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al jazeera into the realm of sal sales in insane gorilla architect on al jazeera under cover reporting, a written, exclusive stories explosive results. al jazeera investigations, ah ha, celebrations as william router is declared winner of kenya's election, setting transparency, and to work with the opposition. our country is at that stage where we need all hands on deck. ah, lauren taylor, this is al jazeera alive from london. also coming up. i live on
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fighters, mark the anniversary of their return to power, but one year on tens of millions in afghanistan, face extreme hunger, and the rights of women have been reversed. extra prison time for me. in mars, i'm sang sushi. the ousted leader has been found guilty on the wall corruption charges. i think ukraine one woman's emotional search to find her father who's been missing since russian forces occupied the town of future. ah. who can use deputy leader william router has been declared the country's next president almost a week after kenyans went to the polls. rito fought a tight race against spectrum opposition leader renee dingo. but he edged out just slightly with 50.49 percent of the vote against dingoes 48.5 percent.
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with asthma was delayed because of scuffles inside the vote. counting center. after 4 of the 7 members of the electoral commission refused to endorse the result. that's fuel fears of further violence and allegations of vote rigging, despite the unrest router is promising kenyans radical economic reform, gender equity and is called for unity. i went to promise that i would walk with all elected leaders and all lead up in kinda saw that we can fashion a country that leaves nobody behind what that people are gonna have done. they have assigned us responsibilities. rodriguez, chief agent, to dress reporters outside the vote, county center in nairobi, disputing the results. we have intelligence and reports that their
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system was penetrated and hugs and that some of the i, b. c. officials actually committed electron offenses. and some of them ought to be noticed that malcolm web has been falling development and gorgeous live. now from nairobi terms where the reaction has been to the router victory. going to come view when areas that where we were william roots as strong support the town of l wrapped in the valley province. the celebrations on the streets, all of pass peacefully in areas where i live at dinner, has strong support. there's been some expression of anger in some places peaceful protests in others that have been pockets of violence. people burning, tie as that includes in the western city of kissing the stronghold provider. we didn't go and also here in the campus whom i very be in the slums of chavira and
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miss, sorry. some of those people who are blocking roads been disbursed by police firing together in a few parts of the country. what happens in the days ahead? certainly depends on what political leaders communicate to their supporters and then there's also the possibility of a legal challenge of these results as well. yes. if, if didn't, they didn't come, does challenge the results? how would that work? the constitution says they have 7 days when he complained in 7 days to submit the petition to the court. 7 days after the results are announced. that's what happened 5 years ago following the last election, violating his time with leading the opposition. this time as the backing of the outgoing president in the historically dominant political establishment, but last time and opposition. his coalition petition to the court was upheld the court and no the election overturned the result demanded a re run that took place
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a couple of months later. riley were dingus coalition said that the irregularities that the court i didn't fight in the 1st one was fixed so they refused to participate. that brought william root an outgoing president who kenyata back to power without facing any major challenge in the polls. this time we wait and see if while everything is in a coalition, will be submitting a petition. and if it does, the supreme court has 2 weeks to rule on that position. so that's where we would find out in the case of a court hearing if the results announced today will be upheld or if like, last time the supreme court will order a re run. thank you very much. indeed, matessa is in consumer where they were approaches immediately after the results were announced. oh, just really quickly turned into and on. this is why i know with people well
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when, when they didn't, they were and really it was then things like the people that nairobi a detention center on the they want to know what they're both the tenant run no agenda, not to said that with and so then way of saying that them to me, i'll get numbers until they get them on until then. yeah, randa, why not with canyon with these people feel they've been my son lives with one hoping again that one maybe own man megan popped again me, but now they say, what is going to happen now with what is that your commission admitted that i want to know what the went board is one to be right with
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taliban fought as if held victory parades in the afghan capital to mock a year since they seized power. i mean, wow. watches in the supporters, pirated banners and flags through come along foot bicycles and motorcycles. one group marched past the former u. s. embassy, but not been captured. cobble after lightning offensive. just as u. s. troops were preparing to leave the country after 2 decades. hunger, we are very happy. we always had a vision of free and prosperous. afghanistan. mattie's what we fought for over the past 20 years today. same result of the struggle is like a dream come true. all of our dreams and hopes of turn to reality with the grace of god. but one year on the economy struggling, women have been stripped to their rights, and millions of people don't know where their next meal is coming from. some have been driven reports from cobble on the telegrams year and power and what lies ahead . resound in england is done,
