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seems like it used to playing in fronts of expected home crowds that we hoping to convince both the fans on themselves, so they really all ready to take on the world. the 1st episode of the series explores the imperial origins of the drug trade. commerce was good, wire. fire was good for the former. so these, thank you very much. want to go and opens passage from the far east to europe and the united states. guns need money. only money in these mountains is ok. drug trafficking, politics and power. the era empires on al jazeera ah opposition grows as to new year's president forges ahead with sweeping plans to reform the country's constitution.
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ah, hello i'm. i am ozzy in london. you're watching out era. also coming up on the program. russia refocuses, it's offensive to capture a key city in east and ukraine after ukrainian forces take back territory, heightened security in hong kong way, events to monk. the 33rd anniversary of the tiana mon crackdown have been banned and i was, i'm a been job it at the world heritage site of iraq. so the marshes and i'll tell you how the centuries old inland wetlands system is slowly dying. ah, hello and welcome to the program. in tunisia, opposition is growing to president chi sites plans to change the country's constitution a year off t sacks. the government suspended parliament and gave himself power to rule by
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decree. demonstrate his or accusing present sight of staging. a qu, lindsey of all command reports now from the capital tunis. 6 o scuffles with police is opposition. politicians lead protests against prison chi side. oh, he's dissolved parliament and replaced the electoral commission in tunisia. now he wants a referendum next month to change his constitution. critic say his changes amount to a coo and the headquarters. the electoral authority ma scuffles with police a jacobs, wasn't it? so we came as political parties and activists to express our views. what we were attacked by the police who spread tear gas on our faces. why one side has been poles in political advertising and told international election observers. they are not welcome to protest as don't believe the vote in july will be free or fair.
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they say side has too much power. and democracy's in danger. many of those demonstrating on saturday spent several years in prison under tunisia form of president zene and aberdeen and ali. they say they don't want to go back to an authoritarian regime. recently, side site, 57 judges giving himself even greater judicial power. judges from the association of magistrates say, president side could use the law to eliminate his opposition angle to say that it's what it yes, the president justified these dismissals under the pretext of fighting corruption. but the fight against corruption should not be conducted outside the law. and outside transparent procedures that give judges the possibility to defend themselves. these procedures allow the truth to be unveiled and corruption to be exposed. president chi side says he's building a 3rd republic and cleansing tunisia of corruption. but his opponents accuse him of corrupting democratic institutions. and reaching for absolute power and control
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over the country. alyssia falcon al jazeera, today's now ukraine says russia is throwing all its power at the key. eastern city of savannah, don. yes. of the troops reclaim some territory that it was mostly under russian control. and the scene fierce fighting the recent weeks. elsewhere, shelling sparks and major fire a famous wooden monastery in the done yet squeegee and your crime crimes. russian forces killed 4 monks there in may. russia to s rights are increasing in the dumbass region, which is now become the focus of moscow's war. will russian ass strikes have pummeled. many parts of east and ukraine is forces battled to capture 2 cities that will put a contested provence under moscow's control. bridges have been blown up and apartments shelled in 2 key cities severed. dani ask and neighboring. las johnson, russia is also escalated its attacks in the done the province, including the city of flavio as fighting edges close to their residence,
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left with few choices other than to leave that destroyed homes. lose just she did is doing was just because it's very scary. there are 4 houses and all of them without windows, without walls, everything is dog. and there's a hole in the back or no roof. even the poor residential building was destroyed. there's no roof and everybody left. and they don't have any way to go back to a civil field in ukraine, 2nd largest city. our cave has been damaged by missile strike. video reveals craters of explosions and damaged craft harkey. this suffered sporadic attack since ukrainian forces regained territory and pushed back russian troops earlier this month says he sits near the border with russia was heavily bombarded during the 1st days of the war. many residents on returning to harkey but much the city's infrastructure has been badly damaged out. there is a bus route, the following developments from the capitol keys. the most fierce,
