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hello, money vouchers are alive from dollars to coming up with russia. targets military facilities in low hands. gone to ukraine, claims to have a re taken some territory in the east. what is your friend between us and child growing and trinity a desperate call for help and thousands of afghan refugees living in pub? i'm sorry, i've been job it at the world heritage site of iraq. so the marches and i'll tell you how the century's indian rickland system is slowly dying. ah, protested into nicea rawling and the capital tunis to denounce not coming referendum on a new constitution. oh, oh,

president chi saeed. has been ruling by decrease since july of last year. he dissolved parliament on replaced the electoral commission. slade has promised to introduce a new constitution that will be put to a referendum next month. alicio valtmount has been following developments from tunis. i saw you, he has gathered more and more powers. he's suspended to the judiciary authority and has, in his words, reformed the elections authority. this week he sat 57 judges, and he'll say lay down to mister misses proposed nancy's that he's accusing her of acts of terrorism and even acts of adultery which carries a penal sentence here in tunisia as so the thing inside isn't resulting in. here's the real problems that to me shes facing, which is shortage is brain and an economic crisis which is getting worse was rising prices. but what he seems to be doing is ramping out the sort of how to pumpkin his

narrative that he's been pushing that it's, yeah, all the correct politicians fault. and he's, he's racing that gender again and appearing to do something by pushing for more prosecutions and mobile jail sentence. says, boy, what's he saying is that the corrupt people that have caused the problems? i. so i think that there will be an intensification that they will be more protests . i may be a sort of pushing back between the pro side and the anti side movements and things again to heat up in the next to the 6 to 7 weeks. as we run up to the referendum, which the protestants don't believe will be fat. and i think it's just a gateway to opening chinese. you're up to presidential system, but so thorough tearing and dictatorship. ah, russia is attacking military and artillery centers in the low hound screeching of east in ukraine. salty ukraine says regained some of its last territory. another

strike his reports lead, destroyed a training center. the governor, the hon, says bridges are being blown up to stone military reinforcements entering severe don't yet. washes defense ministry says its forces have shot down a ukrainian military transport plane near the black sea port of odessa. another nice coming up at him. cool. in the denette direction, the enemy is shelling positions of our troops along the entire line of contact with mortars, cannon, and rocket artillery. it uses operational, tactical, and ami aviation. the main efforts are concentrated on the sierra done yet and back more directions. fighting continues in the city for rainbows ravi has more from keith. the most fierce, fierce battles that are happening are currently in separate. that's what we're hearing is it is being turned into another mario poll. ukrainian say that they worry that what the russians are doing is what they did in mario poll, which is trying to erase that city completely off the map. just to give you

a sense of sort of what's happening on the ground. the latest we have in terms of incident reports from the military say that the russians are blowing a bridges. so the ukranian forces are unable to resupply their military and bring in humanitarian aid for civilians. they say that ukrainians are fighting back, but the russian forces there are continuing to terrorize local populations with looting and bullying. now having said that, the latest information from the presidency here is that in the last 24 hours, what they have managed to do is ukrainian forces have managed to push back against the russians in separate that's and take back 20 percent of the city. now just yesterday, we were expecting severed the next to fall within days or weeks, but now that is less likely far less likely than it was 24 hours ago. and this is a city that's been contested for a month and ukrainian say that they are still in the fight. and they will continue to push back to try to make sure that the endeavor by the russian forces to try to

take over all of the region and try to bring into their control. all of the administrative borders of a don boss is still something that will have to be accomplished at a high price in, in lives and in material from the russian side. one of 2 russian men accused by the u. k. poisoning kremlin critic alexander lit, and then co has died. wash and state news agency reported dmitri compton died a coven, 19, and a moscow hospital let been young co was a former k g b spy, who became a british citizen, before dying in a hospital in london. in 2000 and see, 6 weeks earlier had drunk tea lace with radioactive material at a hotel where he'd met the path. the kremlin has denied involvement with an explosion out. a chemical factory in northern india has killed at least 8 people

