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also pay $5000.00 to name allison the aim this year is to raise $1000000.00. much of it for conservation initiatives. ah, a small group of civilians leave us steal plants beseech by russian forces in the ukrainian city of mario paul. ah, play watching al jazeera alive from know how with me for the back table also ahead a show of support for ukraine us. how speaker nancy pelosi becomes the highest ranking american official to visit. keith avenues is ready force his arrest to people, suspected of kenning and he's ready,
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security god in the occupied west bank and rally. so taking place around the world to mock international labor day, russia and ukraine. se 20 civilians have been allowed to leave the as a star steel plant. in merrier poll, including women and children, thousands of ukrainian fighters and civilians have been sheltering underneath the facility while russian forces surround the area. i too unusual the authority of the woods to wallace toiling level of the entire night enemy artillery was shelling the plot which led to more rubble and destruction. the silence was supposed to begin at 6 am, but early began at 11 am. it's true now both sides are adhering to the regime. we have been waiting to be evacuation convoy to arrive since 6, but it didn't arrive till 625. a 740 we 100 over 20 civilians who are able to be reclaimed from the rubble. they are women and children,
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and we hope that these people will go in the agreed direction, namely to suffer asia and territory under ukrainian control. while the un is working to broker the removal of more people from the plan to lexia, brian has more on the plight of the civilians ensured strapped beneath a facility blue in a basement below mario poles. as of style steel, plant, ukrainian border guards, sing the national anthem gra, they say they defending the last bastion of ukrainian territory in the besieged port city room or the delivery of they said to me, 2000 ukrainian fighters sheltering and the plants vast network of tunnels and bunkers, as well as a 1000 civilians. the focus of you in efforts to broker a humanitarian corridor. the ukrainian regiment, known as the as of battalion released these pictures. a woman said to be a dr. tells of increasingly, dia conditions must mother, which i'm
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a margin your source guys are literally dying before our eyes because we don't have any possibility to evacuate them. there is no way to heal them properly. we just ask, we beg to give us at least slightest chance to save life. of the fighters above ground are the ruins of a city that's been described as hell on earth. mother, your pole has been pummeled into submission. it's people facing what city officials say is a catastrophic shortage of drinking water and food. long cra, he, lou lou, i had a beautiful house, a good apartment, and now i have no apartment, nothing that you could hurry tool. i live alone and no one can help me. i'm watching you. oh, further north and how keith local fighters do what they can to protect their neighbors. down when your city is being destroyed or when you're close, people are being killed. there is no other option but to defend them. quinn was in
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between, but they say they feel helpless against rushes, fighting power, forced to stand by as miss isles. rain down, rushes been intensifying its operations in the east. but weston intelligence suggests moscow's troops are only making minor advances that the offensive is days behind schedule. walk as of the of the enemy is inflicting air missile and artillery attacks on civilian and military infrastructure, deep in ukrainian territory. the regrouping and strengthening of the occupying forces continues. the u. s. accuses russia's president vladimir putin of depravity and his invasion. but russia's foreign minister, sir guy leverage says the west is at fault, and nato countries are doing everything they can to prevent a ceasefire by sending weapons to ukraine. until a deal is reached, the fighting rages on alexia brian, alto 0. let's get the latest now from al jazeera, as charles stratford,
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who joins us live from dub, were appeal. yeah, in eastern ukraine. charlie 1st, what, what are you hearing about the efforts to evacuate more civilians from our the as of tal seal plant in marable. well what we understand is that there are ongoing efforts being led by the you and try and negotiate safe passage to gets a convoy all the vehicles in there to that as of still pump and pull more people out. it was interesting. yesterday, the reports of at least 20 people, including women and children who were rescued out of the as of that that join great soviet bill plan that has obviously been under siege now for weeks. but interestingly, there is as yet no verifiable proof of life. it's not known exactly where these people have been taken. it was hoped that they were going to be taken says up virginia city, north of mary opal. and they haven't been seen there yet. and they're all rumors
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that they may well have been taken across into the russian side. so we wait to see news on the beginnings what seems to be potentially the beginning of a wider evacuation of what's, what's yeah, believe to be around a 1000 civilians that have been trapped in that plant for weeks. now. president putin has said that to him, you know, he is open to the civilians being, being pulled out, being evacuated. and he's even said in the past that says he's promised to spare the lives of what's believed to be up to 2000 ukrainian fighters, ukrainian forces in sight the plant, if they lay down their weapons, ukrainian fighters as yet saying that they would never do that. on a political level, mariel police officer, hugely important for putin because although he is claiming that the city is now basically under the control of the russians,
