been killed and thousands have been injured. miller has more now from durban. in some of the areas we've been to this
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morning, we've seen that the local council has visited at the very least and has started trying to create alternative routes for people where we've seen roads that have collapsed and bridges collapse where people couldn't get across and access various parts of the areas where they live, we're in in mander, and just behind membrane to step out of shot. and this is the problem that the government is dealing with, in terms of the weather that they've seen in the last few days. and the flooding homes like this on the slopes of hills on flood plains, next to streams and, and just behind us in the last few minutes, people had come out shouting to our saying media still room, oppose our president was here. he, he, we is not addressed any of the problems that we're facing. we've been sleeping outside for 5 nights and we received no help. and that's the kind of thing we've been hearing from
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a number of people in various areas we visited. so recovery efforts are somewhat slow and that's kind of where they certainly not helping the situation at all. but as far back as 2019, they had been discussions around some of the difficulties in areas like durban, where they are homes in places like this, especially in formal settlements. and the issue around climate change was recognize that this is something south africa's going to face and so they have to put in a. c mitigating measures against climate change in terms of relocating people and essentially just taking into account how changing weather patterns are going to affect how people of and where they live. heavy rains in bolivia have forced more than 250 families from their homes. the river in napoleonic busters, banks, flooding roads, homes and businesses, and some residents returned to their homes to salvage what they could have her long . i still had her not sir. twitter brings in
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a circle poison pill plan. to prevent belinda, it must from take it over and the mystery of not to them will tell you about the 14th century relics of a deep and 30 destroy ah, the journey has begun. the 34 world copies on its way to catherine book, your travel package to day it was a warm day yesterday most to western europe. london went up to 23 degrees. and typically we took the 8 degrees above average because it's bit of a gentle suddenly breeze around this. sitting auntie's hartley. it's not true of eastern europe, the offices happening here that we had a bit further south. one of the reasons this change is a circulation in north africa. so you've got lovely weather in spain and portugal in france, and the increasing wind showers in malta sicily, and answer to nidia
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a strong enough. wind coming out of the creation interior to give warnings of dangerous conditions on the creation coast and temperatures are coming down in for example, poland remedied book rest is gone down by 15 degrees between saturday and sunday. and this is all potentially wintry stuff. but the snow in bulgaria, northern greece and rain, so big contrast was happening for the west. but i said this rather major low, this cyclic area of low pressure in libby as produce. so pretty hot weather, we're open to the forty's middle forty's in libya. that's going to head towards carbone. can we get to sunday, but it's full of dust. a big swelling storm. the showers in west africa are going away long way north, even into northern target. official airlines of the journey mainstream coverage of big stories can sometimes deliver more heat than light in the baby waters scenario. there's always
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a push to simplify. narrative nuance is always called for, even in the case of an aggressive war. the listening page. delve into the news, narrative and dissect them. there is not our great deal of subtlety. we're talking about the barbarism that is unfolding as though we're somehow unique. it's not unique covering the way the news is covered. on al jazeera lou. ah, hello you. what you out 0 remind about top story to saw and the police in ukraine say the bodies of more than $900.00 civilians have been found in areas surrounding the capital. the discovery comes off to russian forces withdrew more than $350.00 corpses were discovered in boucher rescue teams. the philippines is searching for
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people missing. after tropical storm make it struck the islands. more than 100 people have been killed. at least $200.00 a missing and rain is 40 again and parts of south africa. the still cleaning up from the was flooding in 6 decades. rescue as a continuing their search for survivors. thirties have released emergency funds to help tens of thousands left without shelter. or let's get back to the war in ukraine and military experts estimate that russia has lost nearly 3000 pieces of equipment in the conflict. as russell said, our reports now from keefe the losses are being blamed on russian tactical miscalculations and advanced weapons supplied by nato countries. tanks headed corp. there's personnel carriers, tens of millions of dollars worth of equipment all destroyed. and these are just a small portion of the losses suffered by one of the most powerful armies in the
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world. when russia began is offensive it hope to capture ukraine's capital keep within days. but you bring his army risk to the assault evident irrational b s. n genic projects with morale, whether it's equipment, whether it's training and his doctrine. and as a result was soon to answer your question directly. russia has been defeated in the field to a point where it was effectively routed from the north of the country. ukrainian on forces have taken advantage. often am boucher russian troops and columns in less than 2 months since russia invaded ukraine. it's military. he has lost powers of soldiers, according to ukrainian officials. it's more than the united states did in his 20 years afford in afghanistan. and nearly a decade in iraq combined, they say russia has lost at least 479 tanks,
