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why say it from the perspective of the country and they're not meant to be they, they're hard 15 vice species. they're not endangered. yeah, there's no, any percent was trying to have a whole so $99.00. i do have one international time with ecologists want to circle brumby holes has gone saying they decimating a pristine environment, including the habitats of endangered native animals. but holes activists on lobbying hard to keep them arguing that their communities, lifestyle, and cultural identity is under threat. ah, a report from the front lines of ukraine where russia says it's targeting easton,
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i'm southern regions. ah ha, why? money inside this is out there lie from day also coming up, flooding in bangladesh and india millions displaced and dozens are dead. often monsoon brains come early. u. s. president joe biden arrives in japan. the next stop on asia trip overshadowed by the stress of more north korean weapons tests. empty shelves force drastic action. the u. s. military flies and tons of baby formula to fill a critical shortage. we begin in ukraine where russian forces are stepping up their bombardment of frontline cities nearly 3 months after invading. russia is now trying to secure an expanded gains in the eastern dumbass region on ukraine's southern coast. among the
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said he's hit, i'll call cave in the northeast and make a live ins, upper region in the south, a report that beg and is install into a town which is pitted with crisis. there's been fighting, taking place over the last few days and you couldn't get in. it was just basically too dangerous. now we've managed to get in. it's very, very quiet in terms of there's no, not many people act on the street to show you this 3 test. this is the main town center street. it's very quiet. we've seen a handful of people around today. but if i could just show you some of the damage that's been done, i have to be careful not to triple the mud brick. and this we understand where the installer strike and this is the main center street. it's left this creature. and this is paul, and the reason why so many people have left this time is
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a strategically located time. if the russians managed to get this, it's up on a hill, it gives them a strategic location where they can gain more territory for. and that's why it's been quote over for the last 2 days, we were told that you play a military content. we had to talk about fight make away in by foot and take it about 100. because i could time not had this residential building that they've been taking. i live in bunker because they know fighting again, no way because it got full aircraft, missiles, any sort of current incoming. and that's because this is an will we talk about, because it's saying that the east of been compelled, the russians have made the health. this is a prime example. those that remain calm, going to go in, they don't have any way to go to. they don't have the money to go to
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a place to go to, you know, have and there's only one shop open selling the basement, such as bread and you spoke to the woman. there are nice for june because we know bread and she's the only chase open that you're selling bread for these people. i said this fighting going on in the last hour or so. we've heard the strike on this time also because a rocket being fired. but this is the battle for solid and the russians managed to take the strategic location. they would have a massive advantage of the ukraine and a military had the tons of other locations will be well within the or russia's defense ministry. gave a briefing about his latest offensive saying it's been hitting ukrainian military targets in the self declared eastern republics that moscow backs. that's what there was a high precision air based missiles have hit 3 command post 13 areas where ukrainian
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troops and military equipment amassed as well as for ammunition depots, near solar, dark, sold and done. that's people's republic. and your cova in lugens people's republic, a little bit of some ukrainians who are displaced by russians invasion of slowly returning to their homes near keith. but millions are still outside the country and those who return are struggling to identify the bodies found after washing forces retreated, saying bizarre ivy has more from butcher the blood. letting in future has made it one of the most notorious examples of russia's brutality in this war. bodies of murdered ukrainians may no longer lay in the street, and people are trying to go back to the way things were but you don't have to go far to see what the conflict has left behind. so it's like these are common in places that have been taken back from the russians
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. this tank behind me seems to be pointing a gun. i would, might have been the last thing it was able to shoot at before it was disabled. well, completely destroyed over here is the entrance to ukrainian army base in the forest . now the russians are no longer there, but the russian threat remains over. here is a sign that says mines which indicates that beyond this fence there are still land mines, an unexploded ordinance that have yet to be cleared. marcia lived under russian occupation in a village outside, boucher. she lost her uncle, brother, and best friend. all 3 men killed in the same place at the same time in the defense of their city, but shut the measures of an idea. she said the people in the hope that it wasn't them until the d and the examination should also many scenes indicated that it was too pain, despair, emptiness as isa wounds wounded. this will never show, did you not get on it?