. another 20 have been injured some severely, at least in the state of a pradesh say a boiler exploded at the industrial facility. hundreds of african refugees have protested in islamabad, demanding the right to work in pakistan. they also want to be recognized as asylum seekers. most of the processes are from the has our ethnic minority group that is face centuries of persecution. ca heider. that the protest after the dollar bond takeover and the red roll of us led coalition 40 tens of thousands of people came to august on an order to seek asylum, another country. all 30 said to man. but these people here mostly from the other communities awaiting the additional burial shroud. thing that denies them to do for the hell part or kill us.

wow, this is a desperate appeal from the people who have been persecuted in one has gone by a deadly attack on food and more places of worship. and one is done by the comic says, order on the deteriorating condition of honest on both economic on humanitarian prevents these people from going back. their parents said that they cannot keep their children understand because they cannot go to school, nor do they get any support from the government there. and now this is a desperate appeal to the international community. to take notice of these people. i come here to ask one question from international oh, what is different between us into going and tutoring? we wonder world community to treat us the same way as they did with ukrainians day. we. we've been here for almost 2 months and under sunshine, under rain,

under song, under bad weather, with difficult situations. and i still haven't gone to hell very needed. most of these people came head on valid, reside, but did not get any help from the international community. and now they are shouting slogans. haycock, or killer youth. people have been living rough, very close to budget on capitalists all bought red gone. and they warned help from the united nations. i commission with some of these people dory does that. they've been writing this. anthony made to the foreign country, the embassy as well as the united nation, but they have received nor hell. they said indeed of death situation for thousands of on who have run out of one. i know in limbo. i'm at shoe judge mall is the co author of the decline and fall of republican afghanistan. he says,

has iris face persecution on several fronts as ours are often singled out in places where they work and shot after they've been singled out from, among other africans. and so that level of identified persecution has raised the alarm. there are mass casualty terrorist attacks on schools that are run and mostly attended by has ours in front of sun. similar mass casualty bomb attacks against our sports clubs. similar mass casualty terrorist boma attacks against ours own public transportation in their neighborhoods around the country because the taliban that have a long history of persecuting the has ours. there is a world documented history of the total of on conducting massacres against our civilians. in the 1990 s, when they're 1st in power, they've come back to power enough going to son and they have the 1st thing they've done is to purge the has ours from both civilian administration,

but also the military. and so therefore, the has are of no representation in the taliban regime, a regime that has marginalized and persecuted them in the past. and therefore they cannot seek any form of protection from the regime and power against isis persecution that is attacking their schools. places of worship, but also their public transportation as they go from home to work into school. so, and there are indications that that taller bonner actually looking the other way as isis is continuing its campaign of persecution against the has already been focused on in hong kong events. commemorating the anniversary of the gentleman square massacre have been banned for a 3rd straight year. police were out in force near victoria park, that's where tens of thousands previously gathered to whole, cadillac vigils, lexia bryan reports. hong kong is usually bustling victoria park behind barricades

and police. for years it's been the scene of candlelight vigils to remember those killed in the 1989 at 10 am and square massacre. but this year it was blocked off shadows of clouds on the empty park illustrating what act of a say is an increasingly dark chapter in the territories history. o. d o haul, read him is starting to decline the freedom in hong kong, including freedom of expression, freedom of action. all of them are weakened. every one is remaining silent because they are terrified of getting arrested. dozens of police were deployed to streets around the park and a busy retail district of causeway bay from go coming. i just came here and there are so many police. i found it a bit trouble, so police had warned the public not to gather in groups to mark the 33rd anniversary passes by was stopped or questioned. their bags checked. even this man who was carrying a toy tank, he said, had bought at the shops, people 3 years ago, we had the free memorized phenomenon square. just for years.