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fierce battles that are happening are currently in service. and 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 bringing 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,
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but now that is less likely far less likely than it was 24 hours ago. now 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 100 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 the material from the russian side. us, ambassador ukraine has been in cave offering support for war crimes investigations . bridget spring met ukraine, prosecutor general, the town of bar dunker, and turned several damaged buildings in the area shows washington's committed to bringing justice for ukraine. country says it's identified more than 10000 possible war crime so far. i think it's really important to bear witness to these
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horrible atrocities and being here today has only strengthened my resolve to help ensure justice and accountability. i think one of the challenges is that there are a lot of cases and how do you prioritize and order them and do them in the midst of a country in war? yeah, there are a lot of challenges, but that wanting to terrace. ah, now, several people have been detained in hong kong after authorities ban public commemorations of the 1989 to hanniman square massacre. for a 3rd straight year rights group say the detentions are an insult. the memory of the victims. alexey o'brien reports hong kong, usually bustling victoria park behind barricades and police. for years it's been the scene of kendall it vigils to remember those killed in the 1989 at 10 am and
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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 freedom 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. and go, come in, 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 were stopped or questioned. their bags checked. even this man who was carrying a toy tank. he said he'd bought at the shops, people 3 years ago we had the flu. lemme rise to norman square.
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for years, we've been trained with his head rangers written songs. 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, ah 2019 tens of thousands gathered around the statue of the goddess of democracy. she was built as a copy of this erected in tenements whereby pro democracy protestors and 1989. that was months before military crackdown killed want rights groups say may have been thousands of peaceful demonstrators. chinese officials say 300 died. the footage of alone 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,
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many protest leaders are in jail or an exile. the goddess of democracy statue has been taken away. oh, i am disappointed because although no one's organized any commemorative event, buford is all ready on high alert. but candles did burn, and 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 silent. ah, lexia brian al jazeera. now scientists have issued a start warning about concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. the west climate agency says it's reached new record levels, 50 percent higher compared to the pre industrial era. those levels, nazis,
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it's about 4000000 years ago when temperatures were hotter and sea levels of merge many of today's cities. and instead of cutting back fossil fuel use, the world is doing exactly the reverse. last year. so 36300000000 tons of c o 2 emissions the largest ever annual rise will elizabeth were 30 is a climb activist and founder of the green generation initiative. this was her reaction to the latest climate data. i find the latest that are very terrifying and especially these are built on the implications because the fact is very clear that you have to cut the emissions and the number emissions by 45 lessons in this the kid. but again, the emissions continue to rise and we are almost the warming of 3 degrees. and this is going to be really got the traffic for me just like mine that are already facing the watson part of the climate crisis. and for a young class. and we were spent time with community like losing what g county in karen who are facing prolonged job that of course course i got his brain if he
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wants to play. and i think it's really wanting you to think that this is only going to be more of traffic for them and is a come to that depends on 80 percent of their livelihoods coming from lifestyle. but i still the lifestyle dying and i still people who have lost hope for the future and they're desperate because they impartially continue to rise. so i think that is happening because they are phase to take that can be unconquered steps that fancy that we must take. ellis al jazeera ally from london wants to lead for you. we had to be here to celebrate with everyone. oil well wishes pack, central london for the policy at the palace that more coming on. ah hello there now autumn was warmer and wet of a much of
