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14 children and one teacher dead after shooting at an elementary school in texas. ah, i'm your intent is al jazeera nie from london coming out 3 months after russia invaded ukraine, fighting rages on in the east, but morale is so high in the capital. hungary, the prime minister, declares a state of emergency in response to the war and ukraine, giving him extra powers and lead police files shining light on the brutality of china's incarceration of muslim weakness, including a shoot to kill policy. anyone trying to escape? ah,
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i know we begin with breaking news out of the state of texas, where at least 14 children and one teacher have been killed in a school shooting. officials ordered a lockdown author. a gunman opened fire at the robe elementary school in the town of evaded texas. governor greg abbott says the suspected gunman is dead. nearly $600.00 children enrolled at the school, which is about 135 kilometers west of san antonio. at this point, the investigation is leading to tell us that the suspect did act alone during this heinous crime. families are being notified and we are providing services to them as the district should. as far as the rest of the concerned safety measures were taken to make sure that we had a safe release for the rest of the district for the, for throughout our city, the welding. and we had numerous law enforcement officers and agencies that assisted with the safety release for those students. want to get
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a rob reynolds in los angeles that tell us what the latest is ro. well, that we don't have a great deal more information then. then we had an hour ago, a lauren, the there are 15 people who lay dead now in new vall, day texas, a relatively small city in the center of that state. there were 14 children who were killed in one adult, a teacher. we're told the gunman an 18 year old male ah, entered the school with at least one or what weapon. according to governor greg abbot of texas a hand gun. he may have also been carrying other weapons, including a long gun or a rifle. we don't know that for sure, at this point, police are processing the scene for evidence and try to piece together the sequence of events. but the, the shooter was killed by police. 2 of the policemen who responded to the incident
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were lightly wounded. and now um there's the, could the question that always happens, it always rises to the surface after this kind of a horrific incident is why, what motivated a person 18 years old to have killer, a group of children. and we don't know that there, there may, we may never know whether there may be no why. but we know that evolve day now is in the same grim a role of names as, as, as, as parkland, florida and, and el paso and sutherland springs, texas. and a mit so many others towns and cities in the united states that have been ripped apart by, by gun violence. it's a very difficult, very difficult thing. and it, it shows really no signs of, of, of stopping. and is the problem that nas shootings in the u. s. actually getting less actually. yes. um, you know, we,
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we just had uh on, on the 15th of may 10 people murdered in a supermarket in buffalo, new york as think that as relatively strict gun laws the on, on monday this week yesterday, here in the united states, the f b, i came out with some new statistics they, they so she said that that active shooter incidents in the u. s. climbed nearly 50 percent in 2020 in 2021. over the previous year and nearly 90 percent ah, from 2017. so the more and more shootings are going on, you don't hear always about these active shooter or mass shooter incidents. they may occur in a fight in a bar or a scuffle in a playground or a family, a dispute or something like that, but there, but they beyond the,
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the more highly publicized the more, the more horrific events involving schools or children or, or people were just going about their daily business in, in, in shopping centers or whatnot. there is a constant drumbeat of gun violence in the united states. it goes on all the time. now 85 percent of the people in this country who have been polled. ah say they favor stricter gun laws, they want something to be done about it. but the efforts on the federal level to restrict a weapons of war like a semi automatic long rifles or high capacity magazines. is that that, that hold large numbers of bullets. ah, things that are obviously not intended for, for, for hunting or targets shooting or anything like that. vsl purposes are those have fallen flat of 10 years ago. the then president, brock obama made
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a me major effort in the, the aftermath of the sandy hook, a massacre and connecticut. but it fell short so you can expect for president biden to make a statement in the coming hours. are probably about 2 hours from now. ah, he may have some new ideas what he might be able to do by executive order circumvent and congress which is blocked all of these efforts to, to increase growth gun restrictions. but in the state like texas, where it's actually legal to carry a gun on your hip, you know, as you go to the coffee shop, it's very unlikely that there's going to be a lot of change in the availability of these weapons. reynolds, thank you very much. need let's speak now to john rosen. tell the founder and chairman of stop hand gun violence. thanks very much indeed for being with us. now . when greg but the texas governor spoke earlier, he said that the,
