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board. a russian fly cargo ship warnings of 12 hour traffic jams in the united kingdom as drivers protests against the rising cost of fuel. and more than 30000 people are under evacuation orders in australia facing there are 4 flooding emergency in 18 months. ah. the u. s. they department is saying a 3rd party investigation into the origin of the bullet that killed al jazeera journalist. shitty and a block lane has come back inconclusive. but a didn't conclude that gun fire from is really army positions, was likely responsible for her death. mike, hannah is joining us from washington d. c. mike, talk us through the full statement that's now been a put out by the usa department. what,
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what the state department is saying is that it has examined the bullet as part of an investigation forensic team. it says that the bullet was too badly damaged to get a clear picture of from whose weapon or what weapon it was fired from. however, it does say as well that it is certain or it would appear that the bullet was fired from the israeli positions on that particular day. so it is to an extent of inconclusive report. it makes very clear that the bullet is apparently came from the israeli possessions. but it cannot categorically say, from what weapon or who possessed the weapon from which the bullet was fired. so it's difficult to see at what point we are on this. the state department says as well in that statement that it had full access to all the investigatory material that has been conducted by both the israelis and by the palestinians that is examined all of that material. it's forensics team. but as to the origins of the
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bullet itself, this is where it stands. it cannot be certain who fired the bullet. it is fairly certain of where the bullet was fired from. mike, i know this is a developing story and you know, the information is just sort of coming through to us, but i wonder what sort of reaction there is going to be to all of this because there's been so much pressure on the state department from human rights organizations from media organizations from journalists from, from witnesses and you know, to, to, to look into this issue and, and this is what they've, they've come back with, which is going to be slightly disappointing for a lot of people. yes, a pressure as well from congress as a substantial body of opinion in congress that the u. s. has got to get involved in this despite the fact that there is much a support for israel in congress. but it's also an intent to get to the bottom of incidence such as that so. so there's that political pressure on the administration as well. but importantly,
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another aspect in the state department report is that the us security coordinator found no reason to believe that this was intentional. now this is a key issue, because what we're looking at here, what human rights investigations are insisting is that this was a intentional shooting. that the whoever fired the weapon had intended to kill the journalists. now the state department now saying that it's team has no evidence that this was an intentional shooting. this is a key issue, but to get back to what you are saying about the reaction, yes, they are going to be questions asked about the lack of decision within this particular report. basically it's leaving it where it was before there is no clear decision as to exactly what happened. and there is going to be pressure from the public as you say, from congress to actually push this further to try and find some way in which a more definitive statement can be found. a more definitive answer can be found.
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because the report as it stands at the moment, is neither here nor there. there is no decision. there is no clear definition of exactly what happened. why it happened? who did it, and whether or not, although it does say very clearly, it was not intentional. okay, mike, thank you so much, mike. as reporting for us in washington, d. c will cross over to stephanie decker, whose running us not from west or islam. stephanie, tell us, tell us what you're hearing, where you are or there hasn't. this is let you just come out there hasn't been any palestinian reaction so far. i think what's important in this is that the americans are saying that it, it, it likely came from israeli army positions. and, and that, as you mentioned there, that the basically the no reason to believe this intentional or rather the result of tragic circumstances. reading between the lines. i think this looks like the americans are trying to put it to bed,
