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clarity of nature, but at what risk banks, of course, don't do that because they have at the heart protection of nature. they do that because to see a business in pricing the planet's anal 0. ah, russian bomb strike a school in eastern ukraine. president zalinski says at least 60 people hiding inside were killed. ah, i'm how much of jerome this is al jazeera, alive from doha. also coming up, we take a look at the human cost of war for russia, as its forces pushed forward with their military operation and ukraine. the philippines votes for its next leader, the 10 candidates include the incumbent,
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vice president, and the son of announced a dictator. going, going almost gone, a rare painting by andy warhol is up for grabs on auction and could become the most expensive 20th century painting. eversole ukraine's president has confirmed 60 people had been killed at a school that's been hit by russian bombs. at least 90 civilians were sheltering in the building in lou hans when it was hit. in mario paul, the last of the civilians in the besieged as old style plant have now been moved to safety. laura burton manley reports this is what's left to the school in east ukraine's land. greeting smoldering debris and utter destruction. russian forces targeted the building which reportedly had nearly
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all of the people from the village of belloc rifka, hiding in fight richard. they should. so taking into account that it was an air strike and not a simple artillery shalayna. when the explosion happened, the temperature was extreme. certainly our emergency workers would be clearing the debris with maximum speed, but there is only a very slim chance that anyone survived. not break, like my old wall marking victory day in europe, ukraine's president loaded me. zalinski says his country is fighting a new form of not for them. it's celebrated on the 8th of may the day in 1945, when nazi germany surrendered. in the south of ukraine, the port city of odessa has been underwritten. you'd strength missiles, reportedly hit stores and warehouses in a residential area, as well as the military airport runway and tower. russia's defense ministry says its forces had destroyed a ukrainian warship near the black sea port,
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but this has not yet been independently verified. for moscow, odessa is considered a strategically important port here. so when you speak about odessa on the shipping point of view, you're thinking not only about one or 2 in odessa, but also do satellite words inc. exam and sharing a modest so to kilometers around and they comprise, are, are the 60 percent of ukrainian experts. and 90 percent of the ukrainian grain experts since the war started russian forces of targeted hospitals, apartment blocks and other civilian buildings. the world health organization is gathering evidence for possible bull crime investigation. that nature has no verified. 200 attacks on healthcare in ukraine. since the room began, miss abbess must stoop in the city of the parisha. that's been a steady flow. the vacuum ease being fell from the besieged steel plant. a mary apo
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ukraine's government says all civilians had now been rescued. ah, civilians and soldiers have been trapped inside the assault still steel mill for nearly 2 months as russian attacks intensified. surrender is not an option because russia is not interested in our lives. are not interested to let us live. ah, as russia prepares to mark its victory day on monday, which celebrate the soviet union with against nazi germany of world war 2. if not clear yet how this conflict where both sides had been vote battles of the 1940s will end. laura pat manly al jazeera while russia prepares a show of strength and forced to celebrate us world war 2 victory. the reality of its battle in ukraine seems much bleaker. but the abdul hamid reports from keith on the human cost of this war the real toll of this war for russia.
