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the container depot near the court. city of charter graham. ah, my money and i. e, this is out there, lie from dough. so coming up, the ukrainian capital comes on the russian attack is fighting intensifies in the east of the country. north korea carries out another missile launched a day off to the south, wraps up the naval exercise with the u. s. groups of his riley settlers break into the oxen most compounds, palestinian worshippers define caution. ah, emergency crews in bangladesh are recovering more bodies from a massive fire that tours for contain a storage facility. at least 37 people have been killed in the south eastern town.
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it's a couldn't day near the port city of chelsea graham. the place funk to lodge explosion is fi since rushed to the scene. some of the containers happen storing flammable chemicals. but fortune 50 people have been injured. many of them are in critical condition. hospitals have been urging people to donate blood and don't want to the actual cause behind the incident will be revealed when it's investigated. as far as i know, the deputy commissioners office has form the prob committee, the fire brigade must have launched a separate investigation or will do so as k, like to tempe, a child, various and ducats. this was a pretty devastating fire tanveer. is it under control now? it's fairly under control. there's still some gra sydel fire in some of the containers. you can see them. small flames coming out are smoke coming out. what's the danger? is there any of those containers that play mobile material? it could spread the fire, so they're not totally out of danger. not spatial unit of army is helping out the
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fire brigade cruise. so in the salvage operation, as mentioned, report the, there's still some body has been recovered on the spot. there's a lot of chemical spills on the ground and the air is quite toxic. there's a lot of film in lay out a reality. a lot of people died because of chemicals, films do drain elation that burned on lungs according to sources. in the chapter gram medical hospital now they're also saying there is limited space and then some of the patients been moved to other houses even to talk out because the number of injuries is increasingly higher. martin over 400 people. so quite a tragic incident. the investigation has been lunch, but there is no clue as to what really caused the fire. this is a private container depot. it has a fire fighting a good men and a center there, but they don't know what really caused it as of yet. and the fire fighter also informed that there were not that that ah,
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flammable chemical in the containers. otherwise better have taken a different measure in the beginning. and ms. 5, fire fighter, so far we know are among the dead tongue. they're bangladesh. has a history has an it of be sort of industrial workplace fires? what more do we know about that and it could that be relevant to this investigation? indeed, i mean we see every year, some industrial fire or small cottage industries that are around congested area of like plastic and chemical factories. some of them are even a legal now every time there's a major incident, the loss been july last year when a foot processing factory got him fired for 50 people. since then, the government has been much more rigid that come up with new laws and the fire fighting companies goes into these factories under inspection. but after a while it falls apart because of limited the manpower and your sources and lack of
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enforcement. and lot of the private companies, they are negligent, do not put the type of equipment required to initially white these fires since star ronna plaza, industrial accident, 2013. there has been much improvement. i must say, at least in the garments and textile sector who have to go by compliance, most of them have now all of that, all dive for mallet is at least in place to tackle this sort of incident. but there are other factors and private, a private, chemical and plastic factors are clearly still in danger on this trying to fire. ok, thank you for that time 3 there for us in dhaka now several missile strikes have hit the outskirts of ukraine's capital keith after weeks of relative calm. keith has largely been spad from major attack since russia. we focus it's ministry campaign on the east of the country zane bizarre avi has more from there.
