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any basis medics? he is a he is incredibly lucky. those coming out after the lines of no, no man's land where one of the few to gain access to this embattled count, they take us to their basement where we find others sheltering from the shelling. these evacuation now 3 days journey devastated buildings are now a grim reminder that the russians were here ah, to get the another with another and void and was the crush. but co law kenya is opposition leader ronna dingo has challenged the results of presidential election that gave his rival william, brutal and now victory. ah, until mccrae, this is al jazeera live from doha. also coming out. russia blames explosions had
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a weapon, storage facility in crimea on saboteurs. ukraine has not confirmed or denied its involvement. the chinese research vessel docks and sri lanka, drawing security concerns from india and the you with the european union commits to contributing millions of dollars to the you in agencies working for palestinian refugees and garza ah, opinions of pricing for a possible legal battle over the outcome of her closely fort presidential election, thence after opposition leader and defeated candidates, rolla, dingo rejected the results, calling them a travesty. but the former prime minister stopped short of announcing a legal challenge at the supreme court, which is the final say on the matter. 4 of the 7 members of the electoral commission have also refused to endorse the outcome, saying the final telling process has been
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a pike. the bigger the now the with should be good to you at a man and void and must be crushed by a court or law. in our view, there's no the legally under, but it is declared when nora, president elect, the whole mission is to me less deep down as the day was by so t based in the end, it was not given out. so you could not clearly see that. we have tended 10000000, and this to me, this is how it is distributed. we have tell it 15, we have 10000000. how is it distributed? the public needed to know or monday, the electoral commission announced the deputy president william bruce had narrowly won the election. he received just over 50 percent of divorce. that's less than 2 points, a hit of dinner. election observers say the results a fear he lug,
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therefore, calls on all kenya to remain calm and maintain peace. under this constant use, we further call on the candidate to resolve disputes over election results, including results for the presidential election, peacefully through legal channels. or we have to correspondence keeping across developments in kenya. in a few minutes we'll be speaking to how to move tasa, who's in rolla think is stronghold of consumer in width and canyon a. but 1st, let's talk to malcolm. we're in the capital, ny robi, malcolm doing a city kenya, now faces a long legal crisis. how will that play out over the next few weeks? do we think we said he totally rejected the results. he would pursue all legal and constitutional mean possible to get them over turn. the constitution says that anyone who want to contest the election results has 7
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days from their announcement with monday afternoon. the file a petition to the court. then the court have to week to rule on that, and this is comparable to what happened 5 years ago when riley, during that time leading the opposition. this time as the backing of outgoing president who kenyatta 5 years ago in opposition. he contested the results and the supreme court ruled in his favor didn't know the election said that there were irregularities and ordered for a re run that took place 2 months later. so it didn't explicitly say in the press conference that they were going to file a petition, but it implied that that's what they do. but that would require gathering evidence over the coming days and submit again to the supreme court. for the 7 day deadline is up. has it been any response from william, brutal the electoral commission chairman since are doing his comments?
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no, we haven't had anything yet from them. but we did hear from those 4 electoral commission is the same time almost the same time the right of it was speaking. those 4 electoral commission is led by the represented by the deputy chair of the electoral commission who yesterday they left the central tallying center and disputed the result before they were down just a short while ago. they gave another press conference saying that they were sticking to their position that they couldn't own, couldn't give ownership to these results. one of the things they complained about was the aggregating of the percentages, rounding up of percentages. so they were saying that the total tale was out by point 01 percent. they said that that would amount to 142000 votes, although that would in fact amount 1420 votes. so according to the percentage ever, they're talking about that would be
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a very small margin. but waiting to find out if this will be the parts of it will make up parts of any petition that filed to the supreme court in the days ahead will be watching with interest to see how it all plays out. that is, malcom web for us in nairobi will hire moo tulsa joins us live now from i think is stronghold the city of consumer in western canyon. we saw some fire reproaches there yesterday. how have people reacted to doing his speech today? earlier in the day, people were anxious off. so rather than just now a lot. com, i somewhat happy with what he said someone not to on the day. we thought walking thrive. talking to young king is awesome to be protesting as saying to them that they need to remain calm, educating them on kenya's constitution, educate them on how the purposes was in. thank because the process work itself out,
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didn't the people they were feeling has and they say that the tired of politics and tired of the country always be in election mode. and i want to get on with the live many businesses will close. now people hope that they can reopen in a couple of hours or the next day and move on with their lives. they say i was in the, the, the country is in politics. it's possible leticia and, but also both about our families. we need to feed them, and most people in kenya across the country are struggling. how is this election different from previous elections that can use head well, this election, there was no presidential front runner from the dominant. could you try both? william and riley had that he who you writing made so the vote was that could explain. it could be one reason why this was highly casted. race is from the law tribe here in western canyon. and since this conjugate independence from britain in 1960 is giving anyone become neither king from this time to his support as well,
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hoping that was going to change another way, the next one was different is that logistically, most service said it was wild one in terms of actual voting, that was not to be peaceful. of course people wait to see being as next move and how this whole process is going now. how room. so thank you very much for that. the oh, moscow is blaming sabotaged for a fire at munition depot and russian controlled crimea. it happens near a village and does in cord district. 2000 people were evacuated from the area. the defense ministry says no one was seriously injured, but civilian infrastructure was damaged. ukraine has neither confirmed nor denied involvement in tuesday's attack, or another blast and bias and crimea last week. theresa bo has more from keith.