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the fact that there are still fighters in that plant means realistically, he cannot claim complete control of it. and the closer that we get to may the nights, which is the day that russia celebrates its victory of nazi of, of nazi many in the 2nd world war a day that we expect hooton's to make statements showing some sort of victory in the russian campaign. here he really can't do that until that plant is cleared of fighters and he is accusing the eyes of battalion and the ukrainian fight is in there of using these civilians as human shields. meanwhile, the fighting rage is on in the east charlie. tell us about where you are and what's been happening. we're in the town of dover affiliate. now, i'll ask you about it. just the pan round and show you this residential blog. this sir, this residential block at a, at
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a miss all land basically next to it. yesterday morning, around 20 families living in there. the majority of them had been evacuated in the, in the weeks her previous weeks, miraculously only 7 people injured, apparently receiving only suffering minor injures. this was one of 2 missiles strikes that hit this town yesterday. and what's interesting is, is that it is at least 50 kilometers away to where the active front line is. and it strikes like this, that a consistent with what the ukranian military is saying is evidence that they have of the beginnings of a serious push by russian forces to take as much territory as they can in the coming days. potentially, as i say, up to that date, that silent important date of may the nights in the eyes of vladimir putin because we're getting increasing hits attacks on towns that are to say a long way back from the front line. meanwhile,
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over night there were lives on going shelling, heavy shelling in some of the areas that we've been reporting from in recent days. areas like papa's now, which is east of fairly see chance, which is also east of here that push back the attempt to push to try and surround the big urban centers of slim dance. and cremmit tools still goes on m and i a push down to the west of it as well. are also very worrying reports about evacuation buses to evacuation buses trying to get civilians out of the besieged town of papa's. no weather is heavy fighting going on according to the ukrainian authorities. 2 of those 3 bosses have literally disappeared and the drivers in them, so the evacuation certainly to partner have stopped. but as i say, there is certainly according to the ukrainians and so on. what we've been hearing as well and seeing on the frontline, there is strong evidence that there is
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a preparations of foot by russian forces in the coming days to make a serious effort to get more territory, make more territorial gains in the east. and bear in mind that so far they have struggled to do that. charlie, thank you very much for that. al jazeera is chance transferred reporting, their life from east in ukraine. the speaker of the us house of representatives has a thank ukraine's present for what he describes as his fight for freedom during a visit to keep nancy pelosi told rhoda means lensky. his battle is for everyone. she is the highest ranking american official to visit since the start of the war. she led a congressional delegation on the trip, which was not announced in advance. pelosi reassured present, zelinski of washington's continued support. legally, we are listening. you to say thank you. absolutely. love a frontier, feel that your site is low and so commitment,
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you either will you until i will totally bedroom care. this is a powerful signal of support from the people of the united states congress and the 2 parties. i as the president, our team and the people of ukraine appreciate the signal. it shows that the united states is indeed a leader in the strong support of ukraine during the war against russian aggression . yes. and i want to thank you for helping ukraine defended sovereignty and territorial integrity broke early. and us film saw and un special envoy, angelina jolie, has visited the western ukrainian city of li live. she met people displaced by the war and those who have been helping them. shirley was so that some are being given psychiatric help with children as young as to among those being treated as well as adults. and still head on al jazeera. we'll look at other news is really forces arrest hundreds of palestinian miners every year. we meet
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a 14 year old accused of doing something. he says he didn't. the fight for water in cameroon. how an argument between a fisherman and a header met to nearly a 100000 people been ah, richard, he has begun the, the full world copies on its way to catholic group. your travel package to the it's may 1st, here's your weather report for europe in africa, every one. so for europe we got a lot of clouds drifting about and where there's cloud cover. there's lower temperature. so let's work our way north to south for the islands of ireland and britain. we've got some showers. zip in across here. so london, 13 degrees, you guessed it, that's below average. now towards the south where the sun's outs, for example, in seville, a high of $31.00, and that's above average. let's go to the balkans right now. we've got some showers
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in the forecast for you on sunday, but prepare for it. this activity is going to intensify by the time monday ross brow. here's the thing for turkey. it's really southern areas also toward the east where we will see some of that heavier rain as it pushes into the caucuses breezy through the bus for us, it stumbles. gotta have 19 degrees. we seen a lot of heat for senegal guinea be, so that's moving east into burkina faso. so bama co, $39.00, and really rate across the sale. now, south of the equator, it's actually really quiet. we've got plenty of sun in the forecast for the skeleton coast. look at this, not too far away. then took at 25 in a pitcher perfect day in cape town, also coming in with the high of 25 degrees on sunday. that's it for me. we'll see you soon. hatta airways visual airline of the journey. talk to al jazeera. we oh, so what is the time table in your mind? when do you think that you can be off of russian gas?