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just said around 6 am 6 30 am a major railway hub. by all accounts, a repair warehouse, a repair center for the rail lines here in the capitol was hit by missiles. now this, this, this area of the capitol is east of the ne pro river that runs through keith. this attack seems to have struck what they are saying is a repair center. but in the past, when russian missiles have hit areas like this, weather was in key or elsewhere in the country. they've been targeting what we, what they consider military targets. and there is a known to be military and civilian infrastructure during this conflict around airports and rail lines. some local reports that remain unconfirmed. suggest that there may have been an arms around munition depot at this site, but that again by the government remains unconfirmed. now the general staff has said that there were no casualties. no, jess from this missile strike, but one person was injured and taking the hospital and we are hearing that that the
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fires that had started after the missile strike have now been put out with fire cruise working throughout the morning. we've also this morning heard from the general staff with their early morning update that there has been shelling that has happened in car keep overnight. and there are reports that white phosphorus ammunition was used in the shelling of civilian targets there. meanwhile, fighting is intensifying in the east of the country. ukraine says russia is throwing massive fire pipe power. the key city of savannah, daniel after troops reclaims some territory, was mostly on the russian control and has seen heavy fighting in recent weeks into our gates in ports. russian soldiers picked their way through the rubble of what used to be an apartment block. in sierra, jeanette sk. russia was in control of more than 70 percent of this small industrial city in the east of the country. but in recent days,
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ukraine's military says it's reclaimed, some of the territory and accuses rusher of blowing up bridges to prevent them bringing aim reinforcements and aid. not the most common optim internet's direction . the enemy is shelling positions of our troops along the entire line of contact with mortars, canon and rocket artillery. it uses operational, tactical, and ami ation with the main efforts concentrated on the city aero done yet scammed back more directions. fighting continues in the city. in dynette sc, rushing, shelling spoke to major far at a famous wood monastery. it's one of ukraine's most sacred orthodox sites. well, she'd been stuck with it caught fire as a result of a rush, an artillery attacking this was not the 1st attack. on wednesday, 3 monks were killed by russians shelling in ukraine 2nd largest city clock heave a civilian airfield has been damaged by a missile strike. the city has suffered sporadic attack since ukrainian forces regain territory and pushed back russian troops earlier this month is fighting
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continues, the u. s. is promised to support ukraine's investigations into alleged rule crimes by russian forces. i think one of the talent is, 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 wanted to terrace a woo that's not expected to end any time soon. military experts say both sides face a prolonged war of attrition in the east of the crate in the coming months. like they toria gate and be al jazeera south korea's military says north korea's find at least 8 short range ballistic missiles off its eastern coast. the projectiles appears, have landed outside japan's exclusive economic zone. is peeling young's 18th launch this year. japan's prime minister says the missile task can't be tolerated. so stay over. what does the height did better?
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since entering this year, north korea has repeatedly launched ballistic missiles, including the new icbm, a series of north korean actions threatened the patients to build a t of the region and the international community and cannot be forgiven by any means. the launch of this ballistic missile is also a violation of international law and i strongly condemn it. we have already made a strict protest against north korea young. the id or the lawrence comes a day off to sort of south korea and the u. s. held a joint naval excise in international waters of the japanese island of ocoee. noah . no, she official say the 3 day drill was meant to boost their readiness for what they call the north korean provocation. several people have been detained in hong kong after authorities banned public commemorations of the 1989 c hanniman square massacre for a 3rd year running rise group say thee detentions are an insult to the memory of the victims, alexia bryan with horse, hong kong,
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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 one act of as say, is an increasingly dark chapter in the territories history. o. d u 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,
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had bought at the shops before 3 years ago. to memorize gentlemen square doors for years. everything drink was a 3rd grader of the spring and summer. this is the 3rd year all public commemorations of the event have been banned cove. it was the explanation last year and here before, ah 2019 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 may have been thousands of peaceful demonstrators. chinese officials say 300 died. the footage of alone protested, 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,
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lauren 2020. the annual commemorations had become smaller this year for the 1st time. none was planned, 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, buell thirties, all ready on high alert. but candles did burn in the windows of the u. s. consulate, the white house accusing authorities in hong kong and china of trying to suppress memories of the massacre. lo, 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 gentlemen a sign that despite china's efforts their descent will not be silent. ah, alex o'brien al jazeera china has launched 3 astronauts into space
