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ah, hello, why money and say this is out there. life from doha. also coming up the u. s. president promises to legalize abortion across america. if democrats can maintain their hold over congress, relatives intimacy, a demand and investigation, often 18 people died when a migrant bite sank last month. and we talked to scientists in the mold eaves who think and found a new ecosystem deep from the indian ocean. ah, russian missile strikes across ukraine have left hundreds of thousands of civilians without power and water ukraine's president. a lot of his zalinski says, one 3rd of the country's power facilities have been destroyed,

is accusing. russia have trying to intimidate people as winter approaches. now, according to ukrainian emergency services, more than a 1000 towns and villages, and now without power and hospitals across the country, including near cave and the city of denise pro, have been forced to use backup generators oft at the widespread power cuts. bahama jam, june sent us this report from keith. a barrage of missile strikes across ukraine, hitting critical infrastructure. the 2nd day, the countries power grid has come under attack like at this plant and disney pro and this one, and she told me it was really ukrainian officials expect more attacks in the days ahead. the developed arrest, the go, the terrorist states, russia is making every effort to destroy the ukraine energy system. the main target is not only the peacefully green civilians, but also the critical infrastructure in keeps destiny on ski district. power

facilities were hit by 3 missiles, leaving many areas in the dark. for residents of this apartment, complex concerns are growing. in fact, when the virginian, unless they have done the same again last monday and today they attacked us again. and it wasn't just the electricity they worried about. water wasn't flowing either . 63 year old valentina has lived in this neighborhood for 30 years. and she's upset julie de lucia when they popular this time, they hit the factory at the conclusion, we have no electricity and no hot water. and children cannot study at home or at school don't watching one or 2. this is very painful. very painful logic for our children and grandchildren for now the residents wait, hoping utilities will come back online soon. ukrainian official say 30 percent of

the country's power plants have been damaged by russian shelling since october 10th . and add that more black out. this is a very curious situation. the german government finds itself in, in which the man who has been running the cybersecurity agency of jermel sessions with people who themselves have been linked to the russian security services. what makes this more complicated is the fact that mr. sharon bomb referred himself to a disciplinary procedure himself and wanted to know what the allegations against him. ah, while he is now out of position. but it is interesting that other political parties, the green party, the christian democrats, are asking questions of the german interior minister as to why she has taken the action she has taken. and it is worth making. the point here that many people have said that they believed mister sure vaughn was doing a relatively good job. it appears as though rather like caesar's wife, that he must be above suspicion above guilt. and it is said, the ministry has said that they believe that's the in order for the people working

at the cybersecurity agency to be able to be neutral and independent. mr. shone bomb had to leave his job. certainly that's the view being put across by the interior minister an investigation into the damage nord strain gas pipelines in the baltic. sea shays that nico discovered last month were caused by blasts danish police, a powerful explosion, split 4 holes in the pipe, and it's new at twin, or trent t gas deliveries happened, suspended since september. here as president supreme court overturned abortion rights, protections at the federal level. raleigh, 22 days away from the most consequential election in our history. my riches elections, where the choice of the stakes are crystal clear, especially when it comes to the road to choose. an fisher has more or less from washington dc. joe biden needs to generate interest in voting for democrats. he's

looking at the polls. he seeing that the position they were and a few months ago has essentially evaporated. you remember back in june, the supreme court announced that it was overhauling the abortion laws here in the united states that lead to 14 states banning abortion. many others have imposed very strict conditions on getting abortion. but that led to thousands and thousands of people going out on to the streets, complaining about the decision and registering to vote many women amendment, many minorities, did that. and they said that come november as far as they were concerned, abortion was very much on the ballot. and of course, the, the democrats have been behind the republicans at that point and suddenly that he's got to move the narrative away from that. so how does he decide to do that? he wants to talk about abortion, and he wants to make sure that people get out to vote. seeing that not only is abortion on the ballot, then there's the possibility that other freedoms could be threatened,

such as same sex marriage that to could be at risk if the democrats can't could defy this. the leader of hong kong is currently outlining his administration's power at east during his 1st policy address. as chief executive john lees expected to focus on plans to revive the economy, which has been hit hard bikes this year, or with an unprecedented number of missiles being fired. a number of those missiles intended to develop this stated mission of the north, of acquiring an arsenal of smaller, tactical nuclear warheads, the kind of battlefield, nuclear warheads that would be used in any confrontation, possibly with the south, which is further raised the nuclear tension levels here on the peninsula, a general strike has been held in tennessee as people demand investigation into the deaths of 18 people when a migrant by its sank last month. relatives that the victims have accused

authorities of not doing enough to re patrick the bodies, ashore gate and be reports. oh we're sadness and anger in the city of georgie's wound is carry the coffin of yassin abdel kareem, one of 18 t. niss eons who drowned last month trying to get to italy. oh, what happened to the others remains unknown. but relatives of the missing angered by reports that you knew 0 forties buried. some of the victims in unmarked graves in a cemetery for foreign migrants. for bodies have since been themed o days of protest culminated in a general strike on tuesday. more than 4000 people took to the streets, demanding answers from authorities. and what level assist you are for the other? the food demand is to open an investigation into all aspects of the incident from the sinking of the boat to the process of searching for the bodies that more than

