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rips through a mosque during evening. prayers in afghan capital killing at least 32 people on the 100 days and still no justice al jazeera media network calls for accountability for the killing of its journalist sharing. apple actually is ready forces. ah, ukraine's president has demanded that russia immediately withdraw its forces from europe's biggest nuclear power plant. for him, as lensky has been hosting his turkish counterpart and the un secretary general in the western city of the viv, the parisha plant is under moscow's control. but it crenan engineers still run. it has been shelled multiple times and there are fears that there could be a meltdown if critical infrastructure is hit. well, after the meeting in the faith savanski ado on an antennae gra terrace, held
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a joint press conference where we have to correspondence on this story or so. so there is in istanbul, but 1st to, to raise a boat. in the viv work, a terrorist and lensky and one have been meeting. so theresa, what was the outcome of the talks in that? is that what with a very high level meeting here and leave and where that meeting of the turkish breath in the united nations, secretary general, also a cranium fresh and involving meeting for lensky. and there was a president press conference after that were several of the issues happening in ukraine today were discuss, for example, the possibility of peace were precedent to lensky once again denounced russian aggression to this country. and where all the turkish precedents are. the one said that he believed impede that old problems, and the best war should be resolved in a negotiating table that it's the fastest and the easiest way, and that he's ready to be immediate for secretary 10 year old. good terrorist
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announced also that he said, made several comments about the past couple up our plans, but the possibility of people that he believes in the international humanitarian law that he believes in peace, but that the united nations charter has to be respected. he also denounced once again, the violation by russia of ukraine's a territorial integrity. the big quest to right now is what will come out of all of this? there's been attempts in the past for peace negotiations. those attempts have failed . but the many a wondering whether this could be in a way paved the way to a new piece plan answer is that what was said about the separation nuclear plant currently on the russian control. well that's a major concern for everyone here for also for those who attended this press conference, a secretary general harris. he was very,
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very clear. he said that any type of military deployment around the plant should behold immediately that he needs to be in civilian hands. he made several comments also, that there needs to be at the demilitarized stones and that any potential damage could be suicide. let's not forget that russia to call the plant back in march, it established a military base. there's been cache all around the area. and of course, there's the risk that that's involved. russia have said that to russia has said that they will not demilitarize the area that there were forces won't be forced back and they all that. but there's also been discussion about how they could reach that area where their international experts would be able to walk into the area interested in financing. it was very clear. he also said that b, i a, a secretary has assessed that ukraine has the logistics insecurity to support a mission through step where we show russia headset in the past that that was impossible that it was to danger as well. ukrainian government is now saying that
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that's possible and that's what apparently it seems the united nations secretary general is calling for and seems to support. there is a thank you for that within 2 across now to wrestle says he's alive for us in istanbul. so or so, what does turkey hope to gain from this thing? well, it is a lot to stay full for turkey. so turkey has been adopting our position of being in good terms. both with moscow and g ave, and prisoners has benefited from that position a lot. so far. turkey is a trade partner, one of the largest partner of russia. russia also is a 3 partner or turkey. russia is also the largest energy export to turkey. turkey is providing textile and put products to, to, to russia. on the other hand, with ukraine, turkey is having major corporation in terms of the defense industry and also
