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ah, an independent investigation has found that the murder of sharina avo, our clay by israeli soldiers was deliberate. the probe was jointly carried out by london based forensic architecture and al hoc, a human rights group al jazeera, provided material for the analysis. the investigation reconstructed in this video and animation studied the precise angle of the israeli sniper location of the journalist, the right of fire. and the number of bullets used. it rules out any possibility of confrontations between israeli forces and palestinian gunmen and the occupied west bank at the time sharina killing. it shows that the snipers shot for 2 minutes deliberately targeting the al jazeera journalist and anyone who tried to rescue her

. sharin was shown on the heads by israeli forces while on assignment in jeanine. and may i o marksman typically use an optical scope that is mounted on their m for assault rifles and magnifies their vision for times. this is the opening for the scope we stimulated. how shootin and the other journalists would appear from the marksman position 10900 meters away? according to the model, this is what the marksman would have seen when they began shooting. the journalists press, the vest would have been clearly visible. here and throughout the incident, we were able to verify their visibility by placing a camera with a telephoto lens at the precise position of the marksman and taking a photograph at 4 times magnification, indicating what the marksman would have seen through the scope. the journalists were clearly identifiable,

as such. we reconstructed valleys position when he was shot, and the bullet points of impact, as well as students position and the point of impact when she was shot and killed. when the marksman shot shooting, she was turned away from them with her precipice in full view. we also identified the impact of 4 shots that hit the street. the proximity of the shots confirms a professional marksman repeatedly and explicitly targeted the journalists. for let's bring in my one to shara l just here as senior political enlist. he joins us from london. thank you very much for being on the program. first of all, i guess what's your reaction to this report? just how deming is it? it's quite damaging, to be honest with you, i would have preferred that this was not the truth, but clearly the facts. a signal out that this is the truth of what happened. it's

sort of tragic, but it's not shocking. i have been saying that from the very beginning that it's very improbable to imagine a journalist with a huge sign that says i'm a press wearing a vest and a helmet to be shot right between the helmet and the vest. from far by a soldier whose hiding in an armored vehicle, this could only be a targeted killing. there is no other way to explain it other than the most incredible of an employer in probability. so it's clear that operationally speaking, these really army has given its soldiers a certain freedom to act. and as we all know, these rain in military has been radicalized over the last several decades after 50 years of occupation, young israelis,

and not so young as raise had been radicalized. in fact, a lot of the people in these really military are settlers and legal settlers who serve and he occupied very good. and a lot of those decisions. i'm not thinking of some political level, they are operational decisions, taking by someone in command of that assassination unit. so i am not shocked. and in fact, i am pretty you know, assured of what we've known all along, but it's good to have the evidence signaling more of the same undermining what we thought. all the investigation also rolled out the possibility of confrontations between israeli forces and palestinian gunman. why do you think that is significant? what i mean clearly from everything that we've seen in terms of the shots being shot, a demo of when and how in terms of the time of the day. and this is the sort of

a thing that the new york times washington post, bbc and other, cnn, and other independent networks have affirmed and confirm that what these really tried to do in the beginning was mostly lie. because they do that, you know, occupation forces tend to lie a lot in order to pool their public relation image. but we've known that under occupation, occupation forces don't to carry a lot of crimes. but i think a lot of us went along and tried to really prove what is appended to clear to a lot of us and with all sorts of independent investigators. everyone realize that these ratings basically throw their life out in order to confuse the public opinion . but what every investigation has shown independent instigation, including that of today. that is apparently very technical that it was shot by

these readings that it was con on the palestinian side. that these, that the journalist where clearly marked as journalist. and i said that it was clear that someone has really trying to target and very vulnerable little space between the head and the body between the helmet and the vest. so clearly, whether that is really the soldiers, whether he acted upon himself, whether he was ordered by his commander to shoot to kill, we don't know, but that there is a, an intentional killing of our colleague. i think there is little to no doubt about that at this point in time mowing the shower, we're going to have to leave it there. that's how our senior political analyst from london. thank you. hello, my philosophy is lead investigator on sure. in of a closed case for the research group, forensic architecture,

he also joins us from london. thank you very much for being on this news hour. can you give us a sense of just how far this investigation was? what was the scope of it? well, we've been working every day since the day that shooting was killed on the 11th of may on this to create a very precise forensic analysis of all the circumstances of this shooting how thorough it is that we are creating for the 1st time a spatial reconstruction and analysis through footage and photographic documentation of the site that transforms the site into a model that can be measurable to the millimeters. with that, with the unprecedented or unseen before footage, we can locate the precise position of the journalists, including shooting of offers. throughout the incident of the shooting at them as well as the position for the 1st time to basically tell you exactly where the

