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the death toll from israel. the tax on garza rises to at least $24.00 fixed palestinian children are among the dead. palestinian fighters launch more than $400.00 rockets. it israel most have been intercepted. ah, hello there, i'm installed the attain. this is al jazeera life and also coming can years leading presidential candidates wrap up their campaigning and once seen as a tight race for the top spot. nicaragua, police investigate a roman catholic bishop who has been an outspoken critic of president daniel ortega government. ah,
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israel has launched a 2nd today of air strikes on garza at least 24 people, including 6 children have been killed. more than 200 others have been wounded and the strikes also health of man saw the needa of palestinian islamic jihad in the south of gaza. he is the 2nd high ranking member of the group to be killed since these attacks began. the strikes have destroyed apartment blocks had homes and a refugee camp. there are international efforts to stop the escalating violence while these strikes have been concentrated in 3 areas. for children and an elderly woman were killed and the jubilee refugee and northern garza, the garden health ministry blames israel that these railey military canes, the deaths were rather caused by palestinian rockets that misfired israeli. and strikes also targeted an agricultural area and con eunice in the south killing at least 2 people there. also hit with sites and rougher along the border with egypt. those strikes killed as i'm and he has leader in the southern region health months or human outside reports now from golf for the 2nd day in
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row israeli war place town. the gaza strip missiles have flattened several homes and apartment building. yeah. yeah. navigation mella who was having breakfast with her family of 10, when she heard neighbors calling for the evacuation at their home and others nearby her home and for others were destroyed. now she and her family need to find somewhere else to take refuge. protected, had nowhere, and i ran away quickly. we all ran. we didn't take any clothes or belongings. i took my girls there ill and some people had to carry our old man on a stretch out of the house. quickly islamic jihad replied to the attacks wiring rockets to which israel the group called their operation fields of unity and say they targeted is really towns and military site. according to israel media,
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most who are intercepted by the iron doe, mis, i'll defense system, and no serious casualties were reported. israel says it is preparing for a week of operations. egypt and the united nations are trying to broker truth. but in the gaza strip, the human toll remains severe. easily, muscles targeted as civilian car in the bait had noun, refugee cat. m will eat a 73 year old who was preparing for her son's wedding was killed in the attack. health officials say the numbers will only arise if the fighting continues. you don't know the 2nd civilians. second premises. they said that there is, nobody knows what will happen in the coming few hours for that reason. this is an appeal effect to extend the helping hands immediately, i think as
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a sort of price now. and you know, of course, the electricity truck christy, it's declared now they're going to be only 4 hours a day and 12 hours of electricity. which means that we will rely in the house goes on generators, because we consume like half a 1000000 liter every month. we do not have our guys, this is what we haven't got. nobody knows what will happen in the coming months. the last war has caused the widespread of devastation year in because this trip a year later, almost no reconstruction has been made. the isolated coastal territory is impoverished and the people are hardly recovering the fear of another round of escalation. you miss c l, she's the raw gods. the city or palestinian islamic jihad is a smaller group compared to hum us which control garza the p i. j. as it's known as reported to have carried out attacks inside israel for over 40 years,
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it was founded in the early 1980 is by a palestinian activist in egypt. the groups aim is to create a palestinian islamic state within the occupied west bank, gaza and parts of israel. now as i mean, he doesn't take part in the palestinian political process and rather concentrates on armed resistance against israel, through its military ring, the altitudes brigade. it's active in gaza on the west bank. the group has its headquarters in syria and reportedly received funds from iran. it is designated as a terrorist group by the u. s. u. israel and the u. k. comma beside is an associate professor political science at our university in gaza. he says her mom has stayed out of the contract to avoid further escalation a what we call the joint mutual command because. but in the
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meantime, have asked is feeling that if they join the fighting with this, israel, israel will intensify. its bombing against palestinian civilians are not in infrastructure, but also the security services in the last year about $11.50 massive destruction on the, on the infrastructure. so this is the only concern that probably the joining the fight again at this moment. that is where we'll take that as a justification to can you to continue with this destruction. again, this is an infrastructure in the us now with the power to, to, to put a israel. i don't know, it seems to me that is when has gone too far, is where it has to advise,
