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tens of thousands of homes have been destroyed. the rainy season has been described by some as one of the worst they've ever seen. the downpours have affected nearly the whole country. jazeera is one of the states where the government has declared a disaster. dozens of villages have been submerged here since the beginning of the rainy season, leaving hundreds of families homeless. wading through flood water is the only way add them is mine, and his mother can get to their home. blood waters wrecked the property and their family was forced to seek dryer lands. i woke up to watch entering the homes. gotcha. will be good. there is nothing left. many have sought refuge on dryer lands, but they said they are yet to receive any help. adam says he wants the water to recede, so he and his mother could go back and rebuild their home again. but after waiting for 2 weeks now, he has no idea when that might happen. ah,
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a football game turned into tragedy, a 125 people are killed in a stampede. the officer, indonesian police fire a tear gas to disperse unruly fans. ah, you're watching l 0 live from our headquarters. and so i'm getting an obligation also a heads a polarizing far right, president on a former leaders seeking a come back is jerbill. so narrow versus lula to silva as elections get underway in brazil. voting also underway and ethnically divided, bosnia herzegovina, described as the most important elections since the 19 ninety's war. after more than a 130 years, the remains of thousands of indigenous new zealanders are brought home from austria . we find out how they got their
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ah hello, a vigil has been held for the 125 people killed during stampeded a football match and indonesia. ringback ah hundreds gathered in the capital g cars. how to remember the victims president, yoko rizoto, has offered a review of security at football games, fif us presidents was called a stampede, a tragedy beyond comprehension. victoria, gayton b reports. oh, the stampede happened in the city of milan and east jaw. the province after a match between home team arima f. c, and their rival, sir, by the chaos began of to supporters. from the losing side a rima f. c, invaded the pitch. police responded by firing tear gas, which caused fans to flee for the exits. for years ago, many the friends lost their lives because of officers who did not humanize us with very disappointed with the treatment because many lives were lost. ah,
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fif is rules banned the use of tear gas by stewards or police at football matches. east jarvis police chief defended the crowd control measures used by his offices are no annual. i am not them. it was a feeling of disappointment that prompted supporters to go down to the field to ask the place why they lost the game. that's when the security team moved in, so fans won't get onto the field or interact with the players. during that process t, a guess was fired because there was an acc, young police estimate, 3000 fan storm. the pitch indonesian president, yoko widow, has ordered an investigation into the incident with those, but i got body. i have specially requested the police chief investigator and get to the bottom of this case. furthermore, i have also ordered the indonesian football association to temporarily halt legal one matches until evaluations and improvements and safety procedures. i've been
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completed by can proceed. 42000 people attended the sell out match all a ream, f. c supporters, sir by fans weren't allowed to buy tickets because of the risk of violence. i think at this moment fif, i should step up not by bending interest with bull, but working together, guiding our football association with the right security measures east of as provincial government says it will give 600 and $50.00 in compensation to the families of the victims and promises lessons will be learned. so a tragedy like this doesn't happen again, victoria gay to be al jazeera. jessica washington has more from outside a hospital and malign. this is the cipher unwell hospital in my lung, so victims were sent here to be treated. and also those who were killed in the stamp work were said here, their bodies were identified by their families. that process of identification of
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those 125 victims has now been complete. we had a short while ago from authorities confirming that indeed 125 people were killed in this incident. at least $34.00 of them killed at the stadium itself. we've also begun to get a clear picture of some of the victims. well, we don't know the names, we don't know the ages of all of them, but from what we heard from local authorities, one of them included a 4 year old child. and many of the victims were teenagers. this is of course a tragedy, not just for this community of my long, not just for football in indonesia, but indeed for the whole country. and there is shock that such an incident could happen while of course, violent incident, that football matches, and indonesia have happened in the past. the lead, he does have a bit of a check in history, in terms of violence games. we've never seen anything like this. and of course, an incident like this such a serious such a tragic incident, raises important question, noting of course,
