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russia says it will formerly annex for ukrainian regions on friday following a controversial referendum ah, 11 o'clock, this is al desert life and also coming up a 4th leak detected in the north stream gas pipelines from russia to germany or accusations the sabotage. hearken, it leaves a trail of destruction in florida. 1000, still trapped in their homes without power a british prominence and his trust defending new tax cuts that triggered chaos in the markets for the pound is sliding again. ah, ukrainian president vladimir zalinski has announced a meeting of his top security and defense officials on friday. that's off to russia

confirmed it. would i next for you crating regions on the same day. united states, the european union say they will impose further sanctions for what they call sham referendums, and the legal lamb crept by moscow. meanwhile, fight, he continues it east in ukraine, a russia rockets hit the city of denise pro earlier. local authorities saying that 4 people, including 2 children, died in an attack on residential buildings. and sweden's coast guard says it's found a 4th leak in the nord stream, a gas pipeline network. moscow rejecting suggestions that it's responsible for sabotaging the baltic sea gas line. and instead pointing the finger at the united states. absolutely been there was a clear, been a fisher in this situation. of course, it's washington putting gas pipelines out of action, which is look at what lincoln said, and you're presidents. maybe you don't consider tramp to be your president, but look out what your predecessors have said. yes, you were talking so much about why nordstrom should be destroyed, closed and removed from the agenda. and why exactly this would be beneficial to the

united states? well, let's take a look at the referendums in those 4 ridges. now, the ballots were held in russian occupied parts of easton and southern ukraine. the criminal back to authorities there say the result show that people overwhelmingly voted to join. the russian federation is separate as reported, huge margins of victory. they say that 98 percent of voters in the hunt region favored annexation. robert val has more now from moscow and the criminals planned for annexation earlier to be the leaders of the for a breakaway regions and east and ukraine arrived here in moscow. so that means the procedure has started the process hosta. i going straight to the united nations where the secretary general and tony gutierrez, just sat down, is going to speak on, on russia's decision to enact parts of ukraine, or if he's the spokesman speaking 1st ability of listening please. you have the floor, ladies and gentlemen of the marius, thank you very much for your presence. the kremlin, as announced that the ceremony will take place to morrow. in moscow that we launch

a process of annexation of ukrainian regions of the nets. lewinski kept sun and up bodied zia. in this moment of spare, ill, i must underscore my duty. a 2nd set a general to uphold the charter of the united nations. the un charter is clear, and the annexation of a state 3030 by another states, resulting from the strength or use of force is a violation of the principles of the m charter and international law. united nations general assembly is equally clears in its landmark friendly relations declaration of 24 or covered 1970 repeatedly cited the state thing rules of general international law by the international court of justice. the general assembly declared that the 3030 of a state shall not be the object of acquisition by another states resulting from the

threats or use of force. and that note that he thought he will, acquisition, resulting from the south or use of force, shall be recognized as legal. and that must be clear if the russian federation is one of the 5 permanent members of the security council. shared that particular responsibility to respect the charter, any decision to proceed with the annexation of barnett's ruins garrison and supported zia, regions of ukraine, who there have no legal value and deserves to be condemns. it cannot be reconciled with international legal framework. it sends against every seeing the international community is meant to stand for it flogged the purposes and principles of united nations. it is a dangerous escalation. it has no place in the modern worlds. it must not be

accepted. the position of the united nations is unequivocal. you are fully committed to the sovereign entity, unity, independence and 30 tom integrity of ukraine within its international recognize the borrowers. in accordance with the relevant un resolutions. i wanted to underscore that the so called referenda in the occupied regions were conducted during active alan conflicts. in areas and the russian occupation and outside ukraine, legal and constitutional framework, they cannot be called the general expression of the popular will. any decision by russia to go forwards will further jeopardize the prospects for peace. it will prolonged dramatic impacts on the global economy, especially developing countries. and he knew that our ability to deliver life saving a, the cross ukraine and beyond. it is high time to step back from the banks.

