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hope frances apologizes to canada's indigenous people for the churches, road and many decades of abuse that residential school. ah. hello, i'm darn jordan. this is al jazeera la you from dough. so coming up, turn out as low as 2 millions boats on the new constitution, which the president's opponents say would make the country a dictatorship again. so the elaborate defends russia's missiles strike in odessa, as he towards african nations hit hard by moscow's blockade of ukrainian force. i'm wise, embalmed way, selling gold coins to the public in the hope of obtaining the countries run away. inflation ah, processes apologized for what he described as the deplorable evil inflicted on canada's indigenous people,

which sold them forcibly assimilated into christian society for a policy of residential schooling. that apology came on what he's calling his pilgrimage of penance. particle hang reports. pope prince, a saw where children were buried, the remnants of the so called school where they were horribly mistreated by catholic officials. and then he told the survivors, he was sorry repeatedly. you dusty, i have come to your native land to tell you in person of my sorrow and implore god's forgiveness, said, no, lad, i am here again to ask forgiveness. i am deeply sorry, sorry for the many ways christian supported the colonizing mentality that oppressed indigenous principles. he still is the lead. i am deeply sorry. be the better though. i mean that many people are may i ask forgiveness? survivors and their descendants have been working toward this apology for decades. the pain of the moment, the pain,

they still feel evident in their expressions. many of these were among the estimated 150000 indigenous children that were by law taken from their families at a young age sent to the schools stripped of their culture, sexual and physical abuse was rampant along with malnourishment and disease. more than $3000.00 died, but is more and more unmarked. graves are found at the sights of schools. that number is expected to climb. many of the indigenous leaders responded with emotion and expectations marked this day as a significant offense events. that a statement was made that he, the pope said he was sorry, that is gonna send a message across these landsey. i see pope frances is apology today as only a 1st step in the church, making amends towards our people. after meeting with the pope and hearing his words today, i believe there is

a path forward together. there's lot of work to be done. the pope will have many more days the seeing the indigenous culture that his organization so deeply damaged, more gaze of apology and personal interaction, and the exchange of highly symbolic gifts like this war bonnet. the pope said this was just the beginning, and these activists are going to want to see that put to practice. they want the vatican to open its files for them. so they can finally begin to piece together what happened to their children with so many that never made it home. particle haine, al jazeera, a state tv exit poll after to nas years referendum on a new constitution says 92.3 percent of those who took part vote in favor of the changes. but the electoral commission says only around a quarter of the voters turned up to have their se opposition parties boycotted the referendum. they say the move is an attempt to return to one man rule. president chi side says his changes are necessary to rein in

a corrupt political elite will wrestle cell joins us live now from tune its restful . so the polls closed just a few hours ago. talk us through the turnout. and when will we know the final results that well said that the bell of boxes were over, so did that. they're pulling stations were opened by as ccm, early in the morning integer, and it just got close at 10 pm according to the higher ed election authority here, the total turnout is around 28 percent. so there are 9 or 9000000 people in kenya were eligible to ward and only 2500000 of them to they went to the ballot box . the 72 personal people didn't go to the ballot boxes. majority, all of them were just boy court in it and but in 2019, during the presidential election, the toner was or 56 per cent. so compared with the election 2019, we can see the turnout is, is,

is quite low. but this is still enough at 2222 to good to for the constitution to get yes and, and for president chi site to get what he wanted. and during the day, we have seen that there were heavy security measures taken across the country, particularly in the capacity of tunis houses of fullest army national guard and included the account of terrorism units were deployed across, across the country to the officials here. say that today was at the mccarthy and transparent day. however, they did the international independent observer saying that menu of them had been stopped from getting into the ballot boxes which are raising the questions regarding the transparency of this, this, this whole process. and also the critics are saying that the whole process was on democratic all the political parties were excluded from this process. and the whole campaign period was just limited with fed with 3 weeks. and they said that this was

