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well trump, why chris nationalist was fun to mentally authoritarian and it is anti democratic. people in power investigates help the spread of wild conspiracy theories is undermining us democracy. america's authoritarians park to on a j 0 in south korea military service is compulsory but some refused to take part one at $18.00 weeks, those dodging the draft on al jazeera ah, investigating the use and abuse of power across the globe on al jazeera ah, a man opens virus and military conscription sent her in siberia as the kremlin admits mistakes have been made and it's mobilization of reservists.
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and a gunman with a swastika on his t shirt kills 15 people in a school in central russia. 11 of them, a children ah . below i, mariam noisy in london watching al jazeera, also coming up on the program. the british pound plunges to a rec or low against the dollar after the new government's tax cuts. shatter investor confidence, italy on cause for its most far i leader since mussolini, after sunday's election. and why nasa is about to crash a spacecraft into an asteroid at 24000 kilometers an hour. ah.
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welcome to the program. the kremlin has admitted it made mistakes in its mobilization of hundreds of thousands of reserves to fight in ukraine after it sparks anger protests and an exodus of russian men. demonstrations of continued across the country and not just in the major cities but also in more remote places . like the far north province of your kuta. also in the port southern region of august on one monitoring group is saying at least 2000 protest as have been arrested since president putin announced the mobilization last week. reports suggest a disproportionate number of soldiers being pulled from roches poor regions, while others who were too old to fight have been ordered to join the wars well. in siberia, a man opened fire and a draft officer that seriously wounded one official. he was allegedly upset by his best friend being called up to fight. meanwhile, flights of sold out on cars continue to queue up at the board. a check points is
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thousands, try to flee their reports. if a 48 hour q at the sol road crossing to georgia, when the government still let russian citizens enter without a visa fears are running, hide at the common will close the borders to all men of fighting age will. earlier in a conference call with reports is pushing spokesman admitted. some people had been called out by mistake ma'am. and vow has more now from moscow. the kremlin mentioned the the mistakes, but we did not have a detailed list of those mistakes. but it is understandable now understood that the, the local governors and the local communities have taken this draft to decree to fall instead of a partial mobilization, which usually meas, calling up reservists in the army. people who have been trained in the army who have been receive some type of training whatsoever. instead of that, every one in the street was rounded up in many places in some areas of the country
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and that, you know, angered people across russia. so i mean, her, it seems that there was a lot of confusion on the part of the, the authorities that have been asked to implement this decision. and that's why mistakes were made. and people were fleeing the country because nobody was sure whether they were, it meant to be drafted or not. the criteria were not clear. some people who were already called them, they were released and told them what they didn't meet the criteria. some people who left the country well thought they could come back because they were not, they were not included. and some aware, already recruited, they were told that they can go on lot of confusion, as i said. and it takes time. it's taking time before the, the authorities in charge. no, exactly how to implement this directly in the right way. or a u. s. has won russia that using nuclear weapons,
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a new crime would have catastrophic consequences. this, after russia's foreign minister pledge that occupied ukrainian regions which vote to join russia and referendum stage by the kremlin, would have moscow's full protection votes of being held in parts of fort ukrainian provinces, which occupied by russian forces. the exiled mayor of mila to poll, says ukrainians, living and occupied areas, fear there'll be conscripted into the right into russian army. if the referendums a successful ukraine in its west and allies have branded these votes, a sham now and other developments, at least 15 people been killed in a school shooting in the central russian city of just victims include 11 children as well as teachers and security guards 24 others were injured. garmen has been named as our team cousins to have a man in his thirties and a former pupil of the school authority say they're investigating possible neo nazi links, the partnership bach winchell. so the attacker committed suicide,
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though it has been established that he was wearing a black t shirt with not 2 symbols anabolic lava. he had no documents on him. his identity is currently being established. with a former us intelligence contract from whistleblower, edward snowden has been granted russian citizenship by president peterson comes 9 years after snowden exposed the scale of surveillance carried out by america's national security agency way was employed is name appeared on a decree listing. foreign born in individuals granted citizenship. although snowden himself was not commented on this, he left the u. s. in 2013 where he faces s be nice charges has gone to the asylum in russia, where he currently lives with his wife and son. ah . now the u. k. pound has to a record low against the dollar on monday as fears mount over the new government's fiscal plans and it's sweeping tax cuts. it fell as low as $1.00. 3 in the,
