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to discover the current events with diverse coaches and conflicting politics. one 0, one east. on al jazeera, ah hundreds of ukrainian fighters are evacuated to russian held territory as ukraine ends at symbolic defense of mario poles as of style still works. but their fate is uncertain with russia moving to declare the as of regiment a terrorist organization and exclude them from any prisoner exchanges ah, or entails his anger 0 live from london. also coming up, he will march for room. white supremacy will not have the last word.
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yes, president joe biden visits the scene of the supermarket, shooting in buffalo, where 10 people were killed, most of them black and his banner and its allies lose their majority lebanon's parliament. there was no clear winner in sunday's elections. the country faces more political paralysis. ah, hello to weeks of fending off heavy russian fighting the fate of ukrainian forces. who made a symbolic last stand in multiples as our style still works is unclear. moscow's as more than 250 ukrainian soldiers who surrendered and 51 will be treated for serious injuries. in the russian controlled burnett's region. ukraine says it will do everything possible to save the unknown number still trust trapped and the steel works. or last, offenders are mixture of seasons. soldiers, border guards,
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volunteers, and the as of regiment. a former nationalist militia, which was integrated into ukraine's national guard. ukraine's defense ministry has praised them for changing the course of the war of to holding russian troops at bay during more than 80 days of brutal bombardment. they want them back on ukrainian how territory and to suggested a prisoner swap. but russia's prosecutor general has asked the supreme court to declare the as of regiment a terrorist organization. and as parliament is now considering banning the exchange of captured as of members for russian prisoners of war. as a bag begins our coverage from the city of ne pro after $82.00 days under ground, these wounded ukrainian soldiers are finally leaving the as of stall steel plot. a russian buses displayed the letter said symbolic of its invasion. for months, these fighters from the as of battalion attempted to defend the steel planting,
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merrier pole, and prevent russian soldiers from completely taking over the port city. but out numbered and overpowered. ukraine says its mission to defend. the plight is over. stolen you comma, defenders of merrier. pull fulfilled all the time that by their commanders. unfortunately, we do not have the opportunity to unblock, as often by military means to fight for the steel works and the plight of civilians and fighters trapped there captured the world attention. all women, children, and elderly have already been evacuated. president vladimir zalinski says the priority now is to move out the rest of the fighters still in the plant. so dicky deem again, he's calls but thanks to the actions of the ukrainian military, the international committee of the red cross and the you in. we hope that we will be able to save the lives of our guys. there are severely wounded soldiers among them that have been given care. i want to stress that ukraine needs ukrainian heroes alive. though seriously wounded have been taken to
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a medical facility in the russian control town. and over as often, they could become part of a prisoner swap gera, when she 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 fighter se they held out in as of style for weeks to buy time for the rest of ukraine to battle russian forces and secure western arms needed to withstand russia's assault, but the evacuation marks the end of what could be one of the longest and bloody battles of the ukraine war. mario pole is not in ruins, and ukraine says, tens of thousands of people have died with ukraine accepting that. the battle for the other store plant unmarried police over the russians now have the advantage to antics crime in as well as a significant victory for the strategically important port city. what with the
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fighting in the east, continuing and with daily mis island stripes, the voice fall from over. i said, bake i just, there are any pro i can russia the recalls for the soldiers to be questioned as part of an investigation into what the criminal describes is ukrainian regime crimes. one russian politician wants the death penalty to be considered for the as of fighters. total jabari has more from moscow. russia's prosecutor has asked the courts to declare the ukraine's as of italian as a terrorist organization. we've also been hearing about it debates on going in at russia's lower house of parliament. that is the state duma. the speaker of duma has said that these are members of the as of italian who are now in russia. defense ministry has city art so called nazi criminals and they should not be exchanged or any, or take part in any of the prisoner change that will be coming in the weeks ahead. so that they are not to be
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a given up that easily and that they should be put before court. we've also been hearing from the nodes slots. he who is the chairman of dumas international affairs committee. he's also part of moscow's negotiating team with ukraine. and he had some much more severe views about what should happen to members of the as of italian that are now in russian past city. this is what he had to say. you're just going is huge. burslur jeff should dervish the chris, but they do not deserve to live after those monstrous crimes against humanity the day committed and which are being committed continuously against our prisoners of war. they returned to us with their fingers cut off and so on, but we shall think carefully and maybe go along with this proposal. since these animals in human form should get what they deserve. martin ukraine, southern port city of odessa has strong historical links to russia and many people there still identify as russian ukrainian officials say some local collaborators are helping the cremins war effort by supplying sensitive information under bill
