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and i don't want to go back to tourism, i want to continue to be a farmer as the island prepares to welcome visitors. again, many say the pandemic has told them valuable lessons. never forget, ah, negotiations underway ensure lanka to form a unity governments, while hundreds of professors refused to leave the presidential home. the you're watching all 0 my from a headquarters in delphi de navigator also at the lives of millions are put at risk for the un fails to extend an aid corridor to rebel held northern syria,
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japan's prime minister promises to work on amending the constitution after the governing party wednesday sweeping majority tennis, novak stroke of edge peaks, material to win his 4th consecutive wimbledon title. ah, hello. the opposition parties and relying to our holding negotiations to form a new unity. government on saturday, protest or storm. the residences of the president and prime minister in colombo, demanding both leaders, resign president, gotta buy or pack certain prime minister, reinhold wicker, me, a singer, have been blamed for the nations worst economic crisis. in 7 decades. the government has been unable to pay for essential imports of food, fertilizer medicines, and fuel. let's get an update from an alpha. and as she's joining us from colombia, you're outside the presidential palace. just set the scene for us me now. tell us what you've been seeing and what people have been telling you.
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so there's pretty much a still a party atmosphere. you can probably see loads of people crossing behind me. they're on their way to the main gates of the presidential palace, basically, which is just the building you see behind me that is very much part of the crowd, the euphoria to go in and see how the political leadership lived. this is obviously the official residence of president, gotta be roger boxer, where he actually moved after a few months ago this entire protest campaign started. i mean, the spark literally was a surrounding of his private residence and this was considered more secure. but it is very much now the center of what they call the people struggle or the are regular in the local language. where they said they are staying put until such time that they actually know for
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a fact that president gotta be roger boxer is going to resign and actually lease from office. so in there, there's a, there's some crazy scenes of hundreds of people, thousands of people trucking inside the building to see some of those facilities. let's take a look on sunday relative calm returned to she. lanka protested remained and the president official residence making use of facilities normally reserved for the countries elite, a real carnival atmosphere here at the presidents, official residents. the great facade you see behind me, you notice the architecture. it goes back many, many decades. and this was the sight of that massive sea of people who overran this property. seeing the exit of president go to obey roger boxer on friday. and the sheer number of people trying to get in to see the president house is posing a real problem. those who are part of the protest campaign who are still trying to
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control some of the crowds are urging people to be careful. there is structural damage, obviously, a very all property and just cannot handle. the sheer numbers are climbing up the staircase. there has been structural issues so that supporting a very rare problem and the danger. and this obviously the swimming pool at the president's house on the water looking very much worse for the wear. but those iconic pictures of people are diving into this right after the protesters essentially over ran this residence to long as 22000000 people have for months, been suffering the worst economic crisis. the nation has seen since independence in 1948, the summer heat, worsening electricity, blackouts, few of food and medical shortages and years of political corruption moving help on the brook army are the greatest thing. the people and the youth of this country has ever done is to change this man away. he was expelled, chased away he did not resign. as the protest swelled on saturday, present got up
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a raja boxer, fled his overrun residence his whereabouts are unknown. yet however, do rip actually, lunk harvey, he is no longer the president of sri lanka, long he has been expelled by the citizens is sure lanka. therefore, this is a victorious moment. dennis o fisher resignations from leaders for a nation in rebellion. now, little more than formalities, this is going to be an extremely critical time to ensure those political stability, as well as economic stability at a time where there's also a law and order situation erupting. so if, while ends is not contain these concern that this is going to deepen the crisis, overseas remittances and tourism other main sources of revenue here after bomb attacks on churches and hotels in 2019, and then the covey 19 ben demick bought dried up. so me know,
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or what happens next in terms of the ongoing negotiations in order to form a new unity government the negotiations are continuing as we speak. i'm hearing that the cabinet of ministers and our party leaders are they were invited to meet with the prime minister again this morning. it's a series of ongoing meetings as this develops very, very quickly. and i, even though we had some news alerts to say that the cabinet had resigned on mars, the prime minister's office has put out a statement, actually are obviously kind of if you want, questioning that. and basically what they have said is the cabinet of ministers will resign and hand over to a national government. this was confirmed by one of the party leaders i spoke to.