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in the early hours of trading. this is the lowest level since the introduction of decimal ization in 1971 before rallying slightly to $1.07. so what is all this mean then for people for consumers will price wise is almost certain as the country runs, a trade deficits importing more than it exports. 46 percent of all food is imported, meaning price of everything from fresh vegetables to come at. staples are going to go up. technology is going to cost more in even goods made in the u. k. could creep up if the parts of brought in from overseas. oil and gas are priced in dollars, so petrol is going to cost more at the pump. the heating home is about to get even more expensive just as winter approaches. only exporters and tourists are expected to benefit a cheaper power makes it less expensive for people around the globe to buy british made goods and overseas. travelers will see their money go farther. poor brennan has this report,
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sterling plunge to near parity with the u. s. dollar early on monday. the pound dropping by 4.85 percent for a dollar and 3 cents that fall on top of a 3.6 percent draw to last friday. investors and analysts clearly skeptical of friday shock and or many budget by the u. k. chancellor quasi caught and pursue and invest as a bulky. there's a lot of inter, jess jin in terms of that they amount of debt that will come on line. and given that we are a cool us, a current account deficit nation, that means that we are reliant on each national say this foreign savers to really fund that deficit. and it, if they don't like the fundamentals in the u. k that are lined up for them. well, they don't have to fund it and that's why sterling has been on this downward path. what spooked investors was fridays announcement of the u. case. biggest tax cuts in 50 years. cuts that will be funded by $48000000000.00 in extra government. borrowing, walking between government offices flanked by an assistance the u. k. chancellor
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declined to comment on the markets turmoil counselor what he going to do about the term on on the market this morning. sir. i'm over to make any comment there was late in the afternoon. a statement was issue to try to calm investors. it emphasized that, unlike fridays announcements, further upcoming policies due in october, november, will be assessed by the independent forecasting body. the opposition labor party is here in liverpool at its annual conference in quasi crossings. opposite number rachel reeves, hort's school, one on the government's policy of trickle down economics. sec kwasic law tank was fanning the flames of a national emergency. it gives me great pleasure to introduce our shadow. chancellor. sterling is down at means higher prices as the costs of imports rise,
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the cost of government borrowing is up. that means more taxpayers, money will go into paying the interest on our government debt. and in turn, that means the cost of boring for working people will now go up to with higher mortgage repayments for families. the government's plan to kickstart growth by cutting taxes appears to run entirely counter to the bank of england's efforts to control inflation. amid intense speculation, the bank may call an emergency meeting to raise interest rates. the bank issued a statement saying that the regular scheduled meeting would be sufficient. it did those say wouldn't hesitate to raise interest rates if required. think until that fundamental ahead lot. so to speak between what the fiscal side is doing and the central bank is trying to do. i think once that equation is resolved, then only we'll get more clarity on where the u. k. economy and a yuki assets are headed by mid afternoon. sterling had recovered its early losses and was trading at a $1.08,
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but that still more than 20 percent down on its value of a year ago. and the turmoil appears far from over poll brennan, al jazeera liverpool go to italy. now countries on cause threats 1st far right? prime minister since well will to riling coalition. and by changing the loony and tap brothers of italy, parties project take a majority of seats in parliament after sunday's election. stephanie decker reports from ron the 1st day of the new right wing reality for entity and feelings are mixed. lum, your space goal and mature of well, i expect more political self determination for italy now within the limits of the european union. so always to let ourselves be heard with a more decisive voice nor thought. i feel like a level that evidently, i'm not someone who voted for her because i'm not a supporter of the right her. this doesn't mean that i think the country wanted to show once again a rebellion. i think that that equally as political campaign was completely wrong,
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he wasn't the right person and i'm sorry for the talons who voted for him because it was evident he would have lost her a very politically. the center left democratic party came 2nd behind georgia maloney's brothers of italy. but it's all about coalition politics here, which means they will be in the opposition or jail. and jordan, ne, today is a saw differently for europe. tough days lie ahead. we fought as much as we could to avoid this outcome. we fought for values and with the inter taking italy into the future. crystal, ah, maloney addressed her supporters in the early hours of monday morning, saying she would represent all italians and unite the country to her right wing coalition gained around 44 percent of the vote with it, meaning it will hold the majority in both houses of parliament ah, she has good reasons to on to be happy. of course, because the tea party was so successful. 26 percent awe of divorce, which is huge result actually the greatest result of erotica, right?