now, more than ever, we must work together to when these never stayed thing and senseless war and that paul's un charter and international law. thank you. thank you, sir. thank you very much. yes sir. that's the inspector general antennae terrace leaving the floor. having said that, the annexation can not be reconciled with the international legal framework as standing against everything he said, the international community is meant to stand for. he said that the annexations will prolonged a dramatic impacts on the global economy. it's high time now to step back from the brink, the u. n. 60 general said no more than ever. we must work together to win this devastating and senseless war and uphold the un charter and international law at let's cross railway to moscow across want mohammed valid stanley by his mean listening in at what the un secretary general had to say. and he was pretty unequivocal mahard in his a criticism of these annexations. yes

sir, nic and it comes out to in the nick of time for this sir event that is going to take place in moscow. so moscow is not listening to what mr. gotta go. tennis is saying, a lot of moscow is in another world. russia is bracing for celebrations and the historic speechway vladimir putin. president vladimir put him tomorrow. so i mean, the logic here is very different. we are in the, i'm, i mean, i'm talking from a place where, i mean, things are seen from a completely different perspective. russians are bracing for what they call the correction of history. i think that those 32 is blocked russia and that it was wrong in the 1st place to, to let them go. and now it is time. it is the coronation of this, or of the sacrifice is given by the but by the ashes during this war and before. and it's, it's just less than 24 hours before the before it starts. and that is when the

president vladimir putin will sign this agreement with the leaders of the for breakaway regents who have already landed here in moscow. i don't think that russia is really listening to what the secretary general of the united nations is saying. and they think that the you and is taking one side in this conflict or that see a picture from russia. ma'am val, thank you. let's get the picture from ukraine, from cave re challenge is standing by there. and rory. oh, of course the words of the enter key general there will be welcome. absolutely, i mean, this will be immensely reassuring to anyone in the ukraine, particularly to the ukrainian government, or an extraordinary condemnation there from antonio terrace, the inspector general of russia, a un security council member saying that what it is doing is sir,

is illegal. it has no legal value, the socal referenda conducted outside of ukraine's legal framework. they cannot be called expressions of the democratic will and it's high time that everyone stepped back from the brink. but it's obviously russia that say he was talking about there . yeah, this will go down very well in ukraine. of course, today's lensky has been doing what zalinski has done so well throughout the war so far, which to reach out builds, friendships and alliances. he's been speaking with andre duda. the polish president has been speaking with mary, a druggie at the outgoing italian prime minister after speaking to druggie. ah, zalinski, reacher release. the statements about the referenda saying that they are worthless, they do not change reality or reactions or rushes. recognition of their results will be very harsh and in response to lensky as convening. as an extraordinary

meeting, an urgent meeting of the national security and defense council for friday. clearly though, alarm bells nerve, the jangling, i think, in, in the ukrainian defense ministry we've heard from you correctly military intelligence today, which is a, they've said that the, the threats of the russian use of tat unique a weapons against ukraine is very high. they are anticipating perhaps that strikes might targets are concentrations, soldiers, and sa and equipments on the front lines. to stop them. there was a, an appeal, once again for air defense systems, anti missile systems. but i think on the surface the, the calculation a few crane doesn't really actually change that much because of these referenda. you know, the, the, them, the mission, essentially as we'll fight on and we'll get these territories back. and let's not forget, the ukraine's military strength has been growing in recent months and will continue to do so. likely. the referenda that russia has conducted were essentially acts of desperation from the kremlin. it was that defeats that ukraine inflicted on russia