everything thing is it's literally just the script. and so this is the 3rd year all public commemorations of the event have been banned cove. it was the explanation last year and the year before. 02019 tens of thousands gathered around the statue of the goddess of democracy. she was built as a copy of this erected and tenement square by pro democracy protesters and 1989. that was months before military crackdown. killed want rights group say, you've been thousands of peaceful demonstrators. chinese officials say 300 died. the footage of a loan protest standing in front of a line of tanks became one of the most powerful symbols that the late 20th century . but since paging implemented a controversial security, lauren 2020. the annual commemorations had become smaller. this year for the 1st

time, none was planned. many protest leaders are in jail or in exile. the goddess of democracy statue has been taken away. oh, i am disappointed because although no one's organized, any commemorative event viewer authorities all ready on high alert. but candles did burn in the windows of the u. s. consulate, the white house accusing authorities, and hong kong and china of trying to suppress memories of the massacre. though sentiments echoed in taiwan at china views as a breakaway republic. there a copy of another famous hong kong statue was on show to commemorate the victims of tenement a sign that despite china's efforts their descent will not be silenced. alex o'brien al jazeera while does, their immediate network continues to demand a rapid, independent, and transparent investigation into the killing of its journalists and the occupied westbank. sharina barkley was shot in the head as early forces while she was on the

assignment in jeanine. on the day for funeral israeli forces storm the procession and started beating mourners, causing pallbearers to nearly drop her coffin. and didn't stop thousands of palestinians from marching through occupied east jerusalem to take part in her funeral. and miss of the international community have condemned her killing and continue to call for investigation. serena barclay was without missouri for 25 years, covering the story of israeli occupation. she was known as the voice of past. i can still ahead on allison rest of a boycott cloud the upcoming summit, the america, me an event meant to strengthen the regional some with i'm nicholas hawk in st. louis in northern senegal, a unesco world heritage site home to were unique just festival. find out why people from travel with

the get about to get wet in the southern philippines once again and probably the southwest born here. maybe even jakarta, the western side of java, the shower tend to wander around this time. they're not constructing any one place they move from place to place, but i will take this line up here is active. another one running into western mid march is more less the monsoon ruffling up eastern side of a bay of bengal, so devout to the southern philippines. got about 3 days of slow moving thunderstorms, most unusual, but it hasn't been always wet in the last few weeks. and the seasonal rains to the north of that run across china to south korea into japan that all like abuse some flooding on the ground, which is normal. but here it is not the 1st time this year, but maybe the most significant. it's slow moving, keeps moving through han sure then goes offshore. dollar wet day for tokyo,

a drying day for southern china, except for hong kong. cross in taipei. it's what it looks reasonably wet. the temperature is coming down a bit in beijing, but generally speaking it's still warmer than the average suggests. it would be the monsoon rains are flopping in and out. and all that sort of failing stage at the moment that chows in the western side of india in the north of india, it's still hot, dry and dusty hotter still in pakistan. ah, join the debate. wonderful as it is that the plum matic language, it really means nothing on the ground on air or online at your voice. the queen is be removed as head of state because she's done absolutely nothing. what these country white man, where is the progress? i haven't seen enough racial as do see sports journalist. i look like me if you need to listen to those voice perspectives, even when it's hard it when it challenges some of our foundational thinking. this

dream on al jazeera lou. ah ah, welcome back you watch now to 0 mind if our top stories us our, are just as in to this year writing in the captive tunis to denounced an upcoming referendum all in the constitution. president, case i eat husband ruling by decrease since july of last year. he does all parliament on replaced the electoral commission. russia is attacking military and artillery centers in the la hans region, houston crane insulting crane regained some of its lost territory, both sides claiming control of significant constitute city of savannah. hundreds of

