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proposing to explain to the public that instead of pushing back, no, it's actually got to be members. inside story on al jazeera, you had a white judge why prosecutor white cops and his black head, 16 when it happened, gets nailed. i've been in prison more years than i've been free on the street. there are some folks born bad if it's their child who is making these mistakes, they don't believe that they are born bad, full times, travels to tennessee to investigate why the state has one of the longest sentences in the u. s. for juveniles convicted of murder. 51 years behind bars on a jessina. ah . a britain's prime minister barak johnson survives a major leadership test, but news forward that we can grip on his own party. ah, hello,
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i'm darn jordan. this is out as they are alive from dough, are also coming up the you and warns of a human trafficking crisis targeting women and children fleeing the war in ukraine . leaders at the summit of the americas looked to address migration along the us border. but mexico's president boycotts the event and 2 brothers at the center of a massive state corruption investigation in south africa, arrested in dubai. ah, bars, johnson has held on as british prime minister after surviving a confidence vote spot by members of his own party. he says the outcome was a convincing and decisive result, but the scale of the rebellion has raised questions about his future at westminster . 211 conservative m. p 's vote in johnston's favor. with a 148 against that means 40 percent,
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the prime ministers colleagues refused to back him or been and reports from london . a victory for the prime minister, but far from convincingly the vote in favor of having confidence embarrass. johnston said it was $211.00 popes and a vote against was a $148.00 votes. and therefore, i can announce the parliamentary party does have ah, a raucous reaction from boris johnson, supporters with no disguising the enormity of the 148 m. p. 's, who voted against their own leader. so convincing result, a decisive result of what it, what it means is that as a, as a government we can move on and focus on the stuff i think really matters to people think that recently feverish speculation about forest johnston's political future
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had been relegated somewhat by last week's 4 day national holiday in honor of the queen's batman jubilee. the public brewing which greeted the prime minister at friday service of thanksgiving for the queen was an ominous indicator. ah, a random sample of london commuters confirms a certain degree of public disillusionment. several hours so tallahassee that he got bold that was almost like africa. turner, despite securing a solid atc majority in the general election just 2 and a half years ago. but as johnson has enjoyed months of controversy and criticism, which have steadily undermined his authority chief among them the party gates saga, where johnson and many of his stuff were found to have flouted covey, lockdown rules at downing street gatherings, johnson became the 1st p. m. judge, to have broken the law while in office deficient inquiry into those events,
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criticize the lack of leadership. the british public are fed up set up with a prime minister who promises big, but never delivers. fed up with a prime minister who's presided over a culture of lies a law breaking. the heart of government fed up with a prime minister, who is utterly unfit for the great office that he holds, its victory for boris johnson, but hardly a ringing endorsement of him and his leadership. one commentator on monday said johnson's appeal within the party was a mile wide, but just an inch deep. and so it seems. johnson himself will undoubtedly battle on fighting tooth and nail to retain his grip on power. but his options are rapidly dwindling. the current rules mean it will be at least 12 months before a new confidence vote can be caught. the questions about the prime minister's judgement and credibility remain, and precedent shows that surviving a confidence vote often represents only
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a stay of execution for tory leaders. rather than a full reprieve, pull brennan al jazeera westminster. a human trafficking crisis is unfolding in ukraine. that's according to the united nations, which says, perpetrators are taken advantage of the war. the un, special representative on sexual violence in conflict has painted a stock picture of the situation for the security council. for pretty. it is an un traffickers, wolf is not a tragedy. it is an opportunity. women and children fleeing the conflict are being targeted for trafficking and exploitation. in some cases facing further exposure to ramp up the risk while seeking refuge. they've been multiple reports from survivors of rushes, soldiers breaking down doors to basements, where women were sheltering and raping them. these terrible acts were done in front
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of their children, and they were filmed by the russian soldiers. these are bone chilling accounts. let us go to the ratchet enough accusations of russian service personnel committing crimes of his sexual nature. since the very beginning of our special military operation in ukraine has become a favorite tactic of the key regime in our western colleagues. what kristen salumi reporting from the un says it's nearly impossible to determine how bad things when the off, they're worried that the actual number of women and children who've been sexually assaulted is much higher than the 124 cases that they have documented. so far, given that 90 percent of refugees leaving ukraine are women and children, there's also grave concern that they're subject to human trafficking and sexual predators. course the outpouring of support for these refugees from