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496 infant to fighting vehicles. 28th crafts for ships. 32 helicopters, 784 tracks, vehicles and jeeps. in total, the russians have lost nearly $3000.00 pieces of equipment and is all considered conservative estimates. the highest profile last to date was the mosque was the flagship of russia's black sea fleet. losing the flagship is enduring. a war is well really bad. it said that p r is bad, it's going to expect fan increase of the morale of the ukrainians at the time when they are on the verge of losing her. maria, who, both, when many things can be said to have gone wrong for russians. general valerie says the grain and on forces had a secret weapon. let what may be the your modeling brought yet my shore,
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the mobilization of our society and people's resistance. a pilots who are older than 60 years old, come out and ask for jets. they retired from the on ports as a long time ago and asked, give us planes and we will destroy the russians. so morale is our formula for success. if any forces have employed new tactical weapons given to ukraine by nato allies, chief among them are portable anti tank guided missile systems, such as the u. s. may javelin, and his lighter cheaper cousin. and lo, which have been used against russian tanks with their state in effect in the, in the turkish me to be to by dr. thrones have carried out both recognizance and strike operations portable single anti aircraft. missiles have also enabled ukrainian soldiers to take out lawful. i, an aircraft as technical miscalculations, misjudgment of the cleaning resistance and low morale, how all contributed to russia military vulnerability in this war. these weapons are
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leveling the playing field. russell said that al jazeera cave, opponents of mere mas military lead government, a calling for a boycott. of official new year events, the market culmination of days and celebrations, including what's usually a water festival. this week has looks very different. is alexia bryant report me on mars new year before the qu, streets full of people several days of partying, and throwing water, ending in traditional celebrations. but this year, in march of the biggest city yang gone, it's quieter. many choosing to stay at home, answering the opposition call to boycott events organized by the military leadership. your. we have civil wars in many places of the country. we should not be happy while others are in trouble. thus, while we are showing our solidarity with them. for many in myanmar it's not
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a happy start to their new year after yet another 12 months spent under military rule. another 365 days living in the shadows. this woman is too scared to show her face unity. how you know it really. we don't have the chance to enjoy the festival, like those in neighboring countries, but we are in the middle of a revolution, and people are joining in. we are proud of that. there are no longer daily protests in me, emma, which began when the military seized power in february, last year. a subsequent brutal crackdown against the demonstrators means more often . now, resistance is shown by their absence monitoring group, se security forces have killed hundreds of people and raised entire villages. determined to suppress any form of descent,
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several 1000 people fled into neighboring countries. about 200000 others are displaced in myanmar. he goes into the soul, austin, your law people, how the have been really google lives. he every away is still going on by the owners, which they had once for this web browser. so, this guy wrote trauma was a long way. the military did organize some celebrations, but few attended security was tight and the mood reported to be tense. local people believe this is a cleansing ritual, and the water washes away bad luck and changes behavior. those who stand against the military and hoping to see it does indeed bring change and pace. alixia brian al jazeera, the semi a u. s. politician has warned that china must pay
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a price for supporting russians invasion of ukraine. senator lindsey graham made the comments in taiwan during a meeting with president sy in when graham said neither taiwan nor the u. s. once conflict with china, the claims the island as his territory. here is my promise to you and the time when these people were going to start making china pay a greater price for what they're doing all over the world. with taiwan producing 90 percent of the world's high end semiconductor products. it is a country of global significance of global consequence of global impact. and therefore, it should be understood that the security of taiwan has a global impact for those who would wish an ill. there have been protests in the us state of michigan against the police killing of a black man who was stopped while driving 26 year old patrick lawyer was killed on
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april. the 4th, after what officers described as a lengthy struggle video footage, his lawyer being shot in the back of the head. the officer involved has not been publicly identified. the demonstrations peaceful. the united states says it's dbi concerned about friday's violence, unoccupied his jerusalem is ready. forces are accused of a flagrant violation for confronting palestinians at the all acts of mos compound 300 palestinians were detained in at least 150 injured by israeli soldiers. john hallman reports from the scene ah, the scenes inside the alex or mosque in occupied east jerusalem early friday morning. fighting between stone during massed men in israeli police who fight stung grenades and t guess. around 150 people were injured. this palestinian camera, ma'am, was there some a throw horse?