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how he has been out with a police swat team it's working to root them out. sh with this issue still asleep this ukrainians. what deem sets up on his daily mission going after people suspected of having links with russia. oh, the nightly curfew is about to be lifted. they assured the person of interest is to let oh yes. and you are a deluded, good doria, but yours. we have people in odessa who supports russia. we found weapons and ammunitions they were planning to use once the russian army arrived in the city. when you to this day, but the situation and use against a local official, suffolk atoria. they have connections to the russian military, but it will been, you know, like a dozen years russia, ukraine has been under martial law since the beginning of the war. the government
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believes that informants are helping the russian army underground. so this has become their main task, going from home to home in the hunt for possible collaborators. this man turned out to be innocent. but on the 2nd raid, the man opened the door wearing a t shirt from his days as a soldier in the soviet army shall listen. warrior with, do you have any russian em blends or symbols? they ask me news he denies. but in the next room, they find the russian colors. in his computer reveals, he is following russia, news outlets band in ukraine since the start of the war. and when pressed about the conflict on $1000000000.00, we were shooting dope boss for 8 years. and now they are forming us in return is law. who is right, who is wrong? i don't know, asked the politicians on a someone, jill,
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it and what them bullshit. but his message is on his phone that aroused the most suspicion, glorifying the russian military's past and present. and talking about the ukrainian army in a they were going to give way acknowledge is having a big role in this war. there are several apps and chat rooms where citizens can submit photos, videos and information about people or vehicles they deem suspicious. saber investigators lived through hundreds of tips every day was verified. they pass on the information to the swat team. ukraine claims that more than $700.00 collaborators have been detained, and dozens of act of sabotage have been disrupted so far. but it's a fine line, especially places like odessa, which share historical roots with russia. it's a difficult situations. vit lana tells us, as her husband is taken away when i do not agree with the war.
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but we lived in soviet union. i'm half russian. how can i throw the rush and like away? yeah, yes, i don't agree. i don't understand what's going on. but this is my blood. should i have a lot of me to raise it? it's more difficult for him because all his army better and friends are there. there are still people in ukraine were torn between the 2 identities condemning rushes attack on the country, but not able to this. i vowed their past. most of the people question on that they were let go to the police, the task of figuring out who poses a real threat is a challenge with that that i meet al jazeera, odessa, finland's president says he's optimistic about resolving issues with turkey over bids from finland. and sweden to join nato. saudi minister met a swedish prime minister, my de leon anderson in stockholm on tuesday. both countries are pushing ahead with their applications, even though turkey insists it won't allow them into the alliance because of their
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an edge support full kurdish p k. k fighters, foreign ministers of sweden and finland have signed a formal application that has to be handed over on wednesday at the onset headquarters in brussels. is sophia la da wilkes in sweden and finland. we have a great to go hand in hand through this entire process and tomorrow will file the application to nato together. it's a message of strength and a clear signal that we stand united going into the future ahead of time. ah, yes, president joe biden says the ideology behind saturday's mast shooting in buffalo. new york is a threat to us. democracy is visited the scene of the attack, which left 10 people dead, most of them black as well as that meeting relatives of those killed a document promoting white supremacist views that was reportedly posted by the gunman emerged on line after the attack. president biden is expected to call on
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congress to take action on gun ownership. nuclear experiment in democracy is in danger. like it hasn't been in my life time, which is in 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 where black people going about a weekly grocery shopping can be gunned down by weapons of war, deployed in a racist cause. we have to refuse to live in a country. we're fear and lies are packaged for power. and for profit. it must all list this great cause of america. this is work requires all of us present polish tissues. commentators, citizens, none of us can stay inside lives. the french president, emmanuel mccoy,
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was pushed for a rapid investigation into the killing of veteran al jazeera journalist, sharing a cli during a phone call with israel's prime minister to u. s. democratic congressman also pushing for an f b i investigation into her death. sharina was a us citizen, she was shot dead by israeli forces on assignment in the occupied westbank on wednesday. congressman andre cosson and lou korea, a collecting signatures to ask the bureau to investigate with the killing of the american palestinian journalist in his ready territory, violated any u. s. laws. democratic congresswoman rashid at live whose of palestinian descent has condemned sharina killing. she told on tuesday or the u. s. must be more fun with israel to push it to uphold human rights. oh, well mainly you hear people saying that we must use leverage of the money and the funding from the united states to promote human rights to push back against
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apartheid government to push back against the racism, the killings in the work that of the united states. again, need to continue to speak up because our silence from the president bite into a number of his officials are using words that i feel like, are you careful or not strong enough to make sure that these really government knows were extremely serious about, again, upholding human rights we found hypocritical when we say, well, hold human rights and other countries and post war crimes. but when it comes to the apartheid government of israel, we are silent still to come this half hour. people are urged to stay indoors as indian pakistan left reeling by a series of heat waves. i'm charlie angela at the 75th can film festival weather. red carpet is being rolled out for hollywood, blockbusters art house films, and delegations from ukraine is the film. it is to gab is off to a bruising 2 years.