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european countries has been greatly appreciated. but the special representative, worried that predators were taking advantage of the situation and shared some disturbing stories of questionable people who had been circulating around these camps, offering rides to women and girls, and so on that could easily be preyed on in that situation. they say there's not a lot of vetting of the people who are coming to help in some of these instances. and they called for more vetting to ensure that trafficking is, is kept to a minimum rushes ambassador to the u. n. a storm down to the security council meeting after moscow was accused of causing a global food crisis with its invasion of ukraine, fussy and the bins yet left us european council president charles michelle addressed the 15 member body this debt to the sites. the you has no sanctions,
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audrey churchill sector in russia, 0. and even though sanctions on tuition transport sector do not draw beyond our, you borders, you may leave the room. maybe it's easier not to listen to the truth. the ambassador, mexico's president, has fallen through with a threat to boycott. the u. s. host had summit of the americas this week. and as manuel lopez abra door is skipping it because cuba, venezuela and nicaragua, have all been excluded. the u. s. says it understands his position, but won't invite countries. it deems undemocratic. mexico was sent. it's foreign minister in the president's place. in up with somebody the last i made a guess. there cannot be a summit of the americans if all the countries of the americans do not participate or they can be. but we consider that this as a continuation of the old approach, it will a summit and los angeles, james to address how to reduce migration at the us mexico border on monday, another group of refugees and migrants set off from southern mexico,
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heading north they time their departure to coincide with the summit. out as here was manual rapid, i was traveling with the group near the mexico guatemala border. thousands of migrants set out from the city of dublin schuler in the early hours of monday. many are mothers with young children who despite the heavy rain push to keep pace with the rest of the crowd. oh, there's numerous nationalities among them. but the vast majority or from venezuela . oh, all want to reach the united states. but i, when i was alarming by, i left my country in search of a better future with god's help. if he permits, i will reach the u. s. border and find new opportunities and help my family. it's already been a long and difficult journey for most. and many are now finding that mexico has its own challenges holloway, for this elderly woman. the inclement weather is too much. fortunately, paramedics are close by. her daughter says they're desperate for the nightmare to
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be open. in the morning that i'm looking for. then i will. i will follow up with amy and we're hoping they'll give us use visa. there are many of us migrants here. we need help. i just like this woman that many people here, children and disabled people who get tired. many people died in the jungle on our way here, pregnant women and children, there are children who fated just behind us saying it's the largest migrant care van to set out from southern mexico this year. but for a group this size to stay together, frequent rest are needed, especially for families traveling with young children. after several hours of walking, the group has taken a break from the punishing heat of southern mexico. they're tired, you can see the exhaustion on many of their faces, but just about every one we've spoken to says they're also committed to continuing their journey to the u. s. southern border with more rain forecast. the decision has been made for the group to stay put. they'll rest for now,
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but the plan is to take to the road again after midnight and make it as far as they can before the heat sets in once again. manuel rap below al jazeera shampoo, mexico investigators and bangladesh are trying to find the cause of a massive fire to shipping depot. at least 49 people were killed. the blades, which began on saturday, set of explosions. the could be heard several kilometres away, tonkin charge reports from 2nd people here are still in shock the explosion that should then turn neighborhood around the depot mohammed or is one, is just one of the people who are badly injured. and the obstacle of g o 2. now, we were observing the fire near the depot gate, and then in a blink of an eye, there was a major explosion then suddenly flaming metal debris hit me on my head as i was running to seek shelter in a shocked houses, authorities are still searching for the cause of the fire, i'm enough for them to get a miss burnett. what am that we have initially learned from the explosion is that
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this happened you to a leak of hydrogen peroxide and it is what likely crated, the spark charities are helping victims and their families will begun to hold up on your thoughts of we've provided ambulance services to those who were injured or died from the fire incident and alongside that we are also providing emergency medicine, food, and clothes, to those who are affected. although firefighters managed to bring the deadly blaze under control, the containers are still smoldering. clearance and salvage operation is still going on. you can see the level of devastation. i can smell fume that chemicals on the ground journalist were only given few minutes to check out the premises. and then we were told to leave this area because there is clearly more danger around victims, families crowd, the corridors of the hospital. i met again my li, i said, well kelly, my nephew is truck driver. he came to go to the container des pay that night, but he never got the chance to unload the goods. and instead of severely injured
