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on al jazeera blue lebanon's political new come as march to demand change before parliament reelect. speaker who's been in the job for 30 years. ah. hello, i money inside this is out there, alive from joe ha. also coming up. elite is reconvene the morning after clenching a late night deal to ban. most russian oil imports fences come down and life returns to the street south china eases coven 19 restrictions in to if its biggest cities. wow. and the people joining police on my patrols to catch criminal gangs, robbing south africa,
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electricity. ah, the man who has been lebanon's, parliamentary speaker for 30 years has been re elected to the job. now b, barry was chosen by impedes during the 1st session since the election earlier this month. earlier on cheese day 1st time mpg march to parliament from the scene of the devastating beirut port explosion. by a pause of the protest movement, which emerged after the disaster and the economic crisis that followed, say no horror has more on the speakers election to reports now from lebanon's parliament. many were not surprised. they knew that lebanese politicians where bargaining under the table, if you like, making what is known here as lebanon, style compromises compromises to share power between the different political parties that make up the traditional political establishment. battery,
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a very influential figure in this country. even during the civil war, which ended in 1990 and post civil war, he has held this position since 992 that's 3 decades. but for the 1st time, he did not secure the vote from the majority of the m. p. 's in the past, he used to get 90 votes, 100 votes in the 128 member legislature today. $65.00, he just barely made that because you need 50 plus one. so this was not a foregone conclusion. like in the past, deals were made behind closed doors, which many will tell you find this is a symbolic glo if you'd like to the political establishment, which is still very much in power, is still very much in control of this country. but cracks are appearing and radical change does not happen overnight. phil, there is hope that's changed will come, but it will take time. half an hour mud. colleen was
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a candidate in the election. he says in a b, barry is emblematic of a broken system. i consider as many as citizen who has been fighting for many, many years over 25 years in order to liberate lebanon from being taken as a hostage. i believe the whole population of lebanon is hostage to a bunch of political parties, which although they look like the fire and they have to fighting amongst each other . but they are actually one alliance. just disagree on the proportion, not on the principle. and they are basically a gravity should making, making the any part of that becomes we can distract in it and any party that is too strong, they weaken it. they literally bankrupted the country. and they have effectively looted the treasury and they have abused the trust that many 1000000 lives needs the residence as the road haven't trusted and what used to be one of the most
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peaceable and solid back existence in the world. they literally bankrupted this as well as the most tragic of the whole thing. and that there is no accountability. nobody is brought back out to the i do today this morning, a circle which unless we break that circle, we're going into a situation which i wouldn't like to even imagine. european union leaders say russia's war efforts will take a significant financial head to after they agreed to ban most of its oil. and we to compromise to overcome objections from member states which are more dependent on russian energy entrepreneur. together st. james base reports from brussels. european leaders arriving in brussels for a crucial meeting on ukraine. at the start of the crisis,
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they'd surprised many with unity and strong sanctions. but a 6th package of measures, including a ban on oil from russia, had been stalled for nearly a month because of objections from the e. u leader, with the friendliest relations with vladimir putin. even at the start of the meeting hungry, his recently reelected prime minister victor oberon seemed opposed the whole agreement. of course, what the problem is, you know that we are in a very difficult situation. ah, basically because of the responsible behavior of the commission, the head of the commission didn't address such criticism, but she to suggest it, there wouldn't be a breakthrough during this meeting to. we're not there yet, but it has mature for shawn. my expectations are and know that it will be solved in the next 48 hours as ever the formal sessions at these summits are close to the public, but president zalinski is off his release part of his speech when he joined the meeting by video link and there is to my problem in this woody kitch water. finally,
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all quarrels in europe must end it internal disputes that only encourage russia to put more pressure news on the whole of europe. now that the sick sciences package must be agreed and seen that it must be effective or including oil, to make russia fill the consequences of what is doing to ukraine and the whole of europeans that they're. it's not clear where the presence lensky is, intervention change things, but there was a break through soon afterwards. the final sanctions hostage agreed, but this is not the original oil band proposed by the european commission. it's been watered down. it now covers just russian oil. that is shipped into the e u, not oil that is pumped in by pipeline, an important concession for a landlocked country like hungary, well after midnight and brussels and the european commission president, along with the president of the european council. we're back to mark the fact that a deal had finally been done. thanks to this,
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an cowan so should now be able to finalize a ban on almost 90 percent of all russian oil inputs by the end of the year. this is an important step forward. the remaining 10 percent on these one, we will soon return to the issue of these remaining 10 percent pipeline oil. the leaders here also know that while this action punishes russia, the economic consequences will likely be felt hard. inside the e. u to james bay's our sarah brussels. after more than 3 months of war, the areas on the map below shown in red, are controlled by russia and its separatist allies. the governor of lou hands says, russian forces have entered the city of savanna, done yes. can as heavy fighting in these areas where ukrainian troops are trying to hold back. russian attempts to encircle their forces in don, yet less gated also jabari his life for us in moscow or say, what is russia and saying about the state of it's offensive in east?
