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raising land is shrinking in some roots long used by wildlife for migration have been blocked by human settlements. to deal with all these canyon needs more money for conservation. and with the koran of ours, pandemic keeping many visitors awake revenue for towards him. is it not? here at the hour selling national park, an annual ceremony has been launched. the ha parisha than individuals pay $5000.00 to name an elephant. the aim this year is to raise $1000000.00, much of it for conservation initiatives. ah, israel's military confirms it is not opening and a criminal investigation into the killing of sharina block today. ah,
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hello there, i miss darcy, italian. this is al jazeera live from drama, also coming up. the red cross says it's registered hundreds of ukrainian prisoners of war from the other style steel plant and merrier. pull. the un secretary general, meanwhile, appeals to russia to open up ukrainian ports as wheat prices climb to new hires and a global food crisis. wesson's and severe flooding, and ne, in india, forces off a 1000000 people to flee their home. ah, now the israeli military has confirmed, it says it is not opening a criminal investigation into the killing of al jazeera journalist, sri and i blocked in the occupied west bank. korean was shot on the head by israeli forces while on assignment engine, in, on the day of her funeral israeli forces stormed the procession and beat mourners. cause in call there is to all my stuff. had coffin at that did not stop thousands
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of palestinians from marching through occupied east jerusalem to take part in her funeral and burial. members of the international community had condemned her killing and continue to call for an investigation. among com has worn out from west teresa. these really media report and the horrid newspaper is very specific on detail. it says that he's really on the police are not going to investigate it. the reason for that is because it would be a criminal investigation. and that in this current political climate is simply untenable. for the israelis, they cannot investigate and serving israeli army soldier in an active military operation. but something they just won't do these ready. all me won't, don't want it because it will be something that will give these re lease or soldiers pause for thought. next time they do something, if they are able to be prosecuted for anything that happens, it's unpopular amongst these railey public. they want to see their soldiers as
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being moral as being people who don't commit crimes. and finally, it's something that these ready government doesn't want because it will lose them support ill get to their rank and fall rolled up. and it probably made things very difficult for them, something the opposition will jump on. now the international community, however, has said that this does need to be investigated, needs to be investigated very thoroughly in the past. the israelites haven't really investigated incidents like this for those political reasons. i talked about earlier on the day that sharin avalon lake died. however, ned priced the state department spokesman or was blunt. he actually said he was very confident that these reviews could mountain investigation. we've seen, of course, it really depends. horses have already announced that there is an investigation underway. we welcome that announcement is important to us. it is important to the world that that investigation be thorough, that it be comprehensive, that it be transparent. and importantly, that investigations in,
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with full accountability and those responsible for her death being held responsible for their actions. do you trust those ratings investing in these really is have the wherewithal and the capabilities to conduct a thorough conference investigation. well let's now bring in, i'm a he josie, he's the palestinian assistant minister for multilateral affairs. he joins us now by scott, from ramallah. mr. jersey. thank you for your time. i want to start by asking you for your reaction to what israel has now confirmed that they will not be a criminal investigation. well, there is no surprise there whatsoever. the reasons is as clear as 1st that there is the cultural community that is entrenched and improved by a multitude of international reports. second, because that will draw me against the world documented turned off behavior that is
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really been conducting for over 40 years off. it's cruel occupation occupied but listening to the and thirdly, it is because that is really judicial system itself is another layer of occupation . and it's there in relation to the palestinians. it's, they're all it why washed. ready whitewash any kind of crimes committed against. ready seniors and to a dinner and excuse crimes committed against the for the thing, but the thing is have no trust whatsoever in the system which is meant to, to, to subjugate them, which is meant to, to, to you know, punish them and then they push their rights aside, and which is racist than it's nation nature, including the military orders by which is really the other ones that against all international resolutions and international law that governs delcy,
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philistine embedded with. so the reality is that there is no surprise whatsoever. and that the insistence offers on the intention of its impunity is certainly something that we have been expecting. while i understand amidst all of that, that your own government is conducting your own investigation. can i ask how far along that is? sorry, i lost your voice. i was wondering how, how far along your own probe your own inquiry into what happened, how how far has that progressed? well it's it's almost concluded in a few days there will be a press conference for the prosecutor. a senior prosecutor general will hold a press conference to share the details of the investigations with the public for part of this details will be. ready main also. ready secret file
