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ah, with this is a region that is rapidly developing, but it's one also that is afflicted by conflict. political up see war. we'd try to balance the stories, the good, the bad, the abby, and he's the people who allow us into their lives, dignity into money. see asked me to tell their story ah. ready ukraine begins, examine bodies from a mass burial site discovered in a town recently we captured from russian forces.
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ah, hello, i'm emily. angry. this is al jazeera alive from jo house are coming up, a shaky cease fire between kurdistan and jacob. dan appears to break down after days of fighting on the border. 5 hold ups in a single day, desperate customers in lebanon demand banks give them their own money. and is charles takes the british throne. some say the country would be better off as a republic. ah, we begin in ukraine, where officials are investigating what they say are the bodies of hundreds of civilians discovered in massive burial sites in the northeastern city of indium. the city is in their car cave region ukrainian troops. we took it from russian
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forces earlier this month. the bodies are to be exempt for forensic examination. president, the letter means the lensky says, legal proceedings and now underway. or abdul hamid visited is you earlier on friday and a wanting some viewers may find images in this story. disturbing. we did go to the forest where b r o to things mars burials are hundreds of graves with crosser wouldn't crosses on top of them. sub with name, so live bait of ever date of death of the person, but some just marked with numbers unknown people. one of the ukraine is a resident of is jim, who was there actually told us that the russian soldiers were asking for money to bury the bodies. and that those who didn't well, they didn't get the recognition of who was on that cross. but that is very difficult for us to confirm what i can tell you that next to that they were digging
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out bodies for mass graves were wild detroit that we were there about 2 hours about 17 bodies were taken out of one place, a grim site of most of them were soldiers, on some of them had their faces blown up, others were emaciated. they were certainly, as signs of quite deep wounds and gaping holes in their bodies. now we did speak to the forensic experts and investigators who were on the site there that the moment basically exuding every single body that is buried in the marked braves. and then they're also looking around the entire forest to find if there are more or mass graves, wherever you, you walk around there that just holds after holds excavation ongoing. ah, well, they said as a senior ukrainian official said it was some of the prosecutors there said that
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they did. they did find civilians with signs of torture. they didn't say how much and how wide spread that was. but these are the early hours, really the very early stages of still exhibit the bodies before even taking a proper look at those bodies. or they did say that they expected to find more of the sim as sites like that in other places around israel. that according to the testimony of the people who there have got, have come up to them to speak to them to give them information as they sign between care gustavo and to jacob. stan has reportedly been violated just hours after meeting between the ladies on friday. both countries accuse each other of carrying out attacks on tans along the border. at least 3 people have been killed since the fighting bar cache on wednesday. these are just latest in use of clash is between kurdistan and her. she could stand, they share border, that's hundreds of kilometers long,
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but almost half is still waiting to be officially demarcated. since the 2 countries gained independence from the soviet union back in 991. there are also $210.00, ex claims within co. this done, population growth, water scarcity, and increasing demand for grazing land has only added to the tension. and those, along with the conflict in ukraine, overshadowed the summit of the shanghai cooperation organization in those back is done. the presidents of coke as don energy has done with. busy along with other regional leaders, including russia and china welsh. so sada is there. while the shank corporation organization summit was still on the way in the actual city of cement, continues becky stan, early on friday. the reports regarding the clashes between tajikistan and could, you can just came in just 2 countries got engaged into a wide range of conflicts alongside to do a 950 kilometers board there. so well, this was happening. the prism of these 2 companies were here attending the summit,
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and the diplomatic force had been emitted the initiator to paved way before a meeting between these 2 leaders, they met and agreed on a cease fire. however, just hours after the sci fi was announced, now the reports are coming in and saying that the sci fi is already violated and the crashes are still ongoing. lossy of these 2 countries got engaged into almost and all of the war, tons of people were killed and injured. and the fear here now is that if this conflict is not contained and the sci fi doesn't hold, then these 2 countries could be dragged into a wider conflict. on the other hand, while this is did, said the chunk guy, cooperation organization summit is being concluded here through the last 2 days. we have seen important several important bilateral meetings between the president of russia. let me put in a chinese leader teaching pink prison at dawn, or turkey and the indian prime minister there under moody. and the iranian prize with president abraham received 2 of his meetings. russia was focusing on more at