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truism infrastructure and so on. so in that sense, turkey definitely wants to keep good relations with both the capital here. however, the scenario, the turkey fears is if the war lingers on, then it will when surely face a hard creation of making painful choices is between key moscow. and that is definitely something that turkey doesn't want, because in such a case, it feels that it will be dragged into conflict with russia, particularly in the areas that there is a delicate balance between tricky and russia, such as syria labia, the eastern mediterranean bases, no gordon, or cut about and the black. so that's why president ad one and the un secretary general. i'm telling you good terrorist today are using the momentum of their treatment that they have the have done in didn't a great deal to build up a new mechanism or a to, to build up the new channels that could pay the way for
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a potential diplomatic solution. otherwise, tricky fears that it will phase the painful choices. so that's why it's not only the matter is not only about what turkey will gain out of this, but also it might lose as well if the war contin years in a stumble for us to rustle. so thank you, basha and ukraine are accusing each other planning a provocation at the separation nuclear plot. the russians control facility and the area around it. but it's still run by ukrainian engineers. the key regime is preparing original provocation and separates the nuclear power plant during the un secretary general antonio terraces visits to ukraine and the results of the russian federation will be blamed for creating a technological disaster at the power plant on medical. russia has moved the 3 fighter jets and carrying hypersonic mythos to cleaning grad is the russian territory located between poland and the radio, which are both nato members. boscoe says it's
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a defensive move and the aircraft beyond the clock combat. the hotness on myself can accelerate to 10 times the speed of sound and target to arrange of more than 2000 kilometers. they're capable of carrying those conventional. i'm nuclear warheads. 7 people have been killed and dozens injured in russian mythos drives me ukrainian city of york is one of the missiles hit the dormitory building. regional authorities state with home to thousands, including children and elderly people, ukrainian, president lensky has condemned the attack, calling it despicable and cynical when at least 32 people have been killed in a powerful explosion of the mosque in the afghan capital. it happened during evening prayers and cobble on wednesday, the tory gate because the details this moscow cobble was packed with people when a bomb exploded, a prominent cleric, malvina, mere mohammed koobooley, was killed in the attack. so were many of his students and the mo, the shuttle,
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the rose, it was evening prayer time, and i was attending the prayers with others when the explosion happened. it was a very powerful bloss inside the mosque. many people were martyred and wounded. some of the victims were brought to this hospital, which is run by an italian humanitarian organization from the blast, with a seed vein. thought that if i patience an duet dead on arrival, one died in our emergency room 8th received that treatment. and were there later on discharged, while 24 hour admitted in our hospital, mainly dangerous are due to the shell and burden. outside the hospital, relatives waited for news. some of them were in the mosque when the bomb exploded. they said people were held through the windows by the force of the blast at before go after it was a huge explosion of so many people were killed and injured to animal are brought to injured relative to this hospital. the taliban says security has improved since it took power a year ago. but several attacks have taken place at mosques in recent months. why
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does it happen? i think with the fall of cobble into that and so on. somehow, murder religious sir, conflicts of been considered there? oh my, the biggest threat to the security. poke on it on. i says sir, has been brought to grammar. it's be auction to the appellate bonds. gains. ha, ha, ha ha. the taliban has been cracking down on armed groups. this latest attack is a reminder that security remains one of its big challenges. victoria, gate, and be al jazeera, has been 100 days since israeli forces shot until the al jazeera journalist, assuring our acclaim in genie vigil has been held at al jazeera arabic headquarters in doha, the network has been calling for those who killed her to be brought to justice on another vigil has been held in jeanine in the occupied west bank, where sharina bathrooms killed in may. community members unsure ins. colleagues
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gathered to remember the journalist known as the voice of palestine. the day attend mer to i'm carol yeoman of william henry after it's been a 100 day since sharon's assassination. but it still feels like it was yesterday. her absence is overwhelming. my mother, we had hoped she would be among us, not her photos and memories. just like day one were still strongly demanding relative justice for sharin as true justice. i mean, she would not have been killed in the line of duty. impunity can no longer be tolerated. we should not be fighting for justice. it should be the normal course to hold the assassin into account. i'm guessing it's known. and israel is an occupation force a man if sharon's assassination was not just said, but i hope justice is served by holding the killers into account. and among those who planned, it handed down orders and pulled the trigger. and above all those targeting journalists in any part of the world are or the journalism is a noble profession. but it's not