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well, according to the defense ministry spokesperson, the at russian military now is in control of a 3rd of the area in severity done yes. in the ganske region of dumbass at this is a certainly the main focus now and they officials have said that that is the main goal in the coming days to secure the entire lu ganske region. and the city of sarah danielle gets the last sliver of resistance. according to the russian military. they believe too. there are about 10000 ukrainian fighters still fighting in that region. but they have managed to get closer to the center of the city as of tuesday morning. and they say that their progress in the region of the guns has not been as fast as they would have liked. but according to the defense ministry,
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that is because there is a number of chemical plants in that region, so they are more cautious when it comes to their advance in lugens. this is certainly part of the 2nd phase of russia. second, a special military operation which began $97.00 days ago. and according to the russian defense minister survey should go a he announced on a about 10 days ago that said they expect to secure the entire lugens region within the coming weeks. and this will certainly be seen as a major victory for this military operation, which has so far not seen much victory, other than the control of the port city of mary opal and russia's foreign minister say gala rove has also been speaking today in bahrain. did we learn anything new from him? well, the foreign minister talked about that one of the main issues at the moment, and that is the issue of food security and the
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a growing worry by western countries and all other countries around the globe about the price of grain and food security. as a result of this conflict, the foreign minister said that they are ships have not been able to leave at the ports in ukraine due to mines that have been laid out by the ukrainian military. and until the russian military is able to d mind those areas in the sea of the black sea, the ships will not be able to be escorted by the russian military, out to their destinations. and he said that the issue that also has been raised by the western countries really is also an issue that's been made by them to be much larger than it needs to be. as a result of the sanctions that have been placed on russian ships and a logistics at that disrupt this supply of food and grains that mainly from ukraine and russia. the russian for mr. surgeon love rob said that it is now time for
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western countries to make a decision. he said, what is more important for them? p. r on the problem of food security or to solve this problem with concrete steps. it is up to them is very much part of the rhetoric from the russian officials that this is a man made a issue. and that as a result of the sanctions imposed on their russian ships and their financial chains, that would see them go out to the various different ports in the world. and there is certain disruption to the supply of grain and wheat. thank you for that dose, a jabari that for us with the latest from moscow. karone of ours restrictions in china's too big assist. ease of finally easing for millions of people who've been stuck indoors. shanghai is lifting. it's to month locked down from midnight on wednesday. many businesses can reopen and the b feel restrictions on going out and working in beijing. j jims museums, and p. s is also rare thing, but with limits on visitors, katrina,
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you has more. this is the busiest this area has been for weeks where in beijing east in charl young district, the biggest district in the city where people have been told they no longer need to work from home. authorities in beijing say the current corona virus outbreak is basically under control and many restrictions on easing. public transport has resumed here after almost 3 weeks of being cloris. shopping centers, moves, libraries, and genes can also open back up, but a limited to 50 percent capacity. residents say they're relieved that the capital has managed to avoid a hard lockdown and are looking forward to life, getting back to normal, should change it and what your prevention and control measures. in the past 3 weeks was really tall, so that was difficult time. now i like this back to normal. what a good feeling like from horner? we've been waiting for this day for so long. finally, we can walk freely on the street. but in some parts of the city, especially in the cities west that are still some restrictions in place and
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throughout all of the aging schools so far remain online and restaurants can only offer take out services. there are still a few core virus cases being found in the community. and because of this, residents need to take a corvette test every 2 days in order to enter public areas. and the news ahead, israel's defense minister says far right is rarely groups which inside violence against palestinians could be deemed terrorists. and canada looks at finding the sale of hand guns, falling recent mass shootings in the u. s. ah, the journey has begun. the faithful world copies on its way to the castle. group your travel package today. hello, welcome to look at the international forecast to see some very heavy rain recently on the new front the. the prom. ryan's across south central,
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the southern parts of on as a has been some localized flooding, say, merrier, wet weather, still pulling out into the east. china say that will be some wet weather. come in to key key issue for a time marcher to pan fine. ant, right? 27 celsius. therefore, tokyo g bad shall was there. and to the northeast of china, maybe some showers there too, into north korea for a time. may, will sly across the sea to pad into kado into a han she was. you go on through thursday behind that hot and dry temperatures on the rise. once again, they're for beijing, $35.00 degrees celsius tab, which is somewhat on the rise to across north west and parts of india over the next day. also getting up into the forty's, once again, a whole also touching 42 degrees. notice a little bit of a disturbance just around the foothills of the himalayas. more heavy showers there and to the northeast of india or bangladesh, seeing some lively showers. the monsoon downpours, of course, extending from me and moth roost blanca more heavy right here. more heavy showers in across a good part of a carolyn,
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we will see more heavy down post coming in here. those showers do extend right up that western side of india. in the form of pronouncing rain cats are airway official airline of the journey. i was raised in france with these are my grandparents. these are my parents, and this is mean fighting both isis and esa, the 2nd of a key part and make tail of a remarkable family. the father, the son, and the t hi heart teen on al jazeera. ah ah.