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get his support for his war in ukraine asset in would get an oil to the related countries and china iran on that. and we're trying to strengthen these ties with the regional countries in this part of the world. shonda corporation organization summit is the largest corporation in the world. and now when you run about to become the nearest permanent member and bella luce in line, it even wants to further expand. however, the disputes between the member states showed that this corporation is still far away from being a united front also on the minds of those ladies meeting is back as donna clashes between another 2 former soviet states mania. and as by john, russia's president has held a phone conversation with manias, prime minister, to discuss this week's conflict between the 2 nations. more than 180 soldiers, most of them armenian, have been killed. a russian lead security organization has sent a fact finding team to
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a mania after each government requested help. tourney chang has more from the southern armenian city of germany, which was targeted by azerbaijani shelling this week. this is some of the shrapnel damage the armenians say hit when a barrows tillery another text started on tuesday night, locals that told us it continued even into yesterday. that hasn't been any today, but we're here on a tour which is been organized by the army and the ministry of foreign affairs. to bring foreign investors here and military attacks shows. they want to put their side to the argument and claim the moral high ground. the high ground, which they say was a completely unprovoked and unexpected attack. you can see here there's quite a lot of military mobilization hit, regular armenian army, but also local to taken up, defend their town. here we are in the town of jo, most popular tourist resorts now essentially deserted since the attack started.
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we've also been told by johnny troops in could into armenian terrace as much as 7.5 kilometers. and the chief of staff told us this still positions of these hills 4.5 kilometers away, where they are still holding on to territory. let's say a little they say in a couple of days, they'll be able to force them back to the border. 12 kilometers away. and child stratford is in the as a by chinese town of chain low with more on clashes there. the situation in this area remains calm. we've spoken to the foreign ministry. the azeri government saying that the ceasefire seems to be holding. they are also saying though, that they have offered what they describe as a safe passage to armenian soldiers. they still say are operating in areas like these. there's been no mention of any deadline or as to what would happen if those
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are legit armenian soldiers do not go back into armenian territory. armenia positions are very close to here on the mountain that you can see across the lake. here on the top of it, there are russian peacekeepers operating some of the 2000 or so russian peacekeepers, operational in this area. the military here say that armenian positions are literally only half a kilometer. on the other side of that mountain. a group of men, a building, a tourist information center, very few as areas have visited this area of the last 30 years. now they have let, i'm going to go. as i was in house is always, we want peace and we are working under construction of land. we got back these buildings are destroyed 3 decades ago. we have many nationalities living in azerbaijan, and we don't have this problem with them. we just want our land back. there are hundreds of deserted villages destroyed like this one across this region. and as we
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heard, people are desperate to come back and start rebuilding their lives. the military say that even before this most recent escalation on sundays, they were hearing shells. they say armenian shells, landing $7.00 to $8.00 times each day. this recent escalation only fuels distrust on both sides. chance travel al jazeera che, law as a by john at least 5 armed rides have been carried out on banks in lebanon on friday. many of the hold ups were by desperate people demanding access to their own money. and to santa ha, to reports from bay, wrote the incidents could continue. a series of bank holdups across lebanon in just a few hours, a depositors armed and demanding their money. they've been locked out of their account since the financial crisis began in late 2019. in most
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cases, they were able to get some of their funds. the means, every time i go to the bank, i'm your mailing agent. they give me a little amount of my money as if i my becca, don't i have money, but i look like a poor man. we can't buy medicine. oh, the raids on friday followed to on wednesday. activists are promising more to come . i ha, we have right and did euro lucian buy depositors who support any depositor who wants to claim his right. banks won't be able to work on to the trap. savings are released. politicians, many of them bankers have failed to address the financial collapse. instead, banks announced the 3 day closure next week over mounting security concerns. didn't know they didn't found a committee to solve this situation. the banks, the banks are saying that they really close 3 days. i'm telling them that at the