deliberate, designed to be like that because present casa, didn't want probably to have the proper a discussion and debate about what these constituent is about, what it will in and what it will. and so i, as i said that with all the, despite only 28 percent of people going to the bad box today, this will still be enough for present cost side to assure he is he, his is planned to cost of that his power over parliament over the government and judiciary, the next update about the turn out is going to be tomorrow, and official results are going to be announced within a month. all right, or wrestle said our life, or stay in the tennessee and capital racial. thank you. let's bring in william laurence is a former us diplomats and co author of after the uprisings political transition into nicea libya and yemen. he joins us via skype from washington, dc. william, good job. you were there. so just 11 years after the arab spring tennesseans are being asked to vote on a constitution that in reality centralizes yet more power into the hands of

president chi site. how do you see this vote going well, this is the, the concrete is ation. and the consolidation of a presidential system unlike i've ever seen in this part of the world. whereby did you dis sherry and the parliament are entirely under control the president to with the even not even a modicum of checks and balances. the campaign was a little bit like a soccer match. football match, we have 11 players at one side and 0 on the other side. no campaigners were beaten up in jail in many cases. and the president got on television today against the campaign rules and made a 15 minute speech. he used to mission flag and his paraphernalia, and i was in geneva last week watching make pain. there was no, no campaign permitted. no campaign was even allowed to meet. so this was a victory by total you know,

only only one side permitted to score gold. and so in the end, it really doesn't matter what the turn out was. it matters that 72 percent of canadians express their dismay by not showing up. and we're going to have a further democratic consolidation after this. yeah, that's sorry. terry consolidation. yeah, that's an important point to make william because the president's opponent said the boy caught this vote, which they did. so with that load turned out, this also posed a problem of legitimacy for kyle said, because many will see this as a constitution of the minority, which of the point you're making yeah. 20 something on percent commission. so we'll say it was a victory and democratic and the vast majority of the international community and the national community. we will say we're not with this. and yet nobody can tell him, no one of the jokes we were making last week when i was going to need you for over a week. with yes means yes no, mean, yes. and that stay mean yes,

because the president has not only taken over all 3 branch of government, but the formerly independent electoral commission, the fact that people so even if you didn't like the voting, could have changed it. and this is one of the reasons why even some canadians considering a no vote up to, to abstain to boycott the illegitimacy of the process itself. and so here we are with a new authoritarian consolidation going on before our eyes and to quote some of the coverage today. conditions are sort of sleep walking into a new dictatorship. and opponents have criticized this william as an attempt to return to one man rule. if this new constitution is adopted, which of course it will be what of the next move than for the opposition. what conveyed to what you need has been in one manner all for one year now and will continue to be. and what they'll do is afford the crackdown ultimately. ready and i've been telling tunisian this for a year. now. the numbers in the street matter,

you know, they started in the dozens and then hundreds and thousands. and i think when they reached the high 10 thousands, the military was to take notice as they did in 2011 when the been the 2 thirds of parliament, which is now loaded down all of the site. decreased has more of the presence in the international media and the national media if that's permitted, if they have a parliament in exile, you know that they're speaking up with a unit, a unified voice. that will matter. i think the time is on the side of the present. and so every month that goes by in this area and consolidation continues, things get harder for the opposition to the back quickly when i'm took a final thought you, i mean it is ironic, isn't it? that the arab spring was boardington is yet 11 years ago, with so much hope about democracy, social and political reforms. now we're seeing what many view as a return to one man rules that instant is where the arabs bring them to die. do you

think the spring will be back? we had 2 point oh, in 2019 with 4 countries moving in a democratic to direction. it will be back into nisha in the future. i think it's highly significant that 18 arab countries rose up in the air, st. 2011 and, and we compare it historians due to 848 in europe. when, when we begin, we saw the beginning of the end of european monarchy actually being in control of government. and i think that's ultimately will happen in 2 naesha. but right now, we're having a napoleonic retrogression in tunisia that will last probably some years before things turn back around again. and we have a direction william laurence always good to get your thoughts. thank you very much for talking to. thank you, william. i pleasure. i was ready troops of rated the palestinian village of caraway bonney, her son, and the occupied west bank. they demolish the homes of 2 palestinians. we'd been

