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ah, ah, al jazeera selects ah several busses carrying ukrainian vices lead from the us of stall steel, pont and murray. a pole after being trapped for more than 2 monks. ah! did, but all this is all g, r lie from doe ha! also coming up. oh, anti establishment candidates make significant gains and lebanon's election as blind its allies news that parliamentary majority was president joe biden calls on
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americans to reject supremacy theories following the shooting and buffalo that killed 10 black people. we have to refuse to live in a country. black people going about a weekly grocery shopping can be gunned down by weapons of war, deployed, interracial cause, and a heat wave sweeps through northern india and pakistan, many regions and now facing a water shortage. a long and bloody seed shall be as of solstio want. and now polly's coming to an end more than 260 ukrainian fighters have been brought out from the vast complex ukraine says it's working to rescue those who remain. russia says the soldiers surrendered and says on the verge of claiming full control of the port, city, tory again be reports after $82.00 days under ground. these wounded ukrainian
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soldiers of finally leaving the as of stell steel plant. a russian buses displaying the letters ed, symbolic of its invasion. for months, these fighters from the as of battalion, attempted to defend the steel plant in mary apple. and prevent russian soldiers from completely taking over the port city. but out numbered and overpowered. ukraine says its mission to defend the plant is over c star. when you call my defenders of merrier po, fulfilled all the time vet by their commanders. unfortunately, we do not have the opportunity to unblock as hostile by military means. the fight for the still works and the plight of civilians and fighters trapped there captured the world's attention. all women, children, and elderly have already been rescued. president vladimir zalinski says the priority now is to move out the rest of the fight is still in the plant. so dicky deem again, he's calls blanks to the actions of the ukrainian military, the international committee of the red cross. and the un,
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we hope that we will be able to save the lives of our guys. there are severely wounded soldiers among them. they've been given kiana. i want to stress that ukraine needs ukrainian heroes alive. though seriously wounded, have been taken to a medical facility in the russian control town of novo as ask they could become part of a prisoner swap. jerome, which was over the past 24 hours, 265 militants laid down their arms and surrendered, including $51.00 seriously wounded. all those in need of medical care were sent for treatment to a hospital in the don yet sc people's republic. ukrainian fighters say they held out in ava's store for weeks to buy time for the rest of ukraine to battle russian forces and secure west and arms needed to withstand russia's assault. that the evacuation marks the end of what could be one of the longest and most bloody battles of the crane war. mary uphold, is now in ruins,
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and ukraine says tens of thousands of people have died. victoria gate and b al jazeera, international criminal court prosecutor has sent a team to ukraine to investigate suspected war crimes. a bank has more from denise . we know that they said that st wanted to investigate, including investigators forensic stuff, support soft to investigate allegations of war crimes. things asian by russia. now, what they've said is that this will help them investigate and look into what's been taking place yet, but it's not just allegations against russia, although the bulk of those allocations, again, russia in terms of those math grades that we've seen and through check, and also education based invariable but also the obligation because the crane and military of strength and executing prisoners of war. so that's what they've said, but also the same from the still strikes, taking states, a constant across the country, the north of the country. people have been 12 routed the strike,
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and that just shows that the battles may be over in terms of medical, but the war continues. performance candidates 11 on have a big game sunday parliamentary elections. official results have confirmed the wrong back. has the law. this allies have lost their majority. saudi aligned lebanese forces partly have, sorry party have also made gains to become the biggest christian look. said a 100 volts from many of the old faces are back when a meaningful number of new ones made it into lebanon's parliament, which now has a new balance of power. the iranian back has been a party and its allies lost their majority, but no other political grouping or party can claim victory. the opposition may be sizable, but not united. what is a 1st, however, and post civil war politics are the so called reformists, who want at least 10 percent of the seats. these are candid, it's not affiliated to any of the mainly sectarian parties. we have to be ers