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a crime. israeli forces have rated the 7 non governmental organizations in the occupied west bank as part of what the government says, our efforts to combat terrorism. but palestine authority says these all humanitarian institutions and it will ensure that able to continue their work. natasha grenade reports from west jerusalem. another hunter is really soldiers ran through the doors of darkened offices, rifled through documents and confiscated property in ramallah. 7 non governmental organizations were rated, including those serving palestinian women and children and providing legal assistance on their way out. the soldiers seal doors and declared the office is closed. employee said these are humanitarian organizations helping palestinians living under israeli occupation. are we going to take a water leak, realty her from mother to paying for
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a lot of unity is coming from denito foldable long looking a little. and also it comes from a lot of people, you know, on this comes from the victims. you put a few new victims. this is, you know, what a legitimacy, the israeli defense minister, designated the non governmental institutions as terrorist organizations. israel says they are tied to the popular front for the liberation of palestine, which it also deems a terrorist organization. the government accuses these groups of operating under false pretenses of providing humanitarian assistance when in fact, they're helping recruit fighters raising money and engaging in fraud. the palestinian prime minister says some of the organizations targeted have been in existence before the arab israeli war of $1967.00 will continue to fund. we will continue to help this as solutions, as long as the outward pinged within did. but it's been the most and the odd. we
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have isn't this up mystery morse anew? well, this is the un condemned the rates and cold on israel to immediately reverse its decision. it's unclear what long term effect the rates will have on the ability of these organizations. to operate employee say the only thing illegal here is these really raise their cleaning up and they they'll continue their mission to serve the palestinian people. natasha name l. g 0 west jerusalem. so the head on al jazeera, a u. s. court orders pharmacist to pay millions for their role in an appeal in crisis. more than a 1000000 people have been affected by heavy floods and focused on some say, the government isn't do enough to help. ah,
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away we go with here whether update for the middle east and africa. hi there. thank you so much for joining in. so it's a pretty typical picture. hot sunny and dry for the middle east. still getting burst the brain for western areas of yemen and temperatures. lifting once again in bock dead and q weights, i think q 8 over the weekend. you will hit 50 degrees before those temperatures come down. now and bucket stein and some parts of sin province, we saw a month's worth of brain in an hour. a sim province now entering its 5th wet is monsoon season. ever and we've got more rain in the forecast on friday. dark of the color, the more intense the rain is falling as it shifts into baluchistan after turkey. here's the forecast for you. on friday, me see some showers sneak into it stumble on friday with a hive. 30 degrees still for turkey's ne bike c coast and temperature has come down a bit and your oven. we know there's been flooding in the jared's destroyed thousands of homes also in shad. we've seen some pretty intense rounds of rain,
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but our usual trouble spots here. central africa to the south. we go in that weather maker that was in the western cape is shifted into the eastern cape, kazoo luna tall, and that's flicking cooler air into my poto with a hive 23 degrees on friday and me see those winds whip up to 50 kilometers per hour that sure update. thanks for joining it. bye for now. with the frank assessments, how much support is there if it's straight protest that we've seen in coaching and across the rest of the country. the st men have been very good at tapping into the core concerns of people across the country. informed opinions, we will say more of what is happening is that climate change it making them work in depth analysis of the days global headlines draw. he is credited by some way where they were storing italy's credibility this critics would say he couldn't play the part of a politician. what do you think went wrong inside story on al jazeera blue?