israeli occupation forces were and where they shot out of. we actually know the whole that they shot out of by, by constructing this model and positioning them throughout the space were able to ask questions about, what did the israeli soldiers see when they shot? we were able to ask questions about what was the timing of the shots. were there any others around? these are questions that were coming up, but what could not be answered without this kind of forensic analysis? and what's the difference here is that our work is can beyond the journalistic work, our work is admissible and national and international court of law. it will be used to mobilize as evidence, legal actions for the justice of shooting. so do you think that some of this could play a part in the international criminal court claim that has just gone ahead this morning? we hope that all our work,

including this one is giving evidence material and concrete evidence that hasn't been given before. our list of findings is long and thorough and precise. and we do hope and think that it will push us to, to see for ourselves what we knew all along. that there was a deliberate targeting, that they could identify them as journalists, as they were shooting that they denied shooting off their medical aid. after she had been hit and that there was no one else around that there was no cross fire that there was no fighting around. i mean, seeing this evidence. yes, we do think that it is beyond any dose of what happened here. not only of the possibility we know that israeli occupation forces shot shooting, and we have very strong evidence to say that they deliberately targeted them repeatedly as journalists that they knew they were a journalist and they repeatedly targeting them. so yes, we think that it will be a strong case for calling on further investigations. yeah,

we think is very clear what we found here and what he will have to leave it there for the lead investigator on the shearing of clay, for the research group, investigative architecture from london. thank you very much for being on the program. thank you very much. us secretary general, antonio good kerisha speaking lie for the general assembly. let's listen in now we ended up with a g. nothing, no cooperation, no dialogue, no collect the problem solving. but the reality is that we live in the world. we are the logic of corporation dialogue. is the only path forward no power or group alone can call the shots? no measure global challenge can be sol, do the coalition of the willing. we did the coalition of the world. exceed loss. was all reasonable by bliss on play, twaddle, men, dollar girl said quarles, you're more of the out. what the do do was all she one of the world must urgently

overcome divisions and act together. you know what? it starts with the core mission of the united nations. achieving and sustaining piece more. much of the world's attention remains focused on the russian invasion of ukraine. again, the war has unleashed widespread destruction where the massive violations of human rights in international humanitarian law. the latest reports on bure very all sides in is you m are extreme, you strobing. the fighting has claimed thousands of lives, millions have been displaced, billions across the world are factored. we are seeing the threat of dangerous divisions between west and south. really, the risks to global peace and security are immense, won't be, must keep working for clear in line with the united nations charter and international law. not m. m thought at the same time conflicts and humanitarian

crises are spreading. what we often far from the spotlight, you know, small, the funding gap for a global humanitarian appeal sounds heard $32000000000.00. the widest gap ever on. it will be upheaval about what's going on me at all in africa. and his son . economy is in ruins. any over half of all afghan space, extreme levels of hunger. why be why human rights, particularly the rights of women girls are being trampled. the more bold in the democratic republic of the congo armed? yeah. groups in the eastern terrorizing civilians on the on flaming regional tensions in the horn of africa and, and her said proceeded to a drought as threatening the lives and livelihoods of 22000000 people in ethiopia. fighting has resumed, underscoring the need for the party. so immediately you see societies and returned

to the peace table i in haiti, gangs are destroying the very building blocks of society in libya. divisions continue to jeopardize the country in iraq divisions or rather ongoing tensions threatens stability in israel and palestine cycles of violence under the occupation continue as prospects for peace base. our 2 state solution grow ever more distant. in myanmar, the appalling him a terrier in human rights and security situation is deteriorating by the day. in this a hell, alarming levels of insecurity and terrorist activity amidst rising humanitarian needs continue to grow in syria, more violence and hardships still prevails, withdrawn from the list goes on. meanwhile, nuclear, a saber rattling levy and threats to the safety of nuclear plants are adding to

a global instability. when we bought your local channel, the review conference of the nuclear nonproliferation treaty, nor by failed to reach consensus and a nuclear deal with iran, remains a you serve when you up yet. but there is some glimmers of hope and love nothing in yemen. nationwide trade true says fragile, but holding in columbia, the peace process is taking root. also, we need much more concerted action every were anchored in respect for international law and the protection of human rights. also, in a splintering world, we need to create mechanisms of dialogue and mediation, to heal divides. this is why i outlined elements of a new agenda for peace and my report on our common agenda. we are committed to

