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me ah, al jazeera, when ever use all, ah, me. chaos and destruction record monsoon ryans cause extensive damage across large parts of pakistan. nearly a 1000 people are dead. aah! until mccrae. this is al jazeera live from doha. also coming up. unicef says a kindergarten was hit and fridays is strike in northern ethiopia is to cry region . ukraine has exported
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a 1000000 tons of food products since you in fact drain deal was signed late last month. and a wind for diversity. nasa gets ready to send its 1st native american woman into spice. ah, we begin with the unprecedented floods that have submerged large parts of pakistan and neighboring afghanistan. nearly a 1000 people are dead in pakistan. who are a national emergency is now in place, and the prime minister has asked for international help. the nation has received a record monsoon brian, for this year, at least half a 1000000 homes have been damaged roads washed away, and nearly 150 bridges destroyed, who nearly all provinces are affected. the southwestern bolo, tristan region, has now been cut off after floods, washed away it's roads and railway tracks. that liberty am logo gay glee. the river
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was told, trust by these people to have no fear of god. there is no such thing as humanity. if it was a river, why was its fault to us? here was my house. my entire life savings are gone. but the southern sin, the province has received an excessive amount of rain than it usually gets at this time of year. and in the mountainous north, west reigns of triggered land floods. more now from zion best ravi who's in send a pause in rain, a chance to survey the disaster that has unfolded and pockets. on 2 months into the monsoon season, the country has declared a national emergency pakistani leaders including the prime minister himself seeing the floods up close, promising to mobilize more aid. but the skies have dumped so much water. no amount of help seems like enough driving through the water logged interior of the province
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. you'd be hard pressed a spot, a single rescue crew, but death and destruction abound. who will save us? when will the waters recede? what happens now? people in floods stricken pockets and left with questions, but little else mother, but no one comes here, not the landlords. no one from the government. no one comes to us. everyone is just lying here, starving children, little ones. the poor don't have anything. where should we go? back to our village. it's not even there any more. houses sank in the water. we're dying from hunger, we have nothing. everything is gone and we've become beggars. we're starving. we're starving. everywhere in sin, desperate testimonies, and please for help. for the moment the human suffering, the devastation of people's lands and their home. it is the worst fear in sin
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province. but just in the last few days, the flooding from milk and glaciers and rainfall in the north of the country have gotten so bad that even though it is quite difficult to imagine what is happening in the north of the country could overtake what is happening here. the flood water, cascading through the swamp. the valley in high per box to the province is moving swiftly, self cutting down anything in its path down stream, flash flood, warnings, and evacuation. orders are in effect, volunteers pulling the dead from the water or warning people to stay away from the rivers. levels are rising faster than expected. it is time they say, to get to higher ground vein basra, the older 0. do district and pakistan sent province of phelman to his director of relief authoration in the southern regions at the could be the foundation he joined us via skype from the socket and send the province pakistan. thank you for being on
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the program. first of all, can you just give us an idea of just how bad it is there? thank you for calling. go over all the media. boston have a lot in parking. we have if it's 2010 time then time mod low, then we need these for writing in based communities who are on the road lost their houses, they lost their animals, they lost their call, forwarding them who died them before died them madison and
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as a shuttle about politician is big it while i was in the data and. busy are based on the law the. busy more than 13000 families now, i'm in the reason of been approached by the name is that both badly affected by the range and and the more coming did well as our like the benefit and get that situation of blood in p k. problem that is in the area that will
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soon reach him, that he was in coming days. and in this situation, maybe most thank you. that is film and here live for us in pakistan in this and province lyn neighboring. yes. going to sound floods are affecting several regions, ne, in pain. she is the latest province to be swamped by heavy rainfall. flood waters have inundated around $3000.00 homes and destroyed fields of crops. the taliban says 192 people have died. or to other news and fridays is strike in northern ethiopia, hills at least 4 people, including 2 children, uni safe, says a kindergarten was, had a mckelly, the regional capital of the to grime. the conflict between rebels and government forces began and light 2020 a cease fire was agreed earlier this year for the fighting resumed last week