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which would allow us to convince the student you had to stop writing like it was. i think it's going to pick countries like cut or egypt or the you on to try to intervene and media and media between this a and now the only power plant in gaza has shut down after running out of fuel and had no fuel deliveries since tuesday. because the border crossing with israel's been closed, the electricity supply is expected to now drop to just for hours a day. meanwhile, israeli raids have continued across the occupied westbank. israel says it's arrested 19 members of the islamic jihad group. troops rated sites in the city of jan in the columbia area, south of ramallah. the group has indicated it will retaliate. thing now is the time for resistance and not a truth. or protests have been held and followed directly with the palestinians and
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neighboring jordan crowds. there gathered outside moscow, near the israeli embassy and capital a man to condemn israel. it strikes on garza jordan has demanded that israel stops . it's a question immediately and it's called on the international community to protect the palestinian people. moving on and kenya's, leading presidential candidates have been making their final appeals to vs ahead of elections there on tuesday. right? loading is making his now 5th attempt to take the country's tough job. his rival is deputy president william router widespread corruption and the economy are dominating the selection campaign. other important issues include unemployment, inflation on foreign debt. malcolm webb has the latest from den, goes rally and ruby with the presidential hopeful has addressed the crowd. these message sound a lot more mild than it did the last 4 times when he ran for president of those songs. he was leading the opposition. but following
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a seismic shift in political allegiance is eric garcia is now being backed by his former arch rival outgoing president. who kenyatta, who has been a government for the last 9 years with really a router, he's the other medical center in the selection. still say holding is fine rally. that government's been bored with corruption scandals as was the one before the to say to them when writing it was brian minister, i say for a lot of kenyan both is these promises of fighting corruption from people that have hold held very see the roles in government known for corruption on daily convincing well, how much has to send this update from rival candidate which is election rally also held? and i read b, william has been saying that no kenya is going to be left behind. this isn't patty is getting ready for me until people won't be paying like most people. or
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he said this election rate between that and the dentist fees that he calls in a background, his parents struggled to brittany. my dad, he's on way to school. my siding chicken under side of the road, the understand that get to find a main level, right? a jingle on the list. i came to fight with getting him south point as a man, even though you know now he's he's, he's come from haven't beginning to know how people are struggling. a microphone for him. now i, rehearse, president has pardoned his previous f. l or on bad ver fift conviction would have seen him jail to 20 iv. bagwell was the president of ivory coast from 2000 to 2011 in 2010,
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he refused to concede the election to the countries current. president allison with tara that the street sparked a civil war that killed 3000 people. and i were in court later convicted by vote of stealing funds from the country central bank during the crisis. president, what tara says he's pardoned back. we're in the interest of social cohesion. former us president donald trump has delivered the keynote speak. the keynote speech at the conservative political action conference in texas. the audience is a key group for the republican party, and trump dropped hints that he will run for the presidency in 2024 but stopped short of announcing and she had returns the reports now from dallas. oh yes, it was like a coronation. donald trump had just want a straw poll of delegates by a landslide. he is the one the conservative base wants to leave the republican party into the presidential election of 2024. but even though he says he's made up his mind trumpet, still announcing his decision. however, throughout the speech,
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trump kept pledging that the country would soon return to what he called greatness . i won twice and did much better. the 2nd time that i did the 1st getting millions and millions of more votes than in 2016. and likewise, getting more votes than any sitting president in the history of our country by far . and now we may have to do it again. we may have to do the speech was pretty much the same as the one he's been given around the country in recent months, but moaning, the biting presidency from doing what he says he achieved during his 4 years in the white house. this week however, he's injected a few sentences about nancy pelosi visit to taiwan. she played right into their hands because now they have an excuse to do whatever they're doing. and i will tell you it would have never ever happened in a 1000000 years. under trump, i can say he tried to steal the last election. a few days ago,
