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this is eva into the realm of sales, sales in insane gorilla architect on our iran from the ruins of mosul, music, and re emerged. these are some of 40 musicians who make up the weather orchestra in iraq, 2nd largest city, despite being banned been mostly was occupied by i so the melodies arrived 3rd, been christian curd, arab so need, and she has these young men and women represent the diversity of iraq, to be able to hear music, i mean the ruins of mussels also the feel strange, but it brings home the resilience of residents who say that despite the destruction and lack of help, they remain committed to bringing the city back to life. lou .
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baseless and politicized to her on response to u. s. charges against an alleged ion g. c member being part of a plot to kill former us national security advisor, john fulton ah hello money. say this is out. is there a life coming up? russia is accused of stealing electricity from ukraine by connecting this apparition nuclear plant to crimea. sierra leone imposes a nationwide curfew all to anti government protests that left several killed, including security forces, and not an easy task. homeless families and gaza style their journey to rebuild their lives off to another round. devastating is really as strong ah
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the u. s. justice department says it's charged a man, it describes as a member of iran's revolutionary god. it accuses him of involvement and a plan to murder, a senior advisor to the trump administration. will the target of the alleged assassination plot was the former national security advisor, john bolton, sharon per sophie is wanted by the f b i in connection with the case barsky to say the scheme was probably in retaliation for the american strike in january of 2020 the kill, the head of iran's elite could force, cast them silly money. we face a rising threat from authoritarian regimes who seek to reach beyond their own borders, to commit acts of repression, including inside the united states. this is an especially appalling example of the government of iran, perpetrating a grievous acts of transnational violence in violation of us laws and our national
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sovereignty. or the iranian foreign ministry says the charges are baseless and politically motivated. it accuses the u. s. of making allegations without providing any evidence. let's go straight to my counter joint is live from washington d. c. mike, let's start with the details if this alleged assassination plot, airfare, the u. s. foreman, national security advisor, john bolton. what exactly is alleged have happened? well, the justice department has outlined an elaborate and lengthy murder for hire plot which began some 18 months ago when sharon per se allegedly contacted somebody within the united states and persuaded him to act as essentially a murder for hire. promising some $300000.00. should he kill john bolton now unknown to put sophie was the fact that this individual was an f b i, informant. so he informed the authorities. the authorities were abreast of the plot
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as it developed. now this another twist in it as well. it's been revealed to by the justice department that the sophie also offered a $1000000.00 for a 2nd target. now sources close to mike pompei of former direct up the sea of the cia and the former a foreign secretary is saying that it was my campaign who was the 2nd target for which $1000000.00 was promised. so there's a lot of details that the justice department has provided. one must make clear though that sophie is still at large to you still being hunted down though these charges have been laid against him. and why was it bolton that was targeted in this plot? well, bolton is a known hawk. he was very much a whole within the trumpet ministration. very influential in terms of trump closing out that iran deal in 2018. he was also
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a national security advisor and would have been involved in the process that led to the assassination of the commander of the iranian national guard. now this too is my pump pails case because pump was climbing basically the killing of sort of money. so these are the reasons that would appear definitely linked to the killing a her son ceremony back in 2020. and of course we're out of the crucial stage when it comes to the nuclear talks, the nuclear deal between the 2 sides. what potentially could the impact be on that? well, look at have a major impact on the talks. we know that's a fine old briefing paper. a final agreement has been sent to all parties. they are being studied now in each of the parties, capitals. but incidentally, john bolton as well, could not resist
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a sideway swipe in terms of reacting to this news against the biden administration, which he says is far too eager to resurrect this deal. that trap shut down in 2018 . and in doing so is showing weakness to the iranians, but certainly it could have a major impact on that deal. some within the u. s. administration were optimistic that they were mirroring and agreement on getting that nuclear deal back on track something that president biden and his administration say they really want to do and they stand ready to start implementation to start lifting sanctions. should iran agree to that particular deal, but this type of diplomat expect this type of allegation by the justice department, that an arrange that national is involved in a cross a nation. murder plot is certainly going to impact on the success of these negotiations. okay, for now. thank you my candidate for a live from washington dc. now te ukraine, where their fears of the fates are europe's biggest nuclear how plants. let's take
