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military support from nature was the alliance as leaders meet in madrid. ah. hello on darren jordan, this is al jazeera, alive from dell are also coming up. the president says it is the fact of i'm the acting president, taking up the capitol. now, a former white house aide tells an inquiry. donald trump tried to grab the steering wheel of his presidential limousine. so he could join his support as storming the capital. a 20, a sentence for denying maxwell as the british searchlight his jail for sexually trafficking under age gold and desert griego detached a ends, his presidency. the philippines, media regulates up holds in order to shut down one of his most vocal critics. ah, we start in madrid where nato leaders, our meeting at one of the most critical points in the alliance is 73 year history.
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they'll focus on or proving a new strategy in the face of the one ukraine. one of the biggest challenges to the alliance in years president joe biden has just announced the u. s. so boost force is right across europe to counter russia. he says, america, make sure nato is ready to make threats from all directions. together our allies, we're going to make sure the nato is ready to meet threats all directions across every domain. land in the sea level will put in a shattered piece in europe and attack the very, very tenants of rural based. busy order united states and our allies, we're going to step up. we're stepping up for the nato is more needed now than it ever has been. and it's as important as ever has been well earlier. turkey agreed to support bids by finland and sweden to join nato. the nordic nations apply for membership after russia invaded ukraine. will our diplomatic editor james phase is
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at the summit and joins us now? james, so what more did president biden have to say about this? increase them us force fostering across nato countries. while he sending all sorts of resources to europe, he's sending more fighter jets. he's sending more ships, most importantly, sending more to the east than flank of nato to the countries. ready the closest to russia to romania to the politics and in. ready poland, and that's where the u. s. heads the battle group. they're going to have a u. s. headquarters. they're the 1st permanent headquarters on that eastern flank closest to russia. that is controversial. the russians well, like kids, there was something back in 1997 called the nato russia founding act. in the days when nato and russia were talking and getting on much better than they do now. and that said that nato would put no permanent bases on that border area
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with russia. so it'll be interesting to see how president putin and the russians respond to this latest move, which of course is coming just hours after the impasse over the membership of sweden and finland seems to have been unblocked. and those 2 countries may well soon get an invitation formally to join nato, become invitees nations. and then potentially after the ratification is done by all of 30 nato members, nato has 32 members at that point. at meanwhile, james, ukrainian president brought him as the lens. he's been addressing the nato summit there where you are. was he been saying it was behind closed doors, so we've been guessing what he's been going to be what he's been saying until a few moments ago. when the ukrainians presence officer posted his speech that he made to nato leaders on facebook, he is saying we need $5000000000.00 a month for defense and protection. if you truly define russia as your main threat,
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you should fully support its main 1st target. in other words, his country. it's not only russia's war against ukraine, it's a fight for the right to take conditions in europe. what the future world order will be. and then in the speech, he says, the question is, who is next after ukraine and the added russia wants to in slave lithuania? remember, there's been that route in recent weeks concerning calvin and grad. that's the enclave of russia, the province of russia that's entirely surrounded by european union territory, and relies on trained transports through the you to get food and other supplies in lithuania, which is obviously a nato member. one of the key baltic states has started applying those e u sanctions on the transport. all those trains, meaning that things that used to go into calling the grad are not getting there any more writer james, by his life, was there in madrid. james duncan,