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former vice president dick cheney released a campaign at for his daughter, liz. warning republicans against supporting donald trump. cheney a scene of speaking for the republican party, old guard who may support the former president's domestic policies. but he feel trumps attempts of subverting the last presidential election with the last straw in our nations 246 year history. there is never been an individual who has a greater threat to our republic. and donald trump, it was clear that cheney had had no impact among delegates, not least because his daughter is one of 2 republicans on the january 6th commission in congress thing. it's dick cheney. what does that mean? they're usually a vice president people's ported in the republican party. what's changed? why isn't that list? chinese father? leave the problem. dick cheney was a war guy, you know, he loved war. that's where his country made, you know, made money and i just wish that all of these politicians were just, they had their time. you know, they had their time to make
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a difference on this country. the shut off from work, trump do what it needs to do as far as those here are concerned, the last presidential election wants to them. and in fact, trumps popularity has increased in the c pack straw pole by 10 points since the commission began its hearings. his status as a victim for the establishment conspiracy has been confirmed for those here. as far as c pack is concerned, the republican party is the trump party. now in addition, if trump does run in 2024 as the expectation that the republican establishment will riley behind him anyway, just as it did the last time. she ever tonchee al jazeera dallas, austin, i had here on al jazeera and protesters returned to the streets and she lanka, demanding an end to a government crackdown on descent. and nigeria is old oil refineries may be on the way to recovery, after billions of dollars off to corruption and bad management. ah
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. but johnny has begun the fee for world copies on its way to a catholic group. your travel package today. hello there. let's look to the middle east and it continues to be an extremely hot picture across northern areas of the region in particular for q weights, iraq and iran was seen temperature c a touch up into the early fifties. and if we have a look at the 3 day for iraq, we are expecting it to linger there for the rest of the week. that dangerous, unrelenting heat doesn't seem like it's going to go away any time soon. for the south this it is a largely hot and dry picture with a few blustery winds blowing about. we are going to see the wet weather. however, pick up for western areas of yemen where we've already seen flooding an effect, the southwest of saudi arabia and that rain hauls across central parts of africa. now we have seen flooding in sudan as well as uganda. and nigeria,
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thanks to those easterly waves that blow their way further west, bringing very heavy rains with them for the south of this is largely bone dry picture temperatures in namibia and botswana sitting higher than where we expect them to be for this time of year. it's much cool of a southern areas of south africa. we've had a cool down in cape town and we are expecting the wet and windy weather to pick up across eastern areas of south africa. by the time we go in some monday, it is going to feel rather chilly that this week cats are airway official airline of the journey bank assessments. how much support is there if at street protests that we've seen in hotels across the rest of the country, the street and has been very good that's happening in the call concerned to people across the country, informed opinions we will say more of what is happening is that climate change it, making them work in depth analysis of the days global headlines. druggie is credited by somewhere where they were storing italy's credibility. this critics would say he couldn't play the part of
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a politician. what do you think went wrong inside story on al jazeera? ah oh. hello there. i'm an associate in durham. let's remind you of our top stories here at the south. at least 24 people have been killed and over 200 wounded. after a 2nd day of his railey attacks on garza israel says it's targeting the palestinian islamic jihad at least 2 high ranking members of the group have been killed on a p i. j. as it's known as 5 hundreds of rockets across the border into israel. most have been intercepted and no casualties have been reported. egypt cats are, i'm the united nations are trying to initiate talks to deescalate the violence in
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kenya's reading. presidential candidates have been making their final appeals to voters ahead of elections on tuesday. rollover dingo as making his 5th attempt to take the country's top job. his rival is deputy president william router. now anti government protestors. entree longer have gathered and the capital colombo in defiance. of a crack down by security forces. they are angry about an economic crisis that's showing no sign of ending despite a change in government, linelle fernandez has more. they marched from different directions with one common demand, stop the repression. c ah, students, artists, trade unionists and ordinary, she lincoln's united against a government the sea is stifling descent. why? yeah, there is thing. these people all brought some kind of change. i'm going to disappear . we brought up the young people. why? yeah, arresting them for normally. these scenes are what protested or angry about less