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a look at the map russian forces and this separatists allies. i, in control of all the areas you see and read. this includes the zachary's, yet nuclear plants, the craniums. a warning that the russians are preparing to connect. the facility with crimea, which they annexed in 2014. the plant has come under attack several times over the past week. un nuclear watchdog, his warning of the nuclear disaster, john henry reports in petro coat and says ukraine zappa region, nuclear plant faces serious danger of radioactive meltdown. he says, he believes the russian military occupying the plant is shelling it to disconnect it from the ukrainian power grid and reconnect it to a power system in russian controlled crimea. taking all the power with it. they have already cut 3 of the 4 connections to the ukrainian grid he says, and if they sever the 4th, that poses a serious nuclear risk. is iris go full,
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loosen the external power was applaud and it is dangerous because the vill burnwell block out mold as a rule was thornton diesel generator sung the if they stop zone, you will have black mountain of nuclear coral reactors. he's asking for the plant to be declared a demilitarized zone monitored by the international atomic energy agency, out of control of the russian army. the foreign ministers of the g 7 group of industrialized nations agree. they say it's russia's presence of that plant that is endangering it, and they've issued a statement demanding that russia leave and turn over control to ukrainian authorities. the russians in turn blamed the ukrainians for putting the plant at risk by firing on the facility. britons defense ministry predicts the invasion is about to enter a new phase with the heaviest, fighting shifting 350 kilometers to the frontline that stretches from separation to
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her son nearby in battle. scarred mc alive. residents have emerged from a 54 hour curfew. they've come out to queue up for water and food in a region that's been the target of russian bomb since the invasion began in february. ludmilla sta teeth guys among the thousands of displaced people evacuating ship sion, cova village near her son. now, under russian control, the daily bombardment is taking its toll on your trip or you are finished, or of course, people are afraid, but every one is hoping that they will not reach us and things will get better. but many houses in our village are destroyed. and people have died. there are a 150000 people in the city, and the red cross is all need some kind of help. john henderson al jazeera keith was as of wednesday, european union member states can no longer import coal from russia as part of a 5th sanctions package and moscow to cope with the hard turn away from russian
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energy eat countries are setting power consumption caps. now, before the war, russia supplied 40 percent of europe's gas, replacing not just before the northern winter is nearly impossible. in july ear energy ministers agreed on a voluntary plan to cut their gas consumption by 15 percent starting in august. of the u says it. if it fully cuts off from russian gas this winter, it could cost members states economies as much as 1.5 percent of their gdp. dominic cane reports from berlin. this coal being unloaded in the german town of linebarger is from russia party. one of the last consignments to germany before the e u. embargo took hold until recently, much of the energy used in germany came from russian fossil fuels. but now it's coal is banned, it's oil is soon to follow. and far less of its gas is being piped here than was planned, meaning across the country,
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much of industry is having to contemplate buying fossil fuels from elsewhere. i think there will be only a temporal return of the coal fired power plants to the market. so this is a non, not long term solution is as a solution for the next 3, maybe 4 years, which is a significant contribution to solving the gas problem or the security of supply problem. but it is not sustainable long term perspective. the difficulties of the german government is that many of its leaders have spent much of their political lives looking to phase out fossil fuels. and yet they now find themselves having to buy them in on a short term basis. we have, in the opinion, we see how dependent we are on energy imports from all over the world. and in this case, especially from russia, it's important to know that we in germany have technical abilities that are realistic and produce economically functioning jobs and economic value, which can help us free ourselves from this dependency and defend our own
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sovereignty cuts. but saying that and doing that, all 2 different things speak is very many power stations and industries have based their plans on an uninterrupted delivery of coal. and more often gas, such as here, the hood is a new minion foundry, involve towel where rising gas prices mean managers are having to change their working practices. i'm with this and that's what i hope to find. setting up a found, we like this hitting up, the furnace is very energy intensive. so shutting it down in the evening or overnight and then hitting it up again in the morning. is crazily expensive? that's why we now either run it around the clock in 3 ships will shut it off completely. the company that runs this palace station decided to get out of a dependency on russian coal. soon after the war and ukraine began, that country took longer to follow suit, but has now done so, as it must be said, has the e u. but getting out of
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a dependence on russian gas is proving much more difficult. dominant cane al jazeera berlin. well, in spain they are planned blackouts and thermostat regulations, local sites to halt, to comply. a haunting has more it has been a sweltering summer in madrid, but his temperatures have soared. so too has the cost of fuel. so the spanish government has mandated that offices and stores cannot set their cooling systems below 27 degrees celsius. in an area dependent on tourism locals are afraid, the heat wave an crack down on energy could scare visitors away. even if i guess if these filters are going to be impossible, because now we are 18 degrees in sight. if we go up to $27.00 degrees, we're going to be sweating all day. we wanted to go to the gym the for just give out a lot of heat and the customers are going to complain. nobody's going to come in.