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the musician and driver after has lived in a few camps since his childhood. he's under more than 3000000 people displaced in earnest on market, among the hope before it was good. but now life just passed us by. before we could find some food for our children, but the change in government means there is no work now. a year ago, tens of thousands of people headed for the voters. as provinces fell to the taliban, many in cupboard rushed to the airport. as the rest in government collapsed. after taking refuge abroad, a sharp gun, he denied that he escaped the suitcases full of cash. more than 100000 people left during the withdrawal of foreign forces, the economy collapsed and the u. s. for billions of dollars of foreign reserves. the u. s. nato alliance spent an estimated $300000000.00 a day every day for 2 decades. but basic, such as road schools,
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hospitals are either non existent or in poor shape. since the taliban took over, that money has stopped coming in. and thousands of professionals have less human rights watch as it used to taliban of a long list of abuses, restricting the rights of women and girls, suppressing media feed him and detaining, torturing, and executing critics, and perceived opponents all allegations. the taliban denies that motivates them. covenant activities, some other areas, things a good we're trying to improve. but we should also take into account the problems of the corona virus, the suspension of foreign aid, the freezing of money, the problems in banking, drought. all these together had increased the problems of the people of afghanistan . for those who left life not easy, more than half the 20000 off guns reached the u. k. are still in temporary accommodation with a lack of prospects abroad. and many 5th, harris meant in the threat of detention cut over home political true. i lost everything, including my restaurant. i planned to go to europe,
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so i went to turkey. unfortunately, they captured us and deported us to iran. thank god. now we are in our homeland and i will never go anywhere else. in a year, security is improved, but poverty and desperation have increased in my little above 6 international recognition, there are some concessions. it seems unwilling to make some of java down to 0. couple over the last few days i've got a sounds leaders have been addressing the accusations made against them. for ministry spokesman told us have been tried that a lot of the countries economic problems began during the us occupation. they have decided on a path of collective punishment for the people of afghanistan. oh, with steps such as a sanctions on trade, on banking and overall country, the state of lands them the freezing of assets, the black las so people are banks and companies do not have the confidence and are
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afraid that if they do deal with the state and the government of afghanistan that they will face similar sanctions when it comes to hospital schools, infrastructure, basic infrastructure, nothing was built over the last 20 years of occupation. it was all an artificial or economy that collapsed overnight. and now the governess, moving on the path towards self sufficiency, many afghans you fled during the takeover last year, a trying to bring their families to the us. the migration process is fraught with confusion and frustration 1st and jordan report. this is a picture of my mother, my younger brother who isn't a u. s. right now. and this is an eat party at home at muslims, family, home and cobble in august 2021. 2 weeks before the taliban toppled the civilian government. could you see the signs? yes, but i didn't expect it to happen in like 2 weeks. i was thinking maybe this takes
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probably another year at least. but after months of fighting, the taliban returned to power on august 15th. any one with ties to the u. s. was now considered an enemy of the state, the by debt ministration promised to help those who worked with the americans during 20 years of war. you have heard her say, for on the better part of a year now, and that the united states has an enduring commitment not only to the people of afghanistan. ah, but of course too american citizens to a lawful permanent residence on some $1300.00 of whom we have helped transport out about janice in over the course of the past year, but also to ah, asked ins to whom we have a special and at the u. s has re settled more than 80000 afghans, but critics say many more are still in limbo. that's because the u. s. is
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immigration system wasn't designed to handle thousands of emergency residency permit refugee applications and visas to those who worked with the u. s. military. all at the same time, in order for any of these 3 pathways to work, there needs to be a plan to get people out and moving out. and, and that plan is going to need significant political backing by the administration . it to be the highest priority. otherwise, it's not going to happen. must moaned, an american citizen for more than 10 years used his connections to help his brother escape during the final days of the u. s. military evacuation. now he is trying to bring his fiance and his mother, a former girl school principal to the us. she helped you with her with women in afghanistan and logo province, the how the purity from check republic. she was the director of woman's affair, defended the, the democratic values that america was promoting there. the women have been living
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in a temporary shelter and cutter since april. no one can tell them when they can fly to the you. us with muff mont has a message for the secretary of state. if i am not offer shall, and i tell you under process, we don't know if and when this is going to be done. how would you feel about it? a call to the us to help hom, at mouth, moans, family and every other afghan family fearful about life under taliban rule. rosalind jordan, l 0 washington, you n shantarian coordinator for afghanistan says the humanitarian assistance given to afghans over the last year is unprecedented. in levy law tyler we have reached more than 32 on 9000000 people, at least one form of energy assistance. and we were able to provide the support in more than 401 of those from jeez districts. and that
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has an impressive reach out to the estimated 95 percent of an issue which requires. now having said it is limited to which we crossed the generous border of the doors the most economical, which is the famine. i write a famine of car samples and what it still to come on out. his ear heroes are held for some of the 41 people killed during a fight and stampede to church in egypt. and logical disaster on the german polish booted scientist struggled to figure out what killed more than 10 tons of fish. ah, with well that cooler air has filtered into