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a strayer than usual. they had the 3rd warmness autumn on record, but winter has certainly arrived, especially for that southeast corner. we've got a strong cold front, sweeping in bringing cold, gusty and wintry conditions to the likes of victoria southern areas of new south wales and of course tasmania. now, for the rest of the country, it is looking a lot clearer, particularly in the west, with plenty of sunshine and clear skies for perth, even as we go into the week, a few showers popping off in the north. but it's down in the southeast corner that we are seeing the really wet and windy conditions. and if we have a look at what to expect in the days to come, we got damaging winds with gusts of up to 90 kilometers per hour. we are expecting more snow to fall with blizzard conditions on the higher ground. now as we move in some monday, that system's gonna work its way pretty quickly out towards the east, sweeping across the tasman. see, it's going to work its way close to new zealand. if we take a closer look, it's gonna get pretty wet for the west. we've got warnings out for heavy rain here,
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but christ church stays clear. we are going to see the temperature pick up with plenty of sunshine to southeast asia. it's the usual business of sunshine and showers, with some heavier falls for java as we go into monday. ah, in from mother to daughter, an ancient croft kept alive by bustling for start to finish. ah old traditions. intertwined with new designs, making this families place unique and twenties. yes. rich tapestry threat on a to 0. lou
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ah ah. watching al jazeera ally from london main stories. now it's been nearly a year since president chi side of tenicia suspended the parliament and gave himself power to rule by decree will now opposition is growing against his plans to change the country's constitution. the capital tutors protested confronted by riot police as they attempted to march to the electoral board headquarters to share their opposition to the constitutional referendum plan for july as civil airfield in ukraine. second city harkey has been damaged by missiles strike or keith as close to the russian border, and it seems sporadic attack since ukrainian forces regain territory earlier this month. and scientists of issue to stop wanting about the concentration of carbon dioxide in the planet's atmosphere. the us climate agency says it's reached
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a record level that's 50 percent higher than during the pre industrial era. a vast wetland in southern iraq believe to be the sight of the biblical garden of eden is slowly disappearing. in esco heritage wetlands is suffering from government neglect and climate change and as its vanishing. so the ancient traditions of the people living there is all women. java reports from a war in southern iraq. a 5000 year old mode of transport is slowly disappearing from iraq's unesco heritage marshes. so be heard remembers that 6 decades ago. there was water in the o. r. r marshes. i selected to add marcella. 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, the marshes were a magnificent place. not like these days,
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we were able to collect marsh reeds and fish. now we're left with nothing knowing how long known as the water dries up, so does the demand to make the ancient machine or marshal 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 hillary. many of the 20 types of boats for hunting transport or passengers are not being made anymore. the ones which are made use important materials. the ancient technique of making the machine 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 in 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
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imported materials are cheap. turn and learn how to push it. in better than the old boat was made of wood, coffin, 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 work. 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 than to combat armed groups in the 1990 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
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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 bookmaking 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. summer been jo without the ra, a heart of southern iraq innovation nation's expert on human rights and sudan as condemned. the continue crackdown against pro democracy protested adama dang is wrapping up his 2nd visit to the country school for the release of those detained under a recent state of emergency. and, and, and the use of excessive force against demonstrations that the near daily rallies against military since it sees power last october. i and minute orders had called
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for restraint. yes. however, it seems that this court was not easy. and according to our information, like we said, it was a use for this can be no justification for filing a al somali, as military says, it's killed 5 al. sure, bob fight is in a joint as strike with the united states. it came on to the on group which is linked to al qaeda attacked. somali forces near bare rezani on friday. the 1st us lead bombing since the white house announced special forces would, again be based in somalia, former president donald trump pulled them out during his term in office. now self career in the united states have held a joint naval exercise in international waters off the japanese island of our can.