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when he was in the woods, they were shot. their bodies burned in what is left of the car where they died. it smells like death. she says we did. so did. these men were killed more than a month ago, but they were found identified and buried. just days ago, you know everyone's trumpeting about butcher every once trumpeting about hung about it appeared maria paul, the same thing is happening there in carson. it's a horror. it's an you wouldn't be as long as there is this, there will be war, she says. and everyone wants peace. who are the war and ukraine has
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broken so many communities in the towns and villages around ukraine's capital weeks after the slaughter investigations carry on. and as bodies are identified, the list of boots has confirmed, the dead gets longer. there are still more people to bury more people to more and more people to miss in basra v o 0 in kasinsky village near butram. heavy rain and flooding have devastated parts of india and bangladesh before the annual monsoon season. in india's northeast, in some states, a 100000 people have been displaced on at least 14 killed. more on that shortly. fast, we start in neighboring bangladesh, where flood waters have 4 small than 2000000 people from the homes. and the haunting reports. this highway was one of the only things that didn't flood here in northeastern bangladesh. heavy rains combined with overflowing rivers. inundated
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this town, i want all my furniture is ruined. the entire house is under throat level. water goes off on a major embankment on the butter river has also breached affecting at least a 100 villages. i've seen a huge flood in 2004, but this time it's even bigger, more serious and estimated to 1000000 people are displaced with their homes damaged or destroyed in this farming community, men and women are trying to save the harvest. they have left drying their crops along highways faster you said we got a new re, angie, buggy here. and every night i only managed to harvest one 3rd of my patty from underneath the water. the rest was washed away and it's been 2 weeks since there was any sun. excessive rain has devastated whatever i managed to collect. i can't
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try this up. it's rotting, i'm a polled no than me. i don't know. i mean, i've been many parts of bangladesh are prone to flooding with about a 5th of the country submerged every year. but climate scientists say are warming world is making it more unpredictable. the monsoon season hasn't even started yet. leo harding al jazeera tanveer talary has more from fillets in bangladesh. people are desperate for fresh water and dry food. that's what they need and medicine because if the stagnant water stays longer, of course, there's a waterborne disease. that's the danger. what we know so far, the water forecasts say's that there could be more rain in coming days, which could make things worse. because this is one of the highest rain prone area in bangladesh. it is near to cheat up and you the world's highest rainfall area. and those water will on rush, come from mega lion i. so i'm in india and go through bangladesh into the bay of
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bengal. not this pattern off. flood is been changing, obviously due to impact of climate change. people haven't seen this kind of flood what we have to see how the monsoon season affects it farther. anything that comes in ne, india will affect this part because this is the lower valley of north east india. and the water has to rush through here. so this cleared danger of more flood incoming days. now to india's flood zone. putney miss hell is in a gown in ass. hm. state. this is one of the houses of homes in the state of a song that are now empty. we are in a gown district, this is one of the, this is the was affected district in the state. more than 300000 people here have been affected by these floods. many residents have fled, but there are those who are still living here. some say they're not comfortable leaving their belongings, others say they haven't found space in shelters. now, rescue operations our own people are being n lifted in some parts of
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a some in places like these where flood water levels are considerably high. people are being rescued by boat. it is also been given to people who don't want to leave, but people here have told us that they haven't received it. and those who have say that the food supplies haven't been enough. so they continue to live like this water here is knee deep level, at least in some places. it's even deeper. they say they don't have enough drinking water. they have very little food. they haven't made a living over the last a few days and are hoping that they get some more help from the government. now the water that you're seeing over here is coming from a real river near by that has overflowed. it has brought with it some fish that villagers are catching to eat. now they are nervous about the fact that the real monson season is yet to begin, and usually that comes with heavy showers and flooding which could make the