charged with killing a guard at the legal israeli settlement of arielle in april. since the beginning of this year is ready, forces have demolished several palestinian homes. not more so to come here and our desire including dot is ready for the not right. you for list aldersgate, 80000000000. the 2 candidates bind to become a you case next. prime minister tussle over the cost of living crisis in a televised debate last. we will endure. let our filipino spirit ever remain on the market junior, lays out his vision for the philippines more than ah color. the unrelenting heat continues across southern parts of the u. s. we have

got largely clear skies down across the deep south bound of cloud here, this weather system that might see a boundary between some fresh or rare up towards the north and that heat down towards the south. so still getting up or around 40 degrees celsius across parts of the southern plains, with plume of a red there. that's where the highest temperatures remain. and you have got a little tongue of heat just coming out of arizona pushing up across death valley easing tools at east side of california. not helping the wild far situation here. no writing the forecast, no significant. right for you might just get a little bit of dry lightning from time to time. push a little further in land towards the 4 corners that wall seed does it. southwest, you may well see some showers here linking back with that with a system which will bring some very heavy right up towards more parts of the appalachians. easing over towards the northeast corner, you see some on the fresh weather coming in behind into the mid high twenty's here over the next few days. showers longest bells if rain too with little system

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ah, welcome back and remind about top stories here at this hour po process as apologize to canada's indigenous people for what he described as the evil inflicted and residential schools run by the catholic church. more than a 150000 children was sent to the schools. many suffered physical, mental and sexual abuse. has been a low turnout as to millions voted in a referendum on a new constitution which opponent say we return the country to one man rule. a state tv exit both predicts the referendum of pass. the president says he wants to rein him a corrupt political elite. now ukraine says its aiming to export its 1st shipment of grain this week since the russian invasion, turkey, and the u. n. struck a deal between cuban moscow last week to allow the shipments but

a russian missile attack and odessa just a day after it was signed through the deal into doubt. john hendern of ports from keith. the 1st shipment of grain to avert a looming global food prices are expected to leave ukraine this week. despite the war raging around its ports. under united nations, brokered agreement with russia, a ukrainian minister says the shipments of wheat, corn, and sunflower oil will leave their black c ports through the newly negotiated safe channels within days, more weight their proport. no more risk report in china mosque will be the 1st one for you, then odessa, then thought p d n. the overall in 2 weeks will be technically ready to export. out of all the terminals of above mentioned ports you, that is despite a russian strike on the port of odessa on saturday. russia's foreign minister says there are no barriers to the grain deliveries, but adds a warning. yes, the good. it's super oh, there's nothing in the obligation the russia took,

including within the framework of the agreement, signed on july 22nd. and he stumbled, which prohibit us from continuing the special military operation, destroying military infrastructure and other military targets. the saturday strike in odessa makes clear that includes targets in the ports. it also includes ammunition, depots, the russian military said on monday that it struck one in ukraine central command, litski region that housed us, supplied high mars rocket systems. ukraine's military says those precision multi launch rocket systems have change the balance in the war, allowing them to destroy 50 russian ammunition depos since they arrived. and ukraine is asking for more to break through the russian line. sure. after all that, our people have gone through. after all that we've learned over the centuries, ukrainians will never give up their independence. both the russian and the ukrainian strikes were reported in western ukraine far from the front lines,