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he was in his vehicle on his way to parliament. and when i spoke to him, literally within the next 20 to 30 minutes, the speaker has summon party leaders again. essentially there is another meeting. so it is like i said, a rolling story. and everyone is trying to keep abreast of the developments as people negotiate. bear in mind that the present got arbitrage boxer has put a date on his resignation. that's the 13th of july. but the prime minister says he will step down as and when there is a national government or an all party government that he can hand over to. and this was confirmed by that party leader. what he says is, obviously there's a lot of concern among the cabinet, among political representatives. they seem to be very, very afraid of the way things are developing. in terms of the protests, the overrunning of the prime ministers and presidents houses are that burning of
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the private residence of the prime minister. so all of them are pretty, pretty freaked out, literally is what i'm hearing. so the negotiations will continue. but what they are hoping to do is try and reach agreement, so that this sort of power vacuum or void that we're having right now where it's pretty much a free for all is brought under control. a leadership, a ruling sort of a structure is brought in as soon as possible or i'm and i'll, you'll keep us across the story. thank you so much. we know fernandez reporting from colombo people living in syria's last rebel held enclave in the north, have lost access to vital age. the deadline to extend un assistance through the babel hela crossing on the syrian turkish border has officially passed on friday. russia vetoed a security council resolution to prolong age shipments for another year. the u. n says more than 4600 trucks carrying mostly food have taken aid there this year, helping some 2400000 people. about 1700000 people are living in camps. more than
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half of them are children. since losing control of the enclave, the government has cut off basic services on attack, medical facilities and schools. so let's see, i'm a russia pushed us to hint to hunger 1st and hate and now they want to deny us the food a basket that bailey sustains us for half of the month during these very difficult times. russia is fighting with us over it. we completely refuse this veto. i am the mother of orphans and i refuse russia putting forward any plan to close. bob, i'll have a crossing. our society refuses it. can andrea as a humanitarian worker and the coordinator of the voices for display syrian forum? he says the scale of humanitarian need and northwestern syria is enormous. we are talking about sports people, thinking media just trucks moving from one country to another. while in reality, it's way bigger than that. we're talking about, again no, syria,
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the whole basic services like clean water drinking water education. this would be the health of the home health system is based on the response on the work of the organization and without a cost. and not only those services will not be provided or that get as you mentioned, as of now we have like acute out of how we were able to continue. but again, you know, on top of that, it's the whole mechanism. and we have coordination and technical support from us agency. for example, we're talking about vaccination vaccination. if you need to. the principal was not involved through the cross water mechanism. we weren't able to respond to that. it's like a community that is a very accurate component of it was the whole system is crucial for the for the living of those 400000000,
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the body of former japanese prime minister sions bay has arrived at a tokyo temple. his wake will take place at the jo g temple on monday evening with a funeral for family and close friends. on tuesday, i was assassinated on friday. the police have acknowledged security, lots of prime minister from your because she has vowed to continue working on. she's a law based campaign promises. i've been with the saudi no more. you inheriting abbeys, legacy, especially the constitution amendment, which he put so much of as if it and to i will work on challenges that are by could not solve on his own. and i reported mule smith, i'll continue working and bring a bright future to our beloved comfortable hand, which our bay loves to. we need to pass this legacy to the next generation enamel has she does made that speech after japan's governing party and its coalition partner at one a 2 thirds majority in sunday's parliamentary elections. it pays the way for possible changes to the pacifist constitution,
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which would strengthen the militaries roll on the global stage. and that was a go. a former prime minister, sions, obey who was shot dead at a campaign event. on friday, florence louis reports japan as a nation in morning after the assassination of its former leader shinto ave on friday. but for its governing liberal democratic party, a glimmer of good means after sunday's upper house elections. the l. d. p has been the dominant party since the end of the 2nd world war and had a high approval rating. going into the vote. ave was a member of the lower house, and still wielded considerable influence as head of the audi peas, largest faction. the results will help prime less taikisha consolidate power. the strong election showing will give him a chance to increase military spending, revising japan's pacifist constitution. one of our base unfulfilled ambitions is
