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alexi new president to replace rodrigo dare dare and more than 35 years since the country emerged from his father's dictatorship could front runner gordon at martha's junior. the top 5 as the minute before, join us for a special coverage for now the 0. ah, ukraine says nearly 500 civilians have now been rescued in marable, while russia continues it shelling in the ah, and i there are nora. kyle, this is alta 0, live from doha. also coming up there on the southern front lines where russia appears to be fighting, to carve out a new land corridor. crimea also had a search is underway in israel, up to 3 people, a stop to death in the city of
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a lad and poles in the philippines just as solid, lead for the son of formerly, the 1st man marcus, and monday's presidential election. new humanitarian corridors are due to open to ensure more people can escape ukraine's perceived city of mario pole. but ukrainian officials say russia is still attacking the other stalls. still plant there despite a cease fire. the report, nearly 500 people have made it out of the port city, but around 200 civilians and 2000 ukrainian fighters are trapped in the industrial area. or more broadly, here's how the war is looking on the map and read the areas held by russia and its separatist allies. there on the offensive in the east. and the south crimea was annexed by russia in 2014. and these are the places where fighting has been the heaviest. in the past 24 hours. shall stratford in port groves and donuts with the
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latest on the eastern, offensive, or more heavy fighting overnight and into this morning in various locations in the east of ukraine and both the donut screeching and the lucas screeching. yet again, we're hearing form the ukranian all sorties about heavy fighting in and around the town of papa's. now, now this has been contested for weeks. now we know that sir all evacuation efforts, those evacuation if it's being led by volunteers stopped a couple of days ago. we're also hearing from the regional military authorities of lou guns. they're saying that around $50000.00 civilians still trapped in towns like papa's anna and the surrounding villages. as a se, evacuation efforts pretty much stopped. we know that russian forces had been trying to push down south towards those cities of sla vianza and crematory square. of course, yesterday we saw the city recovering from one of the largest bombardments of rockets
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to hit the city since the war began. now we were in the forests in that area between kramer tools and idiom. yesterday speaking to soldiers, off camera, they wouldn't allow us to film. but they said that they had repelled at least 3 ways, or 3 attempts by russian pools used to push through their positions in that area. there was a lot of heavy shilling that we could hear as well, from around idiom and post to the west of ism and to the east. so as i say at the moment it seems to be a bit of a stalemate, right? the way across this region, the ukrainian so far saying that they are managing to defend their positions or ukraine says moscow wants to annex it's southern region. of course, on that would create a land corridor between russia and crimea, or the actual hamid travel to the villages along the southern front lines.
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desperate to leave the russian occupation they cycle then walked for hours under cover of darkness. give enough where you can put in a going to kill me, says this woman, suspicious as the ukrainian police register new arrivals. this was their 4th attempt to feed their her son region where life had become unbearable, says vladimir. yet his and i wanted go might know the air is different here. he says there was a tumble, a sure person would bring it to the furnace. another discovered to stay there was more dangerous. we decided to take the risk, but there were attempts for humanitarian corridors and people went to the meeting point with white flags. but the soldiers dispersed us instead of you on a corridor, then go to crimea for what the would love. that's when people started finding other ways to reach the ukrainian side. what's the level of superior court moving forward? the bill all gets it sooner shows as the warehouse where bikes, wheelchairs,
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primes, and even wheelbarrows are held. people used, whatever they had, she says. so the russians of our 3 kilometers away from here. those coming out with region crossed the lines and no, no man's land between the 2 armies and hope to get in the crossfire. it's a treacherous passage, but it's the only escape route, toshiba, love to vermont. thank you guys, we're waiting for you. he says the armies holding is defensive position, but ukraine claims the russians are preparing for a major push here. and this fear that the soldiers could be out gun. while most of the western weapons had to dumb best region in the east of the country and was commodore clara to feminine. we need heavy weapons artillery javelins, drones, because they have a lot of weapons. the russians don't care about saving their soldiers lives and the advance like works. we who hundreds of them line the fields work. nobody collects
