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wading through flood water in pakistan. the government has declared a national emergency to deal with one of the worst humanitarian disasters. unicef says a kindergarten was hit him fridays and strike in ethiopia to gray region. the government denies that it targeted civilians at on a charm offensive. the french president ends his visit to algeria, which was aimed at mending tense relations. ah, we stop at a libya where at least 11 people have been killed and fighting between rival militias in the capital. tripoli, violence began early on saturday and a heavily, heavily populated part of the city. in the past week, tripoli has seen a build up of rival forces, who had jostling for power. it's the latest threat to 2 years of relative peace after a ceasefire between allies of rival governments. let's take you live that a triply. i'll just here is my trainer. is there what's the latest on the fighting?
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malik? while classes are continuing in and around tripoli, adrian, we were just outside. are getting ready for this life position when bullets began whistling past us. so we had to come in to take cover just goes to show you. i mean, we're in the heart of tripoli, so in a densely populated area, so clashes are ongoing. the death numbers have increased throughout the day and likely to keep on increasing a, you know, we, we said earlier that there are dozens of families that are trapped inside their homes with, with some critically injured, some possibly dead, where medical authorities haven't been able to reach them, you know, the health officials have been pleading for these armed groups, these militias to stop the fighting so that they can come in and help those that need medical attention. it's just really, really a sad day for,
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for people here in tripoli and something that they've been going through a for, for, for years now. their kid, you know, occasionally these rival militias begin to fight. what makes us more significant is that these are, are groups that are loyal to a parallel government, while others, a loyal to the internationally recognized government. but libyans are sick and tired of both. they want to see elections happen as soon as possible, right. so who's fighting, who, and what are the aims? well, so libya at the moment has to governments, we have the internationally recognized government, which is led by prime minister to me debate. he came through a facilitator agreement by the you. when that brought all sides together. he was passed with leaving the country until election, which were supposed to happen in december last year. they didn't happen. the eastern authorities then appointed a another prime minister, betsy bush,
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who was the former minister of interior. both men hell from the router, which is a, a strong one of these, the, the stronger regions in libya with, with, you know, in terms of force. so what we're seeing now is, you know, groups allied with either premise or jostling for power. and really it's the residence, it's the people here that are suffering. i mean we've seen holes destroyed, we've seen hospitals hit with with artillery. we've seen a detention center housing, you know, migrants here. so really it's, it's, the situation is escalating people here are hoping that wise will, you know, the call will prevail, that people will go back, that these are these, these are groups that these officials will go to the negotiating table rather than street fighting in the capital tripoli, which you know, the population of 2800000 people, so densely populated, and people are really,
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you know, bearing the brunt of, of these, of these aren't groups. find for power. cirrus, malik train and reporting lives that from lydia's capital, tripoli, knowledge. many thanks indeed. a sir now to flood devastated pakistan where millions of people will spend another night worrying about what lies ahead. half the country is under water. forcing the government to announce a national emergency. nearly a 1000 people have died. millions more are displaced. flemister shebra sharif has been assuring people in sin, province of help, and assessing what aid has come their way. but from many in the impoverished baluchistan province, which has been cut off sheriff's words mean little as they struggle to come to terms with their loss. but are they, the flood waters damaged? my madhouse, my children, a small, my husband died right now. i can't buy clothes, medicines or food, because i have nothing. i am living with the help of allah, on anybody in the north western chiropractor, quote,
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province. the flooding is bringing back memories of 20 ten's jamarion, a humanitarian disaster, which was considered to be one of the worst in pakistan. and in the biggest province putting job people are waiting through flood water to reach safe areas. same bas ravi is in one of those worst affected areas in sin province. where i'm standing right now is really a snapshot of what's happening all over the province of sin. flood survivors are fleeing the affected areas and they are setting up camps make shift in at the water's edge in places all over the country. on the 1st piece of dry land they can find. now just over my shoulder is a small group of tanza small encampment locally. they're calling this a 10 city. but these are barely tense, they're very, very rudimentary shelters. we spoke to people there who say that they are suffering with skin diseases, illnesses, the hydration, hunger,
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thirst. they have no villages to go back to because their villages are now simply gone. with many of the people we spoke to their say they consider themselves the lucky ones because they have some form of shelter. they have something to hang over their heads. now, just across the road, we've met a recently arise community that scarcely have a tarp to their name. really nothing to shelter under. they are now here out in the open and living in the mud amongst the elements out in the open amongst the insects . and this is how they are going to sleep tonight, and more than likely for the foreseeable future until help arrives. many more nights to come out here as come, ohio is in the town of no shadow in northern pakistan. with more on the flooding situation, you can see behind me and the river gob. roland. it's extremely high, flawed according to some estimates that is 350000 cubic feet of water