make the most of every diplomatic tool for the pacific settlement of disputes. we are set out in the united nations charter on negotiation or inquiry of mediation conciliation, arbitration and judicial settlement. excellence is women's leadership and participation must be front and center, and we all must, must also prioritize prevention and piece building. that means strengthening strategic foresight. anticipating flash points that could erupt into violence, and tackling emerging threats posed by cyber warfare and lethal autonomous weapons . it means also expanding the role of regional groups, soaring thing peacekeeping, intensifying discernment and non proliferation preventing encountering terrorism and ensuring accountability. and it means recognizing human rights as

pivotal for prevention, media man, my call to action on human rights. hi lo centrality of human rights, refugee and humanitarian law. in only to the really mistress of nice that human rights, either path to resolving tensions or ending conflict, and for for chain lasting piece, excellencies, that he's another battle, we must fence our suicidal war against nature. the climate crisis is the defining issue of all time and it must be the 1st priority of every government and multi level organization. and yet climate check climates is action is being put on the back burner. despite the overwhelming public support but on the world blow bow, greenhouse gas emissions needs to be slashed by 45 percent by 2030 to have any hope

of reaching net 0 emissions by 2050. and yet emissions are going gap at record levels. on course to a 14 percent increase these decades, we have a rendezvous. we've climate disasters. i recently saw it with my own eyes in pakistan. wet once said that the country is submerged by a most soon onset arts. we see everywhere, predators is a victim of scorched earth policies. the past here as broad as europe's worst feet waves, he is the middle ages, mega that out in china, the united states and beyond. fabulous talking the horn of africa. 1000000 species at 3 sc of extinction, no region is untouched, and we ain't seen nothing yet. the hot, the summers of to they may be the coolest summers of to morrow. once in a lifetime,

climates shocks may soon become once at e, at events. and in every crime at these us that we know that women and girls are the most affected, the climate crises is a case study in moral and economic injustice. the g 20 m. it's 80 percent of all greenhouse gas emissions. but the poorest and most vulnerable, those are contributed, least to the skies is our bearing. it's most brutal impacts. meanwhile, the forcing fully industry is fisting on hundreds of billions of dollars in subsidies and windfall profits. while ha, hope budgets shrink and our planet burns. excellencies reps fairly like the piece our war with the victim to fossil fuels. and it's time for an intervention when it was forcing full companies that enablers to account. and that includes the bank's private tech with the asset managers and other financial institutions that

continue to invest and then the right carbon pollution. i didn't close the massive public relations machine. the raking in billions to shield the fossil fully in the state from scrutiny. jets as they did for the tobacco industry records before. lobbyists and spin doctors have spewed harmful misinformation for full interests, need to spend less time averting that p. r. disaster and more time averting a planet that he one of course, fussing fools, cannot be shut down overnight. a just transition means leaving no personal currently behind. but the site time to put fossil for produce of investors, of the enablers on notice, polluters must pay. and so they, i'm calling all developed economies to tax the windfall profits of fossil fuel companies. those fans should be redirected in 2 ways to country suffering, loss of damage caused by the climate prizes. and 2 people struggling with rising

food and energy prices. as he words to the top $27.00, un climate conference, he neeagin's, i appeal to only the studio allies, the goals of the petty's agreements. lift your climates, ambition, listen to your people's calls for change, investing solutions that leads to sustainable economic growth. and let me point to city 1st 3 new, while energy it generates city times more jobs is already shipped by then fussing fools. and it's the best way to energy security these, they won't, prices and new industries. but developing countries needs help to make these shifts, including so international coalitions to support just energy transitions in key emerging economies. second, helping countries adepts to what's the climate shocks. but he's alias building in developing count. that is, is a smart investment in a reliable supply chain,

regional stability and r, lily migration. vast heating wescal developed countries agreed to that below the patient funding by 2025. these must the live be delivered in full as a starting points at minimum. and the patient must make up out of all climate finance and multilateral development banks. my step up and deliver measure economies are their shareholders and must make it happen. serve a blessing lawson damaged for these us this it's i time to move beyond endless discussions vulnerable counties need meaningful action. lawson damage not happening now. hurting people of the economy is now and must be addressed now starting at cop $27.00. this is a fundamental question of climate justice international solely that is the and tough. and that's the same time. we must make sure that every person,