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ers, the king go maker. oh, because we have not. we don't have to be in the polarization. we have to create a bridge. ah, those new voices will stand in the middle of long time enemies. tensions have already spilled onto the streets. supporters of rival parties fought on election day 3 alerts, local observers also documented attacks on their teams by supporters, mostly from she. our groups has bella, and among many observers with the so many pressures, especially in the electoral districts of south and bol buckhead mal. by some of parties, delegates, and each us and even supporters. the she, our groups may have preserved the $27.00 seats allocated to their sect, but observer say they can no longer claim sol representation. but they did everything they counter intimidates, voters candidates and their representatives,
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the lead constituencies, and at the same farm. those are also a, an alternative she or vote. so as a she or vote which went outside the box and through their opponents. and that happened for the 1st time, in spite of their attempts to keep it contained through the ballot box. there is no doubt change has begun. but the old divide has bella and its allies on one hand, and the christian lebanese forces on the other hasn't gone away. lebanon's leaders will need to work together to agree on a new government and elect a president in a few months. political deadlock is not unusual in this fractured country, but there is an urgent need to adopt her forms and laws to rescue a collapse the economy and a polarized parliament won't make that easy. the divide dates back to the civil war which ended in 1990 after which power was divided between sects. but lebanon's parliamentary democracy is in reality, a consensual democracy. unanimity is needed for the system to work and peace to be
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maintained. santa hud, or al jazeera, beirut, french president amendment com is urging israel to swiftly complete investigations into the killing of veteran al jazeera journalist. trina, black to us democratic congressman, are also pushing for an f. b i investigation into the killing of sharing screen was a u. s citizen, she was shot dead by israeli forces while on assignment in the occupied west bank on wednesday. the death has sparked global condemnation and calls to denounce the targeting of journalists. u. s. president joe biden is in buffalo to meet families of victims and saturdays mass shooting. 10 people were killed in a racially motivated attack. a document promoting white supremacists, supremacist rather views that was reportedly post is posted by the gunman, emerged on mine after the shooting. president biden is expected to call on congress to take action on gun ownership. speaking in buffalo, he said the ideology behind the attacks was a threat to us democracy woocommerce who experiment in democracy
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is in danger. like it hasn't been in my life time. shouldn't danger this, our hayden fear of being given too much oxygen by those who pretend to love america, we have to refuse to live in a country or black people going about a weekly grocery shopping. can be gun down by weapons of war, deployed in a racist cause. we have to refuse to live in a country where fear and lies are packaged for power. and for profit. it must all list this great cause of america. this is worked requires all of us present polish tissues, commentators, citizens, none of us can stay in the sidelines. you. our soldiers are being sent back to somalia to help combat the armed group bell shall bob president?
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joe biden's reversal of donald trump's decision follows the election of somalis, new president. i'll san shakela moods was sworn in on sunday during a security lockdown to prevent a repeat of attacks. a report at malcolm web in southern somalia says u. s. troops redeploying from nearby countries. well the us says they'll carry on what they were doing 2 and a half years ago before donald trump remove them, which include training, the somali armed forces. the american troops are meant to be engaging in combat, but they can provide some kind of support from behind the lines when the small national army is fighting the group policy. bob, there are other elements to the u. s. military operation here. that includes drones strikes which have flown from bases in japan, city and the state department says this is all much more effective if it has it. soldiers here actually on the ground was donald trump didn't actually take them back to america. he just moved them from somalia. to neighboring countries, to booty and kenya,
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and so this redeployment will bring them back here to somalia. still ahead on al jazeera, after 2 years of pandemic disruptions, the com film festival is finally back in full swing will take you live to the french riviera. pos, the problem that won't go away. our disagreements of a northern ireland are causing headaches. the diplomat in brussels. ah, ah hey, there are dead storms have really been a big problem across the middle east. let me show you right off the bat. so this is in iraq, the sandstorm so far in the past month, thousands of people in hospital and the winds are now carrying this through the ruby and peninsula, so we'll pick up the story there. so these arrows, that's the wind, it's going to be particularly bad for the eastern province of saudi bahrain. and