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unclaimed buddy bags stacked in refrigerated trains. soldiers dead under foot line, as russia claims to rescue the russian speaking population living here. ukraine says about 25000 have lost their lives so far. but russia was that number at about 1300, we were given re access to the bodies left behind. as russia retreated from the cave region and another buddhist grew interested. he was an elite paratrooper. this jewelry was found on him, allegedly stolen from ukrainian civilians, in which it was a pleasure to shaw you crying to reach the dead enemies better than how they treated civilians. they will be kept as long as need be. the government will decide because russia refuses to take them, it doesn't wanted. each body is a proof of war crime. so if they refused to take them,
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ukraine will bully them at our own cost when the war is in his 3rd month. but so far, moscow has no clear victory to show for it. even in predominantly russian speak in mo you paul, where it did enjoy some popular support in the past. now you have again you so snuff, sky says bills voices are gone. he just came out of the port city 2 days ago. you hello superior cassandra water, the yup. are your whole national? are we cycling past the destroyed theater building? i noticed that they were clearing the main avenue and the central square, perhaps were preparing for the seal called victory parade. the so but also could still see the blue and yellow of the ukrainian flags. and vendors are refusing to sell goods in rouble only ukrainian currency floor. yes, can you douglas, if gainey has documented life under occupation as much as he could without getting detected by soldiers? hardly the image of a liberated people the kremlin,
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want to portray. after failing to take eve, russia has concentrated its air power on destroying ukraine's infrastructure in what it calls a special military operation. but so far more than $3000.00 civilians have lost their lives and the human cost for both sides is rising. by the day olga is among the millions de, placed by the conflict. she is also just made it to safety with her 2 young children and mother i saw one other than you will of certainly before their arrival . life was good. we had the beautiful city barks every one had life plans. warned freedom of choice of language. freedom of movement, freedom of sorts, relieved freely. then russia came to rescue, ask deliberate at us from our houses, our jobs, some of their lives, some of their legs. arms that the liberation olga has now switched to the ukranian language with her children. while russia celebrated victory against nazi germany at
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the end of world war 2, it is now in battled in a war that didn't go as expected. would have been hamid al jazeera keith. people in the philippines are voting for their next president. 10 candidates are vowing for the top job. front runner, ferdinand marco's junior, has cast his vote. the son of a former dictator is hoping to win a 6 year term. filipinos were also picking a new vice president, senators and members of congress. front runner, ferdinand marco's junior, also known as bung bung. marcos is the son of the late leader, ferdinand marco's. his family's legacy is a major concern. first human rights activists. his main opponent, vice president. lenny robledo is popular with young people. but critics are concerned about her ties to the rich and powerful. other contenders include manila,
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mayor escal moreno. the former tv star is credited for affordable housing and cleaning up the capital streets. sen, pen, philo laxom was a police chief, was promised to continue exposing government corruption and former boxer, many pack yahoo largely appeals to working class voters. forest lewis joins us from a polling station and the capital manila, a foreigner. we see all those people behind, you're going to vote. i'm curious to know if you're hearing from them in a sentiment about what a bong, bong, marco's presidency would mean for the philippines versus what a linear bread or presidents presidency would mean for the country. ah, well ferdinand, marco's juniors campaign message, as a simple one, unity, he says he's urging his voters to forget about the past and to look forward to the future. he's promising to return philippines to a time of prosperity invoking his father's rule, and of course,
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completely glossing over the fact that under his father's administration, there was that talk, proceed. that was human rights abuses. now is campaigns, however, have been rather thin on. ringback posses its height hot to decide how exactly he plans to achieve that. he is also indicated in his remarks that he support the incumbent president, rodrigo detailed these drugs on war and his political hiring live. sorry to take day. the daughter of the president who has a sal running for possession of vice president could mean that that is likely to continue. now this is a very controversial policy, has already killed thousands of people, but yet it remains popular with certain segments of philippines society. now, a robledo presidency would be more liberal in approach. she's promised to strengthen democratic institutions. she's promised a more transparent government. she's promised that she won't put greater focus one health care on social welfare on education. now, people here say they felt that during the 20 year,