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also likely to be on the cards. although analysts say amending the constitution will not be an easy process and also when it auto thought of this and there, it is still unclear how to amend the constitutional and which parts of it need to be amended. even in monk, slaves in support of constitution amendment opinions very a lot of the can't be a quick change of the constitution. even any blocking 2 thirds of the 6 can't do it . the japanese people will vote on it and it is hard to part. meanwhile, the suspect in our base assassination has been handed over to prosecutors inara, where he will likely be detained and question before being charged. police have acknowledged, there were security flaws in friday's attack. i'd have promised a thorough investigation, florence louis al jazeera and investigation by a group of international journalists into right sharing giant over has revealed the aggressive tactics the company use during its global expansion. the group found the
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company leveraged angry protest from the taxi industry to its advantage. the documents reveal how the company secretly lobbied government and evaded regulatory authorities over hasn't denied the allegations, but says changes have since been made. still has on al jazeera ukraine accuses moscow of targeting civilians, sauce or russian rocket attack destroys an apartment building and the race to become the u. k. is next. prime minister gathers pace with 11 conservative party candidates now and the running ah the journey has begun. the fee for world camp is on its way to cattle. hook your travel package to day and once again in western europe,
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the temperature on the rise, it was pretty hot in south england, the south and on seal on the thames estuary or it hit about 30 degrees is probably gonna be hosted to a day. so obviously people go out and cool down in the rather cold thames water that london's forecast is dropping temperature down to about thursday we're, we're about average, but then the weekend after or the gets hot. again, this is just under, this is just the northwest of europe. where there is cloud coming year, that's the reason of the cooling trend. but this whole area is basically hot and sunny. a big contract, what's happening further east? indeed, there's been some flooding recently. that is the picture in one town in crimea. and you can see it quite clear now in the forecast monday. heavy rain likely in the baltic states some rain in poland and cherries duck going through austria and 23 in indiana. and back in france, 36, spain and portugal we were knocking on the high thirties. the picture remains much the same for choosing the heavy strain,
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still wandering around somewhere like lithuania. so the big attempt difference and east to west and it's spain is getting worse, was seville, said the hottest place in europe yesterday and today and stays in the middle forties. ha, airway issue, an line of the journey. after a lifetime in finland, an immigrant returns to somali land upon discovering his ancestral home could be a gold mine. but to benefit is community from the minerals beneath the land, he must navigate the age old tribal disputes above it. ah, witness. golden lie on al jazeera. ah
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the me. hello again. the top story on algae 0. the opposition parties in sterling cars are holding negotiations to form a new unity government. it comes after professors occupied the residences of the president and prime minister and refused to leave. people in syria's last rebel held enclave in italy, province have lost access to the vital aid. after the un security council failed to authorize deliveries for another year. last week russia vetoed a resolution extending the shipment. japan's prime minister from their casita has promised to carry on the legacy of chicago ave, who is a fascinated on friday. it comes after his party and its coalition partner won a 2 thirds majority in sundays, parliamentary elections. south africa, presidents has condemned 3 separate shootings that killed at least 21 people
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calling them unacceptable and worrying. the worst incident was in a western bar on the southern outskirts of johannesburg. for other people were killed and a separate shooting at a tavern in the town. of pewter merits berg catch, lopez heard a young has won the overwhelming pain as families are called to identify their relatives. it was after midnight when police say more than a dozen people shot by gunman in the bar. neutral hannah's burg bodies piled near the entrance. our victims who tried to run out and escape what we know is that the assailants just entered into that space where people entering them open the shorter in normally to them. investigators have described the shooting as a massacre said, and that is, anyone know, was this is a gun,