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we listen when i have seen and played football with these refugees, i look at them and they're happy. they're smiling. we meet with global news makers . i'm talk about the stories that matter. on al jazeera, we understand the differences and similarities of cultures across the world. so no matter how you take it will bring you the news and current affairs that mattel to you, ah, ah, you're watching al jazeera live from doha. reminder of our top stories, a u. n. convoy is in the ukranian city of merrier ball to negotiate evacuations of more civilians from the as of south steel plant, across to city,
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water and medicine are running low. on saturday, 20 ukrainian civilians were allowed to leave the plant including women and children . hundreds why thought to be still trapped underneath the facility surrounded by russian force and the speaker of the us house of representatives has thanks ukraine's president for what she describes as his fight for freedom during a visit to keep nancy pelosi told florida means lensky. his battle is for every one and reassured him of continued us. let's turn our attention to the world news now, and israel says it's arrested men suspected of killing and is really security guarding the occupied westbank. an army video shows the men being arrested in co op . bonnie has signed a palestinian town south of madness. the shooting happened on the illegal arial settlement between ramallah and nablus on friday. is really military, says palestinian gunmen opened fire on guard. then fred, this scene have been confrontations in the home town of the men who were arrested
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tensions rose after police raided their homes akiva. l dot is a political analysts and he says, the incident appears to be isolated. the israeli government doesn't have actually an answer to any conflict, especially not in jerusalem because of the political constraints. and they have to maneuver between the red line that the islamic party had by mister abbas, and on the other side of the opposition from prime minister bella's own party. that is a following here very closely. and it asks to be even more aggressive. so the good news is that it doesn't look like the syrians, that's the way the israeli seed have an interest to,
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to escalate. and what happened today, emily, in reality, you mentioned before, is seen as an individual attempt to cause some trouble in the settlement, but not something that was orchestrated by the hamas. and of course not the palestinian authority for hundreds of palestinian children are arrested by israeli forces every year. human rights organizations say they're subjected to abuse and lack of legal representation. 14 year old, a time as he was detained by israeli soldiers for 12 days before he was released algiers need. abraham followed his family's journey from protesting his detention tast release. ah, a melody of love for the homeland is how these young palestinians say there
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protesting against the rest of their friends. offended i think, is really soldiers detained. the 14 year old in mid april. he was charged with throwing stones at the army near bethlehem and occupied westbank. but his father denied the charge is a big soldier than on me. i am scared for he is it. if i'm only so s l a couple of times from a distance in the court, he was not able to make contact and guess he will call and you know, and i'll come in to it. so weakness point the client is a string point. and so this is a feeling we have been suffering, lack of sleep as he is sleep. when we start thinking we don't sell is eaten. soon after the protest i felt it was released on bail. he's breaking the ramadan fast with his family and says, the soldiers beat him off of i don't know who i was shaking out of fear the interrogate. his asked if i was cold. i did know they asked if i was
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scared by sid. i was a strong person a while ago. what change and they wanted me to confess to doing something i didn't do. i felt really nice follows a pleaded lawyer say it's often the only way to get young palestinians out of jail as fast as possible without a p d. court proceedings could be lengthy, as it's often hard to prove innocence in medical records. this is why 99 percent of cases and the conviction. there are 2 legal systems that occupied westbank. palestinians are tried in military court while it's a really circular stand in civil court. in 2009, israel established juvenile military court. just like this one behind this, but the lawyers say it's done very little to protect the rights of children. these really army has told us all the rights of under h. defendants are protected throughout the rest investigation, prosecution after that thing. but the human rights organization disagree. children