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moving away from making israel accept any form of responsibility of actually saying yes, we can, lucidly found that the bullet belong to a weapon of one of the soldiers. but it was an intentional, this is what a lot of people perhaps were expecting. this is taking it away from israel and leaving it to the americans to say, well, it looks like really likely did come from these railey army. but this was a tragic mistake during a gunfight, which does feel like it's a diplomatic move to put it to bed somewhat ahead of the u. s. president joe biden's visit here at the end of next week. i think i can tell you even before having any reaction from the palestinians, what that reaction will be. there will be no surprise that this has become inconclusive. palestinians from the ordinary man on the street right to the very top of the political echelons, did not expect any accountability or justice. as you mentioned earlier, they've been various international media organizations carrying out their own investigations with forensic analysis from experts, from directing a fire from audio analysis of what happened direction of bullets and all of them
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unanimously concluding that it was these rady army that fired the facial shots at shooting a block, cla and her colleagues that dale made the 11th in jeanine. so i think, as mike said in a way, it's inconclusive. but i think in a way, also the americans are taking it upon themselves to say, well, it looks like he's rate, he's did it, but it was a tragic mistake. and that's just going to be it. ok, stephanie, thank you so much. stephanie decker reporting form wester rou. saloon. let's just take a look at what's happened since city and was killed by israeli forces at the time of the attack. she was an account for palestinian refugees who were expelled from their land in 1948 hours after her death. the is really government began circulating video on social media suggesting she was likely shocked by a palestinian fighter. it later changed that account saying its possible its soldiers may have killed her. palestinian president bus rejected a proposal for
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a joint investigation with israel. instead she pledged to take the case to the international criminal court. there have been protests from my love to east jerusalem all occupied land and is really forces attacked her funeral with more nor saying even in death. should he manage to show the world the face of israel's occupation. since her killing media outlets the associated press, cnn, the new york times and washington post have all announced their own investigations, which found that a block layer was likely killed by is really fire. the palestinian authority investigation found a barclay was deliberately killed by israeli forces on the same day. i'll just hear a said it would file a case would be i c. c. in june than the palestinian foreign minister took the result of its investigation to the i. c, c, but he other malik, he urged prosecutors to bring those responsible for citizens killing to just this one bush auto out there. a senior political analyst is joining via skype from paris, which brings us to this very moment my one. so we're hearing from the us state
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department again, they're saying the test of the bullet that killed our journalists has come back inconclusive. but the overall evidence points to the is really mil military. what is your reaction to this? well, clearly on the u. s. administration piece, the pressure was already been gone since the captain of our colleague, notably by a notable american media forums. like as you said, the washing forced the new york times and, and others who affirm that it's quite likely that the shooting was killed by his regular forces. ah, so i think it's important that the united states at least came out and admitted that. but the idea that it says it is not necessarily intentional. what we don't know that what we do know is that the units that israel sends to
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jeanene the occupied city and refugee camp in the northern west bank. i'm not infantry or marines. it since special forces, those special forces to put it bluntly are assassination groups. assassination units from the israeli army. we know exactly what they knew. they thought good, and the assassinate. it was clear to us from the very beginning and looking at the history of his raz operation in the janine area that israel target's assassination dog. it kills best indians. and in this case it was a palestinian american journalist. so i agree with our correspondence that in fact the u. s. is trying to give the palestinians something to give the israeli something in order to put the issue behind it before widen visits. the area
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. this is sad because what everyone was expecting was the u. s. administration to have the moral courage at this point in time to come out clean and to actually say clearly that the israel, the patient is responsible for the killing of a journalist or colleague sharika barkley in matawan, something that mike hannah was just saying a moment ago he said this is either but neither here nor there. so when the u. s. says that they don't have any reason to believe that this was intentional. let's just stop at that word intentional for a moment. because do you think the u. s. is intention in this, andy is really is in fact is to just kind of muddy the waters. absolutely. i think that just one of my, their, the water because on the one hand, and this is really important and we must always remember that as one of the most inside, those in the united states have put america is continuous to playing america.