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the bodies, but they have a lot of weapons. the villages along the contact lines come under shelling the rumble of artillery sounds at regular intervals, but is the fear of an imminent annexation. just like what happened in crimea and in dumbass, 8 years ago that i pushing people to cross front lines on their own. her wm, eat algebra in southern ukraine. let's get more now from steadfast and over in berlin, where the german government is preparing to help the war effort by sending more weapons to ukraine. this is a major shift after being accused of dragging its feet for reacting to slow. 2 germany has now again today, announced that it will send, have you weapons. these are how it's her, it's artillery system that's a germany has the most powerful artillery system is basically one of the heaviest weapons that germany now is sending to you. craig, last week,
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the defense minister has amount is 1st ship and i'll have your weapons, which are g park anti aircraft systems. basically, chief guys, they also called in english. it took a while for germany to make this decision. as i said, there was a lot of pressure, not only from within nature, also from the united states, but also from within the own government. especially chancellor all of shows was accused for not doing enough to help you crane. and you have to understand, of course, the history germany has been reluctant, basically not sending any military equipment to any other country, any war because of what happened during world war 2. it's basically something that they have maintained for so many years. but now, because of the war and ukraine and all the images that also have reached the german public here, that seems to be quite a turn around. we have to say also that there will be 20 ukranian soldiers coming
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to germany next week to get training to operate the howitzer. hillary system. police and israel are searching for 2 men suspected of stopping attack in the central city of a lad. they've rosy released pictures of the past. 3 people were killed and several others injured and thursday's attack. the funeral for one of the victims has been taking place. the attack happened as people celebrated what israel refers to as independence day. jeffrey deca reports from western islam. oh, the attack happen in a lad and ultra orthodox city in the center of the country. a lad is very close to the occupied west bank residents came out to protest in the off to moth. it's the latest in a series of attacks carried out by individuals across israel, which is left at least 14 israelis dead. a spokesperson for hamas reacted by saying these attacks were the result of israel's occupation. the palestinians. u. n.
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middle east envoy tor venice. lun tweeted today saying he was pulled by the attack and that it was deplorable that hamas and others continued to glorify and encourage such acts without warning. opening the la bahati, mostly the lobster, is really me to replayed a clip from acid leader in gaza. yes, in war who in a fiery speech last week called on palestine was to protect the alexa most compound . referring to the recent escalations at the site by the entry of jewish religious ultra nationalists. and encouraging individual attacks. defense minister ban against met with the military chief of staff and is ready prime minister naturally bennett was being updated on the situation. the border crossings from gaza and the occupied west bank had been closed since tuesday afternoon, due to memorial day and independence day in what a standard procedure doing events like these in israel. the west bank closure has now been extended until sunday. as a result of this attack, stephanie decker al jazeera was true slim. i seen another nationwide strike in
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shoreline, come the latest protest demanding the government's resignation. millions of workers stayed away from their jobs on friday as anger mumps against the worst economic crisis in 70 years, have been months of pockets and churches of food fuel and medicines. milk landers has mortem colombo, thousands of government workers like these trade union members of the shall, uncommon ports have joined in the work stoppage, or the heart of tal as it is locally called, effectively crippling all government services as well as public life. obviously couldn't see the security watching carefully as the sort of demonstration by these workers happen. and it is across the boards, whether it is the health services, where they the transport services, as well as the general, you know, shops and day to day, which have put out black flags and shut down for the day. and these are the cards that keep the heart of sher lancoste, trade capital moving. but as you can see,
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all of them parked as all business ers have lent their support to the strike or the hospital. now it's millions of rupees worth of business that these people are foregoing, but they say that they have to take a stand to lend support to the campaign to send the roger boxers and their government home still has hair on al jazeera trying to stay cool in a crisis, a heat wave exposes india's dependence on coal invoice and happy to behave mission accomplish vast. not just back from the international playstation. ah, the journey has begun. the fee for world cup is on its way to cattle book your travel package today. hello, we are looking at something of