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ah the it's been colder windy in tasmania. and similarly in some parts. victoria, the cold in the wind, the easing a little bit, but the still plenty shouts of rain still to come through. and the sun then does his work week, though it is the cloud that you might seen coming through western australia. you see a little bit of rain in south australia behind it. the sun is out per se at $21.00 . for the steady for new zealand, there's a feed down from the warmer waters. and so there's a warning out for good part, a sound of significant rain mostly on the high drive, but not entirely. i think christ church and, and even will probably stay dry. but that's your picture, this rain for is up into, nor found as well. a good part of indonesia is fairly dry. now. doesn't look it in satellite picture of the forecast. concentration of showers. is the philippines
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than to west popular? probably sort of ways in parts of borneo. much of sumatra is dry. good pub job or is even potentially malays your looks that way because the concentration that rain heading towards me and my that sort of an arm of the eastern side of the southwest monsoons. her rain here rain also. you'll notice for carola, for the good part of southern india, weather alert, tactful, persistent rabbit, the heaviest, recently has been up in the northeast of india when the what his place in the world and the warnings persist. ah, african stories of resilience and perry. i get younger vienna, right with tradition and dedication to live with that short documentary sky african film,
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make it on the white 9. and the bookmaking africa direct on al jazeera oh a one of the top stories 0 ukraine has ended in defense of the as of style still works in mario po for them. 260 soldiers have been evacuated to russian. how territory ukraine's defense mystery has praised them for changing the course of the war. by holding russian troops at bay, ukraine is seeking to have them returned as part of a prisoner swapping. but in moscow, the calls for members of the, as a regiment to be questioned, one russian politician says the death penalty should be considered for them. and
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you, as president joe biden says, the ideology behind saturday's mass shooting in buffalo, new york is a threat to us democracy to the scene of the attack and met relatives of the 10 people who were killed, most of whom were black to libya. now, where the man appointed prime minister by the countries parliament into brook says he will move his government to c o. 2 from wednesday fatty vash aga announced the move after a failed attempt to take over the capital. tripoli on tuesday morning. you and recognized administration of prime minister of the paper, refused to cede power and forced him out, triggering fighting between opposing militias. libya has had 2 governments since march, when the parliament appointed by shaka, as prime minister, despite the incumbent of the baby, saying the move was intimate and refusing to step aside. official results confirm iran backed his bullet and its allies last the majority
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and evidence parliamentary elections. while reformers candidates made big games. the saudi lined lebanese forces party, also one more seat, making its the biggest christian block, but no grouping security majority leaving the crisis. hit country facing more political deadlock center holder for some merit. many of the old faces are back, but a meaningful number of new ones made it into lebanon's parliaments, 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 candidates not affiliated to any of the mainly sectarian parties. we have to be as a king maker because we have not,
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we don't have to be in the polarization. we have to create a bridge. those new voices will stand in the middle of long time. enemy's tensions have already spilled onto the streets. supporters of rival parties fought on election day. the 3 local observers also documented attacks on their teams by supporters, mostly from she. our groups has below. and among many observers witness so many precious, especially in the electoral districts of and the bol buckhead. by some of parties, delegates and agents, and even supporters. the she groups may have preserved the $27.00 seats allocated to their sect, but observer say they can no longer claim sold representation. or they did everything, they cancel, intimidates, both those candidates, and they were presented to the constituency. and at the same time, does also
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a gun at the vote. so there's a vote which went outside the box and to their opponents. and that happened for the 1st time in spite of their attempts to keep it contained through the ballad box. there is no doubt change has begun. but the old divide has bala 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 performs 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 maintained than the others. ita beirut. extreme weather is affecting millions of
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people across south asia and the middle east. health warnings have been issued in northern india, but temperatures reached 49 degrees celsius scientists and linking the extreme heat to climate change. and say more than a 1000000000 people in india and neighboring pakistan are at risk. it's the 5th heat wave to hit the region. since march, probably me tell reports from new delhi you again to tune. they bids our doors as he prepares for 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 work in the record breaking wheat. let her go soft recall you. we did masonry of 100 feet, but now we can do only 70 feet. our contractors often get angry with us because of this. i feel we need to rest for a day or 2. it's too hot, but if he don't cook, what will we eat?
