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ah, hello, i'm emily angry. this is al jazeera alive from dough house and coming up, and his rally military chord extends the detention of islamic jihad later by some sadie, by at least 6 days a nationwide curfew in sierra leone as several people are killed in a wave of violence and protests against the rising cost of living, influential taliban cleric. rec, and had connie has been killed in a suicide attack in afghanistan. ah, to begin the program in the lebanon, where a man who held employees hostage at a bank in the capital bay route has surrendered peacefully to police. he walked out with a wave to thousands of people who had gathered to support him and voice their anger
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about a banking system that's been accused of misusing funds. the man had entered the bank carrying a gun and demanded his own money. for more on this, let's bring in santa harder who's been covering development in bay road outside that bank. certainly a relief is zayna that it's been resolved without anyone getting hurt. what happened? well, a peaceful end to those hours long hostage situation. i negotiated settlement is what end this found off? this is what we understand from the family of a chair. then the man who walked in to the bank behind me at 11 a. m. favorite time. come holding a gun and demanding his own money. he has $210000.00 us dollars in his account. he hasn't been able to access that. for the past 3 years, bonds have imposed capital controls. and when you do withdraw some money,
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you significantly reduce the value of your deposit because people really are facing a haircut. now, he laid down his arms after this, negotiate to set them with what we understand. he. he was given approximately $35000.00 us dollars. he was the banding money, in fact, he visited the bank in the past in recent days, demanding $5000.00. he wanted money to pay for his father's hospital bill and the bank refused to give him money. so he reached breaking points and he was very disgruntled, angry, and he entered the bank, so it's now over, but the crisis in lebanon is not over. as you mentioned, many people came here to support him to say that their money too, is trapped and banks and many people are struggling to make ends meet. all right, thank you very much for that update. dana honda with all the developments and the bay roads and israeli military court has extended the detention of islamic jihad later by some saudi by at least 6 days. israel loan short,
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it called preemptive strikes on garza targeting the palestinian group. the following saudi's arrest 2 weeks ago. the 2 sides agreed on a truce this week after trading 5 for 3 days. 48 palestinians were killed in those attacks. the freedom of palestinian prisoner. meanwhile, on hunger strike was also part of the negotiations between is i'm a jihad. and these riley's john holman, has the subject from west jerusalem were outside this hospital just outside of television because the other is alarming. she has demands was the another man be free and that man is hell in a while. now her little while the is on a hunger strike lasted around a $150.00 days, is a palestinian prisoner. and we spoke to the chairperson of the physicians to human rights about his condition. she's just been to examine him. it's hard to predict.
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he can die any minute from mineral or deficiencies from advice in indication. we can predict exactly how much time he can provide, but it can go and in minutes and you have to be all the time under medical follow up. so that he said when we talk to him, he hardly speak. but when he spoke, he said that he doesn't want to die. okay. he owns all the want to be all you want to come back home to children. now what the doctor also told us that was how little while the obviously very weak was surrounded by israeli. god's prison guards and his family weren't allowed to be with him. so aside from his personal circumstance, which is obviously difficult at the moment this, these 2 men and their fate somehow saw the little wilding inexplicably
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tied up with what's happening at the moment between islamic jihad and between israel and this fragile sci fi in force. and the migrant sierra leone has imposed a nationwide curfew in response to violent anti government protests that killed dozens of people, including members of the security forces. it happened in the capital free town and other cities because of anger and frustration at the rising cost of living. alhashan as the ratio anger and frustration spilled to the st. protest as in freetown and all the serial unions cities wanted their voices heard. oh, we do not have freedom of speech. there's no respect for us. the women and our economy is down, down, down, and the cost of living is very high because of it we are suffering. oh, it didn't end. well. several people were killed including members of the security forces. when demonstrators and the police clashed,