community and nation as accessed to effective early warning systems within the next 5 years. and we must address the biodiversity guys's by making the december when bio diversity, the conference, a success. the world must agree on a post 2020 global biodiversity framework. when that sets ambitious targets to help and reverse bias by the loss, provides adequate financing and eliminates harmful subsidies that these, that are echo systems on which we all the pens. and they all words you're going to see if i efforts to finalize that international legally binding agreements to conserve and sustainable use motor and muddy the biological diversity. we must protect the ocean now and for the future excellencies. but private crises is coming on top of that every where that a one see the generation global cost of living crises unfolding to double charged

by the water. you played some 94 countries. l to 1600000000 people. many in africa face a perfect storm. economic and social fall out from the pandemic. starting food and energy prices, crashing debt burdens spilling inflation and the lack of access to finance. discuss caving cries are feeding on each other. compounding inequalities, creating devastating hardships, delaying the energy transition, and threatening global financial meltdown. social address, as he levied the mold with conflict, not found behinds. and it doesn't have to be these way. a world without the extreme poverty, long taught. hang that is not an impossible dream. it is within reach. these is bold a visage by the 20 set the agenda, the sustainable development goals. but it is not the wove we seem to have chosen

because of our collective decisions. sustainable development everywhere is at 3. so the s, the jesus issuing unless so wes, even the most fundamental goals on poverty, haggard and dedication at a going in to reverse mortar people are poor mortar people are hungry. mortar people are being denied, they'll scared and education. gender equality is going backwards and women's lives are getting worse from poverty, to choices that on sex, only productive else. to that personal security. excellencies developing count that is, are getting hit from all sides. and when he has a concerted action to they, i'm calling for the launch of unless the g c models led by the g 22 massively boost sustainable development for the developing countries. the upcoming g 2017 bali is the place those thought these sds females as 4 components. first,

multi lateral development banks, the world bank and visual counterparts must increase concessional funding to developing countries linked to investments in the sustainable development goals. and the vent themselves need more finance immediately and then they need to lift that borrowing conditions and increase that appetite for this. so the funds to reach all countries, he needs developing countries, but he was small island. developing states faced still many obstacles in accessing the finance. they need to invest in their people and their future. second, depth relief. the left service suspension initiative should be extended and enhance . but we also need an effective mechanism of depth relief for developing countries, including middle income countries in depth distress. creditors should consider that 3 that fin mechanism, such as their plan with other stations,

swaps and disk will have saved lives and livelihoods in pakistan, which is the routing not only in flood water, but in depth lending criterias will go beyond their us domestic products and include all that i mentioned, the vulnerability that affect developing countries, serves an expansion of liquidity irons, international monetary fund than major central banks to expand their liquidity facilities and currency lines immediately. and significantly special growing right, spread important role in late in enabling, developing boundaries to invest in recovery and the se, jeez, but they were advised that he would leave according to existing quotas, benefiting those who need them lists. we have been waiting for and he, a location for 19 months, and the amounts we had about armine mill, at new location of special drawing rides, must be handled differently based on justice and solely that it,

the we developing companies force i call on government to empower specialized funds like gov, be the global found than the green climate funds, g, 20 economies to them the right and expansion of these funds. as additional financing for the sd. jeez, excellencies, let me be clear. the message is theme will as i'm proposing, is essential. but it is only adding to the measures to these global financial system was created by rich countries to serve that interests. maybe that kids ago, he think spence and intentions, inequalities, it's requires deep structural reform and mighty ports on our common agenda proposes a new global do duty balance power and the resources within developed and developing countries. african countries in particular, at that, that representative in globally had solutions i o. member states will seize the opportunity to turn these ideas into concrete solutions,

including at the sabbath of the future in 2020 fort excellencies. the divergence between development developing countries with you nonsense sauce, between the privilege and the rest is becoming more dangerous by the they, it these at the roots of geopolitical tensions and lack of trust that poison every year you have global corporation from vaccines to sanctions, to traits but by acting as when we can nurture fragile shoots of hope, the hope found in climate then be sec. the v said on the walls, calling out for change and the bending better of their leaders, though farmed in young people working every they put a bet that more peaceful future. though, found the women and girls living and fighting for those skills being denied that basic human rights. the hope found so out civil society seeking ways to build more justice and equal communities and countries and the founding science and academia,