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now the ukranian president has also call from united nations to expel russia. a lot of me as the lensky address the security council, a day after russian nestles hit, a shopping center, ukrainian city of credential killing, 18 people. so lensky shared video, he says, shows the building was the intended target. moscow says it hit and thereby weapons deeper, but a subsequent explosion triggered a fire at the mall. i, sincerely, miasma. now, from the united nations, ukrainian president vladimir the landscape called russia a terrorist state, and demanded that the united nations expel it from the international body during an emergency meeting of the security council. in an emotional speech, he called for a moment of silence. after reciting the names of some of the civilians killed in recent days, including children and the elderly. i have a question for you ladies and gentlemen, who have you does not agree that this is terrorism. if any other parts of the world, any organization acted, just like russia who is killing ukrainians,
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if they kill peaceful people, that would definitely be recognized as terrorism. russia joined the other council members and standing for that moment of silence, but took no responsibility for the dest, instead accusing ukraine of waging and information war, in an attempt to get more weapons from the west. he said it was weapons, not a shopping mall that was targeted in the city of credentials. but listen, you will, when you, when you molest you in reality, there was no strike on the shopping center. the russian armed forces use precision weapons to strike hangers with western weapons and munitions received from the united states in europe. ian countries in the area of the criminal truck road machinery plant. those weapons and ammunition were spread throughout the warehouse area for further shipment to ukrainian troops. in dawn bass fil a group of western council members accused russia of attacking residential areas and civilian infrastructure. in recent days, a un official noted the latest wave of air strikes and muscle attack happens far
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from the front lines, killing or injuring many civilians. according to the un since the start of the conflict, 4700 civilian ukrainians have been killed and other 5900 injured and those are just the casualties who have been verified. former us president donald trump wanted to join his support as they stormed the capital to stop congress certifying jo biden's victory. that's the testimony given by a former whitehouse aid who appear that a hearing and last year's riots said trump tried to grab the steering wheel of the presidential vehicle when he was told he wasn't being driven to the capital building. i just cast a report from washington, d. c. and we're going to the capital on january 6th, 2021. president donald trump did not accompany his supporters to the capital to disrupt the certification of his election loss. but he wanted to thank you very much. according to cassidy hutchinson, the 1st former trump white house employee to testify publicly. trump finished his
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stop. this deal, speech bored at his limousine and was surprised to learn from his security chief bobby angle that their destination was the white house. the president said something to the effect of i'm the effing president. take me up to the capital now . to which bobby responded, sir, we have to go back to the west wing. the prison reached up towards the front of the vehicle to grab at the steering wheel. mister trump then used his free hand to lunch towards bobby angle. and mister, when mister are not a head count of the stories me, he motioned towards his clavicles. hutchinson did not see the episode herself, but said she heard it from tony or nato, the former white house chief of operations, and with angle present presenters. the anecdote was the most startling of many shared by the former white house ada tuesday's hearing one that was urgently announced after the committee said it received new evidence, white mail house hall police audio from january 6 revealed guns had been spotted
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among the crowd, gathered near trumps rally hutchinson said backstage she heard trumps say the event should not have had metal detectors. i overheard the presidency on these do fucked up. you know, i, i don't, i think her that they have weapons. they're not here to hurt me. the suing violence contributed to the death of at least 7 people, and injured 150 police officers. hutchinson said she watched the riot unfold from the white house, just doors down from trump. she recounted this conversation between her boss, chief of staff, mark meadows and the white house of top lawyer. i remember saying mark, we need to do something more. there literally calling from the vice president the i think han and mark had responded something to the effect of you heard him had he thinks like a girl that he doesn't think they're doing anything wrong. the he was trump.