and russian forces in khaki. for the beginning of the month, that basically panics the, the kremlin into mobilizing its population and annexing the parts of ukraine that it still holds on, say, or i roy, thanks to that original answer, evaluating those words from the you and a sectional and turning the terrorists that were we, thanks to the united states where florida's governor has described the devastation from hearken in as a 500 year flood event. the storm hit, the states is one of the strongest in decades. it's knocked out powder around 2000000 people. dumping huge quantities of water, allison's, of people are trapped in the hives. the impacts of this storm, our, our historic and the damage that was dying ah, has been historic in this is just off initial assessment. it's going to be a lot more assessing that goes on in the days ahead. but i think we've never seen a flood event like this. we've never seen storm surge of this magnitude and it hit

an area where there's a lot of people in a lot of those low lying areas. while power is slowly being restored in cuba after her can in left the entire country with other electricity. the outage affected most of the about 11000000 people on the island. cuba national pound generator says, getting the grid up and running will be complex is already struggling to without dated electricity and structure. the state media says 3 people were killed when the storm made land full. the british pound has reverse losses from earlier on thursday, a prime minister list trust defending her government's economic plan, so triggered chaos in the financial market. study initially dropped off the truck so that tax pots were the right approach for britain's economy, and that she wouldn't reverse last week's mini budget, but it rallied to finish one percent higher on the day. and what we've done is we've taken decisive action fossil to make sure that nobody is paying more than a typical fuel bill of $2500.00 pounds. that will come in this saturday,

but also to reduce our tax burden, to make sure we grow the economy and all say curb inflation. and that's so important. it's a difficult time. it we're facing a global economic crisis brought about by putin's worn ukraine. and what was right is that britain took decisive action to help people get free. what is going to be a difficult winter? and charlie angela is in london, has more on the prime minister's latest remarks. these were her 1st comments since the many budget was unveiled on friday. her 1st comment since the pound plummeted. and she did 8 rounds of interviews with some local b, b c radio stations. and she reiterated that the largest tax got and 50 is funded by public barring is the right plan. her words were we had to take urgent action to get our economy growing to get britain moving and deal with inflation.

and that means taking controversial and difficult decisions, but what people want to hear is that the government understands the impact of these controversial and difficult decisions that it anticipated. this plunge in the pound . and that is not what people heard. instead, in every interview mistrust talked about global factors like the war in ukraine being behind the reason for the plummeting pound. and she was actually ready to criticize for her scripted answers again and again. in each of those interviews, when she was asked if it was time to reverse the mini budget or at least reversed the plan to cut tax for some of the highest honors in this country, she said no. because the majority of the package announced on friday was the support of energy for individuals and businesses. and i think that's exactly the right thing to do. now. again, that's not actually correct. the financial support for people paying the energy bills was a package that was announced

a few weeks ago that did not send the markets into tailspin. what did was chance there quasi qua tang's announcement for $49000000000.00 in tax cuts. i still had here on out 0 downing tools in france. workers want answers from the government and more pride as the cost of living keeps climbing. a more violence on the streets of haiti is protest system on the prime minister. step down. ah, anticipation is rising. and so with multiplying cattle aways. hi there, thank you for joining in we have seen some storms flare up in pakistan's punjab province, centered around the hor and is long of our capital territory as well. still the risk we could see some more of that on friday, but by and large, this monsoon rains have cleared away there also clearing away top to bottom from

india. so where we've got the biggest downpours on friday, we'll be westbank all entrepreneur dash and ma for roster karnataka into time on the do some heavy falls in the forecast here. also a lot of rain coming out. you in indo china, it's all has to do with remnants leftovers of what was typhoon nor rule as it continues westward across indo china. dark color. the more intense the rain is falling, especially through thailand. m. yeah. more. but at the same time, striped with some pretty solid bands of rain, northern vietnam, around hanoi and southern vietnam in coachman city. new time, it's all about the heat in southern china agree lin at 37 degrees, but some of these shower activity is creeping closer. so that could certainly put a cap on your temperatures. a storm will veer just toward the east of japan's main island of honshu, but for now, really up and down the country from q, chicago, honju, and hill kado were in the sunshine. we haven't been able to say that for a while looking good in tokyo, with a high 57 degrees c later to west,

