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[000:00:00;00] ah sake that he'd been home and then he international anti corruption excellence award boat. now for your hero. ah, a call for unity after this gated elections. president elect william router pledges . he'll be a leader for all canyons. ah, i'm sammy's a dan. this is al jazeera alive from dell hall, so coming up the 1st you in
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a vessel carrying grain to africa from ukraine set sail. the european union commits to contributing millions of dollars to the un agency working for palestinian refugees in garza and the decade on from south africa. mary carla miners massacre, families of those killed coal for more government action. ah, we begin in kenya where the new president liked william bruce i was calling for you to see after opposition protests against his narrow victory. the result was overshadowed by a brawl inside the vote. counting center rito received just over 50 percent of the vote. that's less than 2 percent more than his challenge of former prime minister relo dingo. catherine sawyer reports from nairobi. ah, it is a week of intrigue and anxiety. as canyons waited for the presidential results to
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be announced. ah william, brutal was declared rina. he got about 7000000 votes, his rivalry loading i came 2nd and immediately disputed the results. as a dingus support is disrupted, the ceremony. cows broke out. several people were injured. sam said they would not let the electoral commission chair declared the winner police what brought him to try and calm. the situation would have been a very tense time, pleaded amelia, and all the board does. so it's going to be interesting to believe how people's expectations will be managed. 7 electoral commissioners sit on the board, 4 of them have raised questions about the integrity of the poll. they said they were dissatisfied by the exercises, but only the chair can declare that we know we can
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take ownership of that is us. that is going to be a lot because of the opaque nature which this results have been handled. becker faith is may when things me stop. the new president, a lack spoke, striking a conciliatory call, saying he will walk with all canyons. i promise that i will well with all the elected leaders and only doesn't care so that we can fight on a country that leaves nobody behind. a dangerous ally see, the pawn was not free and fair. many kenyans who support him are disappointed. one for verify them was we verify them, we will be able to know and to tell her kind of because i deserve that is not verifiable. is not
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a result. i think is next to me will be to head to the supreme court. he has 7 days to file his petition, cathy sawyer, alta 0, nairobi, kanyes elections. observation group says the results are fair. he lug therefore, calls on all kenyan to remain calm and maintain the peace and the circumstances we father call on the candidates to resolve disputes over election results, including results for the presidential election peacefully through legal channel in light of our assessment of the election day process. and given that i busy figures filing within the projected ranges, the puberty projections therefore corroborates the official result. go live now to malcolm web in nairobi, a, malcolm we heard from the running, made of low dingo saying,
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this isn't over yet. an indication perhaps that they're going to escalate the challenge in the courts. it suggests that they could take it to court, but we haven't heard anything from right. everything is in a coalition. since then, as we just heard from the election observing group that the coalition of rights groups and religious organization that sampled a 1000 paula 1000 polling station, their survey data matched the results announced by the electoral commission. this election was more transparent than those that came before it into far as the result forms from every single polling station at the minute they were transmitted from the polling station to the central tallies center were also made publicly available online for anyone to download entirely them up and the organizations, or some of the organizations that did tally them or other individuals from the data
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we've seen that tallies also roughly match the data published by the actual commission. those for actual commission walked out, said that the tallying system was opaque towards the end, but they haven't given any more details. and we're waiting to hear from while everything is in coalition, if they will submit the petition to the courts. and if so exactly what the rigging or irregularity allegations are going to be on, i will leave it there. thanks so much malcolm web streets of kissimay in western canada wrapped it in protests after that result was announce tuesday morning stronghold of reloading. it is quiet. how am i toss or is there a day after william router was declared, president elect the need here in to see if com, but people are anxious and all throughout the city. you think businesses and stuff like that. so owners have so they don't look company say they're not going conflict until they know what is going to happen. maybe give
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a feeling here that many people are waiting for some kind of direction, right, loading that, we're just holding on. our leader, a loading guys and given us any direction, we don't have money like no reason why delays our property. so let's come together . let's work together. list. enhance, move on, do we have only done villamore loading us not to smoke idiots. so you're waiting for the day, make sure we're trying to maintain carl. he, homo is violating the problem. hold is also the 3rd 1960, it's much easier than that, but because of the uncertainty, business is not yet back to normal. russian official say a fire, a set of explosions at an ammunitions depot in russian control crimea. it happened near a village in the sanctuary district. 2000 people were evacuated from the area. the defense ministry says no one was seriously injured,