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because these are to be shared would be relevant international buddies including the i t c. but the main findings will be shared with the public and i point out to the many independent investigations that took place, which also proved to be responsibility. the direct responsibility off these are the occupation army in this tragic event. well, let me ask you, because this is obviously a highly politicized situation. what would you say to those who might question the objectivity of your an investigation? well, we asked them to allow for an international investigation to come and do an investigation allow for the security council for international investigations allow for the multitude of international buddies that have formed several investigate the groups and comedies to come into palestine. investigate the situation which is
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which is are you continues to refuse to allow them to enter. the reality is that is there a refuses to cooperate with any independent mission that to do or inquire, mission or distributive mission that comes into palestine. this has been the trend for 54 years and it's not going to change today. again, we have independent bodies have already done the investigations including is it really and yours and they have reached the same. ready which will be announced to the public soon by all side and sharing with also a us citizen. and there is this push within the u. s. for even the f b i to potentially get involved. we heard that also from mr. kirby about how they view the israeli investigation. do you personally see a role for the us? yeah. well that is that responsibility and they should do right by their
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citizens and shooting us. ready a list. ready that discriminant discrimination between a citizen on the thing and origin on the citizen of a different audition. that is that the u. s. has been came to investigate all crimes quoted against the citizens war by them to hold those who committed these crimes accountable. so we expect that the us will do the same by shooting and do right by here. she deserves that even more. i had josie that the palestinian assistant minister for multilateral affairs speaking to us from ramallah. thank you so much for your time. thank you. a to the ukraine war now, and russia says 1730 ukrainian faces from the as of style steelworks and mary apple have surrendered since monday, and they included 700 who had taken out on wednesday. russia's defense ministry
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says it's video shows ukrainian soldiers handing themselves over to russian forces, but their fate remains unclear. the red cross says it's registered hundreds of ukrainian fighters as prisoners of war. torso jibari has worn out from moscow. the evacuations are ongoing and they began on monday and as they are being done in chord nation with the international committee of the red cross. and we've also been hearing from representatives from the red cross at talking about how they started registering the members of the ukrainian military that are as surrendering to the russians as of tuesday. they are registering their names, their date of birth, and the location that they're being transported to it. the, all this is to keep track of the number of men that are in russian custody. but also we understand that they've been visiting a number of facilities where the men of been a captain. this is also to ensure that the standards of the russians have promised
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to uphold, are being kept, as well as to allow the families of those ukrainian and military personnel and that are in russian custody to let them know how those men are doing and where they exactly are we understand that they are ukrainian president has said that they would be a prisoner exchange down the line for now, the russians have kept very quiet about this, but it is a believe to be that part of the negotiation process that took place prior to the surrender of these men, there is a lot of debate on going about what should happen to the members of the as off battalion that have surrendered as a part of this larger group of ukrainian military personnel that have come out of the plant. many here believe they should be put before court and international court as well as to answer for their a legit war crimes will. meanwhile, the un secretary general has again warned of a global food shortage in the coming months due to the war in ukraine. antonio gutierrez says he is an intense contact with several countries to restore ukrainian
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grain shipments and russian fertilizer exports. victoria gave me reports before russia's invasion. 3 months ago. ukraine was known as the world's bread basket. it exported 12 present at the waltz, wheat 15 percent of its corn and half of its some flower oil. but with its black sea pools, such is odessa, blocked by russian worships. goods could only travel on congested land roots that are far less efficient. it's led to food shortages that threatened to push tens of millions of people into food insecurity and famine. is absolutely essential that we allow these portia open because this is not just about ukraine. this is about the poor. so the poor around the world, her on the bank of starvation as we speak. so i asked president putin, if you have any hard at all the, please open these ports. secretary general antonio terrace is warning. there is no solution to the growing global food crisis without reintegrating ukraine's food