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on board. is shen ju 14 spacecraft ah, bridget, all the crew will spend 6 months working and living on the call module of china's unfinished young gong orbiting space station. they will be completing assembly work and will return to the landing site early december. still ahead on al jazeera sifting free, the sludge, we meet their rockies whisking their lives for a few flakes of gold plus ah, heading back to the rates of jazz, we report from the festival drawing music lovers to stan ago. ah, john, he has begun the faithful world copies on its way to the castle book. your travel
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package today. hello there. it's all about vs. thunderstorms, across europe at the moment, particularly for western and central areas. and we've seen some heavy rain fallen northern areas of france, 20 millimeters over an hour in some places not lead to flooding in areas like paris . now we are going to see those storms continue. we've got warnings out as they rumble further east. across the alpine region, across germany and the low lying countries, warnings the routes, belgium, as well as southern and central areas of the u. k. we are going to see england and wales seasons. and some of those storms with lightning strikes, potentially as well. but up in the north for places like scotland and northern ireland, lots of sunshine and clear skies. and it's a similar story for much of scandinavia. but as we go into monday we'll, you can see those storms sweeping up through denmark. now we have had a lot of heat across the balkans. we'll see more funded storms here and that heat extends to greece and turkey. while we have had wildfire breakout and some suburbs
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of athens, thanks a gusty winds and high temperatures. they continue on sunday and at the hot picture for much of italy above average temperatures. here as it is for much of the mediterranean northern areas of spain and portugal, seeing some rain, but lots of sunshine down in the south. 31 degrees in madrid, achumba i saw air with talk to al jazeera. we ask you be more specific home, any troops are you asking for, and what kind of military equipment we listen, ask the people of cuba industry. if there is a difference between donald and white for them, when we meet with global news makers, i'm talk about the story stuck on out to sierra. we understand the differences and similarities of cultures across the wow. amount of what we've been using current for that matter to you. ah
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oh, back you watching out a 0 mind if our top story is to sell. at least 37 people have been killed and 450 of an engine in a massive fi and bangladesh. blaze broke out to contain a storage facility where it's believe flammable chemicals were being kept. several missile strikes of the outskirts, a few grains caps, of keep injuring at least one person. the city's been bad from major strikes for several weeks to russia refocused. it's offensive to the east of the country. south korea's military says north korea's fired at least 8 short range, ballistic missiles of its eastern coast. the projectiles are believed have landed outside japan's exclusive economic zone. hundreds of israeli
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settlers, storm the isle axiom moss compound that dorn under the protection of israeli forces in cash lead to confrontations with palestinian worshippers. it follows violence last week during israeli flag de marches in the muslim quarter of occupied east jerusalem in wild. is there, a media network continues to demand a rapid, independent and transparent investigation into the killing of its journalist. in the occupied westbank serene apo enclave was shot in the head by railey forces while she was on assignment. in janine, on the day of her funeral, israeli forces storm the procession and started beating mourners, causing pull barris. to almost drop her casket. it didn't stop thousands of palestinians from marching through occupied east jerusalem to take part in her funeral. members of the international community condemned her killing and continue to cool for investigation. sharina barclay was without a zara for 25 years,
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covering the story of this rarely occupation. she was known as the voice palestine . summit of the americas is set to begin in los angeles. this monday, the white house has decided to exclude kiva, venezuela and nicaragua, from the gathering. our latin american ed is salisia. newman has more once every 3 years leaders from all over the americas meet at the 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 tuffy levi 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, you didn't, did it. you. no one has the right to exclude anyone. how can you call it
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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 novice or would have odd, for example, says that this is a matter of respect to a national sovereignty. while here in chile, president gabriella bodied says that ice and 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 the task face to face. about this year's 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 the needs president glop,
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the ssl rather 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 lug guard issue will be 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 using unfortunately for the us. 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
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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, decades of instability and corruption in iraq has led to high unemployment, is forcing some people to resort to dangerous work to make a living. including paling. the precious metals in waste water. i made up there by heat has more from back that deep in the sewers above that there is a living to be earned. these men are panning waste from jewelry shops, hoping to find tiny flakes of gold and silver among the dust. standing in the contaminated water of the tigris river, they say hanning is just to one part of that world. the comment that we submerged the dust into water and stir it by hand so that mud and weiss can float up and