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walk back you watch me out as a reminder of our top stories as our lebanon's new parliament has reelected knobby berry as speaker. he's held the job since 1992 ali, a 13 independent newcomers marsh before parliament convene demanding reforms to the political system. european union leaders say russia's warfare will take a significant financial heads because of their ban on most russian oil exports laid is in brussels, reach to compromise, to overcome objections from the members that are more dependent on russian energy. kind of ours restrictions for millions of people in china's to biggest cities and funding shank eyes lifting. it's to melt lockdown. jim's museums and thesis are re opening in beijing. israel's defense minister says it's time to consider designating extreme right wing israeli groups as terrorist organizations. it
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follows an ultra nationalist march through hebron and the occupied westbank on monday, which led to an incursion of the abraham mi moss compound the day before. violence broke out during is rarely flag day march's in the midst of a quarter of occupant east jerusalem. the eas delegation in the occupied west bank and gaza is held a reception ceremony to mark europe day, dedicating part of it to slain al jazeera journalist, sharina of walkley. sure, he was shot in the head by his ready forces while on assignment engine need out is there, a media network continues to demand a rapid, independent, and transparent investigation into her killing. net. abram went to the event in ramallah. when we entered the reception here, there was a poster of her. she's here in a spirit. people are talking about her. i just need a staff. her colleagues are here because they want to make it clear that they want
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just this port city and a block live a, the speaker a you mission representative. mr. ben has been talking about the fact that there needs to be justice. he honored the brother of city and tony a block lea, you know, the city has been known here as the voice of palestine. she meant so much to so many palestinian. this is to find many palestinians. this is why it wasn't absent from the event today that she's going to be honored to room her brother. now we are joined the here today by the you mission had mr. been born burks, 30 od. thank you. and i wanna point out that in your speech the day, you talked about justice for palestinians, the fact that they've been suffering. but you also said that journalists are the ones who hold a people accountable, who is speak truth to power. now how are we going to ensure that our beloved could
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it colleague city of played is we are gonna hold her killers. i counted, as i said, to my speech, and thank you for having me on you, a very important program. i'm a big fan of, of the year, and i think it's important to do a tremendous job. i'm very piece that you have such a cohort offer support from my job here. as i said to my speech, we call on all authorities for a swift, forward independent investigation to pay the sinew side has finished investigation . the attorney site has declined to pursue a criminal investigation. i think international partners are ready to support all sites to actually make sure that those who killed her be brought to justice. we need to noise the truth. it cannot be that we leave it in the unknown. so i think it's with your authorities now to do the next step. we can only offer assistance, but the authorities have to requested. and i think ideally should probably be an
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international effort for everybody has access to the files and can share best international practice available to ensure that those who killed serene are brought to justice. beyond to condemnations beyond statements beyond offering. what is you going to do to make sure that shitty gets just but what can you do? do it concretely. i mean, i put the question to you. we make statements, we call on the authorities. we offer help, but we cannot impose ourselves canvie. so you know what i can do, i can basically reinforce the message for justice, for peace, for accountability. but i cannot carry out myself the investigation unless i am or my experts are invited. thank you so much miss. that has been there to the work, but we're here at the europe day at the event where palestinians are coming. they
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are marking this day, but it's not the left on many palestinians that they want to be clear and they want the message to be clear. and we've heard the palestinian minister talk about that. we want justice for city walk at 10 days after australians voted in the general election, it's been confirmed that the labor government has secured a majority in the lower house of parliament. this means prime minister antony albanese, won't have to rely on independent and peace to pass legislation. the sent to left later campaigned on stepping up australia climate commitments and setting up a new anti corruption commission. results from the 1st round of columbia as presidential election on sunday took many by surprise to anti establishment candidates will now face off in the 2nd round, which takes place on june 19th, left his former rebel fight. that will be up against a populous candidate who was little known until recently. i was under run patch
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reports from book downtown book. i was com the day after one of the most consequential presidential results in column in history left his former rebel fighter who have a pedro came on top, but will now face and unexpected appeal battle against the surprise. second place candidate, the result of that. and there's a right leaning populist anti corruption. crusader managed to capture an important section of voters disenchanted with the status quo, and monday he spoke to a supporters. yes. social media. every day they will come up with something that's already been that i am at patricia or that i am neutral, that i am being investigated. but the truth is, my only allegiance is with the colombian, people that many working class colombians who were thrilled that left hope of any story takeover of the presidency felt deprived. i'm sorry, they sent me money that what you're projected on. i'm sorry. i want to petra to win because he defends elderly. some people say he is bad,