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as young as 12 can be convicted in his records and the credit for completely fair and because of the arrest takes place at night without the presence of parents or legal counsel. the interrogation has done in a volatile environment that doesn't allow children to be safe. if you have the confession, the child is taken to a military court to extend the arrest without a lawyer at else as his eager to get back to his violin classes and palestinian folk dancing. he wants to escape reality, even if it's for a short while. but he knows he'll never escape that experience. neither abraham elders either occupied westbank african now and guinea is to return to civilian rule. in 3 years, the head of its ruling, military government announced the transition period of 39 months. the move is being put to parliament, the army overthrew the elected president african the last year after he pushed through a new constitution allowing him to run for a 3rd term. the government in wanda is being sued for $400000000.00 by the family
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of the man whose life inspired a hollywood film. the lawsuit in the us says paul rosa by geena was viewed from his home in texas and returned to kigali. there he was tortured and kept in solitary confinement before being sentenced. last year to 25 years in prison for terrorism is credited with saving hundreds of people during the 1994 genocide. in sudan protesters in the capital have marked the 2019 killings of more than 60 demonstrators by setting up barricades and blocking streets. it happened when security forces open fire are sitting outside the armies headquarters in khartoum, or gatherings in the capital have since been banned. a water dispute in northern cameroon has led to conflicts that displaced nearly a 100000 people. the un high commissioner for refugees, philippa grande, has traveled to the area and is calling for reconciliation. but as nicholas hart reports,
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it won't be easy as climate change adds more stress to an already fragile region. in this arid land, in the far northern region of cameroon, our fishermen and their families in search of peace, no longer catching fish, but planting trees. they sell it the market, at least in this barren land. they are sheltered from the violence they left behind, living in makeshift tents provided by the un sooner. good. good. what are quoting me? we have to survive with the little help. the government is giving us, but we don't have any money. we can't work. we're surviving. one day at a time, this is what is left of their homes, which started as an argument between a fisherman and heard about a cow drinking out of a fishing pond. turned into a larger fight for access to water. the violence spread from village to village. displacing nearly a 100000 people, some fled to neighboring chad and are unable to return home. they live in you in
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camps like these. of course we need to make sure that people are not hungry, not thirsty, and they are not ill. but in the end, it's reconciliation. that is the most important here. armed herders inquiry on the border with chad search for water points to feed their cattle. fighting with fishermen and farmers unwilling to share their wells, the government of cameron has called for dialogue. but those who been displaced say the state has done little to stop the violence or help them to survive. the displaced fishermen are hacking down trees. they sell the wood or use it for cooking. the few patches of free trees are being cut down, just as the rainy season is about to start. host communities accused the displaced of destroying the environment. see if the government takes their responsibility, wilma, then we could return home of almost a good amount. this is a conflict made worse by changing climate in what has become a fragile and inhospitable environments so essential to life and yet so precious
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water has become a resource worth fighting for tearing apart communities in northern cameroon. nicholas hawk al jazeera, near cone of eyes restrictions have begun in bay. jang that include a ban on eating in restaurants and more mass testing is being done in china's capital. during the busy labor day holiday period, people will need proof of a negative result to visit public places and shops. the national health commission says say, why more than 8000 to new cases on saturday? a chinese streets approach to coven 19 has led to manufacturing levels dropping to their lowest levels. in more than 2 years. economists warned that the economic slowdown could lead to higher prices globally. victoria gate and b has more. the once bustling commercial center of shanghai is quiet and empty. with most of the cities 25000000 people forced to stay at home as part of the government strict 0