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but the spanish government has already agreed with the other european union countries to cut dependency on russian gas by 15 percent, by the end of the year. they will shortly that either we have to comply with the agreements we have reached in brussels, fresh combustion, alimony spain also has a commitment of solidarity with the rest of european countries. each country is free to choose the way in which will meet the commitment to cut energy use. here in spain. that includes turning off the lights, are made, perhaps other measures need to be found because i don't know up to what point turning off a shop window, display light is going to make much se burnett. shops have to turn off window lights after 10 pm. however, street lighting will not be affected. i know it ain't nobody lucky. why would visitors come? because when you go out for a walk, would you want to see his joy? what soon? we won't have lights. so if you decide to come to here and everything is switched
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off for a couple, you're going to ask yourself, what's the point? the measures will be reversed in winter when regulations will prohibit indoor areas not to be warmed above $27.00 degrees. leah harding al jazeera, still ahead on al jazeera, europe's reservoirs and drawing up the continents with drops and decades is revealing the past and threatening the future. ah, i once again there's more rain in the forecast for can saki, we have got a fair bit of cloud slipping further southwards and east wits across the u. s. i, which was the appalachians tucked in behind this the weather system here. and there's that where to weather just pushes up towards the eastern seaboard without
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pause into the deep south. we could see some localized flooding. hey, wanted to shout up towards the midwest as well. eastern parts of canada, see little bits and pieces of right. so plenty of rainfall just around the yard is at southwest the monsoon rain still continuing to bring some useful rainfall in here. farther west. it is generally try temperatures around $22.00 celsius san francisco. warmer than that, sir, in seattle and warm still as we go on into friday by friday, we are going to see that wet weather around the eastern side of the country, slipping out of the way. still some wet weather that down towards the south. though having said that, wet weather across caea carabiner, particularly into the a western side of the caribbean. not too bad for the olives. ashley, or the way of sunshine, van showers here, but the wet weather will continue to effect panama, nicaragua, costa rica, pushing up across honduras, some lively showers into guatemala, and that way, whether stretching across a good part of southern mexico. ah,
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the 1960 s, the decade of change across the middle east and north africa in the 2nd of a 3 part series al jazeera world explores the explosion of arts and culture. intellectuals were building new dreams and ideas. because the revolutions of the $960.00 s were non political, but of the mine from music to tv, the poetry of protest and revolutionary film making the sixty's in the arab world. culture. oh, now jazeera lou lou
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over back, you watching out. as a reminder, our top story is the so the u. s. justice department says it's charged a man. it describes member ronald's revolutionary god accuses him of involvement in a plan to murder the former national security adviser, john bolton. iran says the accusations of baseless and politically motivated ukraine is warning. russia is preparing to connect power from the zap region nuclear plant to crimea, which most annexed back in 2014. the plant has come under attack several times if the post european countries as setting power consumption caps as they reduce their use of russian energy e countries have stopped importing cold from russia since wednesday, some countries warned it may face blackouts. now, syria leone has imposed a nationwide curfew in response to violent anti government protests. the government says several people have been killed, including members of the security forces. thousands of people are protesting across
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the country of the rising cost of living. have been calling on the president julius, madame b o. to step down security forces 5 t gas to disperse demonstrate is in the capital free town diesel's cookbook individual. i've been boss on a violent and on the arrival that we just lead to the loss of rise of ill sensory luna, including the security bus on it. it is also reported that public buildings, including police officials, i've been not got bogged down in various parts of the country. the whole building we speak to below that doesn't country of law and buddha. these violations accept people in all the false sorry for foreigner is the editor in chief,
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the global times. he joins us on the phone from free town. thank you for speaking to us. sorry. so the curfew was in response to these deadly protests. talk us through exactly what happened and also what is the situation there like now? well, the core institution in the concrete dot com has returned because they call you little wide gulf view that has been imposed across the country phone for the pm local time to 7 am. tomorrow morning, the monster goes this morning across the country, went haywire bill bonnie, please the cool do a couple people and we understand our talk now. a little here. and can you tell us what spark these protests where there is no clear coat explanation for the,
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for the start of the quota. but we understand that good thing over the high cost of living and youth unemployment. that is what we're hearing from somebody put that. what, what is astonishing, there is no leader that is leading the split that nobody else going for the sheep of all the does she all the tool just so that is clear as i speak to you now you talk about the cost of living, which is something many people are facing throughout the world. is the frustration sparked just from that? or is there something more long standing that is driving the angle on the streets? when i think the police are not going to, to deliberately over to a democratically elected government. because that's what they're trying to do,
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but they're using b o r a q. ready to, to, to or least on the nation, at least on acceptable. and so they want the president julius mother b o to go. that's what the pre, just as i've been calling for. he of course, has still got 10 months left in his turn. i mean, how, how is the government likely to respond? i mean, we've had this curfew, but what do you think is going to happen next? well, go, definitely. good talking to the demonstration. but the fact that these up when you come to action because they want to get rid of the government that the democratically elected. and he said about 10 months left. but he's going to basically let, i don't think the one for that. ready goal member for the goldman
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ok, appreciate you talking to us. sorry for fun. i edison chief, the global times, speaking to us down the phone from free time inflation in the u. s. could be cooling the consumer price and next climbed a point 5 percent in the year 3 july compared with 9 point one percent in g o 3 is up in the figures are welcome reprieve. the consumers by fuel prices m f s. have also come down with president joe bought and said wednesdays data is encouraging receive some signs. inflation may be getting to moderate. that's what happens when you're building economy from the bottom up in the middle out. the wealthy do very well and everyone has a chairs. it gives everyone a chance to make progress. now i want to be clear with the global challenges we face from the war in europe to disruption of supply chains and pandemic shut down.