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catalog. his hoti, on reports an air strike in the capitol of ethiopia as t grey region could signal a new phase of renewed fighting local media, say the central government is responsible for the attack in an area control by rebels from the te graham people's liberation front or t p ls that she distill salary horn, if any new i think the s drive kid around noon a neighbourhood is a residential area, so only civilians live here. so the neural alley, the fighting which began earlier this week marks the end of a ceasefire. that was agreed to and march it also derails efforts to negotiate a p still between prime minister abbey augments government and t p l. a. fighters. it's important to have some insight about why this war resumed. right mouth to dry was under the ship. deep siege are receiving no fuel, nor electricity,
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no communication, no banking to dry forces are been weakest point right now. the fighting has made an already dire humanitarian crisis. worse, millions of people have been displaced with more than 3000 reportedly fleeing from the region every day. the u. n and other agencies have been able to deliver some made in the past few months. earlier this week, the head of the world food program accused tp ela fighters of stealing food and more than 500000 leaders of fuel. humanitarian aid men for civilians never reach its target. all the parties needed wherever they can to protect or to protect civilians. and also very poorly a thing to ensure the unimpeded passage of humanitarian or goods. the latest round of violence is raising concerns. they could put even more people at risk in te grey
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. and the surrounding m hara and afar regions. parts yellow piece of the young al jazeera ukraine says it's exported a 1000000 tons of agricultural products so far under a deal broken by the u. n. and turkey. last month, an estimated 20000000 tons of grain and food stops, had been trapped in ukraine since the russian invasion and february cave says it aims to ship 3000000 tons of products in the next month. not madeline, the car washes pertains one additional. the 1st 1000000 tons of agricultural product were exported since february 24. does a victory. by the way, 44 ships be green agricultural products have already been sent to 15 countries. we have 70 more applications for the arrival of ships for loading. the goal is to reach a volume of 3000000 tons of export by sea. every month when his series of recent attacks and russian held crimea, his highlighted ukraine's determination to retake the peninsula. that with enix by
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moscow in 2014 theresa both spoke to crime eons who fled to ukraine i g. is ago when the peninsula was taken over by russia on law. members of the grey me entered our community, gather every friday at this mosque. just outside of ukraine's capital, keep. many of them have been living here since russia next crimea 8 years ago. to know we live here, but no child families still living there. he says people in crimea are struggling under russian occupation. what rush and brings to the territory where they come, they bring nothing but crime, destroying mother cry, orphan children. we saw this in crimea. we saw this in syria, and now we see the trying to do this, including ukraine. in the past weeks, there have been a few ease of attack from the creamy and peninsula, even though ukraine has not acknowledged it behind them. an attack on the saki
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airbase destroyed a fighter jet from russia's black sea naval aviation. a further drone attack managed to put russian ground forces on high alert. the attacks in grey me a show ukraine's capacity to strike russian targets beat behind the front line. press involving me to fill and ski says he will fight to recover all occupied territories, including crimea. crimean to tars were deported from that by the soviet union. in 1944 and thousands of them were forced in 2014, when russia occupied the peninsula. people here are hoping that when this voiceover may be able to return to the land, the reason, even though my most have not from crimea, he says you need more help to win the war. ukraine as a free people. it's not like russian people. we want to live independently, re, don't wanna be, was russia and all when it from actually roofing culture sits,
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weapon. if i had the weapon, we will fight till that and the international community has repeatedly condemned the annexation of crimea. yes. ah, family that we let that sheila says, the peninsula plays a crucial role in the conflict in ukraine vans russia use crimea as a military base. and sir president lansky as a say said her 715 south, thrice. a against ukraine, from our crania peninsula. it's a law daughter of virginia, as the war goes on, ukrainians insist their fighting for their freedom fully for crimean satires. this is also about returning to where they belong. that is, i will, i'll just eat at keep at least 2 people have been killed and fighting between rival armed groups and the libyan capital. the violence broke out early on saturday and heavily populated part of the city. over the past week, tripoli has seen
