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wrath. ah, i money in say this is out. is there a life unto also coming up all night visits the cranium ports of odessa. the un chief says a nuclear plant on the russian control must be demilitarized police in nicaragua arrests. an outspoken roman catholic bishop known to be critical of president donning. we'll take it and apple sends out an urgent update. al, to major security flows are discovered which could allow hackers to take control of your devices ah, from record heat waves to severe flood warnings. extreme weather is causing havoc in many places around the world. a star in europe where record temperatures coupled with long running droughts, have reduced rivers in france and germany and italy,
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in parts of spain, while fires, which had been brought under control on. now, once again, springing to life in the us, more than 10000000 on the flash flood warnings in the country southwest. and the heat wave in china has lost more than 2 moms the longest since records began. asia, as long as river, the young stay is shrinking, and sudan has been lashed by heavy seasonal flooding since may be un says, a 130000 people have been affected out. there is have them a week start saw coverage from one of sedans, worst hit regions that had the he thought he had, what, hello we be. we are reporting from will tell, are we village of our managed local province? it is one of the most ravaged villages by the torrential rain and flash floods its homes for more than $300.00 families. as you can see, the entire village is inundated by water from all directions. as we walk through,
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we saw many of the houses, partly or totally damaged due to rising water levels. residents of the village have lost almost school, their positions from property to food stocks. one of the only thing left as their castle. the village is totally deserted, as most of the local residents had fled for their lives. some have tried to salvage what they can from their homes. residents who have evacuated to nearby villages are now facing di conditions. they need shelter, food, and medicine. nearby farming lands were also flooded and that's ruined the harvest . these floods are unprecedented, especially in this part of sudan, as floods have devoured all of what local residents have, by ascending and s o a message to the international community, and all human relief agencies. asking them to quickly bring help to this catastrophic situation. pakistan's prime minister, shabba sharif, has visited areas west head by weeks of flooding, caused by record breaking mon seen reigns hundreds of died with hundreds of
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thousands displaced. many say they aren't getting sufficient help. i force reports, this crisis is lost in weeks, and it's not over yet. the worst monsoon rains in 30 years inundating vast areas of land and hitting pakistan's poorest province baluchistan the hottest. hundreds of schools and thousands of homes have been destroyed here. across pakistan, hundreds of people have died and hundreds of thousands have been displaced. struggling to reach some kind of safety to find some kind of shelter. we lekia thus bought out a gloves, had taken everything from us when we were only able to save our kids and fuel livestock. and i think we are in dire need of help as early as possible. and again, i have, i guess we lost everything in the floods and left empty handed. we don't have food, shelter, or even clean drinking water. many of us are suffering from diarrhea and other gastro diseases, while the government is not doing anything for us. any criticism of the government
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extends beyond the immediate response and back through previous governance plans to update infrastructure and resilience repeatedly not implemented. leaving people exposed to monsoon flooding every year. this year's enormous rainfalls particularly devastating pakistan's prime minister, has repeatedly visited hearted areas this flooding season, insisting his administration is doing on it. can't appreciate the saga joe acorda, the 30 year records. the monsoon range has been broken. they see it's a few 100 times more than normal and a lot justin, that's brought miseries to people's lives. that both federal and provincial governments are committed to helping these poor people to the utmost on. pakistan has been ranked the 8th most exposed country in the world to the risks of climate change, oblique window on the future for the newly grieving and displaced, contemplating how and where to rebuild their lives. i re faucet al jazeera.