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according to hutchinson testimony, she said, trump was reluctant when he called off the riders more than 3 hours into the violence. we have to have peace. so go home, we love you, you're very special. trump weighed in on tuesdays hearing, saying he hardly knows hutchinson and denied many of the accusations. hutchinson also says meadows and at trump's former personal attorney, rudy giuliani. both thought presidential pardons and she says many members of trump's inner circle were concerned at the cabinet will use the 25th amendment to remove trump from office. committee member say they've seen concerning signs of witness tampering. the plan at least 2 more of these hearings in july, heidi joe castro al jazeera washington. i criminal investigation has been opened in the united states, south of 51 migrants found dead in a truck and texas. they were discovered in the abandoned vehicle on the outskirts of san antonio on monday. official search the greatest loss of life on record from
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a human trafficking attempt in the u. s. won a raffle at ripples. a community still in shock in southern texas. on tuesday, residents of san antonio visited the site where dozens of migrants were found dead, crammed into the back of a tractor trailer, under extreme heat conditions, most of the deceased, or believe to be from mexico, mexican diplomats and san antonio visited area hospitals were survivors are being treated often and i live in general medical staff, the hospitals i insist in general have indicated those injured are in a critical condition, suffering from neurological renal and hepatic failure, as well as internal bleeding. thousands of migrants have been using san antonio as a transit point in recent months. according to immigration, advocates in the us. many hearsay. the tragedy that occurred on monday is a symptom of a broken immigration system. oh, nicholas, mom as an elected official,
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i think that people need to get registered even though we need to vote out. people who don't here about this community at a vigil convened, local residents arrive to pay their respects and show their solidarity with all migrants seeking a better life in the united states. my venture dying every day. and if you start adding up one after another after another, we're on track to this year, be the deadliest year for migrant try to cross into united states that really speaks. and it's important to have events like this to commemorate those lives that are laws unless that yeah. up or down those that yeah, that from emotions are still high and san antonio. i think the last time something like this happened was in 2017. when 10 people died after being packed in the back of a tractor trailer, carrying as many as 200 migrants. the vigil was organized by community members from the city of san antonio, many of whom have expressed a desire for public action to be taken to prevent more tragedies involving migrants
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and asylum seekers from ever happening again. agents from the u. s. department of homeland security continue to work to identify the bodies and or treating this is one of the deadliest cases of human trafficking in the united states in recent memory. manuel rap below al jazeera san antonio also south come here in algeria including will. hey, how ecuador is presidents survive and impeachment attempt, and what he's pulled out of talks to and protests against the government. on nearly a quarter of the people in hong kong, say they're ready to leave. kenneth knew neither persuade them to stay. barnett saying, ah, john, he has begun the faithful world copies on its way to the castle book, your travel package today. hello there, let's look at east asian. it's a story of intense heat, not just for japan, but also for the north west of china,
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within temperatures. well above the average for the likes of cities like she and those temperatures expected, the climb. by the time we get into friday, but the heat suddenly dominating across japan, we've got heat wave conditions with the temperature in tokyo picking up to the mid thirty's, even high, about 10 degrees above the average. it's feeling very hot and humid here and we'll continue to do so. we are seeing some wet weather, however, plague the korean peninsula. we've already seen flooding in north korea and that situation could get worse. we're expecting a 150 millimeters to for here. of the next 24 hours on the wet weather, picks up the southern areas of china as that developing tropical depression pulls itself towards heenan island. now speaking of wet weather, as we edge over to south asia, we have got red warnings, not for heavy rain across northern areas of india. we could see more flooding here . by the time we get into friday that masses around more central areas. but we also think very well whether pulling into that western coast. it's up in the north west
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welcome back. a comment about top stories here. this our president biden as announced the u. s. will boost forces and locations across europe to ward off russian aggression. and made the statement in madrid where leaders of the nato alliance of government for some of the greatest president has called on the united nations to expel russia. women as lensky address the security council. after russian missiles fry commercial consent and ukraine killed 18 people, moscow says it targeted a weapons on the phone, a white house aide as testify that donald trump wanted to join your support is german lost the assortment of the u. s. capital. she told a house committee, trump try to grab the steering wheel of his presidential limousine. when a security agents refused to take him to the capital, do not tensions are running high in the indian state of rochester. after a hindu man was beheaded on tuesday, the act was posted on line 2 people had been arrested. of natal has more hundreds