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they brutally emptied the compound. they were attacking the musk stuff, normal people, elders, and young people, whatever. there were many injured people. they fired trouble bullets in said, alexa must compact. they were beating everyone. even the paramedics, they hit the israel's foreign ministry, tweeted, dozens of mass men carrying hammers, and p, a flags marched into alex and mosque. the crowd collected stones and large rocks. police were forced to enter the grounds to disperse the crowd the like. so most islam stood holy as place. it's also revealed by jews is the site to the original temple. as such, it's often an epicenter attention between israel, which controls movement to the site and palestinians, especially during the muslim holy month of ramadan. this time, last year, fighting around the most and axis restrictions lead to an 11 day will between israeli and palestinian groups and gaza. so far this year,
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a series of attacks within his right of left 14 dead and israeli security forces killed 20 palestinians during grades of the occupied west bank. after the violent confrontation is ready, forces restricted access to like most within a few hours. later they did reopen the damascus gate, where we are now, which is one of the main entrance to the old city alexa most. and it's compound a deeply important and symbolic and we've ramadan east. i'm paul. save all happening right now. tensions in this city and it's holy sites, a set to remain high john home and does it a complied east? jerusalem? 3 chinese astronauts have returned to us after 6 months on the countries new space station. it is china's longest crude space mission. the crew land rover on mars and cent price to the moon. aging is excluded from the international space station as it space program is run by the ruling communist parties,
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military wing. twitter has adopted a so called poison pill plan to fight an attempt by billionaire must to take it over. the board says if mosque requires more than 15 percent of the firm stock, it will flood the market with shares that would make a buyout much more difficult to madison. as a social media and technology expert, he says, musk has forced with our executives into taking action. it's a very uncomfortable position when the world's richest man says he doesn't have confidence in the management team that specifically that's probably a pretty uncomfortable position for the c e o to to be and, but he's, i think done a nice job, at least in his messaging to twitter, employee. thank look, there are a lot of distractions, but our day to day job hasn't changed. we have customers, we have a product, we need to keep doing what we're doing and it's easier said than done for sure. but ultimately, you know, this is a little bit of a slide show. it's an enormously consequential slide show, depending on how it turns out. or it could just turn out to be nothing. and you
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know, one thing we have definitely seen about eli marcus. he loves the spotlight and he's shown the ability to effectively hijacked the new cycle by doing these things, making the tweet, making these offers. and i think he very much enjoyed being the provocative in that regard. and twitter is not defenseless, but they're, they're certainly at the mercy of whatever you want is going to do. they're going to have to react archeologists in paris, say a mysterious coff. augusta discovered and not sure dam cathedral was about to be opened. workers found the well preserved tomb and several others while reconstructing the most famous church in france by the damage by fire 3 years ago. the body is buried 20 meters on the ground and believe to be from the 14th century . ah. so this is out there, these are the top stories and police in ukraine, so the bodies of hundreds of civilians have been found in areas surrounding the capital. the discovery comes off, the russian forces withdrew. while the 350 corpses were also discovered in boucher,
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