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england and wales height for one. thank you so much for joining in. here's the forecast on tuesday. look at that drop in temperatures for london 25 degrees. we're surrounded by showers and thunderstorms. we do have some weather alerts in place for thunder downpours, better bet. i think london itself, we'll see the thunderstorms comes on wednesday. we know when we get thunderstorms, we can get some downpours. so there is certainly the risk of seen some flash flooding in london midway through the week. got a weak wave of rain moving across northern portions of spain into the south of france. but you know, i think we need much more concentrated rain than this to quell some of the wild fires burning in the zone here. cross central european. it's really eastern areas here. we've got disturbed weather is so some rain for ukraine pushing into romania rate through the balkans and we had some pretty good downpours and it stumble. that clears out on to say back into the sun. 30 degrees your of on 41. you're closing in on your august temperature record and off to africa we go
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a good batch of rain moving away from brit keno fast. so closing in on bama co on tuesday and for southern africa, that cooler air has filtered into my pluto at 23 degrees. give it a few days. your temperature will shoot up to 32 on thursday, susan. ah ah, the shake ahmad award for translation and international understanding is accepting nominations for the year 2022 from february 15th until august, 15th this year. for more information go to w, w, w dot h t a dot q a slash e m. ah ah
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ah, one of the top stories 0, almost a week after canyons went to the polls, the country's deputy leader william router has been declared. the next president returned narrowly beat veteran opposition me to riley dinger with 50.49 percent of the vote. the results announcement was delayed because of scuffles inside the vote . county center, after 4 of the 7 members of the electoral commission refused to endorse the result as healed fears of further violence. and allegations of vote rigging. the court in me and mar, has convicted, asked anita unsung sushi in more corruption cases. adding 6 years to her prison sentence, charges relate to accusations that she was building a home with money from charitable donations. sushi has already been convicted in
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connection with other minor offenses. she was deposed in february last year when they minute children to seized power. 20 chang is falling developments from bangkok as 77 years old. this really takes uncensored she out of the political picture for quite some time to come in. and i think this is what everyone was expecting she's facing. in total 19 cases for arranger of charges, including the ones to day for corruption or sewing in the court to day nap it. or they her case. they have evidence in a case which has been brought against her for misuse of a state helicopter. there have been cases about the misuse of walkie talkies. i'm really, i think what we're seeing here is a continuation of the process which we've seen since the coo of the military who have just thrown charges against her. trying to remove it. they know that if a,
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in an electoral stand up, she would defeat them again. they have promised elections by the autumn of 2023. we've heard from men on lie the senior general in charge of the military, john to add that he will go ahead with that in the last couple of weeks. if uncensored she was to remain in the political sphere at that stage, it would be a very difficult obstacle to come. so what this does is remove her further and further away. or there are still several more cases. she'll need to face in the coming weeks where they were hearing more evidence to day or but i think today's charges are really show that she, the military intention is to keep her out of the picture completely. thing else is being held in jesus city in greater cairo for at least 41 people who died after a fire at a coptic christian church on sunday. an electrical fire started on the 2nd floor of the building. during a mass, thousands of worshippers were trapped causing
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a stampede. same striving as more ah victims of a fire that killed dozens of people at a church in gisele have been laid to rest. ah, the community looked shocked by the seemingly senseless deaths. ah, and lost so great. it is for some incomprehensible. ah, my son has lost his life. my son is did the law. as the church hall fills with bodies to be viewed, mourned and prayed over, the children who died are easy to spot. the smaller the coffin, the younger the victim. grief turns quickly into anger. i children with stunning, they were angels. i know it is god's decision and i accept
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it. the only question is why this happened. a faulty air conditioning unit sparked the electrical fire. 5000 worshippers had gathered for sunday mass. people died from smoke, inhalation and in the in suing stampede. good, another to the 4th floor of the church was on fire. there were children in the nursery and there was a mass. i don't know what happened, but there were kids and elderly people. we saved those, we could, we looked up and saw a lot of black smoke and fumes in the air. copy christians make up about 10 percent of egypt population and are often the victims of discrimination attacks and hate crimes. for many, the government offers of compensation are unlikely to mean much in the immediate aftermath of a tragedy that has shaken the largest religious minority in egypt. the disruption of ukrainian forces say they repelled russian attempts to advance on several towns
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in the eastern region of dynette. sk despite heavy shelling, the speech region has become a crucial focus of the nearly 6 months war. with british intelligence reporting heavy fighting near to netscape port individual, please keep the governor of the lu hands. christian says ukrainian artillery has struck the headquarters of russia's wagner permit. she group in eastern ukraine. details of the attack on the russian occupied town of proposals, or unclear, of a number of casualties is not yet known. the crim in does not acknowledge the existence of the wagner group, but they have been report the mercenary fighters are linked to russia, bargaining unit. so we'll say we're leaving sent to syria, libya molly and the central african republic. thousands of ukrainians remained missing after the brief russian occupation of the town of butcher, the streets were left littered with bodies in what is why do been called a war crime? the u. n. is coltrane, independent investigation, with victory,