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a cool down in the weather across northern parts of chinese. see this area cloud, big area cloud. there stretch all the way from at easter side of russia, down toward sir beijing. behind that we got some very cold, rare in place that bear in mind over the last couple of days to see temperatures and bathing, getting up into the low thirty's, struggling to reach 20 degrees on saturday. still some rain around here, not too bad into the korean peninsula, at least for now. cuz see some brain is a western part of japan, or passage pan as well. sheltered by the mount is not too bad for tokyo to route 18 celsius, but cool enough and showers never really too far away. it warms up it brightens up as we go on into sunday. so fine into the weekend here. quite a bit of sherry rain, it's a central and southern parts of china. meanwhile, wet weather, stretching across a good part of indo china. gotta draw your attention to this clutch of storms just around the adam and see that is a developing tropical system. it's certainly want to keep an eye on. over the next couple of days, it'll make his way across the bay of bengal. still some showers,
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ah. hello again you what you now to sara has reminder of our top stories. this, our new humanitarian corridors are due to open to get more people out of ukraine's besieged city of mario poll. but ukrainian officials say russia is still attacking the as of self steel plant. despite the ceasefire. police and israel, a searching for 2 men, suspected of stopping attack and the central city of allowed 3 people were killed and several others injured. attack happened as israel celebrated 74 years of independence. and a nation wide strike is underway and shall anchor with millions of workers sets a stop the jobs on friday. it's the latest protest calling for the government to resign. country places its worst economic crisis in 70 years. i'm a senior national says it's gathered evidence of war crimes by russian forces in
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ukraine. the kremlin denies committing any atrocities. but honesty is chief says there are clear signs that cluster munitions have been used, as well as the abuse of civilians and extra judicial killings. we know they are part of a back to him that as characterized rush. yes, conduct of the steely tease from the outset. a repeated pattern lodge in scale, and thereby stating in impact. moscow is preparing a military parade to mount the 77th anniversary of victory day as the end of the soviet union's war against nazi germany. ahead of the commemoration veterans of the war have been meeting the public and it's been reported. russian president vladimir putin once a major victory in ukraine in time for the parade. on monday. authorities in fiji have seized a super built owned by a sanctioned russian businessman after a request by the us. the $300000000.00 vessel is believed to belong to solomon
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caramels and made billions of dollars in fossil fuels. the white house says it'll use every authority it has to go off to russian. suspected of corruption had been t losses for britain's governing, conservative party and local elections. i missed the price. johnston's party has lost control of several areas of london as rivals labor and the liberal democrats have gained ground. and they, it's the 1st major test for johnson after the so called party gates scandal, and the war in ukraine and re, simmons is that standing by friends that live ain't at westminster. and andrew bit of a tough night for the conservatives from is devoris. johnson has come out to speak . what's he been saying? well, he said precisely, that has been a tough night. and he did say that there's a mixed message given to his party that there were voters rudy wanting for the party to actually concentrate more on big issues. no reference to party gate,
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which has put him under immense pressure on his performance on this issue in defying cove it precautions in donning straighten to the number of parties. ah, no mention of that whatsoever. and it hasn't gone away. certainly didn't go away. all many doorsteps for campaigners for, for the labor party, i heard all about it and also the concerted. so basically we're hearing that say he is not saying it's a disaster. the conservative party chairman has said it's been difficult, not disastrous. and to some extent, that's true. labor here have devastated the conservative party, westminster city has been taken by labor for the 1st time since sits formation. this city council's formation back in 1964 situation. also in ones with that barbara 44 years. the conservatives account,
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so now it's held by labor and labor has really painted the capital red elsewhere in the country. modest gains, but nevertheless, gains and care style of the labor leader has said that they've turned the corner. but the party, the main opposition party, is really focusing on a comparison with 2019. when the conservatives devastated labor in the us biggest defeats at since the 2nd world passed the 2nd world war. so that isn't necessarily representative, representative the true picture because these city council, these council elections were last held in 2018 when you look at the whole result map for then and compare it to now it's not very different. labor have done marginally better at this stage. murray half way through. so really it's not representative of a colossal dynamic victory for labor and certainly well ahead, but not a dynamic victory and not may not be enough to restore some of the doubts about
