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immediate end to the cost. ah, it's great to have you with us today. i'm several than yeah, you're watching al jazeera live from doha. also coming up in the show, an independent investigation finds israeli forces deliberately killed al jazeera journalist, sharina blackly, and hurricane fiona. gather strength, even as it reads have it in the car. b, a russian controlled regions in eastern and southern ukraine. se they'll hold referendums. i'm joining russia this week. keith is calling to move a sham. it's also been heavily criticized by the united states. the vote will be held on friday and will take place in for regions hands don't yet. because napa
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richer and kristen together, they represent about 15 percent of ukraine's territory most on the yellow, from the very beginning of the special military operation. and before it, we've been saying that the peoples of the respective territory should decide their own fate. the whole current situation confirms that they want to be master of their own fate. as if you were, as gabriel elizondo has more from the ukrainian capital in separation and unknown. yes. in both of those regions, russia only holds roughly about 50 percent of the territory. their local officials have said that they only plan to hold this referendum vote in the part of those regions the russian forces do currently hold how though it's really unprecedented to try to hold some sort of referendum such as this in active wars zone is exactly what they're facing right now. it also appears that this was hastily organized or put together, given the fact that one of the local russian imposed officials in desperation said,
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well, we're going to hold this referendum by the internet voting and by mail. even though in that area, both mail and internet service are very unreliable at best and in most cases not even available. so. busy there's still lots of questions to be worked out here. we do expect or we are hearing, at least that russia is president vladimir put a potent could be addressing the russian people in a televised address. so be watching that closely to see what more he has to say about this important to point out. we've already heard from ukrainian officials, including the foreign minister that is calling this referendum vote, assuming it goes forward and his words a sham. they're just rolling their eyes and they say it's just simply a joke. ukraine's government says there's evidence of widespread torturing areas that were occupied by russian forces and the countries east. l 0 has not been able to independently verify these allegations. word of warning,
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this next report from hotel bill hamid contains disturbing images. they have been hard at work for days, exuding bodies from a forest on the outskirts of a to ukraine says this was a massive burial site during the russian occupation remains of more than a 140 people have been recovered so far. police say most of them are civilians, is that however, if it seemed to witness decomposing bodies to position some are found in show that they were thrown into the shallow graves not laid to rest. for the simple answer is we have the proof of torture by russians in is jojo. we know exactly the locations where they happened and now i expose are investigating really good dna fingerprints or documents and all evidence that can prove the civilians were tortured by the russians. allegations of torture have emerged in many areas recaptured by ukraine
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recently. but russia has denied all responsibility, will affect the good of mala will show quick thought. what's the point of telling you anything? says alexander, still visibly shaking. man, he tells us people were taking him to this police station and the held in the basement. investigators are working here to the smell is fitted in here. it's humid, there is no, i ration yet. there were 4 people locked up in this cell. and one of them is called sergey. he has been marking the days he was held in here. others have also done that he had is someone who spent a much longer time in this tiny cell. and we are told that what they had for a toilet was this bucket. as tim says, he spent nearly 2 months in similar conditions in the nearby city of bella clia, detained for having a brother in the ukrainian on the left front of the initial mahala. dennis will put
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them on the 46th day. they put a bag on my head and took me to the questioning room. they gave me 2 little cables to hold and told me to nibble that, gar. otherwise it would be worse than that, weren't. they asked questions about her mo, trade. they wanted names, i had no idea they would increase the intensity with each quiz. johnathan rolland, how did you ever asked them says he was held in here with 7 others, and that prolong, beatings were comment when the russians 1st arrived. here they re, name is june, nov almost cuffs. they had support in this part of ukraine. but after several months of occupation, they seemed to have lost some of it. but that did meet angie's ear. ah. the conflict in ukraine dominated speeches on the 1st day of the un general assembly. some western countries accused russia returning to an age of imperialism
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or diplomatic editor james bay's reports from new york. excellency's. ladies and gentlemen, our world is in big trouble. the un secretary general antonio could tara setting a grim tone for this meeting. among the many conflicts in the world, continue to rage. one the war in ukraine will dominate proceedings this week. and as the meeting was taking place, news was confirmed that in the ukrainian provinces of lou hands and don't ask votes within days, will take place on whether to become part of russia. this was the reaction of the us ambassador to the un. they will not be recognized by anyone in the international community. they were not recognized in 2014 and it will not be recognized at this time around. it is illegal annexation of another countries territory. nato secretary general told me he believes russia may be acting now because of the loss