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is dangerous, and must not be accepted. attending gutierrez, made the remarks during a briefing in new york. he says the criminal move violates the un charter and threatens peace prospects. russia says it will officially take control of these. he crating areas to morrow. european union, united states planning to impose more sanctions, almost give, holding what they call sham referendums in ukraine. well, thousands of russians have fled the country since president vladimir putin issued a mobilization order last week, across one of them, ranken met some of them across the border in georgia. it took alexander and his friends 24 hours to get into georgia. most of it was spent waiting in a car. eventually they rented some bicycles, a piece of luck, he says, otherwise they might still be on the other side. his clay wise left his homeland. everybody knows that if it goes, the ballistics is wrong on my opinion. and you don't a fight in the war. and,

you know, of course, i don't want to kill nice people. most of the people, how did they respond to feel the same way about russia's war and ukraine? and while they are certain of that uncertainty awaits them. ego is a military age mail eligible to be called up in russia's partial mobilization, he crossed the border on foot. my wife is waiting to cross the border with coca with on don't know what times they will drop the border falls for the man part of the society. so it is just like kill them a lot of the game, you know? so you never know you when the lose. so my wife told told me 2 days ago, just to go, i will follow the shifting of borders has become a concern. one of the few roots out of russia, i finland, is now being close by the finished government. and that's likely to mean more people arriving here. before the crossing has become

a political hot potato. what the government says is before the announcement of partial vocalization by the russian, there about 5000 cars crossing a day. that figure has gone up to $11000.00 but opposition politicians. a saying, but that's nowhere near an accurate figure. that the, the actual number is for larger than that, but for the russians who are coming across, they are allowed to stay in the country for a year. but uncertainty actually awaits them. they don't know how long they can afford to actually stay a more importantly, what awaits them when they do eventually get back to american our desert, the lossy border crossing us, vice president common harris, his visit to the demilitarized in separating south and north career, mid heightened tensions harris earlier held talks with south korea's president units were killed. both of them condemned north korea's nuclear rhetoric from bride reports, not from pudgy in south carolina. okay, i think the reason we're following in the footsteps of many us leaders before her

vice president carmella harris on the heavily fortified dmc border separating the 2 careers touring the famous blue huts of the penman, john truce village where an armistice signed in 1953 ended the korean war, looking into north career itself with relation soured once more. in a region of growing tensions. in the north, we see a brutal dictatorship ramp in human rights violations and an unlawful weapons program that threatened peace and stability. the united states and the world seek a stable and peaceful korean peninsula where the dpr okay, is no longer a threat. harris had come to asia to attend the state funeral in tokyo, a former prime minister sions, obey indicating the importance of relations with its ally, japan as

a counter to the growing strength of china in sol. she met with president yoon. so p o hoping for the same level of continued cooperation. for 7 decades, the alliance between the united states and the republic of korea has been a lynch pen as security and prosperity on the korean peninsula. and in the endo pacific and throughout the globe. i am here to reinforce the strength of our alliance and strengthen our work together. the last significant us visit to the dmc within 2019, when president donald from met with north korean leader kim jong on at the height of their summit diplomacy aimed at the nuclear rising. the korean peninsula. hopes of north korea giving up its nuclear weapons, have all but evaporated with leader kim jong and recently enshrining in law. it's status as a nuclear armed power and south korean intelligence officials believe the north has

now completed preparations for another nuclear test. it would be the 1st such test in 5 years and comes as a u. s. naval strike group led by the aircraft carrier. ronald reagan conducts joint drills and korean waters. again, another 1st in 5 years, she leaves the peninsula with the deepening tensions increasingly reminiscent of previous times. robert bride al jazeera padget, south korea. india's top court has widened abortion rights for unmarried women, bringing them on par with married women. a termination will now be allowed up to 24 weeks into a pregnancy, regardless of myrtle status. previously women had to be married widowed maintenance or sexual assault survivors to be eligible for abortion. the ruling followed a petition by 25 year old unmarried women needing a termination. a 24 hour nationwide strike has begun in france, demonstrators protesting against the high cost of living pension reforms and other government policies. the action was called by trade union,