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katherine, especially when you consider doha, we'll see those windows of about 60 kilometers per hour, not just wednesday, but into thursday as wall. that's our picture for that dusty and he's the skyline temperatures are above average here. got to talk about that in pakistan starting to dial it up. so here we are on wednesday, jacob, about $46.00 degrees. and i think by friday, we are very likely to see temperatures in the fifty's again. so darker the red, the higher the temperature, new upshaw. we've got you in for 50 degrees off to turkey and we're going to get striped with some solid bands of rain around the boss for as see those winds pick up as well. for is stumble with the high 24 degrees. central africa looks like this . it's quieter toward the east. it's western areas where we've got these storms flaring up. and for south africa, big change in house temperatures in cape town with the rain moving in and a height of 20 degrees c later. ah,
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is over. more than 260 ukrainian vices have been brought out from a law stronghold of resistance. the city of murray pulp, bratia says they surrendered. you as president joe biden has called on americans to reject the ideology of white supremacy on a trip to buffalo. president bind and met the families of victims of sash days, mass shooting, which they have 10 people did as belonged. its allies in lebanon have lost their majority in parliament, results from sunday's election. chose major gaines, the lebanese forces party, the christian group aligned to saudi arabia, several anti establishment candidates, one seats as well. have 75th con film festival is getting underway. 21 films are in the running for the festivals top prize, the palm, the all the events organizes are hoping to revive global enthusiasm for movies. after the pandemic close and him, his world white charlie angela joins us now live from con charlie. what is con,
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celebrating this year? with well, can, it's very keen to show that it is business as usual, after every bruising 2 years for cinema's worldwide at one point. but every cinema with us in the world was closed in the very future of the syllabus. fried was really in question. so yes, business as usual, which is what this is really about. and it's why you won't see any films produced by streaming services, like netflix and amazon. now, this is about celebrating the cinematic experience we've just seen. the cast and crew of the opening film, cooper, enter the growing ballet where they received a standing ovation. and that's what this festival is all about. we will see some blockbuster films, we'll see the top gun them with tom cruise bows, lumens biopic, about elvis. those are the, the bait to lure in the media to learn the fans and the celebrities. but the real
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meat here is those 21 films vying for that palm dual prize. not surprised that can really for pell and obscure production into the main stream as it did in 2019 with the south korean film power site, which one the palm here and then went on to win the battle scuff of best film. and the jury is going to be scrutinizing films from iran, south korea, japan romania, u. s. frank and many others. and we heard from the panel earlier and they said that they're going to be leaving any pre conceived ideas of cinema at the door. and just opening their hearts to what is on the big screen. so they have a tough job ahead of them over the next 2 weeks. but in the meantime, the buzz is backing pat antelli. we also understand that the festival is wading into world politics. what can you tell us on that front? yes, so the festival has decided to roll out the red carpet for ukrainian delegation this
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year for produce and filmmakers from the country. they've subsidized that travel and they're really promoting that production as much as possible. those are going to be discussions a whole day hosting conferences about how to, how the industry can help rebuild the film industry in ukraine host war. on the other hand, they will so band official russian delegations from attending, including any official russian john list from, from, from, from critiquing any of these films will, however, see from russian direct to kill sir bremond. now he's a director who has publicly denounced the war. he's currently living in berlin, and he's going to be bringing his film, tchaikovsky, his wife, about the russian composer, which will be featuring in competition. there are going to be some special screening from about ukraine, one. it's a documentary called mario for us to buy lithuanian director mantas they'd, they'd investigate. he alleged to do was killed by russian forces in mario in early
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april. and that is the document that many here a very keen to see. now the documentary will, will be from the ukrainian director. that again does meet sir, and that will be looking at how the civilian population of germany were affected by the bombardment in world war 2. now we had been director of the festival chevy fema earlier today. and he said that we don't always get it right when it comes to politics, but we're trying to angela and com. thank you. british foreign secretary liz trance, says she intends to introduce new legislation to change parts of the northern ireland protocol. e was warned, the u. k, against trying to alter the post wrecks at trade deal on its own. all the irons pro british democratic unionist party is also opposed to move therapy mornings of a trade warf. no agreement is reached. china hall has more from northern ireland main shipping port. while a moment of context told you that he's long behind me,