racing to stay hair, the deadly diseases. and then the corporate 19 pandemic. the hope formed in humanitarian needles rushing to the live a life saving gaze around the world. united nation stands with them all. we know lofty ideals must be made the veal in people's lives. so let's develop government solutions. the common problems grounded in goodwill faster than the rides shared by every human being. let's work as well. a coalition of the wolves as united nations . thank you. that it was you in secretary general antonia gutierrez, who in his remarks are ward of an upcoming winter of discontent. and also said that the world is gridlocked and colossal global dysfunction. but there is hope. well, al, diplomatic, it is a james barry's as life for us at the united nations. james, plenty there for the general assembly to try and tackle

yes, i'll be listening to the 2nd general speeches every year. and i'm afraid they get bleak oblique. he has been raising many of these issues repeatedly, but he's not getting the action he wants. you didn't have the very beginning of the speech. we came to the few moments late. so let me just read the words which i think really sums up the tone. our world is in big trouble, divides the growing deeper inequality is a growing, wider challenges are spreading far so really very, very bleak picture. and on top of what we've heard in recent years, from sector general, you've got one new factor, a massive new factor, which is the war in ukraine. a war on european soil, a war involving a permanent member of the un security council and a war that's having a far reaching effects with the global food crisis. he listed off all the conflicts around the world, and it was a huge list of kind of some,

the democratic republic of congo, haiti, the whole of africa, libya, iraq, israel palestine, me on my list, a hail syria. he could only point to that speech, the 2 places where he said things were getting a little better. one is still a pretty grim situation with people, yemen. yes, there's a project truth, but life is very hard. and the other was the peace process in columbia. no real solutions offered for those complex. he simply said they couldn't be a coalition of the willing. you have to be a coalition of the world. but when it comes to the financial aspects of the climate aspects there, he did have some positive recommendations, some solutions to offer to be booked on climate. certainly he said it was all suicidal war against nature. he said the world was in a rendezvous with climate change. he'd seen it up close very recently when he did pockets on the 3rd of the country, he said was under water as the result of a monsoon on steroids. what he says is the solution. well,

he says the lead needs to be done by the g 20, or they'll be meeting in bali in november. he says they need to take the lead on this, or they need to fix the d structural problems in the global financial system. otherwise, there will be social unrest and conflict coming our way. a very tough speech from the secretary general, but ending with the possibilities and talk of hope. james bay's our diplomatic editor at the you in thank you very much. her a can. fiona has gained strength as it continues to rip through the caribbean. the stormers lashing the region with heavy rains. packing winds of up to 185 kilometers per hour. at least 2 people have died in the dominican republic and guadalupe. it's caused widespread damage and knocked out power. and puerto rico, or manual or apollo jones, we live from lawyers are immune disability that's been badly affected by flooding.

but what, what is it like there now has, are the worst of it past where he says of where we are right now. we are in the community of the municipality of the reason. this is the eastern part of the island of puerto rico, flood waters from hurricane few and have begun to subside. but as you can see behind me, there is still water on the doorsteps of many of the residents of this community. some of the worst flooding that we've heard reported has occurred in the southern part of the island of puerto rico. were rivers and streams spilled. their banks causing damage to roads and causing collapses of bridges, cutting out power for thousands of residents. there are still many, many people here on the island that don't have electricity that don't have running water authorities or working to quickly restore power to the whole island to restore running water, to people across puerto rico in terms of loss of life. local news outlets here in puerto rico have been reporting at least 3 people that died as a result of this,

of this storm. and today happens to be september 20th, happens to be the 5th anniversary of hurricane medea, which devastated puerto rico in 2017, killing almost 3000 people. many of the people that we've spoken to today have told us that this hurricane hurricane fiona, caught them by surprise. but there is also this sort of general sense of relief that this hurricane was not of the same scale. if you look around us. yes, there are still flood waters. yes, there are still people outside cleaning their front porches, but it is nowhere near at the scale that was seen in 2017. we also have heard from the us national hurricane center that says that hurricane view and it continues to move northward, very slowly, bringing heavy rain and wind to the dominican republic to the islands of turks in keiko's. there are tropical storm warnings issued for the bahamas. the hurricane center, the united states is also said that the, as the storm continues to move north, north east, it is expected to continue to gather strength,

though it does not pose any threat to the us mainland. what sort of help poor people getting what, what do they need right now? right now we're seeing more than anything people calling for power to, to be restored. many of the people that we've spoken to say that they are either without power or facing shortages on and off. the power comes on and off we have to sort of emphasize that the power grid here in puerto rico was severely damaged even before the storm hit. so they were already rolling outages across the island, even in, in just the days ahead of the hurricane hitting the power grid here in puerto rico was struggling to cope. so right now what people are hoping for is that emergency crews and, and authorities will continue to work to restore power and restore running water. you can sort of imagine that many indignities that people sort of have to face when they're left without power. that's what we're seeing more than anything,