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scott callus is an atmospheric scientists at all, gone national laboratory. he says the world must prepare itself. the more severe weather comes down to the physics of air. air is like a sponge. the warmer it gets, the more moisture it can holds. so if it comes from a cool ocean sausage warms up over land, it can dry out the land and what we want it to do, like the floods we're actually seeing right now in new mexico. and arizona is come from those wall waters. when you've got those suddenly winds, then a console pop, that warm water that spawns can get laden with it and get wrong out. but with climate change, as we see the shipping weather patterns, places that depend on monsoon range, a sing the failures in what we're doing by warming the planet is loading the dice. so it's know that every severe storm is attributable to climate change,
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but we will get more severe stones, more floods, more flashed route because of climate change of europe, bending person, you're going to bed that we're going to see more of these extreme events as we continue to omit warming, gases, how much is it a trivial the humans? it is us now people might say, the planet has warmed and cooled over centuries, and you know what? they're actually right. but never this quick, never in the scales of decades, which is what we're seeing now. un secretary general antonio terrace, has visited ukraine's southern port city of odessa to review the shipment of grain . it's part of attack he and you and broke into last month between moscow and keith, which is allowed for the resumption of ukraine's grain exports from 3 ports. several ships have left since then including a un chance,
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an aid vessel bound. if european, while in odessa terrace, also discuss the risks to europe's largest nuclear power plant in appalachia. the finance has been under russian control since march. the seas operated ukrainian staff but guarded by russian forces. it's come under repeated shilling and their fears of a major disaster of critical infrastructure is hit from odessa. theresa bo has more on the visit over 500000 tons of grain have already been exported from here since i landmark deal was truck between russia and ukraine. with the help of the united nations and turkey last month, and this is the place where, until tanya would harris a visit to guarantee and to monitor how this whole process is ongoing. he said that access to food and fertilizers must be guaranteed access to russian fertilizers, but also for training and for he says, that's much more needs to be done. and that he hoped that the amount of food that
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he's being exported from ukraine will increase from $3000000.00 tons a month to around $5000000.00 tons. amongst another issue of major concern that's happening here is the situation around the nuclear power plant of a sub 40 show. back in march, russia took over that area, established a military base, and there's been lots of fighting and shelling going on around that area. there's a lot of concern that the plant could be damage and that's why the international community has been demanding that international monitors are able to visit that part of the country. also ukrainian state nuclear company announced that russia was getting ready to unhook the plant from ukraine grid. 9 and tanya will carry denounces, and this is what he had to say. what is true is that if he didn't, he said, as we propose the plant, the problem will be solved. and obviously,
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the electricity from the operator is ukrainian electricity. and it's necessary, especially during the winter ford of ukrainian people, and this principle must be fully respected. so there has been a big debate about how this said by international inspectors should happen while russia, it's saying that it should happen to russian. so ukrainians at the united nations are saying that it could happen through ukraine, even though it could mean going through the front lines during a telephone conversation between french president emanuel micron and russia's president, value me to put in be agreed of a need for a v inspector to visit the plan. and even a president vladimir putin said that he was going to reconsider whether he would agree or not that to change his, his mind and that the inspectors would go through ukraine at least in nicaragua, have arrested a catholic bishop, known for his criticism. if the president,
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daniel ortega, rolando virus is being detained at his home in the capitol as a latin american ed salisia, newman reports as part of a wider government crackdown on dissent among catholic clergy members. for the last 16 days, nicaragua, police had prevented martha gulp as bishop blundell. albert is from leaving his residence, not even to preside over mass 0, but i always the road in front of our diocese is closed and blocked by the national police long. oh, but that was not the end of it. before dawn, friday, police raided the bishop's residence, detained late priests and staff, and put bishop alba this under house arrest. in a statement, the police called a quote in operation to recover normality for citizens and families of martha guided by accusing bishop orlando. albert is of repeated acts of destabilization and provocations. oh, with the vast majority of government opponents in prison or an exile, nicaragua,