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some on parts of south asia arrived early this year. march was the hottest in a century in the region, while april brooks ever records. average temperatures are $6.00 to $9.00 degrees celsius above normal. some areas in new delhi recently surpassed 49 degrees. jacob hubbard, in southeast pakistan, reached an all time high of 51 degrees. dozens of people have died of heat related illnesses in pakistan, while millions are struggling with our basic amenities such as access to clean water and electricity. finally got been a or did any odd gun 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 we sold out of your population is in such
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a big re, had gotten the lot, have the feed rust acid boulevard in these countries from that. so so that a look biggest another very big boy, the one that ability or this you get along with applied with factors, baltic, 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 exports. a global warming is changing weather patterns in the region. why rainfall in northern india has been much lower than normal. the north east is reeling from heavy rains. at least 10 people have been killed, and lance lights have cut off basic services for thousands of people. bob name it the alta 0, new delhi sandstorms across the middle east of delayed flights, closed schools, and put thousands in hospital cutter, saudi arabia, kuwait and iran. have all been grappling with a problem in recent days where skyscrapers barely visible in some countries. kuwait
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port authority of now reopened all maritime operations of it at 3 ports at which were closed because of the bad weather. the middle east has always been battered by dust and sandstorms, but experts are there worsen because of climate change. iraq was just hit by its 8th sandstorm since mid april. trunk, as ruling party has blocked a new confidence motion against president. gotta buy a raj, a pack. so in parliament, it was triggered by growing anger and protest. economic crisis. yeah. the people gather near the president's office, demanding ledger packs a step down. the country is run out to some essential medicines and many is struggling to buy enough food. the government doesn't have enough foreign currency for crucial imports, including petrol, diesel and gas fuel stations have run dry. people have been queuing for hours anyway. in the hopes the pumps will be turned on. any participation, you know,
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where and the people lined up for kilometers and get me to unable to get the word so i can run a really good right now. can you do your daily day to day activities? yeah, i have from morning 430. so the expecting to come, but still we have not received it and we are getting the news that it won't be, i mean, today. and for the another 3 days, it won't be available. the cotton film festival is a showcase where the greatest cinema of the moment is. she is gathering on the french riviera opens after top 2 years for cinema during the period pandemic. and in the shadow of the ukraine war, charlie angelos that light cameras. action can a 2 week celebration of cinema after a bruising 2 years for the big screen. 35000 film buyers and sellers. critics and celebrities, a gathering to do business,
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and promote all genres of film festival is opening, but the french comedy final cut a love letter to filmmaking and budget zombie movies from the teen behind the oscar winner, the artist, the films causing cri, walked the red carpet earlier to the flash of both, and the cheers from fans, but is actually ukraine. that's going to be pulling focus this year. every door has been opened for their delegations. and there's lots of discussion here about how filmmakers can help the ukraine film industry rebuild itself host war. meanwhile, official russian delegations have been banned from attending, of thought to appear on the screen. was actually president lensky himself. and can you help out? yes, the high hate will end by disappearing on the dictates is will die. finally, we must, when we need cinema to guarantee this ending at each time it will be on the side of freedom back phosphor japan to us is, has always been. it will be above all the path of cinema. he or an all star jury
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will consider the 21 competing films and pick a winner for the palm dual prize. a prize that can propel a relatively obscure production into the main stream, but with only 5 films directed by women, i put forward the perennial question of diversity. this is a question for rebecca hall. as an actor and director, do you think the festival is doing enough to address gender equality and racial diversity with this lineup this year? the way that we are addressing those. the way that we're dealing with these things needs to be address on a grass roots level as well. it's not just, you know, the festivals, the public facing situations. it's also about cruise. it's also about all the minutia of what goes into the industry at large and a lot about to do with education outreach help to get people who don't have access to those doors in the room and can, has been called a cathedral dedicated to weld cinema. this film from japan, south korea, and iran,
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a keenly anticipated by critic no films from subsaharan. africa has been collected in any category that hasn't done there. it sounds of the african pavilion. the filmmakers from the continent have a unique set to skill. i think they are very good at doing it, make that clear to be a bit and so we don't need the film festival is leaning on blockbusters like the new top gun maybe to draw the media attention. but it is art how cinema. it's the champion between the explosion of streaming services and the closure cinema theater. and he's all the attention it can get. charlie angela al jazeera can ukraine's eurovision when his carriage orchestra planning a tour of europe to raise money for the ukrainian army all back on home soil band members performed for a crowd in the west institute believe saying that when it helped lift the spirits
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of their compatriots, and so auctioning, the eurovision trophy to raise funds for the war effort. oh, the bicycle that we are planning to sell the tropi. we want to sell it to collect money for ukraine, given that there are many people who can allow themselves to donate large amounts to support ukraine. this trophy will serve as an additional motivation to donate money for the sake of the country and our omi green ah, are modern top stories are now to 0. the ukrainian defense of the as of style still works in mario paul has ended on 260 soldiers who surrendered to the russians. 51 will be treated for serious injuries. crane's defense ministry has praised them for changing the course of the war by holding russian troops at bay during 81 days of bombardment.

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