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fuck in europe. about the same time, she has some good news to be worried about the stability of her government, new government. and this is due to the fact that the older partners of the coalition did not so well. and this might result, even in a crisis, are of the league enterprises of the leadership of the project right now. italian media across the political spectrum has called it as story quinn, an earthquake in the countries politics. maloney takes italy, but georgia maloney's party has no previous government experience and considering the many challenges facing it's really like the energy and economic crisis and the storing cost of living winning may just have been the easy part. stephanie decker, al jazeera ro without a lifelong and still, ah, retired soldiers demanding higher pensions trying to break through accordingly. 11 is parliament is banks. we open after 5 days closure. lou. ringback
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busy present, evans calling i tried to major border crossings with 2 years of my c relations. ah, hell i. the weather's really freshening up now across sir nolan. the western parts of europe at present we got this cold front, sinking further southwards. say that cold air, just digging in here, look at the i suppose already lined up in a general, normally norful wesley direction. so that's always going to be a cool direction. the reason for that co plunge is because on the other side of the alaska course, we did have for what was hurricane piano, just running across at east side of canada. forcing the jet stream a long way further north,
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now is plunging further south and bringing that cold air ride in across the pretty shells janevalyn. and we're seeing it dig down across the continent as well. a fair amount of rain on that to some heavy rain there into where norway could splash of rain. they're coming in across much poland, germany, the low countries into a good part of france. turn it to snow the over the out. look that big of that cold risk wind pushing right down across a good parts of france. rid heavy rain coming into easton and southeast and parts of france as we go on into what is a zurich with a top temperature of around 11 degrees celsius 15, a london middlefield, a good deal colder than that. so what's the weather further east scattering a showers across the med, it's randy but not too much to speak of largely fine and try not to try whether across north africa with plenty of showers for the gulf of guinea. ah, won't you so much as it is an eagle under a labor government, it will not be tolerated in any form. what so ever. beneath the surface lies
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a darker side in bush politics. the labour files hot 3 on al jazeera. the u. s. is always of interest to people around the world. people pay attention to what we saw here. and how does it is very good. they're bringing the news to the world from here. lou. ah ah, i'll come back watching al jazeera life from london unnamed stories. now. a cumberland has admitted it, made mistakes, and its mobilization of hundreds of thousands of reserve is to fight in ukraine after its bark protests. and next it is the russian men,
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demonstrations of continued in major cities and for regions like august on at least 15 people, including 11 children have been killed in a school shooting. and the russian says you have is a government war a t shirt with a swastika on it. lisa are investigating if he had new nazi links. the bank of england is saying it will not hesitate to change interest rates after a pound plunge to an all time low. busy of 1 dollar, 1 dollar 3, price rises are almost certain. as new k runs a trade deficit, importing more exports on our, to lebanon and the capital derucia see more protesters, the government that passes its budget. we're tired. soldiers broke through a security coordinators. they tried to reach parliament by the budget was being discussed. they were stopped by security forces. lebanon has been trapped in an economic meltdown since 2019 its impoverished. the majority of its population. the
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countries financial system collapsed 3 years ago after decades of state corruption, unsustainable economic policies. while bank is called at one of the worst economic crises of the past, 150 years since 2019 the lebanese lira has lost more than 90 percent of its value. the exchange rate is currently $37000.00 to the dollar compared with $1500.00 before the countries financial collapse. it's plunged 3 quarters of the population and to poverty with residents unable to access much of their savings. same honda has more on this now from bay route where the frustration is boiling over. oh, like this one has become more frequent as the country's economy has been in free fall since late 2019. the protesters behind me are retired soldiers. they came here, they tried to storm the arguments, they managed to break through the security chord on briefly before they were pushed back. and now negotiations are underway with the number of m p. 's. they are saying