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but railway traffic has been disrupted, follows a series of similar blas with narr, based on the peninsula last week. the 1st shipment of ukrainian grain bound for africa has left the black sea port of 2, danny. the un charter vessel brave commander is carrying 23000 tons of weight destined fryfield here about 18000000 people in the horn of africa, suffering extreme hunger, gillian wolf reports for tumor don, cuz so and her 2 children are among 900000 people, displaced by drought in somalia, she scared her children for more than 300 kilometers to reach humanitarian aid provided by the un. give a thought on the my give when we finished our stock of food from the farm and animals started dying, we could not feed our children. we decided to flee because of hunger, according to the united nations, the horn of africa is suffering its longest drought in 4 decades. in somalia,
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it says millions of people are facing famine and more than 3000000 animals essential to forming communities have died. crop production has also substantially dropped due to drought. the number of people now in need of urgent humanitarian assistance has increased from around 4000000 at the start of the year to more than 7000000. our focus is very much on livelihoods. it's providing cash to allow people to buy food to survive. it's about keeping the animals alive with emergency feeding, with of treatments, with water supplies for animals in a drought context, which is super important. the brave commander is heading to djibouti carrying $23000.00 metric tons of wheat that will be transferred to ethiopia when a 5 countries the un diems at risk of starvation. ready this is the beginning, we hope of more normal operations. the food of ukraine fed 400000000
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people across the world last year. w p purchased 880000 metric tons, and we moved that food to somalia, yemen, ethiopia, sudan. the mission comes off to russia and ukraine agree to a deal with turkey last month to restart grain deliveries across the black sea. the u. n. ship is the 1st to set sail for africa carrying grain from ukraine. since russia invaded the country, providing much needed relief for those suffering from drought in the horn of africa, julian wolf, al jazeera. the un says it can support of it by the international atomic energy agency to cranes operation nuclear power plant. this both russia and ukraine agree . moscow and key of accused each other of shelling the plants. russia seized in march. some foreign leaders of called for it to be returned to ukraine. the u. n. is demanding nuclear inspectors be allowed access. russia's president,
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let me put in his warning. western countries want to build a security alliance, similar to nato in the asia pacific region, who was speaking as a security conference in moscow called the recent visit to taiwan by us. how speaker nancy pelosi, a planned provocation. beijing says it'll conduct more live fire military exercises around taiwan and is ready to smash any foreign interference in its affairs. china says the drills are aimed that deterring or that cold political tricks played by the u. s. and taiwan. warning coincides with a visit by us congressional delegation to the island. china claims as its own staging, as announced. several sanctions against 7 taiwanese officials for supporting independence. india is raising security concerns officer,
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a chinese research vessel docked in sri lanka. the ship will stay in the ports of hamburg total for a week in the affairs, china will use the port is a military base. the you on 15 has the latest tracking technology to monitor satellite rocket and intercontinental ballistic missile launches. beijing is called the concerns completely unjustified and found it has more now from humble tote supports. at the heart of the dispute is what exactly this vessel does, the u ang wang 5? now as you can see, a massive satellite dishes read a equipment. the chinese basically say, this is a research and survey, reza, but basically the indians claim, it's a spy ship and have expressed concern that it's too close to india for comfort. are they said compromises their security? and this has been the reason for the towing and throwing in recent days the delay of the ship's arrival here. it's ironic that it has called at
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a port that the chinese themselves built for sri lanka, obviously now on the chinese control after sholandra decided to lease it out of the chinese on a 99 year lease in 2017. after it figured out and decided it could not afford to make the loan payments. so china at the end of the day are seeming to get its way the ship is here. and in there also sort of a peas. we saw the arb ceremony here to welcome the ship are not having any senior representatives, good government. but someone who did represent president runner vicar, missing her and read out a message. but overall, i, every one a has been appeased and the ship has hair still had an al jazeera, the un human rights commission of visit is one of the biggest refugee camps in the world. a year on from the top bonds takeover of afghanistan, y afghans,
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wanting to bring their families to join them in the us of feeling frustrated. ah. with or come see her world's weather update. let's get this one going in australia. hi everyone. nice to see you. so we've got some tropical moisture interacting with a cold front here it's dumped a lot of rain just in the north of perth. it's now moving across the bite. let's go in for a closer look. and we'll put this a day for it on thursday. we can see it spinning around there in the bite. that's going to spread some rain into adelaide pretty much right through to tasmania state as well. we know over the past week or 2 adelaide, it's been a really gloomy pitcher. and unfortunately, that's going to continue in the days to come. now for new zealand, we got the rare read weather alert for heavy rain for at the south island right through to the southern alps here and some spots. we could see about half a meter of rain fall, se asia next,