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ah, he was al jazeera reminder about top stories. now ukraine's presidents is demanding rushes immediate withdrawal from the supervision nuclear power plot. but america then ski has been hosting his turkish counterpart and un secretary general. at least 32 people, including a prominent cleric, had been killed in a powerful explosion at a musket cobble over 40 were injured. no group has claimed responsibility. thursday marks a 100 days since august era check this shoot ugly was killed in occupied westbank as to his continued to demand justice and accountability for the correspondent, known as the voice of protestant in iraq talks aimed at ending
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a month long political deadlock are at risk a day off, the leaders agreed to work on a roadmap out of the crisis. allies of influential she leads, the cider are refusing to take part in the dog, led by the caretaker prime minister stuff or condemning 10 months after general election. iraq still has no government because of disagreements about forming a coalition. my wife has more from baghdad. iraq's parliament is still in limbo, supporters of shadlee that will put us to continue there sitting in front of the parliament. and they say they're not planning to leave the area until the demands are met. the demands include, the parliament be dissolved and early elections be held as a way out of the current political deadlock. so there has recently rejected a national dialogue initiative by the caretaker prime minister must have called me
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in a meeting that was attended by the president of the state. but i'm sorry. and the 2 former prime ministers nori american. hey, buddy, along with other political leaders, as well as the representative of the united nations in iraq, jeanine plus hut. so the speaker has just stated that that meeting was fruitless and it's only meant to serve the stakeholders political interests. meanwhile, the coordination of framework, the prearranged and political book, urging their supporters to continue their counter sit in outside defenses of the green zone. they say that they will continue their sit in to protest against what they consider the occupation of the parliament by so the supporters and against the aggression against the state sovereignty saw that once the parliament be dissolved nearly elections be held. on the other hand, the prearranged coordination framework once before elections being held,
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a transitional government, the form, but saw the reject that option. saying that if a transitional government be formed, it will be including only those accused of corruption and mismanagement for he is. the situation remains very tense with both rival factions holding on to their situations. so with that deep division, there is no sign of waiting, at least for the time being. media companies in the u. s. are going to court to get more information about the f. b i search of donald trump's home journalists want to see the affidavit, the prompt to the search last week. i feel i agents found 11 sets of classified documents that the former president small state justice department says the affidavit, a could compromise this investigation if it's made public. this is all looking into trumps handling or sensitive documents. u. s. court has ordered
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a 3 major pharmaceutical companies to pay $650000000.00 for their role in an opioid crisis. the judge in a higher world cbs, wal mart and walgreens were partially responsible because they over supplied addicted painkillers. any of those drugs found their way on to the black market? pharmacy chains say they will appeal the verdict. the de by based l on emeralds is suspending flights nigeria from next month because it's been unable to repatriate millions of dollars of revenue. the company has $85000000.00 stuck in nigeria, but it says efforts to start dialogue with authorities to transfer the funds have been unsuccessful. international air transport association says the problem has also affected other carriers. you have an estimated $450000000.00 trapped in the country. the leaders of serbia and kosovo have failed to reach a compromise in
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a dispute of a vehicle license plates. they've agreed to hold further, you mediated talks in the coming days. i think serves in cost of air opposing new rules to swap their 7 issued states for local ones. it's one of several outstanding issue. the 2 sides have to resolve to move forward with that you membership and these 41 people have been killed in thousands injured in the forest fires in north eastern algeria. most of the deaths were an el paso province near the border to the foxes and helicopters are trying to contain 185 and 21 districts or 350 people have been forced to leave their homes. a task manager has more from eltoff province, nicky, who were standing at the heart of lucy to um it fully known as almo, how village in altura province. it's the epicenter of a mess of 5 interrupted on wednesday, destroying the entire area where the fire devoured this oak forest,
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which is what this province is famous for. the flames reached the top of that ridge where the village centers located fires have wiped out the vast areas of forest, including several trees over day. you can see a bus that was destroyed by a fire. people are killed. that's according to local authorities. algeria is interior minister is inspecting the zoom, which is located directly behind those buildings where there are reports of additional deaths. you can also see those houses where villages live, mostly farmers and shepherds. many of the villages have suffered serious losses to property, and some of them have lost their loved ones through the fire. about a 1000000 people have been affected by heavy rain for the pocket stone weeks of floods and landslides of killed, more than 650 people across the southwestern region. the government has sent help, but many say the response was too slow to lip is, leon is more most of these people have lost. everything. floods have swept to the