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production into world market. russia must permit the safe and secure exports of grains stored in ukraine ports. alternative transportation routes can be explored, even if we know that by itself they will not be enough to solve the problem. at a food security meeting at the un, america's top diplomat urged countries to make significant new contributions to humanitarian organisation is facing food insecurity. he also called on countries with significant grain and fertilizer reserves to help. there are an estimated 22000000 tons of grain sitting in silos in ukraine. right now. food that could immediately go toward helping those in need. if it can simply get out of the countries food supplies around the world of already been declining because of warming temperatures. and the pandemic katara says talks can prevent a crisis. but with the war in ukraine expected to continue long term. many
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questioning whether that's possible victoria gate and be al jazeera hostile had here on al jazeera, focused on climate, why independent candidates administrating and election are poised to ride. the wave of change can years late nicole and continues to rise, meanwhile, and gothic villages and forcing thousands ah, the journey has begun. the 34 world copies on its way to catherine book, your travel package today. the seasonal rains are falling heavily in east asia, but mostly over the water is this line here, which is already bought some right now, it's gone offshore is trying to wiggle back again. so you'll get some heavy dam. pause in taiwan in the small arms in sudden japan. and there's another wave developing in southern china which was so chosen big sundry down pause,
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i think during saturday. but north of the yank, see it's warm warmer than average. just want to light shower. that's true. throughout the korean peninsula and almost all of japan as well. now the monsoon rate is on its way in, but we've had some pretty big showers recently over canada. that's what the satellite shows, and this is a result. it's local flooding, it's fairly widespread, whereas bit shallow dip and it's in bangalore loop. but the monsoon itself, the official line of incoming rain, is this one up here, may not look obvious. it's gone through the andermann and nick about rollins. it's been hitting me enough for a while now. it's now on its way slowly up through the bay of bang goal. eventually it'll knock temperatures back now. already temperatures in northern india have been pretty high, but they have come back a long way recently. so for example, 40 to 4330 for new delhi in pakistan, it's still hot though, and it's getting hotter over the next day. or 2. cats are official
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airline of the journey. trust in authority is at an all time low. you want apprehension, hateful distress. this is a battle about what a truth actually is. al jazeera investigative unit pulls back the curtain and reveals how fierce suspicion and conspiracy theories have become. the 2 of the powerful were in a dangerous and that dangerous territory was d. what happens now that we've literally diverge that may well be how democracy died. the truth illusion are just either ah ah, hello there, i'm associate a in durham. let's remind you about top stories here. the sally, these railey military says it does not plan to investigate the fatal shooting of al
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jazeera journalist, sharina who actually occupied westbank. i killing, has been widely condemned and calls for an independent investigation on growing. russia says almost 2000 ukrainian fighters of surrendered from the other cell still works and mary paul, since monday, the red cross has its registered hundreds of ukrainian fighters from marian poll as prisoners of war. meanwhile, the un secretary general has warned of a global food shortage in the coming months due to the war in ukraine. antonio terrier says he is an intense contact with several countries to try to prevent a crisis. while body is working at restoring ukrainian grain shipments and reviving exports of russian fertilizer. well, meanwhile, g 7, finance ministers, amazing and germany with the high cost of rebuilding ukraine after the war on the agenda. they're also discussing ukraine's immediate financial needs. we have to secure liquidity oxy, green state. we are impressed by the bravery which as you group people are
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showing in there are 5 full freedom for, for all of our values. so we are responsible for the capability of your dream state and people to defend themselves. well, that's now speak to step vasa in berlin. step pops, unsurprisingly, the meeting has been dominated by ukrainian reconstruction, as well as the, the broader impacts of the war. absolutely unsurprising. it's clear that the 7 richest nations hell will have to dig deep into their pockets if they really want to help you. crane the nation is very much struggling. ukraine says that needs around $5000000000.00 euros a month to just keep the country going to pay for their soul, just their pensioners, their civil servants. so what the g 7 ministers are trying to put together here in germany is a package of 15000000000 euros,