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a build up of rival forces, who are jostling full power, is the latest threat to 2 years of relative peace after a ceasefire between allies of rival governments. while still hid on al jazeera, a growing food emergency, we look at why millions of children and chaired of facing hunger, and pope francis prepared to name new cardinals, who may eventually play a role in choosing his successor. ah, the journey has begun. the free for world copies on its way to the castle. group your travel package today. finally, some relief for the eastern yangtze river valley in china. hi everyone. here's what's going on. we've had these showers in storms from south. so for the 1st time in 2 months, shanghai has a daytime temperature below 30 degrees and in see we're dealing with a cool pool of air. here's young joe at 19,
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you should be 31 for this year. had some gorilla downpours in tokyo, that's what locals refer to when it's torrential. downpours and the bulk of that action has pushed off over the open waters. still a few lingering showers in tokyo could catch one on sunday with a hive $26.00 degrees remnants leftovers of what was the tropical storm swirling around bu time bung the dash nepal into the northeast of india. it's really that eastern side of india that continues to be blanketed in rain toward the south wall . but for the west, new delhi down to moon bye should be dry, actually, maybe some showers sneaking in at the mouth roster them by with the high 32 degrees . the flooding, we know more than 900 people have been killed in focused on this is in the northwest province. here rhodes just clogs with water. but the good news is those monsoon range are now starting to fade away. it's mostly the northeast side, from islam of odd to the hor, that will be in danger zone on sunday. be careful that sure. weather update airway,
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the official airline of the journey. frank assessments, how much support is there at st protest that we've seen and across the rest of the country. the st movement has been very good that's happening in the court and the people across the country informed opinions. we will say more of what is happening is that climate change is making them work. in depth analysis of the days global headlines, druggie is credited by some we're really, we're storing italy's 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? ah, ah ah, you're watching al jazeera reminder of our top stories. the sour,
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unprecedented monsoon rainfall has submerged large parts of pakistan, killing more than 900 people. the government has declared a national emergency and as calling for international health, the neighboring afghanistan floods are affecting several regions. flood waters have inundated around $3000.00 homes and destroyed fields of crops. the taliban says 182 people have died. ukraine says it has exported 1000000 tons of agricultural products so far under a deal broken by the u. n. and turkey. last month, grain has been trapped at black sea port since russia invaded in figuring conflict and drought have left more than 5000000 people in chad desperately short of food. the government has declared a food emergency in the hope other countries will deliver. i'd but it's been slow to arrive. he but morgan reports from like chad, north of the capitol. north vermont. when armina. mm hm. at the gave birth to her
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daughter 2 years ago, she said because she was in good health, but a lack of sufficient food for eminence family in lake chad. north of the cat in capital and jemina has now left got to my mallory shed. or i had anybody i had though i didn't the, there are so many types of food she needs and we don't have them at home. we have to go buy it from the market and things are expensive. we buy what we need, depending on the money we have available. mina and her family represents some of more than 5500000 people facing food shortages across chad. that's more than a 3rd of the population. i'm more than 3000000 of those are children. the highest number is in lake chad, where hundreds of thousands of families trouble to get nutrition. while some people in chad can get the food they need due to climate change or conflict here, both factors affect that lake. chad is one of the main sources of food here,
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but has dried up to about a 10th of a size in the past 50 years. and the presence of the militant group book on her arm has got so many from their livelihood. hundreds of thousands have been displaced because of the violence around the lake. fatima ibrahim and her family fled to this side of the lake for safety. but she said 8 has dwindled to nothing in the 8 years they've been here. can you come a montana in a day if we're lucky we get meals, but our lives are hard. if we have breakfast, we don't have lunch. if we get dinner, then there is no breakfast the next morning. it is extremely hard and there are no jobs for us for you to come. earlier this year, chad government declared a food emergency and urged national and international organizations to assist those in need. that in and in a me, me, aspen we need about 100000 metric tons. and the government has secured 6000 tons and distributed it to the markets with people to be able to get it in some