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general antonio terrace, condemning what he called evil acts. many families are still looking for their relatives strong 100 reports from boucher folks on a pro cinco has been searching for her father since the battle of boucher ended in march. sir. hey, per cinco left their home to check on a friend. you put a notice in the family, fled to poland during the russian occupation of the town, and returned to ukraine to see his car riddled with bullet holes. must be a bunch of returning here to see his car. oh, shut up there out. it's his truck. me was job. one neighbor told her he had been shot by russian troops. other said he died in shelling, but exxon believes he might be in russian custody. but i can't forgive this people,
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i would beg them to return my father. i will do anything but get him back up so that the ship ticket, but i would beg them to give back my dad. i would do anything to have him back a life ukrainian authorities, social media sites in the red cross have been flooded with inquiries about missing people. were talking about several thousands of families who are still searching for their loved ones who want to cheer about their, their loved ones. no, there were about no their faith since march. the red cross is central tracing. bureau is fielding calls from 24000 people looking for friends or relatives lost in ukraine. some were buried in numbered graves in boucher of san his home town. some might be in russian captivity. others are simply missing with a russian troops gone in a sense of normality returning. sometimes exxon it says she just wants to forget
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she said it was not the cause. i don't want to believe that all of this happened. i just want to fall asleep and wake up and realize that none of this never happened. it's not real. nothing will feel normal. exxon says until her father has returned to her or found and buried john, hindrance, al jazeera, boucher ukraine. the you can become the 1st country to approve a curve. 19 vaccine targeting bassy original and on the con, variance of the virus, the so called 5 agent vaccine is made by us drug company, madonna. it's been approved by u. k. health officials as a booster adult person's joint committee on vaccination, and immunization is not expected to issue a recommendation on how the vaccine should be deployed. legal authorities, se searching on the syrian refugees who had been trapped on an island between turkey and greece. and now we moved to a camp. the small strip of land fits within the everest river, which acts as
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a border between the 2 countries. creek officials initially refused to help saying the audit was out of great territory as despite the greek land registry office, including the islet within its borders. on the group had been stranded there for 3 weeks without food or drinking water. and they were turned back when they initially tried to inter grease. the international rescue committee says a very sick 9 year old girl is among them. a 5 year old sister died reportedly after being stung by a scorpion. scientists are still searching for clues after tons of dead fish were found in the odor river. the river runs between poland and germany before flowing into the baltic sea. both countries have said they believe a toxic substance is to blame that $150.00 water samples have failed to find a cause. the mast i offer has been called an environmental catastrophe with warnings, the waterway could take years to recover. tonic cane is more august in liberals is
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usually a month when anglers prosper. but not this august. for along the river order more than 10 tons of fish have been killed. something unheard of for people living here . we'll see carver frederick here. sure. and i have been fishing here for 40 years and have never experienced anything like this on this scale. it gives me goosebumps when i see how many dead fish there are here in the order. official advice is for people to stay away from the river while the authorities establish what is killing the fish. now the sharpness, badani e. as of today, no water tests have confirmed the presence of toxic substances. at the same time, we're conducting tests on fish or mercury and heavy metals. these were not found in the collected samples set out in the river order marks the frontier between poland and germany. it flows for nearly 900 kilometers to the baltic sea and plays host to a delicate ecosystem. as glad as villains owner, though it is clear that we are facing
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a really bad environmental catastrophe that has at least resulted in a serious amount of dead fish. we do not know yet how long and how extensive do environmental impacts will be in the eco system, or in the next weeks, months or years. although an investigation is well underway into what caused so many fish to die in this river. it has to be said that on the germans side of the order, there are some voices asking questions about the speed and the size of the operation on the polish side of the border to find out what caused these deaths. it seems the polish government has heard those voices, the heads of poland, water authority, and environment inspector. it's have been sacked. the view in warsaw is that some 1 may have deliberately put a toxic substance into the river, which is why a reward of more than 200000 dollars has been offered for help in finding who did this. donna kane al jazeera on the order river. a wooden bridge over
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a river in norway has collapsed while vehicles were crossing it. one car plunged into the water while a truck became stuck on a raised section. the bridge was in the village of trenton around 200 kilometers north of the capitol, oslo. driver. the truck was rescued by helicopter or the driver, the car managed to escape by himself. ah, reminder the top stories you're out a 0 almost a week after canyons went to the polls. the country's deputy leader william router has been declared the next president. router, narrowly beat veteran opposition. he to riley dinger with 50.49 percent of the vote . the announcement was delayed because the scuffles inside the vote counting center after 4 of the 7 members of the electoral commission refused to endorse the result as fuel fear.

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