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missiles deposit. we repeat the same process for hours every day while tie. we must be very careful because some metals are very light and can float up with water. we then accumulate the flakes to be smelted later in ovens and a half. lose ovens are operated in this decades old work a place in the cities river street neighbourhood thereon for long hours by smelters without proper safeguards. smoke and suit fill the chambers and covered the run down building facing jess, im has been in the business for 24 years. so going to fall or call them. as you can see we are surrounded by old dangers, fire, smoke, waste, and rubbish. the place was set on fire in the past where our health has been consumed, and most of us have had severe injuries. doctors always advise us to quit, but we have no other choice. it's so tough here,
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but life is ruthless out there. they each risk of their lives for about $20.00 a day and the work is infrequent. these refined pieces were recovered from piles of dust. this chunk weighs less than wine kilogram, and it usually takes a lot of effort from the whole team here to extract it from dusts, it gets dipped into nitric acid to extract its golden silver. those metals are then sent back to the workshop. so they came from to produce more jewelry, craftsman, say they're proficient has declined in recent years due to arise in imported trinkets. but they continue to earn what they can the flex from the jewelry that they mold washed down the sewers. and in darpa, once more in this narrow,
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grim alley and the smelters battle, the noxious fumes to retrieve the precious metals and send them back. once again, ma'am, would abdougla had algebra baghdad, and to capital funding and africa has grown dramatically over the last decade. yet many fail to see the power and potential that exists within the continent, especially when it comes to innovation. gillian wolf report the no, no south african silicon valley cape town has long attracted foreigners with its pristine beaches lay back lifestyle and vibrant culture. but as tech hobbs, a merge and the cost of living stores, there is a crucial need to equip the cities youth with the tools necessary to try this newly established hub, cold innovation city 6 to accelerate growth among start up by bringing young entrepreneurs of various business interest under the thing group,
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we will figure things out. it's founder quino. chemist said it wouldn't have been as successful pre pandemic in a lot of ways covered has been one of the best teachers we could have ever had. never before. has the world collaborated the way it has, and it's no different with business. we've got some critical issues that we need to sort out, especially on the african continent. and we can only do that through collaboration . the north can foundation recently launched a $200000000.00 growth dedicated to innovative african stone up that focus on making a positive impact on the content other b. c or following suit. as a city emerges from locked down and struggled with a high unemployment rate. places like innovation, city encourages empowers people to work together across all sectors, lead to greater job creation within the continent. venture capital funding and africa had an all time high last year, meeting more than $5000000000.00. but some say the success of
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a startup depends largely on the one calling the shots. leadership is a fundamental issue, because we've seen the converse of that. we've seen what happens on this continent when you put dictators people who don't allow for democratic processes to work. well for entropy nurse to thrive. so leaders need to, in some ways, care the policy sort of successful and talented people can thrive through the leaders like napoleon, the thing that were moved to see how the pandemic impacted the lives of those around him. and so the next chapter was born and event featuring renown guest speakers to equip young creatives, but the business sacrament. overcome similar challenges, we refer to ourselves as a global citizens because the new technology through the internet, we are now part of a global community. we want to take that even further and want to be part of the global conversation, a conversation impacting life on the african continent, and the way those on the outside joint wolf out as the ref, capetown,
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one of africa's biggest jazz festivals as kicked off in senegal, and with coven 19 restrictions lifted, hundreds of tours have been able to travel to attend the event. nicholas hack reports 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 dc to attend the event. this music is really out the room down visit were jazz came from pal, 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.
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and we'll go from washington to shoot a strong junction music in really good. so we thought a be interesting to come back and get a deeper understanding of what just on how it sounds you 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 failure, bringing their music, explains the festival director. if we can duffy, or whatever it is 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. melina does creates a wishes. there could be a festival like this in more torn molly or ukraine,
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or silly for all jazz is freedom. it allows you to escape sim id to be free from the blues and leave your worries behind. none oh, sounds from the benefit. oh, and the, and goni transport the audience in a musical journey, 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 jazz 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 sound.
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