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what we're seeing is like a explosion happening again in crimea. this is the 2nd time in less than a week. and that's why it's very, very significant. what's happening right there. we know that this explosion triggered the evacuation of around 2000 people. it has also suspend the train for forget crimea is a top holiday destination for many russians. so suddenly, this races, lots of concerned, the russian government is saying that this attacks were carried out by saboteurs. there was, we were able to see some on russian media, some recording, some videos of rates being carried out, allegedly detaining those who are behind this attack, who the russians call ukrainian terrorists. i've been talking to some analyst and they're suggesting that those who could be behind this attack could be who they call part to sans or government supporters carry out guerrilla style attacks in crimea, but also it could be special forces so far, the ukrainian government has not confirmed or denied,
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but anything of this has happened. what's important by crimea is also, is that russian officials have said that if something happens in crimea, it will trigger a massive retaliation against who crane. and that's why this latest the tax. how many people here on the alert and also crimea is a crucial destination. a crucial point that russia use is to supply its lines and it attacks on other parts of ukraine. the shipment of ukrainian grain bound for africa has left the black sea port in odessa. it's the 1st to head to the continent since rushes invasion in february. the un chartered vessel brave commander is carrying $23000.00 tons of wheat. distant for e. c. o appear about 18000000 people in the whole of africa suffering extreme hunger, gillian wolf reports for tumor down cu. so and her 2 children are among 900000 people displaced by drought in somalia. she scared her children for more than 300
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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, 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 the emergency feeding width of treatments with water supplies for animals in a drought context, which is super important. the brave commander is heading to djibouti carrying
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$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 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 agreed 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 . chilling wolf al jazeera, the still ahead on al, jazeera of the you in human rights commission of visits,
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one of the biggest refugee camps in the world. plus, i'm rob reynolds in wyoming, where lives cheney, the co chair of congress is january 6th committee is facing the fight over political life. ah. got a minute 15 to bring you up to speed with your weather and there's a lot of ground to cover. hi everyone. welcome. so we've got just driving rain as we look toward areas and not the production. so dodge, it's done. but truth be told the bulk of that activity. now arriving into buckets done sin province, which has already seen a lot of rain through punjab as well and spilling into baluchistan. so we are going to see some further flooding here as we shift to half the stages. our usual plentiful showers in storms in this area,
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but we're also getting into some dry spells as well. you know, for parts of the philippines lose on island, there is a severe fight advisory in played there. it's been unrelenting heat across central areas of china. we're talking about 9 weeks now, but look at this, we've got some storms and that's going to break the heat a bit. certainly the temperature is down in shanghai with a high 35 degrees on wednesday. all of that was weather that we were dealing with across the korean peninsula is now running into japan's main island of hans. you keep in mind when you see the darker colors on our map here. that's more intense rain falling just the other day. we did have landside warnings in play across ho cato and also northern portions upon you. i suspect we'll see much of the same for southern areas of hon. you on wednesday, take care. the frank assessments, how much support is there at st protest that we've seen a chain across the rest of the country. the st movement has been very good. that's
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happening in the co confound the people across the country. informed opinions, we will say more of what is happening is the climate change, it's making them work in depth analysis of the days global headlines. druggie is credited by some we're really, we're storing it, lease credibility to critics would say he couldn't play the part of a politician. what do you think went wrong inside story on al jazeera? oh, a. watching al jazeera reminder of our top stories this, our kenyon opposition leader has rejected the results of the presidential election . but he stopped short of announcing a legal challenge of the supreme court. his rival,
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william brutal was declared the winner on monday. moscow was fleming sabotaged. for a fun munition depot and russian controlled crimea, 2000 people were evacuated from the area that of. ringback ministry since no one was seriously injured, that civilian infrastructure was damaged. the 5th, you in a vessel carrying crane to africa from ukraine has lived the black sea in odessa, the you in childhood vessel brave commander, was carrying 23000 tons of wheat distance. it's the 1st to hit to the continent since rush of invasion in february in moscow rushes prison. vladimir putin says western countries want to build a security alliance. similar to nice whoa in the asia pacific region. fujen was speaking at a security conference in moscow. he called a recent visit to taiwan by us. how speak nancy pelosi, a planned provocation. and he's also choose the united states of drinking out the war in ukraine. i mean, it kind of went through with machine you,