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ford they, when they will open, they will face hundreds of deposit. those are the branches. so far, incidents have ended peacefully with those involved only briefly detained. there's chaos across the lebanese capital and fears. the situation will only get worse if politicians fail to improve living conditions. the economy began to collapse 3 years ago and many say they can no longer cope. the currency has collapsed. unemployment is rising, state service are almost nonexistent. the counter is heading to head. we are so tired, i had to leave my house because there is no electricity and water. i have no money . everyone's asking for dollars, but i don't have dollars have mercy on us. there's little holding the country together, and lebanon stability is at risk. then they're just ada beirut. hi, co wyman is 11 on project director at the international crisis group. it says the
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government has wasted most of the money that could have helped the country out of the crisis. 2 and a half years ago, there was a recovery plan back then they still had something like $30000000000.00 in the central bank. something could have been done with that money and steps. the plan was shut down by acquisition of banking interest to didn't like the plan and didn't like that they were supposed to pay up for their shelf to disaster. now most of that money is gone. i, we shouldn't be as then i said, there's no budget for this year. this tells us something, i think we're still miles away from an agreement with the m f. and that is really the gate they have to go through. have to come to the end of the i'm. there are preconditions 8 of them. i think 3 and a half of them have been same. i fulfilled the math is i met you in town again in a few days. i'm not sure they're going to be happy with what they're saying. still ahead on al jazeera, another day of quiet reflection as thousands of mourners pay their final respects
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to queen elizabeth and u. s. republicans accused of using paypal as political pawns, after nearly a 100 migrants were dropped in front of the vice president's house in washington, dc. ah, now the winds have picked up down the gulf does not much in the sky to see class going across the black sea in something talk is this another line here in the arabian sea and slower still catching the edge of the monsoon, which means it's cloudy, and drizzly. this has been a dusty breeze, then you just get the idea that brown. so the air a little bit dirtier than usual, but temperatures come down with the breeze. baghdad, about 41. whereabouts 30 on the coast of the east mediterranean. the same is truth in the north of egypt as well. you won't see much difference between saturday and
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sunday, except this wind will probably become lighter. consequently, queue weight is warmer and that all the rain is further says as it usually is, of course. but north of the tropics in africa, and right up towards the north and nigeria, chad and sudan. it looks fairly wet. you'll notice areas are darker than others. and these, it turned to clumps, move slowly, westwood, through nigerian particulars this latest one. and eventually go offshore through western africa and become potential hurricane. but if you're not in that area, you're probably enjoying dry weather. in southern africa, dry becomes hot. joe berg up to about 29 degrees. but along the cape from the west to the east is looking increasingly wet. ah, ah,
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[000:00:00;00] a lou. ah ah. hello, you're watching al jazeera, i'm emily angland. he's a reminder of your top stories this. our officials in ukraine are investigating what they say are the bodies of hundreds of civilians discovered
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a mass burial sites. in the recently liberated city of him, they were found days after ukraine retook the city from merchant forces a sci fi between kurdistan and had she could stand, has reportedly been violated just hours after a meeting between their leaders on friday. at least 2 people have been killed since fighting broke out on wednesday. and 5 armed holdups had been carried out on banks across lebanon, on friday, mostly by people demanding access to their own money. banks will close for 3 days next week because it's security. ah, to london, now we're world camp. ambassador david beckham has joined hundreds of thousands of people paying their respects to queen elizabeth the 2nd. the former england for bo captain waited around 12 hours in
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a long period to see the monarch lying in state at westminster hall. oh, i'd have it in my life and something like it. so, you know, we've been here worry. pringle with lemons. yeah, we're examining. having companies look as good live now to alan fisher who's standing by for us just outside at the que allen. we just heard from back him there . who else have you been speaking? so one of their been telling you about why they're prepared to wait so long to say good bye to the queen. well, this is a real cross section of london's global population. there have been filing past here over the last few hours. the good news is they have reopened the line, so if you want to join, you can go to southern park about