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village of cancer in south west pakistan, destroying their homes and livelihood. roads that were clear just weeks ago have turned to lakes, leaving thousands stranded we've had more rain this year, had a severe impact on many areas along the river belt. the water has level off in some parts about it already destroyed homes, crops, and infrastructure. the aftermath is overwhelming. more than a 1000000 people have been affected by flash floods, and landslides, and hundreds have died across 4 provinces. climate change, official se is fueling unpredictable weather patterns, entire communities. the cross baluchistan province are homeless. when you look at the amount of freight which has fallen on baluchistan province itself, it's $450.00 times. what bellucci stone receive in
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a normal year. so it destroys the home. it destroys the life talk, you know, life so groaning. it destroys the infrastructure of cause breach road and it destroyed the crop authority, say nothing could have prepared them for the extent of this years. monson reigns. the army is helping displeased communities. for many survivors say the response has been slow. oh no, ma'am, buddy. ever done another man, we're not getting enough help from the government. we hear a lot of promises, but on the ground, as for people who are suffering, we have no food, no water. and we are living under the open skies at the mercy of god. more heavy rains are expected in south let's pakistan in the coming days. it's yet another concern for families who lost everything and are forced to start over. katia, a little bit of a young audience here. at least 16 people northwest china have died after flash floods trigger. landslide homes are damaged and several roads are blocked. rescue
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operations are underway and dozens of people are still missing. meanwhile, chinese officials of warning a severe drought in the south could last well into september. local governments are scrambling to irrigate crops ahead of the autumn harvest. rationing of electricity is making it difficult to pump water. and some industries that rely on hydropower has shut down temperatures in the region of sword above 40 degrees celsius. agency. se malnutrition in the horn of africa is increasing at an alarming rate and pointing to consecutive failed rainy seasons. the conditions that need more than 20000000 people could face food shortages by september the head of the world health organization says if monitoring situation. if your peers, he dre is the worst in the world to address. uh huh. okay, francis says 6000000 people are in need of aid to address who's from to grade these,
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the crisis is going unnoticed. in terms of humanitarian crisis. i can tell you that the humanitarian crisis integrate is more than you crate. without in exaggeration. and i say it is many months ago may be the reason is the color of the skin of the people into gray. i haven't heard been the last 5 few months, several months now. even ahead of stay talking about the 2 i condition anywhere in the developing world, especially why i think we know sierra leone is revealing its currency in an attempt to improve its economy. the central bankers removed the 3 zeros and reprinted notes is trying to slow the owns a sliding value and stop protests against the rising cost of living. am at interest
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has more from the capital fleet. after some confusion, businesses are slowly adjusting to the new the old. the country central bank says the re denomination of sir leon's. currency has been necessary though, the magical re denomination is that where you take those zeros away, people start thinking that they are poor and then they actually are. and as a result of that, they will bar game all windy a, go to buy a goose and services that should put a lead on prices a little bit. so economy say the idea can only work if government doesn't return to the policies that lead to the collapse in the value of the money. in the 1st place, the central bank says re denominated the young was significantly reduce the amount of cash people and businesses carry around on the risk that go with that. but critics say removing 3 zeros from the currency won't show up. it's about critics,
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a previous monetary policy of several young hit, the reality of the economy by adding zeroes to the currency. as a result, the leon lost its value and inflation worse, and the governor of the central bank says the decision was tough to make. given the cost of printing new notes on taking the old ones out of circulation, i would not have done this at this time. but the cost for the economy, the cost a reserves that a sentra bank, as we kept month on a monthly basis, putting out dollars to give to people who are whored, a list of bring it into the system so that a economy can keep going. doing that for a foreseeable future, we would have a wasted, our entire reserves. some banks and business people say the public response and acceptance of the new courtesy has been encouraging. this no one make it more easy
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for us, because you can have 50000000. you can go over the 50000000 without that of thieves to follow you. because if anyone for teaching about bad for the whole money, you can feel you hold by then. okay. come from in plastic to tell you a lot of gigs to the t. so in 2020 the central bank spent $68000000.00 showing up de leon. now it isn't saying how much the initiative will cost, but it will be hoping it will reilly the currency and the economy. it res. algebra freetown steadily on. ah, this is al jazeera and these are the top stories. ukraine's president is demanding russia's immediate withdrawal from this operation nuclear power plant. but unless lensky has been hosting his turkish counterpart and un secretary general.

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