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the c port that checks going on on goods arriving in northern ireland from great britain. checks that exist under the post brags in northern ireland protocol, a new customs arrangement, effectively a customs border down the irish sea that is at the hawk. now of an escalating dispute between the u. k and the e u. lease trust putting forward britain's the u. k. government next step in what is of course, also a very serious situation here in northern ireland power sharing government under the good friday peace agreement has stalled, has broken down with the democratic unionist party boycotting in opposition to the northern ireland protocol that they say undermines northern islands place within the u. k. internal market. and as well as that, of course, you've got the you who are saying that if britain goes along with these unilateral measures, that could spark a trade war lease trust the setting out
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a plan of vision for future legislation to be brought forward. not now, but at some point in the summer that would allow for those unilateral changes to the protocol to, to take place. now, does that solve northern islands problems as things stand right now when it's quite hard, frankly, to see how it does because the d u. p has said that they will not be enticed back into government by the promise of legislation. they want to see actual legislation . they simply don't trust the word of the government at westminster, that they say, say, see as having betrayed unionism here by agreeing to the protocol in the 1st place. extreme weather is affecting millions of people across south asia and the middle east. health warnings have been issued in northern india for temperatures have reached 49 degrees centigrade. have any reports from new, denny? uganda don't de beds out doors as he prepares for
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a long day at his construction site where he lives with his family in a makeshift shack like hundreds of millions of indians, he's forced to risk their health and who work in the record breaking wheat. the letter, though soft recall you re did masonry of 100 feet, but now we can do only 70 feet. are contractors often get angry with us because of this? i feel we need to rest for a day or 2. it's too hard, but if he don't work, what will we eat? some on parts of south asia arrived early this year. march was the hottest in a century in the region, while april broke several records. average temperatures are $6.00 to $9.00 degrees celsius above normal. some areas in new delhi recently surpassed 49 degrees. jakob about in south east pakistan reached an all time high of 51 degrees. dozens of people have died of heat related illnesses and pakistan, while millions are struggling with our basic amenities such as access to clean
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water and electricity. finally got been able to literally ard color that we haven't seen such a heat wave before. we're worried because our lie stock sick due to the excessive heat. the vegetation is dried up, the water tables going down. we have to use wet clothes to cover ourselves to try to beat the heat. the extreme heat is damaging crops and threatening to further increase fuel prices, making the poor even more vulnerable when so lot of your population is in such a big re, had gotten the lot have the food was as simple as that in these countries from that . so so that a look biggest, another very big or into one that ability. but this you get along with applied with factors. it's also the mommy and the situation of these leaders. coaching temperatures have spurred demand for electricity, causing a cold shortage. the indian government says it will import cold to prevent power cuts, and it's not just the blistering heat experts a global warming is changing weather patterns in the region. why rain fall in
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northern india has been much lower than normal. the north east is reeling from heavy rains. at least 10 people have been killed, and landslides have cut off basic services for thousands of people. bob name it the al jazeera new delhi. the extreme heat wave is heard india's wheat production forcing it to impose a ban on exports. india was planning to boost output may come to the global shortfall from missing ukrainian wheat. and now after the indian export ban, global prices have surged when you record the u. s is urged india to reverse the ban saying the failure to do that could was, and food shortages of world wide indonesia farm as a demanding the government lift its ban on palm oil exports because their livelihoods are being threatened. the complaining at the 70 percent cut in palm fruit prices since shipments were stopped. last month, the world's top palm oil exports are said at band exports to protect supplies at home and help reduce rising food prices. north korea has enlisted the army and
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applied 10000 health workers to trace patience with coven. 196 new desks were reported on tuesday for the, for the 270000 people showing fever like symptoms. it's leader kim john is by me. health officials for being irresponsible in their handling of the crisis. robert, by the forts from saul young, shania you after 2 and a half years of denying its very existence. north korea seems not only to have accepted the arrival of the pandemic them, but that it's now everywhere. the outbreak dominates extended coverage on state run media with people being encouraged to adopt good hygiene, exercise and home grown remedies are good with the emphasis on living with the virus rather than isolating from it to him, i got an awesome kiddos whom the malignant virus spreads very quickly, but on the other hand, not a danger of to patricia is low. it came to completely destroyed nashika,