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it revived images from the countries bloody civil war. in the ninety's, the president treated saying, as a government, we have the responsibility to protect every citizen of sierra leone. what happened today was unfortunate and will be fully investigated. i urge all sierra leone, eons to be calm. oh, the government also impose the nation wide curfew. goldman, israel pharmacy police, lead to maintain law and order a goody booked in the fundamental arrive of the general boy. while it's on known whether the wave of protests will continue, the united nations expressed serious concerns over the violence. so did the u. s. while france urged citizens not to travel to sierra leone alhashan al jazeera a, the o p says it's grand ethiopian, when i son's damn, has data generating more electricity. after more of its reservoirs were filled up,
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this could add to the existing tensions though with sudan and egypt. if you, the dam could affect their water levels. the dam is located on the nile, one of the world's longest rivers. most of it comes from ethiopia and flows south to north brianca. gupta has the details africa's largest hydropower project steeped and decades of dispute has reached a new milestone. then row sauce thing this year, the 3rd filling guaranteed 22000000000 square meters of water to be utilized and a turbine operated from the down to generate electric power. the mobilization did not harm the downstream countries or their water share. during the mobilization process, the water did not stop for one day and was flowing and going to our brothers. and d, t o p s key to benefit from it resources to achieve development, providing electricity to our people without harming others. the for if you appear harnessing the blue, nice waters to generate affordable electricity is essential to left millions of its people out of poverty. but for those living downstream in sudan,
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near therapy or spotter, it's meant quite the opposite light. and i kind of look sharp, mean ellwood used to come from the highlands and we'd fish it out at the nile. but since the start of the filling of the race on stand on the other side of the border, another very few logs come downstream in south. and instead we have to buy wood from elsewhere. farm was like momma am. i see the scene changes the surrounding environment as well. normally this time of year water levels are high and they irrigate our farms. but they've been dropping lower and lower for the past 3 years . and the amount of 1st house sold deposits in the water has reduced. i've lost lots of my trees this year because of that. sedan egypt. and if you appear have long try to reach an agreement on the operation of the damn by negotiations or faltered. and if you appear began filling the town in 2020 the country's down stream are concerned about possible disruptions to the knives,
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water levels which depend on cycles a frame in the northern. if you're in highlands this year or you could be coming year, would be a little bit easier to incidents so much. it could be a little bit neater in the 3rd, it means the amount of water is enough to eat media, an acre of land in egypt. and so then, and then have the gap in security to renaissance down is expected to be operational next year. while many philippines are eager to reap the benefits, communities downstream fear their livelihoods could be affected. priyanka upa, i'll dizzier. more heavy rain is forecast in northern sudan where jam pause and flash floods have killed 6 paypal and injured dozens more. at least 3000 homes were
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destroyed in river now state the rain cut off the main highway connecting this state to the capital hut soon hip morgan is in berber with move. this is what mccaleb in butler county incidence over now state now looks like homes destroyed families out in the open as a result of heavy rains and flash floods that lead to the destruction of one a 3000 homes here in but about a county many families who have spoken to said this is the worst flash floods and heavy rains they've seen in decades. they have those, their properties. some of them say that they don't know how they'll be able to rebuild their homes. and they said they don't know when 8 is coming. it's been 2 days since they've been here in mccaleb being displayed or left out in the open as a result of the heavy rains. many of them say that they need assistance. they're looking for clean water. they've been out of electricity for 48 hours now and counting, and they said they have not seen any government response. but the biggest concern is the issue of diseases. many of them say that sewage water, or drainage water,
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has mixed with water that they used to drink. and they now don't have access to clean water except from the nearby river, which would take some time to get to and to access. so many of them are concerned that the was, these are not yet over despite losing their properties. they've been calling for 8 organizations and the government to provide them with some relief assistance and to find a way to rebuild their homes. but many say that they're worried, this may take weeks, especially because more rain is forecast for the coming days. an influential taliban figure has been killed in a suicide attack in afghanistan. there's been claimed by i so witnesses say disabled man approached rocco muller, her carney in a seminary in cobble. he then detonated explosives, hidden in his prosthetic leg. a summer binge of aid has more from cobble. sure, so he will lock on. he was considered to be somebody very influential and loved by both leaders and followers of the taliban. somebody who was able to gather them