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due to the explanation, the owners of the container deposit, they will help the victims. i won't go in to look at it one little our main goal is to help those who are injured to help the families of the dead on an urgent basis. and the company will help the victims, families for the rest of their lives and even better children's education expands. many of the containers contain internationally recognized clothe brands. and while safety standards have improved in factories in recent years, experts say more needs to be done across the entire supply chain than reach audrey of jessia, sit our condo bung with this. the u. s. has warned of a forceful and swift response. if north korea pursues a nuclear test deputy sector of state, wendy sherman made the comments in sol where she's meeting her south korean counterpart. they say they're assigned pyongyang as preparing for its 1st nuclear test. since 2017 sherman's visit comes a day off to south korea in the us 58 ballistic missiles in response to
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a similar launch by north korea a day earlier. any nuclear tests would be in complete violation of un security council resolutions. there would be a swift and forceful response to such a test, because as the international atomic energy agency itself has said, there is concern that they may conduct a nuclear test. this would be very d, stabilizing up to the world security. and i believe that not only the r, okay, in the united states and japan, but the entire world will respond in a strong and clear manner. time for a short break here now to sierra when we come back, an airline provokes angle by requiring some african passengers to prove who they are by taking a language test and putting more than 11000000 students to the test. china's university entrance exams begin under the shadow of coping 90. more than that,
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ah hello weathers, all quiet across the good part of the middle east. we got a few showers just around turkey, but when i say quiet and with light when sit means the heat really picking up the 50 celsius. the possibility for baghdad on choose day, not a whole lot better as we go one into well wednesday rather more pleasant just to remedy society of the mediterranean elements and temperatures, getting up into the mid to high twenty's, far more agreeable. we're into the forty's across the arriving peninsula here in dow temperature. touching $43.00 degrees celsius wise, the sunshine coming through, also hazy sunshine across northern parts of africa. the cloud that we have around the north west may become picking up at times to squeeze out a few spots of brian to clear the high ground, the atlas mountains, just into northern pasa morocco had also into algeria. the main show was
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a course across the gulf of guinea, pushing out quite nicely. now cynical, seeing some of that shes might even get a cheryl to pushing into the gambia, jodie up to the showers across central africa, raw the more shelves on the other side of the rift valley on places south eastern parts of central africa. now, starting to see some chassis scenarios of kenya, la, seeing the range from live, he shows that to, into a good part of most sam, big for south africa. it stays dry. i'm pretty warm this couple of days. ah, on counting the cost, the world bank was a global recession. so is it inevitable? the british government takes aim at storing energy bills will at ease the cost of living crisis. i'm talk as bonds, economies on the brink of collapse. how many government flip back counseling recalls on al jazeera, a diverse range of stories from across the gland,
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from the perspective of on networks generally on al jazeera. ah, ah ah, welcome back from out of the top stories here, this our british prime minister barman's john smith survived a confidence vote within his party hating the result as decisive. but more than 40 percent of conservative imp, he's voted against him. after damaging revelations, he attended rule breaking social gatherings during coven 19 locked out. united nations as a human trafficking crisis unfolding in ukraine. and perpetrates is not taking advantage of the war. conflict related sexual bonham's school to remains prevalent . many cases going on,
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reported. and mexico's president just confirmed he's boycotting the u. s. hosted summit of the americas this week under this manual lopez overdue, objected to the exclusion of cuba, venezuela in nicaragua, countries which washington dean's democratic not 2 brothers facing corruption charges in south africa, had been arrested in dubai. business men rogers on otto gupta, who are originally from india, fled south africa in 2018. their friends, a former president, jacob summa, are accused of using their relationship with him to profit financially. with pop natal joined us live now from new delhi about me. so how significant all these arrests then the very significant, i mean these rest come nearly a year off to be into poll issued a global alas for them. and the allegations are very serious. i mean, the group brothers have been accused and accused of being at the center off the very corruption scandal that forced president former president raw jacob zoom ought