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and it's looking like this. our usual bursts of rain falling in this area, but i do want to take you to china where it has been some unrelenting heat across the yangtze river valley. some storms are moving across to look at that, a drops your temperature down to 35 degrees in shanghai on wednesday. quite a lot of rain to come for japan's main island of han shoe. we had some landside warnings and play for whole cato and honshu that will dip further towards the south, and those showers move into tokyo so that lowers your temperature to $32.00 degrees . that's it, ceasing ah, what is the ocean's witnessed plainness. witness different says witness. change. witness, happiness. witness, blood, witness. sunlight, witness the flood. witness. last witness. charity, witness, confusion, witness. clarity, witness. family and witnesses. friends,
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witness the beginning. witness the end witness. life witness. on al jazeera. lou. ah, you're watching al jazeera time to recap our headlines now. kenya's new president elect is calling for unity after protest broke out, when he was named winner of a tightly contested election. william router beat his rival, former prime minister rayleigh dingo, by less than 2 percent of the vote. the 1st shipment of grain from ukraine heading for africa since russia's invasion in february has left port. the cargo on the un
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charted ship is destined for ethiopia. about 18000000 people in the horn of africa are facing extreme hunger. a chinese research vessel has dark tinge lanka, several days late after india res security concerns. the ship will be in hamburg total for a week, india fears beijing will use the port as a military base. and the you delegation has arrived on a visit to garza where members of will visit the shipper hospital and assess health care conditions. the group has signed an agreement with the urine relief agency for palestinian refugees. we come here only 10 days after the cease fire has been increased. is cease fire weak gave and 2 or 3 days of terrible fighting. we are far too many sylvia against far too many children and women lost their lives. it's also to show solidarity to the gardens in general, but also to the kent. the children who lost their lives were injured. they become
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here and we chose this place of honor, of demonstrating our commitment to fighting for the just cause of the palestinians and for the just cause of children to enjoy their right to dignity and proper livelihood. governor said, has more now from garza in last march. actually the u. a european union had placed $206.00 to $1000000.00 to support palestinian refugees in the fight fills up operation to day to stay there, hearing garza to sign this agreement of support. of course, you know, a more than a 2300000 policy refugees in garza alone and in different areas are in it are supported by raw and on this money is very important, especially in times of a data set that the owner has been facing through the years also the delegation,
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as you're in gaza to assess the medical crisis that a ship hospital and all the governmental on the how health system here are hospitals here have been a facing since at the latest escalation due to a lot of shortage in the medical equipment and medications and in the prevention of a lot of the medical machines that are very much needed here in the strip to support their health system. so also a prescott prince shall be, ah, conducted in a ship a hospital after the e. u is delegations assessment 2 different hospitals. here in garza, the you, a state department says iran must abandon what it calls unacceptable. demands in talks to revive the 2015 nuclear deal. to ron says, an agreement could be breached in the coming days of certain issues are resolved and report say,
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one of those is removing iran's revolutionary guards from the u. s. terrorism list . we'd been clear about what a return to mutual compliance with the g p. a would look like there are issues that the iranians have put on the table that are clearly extraneous to the 4 corners of the jcp away. every time they have done that, we have made very clear that the jcp away is about one thing. and one thing only, it's about iran nuclear program, and we're prepared to negotiate one thing. and one thing only united nations high commissioner for human rights michelle bachelor, is visiting one of the world's biggest refugee camps by cia is in cox's bazaar and bangladesh is home to about a 1000000 ringo. refugees, they fled. men mar in 2017. under a military crackdown, she's expected to meet bangladesh. she prime minister shake hacienda after meeting
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rights activists on monday. tanveer chandry is in bangladesh, his capital data for us. so want to message that was here. i've done sunday, she already met with the key government minister, the foreign minister, the home minister, and the law minister, as well as the education minister. she sat with a civil societies and human rights organization, people yesterday and she had a great deal of interaction. now she hasn't clearly spelled out yet what she found out through our meetings. this will be disclosed tomorrow in a press conference. but what we know so far that the government on its part defended it's the right side issues. and as far as the human rights organization go, we know that at least 9 international organization has argued that you and human rights commissioner to bring the issues of disappearance extra judicial killings,
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space for democracy and freedom of pres. because of the digital security act, which curtails lot of the freedom of expression in social media as well as on the press. now today, she actually left for cox bizarre yesterday. she is right now, visiting the camp, meeting with various r, u and agencies, all the agencies are going got camp leaders as well as the community in general. so she will also make statement about our visit tomorrow in the press conference, what she found out. and what, what are some of the issues she did spell out that the balling repatriation is going to be strictly voluntary and the rights of human rights of their owing, as will be a priority. and that she is in touch diplomatically with the me and mar government trying to resolve this issues. i thank so much tanveer, showering at least 31 people have been killed in flash floods. in northern afghanistan, several homes were swept away after heavy rain in per one province. women and