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together on various religious issues. he'd been issuing decrees against eisen and was attacked by the group at least twice before he was killed. in cobbles, when a suicide bomber wearing a prosthetic leg approached him and explosives were hidden inside that pathetic leg . his brother was also injured in the attack. he was somebody who was able to bring together his factions of the taliban and make sure that they were following a single line. and that's why his death wouldn't be seen as a blow to, especially the few logical side of it. but it also comes and bears all the hallmarks of isom related to tax that we've seen in the last few months in this country. although no group claimed responsibility so far. but we were in ice and heartland just 24 hours ago and we were able to speak to people as well as security officials who tell us that yes, there had been an ice and resurgence in the early days of the taliban to go over last year. but the group has been able to crack down on ice and remnants go after
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their ne, purcell's and infiltrate their intelligence, has been able to infiltrate, isolate as well. but i still continues to have a real presence in the country is being carrying out to toxic and los and other places as well. and the taliban were saying that the biggest achievement so far in this country has been able to provide security to the people of abundance on indefinitely. attacks such as this one and previous ones which have been claimed by ice and are meant to dent still ahead on al jazeera, the un secretary of state wraps up. he's africa to by weighing in on regional pension and police in brazil and cover $140000000.00 scam targeting the widow of a famous odd collector. ah, ah, the journey has begun. the faithful world camp is on its way to cattle. your travel
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package to day. hello again. thanks for joining in. here's your world weather update. we're going to begin in india where we had a disturbance move east to west spring and a lot of rain across the top end of india. that's now moving into boxes. start and we've also got this disturbance spinning around on the arabian sea. the 2 are going to come together, a lot of rain to come for sin province on friday, but really top to bottom across pakistan will have some soaking range. that's the scene on friday. let's press plays, who are all of this rain goes. we can see some soaking rains through karachi and on saturday, a big drop in those temperatures for jacob bad 29 degrees. so almost 10 below average is this rain starts to move into blue. just thought of to indo china right now, remnants of what was the tropical storm, sweeping across northern vietnam, laos, northern thailand, rate through in the m r. think anywhere in that zone, we are likely to see some flooding. still rain across the pearl river valley, including hong kong, 30 degrees, the number for you on friday,
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and still that heat through the ink see river valley. i think shanghai very likely to hit 40 degrees over the next little bit. now for japan's main island of honshu toward the northwest. lot of rain falling there. so we've got some land side alerts in play on friday that trip. they'd soon official airline of the journey witnessed the ocean with witness differences. witness change. witnesses, happiness with witness. sunlight. witness to flood witness, loss, witness. charity, witness. you witness. clarity, witness. family and witness. friends. witness the beginning. witness. the end witness. life witness. an algae 0. lou
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ah hello, are you watching out 0? i'm emily angry. he's a reminder of our top stories. the salam, a man who held employees hostage at a bank in the lebanese capital by road, has surrendered peacefully so place. he walked out with a wave to the crowd of people who gathered to support him and voice of their anger about a banking system that's been accused of misuse of funds. and his rally, military court has extended the detention of islamic jihad later by some saturday, by at least 6 days. last week, israel launched what it called pre emptive strikes on gaza targeting the palestinian group. following saudis, arrest and sierra leone has imposed a nationwide curfew in response to anti government protest. official say several
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people are being held, including security personnel. protest is, are angry about the rising cost of living. at least $750.00 inmates have escaped during an attack on a prison in eastern democratic republic of congo. 2 police officers were killed. the arm group that carried out the rate is believed have been trying to rescue some of its members and recruit new ones as lee hunting reports. early on wednesday morning, prisoners in this jail were startled by the sound of heavy gunfire and snapping metal. o 2 by 3 o bullets rung out whilst we were fast asleep. suddenly we woke up the silence had a chain tool with which they talked to padlocks. members of an armed ugandan group known as allied democratic forces, or adf, fighting their way into this prison to free hundreds of inmates. oh,
