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soldiers in crumbling control pots of ukraine are set to be conducting the referendum on joining russia. ah, i'm not about this and this is audra 0 live from dough hob, also coming up the u. s. plans to unblock internet services for iranians is that government restricts access to social media. during protests, article fiona's downgraded, but it still poses a threat to canada. it's bracing for what could be one of its strongest stones. but it's been a been a perfect journey. i will do it all over again. ah, let emotional farewell for tennis, don't roger federer as he plays his final professional months before he retires, rushes, pushed to annex for regions in ukraine's, moved into a new phase with
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a thought he's going door to door and what they're describing as a referendum. there are reports that on soldiers of forcing people to vote the balance men to choose whether the occupy davis should join russia. but critics say the outcomes already been decided. the referendums are taking place in the hans and yet, cuz i patricia and katherine, that's about 15 percent of ukraine's territories. it cleans western allies have condemned. the votes as a sham that appears to be a step towards russian annexation ever. allison to has more from keith. it's very tough to get real 1st hand information there because this is a of vote if you will. that is happening in a very unprecedented situation in a large area. the size of hungry for different regions. but more than that happening in the middle of a war zone, really. and of course, with russian appointed officials overseeing this vote with no free media or at least very restricted media in the areas where the voting is taking place. as
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well as no international election monitors at all that are independent. it's hard to get a real clear picture of what's going on, but based on what we're seeing on various different sources, telegram and elsewhere, and talking to people in the area and family members here in ukraine that have been talking to many family members there. and those ration control areas, there's certainly some indication that in certain locations there appears to be what, what appears to be normal, organized, voting. but we're also seeing reports and seeing video of what appeared to be russian appointed officials going knocking on people's doors, accompanied by russian soldiers asking people to vote critics or saying this is clear coersion and saying this isn't really a vote at all. it's more of the officials in keith are just saying that this is just a big show by, by the russians in order to seize land. this is
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a little bit more of how the referendum is going in the domestic region of ukraine, a russian appointed election official tours, a polling station. this is one of 4 regions where people are voting to join the russian federation. the young broker and all sorts young we grant the right to vote to all citizens of the darnedest people's republic as well as abroad. but he is the you in a nearby park, people under the watchful eye of the russian state. say they welcome the referendum place here. russia has always been our mother lead. without it, we had no one left ukraine, abandoned us, long ago. languishing, yes. you must of us. there are no international election monitors. only those invited by russia. media have been tightly controlled. many western analysts say it's nothing more than an exercise by the kremlin to shape how people think about russian occupied parts of ukraine. look,
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this is no referendum. this is no expression of will do. but at the same time, they want to say face meaning, getting observers meaning fuming stories of work when voting of pulling stations, the protocols being written and so on. this is kind of an invitational democracy model where pictures are important goodness. in some areas, russian installed officials said they would be going door to door with police to invite residents to vote. critic say it's clear intimidation. under international law, it is illegal to hold referendums during conflict and where people are under threat . most countries, as well as international body, such as the european union and united nations, have said they won't recognize the results. the head of ukraine's election commission has told us the vote violates the constitution or she live with us as a whip. there are no legal mechanics in the ukrainian constitution to give up territories. this is completely unconstitutional under martial law that we live
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under now. it is prohibited by ukrainian laws to organize any referendum on our lands. in 2014, russia held a referendum in crimea, in which it alleged 96 per cent, to the people voted to join the federation. 5 days later, the annexation of crimea was signed into law. it now appears that same process is happening again. but in a much larger area, in the middle of a war, and with more at stake for both ukraine and russia. gabriel, as hondo al jazeera keith. meanwhile, russia continues to mobilize army reservists, as president vladimir putin looks to bolster his forces in ukraine. in the far eastern region of your katya, an indoor stadium has been turned into a reception center for those cold up for military service. on wednesday, the kremlin announced 300000 reservists will be sent to fight in ukraine. on let's