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a kilometer away from here and join. the bad news is if you join the line, it's going to take somewhere around 24 hours to make your way to westminster hall. come with me and me a gentleman by the name of steven hughes as you can see by his cap. his a former paratrooper stephen, you've been in the line for quite a while. no yet. what does the queen mean to you? she was everything. she was my boss for 36 years. so man, boy, of, of all of the fall of no, no errors. my boss did you ever meter j america? latanya? tell his brother i was on there. and emma forces straits. my at i so met prince charles as well. so not as was then. now king general thing charles. yeah, i think everyone's doing. ha ha ha ha ha. ha. ha ha math both luna. and how long have you been in the line? i got off the train to possible than a gag cab ride from victoria station to so the park and then joan
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a few there through you have been in line for 4 o'clock this morning rather him left than i thought his you've been in line for a couple of hours. yeah. you might have another 20 to go. it's okay. and she is worth it. it is worth it. you go everything you need there. yeah, i've got a cold night. yeah. and i can see you're wearing your metals as well. clearly. you're very proud of being british proud of serving in the armed forces and proud of the queen. oh yeah. i mean, she was everything to the our forces she is on. kellen chief was bizarre boss. so preserve, i know you gave up your place in the line to come speak to. so thank you very much . i appreciate that. and i'll let you jump back in a few of these lovely people will let you take your place back in the life. thanks for joining us. i and stevens just one of the stories that with we've heard so much about people from all over the world are, are coming here. and they don't seem to mind that it's going to be very cold here in london this evening. now the sun's going down, we can feel the temperatures drop clear skies, which means it is going to be very chilly. at some people lamenting their,
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their shoe choice. i spoke to a woman who was walking in heels and she's got a long way to go in and she'd wish she'd put on a trainers. but you can see that people are determined to be a part of history of the the think somewhere in the region of $350000.00 people that will file past in westminster hall and pay the final respects to the late queen. sent me painting the picture for a thank you very much. alan fish alive for us in london. something o celebration though, since king charles the 3rd became britons, monarch, sam had been making their republican views, known by protesting. a backer explains from london. while king charles was addressing both houses of parliament for the 1st time on monday barrister pull pow's land was outside brandishing a blank mason paper. when he was approached by a police officer, i was hold of a blank sign. why? you asked? why did you say to me to watch the horn? it is. yeah, i think my salesman, right. no my came on
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a sign that the officer can be heard threatening to arrest him if he wrote not my king. well, the paper. so why had a sign with nothing on it to make a point about i'm lack of freedom of expression. the key thing we had that day was charles coming to paula, meant to say, i am king, i'm and if it to be your my subjects and i'm taking power. i think it's perfectly valid to someone who at, he's allegedly taking power over to say, well, i disagree with that, shall he politely, very, very politely, disagree with it. despite the exchange, the protest went to head, sparking a national debate over freedom of speech and prompting a re evaluation of policing around the funeral. we know some people want to protest on a range of issues during this time of national morning, said the police chiefs, council, and officers must balance these rights against those who wish to grieve and reflect policing at a time of huge public emotion was never going to be easy, the british royalty aunt behind armor plated glass,
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the crowds are vetted or bag checked. but in recent days, the democratic right to protest, the assertion of an unelected head of state, has been met with surprising force. a 22 year old man would charge for heckling prince andrew during the funeral procession in edinburgh. the prince has been embroiled in sexual abuse allegations. he was dragged to the ground by bystanders that arrested and charged with breach of the peace. 2 other scottish protests were arrested for holding up signs denouncing imperialism. republicans and civil liberties groups say police ship attack the right to protest as much as the event itself. as we've done prepare coordination, which would be sometime in the middle of and 2023. we will be staging a wide range of events, including protests and we will be protesting at the coronation, because the coronation is a political moment where we are told to be in a democracy, not participants,