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catholic church has become a thorn in the side of president. daniel ortega and his wife ro, side you moody, you'll who is the vice president the presidential couple accused, the bishop of instigating dissent. ever since they gave refuge to anti government protesters during widespread demonstrations in 2018 human rights organizations are again raising their voice and demanding the release of those arbitrarily detained. the secretary general is very concerned by the severe closure of democratic and civic space in the corolla and recent actions against civil society organizations, including those of the catholic church. reports of arrayed against the residence of the catholic bishop of martha golfer only heightened these concerns. ah, bishop albany, this is the 4th priest to be put under house arrest in as many months preferring to recovery. this is incredible repression against the church and repression against catholic people. we remain here praying to the virgin mary. shortly after the
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bishop's arrest, a group of latin american and european statesman, called on pope frances to break his silence and speak out forcibly against what they call ortega's chris, a cushion of the catholic church. lucy and newman al jazeera, mexico's former attorney general eustace marilla has been arrested on charges of forced disappearance, torture and obstruction of justice. relating to the disappearance of 43 students in 2014 earlier led the highly criticised original investigation. on friday. the government called at a cover up the students disappearance from the south western city of glass oct international outrage. still ahead on our desert yet ma, struggling economy is leaving people short of food and electricity. and the future remains on certain afghan women with the taliban restrictions. masnik ami, taking mental
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ah journey has begun. the 3 full world camp is on its way to catholic group. your travel package to the tropical cyclone has formed in the bare bengal. let's get into your weather details every one good to see you. so i think the danger zone on saturday will be in between a dish in west bengal states. it's going to move further toward the west. so we're talking about chatted, scar much pradesh into the pradesh on saturday. and we know what's gonna happen here, right? this is going to slide north, right across the country, and eventually into pakistan, which is what we don't need at the area has just been inundated with rain. still dealing with the last monsoon, depression, upper sim province into eastern baluchistan. but a bit of a breather for karachi, is, or 3 day forecast, looks like the depression. more move in as we look to war tuesday. okay, let me take you to indo china right now. it's a washout of
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a forecast as we look toward hanoi and then particularly in this own here, but also for hotel men city right through to bankcard. and it's steady stream of rain. also pouring into hong kong and read over a high nan island as well. and all that rain that was across the korean peninsula were now seen it slide into japan. this is an area that's been down with rain lately. so the risk of even more flooding and still high temperature is across the yang see river valley. shanghai, how high? 39 degrees on saturday. that's it for me. i'll catch up with you next hour. kat official airline of the journey a 3 year investigation into the program lobby. we've been in a, hey, reveal secrets. i mean, you want to point put messaging out there, good people out, race get mad connections. some don't want to expose many in legacy media. love mass shootings,
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documents with my al jazeera investigations. how to sell masika on al jazeera lou. ah, welcome back here watching al jazeera lined up on top stories is un secretary general. antonio gutierrez, has visited ukraine southern city of odessa to review the shipment, a grain wall that he call for the russian held nuclear power plant and stop or is it to be demilitarised place in nicaragua? have arrested a catholic bishop known for this criticism of president daniel tega ortiz. the keys were lambda, a lot of inciting violence, personal take a recently launched a crack down on descent within the church. and it's charities,
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mexico's former attorney general has been arrested on charges of forced disappearance torture on obstruction of justice related to the despairs of 43 students back in 2014. earlier led the highly criticized investigation into the missiles in northern syria, at least 15 people, including 5 children, have been killed in a rocket attack. already say a local market in the city of al bob was targeted as he a people were also injured. the area is under the control of turkey backed opposition faces. syrian government forces have been accused of carrying out friday's attack and toleration for recent rage of correspond. omar ronnie was at the side of the attack on the phone up. yeah. so c, m a, d v, d p, here in l, bob city, electro countryside. this marketplace was targeted by 5 rockets where according to medical sources,
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at least 15 civilians have been killed with dozens more injured. you can see here one of the rockets that hit the market, which was bustling with people. usually residents flocked to this fruit and vegetable market every friday to get what they need in terms of basic necessities. a large number of civilians were caught up in this attack. those vending carts were also destroyed as a result of the attack outside this bakery, which was also partly damaged. according to sources in the opposition, the origin of the attack was an area under the control of the syrian democratic forces, backed by units from the regimes forces was the magnitude of damage. this popular market place is clear. showing an attack by holly explosive rockets. the numbers are likely to rise according to the same sources as many remain in critical condition and hospitals across the city. the followers of iraqi shall need him a title. solder has been protesting in bagdad greenstone of the holding friday. pres, demonstrated outside parliament 3 weeks. now,