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the shooter in this case had a hand gun and may have had a rifle with the rifle element of it seemed to be on confirmed. so how easy or difficult would it be for, for an 18 year old, in this case, it to got hold of a hand gun and able to do something on it. a welcome to the united states of america and texas, in particular, the gun violence capital the world. there is no minimum age limit for children to possess fire arms in texas across the united states, firearms including easily concealed handguns and assault weapons used in the daily mash shootings of for more people every single day for the last 3 years in america. no idea or background check required and 32 states. you can buy these firearms from private gun dealers. good by a 1000 assault weapons
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a day. so there have been over $200.00 mass shootings this year alone in america. that is more mass shootings for more people than the days of the year. and it's gone on now for 3 years straight. i and it's on spineless elected officials like governor greg abbott and all the republicans in the us congress and a few democrats in the senate like mansion in summer. they have blood on their hands for allowing preventable gun violence to occur at the rate of $100.00 americans dead. a day, a 150 americans shot a day and 45000 americans killed last year alone from preventable gun bonds. now what, what do you want to see from the bottom administration? because we know that to president barton was at a, at the sight of a and on a mass shooting just the other day. and he talked about wanting to take action. is
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it, is it your impression that there will be any kind of action to try to reduce gun violence will what, what, what's your expectations believe i didn't buy the? i believe the president biden is desperately wanting to an act comprehensive gun laws like me as a gun owner and a business person in massachusetts have let me. massachusetts is an urban state. we have the most effective gun violence prevention laws. we treat firearms like inherently dangerous automobiles. we've reduced the rate of gun best by 40 percent in an urban state. we have the lowest gun death rate in the nation if every state had the same low gun death rate as urban massachusetts $27000.00 lies would be saved the year. i know that joe biden knows what joe buys are going to have to you . yeah, so she's up to be, let me make interesting point about that. what the effective policy you say you've had, what is that could you think all the measures that that make
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a difference that others, other areas could coffee apps, you know, consumer safety standards. look, i mean, you know, to sell a toy gun in america, you have to little have a little red dot at the end of the barrel. so people police know it's a toy on their teddy bears have to have, you know, non flammable material, or they can't be sold real firearms that have resulted in 1500000 deaths in the united states since 1975. that is more americans kill by guns in america. then all you are service men and women killed and all foreign wars combine. there is no safety features. there is no licensing requirement. there is no magazine size limitation. for instance, i've hunted in america, you need a hunting license. the republicans in the in array of no problem with hunting licenses. when you hunt deer, you're limited to 5 rounds. when you hunt dock, you're limited to 3 rounds. to protect the dock in deer population. when you go to
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an elementary school in texas and massacre 14 elementary school children, there is no limit on the number of rounds in texas. you don't even need a license or a background check to go kill those children with that weapon. so, president biden knows this, we have 2 democrats in the senate who are in the pocket of the industry and won't even approve the house of representatives requirement that there be a background check. on all guns. yes, you need a background check to be a school driver bus driver. you don't need a background check by a 1000 assault weapons and concealed handguns a day in 32 states. that's why we're the gun violence capital of the world. we have more gun das in this country, more gun violence in america 26 industrialized nations combined,
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and it's by design. ok, so don't choice. the congress is may, it's georgia congress as may we appreciate you talking to you feel very strong about us. have been. thank you very much indeed for your time. don't rush into. thank you. ah. so the estate department says it expects those responsible the killing of sri network a to be held to account counters. their journalist was shot in the head by israeli forces earlier this month, while she was on assignment in janine, on the day of her funeral, as early forces stormed the procession and started beating mourners, causing pull bears almost to drop. her casket al serra media network continues to demand a rapid, independent, and transparent investigation into her death army chief prosecutor in a speech. on monday, i noted that the decision of a pending criminal prosecution would have to wait until the initial rope is
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completed. that initial pro has not yet been completed, so i'm not aware that there has been any final determination about the suitability of a criminal investigation or not. regardless, we have publicly condemned the killing of american policy, an internal sharina block, lynn to west bank. we continue to do so. not only was she a close partner of our, she was an inspiration at to millions around the world. she was a dear friend to many and the u. s. government, we do expect full accountability out for those responsible us or her killing. in the last hour and a half, the un security council has held a meeting to discuss threats to media. freedom out there is network bureau chief, the americas abdur rahim for cara address. delegates, ladies and gentlemen, impunity as we've already heard, continues to be the coin of the realm when he comes to the killings of journalists in various parts of the world, the killing of shaheen, a black color is