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so in asia, we could face additional headwinds in the months of head. our work is far from over to think should be clear. first, economic plan is working. the 2nd is building an economy that will reward work. israeli forces have arrested 9 palestinians in the occupied westbank. they include one member of islamic jihad, the group. israel said it was targeting in 3 days of strikes on gonzo. once again, palestinians have been trying to rebuild their lives. israel's 3 day attack him gauze as cause more destruction, even as the damage from last years will remains attaching a name reports from gaza on the challenges residents face. the phones rang in this gaza neighbourhood saturday morning with warnings from israeli intelligence to evacuate in what people say felt like only moments. 6 apartment buildings were destroyed or damaged about it and haul from the fair. my 4 year old son wakes up
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when he has any sound thinking, it's an asteroid, and he clings to me. it makes me frustrated because my children are scared. my life has become miserable and it is nothing left in our hands. the man who malik shemelle says she can't even dig out her shirt from the rubble for her 2 young son . the family is homeless, but we'll have to find money to pay the mortgage on the apartment and find a new place to live. since 2008, there have been 5 wars or attacks in the gaza strip. the longest was in 2014 and lasted 51 days. after the war, dozens of countries met and planned to raise $5000000000.00 to rebuild garza but not even half that money was actually donated. the biggest donors cut our gave more than a $1000000000.00 in aid. saudi arabia, half a $1000000000.00. the united states, the united arab emirates, and kuwait,
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each gave $200000000.00. these photo showed the before and after of some reconstruction projects ah, after last years is really airstrikes. cutter and job committed a $1000000000.00 total. to help garza rebuild again, but with no time frame garza's, ministry of public works and housing says it needs millions of dollars. now, to provide housing for $2200.00 families, we feel the as little as putting some obstacles and the way of the donors that the $130.00 construction forces to be slow over the years, even wants reliable arab allies have stopped offering funding. and with many humanitarian crises, globally, donor fatigue has set in israel, ester occupying power, to have a real responsibility to, to, to, to,
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to take care of the situation there. but in the long term, long and awful, for china. and also for the huge majority of the international community, what concerns us is not we can not simply look at the specific situation in the pissed piecemeal. the way some in the international community may continue to spend billions of dollars rebuilding gaza after each war or attack. but palestinians wonder when the world will see that it's more prudent to invest in peace. natasha name al jazeera gaza climate experts warned that extreme weather in europe, including water shortages, will become the new normal. the continent is currently experiencing its most severe drought in decades, not affecting farmers freight and the industrial sector from gay g, or ports. a punched plot stoved of greenery. this is no
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desert. it is in fact a reservoir run dry so much so that it's uncovered a medieval bridge that was lost when the area was flooded. and it's not the only place that has revealed historical ruins. the shallow river bed the windy reservoir reveals the ruins of an ancient village while the water that once covered them continues to evaporate in record breaking temperatures. if the motion with your my people are meant to take off, when i know this is a particularly dry, yet a very complicated year that confirms for climate change scenarios have been making evident for a very long time in countries in which we live with periods of extended drought, sometimes combined with torrential rains and floods stretched over the same 100 logical year. this is dramatic with the extreme heat likely to continue into water . spain's meteorological services said will strain europe's largest network of
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damned reservoirs combined with droughts in other countries, creating problems across the continent. we're looking at becoming the next, the theme answer we, we see a lot of area is called dry condition all over at west central europe as well as the u. k. d c. so i think more hosting are more concerned the just the before the coming few days, even in germany in areas that were devastated by flooding in 2021. lack of rain is wreaking havoc on the country's main waterway. the rhine lowering water levels of coal shipping disruptions on the river. a major route for products ranging from grain to chemicals to coal. and it has a knock on effect on the economy which is already bracing itself for recession and energy shortages later in the year. this is the worst drought with hit to europe in
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decades. some say it's the worst in hundreds of years. the results already full cost to be devastating for the continent and an environmental warning for governments to act now, before it's too late. sunday i go al jazeera on ailing beluga whale. the straight into france says river sen has been euthanized during a last ditch rescue attempt. local officials said the decision was made to put the animal down to prevent it from suffering further. beluga was lifted from the saying, placed in a refrigerated truck and driven to the northern coast. but during the day, during the journey had difficulty breathing and it became very weak. conducive fossil will not with a v 6 that marian's recommended unanimously to proceed with. you shall major. the whale was too weak to be put back into the water. so it was a decision was made clear, julie, so it is sad to inform.

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