but in terms of, again, the scale of the devastation that we've seen in 2017, we're near as bad as it was then in terms of loss of life, specifically, we know that at least 3 people have been reported killed during that storm, but there again, it's just this general sense of relief. people say that this storm but did catch them off guard so many people were simply not prepared. but at the moment they just want the power to come back on them. well, the polar in puerto rico for us, thank you very much. at least 2 people have died after a magnitude 7.6. earthquake struck off the coast of width and mexico. buildings and infrastructure were damaged in the city of mon zillow, on the pacific coast. for many years brought back memories of to deadly quakes that happened on exactly the same date in 2017 and in 1985 there is a ukrainian counter offensive continues to gain momentum and retake territory in

the northeast of the country. moscow now says that referendums to join russia will be held by separatists administrations in the loo hancock and on it. scroggins were below 2 last night, the civic chambers of the done yet, and landscape people's republics. appeal to the hedge of these territories in order to immediately hold referendums on joining the russian federation. given the current situation, there simply can't be any other solution. and referendums will definitely take place. the leaderships of the d, p r, and lp are already taking the necessary steps to join forces. local officials from both her san ems operations regions have also announced i'll pursue referendums. let's go live to gabriel, elizondo and cave. gabriel. what more can you tell us about these a potential referendums? well, it came as a surprise, that's number one and it appears to be hastily analyses. who will,

referendums apparently will run from a september 23rd to september 27th to the voting. would start 3 days from now on friday. this was announced by local russia, imposed officials in all 4 of these regions. wheaton, it's important also point out that we are still awaiting official confirmation from the kremlin and from vladimir putin himself. ultimately, he is the decider on the sort of things and we expect to hear potentially from poo, confirming this within the next few hours, maybe even tomorrow. but it does appear that this is the being pushed by moscow and that day he's referendums will go forward. but it's certainly very interesting because in don't ask for example, and zappa asia, 2 of the 2 of the regions where is a boat is apparently going to happen. i russia doesn't even control those entire

areas yet. they only control about 50 percent of each. so a lot of people here and keep, are viewing this kind of rolling their eyes, if you will. it's viewed here as a desperate move, perhaps by russia and the foreign minister of ukraine actually sent out a tweet. responding to this, he said, in his words, sham referendums by russia will not change anything. russia has been and remains the aggressor illegally occupying parts of ukrainian land. and we will keep liberating that land no matter what russia has to say. so clearly will be watching this closely because clearly, if these are boats go forward, it is the 1st step in potential annexation of these ukranian lands to russia. no matter what happens is certainly potentially could change the trajectory of this war. it certainly could these referendums even legal

well, russia says they are russia claims that what they are doing is just allowing people to decide for themselves if they want to be part of rush or not. and they say they're just protecting people that are persecuted in these areas. they claim because of their russian language speakers. that's russia side, but the international community will almost, you know, you know, unanimously say that this is not legal holding a referendum that would lead to annexation in the current conditions right now. do not conform to under 2, universally accepted rules of international law. for 2 reasons, number one is because it's being held. these are printers being held under, forced by russia, russian military there. and number 2, because of that, the people voting camp both freely and fairly. and there is no international impartial observers either given all that most international lawyers that study

this will say, absolutely there's very little legal basis to make this conform with international law. gabriel ellison die for us love and keith. thank you very much. are you a secretary of state anthony blinking has met with foreign ministers from armenia and as a by sean, in an effort to maintain the fragile seas far between the 2 countries. a recent escalation and fighting between the 2 killed more than 200 soldiers. from as i shot truck, charles stratford reports from a town on the front line in 2020. when the armenian army fled, missouri, offensive aimed at ending the 30 year occupation of its land, it left mine feels stretches powers. the i can see the route to the disputed, mainly, ethnically, armenian, and self declared republic of the corner. kara back takes you along what a series call victory road. the government is spending billions of petra dollars on

infrastructure projects including roads, tunnels, and mountain irrigation schemes. the route leads to the front line town of shooter, which as a by john also retook 2 years ago. much of what used to be an important cultural capital still lies in ruins. the renovation of mosques and centuries, all homes where poets, musicians, scientists and traders once lived is on going. but no civilians have returned yet only the army and construction workers are here for now. a crucifix on a hilltop marks armenian positions close by the city. you can see there is what the armenians call stepan occur now. we as varies, call it something else. it is the largest city in the self declared republic of the go, no carrier back, a republic that not