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kissed armor, the labor leader within its own party. however, the conservative party still has a question mark hanging over the prime minister. he may have done better than, than some had feared, but the conservative party has been damaged. and a lot of people are saying, not just people are a voters, but a lot of people within the party who matter. the m p. 's may well feel they still want to go ahead with the confidence folk a lot rest with what happens to the prime minister in the coming weeks or months when you have a report. the su gray report on party gates being released. it could be incredibly critical, not only of, of civil service, but also the prime minister himself. also the metropolitan police have suspended any action ahead of these elections. they will announce their results in charges and so on, so forth to other parties. they've done it once and that the prime minister got find that could be more ahead. the could be more trouble ahead of the prime
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minister. but right now, the crisis isn't as big as people had fit again, but he's not out of the woods yet. and his interns may next to anything from london . accounting is also under way and election for northern ireland regional assembly where a party that wants to leave the u. k. is to come out on top. should vain was once a political wing of an armed movement that opposed british rule. but as joe hall reports from belfast, its dream of a united ireland is still a long way off. a wind for the nationalist shin, fain as opinion polls predict, would make history in northern ireland. it up ends a century of dominance by parties dedicated to the union with great britain putting on top a republican party that exists to forge a united ireland. that isn't going to happen imminently. and many voters with suede, instead by more immediate concerns, all united allens on the cardinal data,
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on up to important to me. what you think the chief chief of of us for to get the rates will get better and better hospitals. so but just to open game, she and fame was once the political face of the irish republican army that waged a decades long conflict with the british army and pro british loyalist paramilitaries. its electoral success with struck fear into the heart of many unionists who already feel marginalized by westminster, the handling of bricks it negotiations with the you and a new trade border in the i receive that they say undermines northern islands place within the united kingdom that need to get a wake up call my. nobody wants to shouldn't be a minister in the union, which people don't want him to be a minister coach for 1st. first and foremost, if we have a dan, you're going to call for
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a border poll. i don't know if i thought that even a question mark over whether the democratic unionist party leader will take up his position as deputy 1st minister behind shin feigns michel, neal. jeffrey donaldson says he wants to see border protocol removed 1st. in northern ireland, symbolism matters hugely. so while power sharing enshrined in the good friday peace agreement ensures that the positions of 1st minister and deputy 1st minister shared between the largest unionist nationalists parties have exactly equal powers. the changing of places in the store months assembly in this election carries enormous symbolic way. unionism isn't a very place. northern ireland had santini last year, the celebrations of rather muted and there was the sense of the future of the union, very much being at stake. and partly because of reg, certain what that means, the northern ireland change relationship between overland and the rest, the u. k. with all agreements in the protocol and but also what's going on with in
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unionism itself. it's very fragmented. and with that fragmentation comes the fun certainty over political stability in the short term and longer term questions about the future of northern ireland itself. joe al jazeera belfast, hong kong, only leadership, kansas. john lee has held a campaign rally even though he is not in an election race. the homeless security official will be chosen to lead the global financial hub on sunday. the fifty's residents have limited se and who leave them. candidates are selected by an election committee stacks with prob, aging loyalists. i've been for chief executive since the city reverted back to chinese government in 1997. the son of, of an alfred philippines leda is favorite to become the country's next president. president marcos junior is riding a wave of popular support despite the notoriety of his late father. for louis
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reports from manila. these are replicas of some of the jewelry belonging to imelda marcos, part of a stash. she tried to smuggle out of the philippines after her husband, president said, and marcus was ousted in people's uprising in 1986. the artist po, about was partly inspired by his parents, who are anti marco's activists. the marcus is vast, collection of valuable paintings are also on display, reproduced on post cards. visitors. i encouraged to take some home away to reclaim what the artist says belongs to filipinos. it helps us to remember what the marcia long period was about and how the market says use art and culture. oh, how they acquired an ostentatious own collection of objects that supported their idea of what their life should be. the manila