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that they are receiving guarantees that their retirement salary as it is known will be increased by $33.00 times. and that retired soldiers will be exempted from income tax. and they're also saying that these guarantees will most likely be accepted by the people and then they will go home. but this is just an example about the entire economic conditions in this country. civil servants across the board, whether retired soldiers, whether army soldiers, security forces, people who work in and ministries there have. there has been a public sector strike for weeks now. they're demanding better wages because of the currency has all but collapses lost. 90 percent of its value, so people salaries are worthless, they used earned $800.00. that was the equivalent rate of their salary. now it's $30.00, so they're receiving guarantees. they may silence retired soldiers for now,
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but it's, it's this, these measures that the politicians have been taking stopgap measures are not enough to resolve the economic crisis over testers have continued to take to the streets in iran, joining a wave of anger over the death of a 22 year old woman in police custody demonstrations of spread it across at least 46 cities, towns and villages. he started just over a week ago and massa mimi died after arrest of failing to where job properly state tv says more than 40 people including policemen, had died in the unrest. projects of accused officers of firing directly at for testers. trunks loaded with aluminum and medicine of crossed a bridge, lincoln, columbia, and venezuela for the 1st time in 7 years, both countries of restore diplomatic relations giving regional businesses hope for growing trade. venezuela's president nicholas montero ordered border crossings closed in 2015 during what he described as a crackdown on smuggling diplomatic ties were cut in 2019. after columbia's
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government recognized venezuela's opposition either one wider as president after a disputed election. alessandra b as he joins us now from merkel could tar on the columbia. venezuela border. tell us more about what's been happening there. hey, yes ma'am. this is no doubt an historic day for the people who live along the border between columbia, venezuela, they've been waiting for at this day for years now. and if you talk to them and they will tell you that they are mostly very enthusiastic at da dia, of trade restarting between the 2 countries. now, 1015 years ago the trade between columbia in venezuela, mounted to some $7000000000.00 us dollars. it went down to less than $300000000.00 us dollars at,
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throughout to these years of political conflict between the 2 countries in this has had a major effect on the people that live a here. obviously, it has also empowered a number of criminal organizations that have taken advantage advantage of the closure a to create a very large a smuggling operation across this border where this is a very porous border of more than 2000 kilometers. so what we saw today was a, a symbolic, a formal ceremony to restart this straight. we saw the 1st trucks coming in and out from columbia to venezuela. and the vice versa. what's clear is that this will be a gradual process that, about both governments hope that this will bring a lot of money to this, this region, and jumpstart an economy that has been in tatters. and companies presenters given conference. and now we are thing. what did he have to say?
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they get it? yes, because this was a key promise that a patriot day, and newly elected left wing president of columbia, the 1st time the columbia, the left wing. a precedent have made one of his promises was to restart a tray to restart, talking to nicholas. my daughter yet in is press conference. so he did that though . describe the situation in venezuela as a humanitarian disaster, because obviously here they are walking on a fine line on one side. they want to restart relations. they think that it's important to talk to their neighbors even if they don't see eye to eye on a number of issues. and even if they don't consider mizounos government the as a democratic. so there was expectation for a picture to recognize the situation in venezuela. the humanitarian crisis, something that the government that venezuela so far avoid the doing. the
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expectation a petro said is that a globalization is important to have strong cooperation with their neighbors. and they're hoping that the trades will help also improve economic situations for many venezuelans. and also maybe reduce the number of venezuelans that decide to leave their country. all right, thanks very much from co quota. i sandra and kathy joining us that now cuba is pricing itself for the arrival of harken in which his growing stronger is it adds to what's the island thousands of people in preparing to leave their homes before the storm. hits storm surge is up. please have for me to predict it on monday night or early tuesday morning. and augusta has moved from havana. was stormy, and has now been upgraded to hurricane in, and it's heading towards cuba. it's due to impact the island in a few short hours. now the word hurricane is a cuban word. it was used by indigenous people here on the islands long before the