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bossing through shed off what is done there. over florida vines, the religious surrounding the river, most of the area that now under water. however, the local administration was able to evacuate tens of thousands of people on our short notice to high ground saving their life dog. and also moving them to school and college. that have been cut, job wise can now the big challenge of god says that these people have left all their belongings at home, all their value, but now waiting. if they will get any compensation from the government and waiting for the rent, they will be able to go home by the emergency job. this is the 8th of an up, not in the mountain boarding rain even now. so the threat of got that door watered
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from the not really floor down. and in effect, a low lying area in neighboring afghanistan floods are affecting several regions. pen shit in the northeast is the latest province to be swamped by heavy rainfall. flood water has inundated around 3000 homes and destroyed fields of crops. fell upon officials say that 182 people have died. rob deed is from the national federation of red cross, red crescent societies in afghanistan. he says the floods come on top of the hunger crisis. i'm hearing, i'm going to spend with one of the most catastrophic human in crisis in the world saying good because what millions of people before, even kind of duration we're facing, as you know, as you turn good, is it the way that's gonna be even worse as a lot of the sanctions over $22000000.00 half of the commission are funding
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putting forward on the table that is as adult as well of the complex and climate change. and that's how you voted. and a lot of statements recently over 7, have you tell the people have been displaced that brings up the number of him against that too many numbers in the country that already been divided weakened by the quincy over 3040 years of being in conflict like these i have to say these and in the crisis, further compounded by the lives in practica and i know people have to struggle with does is most of the head be off season rain that has been ongoing. so july president of france. s. and it has 3 david at
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12 area with a signing of a joint declaration for a renewed partnership, a 3 day trip by mit mccomb, aimed at healing relations with the form of french colony ties saw last year after kong. questioned algeria existence as a nation before its occupation by french colonizers i'll just see was natasha butler has the latest from paris. the present micron, the lisa will probably be quite please all the imagery was there a 3 day trip in which he visited, not only out in the capital, but also raw. the 2nd 50 wave is to the chapel. he went to record shop. he meant business leaders, and of course, he had a meeting, several meetings, actually with the algerian president of the magic table and the 2 signed what they call the news packed. this is packed aimed at the keeling ties between algeria and from 6 years off, the algeria one independence in paris. this was very much the aim of this visit,
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said the lease a full present. michael. it was a visit aimed at improving relations between france and algeria. now those relations of course, have been extremely 10, said since our jury against independence and of course, even before that during the more than a century long occupation by fraud had improved somewhat on the president micro. he said he done more than his predecessors to address frances colonial paul, setting up things like a truth and reconciliation committee in the past. but he had angered algiers recently with certain comments, including accusing the government of trying to form an anti french fence. and now he retracted those comments, algeria and paris, very much looking to move forward. there was any other major deals or announcements during this visit, though not a 30 non on energy that might have been expected because algeria is one of the use main gas exporters still to come here on. i'll just poke process names,
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new cardinals, who may eventually play a role in choosing his successor. ah, the journey has begun. the v for world copies on its way to cas hook your travel package to that heavy province in pakistan somehow, some way has been impacted by this flooding caused by the monsoon rains. here we are, and k p k province toward the northwest clogged roads with just all that water. now the good news is the rain, the monsoon rains are starting to fizz allowed, and the indication is we'll get into a bit of a law until the middle of september. but for now on sunday that rain still falling from islam. about to the hor, after india we go and it's really the eastern side and southern sections that are blanketed in brain dry toward the west from new delhi 2 when bye. but some showers
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may sneak into this state of mock roster. now here we go toward the east, we've got heavy falls of rain for be har into the pradesh and the forecast on sunday. and next stop, we're going to china finally some relief for the eastern gang see river valley temperature is in shanghai. down to 29 degrees. it's because we've got these showers in storms and also a cool pool of air. jung joe, just 19 degrees. you should be 31 for this sub europe. the other day we had so called gorilla downpours in tokyo. that's what locals call it when it's really to rancho rain and still as some rain in the forecast for a tokyo on sunday. so it's kicked back, your temperature is a bit too high of just 26 degrees on sunday. that's a snapshot of your weather bye. for now. i saw air with issue airline of the journey. for sciences, the evidence is irrefutable. with america's climate change deniers stubbornly miss plus the fact. despite soaring temperatures,