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more than 35 years after the marcus administration was ousted, that there wasn't enough done for them. the philippines, as a country where nearly a quarter of the population is still very poor. so people do want to see an improvement in their lives and i think it all boils down to who they think can deliver that to them. and florence, let me barbara roberto is popular among younger voters. but does she actually have a chance to win the selection? ah, well, if you look at the groundswell of support for her, if you look at the consistently massive turnouts at her rally's, and these are people who are there because they genuinely support her, they are not there because they were bussed there or encouraged to go there by village heads or local community leaders. if you look at how there's been a volunteer force that have gone from house to house to campaign for her day is really a huge sense of optimism among her supports is that she could still see
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a mate on search of voters who will sway to her too, who will sway to her side because of her message of delivering a compassionate and competent government. but it is an uphill battle because a fact checking group says she has been the biggest victim of a dis information campaign which attempts to paint her as unintelligent. now, on the other hand, her biggest rival burden and marco's junior has benefited mostly from misleading but positive posts on social media, which try to recast that period under his father's administration. as the golden age for the philippines. forgetting that when his father was ousted out of government in 1986, philippines was left deep in foreign debt. so it is an uphill battle for. and another thing standing in her way is the alliances that ferdinand marco's junior, has formed, not only with sorrow, do tend to who's going to bring in a lot of votes. because the current president, rodrigo, do today is hugely popular. but also his alliance with the other political
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dynasties in the philippines. the arroyo is the estrada who, despite their murky pass, remain popular. all right, florence, thanks so much for that update. i'll to, cirrus florence louis with all the later on the philippines election from a polling station and manila still ahead on al jazeera, punishing potent, the latest sanctions g. 7 leaders planned to impose on russia for invading ukraine . hong kong has a new leader, but his appointment is widely seen as a move by beijing to tighten its grip on the city. ah. the journey has begun. the fee for world cup is on its way to catherine book. your travel package to day. rain is gathering and the consequence about is, temperatures are dropping throughout china and japan looking pretty visible for
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tokyo, 90 degrees and not much wind, bas persistence of rain, beijing's down to 20 rain proper is bit further south, as you can see, and it will effect rather humid hong kong at 29 degrees, but it's more light b in lab, the orange suggests with a heavy rain is there's an improvement in tokyo by tuesday. rain likely to come in towards beijing. this rain that stretches up into siberia is not going to be very much too damped down the fires at the burning in this part of the world. they did the same last year's result of dry winds and early heat. for the south, seasonal showers are everywhere, which is not a big surprise. little bit further west than this rather more than season. the shower, particularly in the bay of bangor where it's the season to see cycling about. this one has just been named as a, sammy is going to move very slowly up towards bangladesh. it's wind strengths won't be a big problem, but the fact is moving slowly will be a danger to shipping a coffee, bring flooding rain slowly northwards with it. this all that happens not to was
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rain. we have got heat, severe heat wave. now pakistan was temperature is probably gonna hit 50. the next 2 or 3 days, i saw air with issue airline of the journey. how and why did hooton's become so obsessed? with this law, we were giving them a tool to hold corrupt individuals and human rights abusers accountable. very when i rip this deal apart, if they take the white house of 2025, what is the world hearing? what we're talking about vi american today we take on us politics and society. that's the bottom line. ah, investigating the use and abuse of power across the globe on al jazeera. ah ah,
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you're watching al jazeera, a reminder of our top stories this our ukraine's president says, 60 people have been killed after russia bombed a school in the east of the country. about 90 residents were sheltering in the building. and though hans, when it was hit on saturday, ukrainian soldiers hold up in a steel work plant in the city of mary. a pole have refused to surrender, saying they will fight to the end. the facility is surrounded by russian forces. hundreds of civilians who were hiding inside have been evacuated. the presidential election is underway in the philippines. ferdinand marco's junior casts his ballot a short while ago. the son of the former dictator is seen as the front runner and a race which includes 10 candidates to 7 nations have agreed to impose more sanctions against russia. following a virtual, somebody with ukraine's president. the group says the war brings shame on russia's historic sacrifice in world war 2. she harbor thompson's reports. on sunday,
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there was a flurry of diplomatic activity from g 7 nations. the day before vladimir putin is due to preside over victory day celebrations. commemorating the soviet defeat of the nazis in world war 2. the u. s. first lady made a surprise visit to a ukrainian village just across the border with slovakia. now she met refugees and ukraine's 1st lady. the 1st time lina had been seen in public since the russian invasion. first of all, i would like to thank you for a very courageous act because we understand what it takes for the us 1st lady to come here during a war. this for has been a little and that people of the united states with the people of ukraine, north west of the ukrainian capital, the canadian prime minister, also with a surprise visit to the cave suburb of a pin that once been occupied by russian troops. he raised the flag over the