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is it suffered during the recent ukrainian offensive such different law have and no legitimacy recall. so they are, has shame her friend, those on the they will not change the, the nature over the war. this remain so war of aggression against her ukraine on her. it represents an escalation. ah, because if suddenly this failure is which are part of ukraine are declared as part to russia that will further escalate the conflict? the general assembly heard from 2 leaders who maintained a dialogue with president putin throughout the war. the president of turkey recipe type, odom help negotiate a deal to expose the grain from ukraine. he says there now needs to be a dignified end to the war, tennessee president emanuel macro of france in an impassioned speech was much tougher on russia. oh no, not from foul. you as i am speaking to you now, there are russian troops in ukraine and 100. as far as i know,
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there are no ukrainian troops in russia. that's a fact. and we all have to recognize that the longer this war goes on for the more it threatens peace in europe, in the entire world. and it leads to a wider, permanent conflict whose, where the suffer entity and security of every one will only depend on power loss. what we have been witnessing since february 24th is a returned to imperialism and colonialism. good. ukraine is expected to be one of the focuses of president by speech, the general assembly on wednesday. there is also a speech delivered by the video by president zalinski and on thursday, a meeting of the un security council at 40 minutes, a level again on ukraine. james bays al jazeera of the united nations, at least one palestinian has been killed in the occupied west bank during fighting between palestinian fighters in palestinian authority forces. the fighting began after the arrest of 2 palestinians on tuesday morning, including a senior figure in mos his military wing that arrest made by palestinian officials
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and independent forensic investigation has found that the killing of al jazeera during this sharina block lay by israeli soldiers and may with deliberate investigation was carried out by research firm forensic architecture and by our hockey human rights group. mohammed bo has details a disease journalist shooting a block, louis deliberately shot and killed by the lady on the beach was no mistake. that's the conclusion of an independent investigation. it includes previously unseen footage from may. the 11th, when shooting and 5 other journalists arrived in the occupied westbank city of janine to report on an israel rate or not a fidget camp. the video shows shitty and, and her colleague, i use somebody walking slowly and orderly towards the israeli army position, following standard protocols for members of the media. but 6 shots are fired at them a tropic succession. and obviously,
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our camera keeps falling as id runs, shouting that he's wounded seconds later, more gunfire. the video captures the last moments of shit in his life as she couches near a wall. then the calls for help shooting has been shot. 7 0. c c as she lays motionless, a colleague shudder hides behind a tree, unable to reach her. c c i live on the report and he constructs the position of these really army unit, the armored vehicles from which she was shot. it points out that the shots were fired, it individually,
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meaning that the sniper was aiming each time the bullet retrieved from sheen's head matches the ammunition of the m 4 rifles used by these aly snipers. it's agreed tip indicates that it is designed to pierce body armor. the simulation shows the nearest vehicle was a 190 meters from the spot where shillings stood. the journalists breakfasts would have been clearly visible. investigator see the close ladies of the bullet holes in nearby tree trunks are proof of the deliberate attempts to heat her all r a boss showed the height and according to the report were intended to kill a civilian who approaches shaheen, as she lays dying, is immediately fired ut when he moves out of the snipers, he'll division the shooting stops when he turns it in his arms
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that he port concludes he is aly army. targeted the rescuer, deliberately denying shitty medical assistance. the sound analysis shows the source of the gunfire that they was where these really army unit was stationed, and the images corroborate witness testaments that no fighters where in the vicinity, nor was any cross fi head before or during the shooting or chilling. investigators conclude 3 thinks sharon and her colleagues were explicitly targeted despite being identifiable as members of the media. the shooter was a sniper firing from inside the on the vehicle. and one shot shooting was deliberately denied medical attention. in some, in the report fines. it was a willful act, with a clear aim, shoot to kill. i'm advice,
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i'll do 0. we will be bringing you more on sharina work lane later in the show. her family is now knocking on the door. be international criminal court calling on them to investigate for killing plus police in prison. officials protest in south africa saying they can no longer afford to put food on the news. our 1st major hurricane of the season, however, one hears the details on fiona and got to tell you as it passes to the east of turks and keiko's may intensify even further into a category for storm check back with us. we'll continue to track it out in time across the great lakes. we've got some showers in storms rumbling through this. going to drop your temperatures down. big time. march. what happens wednesday into
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thursday. toronto goes from $24.00 down to 14th. certainly feeling more like fault has felt like fall across the west, but things are much more con, settled and dry over here on wednesday. and as we look further toward the south, some flash flood alerts in plates, arizona, new mexico, same goes for utah and colorado. on wednesday, that's for the biggest down ports of brain will be inside this part of the world. the southeastern, to the u. s. gulf states suns out, high temperatures, little rock coming in at 37 degrees, top of south america, some storms around paraguay into the southeast of brazil. we go in for closer look . you can really tell where this frontiers right ahead of it, warmer error port to lay gray, 22 degrees behind it, just 12 degrees in month of the dale and temperatures have now we'll finally started to climb in comma doro. we've got you in for a hiv 11 degrees on wednesday. that's a snapshot of your weather. take care bye for now. the news?