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the american adventure and relation to taiwan is not just a trip of an individual responsible politician. it's part of a conscious us strategy to destabilize the region and the world. this is a brazen step. disrespecting for the sovereignty of other countries. meanwhile, beijing says he will conduct more live 5 military exercises around taiwan and it's ready to smash any foreign interference in its affairs. china says the drills, i am deterring what it called political tricks played by the us and taiwan. the warning coincides with the visits by us congressional delegation to the island. the china claims its own. beijing has announced sanctions against stephen tie when he's officials for supporting independence. india and the us have raised security concerns after a chinese research vessel, dr. troy, anchor of the fears that the port will be used as a military base for one weighing 5 has the latest tracking technology to monitor
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satellite rocket and intercontinental ballistic missile launches. beijing has called the concerns completely unjustified mcnelson in this reports from had been proto, come, don't come and finally come 5 days later than planned. those of the, sheila government's directions to the chinese of a vessel. the you are wearing 5. and despite india raising concerns over security, they were dismissed by the ship's captain as it arrived. and she lost her southern port of humbug. the on tuesday morning, she took a picture. the vessel mainly carries out ocean. mapping and monitoring were also supporting the aerospace construction of china. but analysts described the ship differently saying it's an advanced technology vessel that can monitor satellite rocket and the intercontinental ballistic missile launchers, china's ambassador in colombo, also seemed to pray sharlack, standing up to new delhi. bouncing don't even though you have experienced some
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different rough weather. this time on the indian ocean, the porch call of 115 to humble toppa has come through. it shows not only your courage tenacity and invincibility, but also the deep rooted, unfitting, an enduring friendship between our 2 countries. for days, india has opposed the presence of the ship, saying it could spy on its activities. and shall anchors government us china to hold off until now we are but a small country in the middle of the water. while india, by looking after the one in great might or to look at his role as a global power. shalanda is facing the worst economic crisis in living memory and relies heavily on india for support. but china has also made major investments in the country as part of its belt and road initiative. a dispute over the role of the vessel behind me has been at the heart of a diplomatic tasa between 2 asian giants. caught in the middle. she'll anchor has
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had a delicate balancing act to ensure it keeps both on side. milner fernandez archers era humbugs, daughter, david brewster is a senior research fellow with the national security college of camera. he says the ship is capable of being used for spying. i think it is really quite significant. it's the special well called a satellite tracking vessel. almost certainly has a range of intelligence gathering capabilities and those, that intelligence gathering is very much a, as in india, that's why the bill is in the region. and so the indians have very significant concerns about that. i see savvy says for like, really assisting china in a live is and they, they say this is really a laugh in the face. particularly given the amount of emergency assistance that
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india has given to slang or in recent as hard as part of the shrunken economic crisis. so i think about china and india, it's really quite a significant event. well, there's obviously a lot going on behind the st. cheryl and carries desperately trying to renegotiate a large amount of lives with china while also negotiating and i am a distance package and here we see the conjunction of all of that and the chinese really what thing they muscles about. so it's clear that the, the bechtel doesn't lead to adult in for lag, or it would probably dark in a range of other ports in the region. but it was very important from the chinese
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perspective that i for the visit through and clearly they were using the, the ap standing dates from for lank as leverage against israelites and government. and you delegation isn't garza, we members visit the she for hospital and assist the condition of the health care group has signed an agreement with you in relief agency for palestinian refugees. you may also, it has more from garza in last march. actually, the you or the european union had placed $206.00 to $1000000.00 to support palestinian refugees in the 5 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 ra and r. this money is very important,
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especially in times of a data set that the owner has been facing through the years. also the delegation is you're in gaza to assess the medical crisis that a ship hospital and all the governmental on the health 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 was fin bergs doth, as the e, u, ambassador, and representative in palestine. he blames the poverty in garza on politics. this