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countries have donated. but others and some monetary bodies have any place to stand by the people of chad, but they yet to keep their promise. and while the government waits for aid, those in need continue to suffer. i mean a fierce, she may lose her daughter. he but morgan ultra 0 lake chad. the u. s. justice department has released a heavily censored version of the document. the lead. if the i agents to search donald trump's home this month, the search was part of an investigation into whither the former president illegally removed classified documents from the white house. trump says the search was politically motivated, calling at a break in. helen fisher has more from washington dc. it was a remarkable moment, an f b i read on the form of a former u. s. president. donald trump revealed the search at his motto, logo property earlier this month on social media. it provoked outreach among supporters. now the department of justice has released the affidavit,
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used to secure a search warrant, signed off by a judge. trump and his team had already handed over 15 boxes of documents he took with them when he left the white house. they should have gone to the national archives, going through the boxes. investigators found highly sensitive documents. in the 30 page affidavit which is highly censored, the f b. i laid out its case for a further search, claiming they believed there were more sensitive documents of moto logo, which could injure the u. s. if they fell into their own hands, that despite assurances from trumps legal team, all documents had been handed over. that these sensitive documents were being and properly handled and that the material possessed could mean 3 possible crimes were being committed. is pretty hard to make out a case that is a which ut, when it has these kind of elements to it that the entire united states is being endangered by this kind of recklessness. and i do believe that he definitely is in
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criminal. jasper, reacting on his trip, social channel, donald trump said affidavit, heavily redacted. nothing mentioned on nuclear, a total public relations subterfuge by the f b i in d, u a j or, or close working relationship regarding document turnover. we gave them much in the white house briefing room. there was a determination to keep the cotton president out of the political fight. we feel that it is not appropriate for us to comment on this. this is an independent investigation that department of justice is leading. that's something that the president finds is an important thing to do for the department of justice to have that independent. we're just not going to come in. but he did just a few minutes later, dismissing the former president's claim, he declassified all the documents. why this one ought declassified everything in the world? i'm present i'm not gonna come out because i don't know the detail at all. i want to know like the former day. it's unusual for such an affidavit to be released
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before charges a lead. if charges are to follow, that will be discussion at the highest levels of the department of justice. in the days to come. i'll in fisher, i'll just either washington. russia has blocked the adoption of a joint declaration on the union's nuclear disarmament treaty. after a month long international conference, the review happens every 5 years and aims to prevent the development of nuclear weapons. moscow objected to parts of the latest draft statement, which included concerns about russia's seizure of europe's largest nuclear power plants and ukraine. the u. s. pharmaceutical firm medina is sewing its rivals, pfizer and bound tick, saying they copied technology behind its covered 19 vaccine. the companies jabs, use a technique which medina claims that developed years before the pandemic. pfizer says it's surprised by the lawsuits and will defend its methods. priyanka good to reports. a once in
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a generation pandemic brought the was 1st m r. any vaccines to the market at warp speed? millions of lives for saved billions of dollars. oh. now, one of the manufacturers materna is suing his biggest rival, pfizer and his german potter by and take, it says, for copying it's invention. the see your says, the lawsuits are aimed at protecting the technology that the pioneered and invested in years before the pandemic began. they're not asking for any money for that doesn't like have made from the govern us government. so and that is neutral because they don't want that money. they're not asking for an injunction to stop anybody and assuming everybody they're basically stolen from soon visor. i think that in fact, they're probably thinking that if they, if they win this lawsuit, they'll be in a position to license other companies that want to think this researchers exploring