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situation over here. even worse. yes, president joe biden has landed in japan on the 2nd leg of his asia trip after leaving south korea as he works to reinforce partnerships and asia biden will attend a summit for the quad and alliance of the u. s. japan, india, and australia. their focus will be how to counter china's influence in the region. rob mcbride is in take, he looks ahead to biden's agenda in japan. president joe biden comes to japan with a view, a to strength and ties with is very important ally in north east asia at a time when the united states and japan face a number of challenges on a number of different fronts. this is meant to send a message to north career at a time of increased missile testing and speculation about a possible and nuclear test. it also is meant to send a very clear signal to bay ging about. it's increasing assertiveness in the asia pacific region and its territorial demands. that is something which is felt very
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keenly here in japan, which is in dispute with china, her over various territorial claims in the east china c, a with events in ukraine. i think it also sends a very strong message to russia as the united states is leading the international community and its condemnation are also in boycotts and sanctions. it is something which is supported by japan. and in fact, the u. s. has praised japan full rallying other countries in asia pacific to also condemn russia for its actions. all of these things will be discussed in the next couple of days. the central part of tokyo, the streets at the moment, are quiet this sunday. but there is a very, very strong police presence, and in the next couple of days there will be all sorts of motor cade's back and forth to these meetings where all of these issues will be discuss, culminating in a meeting on tuesday of the so called quad security alliance of a japan, united states, australia, and india. again, this alliance,
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which is meant to try to constrain china's diplomatic and military ambitions in asia pacific out is there. a media network continues to demand a rapid, independent, and transparent investigation. the killing of its journalist in the occupant, westbank serene block lay was shot in the head by israeli forces. while she was on assignment in janine earlier this month. on the day have a funeral. israeli forces storm the procession and starts a beating mourners causing pull barras to nearly drop her casket. it didn't stop thousands of palestinians from marching through occupied east jerusalem to take part in her funeral and burial. members of the internet community of condemned to killing and calling for investigation. sharina barclay was with al jazeera for 25 years covering the israeli occupation. she was known as the voice of palestine. still ahead on al jazeera. find out why independent candidates could have the upper
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hand in buying coax election for governor. and i'm charlie on said the cannes film festival references treatment of its former colonies is being laid back on the big screen. ah ah follow the seasonal rains really pretty lively across southern parts of china with a moment and there will be further heavy downpours as we go through the next day or so. you can see this massive cloud, this weather from that is the a may you front getting a little stretched out? is it push it out into the open waters? it's now with the process of easing away from japan. japan last heat royal or the will be some showers just rattling their way across. cicada. northern parts of han ship. why disguise? come back in by the end of monday? 25 celsius in tokyo. not too bad. hot and dry for sol over the next couple days. 29
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may be 30 degrees here, similar temperature to into beijing. plenty of warmth and northern parts of china. plenty of dry weather as well, but the wet weather will continue across southern areas. joining up with a heavy showers that we have across northern parts in particular of are indo china joining up with the monsoon range, which have really packed up just around me and man. northern parts of thailand. some lavish out into the philippines into malaysia. wanted to shout still in place their across indonesia, plenty a shout across southern parts of india. a lot of wet weather. continuing into the eastern side of the bourbon, gall the monsoon race pumping some really wet weather into a good part of being mar. notice and wet weather. she was a less hot weather for northwest in india and pakistan. ah, lou lou,
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a revenue grow in the world, warmer line goes to make it for you. exception cut. all right, ways going places to go. lou ah, he watching out there reminds of our top stories this, our russian forces are stepping up them bombardment of frontline city, seeking to gain military momentum. roches defense ministry says it's been hitting
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ukrainian military targets in the south declared eastern republics that moscow box dozens, all dead. millions, a stranded in bangladesh and north east india with floods have submerged launch areas where links have been cut off in awesome stage where more rain is will cost you as president joe biden has landed in japan on to leaving south korea. so to bolster security, economic ties on his fust, asia trip on tuesday is due to meet the leaders of india, australia and japan will during his 1st leg of the trip biden. and the south korean president unit appeal agreed to step up cooperation to deter any nuclear or missile threats from north korea. from sol, florence larry looks at what was achieved here. it doesn't get more succinct than a mere hello. that was u. s. president joe biden's response when asked if he had