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of people take part in a funeral procession book on ha, surrounded by security officials and t v cameras. they demand justice, his wife, yes, she will da says she wants those responsible, held to account we one justice and yes, we want them to be given the death penalty authorities are arrested tool man accused of murdering law in his teetering shop. they are alleged to have posted a video online and made threats against prime minister noreen through moby. according to media reports, they're accused of killing laws for supporting no push. sharma, a former spokesman, one of the b j. p party and who was suspended for making islam before be common. i see the incident has sparked tensions and roger pon state in western, in death protest in the city of wood, dappled, too and violent and shops were shot down. a coffee was imposed in several cities and internet access was suspended across the state. those things to tip on daily internal law and order is being meant, dana, the situation is peaceful,
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even after the murder. there have been no major incident in which any one has dilated the 2nd, the situation is completely under control. now. police say law received many threats for his social media posts and had thought police protection his wife to local media that he had skipped work the days before his killing investigator see that treating his killing as a case of terrorism. pardon him with an algebra, you deli, india's or some state continues to face what may be the worst floods and its history. people there say they haven't received enough relief funds, and they bring bangladesh more than a 150 people have died and millions have been displaced by catastrophic flooding. tens of thousands of hector as a farmland had been damaged. but his social i'd killing maxwell has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for helping financier jeffrey epstein sexual abuse under age girls. she was convicted in december for recruiting and grooming girls for epstein
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during the 1990 s and early 2 thousands. gabriel is under has more now from new york, shackled and wearing a blue prison uniform. delane maxwell heard her fate from a judge at the end of a nearly 4 hours sentencing that saw several of our alleged victims give statements . sometimes looking directly at maxwell, one was sarah ransom who broke down in tears in court and said she twice tried to commit suicide after being victimized by maxwell. after the sentencing, she told me she was pleased. i'm feeling pretty amazing. okay, i'm feeling grey. i'm but there is ah, you know, this is a 66 year journey for me. i incredible highs some really, really, really deep lows for me. maxwell briefly spoke in court, saying she was sorry for the pain. her victims felt, but she did not take responsibility for the crimes or where it's going through head
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when he heard your and speak in court. ah, glen glen like so. for me they were just words. but they were words that i never thought out of a year as saying, i'm sorry, lawyers for the victims were satisfied with the outcome to day showed us that individuals can be held accountable irrespective of power and privilege. and u maxwell, the daughter of a british newspaper magnet, was once part of an elite global social circle that included some of the world's most powerful people. but at her month long trial, last december, prosecutor said she also facilitated the trafficking of women, some as young as 14, to be sexually abused by her longtime partner, jeffrey epstein, and allegedly other rich men. epstein was arrested in charge in july 2019,
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but was found dead in his jail cell a month later, before delivering her sentence, the judge said maxwell's crimes were heinous and predatory, and said she deserves a strong sentence. partially because of her lack of remorse. elaine maxwell is 60 years old, if she serves her entire sentence, that means she wouldn't be released until she's 80. gabriel's hondo out is it a new york. lisa fought with people protesting against the government and peruse kappa lima. the demonstrators are demanding president federal castillo, and cruise teacher salaries and support the pensioners castillo, as a former teacher and union leader. these faced political good luck and unrest. since he took office last year. truck drivers of declared and indefinite strike until more is done to tackle high fuel prices. dozens of truck drivers in argentina, blocked and major axis road to the capital to protest against fuel shortages and rising prices. cars were backed up for several kilometers until the demonstrators
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agreed to open up one lane to win as iris. the government's promised to guarantee the supply of fuel has been restricted by the war in ukraine. he was a new char laced sheila, we continue to fight on the idea is to bring the voice of all truckers who a mobilizing nationally on the diesel issue. and on the issue of rights, we want the form and prices to start at minimum, right. and to include a trigger clause that when fuel prices increase fuel. so do al, right to them, you know, across president has survived an impeachment vote and suspended negotiations with striking indigenous groups. several people have died in violence during demonstrations of a shortages of food and oil. our latin america editor, lesson human reports now from kito. o indigenous strikers gathered outside of kito basilica, reacting angrily toodle to meet him issued by ecuadorian president key yet more lasso. oh, thank god oh no, we will radicalize our strike. we won't leave pizza without results. long lived the
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struggle her into the 3rd week of a crippling, nationwide strike led by the confederation of indigenous peoples. it appeared that negotiations with the government inside the basilica were making headway. but an overnight attack against a military convoy escorting fuel from the oil rich, amazonia legion, left one soldier, dead twelves injured. the government blames the confederations leader, lo need us isa. who in turn suggests it was the army that attacked an indigenous community. first, allow him president lasso rushed to end the talks bill normal with him or has in thermal had yellow out if we will not sit down again at the negotiating table with lenny does he sing? who only defends his own political interests or not those of his union members, indigenous brothers model you deserve better than this opportunistic leader who has deceived you and the entire country. ah,