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but taxes. the value that we should hold dear is the fact that protest isn't a gift. it's a fundamental rights and no one has the right to tell you where, when or how you protest. that's all integral to the fact that we can express dissent and express our views at their moments that we so chaise. when king charles address lawmakers here at westminster hall, he vowed to uphold the fragile and precious principles of britain's constitutional democracy. the right to stage a protest without fear of being arrested or restrained. the right to disagree, even the right to offend rights some feel this royal event have rapidly eroded. leap walker al jazeera london to the us now where republican governors have escalated their campaign against the biden administration. border and immigration policies. migrants have been sent on slides and buses from southern states and dropped off in washington dc and in the affluent massachusetts resort of martha's vineyard,
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with no preparations for their arrival. how did your castro reports there people made haunts children clutching plastic bags. men and women who cross a continent to flee poverty and violence now being used as political tools, dirt on a meet, i assume a lift finished whaler. on august 18th, i passed through the jungle. i spent 6 days there. it was a tough experience, something unforgettable. so many people did and the jungle bus is sent by the state of texas. dumped these 101 asylum seekers at the side of the road in front of the residence of vice president comalla harris aid worker. say a baby arrived injured in a man with diabetes was rushed to the hospital after his insulin went bad on the 40 hour bus ride. republican governors interfering in that process in using migrants as political ponds is a, is shameful,
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is reckless and just plain wrong. a day earlier, 50 asylum seekers had been flown to martha's vineyard, massachusetts, the vacation town popular with washington's elites, was given little notice to prepare, volunteers quickly mobilized, finding them food and shelter. it's manipulating people who are in very dire circumstances. no purely for political gain. florida governor rhonda santas took credit for the flights part of a coordinated effort among republican governors to send migrants to democrat lead cities. some have declared states of disaster to hasten aid to the migrants. and all those people in dc and new york were beating their chests. when trump was president, saying they were so proud to be sanctuary. jurisdictions saying how bad it was to have a secure border, the minute even a small fraction of what those border towns deal with every day is brought to their front door. they all of
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a sudden go berserk and they're so upset that this is happening and it just shows you, you know, their virtue signaling as a fraud. at the southern border, us agents encountered about 200000 migrants in july, down from may's peak and slightly lower than this time. last year. greater numbers of asylum seekers are arriving from cuba, nicaragua, and venezuela forgiveness alive alif, italian. it's not just me, but thousands of venezuelans who look for ways out of the country in search of the future more than anything, to be honest. so our families can eat 3 good meals a day, not to be made political pawns in the u. s. heidi joe castro al jazeera washington, china has reported faster than expected growth in factory output and weight al sales. that economists are reluctant to call it a full recovery as something property market and strict code that 19 measures could still drag the economy down. as patrick fuck reports from beijing,
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while the lots of encouraging signs indicating there is some momentum to china's economic recovery, you'd have to say lots of surprises across the board as well. with retail sales, industrial output and fixed asset investment data, all comfortably beating forecasters estimates that retail sales growth of 5.4 percent for august year on year was really a bright spot. particularly taking into consideration the disruption to consumer activity with lots of people shying away from going out because of strict cobra curbs. notably there was a significant rise in food and catering sales, helping to drive that number. so people not going out, but they are fill ordering in plenty via delivery apps and so on and so forth. but despite the overall positive data, officials express caution about the outlook denila short article since the beginning of the year due to multiple factors such as the bent image can changes in the external environment. the recovery is to mr. amount has been relatively slow
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compared with the recovery of production. and the problem of insufficient demand is still prominent with alt and the overwhelming reason for that uncertain domestic recovery his coven restrictions. there were still tens of millions of people across the country under at least partial locked than the tight curves in the run up to the con. the haughty congress don't bode well for september. data tourism in particular has been decimated and the other big threat to the economy is the ongoing housing crisis with over leverage developers defaulting and halting on construction projects and owners intern boycotting mortgage payments. home prices fell for a 12th straight month in august, undermining the competence of chinese households who hold much their wealth in real estate. the un, his house, its annual appease ceremony, new york to mac weld, pasting. m. any

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