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than 24 hours after president running the promising who was sworn in. replacing co, toby, roger pucks, who fled the country. military and police commanders cleared the protest site outside the presidential secretariat. since then, the security forces have been hunting prominent figures from the 4 month campaign that out to drudge boxer thought under. well, i mean, i spoke out on behalf of the people. i also have a one and a half year old baby. his protest was arrested while trying to fly out of the country. the head of the teacher's union was arrested at his office. a few days later, i will go ahead. even many robes are not spared. this buddhist monk was arrested by plain clothes officers. a catholic priest is in hiding, speaking after securing bail for another prominent protest her manage. now now kara was clear policy, thin rump is a dish of our lot of the police seems to be trying to fire legal action one by one
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for some political requirements. but this has been unsuccessful trying to repress the protesters by taking such action is futile. what must be done is finding solutions to the root causes of the protests. his gland who is released on bail remains undeterred to have it on the gamma, just as will prevail. so let's see. this is the 4th case so far. let's see how many more, but we won't give up the fight. this struggle is for a system change and we will continue the fight. but at the protest, many told al jazeera, there won't let the crack down stop, then let me out, are going up. i was on grammar jag behind him. we will not give up the struggle. we won't stop till we when we're telling ronelle roger pucks are very clearly, we will not be scared by your oppression. we will only get stronger and stronger in response to it. you are protested. the government is trying to silence them, but they also see it warned worldly not having got rid of one president,
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this lilly won't be intimidated by his replacement. so, melendez, my how to 0, colombo and cambodia is fine, minister says efforts to help restore peace and me, and i have been made even more difficult after the country executed for political activists. proc stuck on made those comments at an assay meeting and put on pen. he warned that without future progress, the group can shift its position on me and mar, as and has already banned man law from attending its meetings until it makes efforts to implement a peace plan. is. and i see say it clearly publicly . if more exit gruesome arc conducted then things will have to be reconsider. oh, the sham will also have to be reconsider on chad's military leader has arrived here in durham to try to finalize a deal aimed at starting piece talks with onto groups. mohammed interests debbie.
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it know, as meeting with cash re, officials who've been negotiating the agreement, some opposition groups and chad are opposed to the accord. the piece talks seek to pave the way for elections on our nigerian is turning to its old abandoned refineries after the cost of important feel rose by 9000000000 dollars and 3 years, corruption and long term neglect, left africa's biggest oil producer, unable to refine its own crude supplies, instead, it relies on costly imports of refined petroleum products, and address reports from port harcourt, where nigeria, the oldest and newest refineries, are situated rusty components of nigeria is old refinery. i removed to very pleased with new ones. it's a biggest repair project at this pooling 56 year old facility. we are looking at been able to operate discipline in the us, at least in a more of 90 percent of this install capacity will really help. so freedom on how some of the duck showed in partition of these products that her wedding to do for
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tickets. the countries 40 finery were allowed to rot, as it imports refined product and the subset to regime that last year, cost nigerian nearly $4000000000.00. despite having the largest crude oil reserves in africa, after turning this plant around, it's expected to meet only a 3rd of domestic requirements of refined petroleum product. toward the refineries are located here in port taco, but even at full capacity, they can only processed 210000 bottles of oil by day. so to make up the shortfall, the nigerian government has bought shares in a private facility owned by africa's richest men, a liquid equity, which is due to come on stream. next year. head of nigeria, oil company says reviving the facilities was overdue. as the subsidy program becomes increasingly costly, the combination of our own ability and capacity and also that already done. what