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film center is seen as another testament to marco's excess, just 2 months before its grand opening, in 1982, there was an accident at the construction site, emergency workers were barred from entering the area for 9 hours, and then marco's administration ordered a media blackout it's estimated at least a $160.00 workers were killed, buried in concrete in la one. our lease is an example of how the marcus family do not care for people's lives, especially the workers. one of the most horrible things is they did that even spare time to retrieve the bodies, they just ordered construction to continue. despite the tainted legacy ferdinand marco's junior, is the front runner to follow in his father's footsteps. the kind of politics that we are, it's not much of a system to begin with. it's just, you know, a choice between different political families and personalities. so while mom was,
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may be an elite himself, he's not seen to belong to the same group of elite that has ruled the philippines in the past 30 years. other analysts say, junior's rise can mostly be attributed to a disinformation campaign which aims to re cast the rule of marco senior as a golden age for filipinos. if marco's junior succeeds, it would give him wide part of a government agencies task to recover as much as $10000000000.00 stolen by his father. during his 20 year rule, florence louis al jazeera manila, a record heat wave in india has increased demand for electricity and lead to power cuts across as is, highlighting is dependence on coal imports as power stations face their biggest shortages in 6 years. it is with per annum reports from new delhi mahash command was supposed to start preparing his fields for planting rice 3 weeks ago. but this is the 1st day that the water supply has come. after weeks of power
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cuts resulting in a lack of water, mahash doesn't know how long to day supply will last down go kit plan i. we bought a buyer, but you have to tell the field ad manure use the tractor. and for all this, we need regular water supply from the time it's soon to it's harvest. if there is irregular supply, either the quality of rice will deteriorate. when all the blonde will die, the farmer will suffer if any of this happens, fantine miller, homes and businesses have also been suffering power cuts for weeks. this hospital and other provision has been without. alack tricity for at least 6 hours a day for some staff to use diesel generators when the price of the fuel is at a record high. oh so, but it had a girl did a little bit longer than that of the lava we are spending more than $150.00 every day on diesel. we not passing the burden on to the patients right now, but if these power outages continue will be forced to increase patients fees with
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some of the costs are due to a severe shortage of coal at power stations. experts blame the huge demand for electricity during a heat wave coupled with bottlenecks and transportation and sky rocketing prices of imported coal with climate change exacerbating heat waves, environmental as say, the answer to meet rising electricity needs. isn't to open more coal mines as india's doing, because that will increase greenhouse gases the trap more heat. 70 percent of india's electricity comes from coal fired power stations. analysts say the latest crisis is a reminder to invest more and green energy. when i say renewable energy, the whole ecosystem needs to be dev, loud because renewable energy is intimate dental with her father. again, he rely on and boarded our modules and sales for, you know, building up solar capacity or wind capacity in there. so we need to build across the value chain. the international atomic energy agency says demand for electricity
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in india is expected to increase more than anywhere else in the world over the next 20 years. as the country develops, as mahash uses the scarce water to clean himself and cool off, he says his livelihood depends on the supply. continuing to flow, elizabeth moran of al jazeera new delhi. hundreds of people have been protesting in australia's biggest city to send a message to political leaders on climate change. the most, the student demonstrators are demanding more action ahead of the national election in just over 2 weeks. now gathered outside the city headquarters of prime ministers got morrison center right. liberal party. powerful tornadoes have left thousands of people without electricity. in the u. s. state of oklahoma homes and businesses were damaged and wednesday night storms, which cause flooding and parts of the state. and arkansas officials are using drones to assess the damage. the 3rd team of astronauts sent into orbit by space x
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has landed in the u. s. a dragon capsule slash down off the florida coast after a 23 hour return journey from the international space station. the 4 astronauts conducted hundreds of research projects during their 6 month mission. they also welcome to the 1st civilian crew to the space station ah. with al jazeera, these are top stories. this, our new humanitarian corridors are due to open to get more people out of the quaint besieged city of mario poll. ukrainian officials say russia is still attacking the as of style steel plant, despite a cease fire. amazon international says it's gathered evidence of russian war crimes which the kremlin denies. we know they are popped over bactrim that as characterized rush. yes, conduct of the steely tease from the outset.
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