afghan refugees of health protests in islamabad, demanding the right to work in pakistan. you also want to be recognized as asylum seekers most from the has our ethnic minorities. the u. s. is set to host the summit of the americas in los angeles on monday where leaders will meet to discuss regional problems. but while the white house is hoping to bolster engagement with latin america, the event has been clouded by threats of a boycott. it's after washington decided to exclude cuba, venezuela and nicaragua. alas, an american that is at missy in human reports. once every 3 years, leaders from all over the americas, me to be only gathering where all $36.00 countries sit at the same table, the summit of the americas. but less than a week before president joe biden is supposed to host his regional peers in los angeles. it's still unclear who'll turn up neither mexico talk to leave by

threatening to boycott the summit. he after biden decided to exclude cuba, nicaragua, and venezuela are doing. they don't meet the required democratic credentials, you know, yet in the richer no one has the right to exclude anyone. how can you call it a summit of the americas? where are the excluded countries from another continent and other galaxy, another planet? what a mala, honduras, and the caribbean countries as a block are also threatening not to attend wild, many of those who will plan to protest the reasons very mexico's president lot below have on for example, says that this is a matter of respect to a national sovereignty while here in chile printed and gabrielle bodied says that iceland, nation and sanctions don't work, and instead calls for dialogue and engagement with the leaders who are accused of human rights violations. saying that they must be brought to the table and brought to task face to face. for this years, agenda focuses on reaching

a region wide agreement on migration. but with midterm elections around the corner, biden doesn't want to antagonize conservatives by inviting leaders from countries that are viewed as authoritarian. i think by then needs president glop disorder to come. because mexico is the most important partner of the united states in terms of trying to control the flow of migrants. but they ignoring regional demands for an all inclusive summit. washington is undermining the summit agenda. the exclusion of some of the countries will mean bug that issue or the centerpiece probably in the discussion among presidents. the failure to engage, to properly engage with latin american countries, is going to be costly for by having, unfortunately for the u. s. other countries do see latin america as a priority, particularly china. so i think the only one celebrating the way this summer is goin

is showing cuban venezuela. now say they won't go to the summit even if invited a last minute, face saving deal that may allow lopez over avoid and the others to attend. but the damage may be done with many arguing that a precious opportunity to work with the united states. as a partner has been squandered. to see a newman al jazeera, santiago, plumbers preparing for was being dubbed the platinum party at the palace on saturday. lie concise with the latest in the series of events, marking the british queen 70 year reign as monarch. the concert is set to feature many celebrity gas and performers, including diana ross on the band queen and around 2 hour old brennan is that after the 1st 2 days, all the queens, platinum jubilee celebrations, which are more formal occasions. the troop in the color, military processions on thursday,

and this and paul's cathedral service of thanksgiving on friday. now we're into the weekend saturday sunday. the kind of that the celebrations turns are more informal . leisure, lee kind of party type of atmosphere. we're going to have st. parties on sunday and the main focus of today's celebrations and on commemorate. sions i'm thanksgiving is a party here in central london on the mouth just outside. booking and pass were a galaxy all talk pop and rock stars are going to be performing in honor of her majesty. and some of the names include queen the band. now fronted by the singer adam lambert. we're also going to have alicia keys. the proceedings are going to be brought to a close by ed sharon singing the song perfect. there will also be spoken includes i understand from the famous naturalist does is to david and bra and the football a former football david beckham 2. and what's interesting though is that the queen herself won't be in attendance, so she is going to be at windsor castle. she has been feeling quite frail after the

exertions of thursdays, events, and so she won't actually be here, but that doesn't take away from the sense here in central london of glorious sunshine, feeding into a sense of well being and a sense of thanksgiving for the work on the sacrifice on the ship, it just just a, giving that the, that her majesty put in over these 70 years that she's been on the throne. vass wetland in southern iraq believed to be the public and garden of eden is slowly disappearing. unesco heritage wetlands have soft that been suffering from captain neglect and climate change and assets vanishing. so are the ancient traditions of people living there. and some have been denied reports from iowa and southern iraq . a 5000 year old mode of transport is slowly disappearing from iraq's unesco heritage marshes to be heard are members that 6 decades ago