leaving no safe haven in the country right now. as ukrainian forces pushed toward hare sown in the south. foreign fighters continued a battle alongside ukrainian troops on the eastern front, near harkey. for every, every one of our boys it's killed, we have prevented them. what is the ports planned to resume grain exports on the front lines? the war of attrition continues. john henderson, al jazeera, kia, russia, known gas, giant gas promise, slashing deliveries through the node stream one pipeline to europe. from wednesday . the company says it's shutting down a turbine to carry out maintenance on the pipeline. supplies will be just 20 percent. what they normally are. germany says there's no technical problem. some fear gas applies could be cut altogether as retaliation for sanctions on russia. the you and 2nd general has joined the u. s. and condemning the military rulers of me and more after the execution of 4 pro democracy activists is the 1st time

capital punishment has been used there. in decades, a former legislator from anxiety to cheese party was among those who was executed johnny chunk reports. he was known to many as code jimmy, and he knew the cost of standing up to me. m as military. joe, mon, you, a veteran pro democracy activist, had already spent 15 years in prison, protesting against previous military regimes. even though he had been found guilty on counter terrorism charges in january, you expected the death sentence to be carried out. oh, when we saw this news be rover's sab, actually that don't, i shouldn't have done this. it, it should not happen. this is like the twenty's officially challenging to public. there was no, no, he was a tall. another of those executed was a prominent lawmaker that had been an m p, an uncensored cheese national league for democracy. since 2012, a former hip hop artists become the face of a youth movement came to power in the 1st democratic elections

a decade ago. the executions of the 1st amendment since 1989 and a thought to have taken place at in saint prison in young gone, where relatives tried to reclaim the bodies of the dead. men on monday, calls for clemency from the southeast asian nations, including a letter written personally to john to lee the men on lie by cambodian prime minister and sen have clearly had little impact together. this is sending a message to them yet more people. first and foremost, are to try to intimidate them, but it's also a backhanded way of a min online telling asi on that. but out that they don't want an advice from us, young, they just want asi and to serve as a shield. and all the protests against the military government are unlikely to stone. like this flash mob, opposing the death sentences. rights groups estimate more than 2000 people have been killed by the military since the coo. yet the protest as showed no sign of

backing down. tourney chang al jazeera, the newly elected leader of the philippines. ferdinand marcus junior has delivered his 1st state of the nation address he promised to and the country's economic woes and carried through the cobra 19 pandemic. but he didn't address corruption and human rights concerns ought to be low reports from manila, philippines president for dan marcus junior was don't, by his nickname ballpark. won the me election by a landslide while calling for unity among filipinos v as president of the repub. on monday, in his 1st liter state of the nation, address what he was expected to lay out concrete steps for how he would make good on what his supporters say or his campaign promises. and even sat about the number one concern if the price of rice so many people are going hungry. productivity to speech did deliver on specific so. so marcus touched on agriculture, revenue, health care, energy, education, foreign policy,

and tax in investment law reforms or dig. agrarian reform is not only about acquisition, but also about support services and distribution. to assist this, i intend to issue an executive order to impose a one year moratorium and the payment of land a more decision and interest payments corruption than human rights. however, with nowhere in the speech earlier in the day, protesters gather to air grievances, but authorities prevented them from getting anywhere near the house of representatives where mark has delivered his address. protesters are demanding solutions to a host of problems, but the one issue that they feel has been slide line is human rights. there are unresolved human rights issues dating from the 21 year dictatorship of the president's father. ferdinand marco senior. all the way to the reason administration of rodrigo to 30 human rights activists say thousands were victims of summary executions and torture. during the martial or period for 1972 to the

early eighty's and thousands of drug suspects were killed in drug or operations. in the last 6 years under president to 30, he asked the address the own right, the true ation. it's a problem that the whole world knows about. so again, i can have the philippines president are oblivious to the problem of human rights in the philippines. but for many who voted for marcus. the past is to past month a minimum w i. the son is not the father of all i can say is i believe in bang, bang. marcos. despite the difficult challenges and intense criticism of the marxist, there was optimism of our echoed by the president as he ended his speech saying, the state of the nation is sound and is some barinello al jazeera manila and good afternoon. my protest has an eastern democratic republic of congo attack the un mission in north kiva province. at least one person was shot when police dispersed