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which will last ukraine for 3 months. the u. s. as sad that it will pay half of it, but we're not even talking about reconstruction. there now 3 months into the war. there are estimates that only infrastructure damages up 200000000000 euros. are there is an idea now floated both by europe and the u. s. to left russia partially pay for this reconstruction, and they want to see if the 300000000000 euros that have been frozen from the russian central bank in several countries can be used. but there are a lot of legal issues involved. it's basically not even allowed rush as already said it would be outright theft. but it's an idea that's going to be discussed here in germany. but some analysts say that would be a better president because it would overturn the international economic system. it would worry other countries for, for example, like china, so that it's all on the table, but also the global impact of the war to high inflation, the high energy prices. so
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a lot to discuss here in germany and did an separately step. i know you also crossed this vote by the european parliament continued support of the icy war crimes proven ukraine. presumably that's not terribly contentious. no, it doesn't look like it what, what basically it thus it's a, it's a maybe it's, it's a collective effort by a europe to support the international criminal court investigation ukraine. it's the largest investigation that the i c has ever done. it has sent more than 40 investigators and staff to ukraine, but the problem is the jurisdiction the i to see has in ukraine is limited. ukraine, us never ratified the rome statute. it has said that it wants to be part of the i c, c. but the european support, and that's why there's a vote today in the european parliament to back that up. they basically say we want to make sure that we make this a fist against impunity. and that war crimes,
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even in areas where, where the i c has not any jurisdiction or limited jurisdiction that these war crimes also can be brought to court. also part of this procedure is that euro just, which is the justice department of the europe, all the european police will get all the data, the evidence that's collected at the moment by the investigators, but also by european countries that it will be a central data point where all the evidence will be collected. so it makes it easier at the end to really bring a case to court. that's what this vote in the european parliament today is about very interesting, steadfast, and their cost. all that for us from the allen. thank you. so much that now moving on and severe flooding and ne, india has forced half a 1000000 people to flee their homes. hundreds of villages have been affected by these unusually heavy rains. at least 7 people have been killed. an awesome state. farmers and the region say they've lost most of their crops and officials are
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wanting, the conditions could get even worse. and the next few days happening, mr. has worn out from go a hottie in easton india. you know, as you can see, it's rating over here, right? now, and has pretty much been the same for the last few days and situation has actually become worse recently. and the prediction, all that very heavy rains could continue well into the weekend at the state is on what is called red alert housings of people are stranded, at least 50000 have been upward in relief. camp that is from of the government and rescue operations are on the air force has been deployed to air drop supplies. what's been really challenging is, of course, as you can see, the wind of the big concern is that the river, the main drive over here, the problem with the river, which is one of the longest rivers in the world. in fact, that's where we are standing on. the banks of that river is flowing above the danger mark in many of these places. and so the concern is that as the reins become
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heavier, those bad situation could also get out of control. no one is really challenging for the relief effort is the fact that key roads and key railway lines have been completely blocked off because of landslides. and so it's been difficult to get people out. those areas have been completely cut off. and also these are important links to other parts of the larger northeast region. so housing for people in neighboring states have been affected because of that. some states have sorted, rationing fuel to make sure they don't run out because the government says it will take at least $45.00 days to get the rear re lines restored. but it does expect to get on the roads up and running over the next few days. while speaking of climate displacement flooding in the great lakes and kenya has force tens of thousands of people from their homes there. as hiring matessa reports from lake choro water levels, there have been rising for years. laken a could or used to be inside
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a national park just behind those trees. not extends beyond the parks boundaries, king and say they've seen the lake rise over the years. then at the beginning of 2020, after particularly heavy rains and king of highlands, the lakes expansion accelerated. they saw it coming. the water started coming slowly by slowly, slowly, day by day day by day. deal it covered all at this place. it doesn't, it did not come one at once. it took tight kenya's legs are vital to people, wildlife, and economy. but tens of thousands of canyons had been forced to move from the homes. no one knows for sure what caused the water to rise so quickly in a short space of time. scientists think it could be a number of factors including climate change before people hear their maintenance and isn't so much what caused this. they want king us government to do more to help them. david cohort showed he was left of the house. he built. he was planning to