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be to mohammed vall, he's joining us live now from moscow, mom and what's the russian government been saying about these referendums? yes or what they are seeing here is that this is a, the natural course of thinks that the, the communities inside eastern ukraine and southern ukraine have always been part of russia. that's their deep desire and their dream. and now the opportunity has come for them to vote to join russia. they talk about the initiative coming from not from russia itself, but from those communities saying that last choose the local communities in those for readers sent a request to or to that, to their high authorities, to do this, to organize the certified them and at that has been granted, remember that on tuesday, this has started on tuesday, and the day after that on wednesday, president vladimir putin announced that he would accept the results. it was so
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quick, so smooth and russia here, the feeling is and what is being said, is that this is allie. as i said, the natural course a thinks and these, these communities have been alienated within ukraine. they feel rush and they speak russian. and now the opportunity has come for them to or to join the mother land. and the mobilization of extra russian troops is continuing. what more do we know about that? are again, the same scenario. the quick execution of the orders by the high command in the country, or one day after the announcement of this, sir, of this enlisting, it started on the ground in many areas, in, in, in many, in many regions in, in russia. people are resisting not, not all people are, some people are assisting this and listen, this a listing saying that they are not going to send their loved ones to a conflict. they are not convinced or with,
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but the authorities are going ahead. opening centers for this, and many people have already been sent for training. and we understand that there are some categories of young people are, are not required to go, including the students who are not doing well studies or online at university students, or financial staff members. and i guess her medical staff members as well, they are media, i saw the media staff members. these are exempt from this recruitment, but it is goldman and also the opposition to it is going on yesterday evening. or some supporters of the government organized a stand to show that not or russians are opposed to this recruitment. this is going to be in defense of, of the nation. and remember that the, the, the, the, the, the simultaneous organizing of the, of the vote in easton ukraine. and this enlistment of more talks at go together in
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the minds of the, in the public mind here as the preparation. not only, not a preparation this time around to invade another country, but to preparation to defend russian territory itself because they are expected this to these territories are expected to be a part of russia very soon. mom, i thank you very much. indeed, mohammed val talk, it is from moscow. well, the mobilization of army reservices pushing some russians to try to flee the country, but crossing easily into finland and the east may not be an option. helsinki plans to make it more difficult for them to enter the country already has more from the volume of border crossing infant, and there are no longer many ways to leave russia. but this is one of the, the border with finland that volleyball, 3 hour drive from st. petersburg, where the numbers departing seemed to be increasing. the wake of president vladimir putin, the partial mobilization of the russian people,
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proudly to flee again. while it has be more traffic costing from russia to finland since wednesday evening. no particular restrictions were an external border to the shaken zone to be performed thorough checks. most people are traveling into finland on tourist visas and look at one of those is to be 3, mature, sco, an engineer from st. petersburg, on his way to helsinki and then for a lanka where he hopes to be safer from a call up to fight the war in ukraine. when did you decide to leave russia 2 days ago? because of the mobilize ational? yes. i don't have a list of for my reservation, but i skid. how did you get through the border? oh good. good. no question. oh it's good. just to go and live russian border. police said that 6000 russians came into finland through this crossing alone on thursday. double the number of a week earlier friday was another busy day with que stretching back some 400 meters