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the context that violence and san hooliganism is a long standing problem here in indonesia. but asking questions indeed about how the situation escalated to the point that 125 people lost their lives. and many people including human rights groups like amnesty international, a calling for accountability and asking for the an investigation into police conduct to be thoroughly conducted. and not just the investigation, but to ensure that those responsible for the decision making that resulted in this dangerous environment at the stadium to be held. accountable holes have opened in brazil in elections, widely seen as the most important since the restoration of democracy in the 1980s former president louis scenario lou, that the silver scene here has cast his vote. and he's running to leave the country once again and has been polling ahead of the incumbent j your balsam ero,
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by double digits of president wilson aero cast, his vote and rio dinero. he told journalists, he is confident, he will win around a 156000000 people are eligible to cast their ballots. that's the largest electorate in brazil's history. monica is joining us from rio de janeiro. so tell us how the voting is going so far. well it's been pretty calm so far people have been voting for 3 hours or another 5 hours to go. this is the 1st time that everybody will be voting at the same time despite brazil having 4 different times. so that means that in the next 5 hours, when it's 5 pm in brazil voting woollen and the results will start being distributed. it's expected to be a very fast counting process because it's an electronic voting system that has been here used in brazil for the past 22 years principal. so mattel has already bo to,
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as has a former president reads in nasa luma, the silver was, they're both expecting this voting to be decided on the 1st round, which is today president. mila said that for him, it's the most important vote for the most important campaign. that he's ever had in his life. he's already been a candidate 6 times and was elected in re elected already president. so this would be if he's elected his 3rd time and he is the front runner. also matters said that the best men will win if the elections are clean and he has been questioning, yelling, trying systems for the past months are saying that they could be rigged. so everybody is very hopeful that it will, the voting hackers will continue in peace. and that alfred will that supporters hope that it will be decided to day and that law will win if not, they'll be in
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a run off on october. the 30th. thank you so much, monica reporting from rio de janeiro. so here is some a for what some of voters had to say about the 2 main candidates. got actually, i like both scenarios attitude because he speaks the truth, not mincing words. i think this is important in politics. every one is used to being that little bunny. the sky is a lion, and it has to be like that as alyssa coming on the market. this election is an election for democracy. we have never had such an important election in the recent history of our country. we are fighting for democracy because this man who is in government now is undemocratic. he attacks institutions. he attacks the population . he attacks those who are against him. he is a fascist, a sensor. he senses people, it's a we vote for luna. your thought, your god, your, i'm a lawyer in my batman costume is because i see ball center as a superhero without a cape, a guy who fights an entire system,
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defender of family values against a worship. anthony: this fantasy is a lawyer and a country without freedom is a country without democracy. your lawyers, lula has always done things for the poor, and anyone who governs brazil has to think about the poor. i don't mean, i know i've improved a little because i managed to study and go to college. i benefited by university. i wanted scholarship at the public college and everything i am i owe to lula and i always vote for lula. they say we're very active, argued ivan as well. and if luna wins, brazil will become venezuela. it hasn't turned yet because of the amazon rain forest because it's very rich in tax, if country and now when you get the badge president, i am a product of louis policy. i entered university because of the law. i did a master's degree with the little government on campus that the education minister expanded in rio de janeiro. and today i'm a doctoral student because of this campus that paul i'm a catholic,
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not follow my religion and both anti abortion in favor of weapons. and he's against the legalize ation of drugs. and these are the main reasons i never want brazil to be read. i don't want what happened to autumn tonight when it's we like to happen to my country, voters and balls. they're hurts, giving our casting their ballots. the poll is widely seen as be most important since the end of the bosnian war in 1995. nearly 3400000 people are eligible to choose members of the collective presidency. the country is governing system is one of the most complicated in the world. the date and peace accords ended the bosnian war in 1995 and established a system of ethnic quotas within many levels of government. so the agreement, names, bosnia, herzegovina as 3 main ethnic groups. bosley acts. cro sounds serves as the country's constituent people. it also split the nation into 2 so called entities, the federation of bosnia herzegovina, on republican serv. scott,