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cove 19 policy in the capital, beijing authorities have completed 3 rounds of math testing ahead of the labor day holiday. many se that tide of the restrictions which they fear could see become even tougher. viani and was younger, gather you of it all. 2 years ago, everyone had a very vigilant attitude towards epidemic prevention. but now maybe because it's been too long or people want to go out and have fun drawn her. you know, you go to tell you that you look at a city that used to be crowded and now was empty. and you can't help but wonder how these people managed to survive. i'm suppressing a lot of emotions. the impact of the 0 coven policy is being felt economically to china's manufacturing has dropped to its lowest level in more than 2 years. retail sales a down and unemployment is at its highest since may 2020 analysts say results for this quarter will be worse on the dynamic 0 strategy is not sustainable. and we can
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see many examples in shanghai i and for a lot of the. busy companies, e, in digital industry, in manufacturing, they're under a lot of pressure to lay off more workers. but right now, china doesn't seem to have a new solution to this problem. experts wound the economic impact will extend beyond china with consumers around the world, told to expect more inflation and higher prices. victoria gate and be al jazeera to argentina. now where trial has begun, which has taken nearly a century to come to court judges. i determining accountability for a massacre of indigenous people. al jazeera terrace, of all re for some argentine as northern chaco province. she is the last witness of a massacre that killed hundreds of indigenous peoples in argentina. almost 100 years ago. process the law is a member of the warm indigenous community. when she was around 7 years old,
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when her father was murdered, doing a protest. now she's over 100 years old and says she still remembers the day her community was attacked. the cost i was and woke up when i was given water. i got home and looked up and saw a plane flying overhead. there were children on the ground. this is the pain i have carried forever. i was not able to speak. ross had lives in the northern province of jackal and his part of a truth trial that seeks to investigate the crimes committed against her community and the people here continue to remember. the massacre that happened in this place when hundreds of members of indigenous communities were killed. by security forces and ranchers, they were protesting and demanding an improvement of the semi slavery conditions they lived in. they were killed their bodies, dismembered, buried all around this area until recently, until apologies. have been digging in this place,
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trying to find proof of what's been argentina, the systematic persecution of indigenous people know what will be to know the the. now for the 1st time i trial seeks to establish the facts of the nap. i'll be massacre even though the perpetrators are long dead. this is an opportunity to begin a long thought, reparation process for the killings, but also decades of discrimination against indigenous in the country. fleet or failure relating to me says the trial is important. so that abuse against minority groups never happens again. but all of this is based on the legal parameters of the time. argentine i had already signed international agreements that allow us to sit in a panel trial that crimes against humanity were committed and do not prescribe. came out of the lady and as one of them has been investigated the massacre for years, she says the killings in napa, the were not isolated. indigenous groups were for many years, a source of cheap labor in the country and daughter vanessa's violence against them
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was justified as necessary by the ruling class. collecting also, c, i. 80 kidney groups have been discriminated against persecuted and the massacre shows that for very long time instead tried to force indigenous groups to blend with the rest of the population. fair were part of a structure that had them as cheap labor interference. only about a 1000000 of argentina's 45000000 inhabitants are descendants of the original 39 indigenous groups. most of them are among the poorest in the country. many see their trial as a unique opportunity to begin a long awaited process of acknowledgement and reparation. that will be a good example. i'll just cedar chuckle, argentina, a tornado in the usa, the kansas has left more than 15 1000 people without power. several were injured as homes and businesses were destroyed by the twister that spread through which town friday night and 3 meteorology students were killed in
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a car crash while traveling back from chasing the storm. the governor of kansas has expired. a state of emergency may de rallies in march is being held around the world trade unions, members in greece or protesting against high inflation and soaring energy costs. and also, and international workers. day thousands in france are expected to protest against the newly re elected president emmanuel michael. oh, hello again. i'm fully batty boy. with a headlines on al jazeera, a u. n. convoy has reached ukrainian city of mary a bowl to negotiate the evacuation of more civilians from the as of south steel plant. across the city, food, water, and medicine are running low. child stratford has more from east in ukraine.

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