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. elaina gruff over has been commuting over the border since february. she doesn't believe most people are in any great rush to leave. i don't feel any around. people here on the borders, so they're very, very calm. not like some people think it is later come to almost total quiet as evening girls in here. there's just a few calls left from the long queues of the morning. most of the russians who have tried to get across the border seem to have been successful. those could be the lucky ones. report to the finish media site ministers are working on a plan to get around the principles of the shing, an agreement on freedom of movement. by claiming that finland's acceptance of russian tourists is damaging it. international relationships pull race out his era, volleyball on the finland, russia border. very protest in cities across iran overnight after the death of
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a 22 year old woman in police custody marcell home. and he died last week up to being arrested by what are known as the morality police for allegedly violate in the countries headscarf policy. a family says she was beaten after her arrest, which the police have denied around state t. v. 's reporting that at least 35 people have been killed during the unrest rights groups put the number much higher aaron's restricted internet services to try to clamp down on the growing descent. the u. s. government's easing export limits to improve online access. it says the move could help protesters get around state surveillance and censorship. a ceo of space ex l. m must says little activated satellite internet service darling in iran, moslem jordans, but more from washington dc. the usaa government has announced that it is going to try to make it easier for iranians to do just that by imposing what they're calling
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a general license to make it possible for tech companies based both here in the us and overseas to provide this sort of software, these sorts of platforms and other material to iranian citizens so that they can not only access the internet, but a tried to do so without being detected by the iranian authorities. this is everything from cloud based platforms, to social media platforms, to virtual private networks, or v p and all of this sort of technology that has really developed in recent years . the u. s. is allowing these companies to make this kind of of equipment and software available without running the risk of being sanctioned by the u. s. treasury department. now it's fortuitous that this announcement is coming right now in the days after the death of mos on nini. but u. s. officials have told reporters that they were working on this policy with tech
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companies for the past are several months really trying to get a sense of what was available, what could be provided, and what things needed to be put into place in order to make it possible for these tech companies to provide these services to iranian citizens, still hadn't all does it of fighting for their survival. how brazil's indigenous population are making their voices are heard and roger and retires and emotional farewell for one of the great cerebral tennis. ah, john, he has begun the faithful world copies on its way to a castle book. your travel package today. there has been some flash flooding in the northeast of spain because of this massive cloud here. but you see moving through
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southern front to italy and pushing it out of the way or following it in his, his frontal system. he has the air behind is little cold. but the combination means that you've got some pretty big storms running out through i. so the french riviera, inordinately to be flooding here, and it's cold enough on the tops of the alps to get some snow out of it. but really, this is a change of type for the weather in farms is going to feel colder, overcast, occasionally wet. and the rain is still there in northern spain and again, potentially heavy up in the northeast. now beyond that is steady. find eastern years actually you funny thing is warming up, not so in moscow. in fact, in western russia is looking rather wet in that particular area. the breeze keeps blowing, so it'll fit, increasing the chill in the british isles of low countries for the sun side to compensate and the rain, if anything gets colder than old naturally. and the heavy stuff moves further south . if you heard about lines routine is your and our area off shore this to tropical
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storms, circulating guest all is affecting the azores with rain and her mind is going to be to the west of the canaries. again, his main risk being rein. i saw official airline of the journey. this was a media moment, the likes of which we have never seen. this is important. this is your story from breaking down the headlines to exposing the power is attempting to st. silence reporting. we're seeing media freedom being threatened and attacked is basically criminalizing journalism. the listening post doesn't cover the news. it published the way the news is compet. people have no idea what the source of uses that is the game, the growth, and that role talk with lou .