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last round of escalation and conflict exacerbated the problems on the ground. according to the poverty level, homeless around 80 percent for the population, gaza unemployment, 75 percent of young graduates. imagine that 90 percent of young women and below the age of 30 don't find a job. and more than 60 percent of young men below 30 find a job, this is not sustainable. and that's the reason why we need to address this, not from a purely money cherry point of view, but from political aspect, it indispensable that political solution be found. and this has 2 angles to it. the 1st of all is to end as soon as possible, the closer and blockade of garden to allow gases feel free to move dr. entry and exit complete life so that people can sort of improve their life. the 2nd is a political solution solution which allows that is a unified politically credible and democratically elected government off the past,
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you know, 30 responses for both the west bank and gaza. and that cause for all policy impact and its leadership to agree on reconciliation and stage election as soon as possible that the people of god and the westbank can vote for their representatives . and israeli court has extended the solitary confinement of palestinian prisoner prisoner edmond saw or by another 6 months. massaro was 13 years old when he was arrested in 2015 and occupied east jerusalem. he and his cousin were accused of being linked to a stepping that critically wounded to israelis. and arthur was sentenced to 12 years in prison. later reduced to 9 and a half years. his family has said he's suffering from psychological trauma, as a result of violence and isolation where united nations high commission, if the human rights michelle boshoway is visiting, one of the world's biggest refugee camps, partially,
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isn't cox's bizarre and bangladesh. it's time to about a 1000000 rank of refugees who flitted me in my in 2017, under a military crackdown. she's expected to meet bangladesh, she prime minister. she casino, after making rights. activists on monday, attempted challenge re, has more from decor. she is visiting with 6 members delegation to the cox bizarre area she met with you in a agency she also met with the refugee really friend repatriation commissioner. and of course, with the refugees themselves and their leaders. she retired the fact that the human rights issues of the ring as is a priority, and that any repetition that takes lee takes place rather will be strictly on a voluntary basis than that. her office is in touch diplomatically with me and my government to resolve this issues. she didn't make any elaborate statement on most of the issues that she had discussed. she's
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a scheduled to meet the prime minister tomorrow and then held a major press conference where she will give out to her detailed response and as to what our findings were. 2 main issues here wanted by human rights issues and bangladesh, as well as borrowing issues. so we'll know far more tomorrow after that press conference. but the key shows, at least among the civil society and others are the freedom of expression. the digital security acts, the cancellation of license of a leading human rights organization or the car. those are some of the each of us bangladesh. a civil society is pressing forward to address along with, of course they're going asia's she's one of the most familiar sizes on the congressional committee investigating last year's attack on the u. s. capital, but house republican, las chinese is now fighting for her political life. she's about to face a vote in her conservative state of wyoming to decide who will run in mid term election slice of this year. and she'll be up against the challenger, backed by form of president donald trump, has rob reynolds reports. ah,
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wyoming has majestic scenery and wide open spaces. palmer and fewer than 600000 people. but their representative in congress is one of the most famous politicians in the country. liz cheney is well known for her leadership as vice chair of the january 6th committee, exposing the falsehoods and attempts to subvert democracy in 2020 and 21. she has unwaveringly condemned donald trump. i yet will do everything i can to ensure that death the former president never again gets anywhere near the oval office genie stance has earned her many admirers, but unfortunately for her few of them live in wyoming. from 170 percent of the vote here in 2020 in after population. about 2000 and boasting the world's largest arch made entirely of elk antlers. many voters have soured on cheney. we have just
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felt utterly betrayed by her actions against president trump. since you know, she voted tim p chem and then his january 6 hearings and all the things that she's done, we've been greatly, greatly disappointed. i still think of her in step with america. are these advanced up wyoming challenging cheney in the republican primary on august 16th is harriet hagaman, a trump supported attorney, who once back to cheney, but has now changed her tune. geez, ahead of jamie, by double digits in the polls, genie hopes, wyoming. democrats will ride to her rescue and has distributed plan flits, urging them to temporarily switch parties. but just over 43000 democrats are registered in wyoming, as opposed to more than 200000 republicans. this cheney's political career in wyoming may be coming to an end, but many people here think she's aiming for
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a higher office using her image as the defender of democracy to run for president in 2024. cheney has done little in person campaigning, in part because she has reportedly received a stream of death threats, and is surrounded by heavy security. an ugly fact of us politics in one of america's most beautiful places, rob reynolds, al jazeera, jackson, wyoming. in the united states, the academy of motion, picture arts and sciences has apologized to a native american actress who was booed on stage during the oscars. in 1973, sasha little feather appeared at the request of marlon brando to decline his best actor award for the godfather. they wanted to raise awareness of the abuse suffered by native americans in the film industry. ah.

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