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a message for north korean leader kim jong would. but he offered a lengthy answer. when asked how the u. s. and south korea would deal with nuclear or missile threats. we are prepared for anything north korea does. we've had we put through how would you respond to whatever they do? and so on my concerned freshman, she just has just before he left for tokyo to continue his tour of asia fight and then south korean precedent. units to pure visited an air force command center. julie was on it. he aaron space operation center here is a key place for the republic of korea and united states to jointly respond to the increasingly sophisticated north korean nucular and miss south rental. and it is a symbol of the republic of korea and u. s. alliance challenge, we will, the joint appearance, the choice of location, to showcase the country's strong security alliance. a day earlier, the 2 leaders had agreed to step up military exercises and possibly deploy more strategic weapons to the region to counter north korean threats. there was also an
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offer to return to negotiations. although some analysts say north korea is unlikely to respond just yet. i think they're waiting to gauge what is going on with the new president of south korea president. you instruct you all and they already know a lot about mine from his house dealings in the u. s. senate and his vice president . so i think they're just going to run by their time and see what cooperative efforts may be in the future. north korea is dealing with a severe outbreak of cove at 19 and has not responded to international office of assistance, including from the u. s. on and but to biden's visit was as much about security as it was about the economy. and he used it to highlight multi $1000000000.00 investments. south korean companies were making in the us biden will be in japan till tuesday, where he's expected to continue with the overarching theme of his trip to asia. that the u. s. is committed to the region. and although he's not set this
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explicitly, analysts say the u. s. once countries in the region to seat as a counterweight to china's rising influence, florence louis al jazeera sol afghans, female tv presenters have begun covering their faces while on air, on orders by the taliban rulers, as part of a grown cracked on a women showing their faces in public, earlier this month, officials ruled all women must fully cover themselves. rights groups have strongly criticized. move. ma cobbler's umbrella before the taliban de craye. we were observing to hit jeff both on and off screen because this is one of her obligations . thank god, we are muslim. what this kind of face covering has no islamic justification and is not in our culture out. it's just an outside culture imposed on us crating problems for a presentation or mama or people in the tie capital, bangkok, a voting for a new governor. 6 years after the military seized control of the office. opinion
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pulse suggest independent and opposition. candidates are leading field mohammed vow has more this is bunker box 1st governor election since the cool that brought the military to power in 2030. the military remove that previous elected governor in 2016 to his tom, please general asked when one morning in the job. now he says he's running as an independent candidate, though many still see him as the chosen hominy of the military guy. yeah, my luck day with agile and i want to continue serving the people down. it's common to run for an office for another term. i know that i was appointed, but now i want to be elected. one wants perceived closeness to the crew. leaders may cost him at the polls. his me rifle engineer and former minister chad charts to point enjoys white support among young people who fill the streets on many occasions to protest against the military coup and demands reform. he says he has
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a vision for a more modernized, more prosperous capitol like open. i'm glad that up doesn't matter if you're an independent candidate or backed by political parties. the governor has to remove his allegiance to a political party and has to try his or her best to take care of the people. city points, young supporters who failed to have their demands met through protests, see the selection as unlikely opportunity for change. they don't want to miss it. this is a mall or there is a huge crackdown on young protest hers. it's probably the 1st clash between protesters and police officers. you think that those kids will came out to fight on the street. we're not comfortable with that. hm. hey, i've been gone for them. how long i think it will show that young people care about politics and they are aware of what's going on. they are not just someone who hides behind the keyboard. it is time for us to choose who should lead us and how the city will move forward. the last bunker government election was in 2013.
