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china's communist party holds a week long congress to appoint its leaders with president sheet in paying poised to secure a 3rd term at the top. ah, hello them, norah kyle, this is al 0 live from doha. also coming up here, calling for change, demonstrators take to the streets across to nicea, pushing for the president and his government to step down to his president pay his respects and the victims of a mining explosion that killed 41 workers and picking up the pieces we visit people trying to rebuild their lives in the ukranian region, of course on ah,
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president, she didn't being has defended china. 0 cove at policy at the opening of the ruling communist parties, 20th national congress. she told thousands of delegates that the heavy curbs based on people's lives or for their own safety. you know, says that the missing and beijing is happening at a critical moment. for china chem, in fiji. we've pursued reform at a swift and steady pace made solid progress in developing a peoples democracy and advanced law based governments across all fields of endeavor. we've developed an advanced social's culture ahead of ensured improved public well being as a matter of priorities and pulled resources to wage. a battle against poverty of presidency is sent to secure a historic 3rd term as leader of the world's most populous nation. but as patrick fought reports, mounting challenges at home and abroad are raising questions about the political system dominated by one man. ah,
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deep and rural chancey province lies the village of young to her. it's where china's leaders spent 7 years as a teenager, living in caves ca, that of the hills under mousy tongues campaign to re educate urban youths. in one of them, several posters of modern, china's founding father. she jumping and jord hard labor during his time. here he said to have struggled with the squalor of rural life and once escaped to beijing only to be arrested and sent back. and yet he embraced the communist party. and now he found a role model is the 1st leader since the death of mowing, 1976, to acknowledge the legacy of mouth without reservation, it follows mowing the away, he governs the party or the colds of personality. it's very mouse thigh. now as the ccp me is, it's critical once every 5 years congress, she jumping as expected to cement her status as china's most powerful leader. since
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mouth having scrapped presidential term limits in 2018 is all but guaranteed to secure a 3rd term at the helm. during a decade and office, he's developed a strong cult of his own medical student winning. sure is a party faithful, confident in the direction she is taking the country towards the she history, his case in hand. the people have changed in hand. he's also case and, and it gave faith waive it's only because he's impacted the country positively that we continue to change them. but china is also facing increasing challenges under she's leadership. strict over lock bands across the country have hobbled the economy and crippled global supply chains. embedded property developers struggling to complete project of also dental confidence in a key sector that makes up about a 5th of gdp. there are fears also. she could further press beijing's claims over taiwan and step up military intimidation of the south. rhode island, a league pain on damascus duration, evil economic delusion. it's
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a really going dire lane. ah, she wore to the face a lot of resistance. ah, domestically lim property. he will think about how i you shall political observers expect. she will stay on beyond the 3rd term and that he may be plotting as mounted to rule for life, but path reservation could increasingly trump policy and plunge china into a period of uncertainty and instability. pantry talk al jazeera beijing. what is brienne, david? man, he's a political economist and founder of man at china, investment management management, and he joins us now from bank to have you with this festival. why does she say that this is a critical moment for china when he's facing a number of sources that he didn't anticipate for 5 years ago, which is 1st 0 kind of policy. and the,
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the chinese economy is really slow to them someplace is school. so he start between a problem with releasing 0 cobra, and the still remained something like 52000000 people over 60 in the country style annex ledger, despite the fact that charlie city's the legislation writes about 90 percent 70 to go to hundreds of thousands will die if he holds on to it, the economy will see the lose momentum, and the li morbus is going bankrupt. so it's a very difficult situation and no one's really sure what choices will match. well, he has said hasn't that he's gonna stay the course with 0 cove. it. what's been the reaction to that many people heard that he would be announcing today that the be a change of policy. um i think the fact that he says he will stay the course doesn't mean that the policy or loosen and the another thing is they can, they can reduce the cortinez be, were concurrent in your home. just to day one of my colleagues schools has been
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closed, and so families have been taken to a quarantine facility in the mountains. now it's not a joni and buttons, extremes rocketed. they best could have quarantined at home. so as flexibilities are things which i don't think they will announced as a major stick, but they will begin to allow to loosen they must because if we don't do something by march, economy is a real trouble. oh, we know that she is going to be staying in power for at least another 5 years, but what changes in the power structures should we be looking out for over the next 6 days? i don't think we'll see any changes in our structure. the next 6 days is to confirm, confirm what's taken place of the last 18 to 24 months. all those training haggling, cajoling. m b and discussions that have made as one raft of leaders retire and revolve from one post to another. there's
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a whole new group of people coming in, a call really will be loyal to she are many will be there just on marriage and not particularly connected to the center. and even forget that this is the period of concluding economic reform and renew every 5 years. so i think it matters more of the next 2 years. looked like we'll see where the she begins to plan for succession . and i'm not one of these be globally that is there for life under his egg as the party seal expedia for him to be there. and the fact that he is generally popular more popular than his last 2 predecessors. i think that having hm, what could i, he is amongst people and, and where the people across china are happy to see him taking on this 3rd term. i think many senior crystals are not because it blocks their own advancement. i think intellectuals are not because in their analysis of china, they peps taken war,