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israel's lawyer. it's continues to play the lawyer for israel that defense, the defensive court quarterback, if you will, or israel. it continues, the defense is an invalid sky, defense, israel, in the middle east, defense israel and international organizations and not to let the united nations it continue restricted with that because it thinks is outside because it is rather our lives, not the policy in all i because if is not a credible, immediate, or even in such a cases, and that's so sad because in this case it's an american. but a stringent journalist that was killed by the israeli occupying forces. so to see that this was not intentional, but rather tragic, tragic, their digital circumstances during what tragic circumstances, it's an occupation. it said, i said as destination unit that was sent to virginia area. we all know that american media outlets know that the united nations human rights council knows that
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. but the american musician wouldn't cover it up. it doesn't have the moral courage at this point in time to say that the occupation is responsible for the killing or a colleague. and yes, even if there is no 100 percent tight connected proof that it was intentional, it is more likely intentional than not because it has come from a unit that is known to be an assassination unit of this really occupying army am i run? i suppose it's important to also remember that this is according to experts who it, who had analyzed the bullets using 3 d models. and they said, in fact it, the same one used by is really for says, but the round was designed and manufactured over in the united states as well. i mean, that's, i think an important point that we have to, that we have to mention. but, but let me ask you where this goes on to next. what happens now?
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we still, we haven't heard anything yet from the palestinians. what do you expect the reaction to be? what clear assistant, i'm no forensic analyst and i'm depending on the information that's have come up over the last month and certainly that have come up today and i continue politically speaking. it was clear to me from the 1st moment i've heard of that tragic news that the israeli occupation is responsible for the killing of the procedures. but also it has been responsible almost every day for i kidding oh and hasn't been a senior. i mean, just yesterday we watched the funeral of another palestinian that day before that almost every day. there was an assassination of edison. there's a killing at least of an innocent palestinian whether it's older and young man and so on, so forth. so this continues, it has come to the intention of the international committee because in this case it
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was a journalist and not just any journalist that was an al jazeera journalist and al jazeera is not some small out with that could be just, you know, bullied. so because our forum is so important because our microphone reaches throughout the world, suddenly the united states had to pay attention and had to respond. these rate is how to respond because i jazeera is not an insignificant outlet, it is so important that it forced the united nation and the united states to respond. now that they're responding to trying to kind of, you know, shove it under the carpet. and this is not fair for us when our colleague for her memory, certainly not clear, not, not fair for the palestinians. and of been a senior journalist at large. so i expect, or i would, would hope that the united states would do more than simply try to mother the water would do more than simply try to play a clever mediator between an occupier and occupied and encouraged the palestinians
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and israelis to cooperate in future. such circumstances, we want such future circumstance to happen again. we don't want another journalist whether it's august it or other to be killed by an off your patient for some doors and a what spec. and that's why israel should not enjoy this sort of an impunity provided by the united states that the international community, if i one can put it that way, shipped any that by the city in a holiday, certainly, i'll just see it. oh, probably gonna have to step up and what more pressure so that israel does not enjoy the impunity of kidding julio's maron just a moment ago, i told you that there was no reaction yet from the palestinians. by right now we are getting on the news wires is according to the reuters news agency. a senior palestinian official is saying that a quote, we say israel killed city in a block layer and it has to be held responsible for the crime. it has committed
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also adding, accusing the united states, or protecting israel after that forensic examination took place. so that is the reaction we're getting from at least one a palestinian official matawan. there were there such woocommerce what you would expect, dorian, i think i would assume yours. i own the world. have seen the reports they have. they have seen that tragic event that day. we have a run, it live, how the shooting happened when it happened. and then we showed how the israel military forces attacks shirlen's house that very afternoon after she was killed. we have shown those incredibly so realistic images of israel forces at that getting sharon's funeral in the court of a hospital. something that the united states itself asked israel not to interfere in not to attack such a, you know, of course a peaceful
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a funeral. and to insult not only sharina and her memory, but to insults all of those who were trying to warn her. so there is clearly a pattern india's rainy behavior, a pattern of an occupational kind of an occupation for such since assassination units for thought that assassination of palestinians. we know that it's been happening years for decades. and we've also seen the pattern. all these really is attack, not only jeanine, shoot a journalist attack at house that afternoon and attack her funeral. that the, after all of that in front of, in the international press in front of international cameras that were filming that funerals. and why did israel that one wonders? why would is read at tech a funeral, wiley, why the international cameras will rolling through the world what our cameras were
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rolling. and i only have one possible answer because israel, so what is you saying is we will do what we want. and then we will do what we must and the world can see whatever it needs. but we will continue to do, we will continue talking bye. we will continue to see our security that way we see our security even if that including even that, that include getting attacking a peaceful funeral in the courtyard of the hosp am. i want just one more for you while i have you with us and that's on the i c c pro that's going on. as you know, the palestinians have gone to the international criminal court. and there, there were also been many, many calls for an independent investigation to take place. and how do you see that all playing out? i think there's a 0 chance for that to be effective in any which way. i think it's important that the palestinians continue to approach to continue to call for such investigations.