there was water in the o. r or marshes. i select the advice center. it's been 4 or 5 years and the water level is decreasing gradually. it really affects us when there's water, the marshes come to life and we can fish. when i was young at the marshes were a magnificent place. not like these days, we were able to collect marsh reeds and fish. now we are left with nothing knowing how large known as the water dries up. so does the demand to make the ancient machine or marsh boat. in addition to boat making, they used to be work for maintenance and upkeep. now most of the boat makers have left the swamps and rivers in southern cooper, booster, and hill. many of the 20 types of boats for hunting transport or passengers are not being made any more. the ones which are made use important materials. the ancient technique of making them a shoe or the marsh port is all but lost. the local wood has been replaced by industrial timber, the archers are now being made with java wood. and instead of whale oil,

they are using fiberglass and chemical tar. in addition to climate change and drying marshes, but makers also for his frequent pockets bothers a 3rd generation boat builder and says it's quicker using more than equipment and imported materials are cheap. turn in the environment. the old boat was made of wood, cotton and nails. now all these materials not use now fiberglass is used. it's better than the old way. previously, people waited for a month to get a boat, but with low water level, there's no words. my biggest fear is the drought. no water means no work for us. one of the world's largest inland delta has shrunk from $9000.00 to just under 800 square kilometers. the marshes were dried for oil production and agriculture from the $970.00. then to combat armed groups in the 1900 ninety's. and people from the marshes c promises to help have just been quote,

ink and paper lint assured that the government did not do anything for the marshes, no strategic plans, no health or educational projects. the residents are deprived of everything. the boat industry flourished once, but now the marshes are getting smaller and people rely on fewer boats. climate change is the main factor. it will become worse with summer evaporation levels. also upstream dams. in turkey and iran mean more than 40 river tributaries are totally cut off. the water buffaloes are an important part of the local dairy industry. but human and animal based is also a challenge for the fragile ecology. but making in this pristine habitat and its ancient heritage are all at risk. and without immediate action, this unique marshland is pushed closer to extinction every day. sullivan jo without the ra, a hot or southern iraq one of africa's biggest jazz festivals has kicked off on the senegalese,

on and of st. louis with kind of 19 restrictions. the lifted thousands of tourists have come to the event. a showcases music inspired by africa. nicholas tactical, ah, improvising on stage is malia and jazz artists bedrock with, with a band of senegalese musician, taken by the music. many in the crowd are unable to keep still. among them, melinda and richard, who travelled across the atlantic from washington d. c. to attend the event, this music is really out the room. yeah. visit weren't jazz, came from the power originating with the green ocean where people chanted their stories of their families. and they use traditional instruments to accompany it. and what eventually became american jazz. had its roots here in africa in particular west africa. and we'll go from washing ged, shoot a strong jacket,

music scene, and we're going to really enjoy. so we thought a be interesting to come back and get a deeper understanding of what just gone and how it sounds, you know, with cove restrictions lifted, this 30th edition of the st. louis jazz festival is bringing hundreds of visitors. the archipelago is a unesco world heritage site. during the 2nd world war, african american troops landed in this former colonial capital of french africa, bringing their music, explains the festival director, if windows or was have released from the mississippi river to here, there is a flow of music. perhaps african slaves brought their music to america, and african americans brought it back here. in this dialogue, there is the sound of this voice feels like a divine melody. mullin, artist creates a wishes. there could be a festival like this in war torn molly or ukraine. a survey for all jazz is freedom. it allows you to escape somebody to be free from

the blues and leave me worries behind not lose it sounds from the benefit. oh and the and goni transport the audience in a musical jury. ah, let me show you the insurance that he has on stage he's been using just before he picked up the guitar of core i, which is a 10 string instrument. and then on stage is also a calabasas which is another traditional west african instrument. this is what this festival is about is to introduce and for just to a wider public right here in saint louis. this is the celebration of music, of love and of the joy it brings to people no matter where they are from. nicholas hawk al jazeera st. louis synagogue. ah.