a single country in the world recognizes it is connected. if you pan down here, you'll see a road that is known as the latch in corridor. it's 38 kilometers long, and it connects sta, panica with armenia. now there are occasional skirmishes in this area. the latch in cordele remains one of the big flesh points in these decades long conflict armenian army trucks had towards the city, which is series called fun. kennedy, meaning village of the con russian peacekeepers keep the 2 sides apart. moscow is often accused of being biased towards armenia, but it sells weapons to both sides. russia is the guarantor of the november 2020 cease fire agreement, which was tested recently when bought a fight and killed more than 200 soldiers from both sides. it would have many of

live everything in your eyes, zeile hassan of that point to what he says or armenian settlements across the contact line was challenging issue. of course the presence of the military or paramilitary groups in i could pay territories based on that november agreement. or they had to leave, but to our understanding they're, they're, the u. s. blames azerbaijan for starting the recent fighting back, who denies the accusation, calling it unjustified, and a blow to a peace efforts. analysts say, russia's relationship with azerbaijan is increasingly complex. the more moscow suffers sanctions for the war in ukraine, russia as both a partner and a competitor with as a badger, their competitor for trade routes, trade routes east to west russian needs as a by john as a trade route. north south, a, maintain a hand in azerbaijan, politics by performing those peacekeeping rules with armenia, if the armenian catholic were entirely resolved, russia wouldn't have that come to play. the old says until recently,

the world had forgotten. as a boy, john's right to full control of its territory, he hopes, peaceful means, can secure that dream. chance stratford al jazeera, schoo sher, as of a john the u ins. children's agency says 11 children were killed in an air strike by mean mars military. the attack happened on a school in the north west. the military says it was targeting rebels, hiding in the area. the schools administrator says after the initial strike around 80 soldiers entered the school, which is in a buddhist monastery. what's known as tennessee is anti terrorism. police has detained senior opposition, politician and former prime minister ali lauer yet. louder yet, and another party leader rashid gucci were initially brought in for questioning. on monday, a party official says the 2 men are accused of sending fighters to syria. so the

african police and prisons civil rights union is taken to the streets of pretoria to demand higher wages. stuff already rejected. the government's offer of a 3 percent increase. inflation in south africa is over 7 percent. a 13 year high. a u. s. judge has ordered the release of a man whose conviction from motoring his ex girlfriend, inspired one of the most popular podcasts of all time, had none. so use case was the subject of the true crime podcast serial. it revealed flores in the police investigation. that side may still face prosecution. she returns the report on the sand was free from a baltimore court house, wearing a gps monitor was conviction for murdering his ex girlfriend has been overturned. he is still under suspicion for the crime over the judge agreed with prosecutors that they were serious questions about the integrity of the trial which led to him

being jailed for the past 23 years were not yet declaring, not yet declaring ad not said is innocent but we are declaring that in the interest of fairness and justice, he is entitled to a new trial. the conviction grew worldwide attention as a result of the pilot in crime called coast serial. the 1st we got airing in 2014. each episode meticulously recounted the details of the case, as well as inconsistencies in the investigation. now, authorities admit that even as they prosecuted, sire, it was known that they were 2 alternative suspects that were not disclosed. and they accepted key cell phone location data uses evidence was flawed. but the family of hyman li, who was 18 years old when she was strangled and buried in a park, say they've been blindsided by science release. they say the state conducted the appeal without sufficiently consulting them. they want the truth to come out of it . the truth is that somebody else kills her sister daughter,

and they want know that more than anybody, they were shut out of a legal process. but the court and the state attorney's office, and there was, it was inexcusable question being of would prosecutors of reexamined the case without the podcast, whatever the outcome of this case, it has the very least reveals yet another example of prosecutorial misconduct. and it raises the question once again of how many others are serving jail time in the us, based on flawed convictions, she ever can see al jazeera steve kelly is a partner in sanford. hi la and shop who represents the family of hayman lee. he joins us live from baltimore and maryland. thank you very much for being on this news out. what we heard you in that stories here just have disappointed, are you with the way that this has been handled by the court and the prosecution. more importantly than me, my clients are beside themselves. you know, they feel that they are reasonable. people are good people. they've cooperated with