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and southern ukraine have announced that they will hold referendums on joining russia. this week. it comes as keeps counter offensive games ground against russian forces. western leaders of the un general assembly in new york who reacted angrily to russia's plan referendums in ukraine. french president amendment about co accused moscow of returning to imperialist and an independent investigation has found that the killing of sharina black lay by israeli soldiers in may was deliberate. it's ruled out the possibility of confrontations between israeli forces in palestinian gunmen and janine the occupied west bank. a lawyer is acting for sharina family, have filed a complaint to the international criminal court in the hague. they want the court to open an investigation to hercules step facent reports from bank. it's one of the last avenues in the search for justice for al jazeera journalist, marine ugly. it's been more than 4 months, and she was shot and killed while covering israeli rates. and janine the occupied
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west bank. c c we know that there's only soldiers were able to identify shooting and she wasn't fully be wearing, press both sides and she was clearly noted as a press. so any person shooting at the press is intentionally trying to get us in a, someone in the field doing their job. the complaint filed by the families lawyer supported by the palestinian press syndicate and international federation of journalists. we presenting 600000 media personnel worldwide. historic day. it is historic day for the family. it's already day or so for the policy and journalist who for over 40 years the have been on the receiving ends of attack by these read the forces. did this, no one is ready court. that is an international court is in the hands of all the countries or the people in the world. since the international criminal court will last year, it has jurisdiction over the occupied territories. prosecutors have opened an
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investigation into possible war crimes lawyer, se systematic attacks against journalists should be part of this process. the family of serene, i will. our players now put their hopes on the international criminal court to bring justice for her death and, and impunity of nearly 50 journalists killed in the past 2 decades in it's for a lack of accountability. that according to lawyer, is only increasing. it's now up to the i, c, c, to launch an independent investigation into the killing of sharina and all the other reporters who have paid the highest price for doing their job steadfast and al jazeera in the hague. in iran now protests continue over the death of a woman after she was arrested by morality. police 22 year old. my meaning was the pain for violating the country's conservative dress code of police. deny any wrong doing. they say her death was due to a heart attack. i. there have been
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protesting, stumble in solidarity with those in iran while in toronto, members of the iranian community called on the world to break the silence on her death. the white house called immediate death unforgivable our white house correspondent, kimberly how kit has more on that. the white house says the us president joe biden will speak about efforts to revive the j. c. p. away add his un general assembly speech saying, if iran willing to enter into mutual compliance a deal could be had by on tuesday, us national security advisor james sullivan also had another message for iranian leaders. about the crackdown on protest are demonstrating against the death of masa, meaning at legibly at the hands of arise, morality, police, for her, i suppose, is improper wearing of her. her job. from our perspective, it is a reflection of the complete repression and
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brutality of a regime that a woman simply seeking to exercise her basic rights could die in this way. and it is not surprising to us that we are seeing people of all walks of life come out in iran, 2 object vigorously to that. the white house is called a mini staff, unforgivable, and has promised to hold ronnie and officials accountable. what it says are human rights abuses. kimberly hallett reporting their junior, his anti terrorism police have detained senior opposition. politician and former prime minister alley lowery, it opposition party leader, russia anew. she was also detained. the 2 men are accused of sending fighters to syria allegations that they both deny a forces in ethiopia as pig ry region say eritrea has launched a full scale invasion along the countries. northern border retrain. troops are
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accused of fighting alongside philippine forces and other militias. there have been several attacks in the region since fighting resumed between 2 gray enforces any therapy of government last month. hurricane fiona is continuing to gain strength and threaten lives as it ripped through the caribbean. residents have been ordered to take shelter on the turks and cake, off islands. the hurricane left a trail of destruction across the caribbean, killing one person in the dominican republic, and 4 people in puerto rico, where power was knocked out across the entire u. s. territory. our 0 manuel re palo has more from lloyd's a municipality, and puerto rico that's been badly affected by flooding. this is the eastern part of the island of puerto rico, flood waters from hurricane fiona. 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,
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their banks causing damage to rhodes 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 are working to quickly restore power to the whole island to restore running water, to people across puerto rico. we also have heard from the us national hurricane center that says that hurricane. fiona continues to move northward, very slowly, bringing heavy rain and wind to the dominican republic to the islands and 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 a 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. they have been protests in pakistan since province after the government diverted flood waters to rural areas. to save. urban settlements, villages blocked