the crowd demonstrate to say un peacekeepers have not protected them from violence . catherine saw reports from gerber. this is what remains of a un logistics base in goma in north cuba province. thousands of congolese protested, chanted auntie un slogans demanding the peacekeeping mission, leave the country to throw stones looted office equipment and other material. even the peacekeepers stationed inside and local police could not control the crowd is beneficial. some people are dying every day in the nose, in benny and into the province. in the presence of monasco, the peacekeepers have said they are able to keep people safe to ensure the continued implementation, the deputy spokesman for the un mission says everything is being done to minimize

disruption to its work. the mission is activating additional security protocols and advancing contingency planning to ensure the continued implementation of its mandate and the security, the safety and security of all un personnel relationship between sam congolese and the un has been pens at best. the protest to say the u. n. has failed to protect them from frequent attacks. the un peacekeeping mission in the democratic republic of congo has had a presence here for more than 20 years. despite this more than a 100 rabble groups in the east control, the vast region that is rich in minerals, her new respect of all, to go no longer with respect or commitment with one a scope. but we should also avoid any speech or declarations likely to create mistrust. adobe sat altercations are not new in 2019, there were riots in the territory of benny. several people were killed and un

property was destroyed to the state residency. the u. n. the national army and other foreign troops have failed to stop the violence. many kimberly said they are tired, they want peace. and if the un cannot provide stability, then its forces need to leave catherine soil al jazeera. nothing bob boy has come up with a novel idea to tackle inflation, the central bank as launch gold coins to be sold to the public. the 1st batch of 2000 coins was minced abroad, but eventually will be produced locally. her matessa reports from her on the most you are doing a gold coin named out to victoria falls, africa. the largest waterfall has gone on sale in zimbabwe. central bank officials say the 22 carrot coin will help protect people savings against inflation, which had more than 191 percent engine. there's not another bit a product i can use as his door value oven. good. therefore, it's me that it was,

we do respected the pupils and barbara. we know what you bring to the template for the fee effect of losing the value. and therefore we are providing this gold coin the gin gold coin to show that it is to serve. and you, 5th, the, that the price of the coins will be determined by the international market rate for a graham of gold plus 5 percent for the cost of producing the coin. if this works is a intent that we expect is significant reduction in inflation . because this c product is being introduced, it is time with the county series. if bank is the i get the interest rate to is to rekey high off 200 percent. you won't at the time of the launch on monday,

one coin cost $1820.00 for us dollars. buyers can convert the coin into cash and trade it locally or abroad. the gold coins might benefit some exploiters and a few barbarians with cash, but many people here can't afford them. in some cases, families are skipping meals and buying food items in smaller quantities because they are struggling, buying even one gold coin is impossible for these pensioners. they been waiting for hours outside a bank to collect their pension of just around 16 us dollars. to put that in perspective, that's fewer than 10 loaves of bread here, from o tingler to procedures with the i can't buy enough food. public transport is expensive. life is hard here. the bob is government wants a gold coins to reduce demand of the us dollar and stabilized economy. all the bobbins can do is wait and see if this latest intervention by the central bank

works harder. matessa al jazeera had i the final 2 contenders in the race to become britton's. next, prime minister faced off in a tv debate, former chancellor of the exchequer reaches sooner can foreign secretary live trust, debated taxes on the cost of living crisis. they alter spot of china and the war in ukraine. around 200000 conservative party members will vote on their final choice. the result is due out on september, the 5th. we want to get the final proposals would mean that we get the short term sugar, rush of unfunded borrow tax cuts. but that would be followed by the crash of the higher i says, and higher mortgage rates. and that eventually on the, on the highest tax rate for 70 years. how in earth can you claim that that's going to drive economic growth and where have the growth policies been for the past 2 and a half years to drive investment into our towns and cities, which it knows is countless. what i would do is i would realize the pace breaks lp .