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complex few. but i travel all the time around, chime go, rural areas, shanghai, i'm intermediate cities. and the general view is that the and he correction campaign has brought us the ability to china that in the modern era and his android and bind lives, the economy, the disciplines around banking. this the general regulations of business am in a much more stable economy than anything stretched by 0 coven policies as no question. but if in the next few months that can be an alteration of their stringent terms, i think we're still dealing with a party that knows they have someone who is a little popular and so he will remain in power. but the party structure what literal for life, he's not bigger than the party, no one is bigger than the party that had been great has maintained thanks. taken time's join us that from bache, n. living. and while the news now and protests have been held in june, his ear as people struggle to cope with the deteriorating political and economic
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situation, thousands turned out for rival opposition, group rallies and renewed calls, a present case site to resign. joy gazing, the reports. ah, crowds gathered in the center of tunis ne keith president chi side of corrupting democratic institutions and wanting absolute power. hi manny i came here today because of the queue and the miserable conditions the country is in today. there is no water or milk, no sugar and no petrol. and we have a president who is only interested in power. the 2 parties organizing the protests have long been bitter rivals. now both are focused on the fight against cy age. leaders of the national salvation front coalition and the free constitution party urged shenanigans to boycott december's parliamentary elections. ah, i love you not mind that you need the people who fought 50 years for democracy will
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not allow this crew to settle. they've seen the extent of mismanagement, incompetence and failure. ah, at both rallies, protest is called on said to quit enchanted the people want the fall of the regime . the slogan of the 2011 revolution which spark the arab spring, people are getting really quite frustrated for those 2 pants. there's ones who are fighting for democracy and those who is fighting for kind of bread and being able to live about a life and know what they've got to put on the dinner table at night. the government hasn't commented on the latest protests side says he's working to improve the economic conditions inherited from his predecessors to that end, the changes in government is just secured. a 1900000000 dollar loan from the i, m f o o. but these protest is say they won't give up, they don't believe the upcoming. it will be free. all fair. they say i eat, has too much power. and democracy is in danger. victoria gate and be out of there
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are people and her care a morning the deaths of 41 coal miners who were killed in the explosion more than a 100 people underground when the blast happened on friday night. fraser, a jap type, odon has visited the site, and met survivors. so casa agree reports from a mastura. ah, after several hours of searching, under extremely difficult conditions, rescue workers brought up bodies of dozens of miners using the same gate. a lift, the workers had used to begin their day, 300 meters down. the cause of the explosion on friday morning is not known yet and will become part of the investigation. what is clear for now is the huge loss of life and damage. it has caused some of the workers who were close to the surface were able to escape clause touch, just because we saw a horrible scene. it cannot be described,
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but it's very sad. they're all my friends friends i eat and drink with that the weekend they all had dreams. they all had families. some were married. some were single. the turkish president raja paid as on visit at the survivors and paid tribute to the workers for the moment. of course, we will determine how the explosion happened and whether there is anyone responsible through administrative and legal investigations. we no longer want to see deficiencies or unnecessary risk. mine feel that the mind belongs to the state own turkish heart cool enterprises. because a friday explosion and the coal mine behind me is still under investigation. whatever the outcome to kid does not have a good faith to record, particularly in coal mining. despite the fact the number of accidents has been decreasing in recent years. 8 years ago, 301 people were killed in the nation's worse coal mining disaster,
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which occurred in the western town of soma. what i say is that all the site used to in place 6000 workers. now the same production is carried out by 700 work, right, or we'll see the same things if there is no effective investigation and inspection to term penalties are required. mistakes, my state company cannot be forgiven. the rescue operation has now ended, but many here fear, unless additional precautions are taken. similar incidents might take more lives in this call, rich and region seen outcast. although elders era, a missouri, nor than turkey, still had hair on out his era is had time, almost off mounting pressure on britain's prime minister after just weeks in the job. i mean, for the place of people in nigeria who have lost everything they own due to floods . ah,
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damage in the gulf, states have come down to where they should be. 35 is spot on average for dough hands. no significant win, which means it feels a little bit close. a little bit shoot, but it's not out of the ordinary to be honest. but on a bigger picture. well things are changing. the further north west you go because with down into autumn weather now i'm flowing trust the basra. c a mom or down through the g into the eastern med is a quite a cold wind to be honest. and it generates big sand stores which are probably catch alexandria and cyprus, slower moving showers over good pos took here, as you can see, for the time being little advanced dry. but those shells will move in that general direction. but between here and the declining disappearing monsoon is bone, dry and temperature as they are coming down little bit shower around as a by john, maybe parts of golden around. otherwise there's not much to talk about to be ours. that's for sunday and for monday. so let's disappear down to africa. well,