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to step down back in 2018. specifically. they're accused of being a massive business and file, a winning, lucrative government contract, and influencing government appointments because of the close ties with zoom, i and his family as well as by paying bribes. now, as of now, the 2 countries that is the u. e and south africa are discussing a way forward the opposition parties as well as the current government. there has welcomed these developments and hope that the extradition treaty that was ratified lost, ill will head bring the book fair by those back to south africa to face charges. now the good, our brothers left india in 1993. that's when they moved to south africa, but they're also facing charges over here. in a separate case. there were various raids by tax authorities in multiple properties that they own in, in debt, over allegations of money laundering. now,
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former president jacob zoom. i as well as the book the brothers have the him actually denied these allegations by me. thank you. now an irish airlines during outrage. the new test for south african passengers heading to the u. k. it's quizzing them in a language spoken by a minority of the population. julian wolf explained ryan air stepping into hot waters after forcing south african citizens to take a test in a language associated with the part height. dryness should be careful. language is a sensitive issue. they may well end up in front of the human rights commission rivers. the airline says it asks passengers to write an offer cards to prove their passports aren't fake. but the move is causing widespread condemnation. it's not on fe. is just discriminating. as far as i'm concerned athletes including all
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those the set up against south africa has 11 official languages with africans used by less than 14 percent of the population offers zulu and closer. but offer cards was the language of segregation during white minority rule when black citizens were told where they could live, work attempts, school, and own land, roughly 20 percent to the population of south africa, understand africans, but the rest don't. so you city was roughly 50000000 people who do not understand africans. so i might as well have taken her zulu, which is the biggest language in south africa and used that if they really wanted to use one of the bigger languages, while not a british government requirement, ryan air has so far refused to say if it will withdraw the test join wolf al jazeera. no more than 11000000 students across china writing their university
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entrance exams. and they're dealing with the added pressure of coven 19 restrictions. students with symptoms are swamped and moved into isolation to complete their papers. exams, a national event. chris students on language mathson, another subject of their choice. katrina, you as more from beijing. finally here in beijing, some measures have been ease. they have been able to get these infections down to 0 . so now restaurant dining services have resumed, gyms and entertainment venues of also opened, but schools are not taking anything to chance. they've required that students taking the gal cow and their families did not travel or do not travel in the lead up to these exams. when entering the school, they have the health kit checked, it needs to be green, they have the temperatures checked, and if they have any abnormal temperatures or fevers that quickly isolated so that they don't take the exams with their peers. and if you still live in an active area
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where there is a occurrence outbreak, those students are completing their exams under close loop systems as well. now, the gal co here, as it's known, is really considered decisive in a young person's life. it said to make or break your future. and that's because it determines ultimately employability and here in china because of the slowing economy. and because of the pandemic, it's harder than ever to find a job in the job market, according to some local reports. as few as one and 5 university graduates are able secure positions this year. and that's why it's so important. and students typically spend about 2 years preparing this year or record number of students all taking the gal cow almost 12000000. and throughout this critical preparation period, they've been living under the pandemic. so they've had to deal with lock downs, disrupted an online classes some in areas that were severely affected by coven 19 they've even had to do with food shortages all the while. preparing for these exams,
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israel's fragile coalition government has suffered a major setback. after failing to pass a bill extending protections for legal settlers in the occupied west bank emergency regulations which expire at the end of the month, a been in place for decades. they allow illegals settlers to enjoy the benefits of israeli citizenship and law, while palestinians live under military rule. israel justice minister has won. the governing coalition may not survive if it fails to pass the legislation out is there. a media network continues to demand a rapid, independent, and transparent investigation into the killing of its journalist and the occupied west bank. sharina barclay was shot in the head by israeli forces while she was on assignment in janine, on the day of her funeral, is ready for a storm the procession and started beating mourners, causing pulled barrows to almost drop her casket. that didn't stop thousands of palestinians are marching through occupied east jerusalem to take part in her funeral and burial members of the international community have condemned her