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did it by will re met nigeria. init is foot out over at william r produce. so we did a stop at this in had a number of what us money that issue that we had in small model larry primaries of 10 to 20000. but, but if i did of he should say putting, did he find was to work? will hopkins, a forwarding exchange currently being spent on important products that nigeria can refine with good management? now, judas, all refineries may be on the path to revival of to so many years, but only after hundreds of billions of dollars a last to corrupt officials and government indecision. how many degrees al jazeera port target nigeria. lightening has struck a crude oil storage facility in western cuban sparking a huge blaze that's injured, at least 80 people and left 17 fire fighters. nothing with id say. one body has been recovered so far. emergency careers have been trying to extinguish the flames in the tons of super tanker base since friday, at least 2 oil tanks have been satellite. the smoke has spread
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a 100 kilometers west to the capitol, havana. it's not clear how much oil has been, bonded, the facility which stores fuel to produce electricity. cuba is also counties struggling with fuel shortages on columbia as fast left as president elect. gustavo petro has held a symbolic, swearing in ceremony with indigenous groups. he's due to be officially sworn in to office on sunday. petro form a gorilla. pfizer is promising to be shaped. the country on the intake is a professor of political science that rosario university. she says many will be watching to see if petro can build alliances. both in columbia and in the region. i think the expectations are tremendously high following his election. i would be reluctant to confirm that he is going to be successful on all fronts. it's undeniable that there is some degree of concern amongst certain sectors of the military. i think it will be important to know who his military leadership is,
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which has not yet been and now, but in general, i'd like to point out that the military, traditionally in columbia, notwithstanding its important role, given the long standing arm conflict, lingering violence, is a constitutional actor in the sense that it customarily obeys civilian authority based on what we know now. she is going to promote a shift towards stronger alliances with the countries of latin american in the caribbean. there's been a 1st high level meeting which is in itself very important. promoted by the us government, which is keen to preserved, you know, friendly ties with the incoming government. but i think what we're going to see is, you know, lesser dependence on the united states and a greater diversification both with the region and beyond in the world. on police in nicaragua have forgotten an investigation into a roman catholic bishop who has been a prominent critic of the government. allies of president daniel ortega period
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accused the cleric of inciting violence and disorder rights group say, it's part of a wider crackdown on descent. a latin america editor lucio newman reports the ah. billy surrounded monsignor orlando. albert is his parish to stop him from celebrating mass at the nearby cathedral, the bishop of my god. that is the latest catholic leader to come under attack by nicaragua. government. go see yourself. who are the ones who are agitating the fights, who the people have gold? oh, police patrols an agents versus ordinary good loving people. respect to achieve please, our lives are freedom and our fights r. o n worth that offer msr. albert is, has been an outspoken critic of the government, ah, 30 kilometers away and sim uncle, another priest, father would yield by your horse, had been hold up in his parish for 4 days,
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surrounded by riot police without food medicine or electricity. this incident follows arrayed by authorities who broke into the parish to confiscate equipment belonging to the churches radio station, one of 7 that was ordered closed by the government on monday. authority say they did not apply for a license to operate, which the diocese strongly denied. getting nearer, you're afraid, where denouncing the injustice, they want to silence us with the majority of government opponents now in prison or in exile, the catholic church has become the mean voice of dissent against president daniel ortega and his wife rossiter moody. you who's also the vice president, the european union, the international human rights commission, and the biden administration have criticized the attacks. the us under secretary for hemispheric affairs. i and nichols has tweeted, ortega moody use google assault on catholic clergy, radio facilities and community members in se buckle is another blow to religious
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freedom in nicaragua, as well as the freedom of expression. in march, the government expelled the vatican. stop diplomat and last month, 18 nuns from mother that is of cal cut, his order will also forced out. both moves were criticized by the vatican, but some priests and human rights activists are calling on pope frances to speak out himself on the latest crackdown. it also gave you the galley in it because the pope is maintaining an inexplicable silence. we don't understand what's happening. is he trying to dialogue secretly with vice president marino. and while he silent, it feels as if nicaragua, catholic church has been cut off by the pope right now. oh, so far the pope has no commented upon seeing these images, vice president moody, you repeated charges at some priests are quote, servants of the devil and yankee invaders until yankee eager. neither she nor her house.
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