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i think it's important rogers here not to continue the pressure, but we only know that of course in jazz is not a member of the court, is i will not abide by any such decision is and will not allow private 3rd party investigators to come in and investigate is, i would not even allow the u. s. to get involved. they last of course, has been defending israel in international forums, especially at the united nations. so is that good always depend on the us to protect it, to maintain its impunity as an occupying force. this is the sad situation is the reality of the situation, and that's why, what really counts at this point in time. what's really important is the international public opinion court, the court of the international public opinion, which i think is already overwhelmingly decided that the occupation,
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these really occupation that is responsible for the kidding of countless innocent palestinians is responsible for the getting of this very particular brave journalist should in a box. thank you so much. my one beside as our senior political analyst speaking to us from parents. thank you. milan, ukrainian officials one turkey to confiscate what they say is tons of stolen green on board. a russian flag cargo ship keeps ambassador to turkey has told just 0. it's presented documents proving the cargo belongs to his country. the grain was shipped from ukraine's port burdens, which is now under russian control. the ship has been docked in turkey waters near kara sue for the past few days. the ambassador announced the seizure of the ship by turkish customs officials on sunday. he says, the law is clearly on keep sight on the seal vazo,
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or by dunc, which belongs to grant, but now is temporary occupied by russians. and according to information we possess this ship, which is called as you're actually was transferred to the end of june. and offloaded with the grain taking from the different regions and storage is around the district of the dance go around it, and it was shipped to us. so also under the document from this should be stuck in this board. let's actually very close to the board. and the custom storage is i was informed detention for the time of investigation because it wouldn't let me go. and i couldn't enter in about because it is still known. i mean, still the procedures are known for me, but i was as why as i was informed correctly, that there will be an investigation. and after that it will be a decision. now really the procedures are being conducted. so it is the interaction,
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see communications and to just be adopted, i believe today. so we've presented the whole documents including the court decision and request from the perspective the general with regard to this case i. so i have evidence is illegal transfer of grain from the, from the board, and now we believe that he should be arrested and all the investigation should be going on. according to the request of our particular general russell president, one of our princeton has congratulated his troops for their victory in ukraine. lu, han screech, and that's after ukraine was forced to withdraw its troops, as russian soldiers advanced on this, a chance. the eastern cities across the river from sierra on yes, which felt her russian forces a week ago. they are both in new hands, which together with ne brain's on yeah. to make up the don't boss region. the governor of hands because warning moscow will now focus all this efforts on seizing tanya. we had this out as a component. there was no encirclement,
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but all the roads were under fire. we managed to do a centralized withdrawal and evacuate over the engine. we took back all the equipment, so from this point the withdrawal was organized. well, the coupled russia weren't capture the don't nice grading quickly because while the hands held the frontline, the nuke was reinforced and a few defense lines with dogs. so it won't be easy to pass through. the impact of the war and ukraine is being felt worldwide as it continues to drive up the cost of oil and food in the u. k. several protests are under way over raising fuel prices. there been reports a severe disruption to traffic. some roadblocks have been set up in convoys of vehicles are driving purposefully slowly on major highways for testers are angry at the rise and petrol and diesel prices, which had a record high last week. re challenge says more from london, what they want basically is for the governments to reduce the duty,
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the tax that it puts on to petrol and feel. in march, the government did reduce that by 5 pence, that's about 6 us cents per liter. but that was quickly global dot, by the elevating the escalating prices, a fuel around the world hasn't done anything to stop prices going up. the protest is point to the fact that in other countries g t has been reduced by considerably more than that. hope that the government can follow suit. now that of the treasury here, it said that it's looking into whether it can do more to help the cost of living in the united kingdom bearer. widespread movement towards go on strike in the public sector, various parts of it. you will press it, protest, i would say in this country like the economic hardship of talking to bite and protesting in its various forms is on the rise. such farmers are staging