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our military officials say the drills were held to bolster the alliance is readiness against quote, north korea, north korean provocations. the south korean war ships that took part one their way to hawaii to join the multinational exercises led by the us there. now as star studded concert has been held here in central london in what spain down the platinum party at the palace. the latest event in a series of celebrations, knocking the british queens at 70 a reign as monic for brandon has mall. the mile leading to buckingham palace was already busy with well wishes and sights is from early afternoon. union jack flags everywhere. this family came from gloucester to enjoy the festivities. i think for me it's because of it's something that my children are never going to experience. so it certainly is such a historical thing that needs to be hunted. and among the crowd, one or 2 who have actually met the queen. i not necessarily the queen. i've been
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the ambassador of the democratic republic of congo in this country. i met the queen more than 10 times in my life. every time when i come back to f sheila, mom bet all the things we did to all we we we, we spoke 6 months before and day she come back as he was yesterday, basking in warm sunshine down here on the mile in central london. the celebrations were mcqueen's class in the jubilee rocha kind of sense of national well being. that seems a world away from the day to day problems of high energy costs and the war in ukraine. the monarchy has its supporters and indeed its critics. but the power of occasions such as this, the appeal across all walks of life the party at the palace was staged on especially constructed 360 degree platform. right in front of the queen's london home, buckingham palace,
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22000 ticket holders got the close up view with thousands more were watching and listening from the surrounding parkland. a millions more on television to an alba concert in honor of the queen. 70 years as a you case head of ah, the queen herself was never expected to attend to the concert. her public appearances increasing be limited by physical frailty and mobility problems. none the less, the tribute to her were heartfelt and sincere for 70 years. you have worked so incredibly hard, not just for the people of this country, but for the whole commonwealth were the castle is barely 20 miles away. so if we cheer loudly enough, she might, might just hearers. so then all joined together
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in the mid to celebration in the sense of historic occasion. there is the realization that this jubilee is likely one of the last opportunities to celebrate the reign of queen elizabeth during her lifetime. ah ha brennan are due to monday. ukraine will play wales on sunday in a playoff to decide qualification for the wild card. at the end of the year. ukraine of only played one competitive match since the russian invasion. levitt tree against scotland early this week has been believing they can make it to cat up for reese is with the team in a while capital ukraine's footballers are about to play a much that could define their generation. beat wiles here in cardiff and a place at the world cup is there's as the war with russia goes on at home, it's a chance to take their role as
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a rallying point for ukrainian pride. all the way to cut off. she's neither gonna store. this is sport, we don't expect any favors from our opponents just because of our situation. but for us, this is the most important game of our lives and will do everything possible to win . stuff like all examiners in jenco who place the english champions, manchester city, it's mostly footballing excellence of the team. there important off the pitch was shown by the impact of the 31 when in scotland, that got them to this knockout final. in cardiff, the welsh will be wary, but this passionate football in country is also sensing a moment in history. the ukraine could hardly have a more motivated opponent for this much wiles haven't reached the world cup since 958. to put that into some context, the play who knocked them out of that tournament was a 17 year old brazilian co pilot whales have their own version of pele in doris
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bayers. the 5 time champions league when i had just left rail madrid. i'm just shown before that with him, wales can be anyone for all massively motivates us to call likely will we get a chance one getting to go? we know it's going to be a game against a difficult team and we have that most respect to them. but yeah, it's all on the line come tomorrow and we'll give everything like, like i said, the well ship chosen the more intense atmosphere of the 33000 capacity card if city stadium instead of the double capacity principality stadium across town. but ukraine will have plenty of support barrows, both in cardiff and around the world. not least, those watching back home, but whole, reese out is era called it on of africa as big as jazz festivals as kicked off in senegal. curve 19 restrictions lifted. hundreds of terrorists have been able to travel the event which showcase is music inspired by the african continent.
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nicholas hoc reports now from the senegalese island of saint louis, ah, improvising on stage is malia and jazz artists, bedroom korea. with a bound of senegalese musician ah, taken by the music, many of 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 up the road. oh, this is weren't your house came from 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 go from washing. judy loses strong german
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music in really good. so we thought a be interesting to come back and get a deeper understanding of what just on the, how it sounds, you know, with covey 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 william duffy, or was her release from the mississippi river to sheer, 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 with all jazz's freedom. it allows you to escape somebody
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to be free from the blues and leave your worries behind. none. oh, it sounds from the bell. f. o and thee and goni, transport the audience in a musical journey, ah, let me show you the instruments that he has on stage he's been using. just before he picked up the guitar of cora, which is the 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 to and fro jazz to a wider public. right here in st. louis, this is the celebration of music, of love and of the joy it brings to people, no matter where they're from. nicholas hawk al jazeera st. louis synagogue. ah.

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