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raging wild fires and shrieking water reserved, the world's largest economy still split alongside the logical lines. so canada ever reach consensus to avoid catastrophe. climate wars on a jazeera ah ah. hello again. this is al jazeera, let's remind you of the main nearest the south, the u. n. and the british embassy and libya. according for calm, after at least 11 people died and fighting between rival malicious and the capital, tripoli, it's the latest threat to 2 years of relative peace. pakistan is declared a national emergency of flood water golfs more than half the country. almost
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a 1000 people have died. millions a homeless and neighboring afghanistan floods have also affected several regions. flood water has inundated around 3000 homes of destroyed fields of crops. the taliban says that 182 people of diet fridays are striking. nobody theo pia killed at least 4 people, including 2 children. unicef says that a kindergarten was his in mckelly, the regional capital of to gripe. the government denies targeting civilians. the conflict between rebels in to gray and government forces began in late 2020 a cease fire was agreed earlier this year, but fighting has resumed. last week, cateel opus hold. i on reports an air strike in the capital of ethiopia as t gray 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
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rebels from the te graham people's liberation front or t p l f, as she does delicately sonya belinda, i think the s drive kid around noon a neighbourhood is a residential area sar. only civilians live here. so the northern lovey, the fighting which began earlier this week marks the end of a ceasefire. there 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 now to guy was under the should. deep siege at receiving no fuel. no electricity, no communication, no banking to guy forces. 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
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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 ellen fighters of stealing food and more than 500000 leaders of fuel, humanitarian aid men for civilians never reach its target. all the parties need to do whatever they can to protect or to protect civilians and also very poorly, i think, to ensure the unimpeded passage of humanitarian of goods. the latest round of violence is raising concerns. they could put even more people at risk and ti grey and the surrounding horror and afar regions. cards. the a little piece of the young al jazeera, come all how she mahmud is and then the of the european parliament. he says a thorough government investigation is needed into fridays and strike. well, i think i know what all sorts of staying was in who was the one with the damage. i
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think that he saw an investigation. and i can't see how that happened. also claiming that on a investigation of who is you know, what happened, but in any way to get that amount is not planning to get any kind of law as heavy as a lot. but as i'm holding, who generally investigations will consume. and we know that i think what the government's doing is it will be out to the why that it didn't was a lot of who don't use the hacienda is a b r to how many people nutrition to meters. that piece and doing a course. and they say no, and then there was me. so holding for the business position, i guess the 2 bath national was how to stop the wow. and even after the while to get with the focus new she, she's a got it. so he's
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a vision to what to do with him saying i'm going to a you and the kind of a started i understand why it comes with, i mean, pending side. yeah. even if it were, you seem to me a lot. the nutrition not happen. well, i do for one to be from the data data to see how to go, but they are coming with dental and vision, a vision issue. i live in to work for one of the young who's a processor named 20 new carpet holes. the appointments include 4 candidates from africa and asia. it's seen as a sign of where the roman catholic church is heading on to see was out of rainy as of the vatican, and tells us why these do important appointments are so important. in a consistory is a normal part of his duties,
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is one of the most political events any year? it seems more so this year for many reasons. first off, it was called in august not hasn't happened more than 200 years that got all the data. can watchers spreading rumors perhaps that francis might step down. he's been in poor healthy if a lot of pain and fabica, and he has even said he may step down at his help ever forces him to do so. but soon after these rumor spread, the 1st thing you had to do in the lead up to this conference with, i'm not stepping down, which he wasn't. and the 2nd thing was people start to look closer at the list of 20 names of people. he was creating his cardinal, and it showed a changing church hierarchy, more cardinal from the global south countries that have never been represented before. an italian cardinal, but serving in mongolia that countries never been represented by cardinal. we have a progressive new cardinal from san diego to clear challenge to some of the more conservative clergy there who say that certain politicians in the us shouldn't receive communion because they support portion right. you also have
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a new cardinal from pato glide. a country never represented here, so we see francis trying to push his his advisors, the cardinals to this morning, collusive style leading the church, and also from the periphery, not from these urban centers. these political centers, like italy, that still has more cardinals than any other country. ukraine says that it's exported a 1000000 tons of agricultural products so far, and we're deal brokered by the u. n. and turkey last month and estimated $20000000.00 tons of grain and food stamps had been trapped in ukraine since the russian invasion in february. keith says it aims to ship $3000000.00 tons of products in the next month. mother, she was the 1st 1000000 tons of agricultural product were exported since february 24. does a victory. by the way, 44 ships be green and agricultural products have already been sent to 15 countries