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the federation is predominantly balls and on cro. up while republicans serv scott, as served both entities have their own prime ministers and parliaments. they are linked through a week central government. a tripartite presidency is made up of one boss, me, one serve and one crew us will share a 4 year term rotated every 8 months. boss, me as main house, the parliament uses a system of proportional representation. 28 members are directly elected by voters in the federation, and the remaining 14 are elected by republic. us serv. hska, as a big is following the elections in cerebral we visited the polling station. it didn't seem that busy, but well, from what we're hearing, voter turnout slightly up on the previous election. but right now we're in the old tan center of sarajevo. the weather is good. people are cheerful. people are having traditional disco, steve, up and break and having tea, but underneath that feeling of cheerfulness, there is a considerable amount of tension. and this is one of those,
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the elections that seem as very important since the war in the ninety's. now joining me now as nick, tanya said, who's a political analyst here. busy in sarajevo lick explained to me, why are these elections so important? well, at this very moment it's, we're on the hype, so to speak of ultra nationalists who are trying to break up the country again, ever since the end of the war. so, so on the one side you'll have someone like me, lord, our daughter, which is the leader of the republic, scott, the republic of such col, serbian republic who is a pro putin alida trying to a seat from, from this part of bosnia and on the other side, you have someone like doug unsure beach who is the leader of boston corrosion nationalist party, so to speak. hardy is that? who's exactly trying to do the same again with his trying to claim another part of this country. so and as well the, the succeeding last year, we had miller article ready unilaterally pulling himself out of the boston state
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apparatus, which is completely legal against the dayton peace agreement which ended the bosnian war. and on the other side, you'll have someone like dark on shore, which openly saying like, i want a dyslexic boss not project back again, which is a criminal project which was already convicted by the former tribunal. criminal tribunal of the former yugoslavia still had on al jazeera ukraine, retakes the keys supply hub of lee man from russian forces and keeps figures gain since its counter offensive last month. we also follow the plight of traitors in guinea whose businesses are suffering a year on from the military. ah, well, it remains unsurprisingly, wet threat, sassy sasha,
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areas of concern. maybe our weather monsoon is coming south. it's enhancing the rain in me and mark some parts of thailand. in fact, most of sumatra and western java look pretty wet is a daily showers, but big one. so flash flooding seems quite like the same is true. western bornea may be a little less wet if you go a bit further east, but there's not much in it to be honest. then there's the gap of the still existing hot weather, south of the yangtze. and in that line of cloud and ranges, dropped temperatures in the northern parts of china and the korean pinch. every you can see for we'll hand down to just north of hong kong. we're about 10 degrees above and we've set new records. this won't last, but it will take the next 2 or 3 days for the what you might call the winter front to finally come south and not attempt back to normal in the caribbean. are in japan . and indeed, in china, it's a slow process, but it's inevitable. and this is it happening as for the receding monsoon, when they receive, they often produce big circulations either here on the raven see now we're talking
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with oh, the me. again, the top floor is on, i'll just 0 this hour. at least a 125 people have been killed in a stampede at a football match in indonesia. the chaos began after supporters and the losing side invaded the pitch. police fire to gas, call them because the tours being pulled open to brazil, an election widely seen as the most important since the restoration of democracy and the 1980s. the former president louise and the syllabus is here as captain both and he's running to leave the country once again and has been pulling ahead of incumbent. you're both narrow by double the joke. around a 156000000 people are eligible to cast their ballots. largest electoral torrance
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in brazil's history and voters involve their hurts, convene are casting their ballast. that balance is widely regarded as the most important and the ends of the bosnian war, 995, nearly 3400000 people are eligible to choose. members of the collective presidency, the country's governing system is one of the most complicated in the world. voting also underway in bulgaria and its 4th parliamentary election in 18 months. opinion polls, so the vote is unlikely to break and long standing political deadlock, b, 3 time prime minister, a boy co birth of conservative party look sex when most votes, but not enough to form a governing coalition, raising energy prices on the ukraine war or key issues and pro rush parties are expected to gain grounds. lot via's ruling party has won parliamentary elections with new unity, securing just over 18 percent of votes. prime minister christiane is karen took