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a horrifying reminder of the barbaric punishment which has too often been meet it out to journalists, we've heard about mexico, ukraine and afghanistan. and those are among such horrifying cases, certainly. but they are only the tip of the iceberg of crimes against journalists, while perpetrators of those crimes continue to enjoy impunity. when russia invited ukraine on the 24th of february, most analysts thought the war would be over and a few weeks if not days, but 3 months later, there's no end in sight. a conflict has spiraled into a grinding war of attrition with battles fought village by village, and few successes on the frontline. russian forces currently control the areas in red, including crimea,
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which was annexed in 2014 and now pushing to take over ukraine's eastern industrial heart land known as the dumbass, which includes the provinces of new hampshire and don't ask russian back. rebels have been fighting ukraine's military there for 8 years. when you cranes, military says at least 14 civilians were killed in mass attacks into hans and donnette on tuesday. russian forces now focused on capturing the twin cities of several donuts, and lucy shuns either among last in lieu hands, still under ukrainian control. but russian troops are advancing from 3 sides in an all out assault to encircled them. the battle scene is pivotal to the success or failure of moscow's campaign in the east toaster berries in moscow with more on the russian offensive. what is clear now is that there is a push to concentrate their operation in the eastern part of ukraine as well as the southern region. and not only is russia now looking to
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secure a victory in the dumbass region, we heard from the russian defense minister earlier this week, who said that they were in the last few days of securing the areas of lou ganske and also at the mary a situation in mary, opal has now finished with those as of sol, people being evacuated on friday, there is a sense now it's important. what we will see happen in these areas. what we do know in her son that is in the southern region of ukraine, that is now under full russian control and has been for quite some time. we're starting to see how things would look like under russian occupation in various regions in ukraine. according to the deputy and the head of the russian back administration. thus, when place in her san region, there is a request now to have a russian military base be permanently stationed in that area in southern ukraine because allegedly they want to be able to have their own and security under
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a rushes control. there was talk of possibly holding a referendum in her song to join of russia, but that is something the kremlin has said is not likely to happen in the near future. and of course, it was one of the main objections by the ukranian president vladimir zalinski, who said if there's any kind of referendums held on ukrainian territory, whether or not they're under russian control, this would be something that would end the negotiation process between the 2 side people in ukraine's capital are still confident though, when the war and even reclaim their last land. over the past 3 months, thousands have been killed. millions made homeless and cities and towns left and ruins. despite that correspondence famous robbie found a lot of optimism in the war and ukraine has not gone as expected. keith was meant to falter russian invaders in a matter of days. 3 months after missiles shells and paratroopers began landing in
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and around the capital, ukraine is putting the spoils of war on display. morales and anger at russia are now so high. ukrainian said the only acceptable victory will be taking everything back occupied territories in the east. even crimea stuck. yeah. if you had some was we have yes, i believe the return of our territories is possible. and i think we should not stop, i believe there should not be any negotiations about return into the same borders we have before the start of this war on, you know, we should get our citizen crimea back. this is our so in country and we should defended green there should not be any negotiations with the enemy. when you say that story. what these numbers i am happy, of course, i believe full stop. i hope that it will be this way. the truth is on our side, we are defending our land. we really want and hope for this to happen. yes,
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you probably need weapons and then our, our army will, will do everything and we will when i am not to i'm sure we will get to rectory and yes to be just weeks ago, independent square was under locked down and covered in snow. now people line up to buy stamps commemorating a moment in the early days of the war when ukraine, in no uncertain terms, told russia to leave its territory. i hope was that it is a good weekend that when in this war and we can survive. so for me, it's a sign that we have a chance for a good future, and you have a message for russia and russian leaders only. but of course, i'm sorry, i can say things look very different in the ukranian
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capital today. diplomatic missions, the reopening people are returning and ukrainian seemed far more optimistic. all the cautiously than they did at the beginning of this war that the war is not over . russian forces are escalating offensive in ukraine's east re mobilizing forces to battlefields in the south. all indications are conflict with russia is the new normal. and as long as russia controls the skies over their country, nowhere in ukraine is completely safe. there's is a future that remains uncertain. the in basra, v o g 0, keith, still to come this half hour. china and russia fly warplanes near japan. space as to the top level talks, asians growing influence. i don't range. i want to be a generic chorused areas killed at least $21.00 people. ah.