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like notorious to breezing. it's sherry at night than it moves thunderstorms out to the east to nairobi and back towards could gully during the day. but the seasonal rain is still showing as fairly heavy for the central crafter republic. the con goes back to nigeria as well. yeah, the study on the ground, there's more to come with coin. it's an international electronic crypto currency used across the globe. it is the best part it exist on the planet. but few know how it's made. it's role in the criminal underworld, it's rise to legal tender. it's implications for the global financial system. and the devastating carbon footprint it leaves behind its energy consumption. is that a massive step backward? people in power investigates crypto on al jazeera
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lou. ah, there again, you're watching out, is there a his reminder of our top story is this, our chinese communist party has begun. it's 5 yearly congress against a backdrop of mounting challenges. the well 2nd biggest economy president, she told delegates in beijing their meeting at a critical moment for china anger at the political. busy economic situation and to nicea has grown into major protests. thousands turned out on saturday as rival opposition groups held parallel rallies against president, ty said, and people in takia morning, the deaths of 41 coal miners who were killed in the underground explosion on friday night. president rich typo on visited the site and met survivors and vowed to bring
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an end to mining accidents. russia says 11 soldiers have been killed and 15 wounded in a shooting at its southern border with ukraine. the defense ministry says 2 attackers opened fire to military training ground in belgrade and says, the assailants were from an unnamed form of soviet nation and fired at volunteers, wishing to fight in ukraine. they were killed by return fire. the ministry calls it a terrorist attack. belgrade has been sheldon recent days in what russian officials say, but missile strikes by ukrainian forces and ukrainian military has. we taken dozens of villages in the south, but it says russian forces are trying to push back against that counter offensive. despite the fighting civilians have begun, returning to their destroyed homes, shall stratford met some of them in the castle region. this is sheila, with lucy's, where my barn was. well now everything is gone. her fizz,
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alexander does. he inspects what remains of the home and the life he and his wife spent 35 years building. pro russian forces from the nets region occupied their village in march below or her ability. my think they looted this toys. they were drinking shooting off. they told us they would be here forever with what they said. we will pay you back for our suffering. you beat us. now we will beat you just publish a ticket or do a full full bohannon or exam to shows us what remains of his b hives. shelling, killed and injured much of his life stalk, survived, disappeared during the battle. is i, i don't know what to say. no, that no matter what russia has done to us, we want to come home now was the destroyed russian military trunk outside the
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smashed village school, where russian soldiers stayed. russian packs, gas masks and destruction. all that remained. ah, volunteers distribute would to those keen to start at least basic repairs on the destroyed homes oh, ukrainian rock it climbs into the sky a few kilometers away. ukrainian fighter jet circles, overhead, broken, half still life below village of the village has been virtually obliterated. burnt out. tanks, squat, mung, splintered trees. there are dozens of villages like this in the cares on region which have been completely destroyed. gradually, a few people are returning to what remains of their homes. but the situation is far
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from stable in this region, and ukrainian military force is a saying that they're dealing with a potential renewed russian advance. ah, another rocket sauls towards a target in russian hill territory. land climbs through the gaping holes in his grandmother's home. he's come to repair it, so at least she has protection from the approaching winter, cold wilson bang to nibble as of a school. we couldn't contact her for a month. she's. we have to repair her home before the rain starten yours, that we've had time to prepare on them. they won't beat us back again in some of the harm leaves. look. the determined spirit of innocent civilians suffering deeply blackened lives. tom started al jazeera, his son reach him suddenly grain, but his payments are less trust, says under pressure to keep her job after making you turns on 2 major policies. she
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finds her chancellor on friday. we're pacing him at jeremy hunt. he's in miss entrusted scraps. tax plan was a mistake and warns that difficult decisions lie ahead. and his emmons reports from london, financial and political chaos of prime minister refusing to quit. but the u. k. media aren't alone in same time, is up for liz. trust. her sacking of her chancellor and friend quasi quoting on friday and her dismal performance in a news conference afterwards failed to calm the market. only going to say, now it rests with the new occupant of the chancellor's office at number 11 downing street. jeremy hunt to turn things around on his 1st morning in office. he was critical of what trust has done so far was a mistake to cut the top rate of tax. so to period when we were asking every one to make sacrifices and it was a mistake to fly blind and not to back up. the economic plans that were announced
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with an independent forecast from the office for budget responsibility. while hunt says he supports growing the economy, he's talking of increasing some taxes. the only cuts will be on some of the spending. ministers and party grandees would normally look to number 10 for solutions and tactics. not now. it's number 11, jeremy hunt. the 4th chancellor, in a matter of a 100 days, he's got a strong background and it would appear he has a mandate to rewrite. large parts of important government policy summoned the conservative party, say, trust has become a lame duck prime minister because she's appointed hunt. he is the dominant figure in the government. i mean, you could imagine, can you, if you asked to take on that role, the concessions that you would demand in order to do that. and it would have to be, you know, your control over economic policy, over personnel, over key committees, whatever the conservative party does,