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. we have 70 more applications for the arrival of ships for loadings. the goal is to reach a volume of 3000000 tons of export by sea. every month or 203 isabel has more. now, the grain shipments from keith, what's called as the green initiative, if for many, if not the only success story of the wars with a landmark deal that happened last month between russia and ukraine, it happened with the help of turkey and the united nation. and it consists of establishing a humanitarian court or out of the black seats, the black seas. currently mine toys, excuse me, difficult to get vessels out. but there's a whole strategy in place. extremely cautious strategy base to get vessels out. so they can export ukrainian grain and take it to the rest of the world. so far over 40 vessels have been able to leave using this whole deal that's been in place is being carried for other countries, but also humanitarian aid from many countries in africa, for example,
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among other things. so as this war continue, even though here in the capital case, you can see people walking around, et cetera, in the southern eastern part of the country. there's a still a war ongoing there. so this strategy suddenly helps this country financially. and it helps the world much needed for earlier, teresa spoke to crime ins who fled to ukraine 8 years ago when the peninsula was annexed by russia on law. the members of the grey, me in touch, 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. no, 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,
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orphan children were so this in crimea were so sincere and now we see they're trying to do this. they couldn't ukraine. in the past week, there have been a few ease of attack from the cranium peninsula, even though ukraine has not acknowledged its behind them. an attack on the saki airbase destroyed 8 fighter jets from russia, black sea naval aviation. i 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 the behind the front line. press involving me to fill and he says he will fight to recover all occupied territories, including crimea. crimea tires were deported from an infant 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, in the reason,
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even though we have not from crimea, he says you need more help to win the war. ukraine is a free people. it's not like russian people. we want to live independently. we don't want to be with russia and all we need from actually worked, in contrast, it's weapon. if it had the weapon, we will, 5 till the m, the international community has repeatedly condemned the annexation of crimea. yes, ah, somebody that me let that sheila says the peninsula plays a crucial role in the conflicting ukraine vans russia. use crimea as a military base hans, her prisons, lansky as a say said her 715 sales, thrice a against ukraine from our crimea peninsula. it's a alloy doors as a, as the war goes on, but ukrainians insist their fighting for their freedom fully for crimean, thought tars, this is so, so about returning to where they belong. did he said,
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well, i'll just eat at keep conflict from dr. i've left more than $5000000.00 people in charge, desperately short of food. the government discarded a fruit emergency. the hope that other countries will deliver aid, but it's been slow to arrive. how to serious her but morgan reports north lake chard, north of the capitol, north among when amina mohammed gave birth to her daughter 2 years ago, she said the child was in good health, but a lack of sufficient food for ominous family in lake chad. north of the champion capital in jamaica has now left going to mont, malnourished. i had i been hid, though i didn't know there are so many types of food she needs, and we don't have them at harm. 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. i mean, and her family represents some of more than 5500000 people facing food shortages
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across chad. that's more than a 3rd of the population and 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, but has dried up to about a 10th of its size in the past. 50 years and the presence of the militant grew boca, her arm has cut off 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 are 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
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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 new one, 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 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 august 0 leg chad. russia has blocked the adoption of a joint declaration on the u. n. 's nuclear disarmament treaty. after a month long international conference, the review happens every 5 years dames to prevent the development of nuclear weapons. moscow objected to parts of the latest draft statement which included
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concerns about russia. seizure of europe's largest euclid power plant in ukraine. at the latest rod of un talks on finalizing a treaty to protect marine life and international waters is also ended without agreement. members have been negotiating a legally binding text for years. sticking points include the process for creating protected areas, which would cover nearly a 3rd of the planet. many nations of pushing for them to be set up by 2030. currently, just one percent of international water is protected. ah, it's good to have the ability. hello. adrian said again here in doha with the headlines on our 0, the you and in the british embassy at libya, a calling for com. after at least 11 people died and fighting between rival militias and the capital, tripoli, it's the latest threat to 2 years of relative peace out there. as malik trade up reports now from tripoli. well, at around $130.00, a. m a local time. ah,
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