prosecutors all along and they were really, really mistreated in the way that this was handled and more than anything. you know, that's where that's what it's thinking and that's what sticking out this morning for them. they're very rare, very distraught. and i'm ashamed as a lawyer that i couldn't do more to, to help make his voice heard. you know, because that's my job. and the legal system allows for alan between, you know, the defendant tried from the victim's rights, victims have important interests and this family is voice was not heard. and that's all they wanted. they wanted to information and then they wanted their perspective to be heard. do you feel like this was just turned into a one big huge media circus? i absolutely do. and you know, so i was retained by the lead family on late on sunday afternoon. believe family

learned of the hearing on the motion to vacate and late on friday afternoon. i went into court basically working with my team overnight to get a motion prepared, asking for a 7 day extension to allow the brother of hey to come from los angeles to baltimore, to learn more about emotion. and to really be able to give his perspective in court, the judge and the prosecutor and the defense all shut that down. and, you know, not coincidentally, they had a joint press conference scheduled with all the media outside. and it was pretty clear to me that you know, when we're talking about the interest of the victim's family, that that was not adequately wait because any reasonable court looking at this situation was granted 7 days. okay, just so you know, beyond my comprehension in just briefly, what happens now?

well, you know, the victims have a right to appeal whether they're going to do it. they haven't decided we haven't even discussed. they're not in an emotional position to decide what they're going to do, but they have the right to appeal the bank a church to appeal the accord. setting aside of the verdict based on the failure of the court and the state attorney's office to allow them to meaningfully participate in the process. and what could happen in what had happened before is that the marilyn higher court could force the court to redo the baketer hearing and the foreign proper notice to the victims and allow the victims an opportunity to be heard in meaningful way. thank you very much. that is steve kelly, life from baltimore, maryland. thank you for having me. well, some of the world's most powerful leaders joined britain's royal family to say

farewell to queen elizabeth. the 2nd hundreds of thousands of people packed the streets of london to catch a glimpse of the funeral procession. harry for such reports in solemn silence, the queen's coffin was borne from westminster hall the onto the gun carriage pulled by sailors and tradition, begun with a funeral of queen victoria. ah, on the coffin, a distillation very public. yet every person was in the mornings crown, old and set to besides favorite flowers chosen by the king and a hand written. his mother. in charles followed the coffin and that his family on the short journey to westminster abbey. oh, i don't towards the altar. late queen's children and grandchildren accompanied now are their spouses and her great grandchild george and charlotte. we gather from

across the nation from the commonwealth and from the nations of the world. some 500 foreign dignitaries were in the abbey to mark this moment, including the queen's 14th us president and 15th british prime minister, whom she invited to form a government just 2 days before her death. ah, but above the politics she'd been created if the service should fall most on her constant christian faith. teach it the favorite him. the lord is my shepherd. service in life. hope in death. all who follows the queen's example and inspiration of trust and faith in god can with her say we will meet again. ah,

the last 2 minutes sons observed across the country before the queen's piper broke. this state close to 4 days. the people have been a spectacle as they queued and file past the queen's coffin. now they were still witnessing an extraordinary spectacle and spool before them a parade of hundreds of service men and women from the u. k. in the commonwealth. over the course of 70 years, queen elizabeth the 2nd came to embody the idea of monarchy in this country, a symbol and a person woven into the fabric of daily life. for those here now on the streets outside, buckingham palace, a last chance to say goodbye, transferred to the state, hers the coffins. progress slowed again as it neared when to cancel. so long. the

meticulous planning. this was a day of undeniable beauty of images, grand and intimate in science and ga chapel. the service of committal british history separated into royal ages, the jacket b, in the george and the victorian each defining a particular time a particular society. the merciful goodness of the lord and jury for ever and ever . the 2nd elizabethan age was so long and so such change it seems to defy that kind of definition. it is now, though ended the queen load into the royal vault. ah, days ago he would have some mis anthem. now it's sung for him. later away from the cameras would come the final burial service closest family lane to rest. the matriarch alongside her husband, r equals 0 london, a for hard been mohammed to allah. here is katara and bessie to,

to the united kingdom. he attended mondays, state funeral service. he tells us about his experience, what a privilege to be part of the ceremony yesterday, john, emergency, the queen for her service, for the da cation 70 years of raining, a in the service was beautiful. by all means, i mean there is no was a can describe how things went in a very smooth, an orderly manner for the everything seems to have been the plan and all with her majesty's input. and obviously it was a moving moment for me. me to be representing my country in this occasion. it was a huge on a privilege that said for this news hour, but i will be back in a moment with more of the day's news of next. ah,

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