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canadian embassy and the capital markets. reopening justin to do later, held talks with the ukrainian president, added as you, military and economic aid on this anniversary of victory day in europe. standing strong against put into illegal war and in defense of democracy. human rights and international law is as important as it ever has been. a u. s. embassy combat and keep a fleet of diplomatic vehicles carrying the u. s. shows a defend a team. this was the 1st time since just before the russian invasion of the embassy it opened. but us officials are there to commemorate v e day with ukrainian officials. this is not the formal reopening of the embassy of some in the u. s. congress. of and demanding. i'm thrilled to be able to return to key, as i said earlier, or today, victory in europe, day to observe the triumph of good over evil in the city. i love among people who embody this spirit of the commemoration. following the virtual
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meeting with the ukrainian president, g 7 leaders, president oil embargo on russia. and the us announced new sanctions on what the state department called rushing leaks, as well as on the provision of business services, the russian companies on freewill, russian tv stations, and providing industrial equipment to russia. the g 7 issued a statement designed to poke and russian pride and defeating nazi germany, vladimir putin, his actions and said, bring shame on russia and its people. sacrifices in world war 2. she ebert nancy al jazeera, washington economists. rodrigo chavez has been sworn in as the new president of costa rica, the former world bank official, is promising to shake up the political system of what remains central america's most stable nation. alessandra around, pietro reports ah handover of power in costa rica, rodrigo travis is presented the presidential fashion after running
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a successful campaign. as a political maverick who promised to clean up a broken system. a message he repeated at easy, now he ration c. r k. no, it is time to leave behind the old practices that the costa rican people, rightly fault us with. there is no difference between the ruling party and the opposition. if the political class fails, once again, our country could fall apart. the rise of the former world bank official has surprised many. he emerged from the shadows to the presidency after serving only 8 months as finance minister in the previous administration. he brought a popular streak to they usually subdued costa rican presidential campaign. exploiting a growing resentment against traditional parties and peoples worries of writing, unemployment crime, and the cost of living in costa rican politics. we are now in a new era total will be highly toward one of the
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big changes in terms of support. and also political parties are weak and they're like total bases are small. since clinton victory, though travis has shown a more traditionally conservative side, promising to keep public finances, solvent, and reducing expectations on immediate major increases on social spending. observers, faye, you will face an uphill battle m, m, increasingly disillusioned public. his party will have only 10 of costa rica, 57 congressional seats, meaning you will have to reach agreements with a more traditional parties. there are 2 questions why he's going to be able to build a team because these people don't know each other at all. and they are going to have to work together so that that's a big question. and the other big question that the biggest,
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i would say it's precisely that the people really voted for him who wanted them larosa. when are they going to do? cuz they won't have it because that week as long been recognized as central america's most stable country, applauded for its environmental and moderate economic policies. but many believe that if chavez fails, his presidency could trigger a more and stable and terrible in time for this country. allison are and victim al jazeera, the man who led the crackdown on pro democracy protesters in hong kong is its new chief executive. but the e was foreign policy chief says john lees appointment violates democratic norms. lee was the only candidate in a secret ballot vetted by china's government. adrian brown reports from hong kong with china's endorsement. it was just a question,
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but how big john lee's winning margin would be to give the appearance of an open contest? the secret votes were presented to the election committee before being counted. congratulations, a landslide. 1416 votes. in his acceptance speech, lee promised to leader hong kong that was carrying open, vibrant and vigilant safeguarding our country's sovereignty. national security and development interests. protecting hong kong from internal and external press and insuring as stability will continue to be of paramount importance. the former number 2 in the hong kong government had previously served the security chief authorizing the use of tear gas rubber, bullets, and occasional live rounds to disperse, protested during the unrest of 2019, oh, it was an election day of one candidate, 3 protesters and lots of police,
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7000 officers, in fact, enough to keep the few dissenting voices well away from the convention center where the vote was held. analysts say the john lee has china's trust, but winning the trust to hong kong could be more difficult. trust can be rebuilt through several ways. one way is by restoring accountable government in hong kong, which is in the based i would say under the administration of kerry lamb. so that requires the cooperation of the media of let's go of civil society. sunday was also mother's day in hong kong. some people we spoke to were aware, there was an election, but just weren't sure that the candidates name. oh sunday, but yeah. yeah. well, no,