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killing and continue to cool for an investigation. a barclay was without a 0 if a 25 years coming the story of these radio occupation. she was known as the voice of palestine. the former leader of the extreme right wing, proud boy's group, is facing a new charge in connection with the january 2021 attack on the u. s. capital and re cataneo and south style lieutenants are accused of plotting the riot and encouraging others to prevent congress from certifying president jo biden's election when the new charge called seditious conspiracy is rarely used and carried up to 20 years in prison. michaela has more from washington dc upping the ante. it would appear by the justice department as it continues this investigation. and now these conspiracy to sedition charges were also brought against a nother right wing group earlier this year. the oath keepers add that to the lead of that group together with 10 of his live tenants was charged with the specific charge. now you've got the lead of the prod,
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boys with 4th is left tenants facing the same charge. but to put this into a context more than 80 people have been sentenced in connection to the events on january the 6th. as some 30 have been subject to prison sentences. however, the charges in these cases ranges from felony to trespass. but the key conspiracy charge is far more serious carries the prison sentence of up to 20 years. but no to be as well. it indicates that the justice department is widening its investigation into those events attempting now to put together a case which creates a conspiracy and intent to overthrow the government, forcefully or to forcefully interfere with the execution of the federal judicial system. so very much an uptick in terms of the justice department activities with regard to the events of january, the sick new york state has tightened its gun laws after a series of high profile mass shootings across the u. s. the new laws raised the
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age 4 people buying a sort style weapons and restrict the purchase of body armor to law enforcement officials, democratic governor cathy hotel as coolant, other states to follow new york's leave. a cabinet minister and the dominican republic has been shot dead in his office. orlando, jorge mera was the minister of environment and natural resources. the suspected gunman is in police custody in santo domingo. there was family says it was the ministers childhood friend, brazil's navy is searching for a british journalist and a local research have gone missing and a remote part of the amazon. don phillips was on a reporting trip with bruno pereira, a brazilian specialist on isolated tribes. they were in a part of the rain forest. were indigenous groups are under threat from illegal minors, logs and cocaine producers, activists. the men receive threats one in the field last week, saw the man who's tried and failed to become kenya's president,
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4 times as running again. this time though, right now, tinker as the backing of the political establishment, which has worked against him in the past, from my robi malcolm web reports on what's changed. it's election season in kenya. wyler dingo has run for president for time before he launched his manifesto at an event in the capitol, nairobi will nuclear corruption, a threat to national security and as w's as well as the president, the secure judges for corruption surveillance. this michelle, do we build our 1st 100 days in office? right. has been involved in politics since the 1980s, mostly in opposition. he's never been declared the winner of an election with many believe he's been rig doubts of victories before this time. some things have changed the 1st time the railroad, then go learning with the support of the incumbent,
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outgoing president to harry kenyatta, with the support of the families that have dominated kenyan politics on business. ever since independence of the british colonial rule. nearly 60 years ago, the 1st time that he's the chosen candidate of the historically dominant political establishment is the kind of backing that his main rival william rito had once hoped for. he's been deputy president in the last 2 governments. 10 years ago retail teamed up with a who were kenyatta at the time, both were facing chart is at the international criminal court for orchestrating crimes against humanity in the violence that followed the previous election in 2007 . the charges were later dropped off to witnesses retracted their statement, who ruined router's relationship since deteriorate. it may as scheduling a to router is running without the support of his former ally. in spite of being in
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government for 9 years. and he's now promising change she, that he had to been up to our problem is inequality given o economic modeling. the last 5, dk has been tickled down tight, which has only benefited the few creating halves in hub not who are just hustle us . we m to change these economic models. kanyes past elections have been marked by irregularities, allegations of rigging and sometimes violent. this time allegiances of shifted and factions, we aligned kenyans a g to vote. on the 9th of august, malcolm web al jazeera nairobi, kenya. and you can catch up with all the news on our website. there it is on your screen. the address al jazeera dot com ah top of gotcha got headline 0 now to 0.

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