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refusing to allow politicians into the building, thought as allies also boys coughing a dialogue aimed ending a long running political stalemate. 10 months off the general election, iraq still has no government because of disagreements on forming a coalition. was made up about he was out of protest camp in baghdad, as you can see right behind the so the supporters continue those sit in, you can see the tents that have been set up 3 weeks ago. other demonstration in front of the parliament taken control of the parliament premises all the courtyard here in front of the parliament a occupied by. so the supporters for 3 weeks now. they say they're not planning to leave the area until the parliament be dissolved and elections be held. in fact, they have gone further demanding that no government deformed before elections
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be conducted. but that is on the other hand, as you know, that, that's one top demand of the rival political block, the prearranged parliamentary block known as the frame or the coordination framework that demanded forming an transitional government head over head of early elections. now they have just finished the, the friday prayers as you know that every friday. so the supporters gather in some cases that are joined by some other supporters from other cities and provinces, especially from the central and southern iraq. and during friday, prayers preachers usually speak politics. once again, reiterating saw those demands, once again, mobilizing their supporters and deb, again, holding on to their demands, the parliament be dissolved italy elections being held. the molly security forces are reportedly battling an unknown number of gunman hold up in
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a hotel. in the captain, mogadishu, witnesses reported seeing at least 3 explosions in the area before the attackers storm. the hotel is a dozen people have been injured. a hotel is known to be frequented by somali government officials, mammals, mit is she genta say that they planned to import russian gas and oil to fail, supplying gaps and bring fuel prices down. the country's economies struggling under a raft of global sanctions. many, all struggling to ford, fade, lay haunting his mall. it's hot and humid, but even rains from the monsoon are not enough to keep these people at home. in the heart of me and mars commercial hub being gone, doesn't line up for a chance to receive basic goods donated and subsidized by a local monastery. though hottie yoga yap. our every one is in trouble. as people don't have enough food. some people are families of patients from hospital,
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some are poor people, some are jobless sod, they all are cuing here to get food level. me and mars economy tanked after a military coup last year. it has been further rattled by the government's attempts to seize foreign exchange and eradicate rules for businesses and imports. a mom about the i came yellow. if we cook at home, there's no electricity. ross is expensive to boy, and cooking costs are too high for someone who's retired women. so i'm here to cover my expenses, but i also donate some fruit back to the monastery. even the war and ukraine has had an impact here, pushing up the price of gas, oil and grain. i'm a long 9 o e book on spend much of their income and food because of har, commodity prices. if only one person is working, the family won't have much money left for food. this week, the military government said it agreed to purchase fuel from russia to help stabilize costs, but gave no details on when or how this would begin. until then,
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many will have to rely on charity to make ends meet. leo harding al jazeera on the waiver that allows taliban officials to travel outside of canister expires in a few hours. there is an international travel bad in place, but the un provide some officials with exemptions and as the deadline approaches, some security council members want a full band brought back. kristen salumi has moved from the un sanctions against the taliban, including travel restrictions have long been a thorny issue for the security council. they were 1st imposed back in 1999. related to the groups sheltering of al qaeda. the council made exceptions in 2019 to allow some members to travel outside of the country for peace talks. but since the group took control of afghanistan last year, some council members have argued the waiver should be conditional on the taliban
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respect for human rights, particularly the rights of women and girls. the un stepping spokesperson for the secretary general summed up the dilemma. some of the members of the council appointed to the benefits of allowing them to go about a travel for diplomatic work, including for example, to doha. and you will have seen what the contribution of the, of the process ad doha has as made in terms of the wider dealings with the double bond. at the same time, we've clearly expressed our concerns about the dollar, bonds own records and, and their failure in recent months to uphold out their stated commitments to maintain the status quo on human rights. including in particular, the rights of women and girls, china, backed by russia, has argued that the waivers are as necessary as ever given the dire economic situation that afghanistan finds itself in. but tipple mats tell us that other countries have been pushing back, lead by ireland. they want to re impose travel restrictions,