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a protest against the government plan to curb and missions of nitrogen oxide and ammonia. they say plans to cut pollution levels will have a major impact on their livelihoods and the economy. the government says it's an unavoidable transition stuff. awesome reports from another lens, we're farmers have encircled a food distribution center. the government has very clearly said they don't want to change the plan to call 50 percent of nitrogen emission by 2030. that means that in certain areas these cops will even be higher up to 7890 percent farms will have to close. an estimation of 5000 farms have to close down in the 25000000000 euros has been allocated to biology, pharmacy by the government. but pharma said we have a future here. these actions are meant to show the public in the knowledge that the farmers are crucial for food distribution. that's why to have these targets today. and they also say that the government needs to come up with
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a better plan. and they also want a better negotiator to have. the government has announced a negotiated i was mediately rejected by the farmers. some of them have said that they want king william alexander to be the mediator in their conflict. but as you can see, the conflict it's far from over. heavy rain is hampering the search for more than a dozen hiker is believed missing after part of a glacier, a collapse in italy. it happened in the mom a lot range. that's the largest in the dolemite mountains. the collapse sent a torrent of ice snow on raw, come to a popular trail, killing at least 6 people. the number of people killed in landslides in the indian state of money, poor has risen to 40 to the army, held a reef laying ceremony to pay tribute to a group of soldiers who are among the fatalities. the landslides were triggered by 3 weeks of rain. thousands of people in sydney face a long night ahead with rain forecast to continue lashing australia's biggest city
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more than 70 evacuation orders are in place for parts of new south wales facing their 3rd life threatening flight emergency. this year, sarah clark reports, roads are cut off homes and businesses are inundated, people in the going to sidney region. a once again under water grow to sidney, faced yet another day of torrential rain and has already had 4 times. it's normal monthly rainfall, more than 30000 people across the state had been told to leave their homes with australia's largest city, facing its 3rd flood emergency this here. they say not one in one in a 100 year rain, one in a 100. 1000 home will stop in an am in law. it's lot mother nature leaves that doesn't spare any one really him. it's just where it will just been really unlucky . so far there has been at least 80 recipes in the worst hit areas with emergency services helping no stranded including life stop with more rain forecast.
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widespread evacuation orders remain in place for now. it's obviously been a very difficult time out for many months. i to have this flight of it off the back of others are, makes it more challenging. the road leading to this community just north of sydney has been cut off. the river has surged and overflowed. many here are frustrated and say they still cleaning up from the last major flood event in march. the road collection hasn't been picked through the last flood hasn't been touched. and out i closed at rail road access and in the fairy valley why to get home barely bought this cargo ship with 21 crew on board is stranded off the coast of new south wales . it's lost power. all authorities attempt to rescue the crew. the ship risks being swept ashore. these flooded communities face a long road to recovery with climate scientists. warning weather events like this
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are becoming the new norm. for many communities, this is the 4th floor that they have seen is in less than 18 months. and some of those images are truly heartbreaking. are saying paypals at himes are their lives turned upside down again. while conditions are said to ease for some parts of new south wales, the weather bureau says ryan and strong winds will last for the rest of the week. sarah clark al jazeera brisbin, australia ah, oregon. the headlines on al jazeera, the usa departments as a 3rd party investigation into the origin of the bullet that killed al jazeera journalist shooting a block. there has been inconclusive, but it found gunfire from is really army positions, was likely responsible for her death. my cana has more from washington dc. what the state department is saying is that it has examined the bullet as part of an
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