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a tough stance against the russians invasion on ukraine. the campaigns were dominated by the war and soaring gas prices. no party representing the ethnic russian minority wanna seats. it makes up just over a quarter of the population. the roster forces have pulled out of the teja cli important to eastern ukrainian city of layman. it's part of the russian claimed region of don't ask lima and served as a logistics and transport hub for russian forces. charles stratford is close to lima, the level of destruction. he is shocking. i visited this town many times over the last 8 years. you should be a place of pilgrimage people visiting the neighbor monastery, a big tourism, a cultural hub now is completely destroyed. the ukrainian military here say that they are still hunting. what they describe is the last remnants of russian forces
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nearby and towards the town of lee man, when military operations continued. they also say that they are afraid that there are what they describe as russian collaborators working in these towns and villages . they say that the whole area is peppered with mines and i e days. and they recognize that there is a strong possibility of a russian counter offensive to try and re take areas like this one. the u. k. prime minister has admitted she could have better prepared the public and financial markets for her new economic plan. less trust was speaking to the b, b. c. the announcement of her many budget calls the pallet to plummet to record lows against the dollar. i do want to say to people by, on the sound that worries about what has happened this week. and i do, i do stand by the package we announced. and i stand by the,
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by the fact that we announced it quickly because we had to buy, do accept, we should have laid the ground better. do accept your accept. and i have learned from that i have learned from lots and i will make sure that in future we do a better job of lagging the grounds. lebanon's parliament speakers as a washington broker proposal to solve a maritime border dispute with israel is a positive step. but must be studied before a final reply is given. this comes a day after the u. s. submitted the draft to the lebanese presidents, the butler leader, has unless a law called it a very important step on saturday. adding the coming days would be crucial. meanwhile, israel's prime minister has back the proposal, saying it will safeguard the country's security and commercial interests. but the opposition is criticizing the move melissa for sherwood couple of and more than 10 years. israel has been trying to achieve the steel. the security of the north will be strengthened, the career rig will be activated and produce,
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guess the money will go into the cost of this country, and energy dependence will be secured, and this is a deal that strengthens israel, security and israel's economy. we have no opposition to an additional lay beneath gas field being developed from which we would of course receive the royalties due on such fields would weaken. liberties dependency on iran, restrain his vala and bring regional stability command. but often musician yale appeared, has shamefully acquiesced to nathan. his threats by giving his blood a sovereign territory belonging to the state of israel, containing a giant gas tank that belongs to you, the citizens of israel. he does this without deliberation in connecticut and without a public referendum. he does not have a mandate to give an enemy country, sovereign territories, and sovereign which belong to all of us. if this illegal hijacking passes, we will not be bound on november 1st, we will return to israel a strong and experienced leadership that maintain security for all of us. and
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iranian american imprisons in iran for 7 years has been released temporarily. c, m m, i z was convicted on charges of espionage and has been freed from to her on evan prison for a week with the possibility of an extension is 85 year old father becker, and he's served a sentence for a similar charges and was released in 2018, the father has been allowed to leave the country for medical treatment. burkina faso, no military leader has called for com and a televised address. abraham troy was then seen parading through the capital was due on saturday. a state of emergency was declared following protests by qu, supporters outside the french embassy in the capital. they accused the french military of sheltering president paul on read amoeba that france denies. nicholas hock is following the story from the car in senegal, joining us life from there. so tell us more about the statements that was released . nicholas as we saw,
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i'm the new strong man of burkina faso captain. tarry going towards the national television broadcaster, it had felt like a victory parade. i'm a victory parade for soldiers that have gone from defeat and losses on the front line, but it seems for them it's easier to capture the capital. why do go? and there are crowds gathered around him after his statement, crowds that had invaded the streets of the capital that had there, there was acts of looting, specifically targeting french businesses, france, the former colonial power has a military base on the ground. special forces that are there that have been supporting the burkina faso as military. now he try to reassure both the international community and called for calm m in the country ticket. listen to what captain georgia, his as spokesperson had to say. deny it for mid up will to thus young, we would like to inform the population that the situation is under control and that