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at least in part now a year after the taliban take over of cub. all, many afghan women are facing obstacles. there are few jobs available outside of the health and education sectors. women are able to move around freely in cities, but in rural areas, strict rules and cultural practices. a keeping many at home or some have been to made reports from cobble thrift is business is nearly come to hold. learning a living from making tradition of clothes and hand. the cross is no longer an option . since many small businesses have gone bankrupt. in addition to sanctions and frozen assets, the thought abounds reversal of bremen, spot dissipation and society has further hindered the flow of age to understand fresh. they're struggling to keep up morale for her 7 children whose education has suffered for years. first, because of the pandemic, and then that olive on take over dna and sancha that day. it's been one year that
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they have been promising and haven't done anything. we haven't seen any results. girls can't go to schools and women can't go to their jobs. women in cities complained of harsh restrictions from face feels to women's entire and suspension of many public jobs. the taliban government says it is implementing islamic law. the ministry of. 5 vice and virtue has replaced the ministry of veterans affairs. there are some them in who have been appointed by the founder, been who don't think it's just tokenism can on amazon. i'm amazon. i am saying that women can't go around the city or do their jobs freely, isn't to accurate. i still have female staff working at this hospital, female doctor the doing their jobs as in the previous government. besides, doctors, other female personnel are also working in some government departments. 3 quarters of, of bonds live outside the cities. and most of rural nathan is traditionally conservative . that's where the dollar bonds biggest support base comes from. neither for is
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a teacher and despite her brothers being unemployed in this government, she supports the taliban. that she says, the majority of women in of law nathan, beer, what she calls the he job in their own rig. and that's an afghan tradition ought to fall upon rule in. what did most women from of understand look at you and hair, you and think that you've been brainwashed. and this is not what most women of afghanistan want. each it that he had tepid dalliance. should an army on our, you know, we aren't brain washed. i teach the quran islamist, given rights to women like inheritance, education to become a professor and anything they want to be. if we go without the he job, it's against the crohn and if we are muslims should follow their chron, volleyball and officials have been accused of using excessive force. men, women protest. they in turn want remedy organized, protest after seeking permission. and they also site safety and security is concerned but to achieve
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that, most women of, of our nathan will have to trust the taliban. and that's unlikely. while most schools were teenage girls remain closed and promises to uphold women's rights are not put into action from a job without the 0 gobble. apple says it's discovered a major security floor in its software and is issued in emergency update for all its uses. the tech john says the floor could allow hackers to seize full control of its phones, tablets, and computers, urging anyone who could be the target spying such as activists or journalists to install the security patches. as soon as possible. magical haine has been speaking with apple uses in washington dc. most people with smartphones are used to getting the occasional reminder that it's time to update your software. but if you have anything that starts with an eye or has an apple on it, you're going to want to listen this time. apple has announced that they have found a flaw in their system, which basically can allow hackers to take over your smartphone, your i pad,
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your mac, and basically you lose control of it. but everyone we talked, you said they hadn't heard about the problem. there's an average of $6000.00 data breaches every day. most people aren't very great about keeping all their software up to date. so glitches data breaches all these things are actually not that uncommon. i a job with my i phone, which is very user friendly, which is why i have it in 1st place. so going to enjoy is just too much that i got to do is update it with all of the my phone. it's all good. now apple says they have fixed this law and you're going to want to make sure the updating system you're running is $15.00. alarmingly apple says they are aware of reports that this law has already been exploited. finland's prime minister, santa marin says she's taken a drugs test after video merged of her parting with friends. footage prompted cause
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from her political allies on opponents for her to take a voluntary test. that is 6 year old marion. so she's never used an ego drugs and could have performed her duties on the night at the posse, if necessary, to test the test results i expected within a week. meanwhile, m, if i follow the law, i have nothing to hide. i have not used drugs and therefore i have no problem taking tests. i do find it pretty strange that this is something that's being demanded of me. ah, beth is out as era these you top stories. extreme weather is causing havoc from the americas in europe, across africa and asia. say dawn has been lashed by heavy seas. no flooding since may. the un says hunting 30000 people have been affected. you and actually general antonio terrace has visited ukraine sub.
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