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children are among the dad. more than a 100 people are missing. more heavy rain is expected to a year after the taliban took power afghanistan's economy as all but collapsed. the u. s. froze $9000000000.00 of afghan central bank assets, depriving the country of much needed foreign reserves. deepening poverty of the taliban is pointing to improvements made under its watch. some have been ga, reports will cobble the one business still booming in of line is done is transport laden with exports from fruits to minerals, thousands of trucks can still make their way through the narrow passes and border crossings. even this has slowed since the taliban took over them over market miasca bush, orthopedic. in previous years we were transporting and going with our trucks, $8.00 to $9.00 trips a month, but now we can only do once
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a month. there were no businessmen, so there is no one to hire us. marla, more of guns are struggling to feed their families than ever before. after for decades, there is peace, but people are still waiting to benefit from it. the aid reliant economy collapsed to been funds were suspended, and $9000000000.00 of, of grand central banks. assets are frozen the you and appealed for $4400000000.00 in aid. but barely half of that has been pledged. hundreds of thousands of people have lost their jobs in estimated 90 percent of this population lives below the poverty line. but nobody does say they are going to resurrect the economy and are on target to make 2500000000 dollars this year. our budget annually. the ministry of finance is challenging. international organizations to audit it's claims that the country is now corruption free. the budget in target is a completely dependent on our, on our venue would have sources. we have generated about $800000000.00 from
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customs for $400000000.00 from none tax revenues, which mostly come from mines. mining is an important part of atlanta stands economy providing employment to an estimated $1000000.00 people that includes not just the miners themselves, but also traders, transporters, then exporters, backpacks out of pocket junglin of oil. no, but there was always fighting. that's why there wasn't much consideration for mind . with these law mc immer, it started operations in the mines ministry and in one year we are realigned many pending projects. we will build a huge exchange for afghan minerals and cobble for local and international traitors . your colleagues that and much else still depends on the taliban being recognized as atlanta stands legitimate government. until then morons will have to buy stale bread from this market with promises about the future. still me little. some of the job without the 0 double. many afghans who relocated to the u. s. and struggling to
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bring over their families nearly a year after washington's withdrawal. tens of thousands. the still waiting for visas is rosalyn jordan reports. 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 or 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 take say 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
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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, to american citizens, to a lawful permanent residence on some $1300.00 of whom we have helped transport out about janice and over the course of the past year, but also to ah, asked ins to whom we have a special 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 immigration system wasn't designed to handle thousands of emergency residency comment, 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,
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and that plan is going to need significant political backing by the administration needs to be the highest priority. otherwise, it's not going to happen. mussman and 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's trying to bring his fiancee and his mother, a former girl school principal to the us. she helped you with her with women in afghanistan and logo province, the hug, the purity from check republic. she was the director of woman's affair, defended the democratic values that america was promoting there. the women have been living in a temporary shelter and cutter since april. no one can tell them when they can fly to the us with mac. mont has a message for the secretary of state. if i am that official, 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,
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family and every other afghan family fearful about life under taliban rule. rosalind jordan l 0. washington. french troops of officially pulled out of marley, putting an end to a 9 year military operation. both countries created the bar hon, a force to fight arm groups in the southern region, but relations worsened following to military coups in marley, and the failure of french forces stop on going attacks. the french government says its commitment to fighting what it calls terrorism in the south remains strong. nigger i was catholic church, says another priest has been arrested as tensions flare between the church and government. oscar benavidez was detained the day after hundreds of nicaraguans attended mass in the capital, despite the ban on a religious procession rights group. se benavidez was removed from his car and
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taken to an unknown destination relations between daniel ortega's government and the church of intense. since a crack found on protest is in 2018, but that left more than 350 people dead. in bolivia, farmers and police have been clashing over the production of cocher leaves used to make cocaine. workers say the government is funding arrival. gro was union more than 30 coco groves, were detained, and released over the weekend at mid violence. the cock alief trade is legal in bolivia and managed by the coco groves union. ah, and let's bring you headlines here now to sierra now kenya's new president liked his calling for unity. after protests broke out when he was named the winner of its

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