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inside we were about $900.00 detainees. but about 30 of us remain. adf has pledged allegiance to iceland and has been blamed for thousands of deaths and eastern congo and neighboring uganda. many of their members have been arrested, kept in this jail. lenee said, as he did it, they came from their main headquarters in the forest to conduct the attack. yeah. with the objective of recruiting by force, new members newton and to release some of their own people arrested and his jail. but not every one wanted to be freed. unwilling to live a life on the run, the mobile gun go off on one of the like, i did not flee because i did not want to take advantage and flee in disorder. i'm waiting for the liberation that god will send me. my hope is that one day i will leave here legally with all my documents to the army have started their search for the escape. eas, coming through a vast mountainous country in a region that has seen decades of fighting. leah harding al jazeera,
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the u. s. secretary of state, his bane in there were one didn't capital could golly on the last off of a 3 nation african to m. anthony lincoln discussed were wand is alleged support of rebels and neighboring democratic republic of congo. with president po ga, ga. may i discuss the credible reports indicating that rwanda continues to support the i'm 23 rebel group and has its own forces inside the d. r. c. we recognize that rwanda has security concerns of its own, including reports of cooperation between the congolese military and the democratic forces to the liberation wanda of the d. f. l are unarmed group my message to both president she security and president tagami. this week has been the same. any support or cooperation with any armed group in eastern, darcy endangers local communities and regional stability. and every country in the region must respect the territorial integrity of the others. the united states has the same message for all neighboring countries. satellite images have been released
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showing the aftermath of explosions at a russian airbags in crimea. it appears at least 8 who rush and war planes were destroyed at the sankey base on tuesday. moscow says there was an accidental, accidental rather detonation of stuart ammunition. ukrainian official say this was either the result of sabotaged by infield traders. oh, russian in confidence. the u. s. has a back call for a day militarized zone in ukraine, around europe, the biggest nuclear power plant, ukrainian officials say russia is preparing to connect to the separation facility with crimea, which is next in 2014. the blonde has come under attack several times in the past week. john henderson reports from keith in petro coach and says ukraine separation, nuclear plant faces is serious danger of radioactive meltdown. he says he believes the russian military occupying the plan is showing it to disconnect it. from the
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ukrainian power grid and reconnected 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. the risk or for losing the external power to the plan. and it is dangerous because the village is blocked out more and there will be certain diesel generators the if they stop, then you will have like melting of a nuclear cor over 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 is presence of that plant that is endangering it. and they've issued a statement demanding that russia leave and turn over control to ukrainian
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authorities. the russians in turn blamed the ukrainians for putting the plant at risk by firing on the facility. britain's 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 her song nearby and 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 goes among the thousands of displaced people evacuating ships sion cova village near her son. now, under russian control, the daily bombardment is taking its toll on your head for years in the federal budget. that, of course, people are afraid, but everyone 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,
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al jazeera keith. why not grand lady kim junglin has declared victory in his nation's battle against coven. 19. i. maybe i have reported the government's plans to ease the line of isolated measures. it imposed back in may. it comes out to kim jung own was reportedly suffering a high favor. according to his sister came go, john. she blamed the outbreak on propaganda leaflets dropped by south korea. at saul is calling those claims groundless. south korea capital sol will start phasing out basement apartments. after 3 people died in flaps during flooding this week, the tiny dwellings usually rented out to people on low incomes. in total, at least 9 people were killed in flash floods, triggered by the heaviest dam poles in more than a century out. his ear was rub. mcbride has moved from sol after the reins. the clean up and a re think on how to adapt to