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and for 9 years, what position voters have been waiting for a day. you like this hoping it will allow them to get by the ballot box. what was denied them by force since that military cool. while i'm at one particular woman cove in 19 cases are declining in shanghai with new daily cases. fewer than $100.00 . for the 7th straight day, city officials reported 52 new locally transmitted cases on saturday. hello, infection rates, the keeping shanghai on track to reopen some public transport on sunday. ahead of its locked down ending in june, the city shut down in april in an attempt to stop the outbreak. bolivian indigenous women have developed an app to fight domestic violence. whenever s o s button is activated, 3 close contacts off the potential victim on notify that she's in danger. has been downloaded hundreds of times since november all and 32 tons
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of baby formula is being brought into the u. s. from a military base in germany, a critical shortage is due to a product recall by leading manufacturer as well as supply chain issues. id j, castro, ports. these us soldiers are loading, precious cargo onto a military plane in germany. 32 tons of baby formula. enough to fill one and a half 1000000 bottles for hungry children back in the us. we're getting to help american citizens who are in need of help and you can always depend on us when you need a president joe biden announced the campaign operation, fly formula. this week, several flights will take formula manufactured in europe to america. after the us food and drug administration lifted some import restriction bite and also invoked the defense production act, allowing the government to more quickly restore formula to store shelves and
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directed my team to do everything possible to ensure there's an up safe baby formula. and then as quickly reaching families needed the most, this is one of my top priorities. biden has come under increasing pressure to resolve the countries baby formula shortage down about 40 percent from normal supply levels. the problem began with pandemic supply chain issues and grew worse in february when a major formula factory closed due to contamination issues. the f. d. a says abbot nutrition plant in michigan is now safe and will resume production soon. but it could be months before its product returns to shelf. it's been impossible to find kim unnatural, is on the last can of formula she has saved for her 5 month old daughter. like other parents, she's had to turn to in perfect solutions to keep her baby fed. she's giving her daughter more solid foods that was earlier than what the pediatrician had recommended. print very difficult for us to navigate now that were literally in our
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last can. the baby formula flights are just a stop gap, and it remains to be seen how quickly the which hungry little mouth, heidi joe castro al jazeera wash in films on colonial history. a drawing attention at the cannes film festival 2 films delve into the treatment of africans conscripted into the french army, subject often avoided in france as charlie angelo ports from cam. france is colonial past. one of the big themes on the screen a can this year generating discussion and introspection. i saw the soldiers set in well, one is the story of a young senegalese man, 4th to serve in the french army his father than enlist to watch over him. shot on a handheld camera. it shows the horror of war for the thousands of senegalese, torn from that countries to fight for france. it does now see of the netflix theory
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lupa. he says we have the same story but not the same memories. cultural commentators say depictions of this aspect of francis colonial history, a very rare phone. in fact, it's the 1st time that we've ever seen a film of this scale on this subject with a well known cast, including all massey who's a make a saw here in france. and abroad. so it is a very big deal to see. feel like this and see the screen. it can either be another story. is aki follows a few of the $200000.00 difference, recruited into the french army to fight against their countrymen. and it depicts how most are he abandoned, how many killed, when algeria gained independence, director phillips for courses, generation later children of these fighters still carry shame and stigma that it's a story that has had wide repercussion. human damage not only promotes live through
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the war, but also the generations that followed. there are more stories to be told. in algeria the arc he is still considered traitors act and mohammed mo, fuck admits his family. were wary of him taking the road. walker that are for margie. my father asked so many questions. why was it being found in morocco? why is it being direction? by frenchman? you said, why do you have to play your hockey? but then i read him the script and he gave me permission to go a up her. while emmanuel mac calls government has acknowledged mistakes made in algeria in west africa. details of these events are not widely known in france. both direct to say it's vital. these stories a told and we can as a launching pad, hope that films will generate discussion about these painful periods of history. tale angela out there can, ah.
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