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that next week may see some real harsh winter blowing into some parts for australia, but for now standard stuff. this cold front to its way through, but it's not a particularly active one. it will throw up some big showers. admittedly, the challenges ahead of it a much the same as those behind there in the high teens, the most part, leisure picture for thursday and behind it all. perth is still enjoying about 22 degrees, been fairly steady. the onshore breeze hinting at showers in new south wales in some parts of queens will be no more than that. it does look occasionally worried when you see rain coming towards brisbin given the history the last few weeks. this one looks. all right, in new zealand, pretty standard fair here. subtly breeze attempts have dropped or will drop a few showers of rain around nothing more than that and a great deal of sunshine in southeast asia, the focus on the biggest showers have gone further west. so,
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borneo western johnson, sumatra seemed likely less wet in the philippines there. so of course, daily showers and the monsoon trough hasn't still quite got in to turn anchor. it's more or less up through here. it's not very obvious. i know, but that's where the heavy rain is. me and my with a few big shall still in bangladesh. northeast in india, heats the indian plain, but others was, it was, but in pakistan, it's getting hotter again. ah, ah ambition, artistry adventure, short documentary by african filmmakers from beneath can yet, and algeria alanine village, throttle clean. this is with a handout and the cane africa direct on al jazeera
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oh a from under the top stories here, 0. nice 14 children and one teacher been killed in a school shooting in the u. s. state of texas. officials ordered a lockdown after gunman open fire at the rope elementary school in the town valley . texas governor greg habits says the suspected gunman is dead. and 3 months after the start of the war and ukraine's russian forces are carrying out and hold to capture the last 2 ukrainian health cities in new hands. meanwhile, work as being through the rubble of an apartment building in the found 200 bodies
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in the basement. honorees prime minister victor oberon has declared a state of emergency citing the war and neighboring ukraine. it gives some extra powers allowing him to rule by decree. she says is necessary to respond to any challenges posed by the consulate governments 1st new measures. on wednesday, obama has used emergency powers twice before. once because of the pandemic, and another time to deal with migration of the log in the office of the world. he's on the brink and he can make crisis hungry. miss diane, vis or, and it must protect families financial security. this re cause room to maneuver and to take immediate action, the government exercising. it's right under the basic law or declare a war emergency. from midnight we introduced a similar emergency situation to fight the pandemic. this allows the government direct immediately, they know situations protect hungry or non gary and families. thousands of late
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photos and documents are revealed brutality of china's cracked down on ethnic minorities in western jean jang region. this is the u. n. top human rights official visits the country to investigate allegations of systemic abuse against muslim minorities. so coaching young police files are about incarceration centers that china cause re education camps, documents detailing police protocols, se officers were given, shoot to kill orders for anybody trying to escape. and records show some healthy use for arbitrary reasons, such as having a long beard, rights groups of accused beijing of crimes against humanity for its treatment of the mainly muslim, weak is katrina you has more on the leak documents from beijing. china's foreign ministry have dismissed them saying that these are anti china forces trying to, to near china and have called the lies. and this is a message that beijing has sent said numerous times
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a foreign. it certainly does challenge beijing's narrative that these internment camps of voluntary vocational centers designed to improve the lives of the week a people. but what we have seen in these leaked files is a very disturbing look at life. inside a sion jung internment camps somewhere between 20172018 may include thousands of photographs of a week as kept inside this particular camp. about 2800 mug shots, essentially in some sewing or the these people visibly distress. one woman's crying in her profile shop, they have men women of all ages. the youngest is a 15 year old girl. the oldest is woman in her seventy's. and there are also some photos of a week as with shaved heads, appearing to take part in some sort of re education activity supervised by gods in uniform. also part of these lead documents were speeches given by leaders in shin, young, talking about the absolute threat of,
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of religious extremism than the need to stamp out the religious beliefs of the these weaker people. and most alarmingly, there was an order in an internal speech that gods shoot to kill anybody who attempted to escape this cam. so definitely very distressing and definitely challenges. any idea that these are voluntary centers, north careers, fod 3 ballistic missiles. they were launched from the capital of young young towards the east coast. it's the 17th round of missile firings this year. here's president joe biden has just wrapped up a trip to south korea and japan. while he was there, china and russia flew military plains over the sea of japan. machines as the drills were part of an annual exercise, but took care called it a provocation of japan and south korea crumbled fighter jets when the war planes got near their ass space. a 13 hour joint patrol came as japan was hosting the leaders of the so called quad, which includes australia,
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the u. s. and india. the focus of their talks was growing in the growing influence of china and the threat posed by russia. police shot dead at these 21 people. during a raid on a surveyor in rio de janeiro. officers say they were targeting drug traffickers from one of brazil's most powerful criminal gangs. the victims include a female bystander who was caught in the crossfire. police seized assault rifles, pistols and a grenade, as well as cars and merger. bice, brazilian police are among the worlds deadliest. they were responsible for more than $6100.00 fatalities last year. as an average of 17 people killed a day being push jibley sees on some questions need to be answered by a public authorities and by the whole of rio de janeiro society, which lives in a city that the decades has been living in this typical civil war scenario 11 people have been killed in a coordinated attack in the mexican city supplier authority, say mast assailants,
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1st attacked guests in the hotel and nearby businesses. then drenched the hotel and 2 adjacent bars with gasoline, setting them on fire against us as the attack was motivated by rivalry between criminal gangs ranked as one of the most dangerous cities in the world. a drawn mural showing a christian st holding an empty tank weapon has been painted on a building in queens capital cave. it's called saint javelin and is named after the missile defense system. the graffiti was created by the carlos ve art group, which says it was designed to raise funds for ukraine as it continues fighting russian forces. the group spokesperson says more than $2000000.00 have been raised so far. monday can get trump anytime with all the stories we're cover, including more on our breaking news, the school shooting that's.

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