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2 case studies of families who have apparently contracted the virus and then recovered. have been widely aired to me are we all got sick. this father says then adding, they all got better within a couple of days. their message seems to be don't panic. not only that, it's very different from the confident face that north korea has shown to the world in public parades and gatherings in recent months, which could prove to have been major super spread at events. leader kim jones has criticized his officials and ordered pharmacies to provide more medicines. given most people experience mild symptoms from the army kron variant, it's been established the cold and flu remedies can help. but that's on top of comprehensive vaccination campaigns. and so far, north korea has resisted all international offers of vaccines, including from south korea. this mile type of cobit 19 spreading through
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a complete sleet. unprotected population seems to be uncharted territory with neighboring health officials looking on with concern. you could put clinical under gothic one hm group, cuz we don't know what the consequences of this on the chron variant will be when it spreads to a large number of people who have never been in contact with covered 19. there are enough reasons to pay attention to this with interest on it. adding to north korea's problems is widespread malnutrition from food shortages from an economy racked by years of sanctions and a weak medical system. many observers believe it can't afford a hard lockdown like other countries and has no choice but to tough it out and been rob mcbride, al jazeera, so actually known you covered 19 infections have been reported in china's largest city for 3rd successive day restrictions and shanghai a solely being east doctrine, although 7 week locked down some supermarket, some restaurants have reopened with public transport,
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expected to resume at the weekend. ccd, to say the lockdown should be lifted by next month. but the 25000000 population will still need frequent testing. prisons, queen elizabeth has made a surprise visit to the wild 1st old digital railway named after her. after years of delays and billions of the budget, the elizabeth line is finally days away from starting to speed. passengers across london, a warning that need baucus report has flash photography. a crowning moment for europe's largest infrastructure project. queen elizabeth lending her name to london's biggest single transport upgrade for more than a century. a decade in the making. the line is a journey into the future. forget the cramp tunnels of the cities, 19th century tube network. this is something else. light fil chambers, serenely curved, concrete and glass, it feels like a huge mod, not gallery, not a mode of transport. it provides state of the art fast clean ambient services that
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london as will flock to so that plus the economic benefit, something like 42 percent 1000000000 pounds injection to the u. k. economy. this trudy is a game changer for london. the trains are smoother and faster than any think seen of the city before. speeding travelers from one side of central london to the other in 9 minutes. as the u. k. race is to reach its target of net 0 carbon emissions by 2050. public transport is key. these are all cathedral like of a worldly space, is designed to accommodate this growing metropolis. making the morning commute less of her squeeze. a more of a breeze, but at $23000000000.00 it hasn't come cheap. that's 5000000000, more than expected. twice the price of the london 2012 olympics or 15. buckingham palace is the drop in passage numbers. during the pandemic, st. left
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a $1800000000.00 hole in transport for london's finances. and we 20 percent fewer people using the underground network, choosing to from home. instead, there were concerns about when this new line will stop paying for itself. the process of pouring tunnels and point concrete was finish years ago. but turning this into the most advanced digital railway of the world was a 120 kilometer long i t nightmare. this is a probably the world's most complex fully digital railway. it undoubtedly as the world's most complicated signaling system with 4 different signaling systems. we've got 16000000 digital parks on the thrower, so to bring them all together, it's been quite a challenge actually, but we, we kind of got there and the, and the other customers will reap the benefits of this entire project is war massive exercise in engineering problem solving inside of an escalator here, a fully caraway. on may, the 24th, when the line opens to the public,
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these 250 meter long platforms will reverberate with the sound of thousands of travelers. queen elizabeth was born in an age of steam trains. now the elizabeth line is driving the future of digital transport. the park al jazeera london. ah, either this is al jazeera, these, the top stories, ukraine's military command that says the mission to defend the us of solstio plant is over. more than 260 ukranian fighters have been brought out from the last stronghold of resistance in the city of mario paul has belie and its allies in lebanon have lost their majority. and parliament results from sundays election show major gains for the lebanese forces party. the christian group aligned to saudi arabia. several reformers, candidates, one seats, 2 french president amendment corners, urging is.
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