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spanish arrived hundreds of years ago. and the cuban government has long been very, very good at protecting human lives in times of a hurricane. it's been recognized as a global leader in hurricane risk management by the united nations. so key among the key amongst people's worries. apart from that and the physical safety protecting the lives are the economic impacts that these hurricanes inevitably bring. this hurricane is to, to tear through or to meet the province, which is just west of havana. that province provides a huge amount of food, of beans of rice, of vegetables, of meat, of fruit. large amounts of food will inevitably be destroyed by these hurricanes. they always are uns, with the food situation in cuba, already very, very difficult with long lines of food that people have been coming up for, for over 2 years. now, ever since the pandemic people are wide about the food insecurity that this hurricane may bring in the days and weeks ahead. elsewhere, super typhoon neural is left to trial of destruction in the philippines where at
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least at least 8 people dead, including 5 rescue as it was scrambling to save villages traps by flood waters on it. below reports now from the capital manila should have been a skill your junior has had difficulty moving since suffering the stroke last december. he can't walk up the stairs in his home. so in flood waters rose on sunday. he and his family had to evacuate it to matt, so bitter clayborne, they said it was a super think boon we thought we'd get flooded for sure. so we left the parts hayford grounds through enough. the flood game, a novel super typhoon, nor road damped. torrential rains as it crossed the philippines. largest island liaison. fortunately for people in manila to tell poor stopped justice rivers began to overflow. by monday morning, those who had fled to safety worked back, cleaning up their homes. while government workers cleared their streets,
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there were fears the philippine capital would suffer catastrophic flooding reminiscent of that of ty point kits on a back in 20 o 9. but it was largely spared the local environment. the officer, dis, manila suburbs says that dredging of waterways also made a difference. yeah. auto auto. i mean, i did that. it's not, you know, we were dredging every day. so that gave 30 were the capacity, the whole marie president, ferdinand marcus junior, also praised the preparedness of the government and of the people. i think i though it's clear for all know this. so from what we did this last 2 days is the very, very important is preparation. ah, get people out of the areas of danger, of both all of your assets that you are going to use. despite those preparations, nora was destructive. several rescue workers became the 1st known victims of the
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storm. an entire villages in the countryside remain flooded. many fear the full extent of the damage is only just starting to become clear. barnaby low al jazeera manila in just down to 4 hours time. nasa well crush a spacecraft into an asteroid, that's 11000000 can on which has away mission is to see how difficult it would be to stop a large chunk of space rock from hitting the earth. reynolds explains a spacecraft is just hours away from impact with a far off asteroid, a multinational mission which could be instrumental in some day preserving human civilization masses, double asteroid redirection test, or dart is a 570 kilograms spacecraft launched in november 2021 traveling more than 6 kilometers per 2nd, it is on track to smash itself to pieces on the surface of
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a small asteroid called di, more force, 11000000 kilometers from earth. the object is to alter, di, more forces, trajectory slightly small. ned is about deflection not disruption. it's not the hollywood blockbuster of blowing it into a bunch of pieces. small neg, find it many years in advance, and that adds up to a big change and position lead times. the asteroids pass will be studied by earth, observatories, and satellites for years to come. there more force itself is not on a course to collide with earth by but mass of objects have struck numerous times in our planets history. one of the biggest, in recent times, was the tune, goosgo event. a meteor that exploded over a remote and uninhabited area of siberia in 19 o 8 flattening 80000000 trees over an area of 2000 kilometers. still 65000000 years ago, a huge object crash near the yucatan peninsula,
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causing global devastation. scientists believe that impact is directly linked to the extinction of the dinosaurs to prevent humanity from going the way of the t rex . scientists and engineers hoped to develop a system to nudge threatening asteroids away from earth. once they are identified. once you find the asteroid and you have its orbit, you really can't be in this position where you have the warning time where you really would be able to do things decades in advance. and that's completely realistic. the impact will be captured by the spacecraft on board camera promising a dramatic view of an experiment which may 1 day be remembered as helping prevent armageddon. rob reynolds al jazeera ah discipline that name stories are falling and kronen has admitted that it made mistakes.
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