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a changing climate. the worst affected places were in low lying areas, south of souls, hand river. it's home to the glitzy gangnam district made famous in the hit gangnam style. but it's also the location for poor a housing, including half basement apartments prone to flooding. resident hind sick tries to salvage what he can from his home. when the rains came, he and his family were forced to evacuate, seeking shelter in a nearby park. ah, good capone and i have to throw away all my positions. even my dishes, it rained so much this time it was a disaster. the plight of such residence was highlighted in the oscar winning movie parasite, about a fictional family living as subterranean existence. but it's the reality for many in a city with sky high property prices couldn't gide annual year. it's different from
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the wealthy places we live in the smallest rates where the government doesn't pay attention to. and not them could involve in dogtown now. south korea's president, you insecure, visited one basement apartment that was flooded and where 3 people died. the response from sol city has been swift with the government announcing no new permissions will be given to turn basement into apartments. but they're all reckoned to be around $200000.00 homes below ground right now, that authorities say will gradually be phased out. the government has also announced plans for better drainage, adapting it says to the new reality that such extreme weather is now no longer abnormal. rob mcbride al jazeera, so thousands of brazilians are taking place in nationwide rallies to show support for democratic institutions. in response to president j. both scenarios,
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criticism of brazil's electronic voting system is concerned both scenarios, wind recognized the results of the presidential election is currently training a former president louis in newark to silver in opinion polls. monica yanna can, has more from a demonstration in judge mirror. well, we are here in rio de janeiro in poky, which is the catholic university. this is just one event mirroring the main event in the city of san followed. there are 20 events all over brazil and are in so far, no, it's a very symbolic act. you're reading to manifesto defending democracy. this is i have the last kind of happened was in some paul, 1977 during the dictatorship. and why are they doing this? why are they reading? now? manifesto was resigned by businessman lawyers. ah, intellectuals, teachers,
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social organizations and 8 of the presidential candidates for they're doing this now because president j april, so not or has been attacking the voting results voting system. he has been crying out that there may be fraud in the october 2nd presidential election and he's trailing behind. the poles are behind a former president, reason not to let us to what. so people who are worried that also nato is following the script are, but that was written by former u. s. president. donald trump, who did not accept the results of the elections when he was defeated. and people here prayed that in brazil. 2 the same thing may happen, that's why they're coming ahead and reading this manifesto. and the important thing here is that this tonight, people that are not always on the same side like businessman lawyers, the left the right. ah, it's people saying we want democracy. the widow of one of brazil's most celebrated
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art collectors has been cheated out of more than $140000000.00, and the alleged culprit is her daughter. same as raffi explains felicia the brazilian city of rio de janeiro, arrested for people on wednesday as part of a case involving a widow, her daughter, psychic, and paintings, jewelry and cash worth tens of millions of dollars. a case of fraud and elder abuse involving 16 priceless works of art belonging to 82 year old genevieve budget. she the wife of the late art collector, gene budget. she was the daughter of the victim, and her accomplice began to take the artwork from the mother's house, claiming that the painting was cursed with something negative with negative energy that needed to be prayed over mowing that this was not true. so been called the g. she was arrested on accusations of being the legit mastermind of a years long scheme to defraud her mother using so called psychics. she swindled
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some of brazil's most famous artwork which needs seals on you put me and last. can you concluded in the preliminary check that all the characteristics of the paintings are compatible with the authentic paintings? police say, sabine and 6 other suspects physically threatened genevieve and forcibly kept her home for months. the victim went to the police after almost a year of abuse. for other people were also arrested. 2 suspects are still at large, all faced charges of embezzlement. robbery, extortion, false imprisonment and criminal association. zin basra, v o g 01. and before we get the headlines, i leave you with some vision of what's being called a fire nato in california. this particular one fire is in a region north of los angeles. got his name after flames began to swirl and take the shape of a tornado. 5, i did say they're making good progress in containing the place.

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