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the ultimatum is seen by many indigenous communities. as a declaration of war, ramos are one, we are going to resist him until the last consequences we want said. and if we have to die, it will be standing up. it's not on our knees, amy, while the national assembly prepared to vote on a no confidence vote against law. so, you know, you're well, the leader of the legislature appeal to the president to return to the negotiating table. the president strategy is obviously to try to divide the until now united indigenous strikers. but it seems unlikely that they will want to turn their back on the charismatic leo need as isa. at least in the short term, president lasso has refused to cave into demands to lower fuel prices. and repeal a decrease that expands mining in indigenous regions rather than put on them will cover, pl. sooner or later, the government will have to understand the situation is unsustainable. and given the situation of ungovernable to here is dramatic value,
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but last will is remaining firm knowing full well that in the last 26 years, 3 ecuadorian presidents have been forced out with the help of the combative indigenous movement. to see a newman al jazeera kito, a palestinian man has been killed during a re buys railey troops and janine and the occupied west bank. i'm at my other married, died early on wednesday. he's the $77.00 palestinian to be killed by israeli forces since the beginning of the year is also the $27.00 killed in geneva, including, i'll just say, or a journalist showing a claim is really force is also rated the town of sewer. that's northeast of ramallah, where they detained at least 3 of the philippine media regulator has a hell in order to close wrap up. the news website co founded by the journalist marietta in 2018. it said rapid violated rules on foreign ownership, but the website appealed. the decision comes a day before president rodrigo to turn to leaves office races,
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criticism of his so called war on drugs to several legal battles and her winning the nobel peace prize. last year. she says the government's trying to intimidate the press, we will handle the law. and since we are fighting for this in court civil law, we will continue to demand accreditation. we have long stood by the constitutionality of this agreement. it's for the pin depository receipts, others have had it. it there's, i think i've also, you've heard me state repeatedly over the last 6 years that we have been harassed. this is intimidation. these are political tactics. we refuse to succumb to them. hong kong new leda. john lee, you'll be sworn in on friday that the ceremony expected to be attended by china's president. sheesh and ping event also marks the 25th anniversary of the church has returned from british to chinese rule. adrian brown reports from hong kong. the nice bed families packing up like thousands of other expatriates matt and his wife sama can't be persuaded to remain. mat was born in hong kong and met his wife. he
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is 16 years ago, where typical of the white collar professionals now taking their skills elsewhere in their case australia, where summer's from. the honest truth is, i don't think there's anything that we're capable here right now with their 3 children. they live in the other hong kong lance. how island, hong kong, biggest and far from the congestion and clamor of the central business district. many factors are behind the decision to go, including changes to the school curriculum with a focus on patriarch education. i think it just made the decision to go easier and easier. um, we've had such a blessed time here in hong kong, as the children have thrived my husband and i've had successful careers and it's been very comfortable place to leave for a long time. but there's a real sense that the feature is going to be different to the past, and we've thought about that deeply. and i'd say yes, it's contributed. hong kong is always been
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a transitory place. 25 years ago, i reported on another exodus. retiring british civil servants and others who'd enjoyed a life of privilege here headed home in style. unwilling to live under chinese rule after the hamburger. now it's happening again. many of the hong kong chinese leaving a going to britain taking advantage of a new visa scheme that opens a pathway to citizenship. a quarter of a century on hong kong population of around 7 and a half 1000000 is decreasing. more than 300000 people have left since the implementation of that national security law almost 2 years ago. and one reason opinion poll shows the round the quarter of the city's population have made plans to leave. one reason for that is hong kong strict cove at 19 regulations that
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earlier this year, so mothers separated from children. another impetus is politics, especially the new national security. this, that family soon will need to worry about all of that. like most of those going, they'd rather be stay if only circumstances would different. adrian brown, al jazeera uncle, scotland plans to hold another referendum on independence from the united kingdom votes been proposed for october of next year. it'll be the 2nd time the question's been put to scottish voters. they 1st went to the polls in 2014 and just a half of voters chose to stay in the u. k. scotlands 1st minister nicholas sturgeon says she last for formal permission from the british prime minister to hold the vote. but she says if she doesn't get it, she'll go ahead regardless. ah .

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