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leave the family home to his children one day. like other families. he still waiting for compensation promised by the government. he's taken a bank loan to start again, but he's only just enough room for his family and a few animals. it's not what is used to. i was traumatized. it affected my life so much. you changed everything. i don't even when i go to the bottom there, the pharmacist speaks, the water is contaminated because of its salty taste and murky color. religious con, grow much any more. and culture lands had become fishing grounds. welcom income for some young men who couldn't find work, but for many others, the changing landscape means their way of life has gone. they have to adapt if they hope to survive, how to matessa out to sarah knuckles, king. our climate change has also become a central theme ahead of elections and australia this weekend. the country is
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experiencing more frequent, extreme weather events and scientists, one and could become uninsurable by 2030. sarah clark reports now from sidney. ah, she's woman. you wave of female independence targeting seats held by australians ruling coalition party, frustrated by the 2 party style made on climate change. the journalist turned politician says people voting in the election this weekend on policies back by science and immediate action. i think there isn't that many of the independence that focused on climate because that's what the astrology paper want. i want faster, better, more focused economic action on climate policy. and i haven't got it. estrada is one of the highest emitters of greenhouse gases in the world per capita and is a 2nd largest exporter of coal. it's also one of the nation's most at risk from climate change. a scientific study warns australia will become uninsurable by the end of this decade. unless emissions are drastically reduced. flooding was the most
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common risk followed by bush fires. climate change has already hitting many australian communities. very hard. one area we find this is it's becoming harder the people to ensure their homes. some recent research we did showed that by 2031 in 25 australian properties could be effectively uninsurable. higher than average temperatures have again caused severe bleaching in parts of the great barrier reef . next month, unesco will assess whether the australian government has done enough to address threats to the coral with the world heritage committee considering listing it as in danger. now the great barrier reef has just experienced its 6 mass reaching avenge due to marine. he have been exacerbated by climate change. that's disappointing because the current administration is not taking this seriously. the government and the opposition has committed to a 0 net emission target by 2050. both major parties continue to support fossil
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fuels. with more than $100.00 new coal and gas projects on the government official register. climate scientists say their policies for short of what's needed to limit warming to below 2 degrees. the largest voter survey in australia found that at least one 3rd of people consider climate change as the most important issue in the selection. and what action to reduce emissions by 2030, but some cold towns lie in swing constituencies and it's those electrons that a key to winning a selection. sarah clark, al jazeera sydney australia, now moving on and us president joe biden has invoked a cold war era law to is a nation wide shortage of baby formula. under the defense production act, supplies now require to send ingredients used baby formula to major manufacturers fest biden has also ordered the defense department to use military aircraft to import baby milk from overseas. the shortage stems from a record by formula make an abas in february,
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after 2 babies died. advance production act gives the government the ability to require suppliers to direct needed resources to infant formula manufacturers before any other customer who may have ordered that good. i'm also announcing operation fly formula that's to be able to speed up the import of embryo formula and start getting more formula in stores as soon as possible. while you're on the hatch is on the board of directors further mother's milk alliance. that's a community milk sharing organization. she says women need support and breast feeding, and if that doesn't work and other option is donation. these are short term solutions and short term solutions are necessary to help families that are in crisis right now. i think for myself and for the organization that i'm a part of mothers milk alliance which supports facilitated donor milk sharing in our community. the long term solution also has to be creating sustainable systems for families to be able to have the support they need to establish breastfeeding,
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to have time to be with their babies, to continue breastfeeding. and then when breastfeeding doesn't work to have safe alternatives, including donor milk and a safe supply of baby organization here in madison, wisconsin provides an alternative formula, supplementation for some families. so donor milk is an option for families who are facing or a shortage of formula for organizations like ours, we facilitate sharing in the community. so we connect families who have too much milk. we're able to donate, who are healthy and whose babies are healthy to share their additional milk with families who might not have quite enough to feed their babies. there's also options such as more established formal they'll face such as the human mill base alliance with north america here in our region. as well as other forms of community milk sharing among the family and friends who may share breast milk in order to feed their babies. oh.

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