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but we don't care. we're not interested in this past life. we're interested in the present. well thrilling 12 points behind that. and then this could spoil the left hope by capturing the majority of the conservative voters that back to the establishment candidate on sunday, and whose biggest fear is the possible arrival of a true less the still power in this rosen, the pulls with an orthodox campaign and social media focusing on a single message against corruption and c. m, as a, colombian tramp and fear. some of his proposals are and democratic or simply awkward, like promising to close embassies to pay off student loans. in saying, all colombians will have the right to visit to see at least once at the government, the expense is chief communication strategist says in this straight talk, appealed to many voters disgusted by politicians mendoza. we prioritized the candidates truthfulness, a candidate without any makeup,
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without any distractors and a candidate that spoke frankly about all the matters and obstacles, the country needs to overcome it to move forward and good. hey, throw, have counted on a change versus the establishment narrative to win the presidency in the 2nd round . ho he now as 3 weeks to radically rethink his strategy, hoping to convince enough of none. this voters that he doesn't represent real change in that he will fall in the hands of the old establishment. it could prove to be a difficult challenge. allison at m p at the answers eda, but with that kind of as government is trying to ban the sale of hand guns prime minister justin today as tougher laws will ready in the wax, the machine to the u. s. have bud more action catch up as heading. and of course it's been seen as the most ambitious proposal yet to restrict firearms in canada. prime minister just introduce describes it as a national freeze of hand,
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gun ownership. what this means is that it will no longer be possible to buy cell transfer or import hand guns anywhere in canada. in other words, were capping the market under the bill canadians who all ready have hand guns can keep them. but any one involved in domestic violence or criminal harassment will lose their firearm license. the size of ammunition magazines will be limited, and there will be increase penalties for gun smuggling. the crack down comes days after the school shooting and texas which killed $21.00 people. while canada has stricter gun laws in the us. canadians have suffered an increase of gun violence and recent years. in 2020 it band, semi automatic rifles after 22 people were killed in a mesh shooting inova scotia. some gun own or say there contesting that van in
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court. the new legislation is expected to be enacted in the autumn, but a rush to by hand guns ahead of the ban isn't expected. authority say sales are already heavily regulated. katya little piece of a young al jazeera space coast guard house rescue dozens of refugees and migrants from the atlantic ocean. women and children among around 50 people taken to grand canary and the canary on is e territory as a frequent destination for people. smugglers on the west coast of africa, close to $6000.00 migrants have made the dangerous crossing. so far this year. south africans have been struggling to keep the lights on electricity. breakouts are affecting millions as pass stations called supply demand and themes stealing electricity cables. and that's wesley. the problem for mr. miller reports from
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janice bag students at the university of johannesburg and sweater demonstrate following weeks of intermittent powers which have hampered their studies. the university's management plane, he's stealing electricity cables for the black hours in phosphorus, east of johannesburg. more power cuts because of crime. nasty le shortly owns a small food business, which is costing more to keep open because she has to buy gas to replace the electricity supply. i saw already because that might be more so we normally start at 5 am and that's when we get most of our customers. we have to tell them there's no power. and so we lose those morning customers, school children and commuters landed by deposits in thieves have been video ticking up cables, sometimes improve daylight. much of the theft takes place
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at night during the electricity black house, while south africa battling to keep its lights on because of issues like aging facilities. the problem being worse and by ramp and crime, electricity cables are being stolen at an alarming rate. and officials are trying to stop as much of it as possible. in sausalito frustrated people and police go one night patrols to try and stop the vandalism. but there, hindered by the lack of like, a thieves are off to copper which sells for up to $20.00. a kilo on the black market with some is shipped overseas to ms. a beer plaza casing, but the minister get through it and they take the copper out strains of copper cable inside and they burn dead plastic casing to get to the actual company. power company, say the demand for copper is higher than ever. and crime syndicates control the trade gayden, sell it to this, this auto for scrap metal dealers. sometimes we get to this is what we call bucket
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shops, which ah, and which is that is scrap metal to last. that would be at level 2. then from level 2, they didn't take it to like, do i router cyclists in route to find them? if i notice, and other guys then would gladly relate this thing in bygone relating it a deformity. while official patrols happen about 3 times a month, residents gather nightly at their own risk, often facing heavily armed feeds. keeping an eye on the power lines in an attempt to keep the lights on, and the community saying that meet amola al jazeera sweater south africa. holly bird is celebrating the return of sold out cinema south to tongue. cruises top conseco blasted to the top of the box office chart 48 or chapter 3. you.

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