so demanding higher pay for their workers strike has effected france as energy supply. as nuclear power industry work as a joint walker walk out the countries nuclear power generation is dropped during the industrial action. all the companies. now the media companies are generating records and teams of dividends for the shareholders profits, they're actually record breaking this year and will be even more record breaking the coming year. so there's an immense amount of wealth that has been re, it's more hard work and we do not only read the benefit of our hard work. but worse than that, we are being told that despite all of this, we are going to have to suffer from real term slash realtor and we'd slashes or worse and pensioner condition. so we would have to have that. and so we've decided to take our fight and fight to defend ourselves and take back what is rightfully ours and nobody's. politicians have failed to elect a new president because of deep divisions in parliament. they raises fairs that the political deadlock could continue for months after michelle wounds term finishes.

at the end of october protested serve clash with police in haiti on the 3rd day. the national stripe by the transport union against gas price hikes, people have been demanding that the prime minister ariel only resign, since he announced to cut to fuel subsidies earlier this month. may mars supposedly dang santucci has been sentenced to 3 years along with her former economic adviser, australian shauntay. now the prayer pleaded not guilty to violating the official secrets act sentencing took place in a closed court. that is the latest in a series of convictions. sushi has faced since she was asked in a military coup in february 2021. 20 chang has more now from bangkok in neighboring thailand. we have seen charge upon charges laid against her sentence upon sentence piling up 23 years. her, she's now supposed to serve in jail. some of those sentences carry with them hard labor sentences as well, which will be incredibly difficult for

a 77 year old woman. at this stage with the sentences she's looking at she's and she still has several still to come. she won't get out of jail until she is over a 100 years old. now, i think the, the issue here is, what is the military trying to do here? we've seen them piling up these charges against a clearly they want her out of the picture politically. they know very well that if they hold elections as they had done in the past, she will, will win overwhelmingly again. and they want to take her away from that. if elections go ahead next year, as they promised they will. and there is a for the military, a satisfactory result. they may allow her, some degree of freedom, perhaps house arrest of some sort. but clearly, she will never be allowed to return to the political stage while a military in charge. and at this stage, the sentence, our sentences are effectively a death sentence. the trial of guineas, former military leader, has also begun. mister died,

his camera and 10 others were accused of killing more than a 150 protests as during a massacre at the stadium in 2009. they pleaded not guilty to charges including murder and rape. on would address reports not from cannot cri, 13 years of waiting is final. your former military leader morsa daddy's camera. finally faces trial. he and 10 others. i'll be eligible masterminds of a massacre. there will come face to face of survivors in the families of hundreds of civilians who are murdered, tortured, or raped by security forces. this is jasmine on no gossip. it's too early to say if the outcome will be what we expect, but for now we're giving of course, the benefit of the doubt. yet if the government has promised to save god, the integrity of the process and guarantee protection for witnesses, the proceedings are being watched closely by international institutions like the united nations today, reversing the culture of impunity into

a culture of justice. activists say the trial is an important step, but will also be a difficult one. frankly, there are a lot of concerns this charles unfolding in a complicated moment for guinea. there is a 100 government in power and there have been rights abuses escalating a ban on the opposition. i ban on public protest during this time. dennis hunter is under intense pressure and making a political capital out of this trial. by the next few weeks and months will determine whether the process is politically motivated or a genuine attempt to find justice for victims and members of their families. the international criminal court says it's watching the trial closely as we bow not to the judge. we about to justice. it's something above us. we have to bow to justice and respect justice. otherwise, it's the, the law of the gun and the bullet. and the bully. the victims come to court in such a torture, but it's not certain. if all come,

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