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one thing you said is only when teddy's rouse, funk on people was supposed to choose their leader for the 1st time in 2017. it didn't happen then it hasn't happened. now raising the prospect that this could be the model for future elections to choose. hong kong leader, adrian brown, al jazeera, hong kong, australia's to leading candidates for prime minister have held a 2nd televised debate 2 weeks before voters had to the pulse. prime minister scott morrison and opposition leader anthony albany, is debated. rising inflation, climate change, and energy policies. australia has pledged to achieve net 0 carbon emissions by 2050, but a major policy change is needed to meet that target. it also needs a plan to face the threat of whether disasters. one report suggests the cost of natural disasters could increase to $73000000000.00 a year. by 2060. the cost of living is a big concern for many voters,
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the annual inflation rate jumped to 5 point one percent diminishing the income and savings of millions of people. this election is a choice. it's a choice that has got an impact significantly on the future of all australians. it's a choice between a government that has a strong economic plan that is ensure the destroyer is coming out of this pandemic, stronger than almost any advanced economy in the world, to die with our employment falling with a triple, i credit writing and a budget that turned around by a $100000000000.00 in the last 12 months, so we can provide real cost of living for life. the cost of living maces that he spoke about, a old temporary that have all the sincerity of a fight tain. i disappear once people have cassi vied and named people back on their own. again. this is it government that doubled the day before the pain damage . and what scott didn't tell you about the triple i credit riding was that that was achieved under the full not lied the government way with the government that ha,
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that in has been maintained. gunman have killed at least 48 people and attacks on 3 villages in northwest nigeria, local official se damari in some forest state was hardest hit. 32 people died including patients at a hospital. the northwest and central regions have set of seem years of violence with criminal gangs rating villages stealing cattle and carrying out mass abductions in democratic republic of congo. more than 50 people had been killed in an attack by an armed group in the ne security forces. se the armed group attacked a camp for displaced people into google in the province of a tory official say the attack lasted several hours, starting with people living in the camp before spreading to a nearby village. they also reportedly took some residence hostage before moving out of the village into the bush. hundreds of tunisians have rallied to support president, ty sides plans to rewrite the constitution. there is concerned the public show of
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support could be used as a pretext to dissolve political parties. opposition groups accused side of a power grab by dissolving parliament and ruling by decrease. women's rights activists and mexico are demanding justice for victims of gender based violence. dozens marched towards the presidential palace in the capital mexico city. demonstrators included relatives of fem of fem aside victims, survivors of sexual violence and feminist groups. the u. n says on average 10 women are killed every day in mexico. an iconic portrait of marilyn monroe is going up for auction in the us on monday. andy we're holes ninety's, sixty's painting could become the most expensive 20th century painting sold. kristen salome has more from new york a modern day. mona lisa, that's how the chairman of christie's is describing a portrait of marilyn monroe. andy war halls shot sage blue marilyn is up for
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auction one in a series, the 1st to be auctioned off in nearly 25 years were haul created the iconic silkscreen image of monroe after the actress died of a sleeping pill overdose in 1962. some 60 years later, the public is still fascinated by her life and death was genius is because he encapsulated the tragedy and the disaster of marilyn the suicide. after having the most amazing life being the most beautiful woman, the peace comes from the private collection of thomas and doris, a mon, and as the centerpiece of the auction house is marquis sales week, i was maryland is expected to shatter records for contemporary art. when it goes up for auction on monday, bringing in the realm of $200000000.00 or more instantly putting its fire in an elite class of collectors, there is no region that is completely disinterested with also tells you something.
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the pending sale is attracting international interest. why is this piece expecting to fetch more than any other contemporary art piece in history? in this case, you guess a beautiful main thing by one of the greatest artists of art history. and he gets the most famous main thing off this artists to show the beauty and disaster at the same time. no other painting has ever shown this so well. and perhaps no other painting has been so well poised to capitalize on post pandemic pent up demand to see and purchase art. kristin salumi al jazeera new york. ah, this is al jazeera and these are the top stories. ukraine's president says 60 people have been killed after russia bombed a school in the east of the country.
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