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ah, you're watching all, does it a reminder about top stories? this are the 2nd day of a referendum to annex for most school held regions. and ukraine is under way that all rapport saddam soldiers have been going door to door to get people to vote. officials say some residents have been threatened with punishment if they don't cast a ballot. the mobilization of army reserve us is continuing across russia, moscow's an answer. 300000 people will be called to fight. that's after ukrainian force is pushed to russian troops out of thousands of kilometers of territory in a counter offensive this month. the us government announced its easing exports, restrictions on iran, as it tries to improve internet access. that's after sent run the limited online services to stem protests of the young woman's death in police custody. the remnants of holly confusion am i heading towards canada. people there are being
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worn to expect very strong winds, even though it's weakened to a post tropical storm. hundreds of thousands of people have lost power in nova scotia as the 1st bands of the storm hit, eastern canada had to go hand reports hurricane fiona made 1st landfall in puerto rico, last sunday, where half of the u. s. territory is still without power. it marched over the dominican republic, destroying homes and businesses as it went, then brushed the bahamas and sweat by bermuda on friday. and now it's on track to make a very rare hit on eastern canada. total rain fall amounts again, we're looking at the some of the same numbers we were looking at yesterday with 10250. was some localized amounts that could exceed a 150. and the gray area that you see on the map here in nova scotia is for 4 areas that potentially could see the $150.00 millimeters. currently
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a category for storm, it may lands a post tropical storm bringing potentially dangerous storm searches, wins and likely massive power outages. people shouldn't be dancing. that may sound self evident, but don't go to the water and try to be a big shot. don't, don't surf. we go surfing, hear that, that's, that's great, but don't sure if in a hurricane and as it passes, all eyes will then turn southward. another tropical depression in the caribbean has formed that forecast, or say, could grow into a powerful hurricane. likely to hit the u. s. state of florida in the coming days, paddle haine al jazeera. hundreds of young people have rallied in new york demanding more action to stop climate change. the march was one of many held in various cities as part of fight is global climate strike. the protestors want more aid for put countries like pakistan, which has been hit by record breaking flooding. the damage is going to cost the country more than $10000000000.00. the death toll from
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a migrant boat sinking off the coast of syria has risen to $86.00. most of the victims were flamed from lebanon. the escape and economic mel. done. survivors say that we're heading to italy in a hot has been speaking to some of the victims family members in northern lebanon. invoice sam is in shock. person's family was on the boat that sunk off the syrian coast on thursday. they have buried 9 year old me and 6 year old maya. but there are 2 brothers and mother are still missing when he didn't them, they brought me the 2 kids. what about the others? will they bring the others to me? i can't say more than this, my heart is broken. it's the deadliest migrant both tragedy and living on in years. passengers were hoping to reach europe and a better life. families and friends waited at the border with syria as the dead, and few survivors were brought home. 8 not all were lebanese somewhere palestinian
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and syrian refugees, but all share the same story. one of poverty and desperation. hello, number the up law, if i get the chance i release, if there is a boat here right now, i will get on with my 2 children and i was going to live on economy began to spiral 3 years ago. the political elite blame for decades of mismanagement and corruption have still not agreed on a recovery plan. can i do? a lot of poverty is what pushed with some to sell a property and his house to go on the boat. and then he lost his wife and children . our government doesn't care about the people and the living conditions. oh, just a few months ago, a migrant boat sank while being pursued by the lebanese navy. thousands of people drowned. many of them are still missing. with some risk, everything knowing that there was a 70 percent chance the boat with the sink. that's how desperate he was football.
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many of those who attempt a journey or from the impoverished norse which has been neglected by successive governments. despite the dangerous migrants continued to leave from the shores of northern lebanon, the united nation says the number of people who departed or tried to has nearly tripled since 2020. it says so far this year. the number is nearly 3500. but security sources tell us that's a conservative estimate and it's no longer just young people. whole families are trying to escape. what many here say is a hopeless situation? center for their elders. eda, northern lebanon. italy's in the homes tried to a general election campaign, final campaign rallies had been held ahead of the ballot on sunday, former prime minister zip conte has told a crowd in rome. the vote is a historic one. is county trailing in the polls to a fall rights coalition led by georgia maloney opinion polls are tipping her as the