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was to try the gun on our communities and was to call upon communities to actually really indeed assist the police in putting into poke and those perpetrator. police say nothing was stolen from the business. now their focus turns on catching those responsible, finding out why the victims were targeted to a little bit so the young al jazeera in bosnia herzegovina, 50 bodies of newly discovered victims of the store. bernisha massacre will be buried on monday. a 1000 muslim men and boys were murdered by bosnian serb forces in and around scrubber nature in 1995 general rudco melodic led the bosnian serb forces and was later convicted of crimes against humanity. nigeria and media are reporting the release of a further 7 hostages by gunman who attacked the train in the northwest. in march, the train was blown up as it travels from the capital boucher could do. now,
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at least 8 people were killed and dozens were captured. 6 men and one women are reported to have been released with the help of a negotiator. 44 passengers are still being held. a wildfire is threatening a grove of ancient trees in one of america's most famous national parks. yosemite park, officials say the fire has more than doubled in size, and just one day, rosalind jordan reports for the washburn fire began in yosemite national park on thursday. officials say the fire threatens some 500 sequoia trees in an area called mariposa grove. and that includes the famous grizzly giant that some of the oldest trees that there are. there's trees that are 2000 years old. they're massive giants when you stand next to them as fire fighters moved in some 1600 people at a nearby camp ground and community were told to lee. so far the washburn fire has burned
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. more than 280 hector's park. officials say they could close more of the national park if necessary. it looks a pretty scary and i, we were going full force on our suppression tactics. for now, visitors are cautiously proceeding with their vacations. it's definitely erie and, but it doesn't make me want to turn around and want to keep going. sequoias have evolved to withstand fire, but they don't always escape. wildfires in the last 2 years have destroyed nearly 15000 sequoias, 20 percent of the 75000 estimated trees found in the american west. so far, park officials don't know when the washburn fire will be brought under control. rosalind jordan, l g 0. portugal government has declared a state of heightened alerts after wildfires swept through central and northern parts of the country. thousands of firefighters are trying to extinguish the flames
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. dozens of people have been injured. portugal is experiencing an intense heat wave with temperatures topping 40 degrees celsius. the ukraine residence as acute russia deliberately targeting civilians thought after at least 15 people were killed when russian rockets hit an apartment block in the eastern ukrainian town of chas. if you are, there are fears, dozens more could be trapped, and the rubble russian ground forces are pushing to take control of the entire donnie screeching where it shows if you are located. alan fisher reports from keys, prieto and sky lit up is russian. rockets fall in chest, if you are an apartment block, torn apart, rescue workers knew the timing of the attack means most people would have been in bed. so they're moving debra by hand tunneling don't trying to find anyone still
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trapped in the building. so what have we done to them? one of our people don't to hurt them. there was darkness, and then it all started. locals could only leucon helpless as the says, continued for neighbors. friends, relatives, movies that you do well, we ran to the basement. there were 3 hit the 1st somewhere in the kitchen. the 2nd i don't even remember. there was lightning. we ran towards the 2nd entrance and then straight into the basement. we sat there all night until this morning. enough . the local governor says there may be many more people trapped than the rebel having. lifting gear is on stand by 2. again, we have one more conformational war crimes whether i should see the nations they're targeting civilians everywhere, down religious in cities. it doesn't matter if they're on the front line or somewhere else. the as chief of staff called it another terrorist attack by a terrorist country. and he demanded governments act to declare russia
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a state sponsor of terrorism. the russians have repeatedly denied the target civilians. q u. s. senators have pushed the idea of designating russia a state sponsor of terrorism, and they believe they could get almost unanimous support for it in the u. s. senate . that would put russia in the same category as north korea, iran and syria and the vote could fall in coming days. our fisher al jazeera heave, the race to take over from bars. johnson as british prime minister shaping up to be a tough contest. so far, 11 candidates have launched leadership bids and more are expected to join before the selection process gets under way. later this week, i'll brennan looks at the issues. contenders will have to address. politics is a brutal business ribbon with rivalries and shifting loyalty and simmering ambitions. and when the top job is up for grabs, the heat really is on it looks like it's shaping up to be a very,