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it can't afford to trigger an election. one new polls suggests it has less than 20 percent support. the opposition labor party is rallying its members, whatever they say. now, whatever they do, it boils down to one argument for them. it party 1st country 2nd, that's unforgivable the case with a list for us is that the prime minister's country residents for the weekend battling to save her job. jeremy hunt spent most of saturday with his treasury teens working on a formula. he might be able to tame the markets, but may not save the prime minister. andrew simmons al jazeera london, iran's government says a fire that pro cassidy even present in toronto, has been brought under control. gunshots were also heard that he a shade smoke rising from the prison, where many political prisoners held money in state. meteor sands,
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and pleasures broke out between inmates and guards and rioters started the fire esl center. in terran has more on the present fire. it was about 10 p. m local timing into round when the fire started in in prison. so based on their blazes and a smoke that was rising above the prison, we can say that it was quite a big one. so right after the fire, there were several gunshots and also the explosion, like songs and heard and, and, and, and we see that the through that, that, that the videos that we are receiving this not only one single unit of the prison that was set on fire but in different past, off did the present the fire. it was still going on. officials here have a story. the said at, at the did, there was a crushes, the clash between the prisoners as some of those prisoners has the set, the fire on, on, on the that the warehouse or the deceiving worship in their prison. and if not,
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did the official seat agency say that 9 people are, are injured? no reports of the casualties? yes. how will yet, however, the witnesses, some of the witnesses are seen that i did the some of the month of cocktails were thrown into their prison and that they started the fire their right after that you have seen that that, that, that, that the security forces firing and also using t of gas to disperse, to disperse people. all that comes as protests against the wrongs government enters a 5th week, despite a crack down by security forces. is now been a month since the funeral of $22.00 matter armine. she died and cassie of ron's so called morality police. after being detained in teheran, her death is triggered the most intense unrest in the country in decades. security forces and became far so se armed groups have killed at least 3 soldiers and 8 civilians in the countries north. the group has said to have been ambushed
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entangled province. they st. attack comes after the september 30th qu, that acid president left tenant, colonel paul on re san diego dangle de amoeba was declared. his successor restrictions on movements have been placed on 2 districts in uganda in the attempt to contain the spread of the abolla virus in the country. and officially declared an outbreak of virus in september. and these 19 people have since died present year where im a 70 says people won't be allowed in or out of the affected areas of been overnight . curfew and bars, gems and places of worship will be closed for 3 weeks. a man has died after severe flooding on the greek island of crete. strong winds and heavy rains battered the coasts on saturday. most of the damage occurred along the town of a geologic. the victim was trapped in his car as the sea waters rose. it's not clear how many more people may be missing. all lost boy,
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he made it all happened within seconds. i don't know how long it was happening. we just barely managed to get everyone out when the water had reached up to their shoulders at the last minute because everyone was sleeping and they had no idea what was happening. aid workers and nigeria struggling to reach hundreds of thousands of people to space by floods. they're all producing region. is the latest to be hit by water that's already devastated. northern central and eastern parts of the country. i can address reports from a tawny on the west affected areas in southern nigeria. 2 weeks after a family member was swept away by the flood. the edges are still waiting for the water to recede, so they can bury there even after no thought it was due at a very irregular from the level of water here, it could be at least a week before they are able to do that. many other families are waiting for news. any news about their missing relatives?
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go well, council soccer chair. it was a work place until 3 weeks ago. now, it's been taken over by hundreds, displeased by the flood. it was the destination for dozens who drowned la street, fleeing from rising water levels threatening their watch for nearly 3 weeks. it's been were in general, abbey, and her family called whole times. she says are tough for everyone. this shed one by the face to the face, a couple of minutes used by media and the focus of friends on what in the some of the media. that could also be trust issues. the big you was them. but by to them as my to that will got 55, my favorite good to this local gotten with community is finish. many areas that completely cut off and the feet of the residents till and known. one of the biggest
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challenges of delivering a victim of the flight in a number of states is the level of water. 2 weeks since the flood. there is little time it's receding, but that's not the only concern here. quite as of the probe. yeah. for separatist movement. also active in this area. that is set to be a reason why some officials are staying away. there soon. are a lot of national emergency management juicy, which caused or cut. i mean, not numbers. it's walking along with the manager air force to it or reach out to some of those communities. a delivery generally has been slow and i do great victims are concerned, but by the time help arrives. it might be too late for some i'm at the address ology sierra daniel they can find.
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