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things are gradually returning to normal. we therefore invite you to go about your daily business freely and to refrain from any acts of violence and vandalism that could undermine the efforts made since the night of the 30th of september. this includes what could be perpetrated against the french embassy or the french military base. what we're seeing on the streets of walk, i do go outside the french berm embassies, unprecedented. in fact, we've seen crowds burning tire is trying to throw a cocktail molotov towards the embassy. actually, the french special forces have put themselves in position on the rooftop of the embassy to try to protect the diplomatic compound. woods astonishing here is that the soldiers that are meant to protect that area have just let the crowds go ahead and, and, and, and walk. and what is normally a very secured area. there's also been french businesses target. we're really seeing a high level of anti french protest and sentiment on the streets of wa good to go, which is a such
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a stark contrast to when and president my chrome came to walker. do go when you 1st took office where he had a hero's welcome. so why is this? why do we see such a stark contrast? well, because of the security situation that has deteriorated dramatically. i mean, there are towns in the north of the country like the town of g bow, where there's a population of 200000 people that have been under siege from arm groups linked to al qaeda and i so so there's a sense of emergency that more needs to be done on the security front and france, perhaps it is not the ideal partner, according to the math taken power. and just recently, nicholas very important from the car. thank you so much for one year after the coo and guinea frustrations are growing over a lack of progress over the west african nations political transition. and as i did, the research reports from cannot cri, the situation has gotten worse as economic hardships are increasing. like many traders, toyo market,
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far too much q 40 as seen consumer confidence and how income slip. but every day she comes in any way, hoping that things will get better. oh, i got a plan then and yes, things are tough. but sitting at home and doing nothing is not an option. there are so many mouths to feed, the nail, the opposition says the country's adrift. it blames guineas military rulers, saying they haven't chatted a clear course forward of to seizing power last year. most unions are caught in the dispute between the countries military leadership and the regional rugby economic community of west african states and opposition demand for a quick return to democracy, prizes of foot, stuff of risen, as unemployment has grown, with a price of rent increasing by more than 30 percent in the past few months. the biggest disappointment, sofa is what active is called a lack of focus by the military government. will company nicholas informed it that you can see they are simply groping in the dark. how can you explain that up to now there's no clearly defined plan where they want to go or who they are carrying
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along. they are just carrying on as if the entire country is a military barrack. it's a huge disappointment for us in one area, however, coolie them on monday, dea has succeeded, why? predecessors failed last month, the trial opened in the capital of the alleged masterminds of the 2009 stadium massacre in the capitol. former president will said that his commander and others appeared before a judge charged with killing of more than $150.00 protest us or whether the trial can draw. the public's attention away from the economy remains to be seen guinea, soon to has enjoyed some supports have lost his school. but as frustration with the lack of progress in both the politics and the economy grows, that support may soon turn to anger on the street. how many degrees al jazeera corner cri, the ancestral remains of 64. indigenous new zealanders have been welcomed home and
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an emotional ceremony in wellington. they were stolen in the 19th century and taken to austria. their return comes after decades of negotiations. wayne hay reports from toronto. oh, more than a 130 years, ancestral remains were welcomed back home to new zealand. a traditional multi welcome greeted them as they were carried into to papa the national museum in the capital. wellington it's a great day because at long last hour and ceased as if come home, the remains including skulls, are of indigenous, mouldy and muddy. already most were taken by austrian taxidermist, and grave rover and rayas russia between 187718. 89. if we think about all the wrong deals, it was not only russia, that's it, that everybody knows about. it's very, very many other people who did it. not only anthropologist. scientists,
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in general last week delegation from zealand travel to austria for the handover, which came after 77 years of negotiation between the 2 governments. a ceremony was held at the museum of natural history in vienna, whither remains had been kept. we deeply disrespect with just a few things we can look upon. what we can do here is to change needless commons in 2003 new zealand begin a program to repatriate skeletal remains more than 600. have since been returned, but it's believed there are hundreds more still overseas. you see that and i the emotion rather it is as we're taking out of taking them stolen out of graves. caves are heat up of what he top who means a sacred place and exerts from russia. diary show he knew that what he was doing
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