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very kind of not the leadership campaign. if that does happen, of course, you have a way to to be providing over very fractured policy at a point in which regards to what the lifetime cost of living crisis. the u. k is next, prime minister isn't chosen by the general public. instead, just a conservative m p 's over the in parliament will with all the less down most likely to just to remain in candidates. and then the conservative party membership in the country around $160000.00 of them will cast the postal balance. a 2019 analysis found that 70 percent of the members all male 56 percent are older than 55 . and a 3rd of them live in london in the southeast of england. expect policies which appeal explicitly or implicitly to that demographic. the conservative party model itself at the party for business conservative voters generally don't support high taxes. they inhibit enterprise and growth. they believe. so it's no surprise that
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at this early stage of a contest, leadership rivals are falling over themselves for promised tax. because look, i believe in a lower tax law regulation the red tape economy. i think no consensus should raise taxes either what you need a small tax cost that will grow the economy. i've always been a low tech consulting. i'm delighted the others are falling and whatever you decide on economic policy has risk, whichever way you go, but there, i think the much greater is not having a tax touch. but if you're cutting taxes, how will you fund public services? then the 6500000 patients are currently waiting for hospital treatment in england, such as knee replacement. so i surgery on the next p. m needs to have a plan. low wage growth, big increases in energy bills. i'm price inflation nudging into double figures of all created a cost of living crisis here in the u. k. something the new prime minister is going to have to tackle. first and foremost, people suffering the most, his country,
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of course, of those who of hon. 2.6000000 kids getting hungry, you just said more cost to them directly. either side, you will see to have a series program for how we're gonna fix this country to fix our problem. remember, this is an election a which only conservatives can vote. the other 47000000 people of voting age can only watch and wait, and hope for the best. hol, brennan, al jazeera london no vacaville, which says his 4th straight wimbleton title is more significant and valuable. given what he went through earlier in the year. the world number 3 says being deported from australia for his refusal to be vaccinated, took a toll on his mental health. so his, when over a curios gives him 21 grand slam titles, one behind rough eye on the dog, snohomish reports the 21st grand slam title will know that duke of it's in the 7th wimbledon championship. materials falling just short in his
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bid to beat one of the games, alton grates, every single time it's, it gets more and more meaningful in special and some i'm very blessed and very thankful to, to be standing here with the truck for all of the success. joke of which has endured in his career prior to this final, he'd never even want to set against curious. this was a screen his 1st appearance in a grand slam final. and he appeared to be enjoying the occasion. oh, curious one, the 1st set 6 for girls got the better of this exchange but lost the 2nd set as the parent pushed each other to the limit. the 3rd said, curios became increasingly distracted at one point, asking them pirated jacked
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a member of the crowd. i don't want to talk of it to the main focus and took the set to 6 for curious. did all he could to get back in the match as the full set went into a tie break. but when it really mattered you off of it just had that little extra actually secured, a 4th consecutive wimbledon championship. i really respect your last, i think you're phenomenal tennis player in athletes. amazing talent. i mean you've been hearing all of that for many years. i never thought i'm going to say so many nice things about here. consider considering the relationship here is a bit of a god. i'm not gonna lie afore applied well, but that that was on the congratulate. no back on your team. of course you want to
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change the bottom even i am, it's all going to more he say tom till the ball kids compliance. you know, he no man, no man you how you and i have a very talk relationship. it's all about our thought. thank you for putting up with it and then the crowd between the amazing couple weeks and naples here it is. this when has moved jock a bitch above roger federer on the old time grand slam winter's list on the rough on the dull is still ahead of him. son hamis al jazeera. ah, ah, hello again. the headlines on al jazeera, the opposition party's ensure long term holding negotiations to form a new unity government. it comes after protest or is occupied. the residences of the president john prime minister and refuse to leave for an end, isn't colombo, was more on the latest political move. what they have said is,
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the capital of ministers will resign and hand over to a national government. this was confirmed by one of the party leaders i spoke to he .

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