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a major highway and had vowed to continue protesting until authorities help engineers released water from a lake earlier this month in an attempt to save and nearby town and city. and that put the floods in the path of villages that are home to 150000 people die down. the final only demand is that the government take measures to clear water from our house. if we don't need relief, we'll find work and take care of ourselves. we need big trouble and we just want to go back. dr. village. no one is ready to help us. a hundreds of members of south africa, police and prison workers union the have protested to demand higher wages. they've rejected the government's offer of a 3 percent increase. inflation in south africa is more than 7 percent. that's a 13 year. hi. how room with tulsa reports from the protest in pretoria i in some other countries, it's rate to see police and prison officials protesting. they are considered an essential service. but unions in south africa, did they want to pressure the government into addressing the rising cost of living
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to you of $1.00 of the neighboring on a day to day basis, sending the labor and at the end of the day does nothing that they able to put to the table to take it and get them work. as i rejected a 3 percent awake, increased saying it's not enough to help them cope higher food and fuel prices. the well, like i said, it's not as one of the most unequal countries in the world. many people here are finding it hard to make ends meet. the economy doesn't seem to be improving and more unions and threatening to go on strike in the coming week. so that because crippling power cut also fueling public restoration, electricity can go 4 hours a day here reducing business productivity, which could lead to job losses with a very high levels of unemployment, their expense to south african. the moment, especially for looking at around the 36 percent mock look economic growth. they're like no comma 7 percent economic growth. we do not have enough growth to actually be driving the stock and economy the way we need in order to not only reduce that
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unemployment, but be able to create sufficient, shall we say, jobs or large cells for people to be able to survive my local market baby managed to make a few dollars selling food to some of the demonstrators. she understands why people are angry. with had them. i can't afford friends. my kids are at school. there are days. i feel hopeless. he, oh, prison until rams plaza is not attending this week's un general assembly meeting in . so you're going to tackle the electricity crisis that other challenges facing the country. it seems africans, most industrialized economy is in trouble. as more and more south africans. increasingly how to move out is in between officials and cyprus of rescued. hundreds of migrants drifting it, see in a small wooden boat. the boat sent out a distress call on monday afternoon. after experiencing engine trouble, the people in the boat left lebanon 3 days ago, and we're trying to reach italy,
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they've all been transferred aboard a cargo ship that is now heading to stumble. rushes international football exile will continue for another 2 years after they were banned from qualifying for the european championships in 2020 for your wife. i have confirmed that they will not be in the draw which takes place next month in the host nation in germany. russia international and club sites have been banned from european football since the countries invasion of ukraine began in february. the course of arbitration for sport dismissed russia's appeal against their exclusion in july. and now that the funeral of queen elizabeth, the 2nd is over the u. k. cost of living crisis is back in the spotlight. the country's new prime minister list trust is under pressure to avert a deepening economic crisis in the wake of the war and ukraine and soaring energy prices. ne barker has this story. morning queen elizabeth on an industrial scale requires a huge amount of kit and now a massive amount of dismantling. most flags, a bucketful must,
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although morning will continue to be observed for another 7 days within the royal household. and for the rest of the country. well, reality bites with a new government facing a mounting in tray of major problems. but before any big announcements, prime minister less trust is attending another massive media moment. here the un general assembly in new york, where ukraine of the global energy crisis dominates. she's also flying in for a 1st official meeting with president biden. although moments after landing she conceded, hopes of a post breaks it. you k, u s tre deal could be many, many years away. that we're not going to achieve the results a the night. it is going to take time, but with a foster growing economy, we can't afford to spend on the public services that we'll rely on like the national house at this, at the same time, is enabling people to keep more money in their pocket. while that promise sinks in back home,
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pressing questions over how the country will afford the 150000000000 dollar energy bailout, the government pledge to help households avoid soaring bills. a detailed trust miss when she announced the biggest piece time financial intervention ever. just hours before queen elizabeth died with the soaring energy prices. he's trying to present herself, of course, as a tax, cutting a fiscally responsible, conservative, but she's about to go out and, and, and borrow it. ya. 130000000000 pounds perhaps on the bond market. very, very difficult to, to do it in a 2nd. since it's particularly as that will have to be paid for through taxation in some way. on friday, the new chancellor of the exchequer quasi con, saying will answer some of these questions when he delivers a mini budget, expect billions for the national health service tax cuts and breaks of businesses. and a plan to lift all limits. some bankers bonuses raising eyebrows at a time of crippling costs as a world selves to peel away from the pageantry of the past. 10 days. british people
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are now living in a new reality, a brand new king, a brand new prime minister, all in the space of a few days of each other, changes not seen in the united kingdom since 1830. and while many people of course welcome a return of british politics, everybody knows how difficult the challenges ahead really are. and peas aren't even back at work yet. but already british railway workers say they are planning to strike on october. the 1st overpay and conditions. other workers from other industries may follow in a summer dominated for months by the resignation of boys johnson and the election of less trust as prime minister, opposition m. p say crucial times been wasted weeks of frantic policy making await . neve park al jazeera london. ah.
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