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. if m r n a technology can fight diseases such as cancer, malaria, and h, i v, these lawsuits an opening shot at who gets to protect its future. what's at stake is absolutely huge because, you know, what modern is trying to do is to form a near monopoly of m or in a technology. and that's going to stifle innovation. not just with covert vaccines existing but future generations of cold vaccines and vaccines for influenza, a bowler and other kinds of emerging infectious diseases that we need to, to tackle as country is learn to live with a pandemic. that once stop the world, the battle has only just begun over who owns the technology, and who keeps the profit plank got there? i'll to sir. mexico's truce commission has implicated a military commander in an investigation into the disappearance of 43 students in
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2014. it says 6 of the students were kept alive in a warehouse for days before being handed to a local army commander who ordered the execution. it's the 1st time the military has been directly linked to the case. last week, a former attorney general was arrested and warrants were issued for another. 80 officials nessa is getting ready to mac. another milestone for diversity. the leader of its next mission to the international space station will be the 1st native american woman and space fenton monahan reports. nicole mann was a veteran fighter pilot before she was selected to join the elite ranks of nasa astronaut. now, after 9 years of training, she's finally getting your chance to play higher than she's ever flown before. as a member of the why, like you, the round valley indian tribes, this man will be the 1st native american woman in space. it's important that we celebrate our diversity and really communicate that specifically to the younger
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generation. because i know there's kids out there that live, you know, perhaps in a community where there are barriers. and i want them to know that these barriers are being broken down. although she's proud to represent her people, talent, and competence, she says matter, far more in the us space program than any one's personal background here at nasa. it's really great to be able to say it really doesn't matter. we don't highlight or distinguish based on gender or race or religion. we distinguish based on your ability to execute the job. man flies, the international space station october. but even bigger things may be in store for her while she's on the short list for artemus mission to send humans back to the moon for the 1st time and more than 50 years. nasa says it will end the 1st woman and the 1st person of color on the surface of the moon as early as 2025 and mountain al jazeera. but francis is said to name 20 new cardinals. later on
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saturday, the appointments will be seen as a sign of where the roman catholic church is hitting. the cardinal's could eventually play an important role in choosing the point of success or at him writing reports from the vatican. hope francis will repeat this scene from 2020 on saturday at the vatican when he creates 20 new cardinals. in st. peter's basilica, the consistory is a chance to see the direction the pope is pushing the catholic church, vatican watcher. franca, john, so that the said to wait for francis to make good on his promise to focus on areas far from the churches center power in italy, europe for the input fund, salinda, the number of european cardinal going down while the number of latin american, asian, and african cardi knows it's on the rise. when francisco says he wants to construct a church from the paraphrase, he is doing that at the heart of the leg,
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her body would choose. the next pope called for a normal course, teaches any post. only when the church announced the consistory was to be held in late august and event rarely, if ever scheduled. in the summer, many vatican experts predicted francis was going to retire due to declining health . but in recent weeks, francis has reiterated many times, he has no plans to step down. yet. this is the 8th time. francis's name, new cardinals. 16 of the 20 new cardinals are under the age of 18. bill joined the exclusive group of electors who choose the next pope after francis dies are retired . in fact, francis, his named 2 thirds of the current cardinal's eligible to elect his successor. his hopes some say is that whoever succeeds him will share his vision of a more inclusive church. of course, conclave are always a little unpredictable. the cardinal,
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substantially share the vision of friends. but of course, they might elect a successor, who wishes to change slightly, the direction or somebody who really wants to continue strongly in the same direction. me over the next few days, new cardinals will mix with more experienced ones. it's the perfect opportunity for the cardinal, who will elect the neck and hope from their own ranks to size up the competition and prepare for coming vote. that is closer every day. adam rainy al jazeera vatican city. ah, this is al jazeera and these are the top stories. unprecedented monsoon rainfall has submerged large pods of pakistan, killing more than 900 people. the government has declared a national emergency and is calling for.

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