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countries 1st female prime minister. you indigenous people in brazil are uniting to back their own candidates and upcoming elections, jarboe sonata and louis and i feel lula da silva. i'm fighting for control of the presidency, but indigenous groups are focusing on individual races and congress as they try to increase their representation. when he and i hear reports from rio de janeiro, the robert with the maybe few in number less than one percent of brazil's population, some live deep in the jungle. isolated from the modern world, lately, brazil's 1000000 indigenous people have been making their voices heard in the centers of political power. yahoo, gardunyo. we had to unite indigenous people from all over the country and make strategic alliances in brazil and abroad to fight a common enemy president, jaya bol sanara. his government has been pushing for legislation,
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opening our lands to commercial mining and farming, and turning a blind dye to the destruction of the amazon sagamore. the goal is to fight back by electing their own mommy curse. and they have significant support in organization called the articulation of brazil's indigenous people is back in 30 candidates, like sewing out why shadow, recently described by time magazine is one of the 100 most influential people in the world are doing well, man, we have never suffered so much violence in indigenous territories like now, with that tax and assassination seen by boeing, the independently run indigenous missionary council register $305.00 cases of attacks in 226 indigenous territories. 2021. that's 3 times more than in 2018. earlier this year, indigenous expert, bruno fietta, and british journalist dom phillips, were shocked dead by a local fishman in
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a remote area of the amazon. the killings attracted global attention. the data had been helping indigenous patrols, investigate legal fishing and poaching in their job id valley. the territories home to the world's largest number of isolated tribes and invaders who are allegedly working for drug cartels. world renowned photographers, sebastian salgado, like many others, points the finger april sonata. yes. you visual b, g, u, i blame the government, the deaths of bruno player and dom phillips because the president left the amazon unprotected promising criminal gangs to take over all violence on the amazon has increased tremendously so long before the presidential election campaign started hundreds of indigenous tribes gathered and brazilian to put their demands in writing. that for you by sonia rachada, presented the document to leftist candidate reason. as to lula,
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the sofa is leading in the polls against current president bushel. natalie signed it and promised to create a ministry for the indigenous for brazil's indigenous people. what's at stake in these elections is their constitutional rights and by extension, their very survival. hundreds of claims for indigenous ancestral lands have been put on hold during both sonatas term as president. this has created an environment of uncertainty that critics say pro development groups are exploiting. through increased land invasions and violence, monica, and i kept al jazeera, rio de janeiro, dana. so it is a mexico of attacked a military base to protest about the disappearance of $43.00 students nearly 8 years ago. ah, the brought us as blame the army for those deaths, which i had to storm the militant camp in the capital of mexico city. but east retaliated with tear gas uganda's health military and says the death toll from an
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outbreak of abolla has climbed to 11. they're the 1st fatalities from the virus there since 2019 officials say they have identified a total of 11 confirmed cases of the highly contagious virus. but several other people i suspect to have the infection on kong announced it's got a scrap. it's covered 19 hotel quarantine policy for all people arriving in the territory. the controversial systems going to end on monday more than 2 and a half years after it came into effect. a traveler's woman stead, to be asked to monitor themselves for symptoms for 3 days after entering roger federer has played his final competitive tennis match. the 20 time grandson champion has retired. but he wrapped up his story career with the last to the team world, pairing at the lever cap and london. paul van de wash reports taking to the court for the final time which a federal partnering with long time rival rough. i own
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a dow to round out as 24 year korea and fittingly the match being played in london . the city with federal one, the 1st of us, 20 grand slam titles, back in 2003. the 41 year old has struggled with injuries the past 3 years. that was still able to well, the crowd. even if the shot didn't count, even at the end of roaches career is given a something we've never seen before. pharaoh leaves the game 3rd on the list of all time, grand slam champions by novak jock of edge and rough. i own a doll. he won a total of $103.00 atp titles in korea that included an incredible $1251.00 victories. this was maestro spent a total of $310.00 wakes as well. number one, amazing more than a $130000000.00 in prize money throughout his career. it's been a been a perfect journey. i will do it all over again.
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again, so much. it's been amazing. thank you everybody. of so many people cheer me on. and you guys here tonight means the world wiping back the tears fit are a 1st thing to rivals before paying tribute to his family. the girls to boys. my wife's been so supportive and she couldn't stop me a long time ago. but she didn't. she kept me going and allowed me to play so it's amazing. thank you.
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