22000 migrants have been intercepted of chin is east coast. since the start of this year, it's a popular but dangerous route for africa, migrants trying to cross the mediterranean to reach the e. u. food and fuel shortages into nicea of lead others to join to president chi psi aid has called for an investigation into what happened. he wants the people smugglers responsible to be found and prosecuted. but until economic conditions improvement in his ear, people will continue to risk their lives in search of a better life in europe. victoria gay to be al jazeera, still ahead on al jazeera, the cement manufacture, lafarge admits that paid armed groups in syria to keep business going. during the war. i am already received in one of my generous form for decent states been denied to delta. that is completely cut off from the rest of the country of riches. yeah.

are struggling to bring in aid as quickly as possible. i was, it wasn't gets just ah hello. there is a divided picture across north america. we got lots of dry, warm, actually, very hot weather to be found in the north, west pacific and west and canada. but in contrast to this for the east, it continues to be very wet, windy, and wintery, thanks to an early seasonal storm here. now temperatures have suddenly been on the up record levels. cases like calgary, they will start to come down over the next few days. that remains largely clear across the west coast of the u. s. in contrast to this, kansas city is going to see a lot of heat coming friday, clear skies 26 degrees celsius. now that can't be said for the north east, down eastern areas of candidates. tony,

more wintry with some heavy snow. strong winds as well. the temperature in toronto dipping down to 7 degrees celsius. further east of is some improvement for that east coast and improving picture as well. for southern states of the us. just florida seen some lively down pools from that trailing weather system. that's gonna bring some heavy rain to the bahamas western areas of cuba, but it's really mexico that's going to be dealing with the worst of that wet weather. exceptionally heavy falls, the bay of competitive stretching down the yucatan peninsula and further. so some of those storms as well gathering on the west coast. ah, with this inspiring films from around the world, they so not stop the violin and kill. the poa is witness intimate portraits and epic struggles because leadership is also not just the people witness. the human

spirit and vis a reality. men believe women are now people across france have been protesting over the rising cost of living. natasha butler has more from the french capital, played up an angry transport and energy sector workers lead a demonstration in paris to call for higher wages. among them were all refinery staff. you've been on strike for a month to stand off with their bosses a total and now she has caused a fuel shortage in the country. the french governments attempt to end the blockade by forcing staff back to work or face penalties has inflamed tension. oh, it's terrible. and rather than doing that, they should force companies to hand over their large profits to social organizations. i love the i love what is the model? the model you are crohn is like thatcher. it's a policy of the bosses stuffing their faces while the workers are allowed crumbs,

but we don't even get the crumbs. despite the turn out in the city, it wasn't the general strike that frances trade unions had called for. many sectors did not take part. but for the public, some disruption, some train or bus services were cancelled adding to the difficulties people already face to get around with been a challenging week for their call owners in france, many federal satans, a still sort of fuel this pump here, doesn't have any pets. left her at all, and even though the government has ordered some or refinery. so fact of the job, the situation so hasn't improved by march for employee or her has your regular a work for car rental agency. it's been hard for us to refuel our vehicles. we have to spend a full day waiting to refill tanks. if you select, you know, it's really hard at the moment. i spent nearly 5 days looking for petals. i'm and it's tough because i need my car for work. my job inflations fueling discontent in france, but this political scientist says that the sort of unrest seen in the country

during the yellow vest movement is unlikely. liberal problem could over the world. that is all. it's unlikely that we will see a large social movement emerge that would unite all workers, because people all have different concerns, particularly among the working classes. so it's hard for everyone to come together with the french president has urged an end to the refinery, blockade and opinion polls suggest a majority of french people now won't the same. but these protestors say they won't give up their fight until their demands are met. the sasha butler al jazeera paris people have held rallies and chillies, capital, santiago to monk, the 3rd anniversary of mass protest against inequality. in 2019 over 1000000 people took to the streets to demand better health services, education and social welfare. 33 people died in the social roles. a latin american ad salisia, newman reports from santiago,

the anniversary of the social uprising as it called here in chile that started on october. 19th of 2019 is underway. it's been authorized to take part along, afford kill armor, to route along this major 3rd, as they continue to flee crisis conditions in their home country. in an effort to reduce record migration numbers, a recent change in us policy enables us authorities to expel illegal, been as well in refugees to mexico, but allows some still in venezuela to fly direct to the west for a period of 2 years. as long as the secure sponsor, but these migrants in the mexican state of chiapas are not among the lucky ones. despite the challenges ahead, they continued earlier this week to push north. but i meant the carry more. they got that. we just want to reach our destination ways that these people here will not stop until they reach their goal to achieve a dream that all of us were walking. want to attain. if we need to yoke all day and

night until we reach the end, we will do it. if any, my god might convey what we ask joe biden to give us an opportunity because we deserve it. venezuelans now account for rough. we will do it. if any, mike might have convenient, we asked joe biden to give us an opportunity because we deserve it. venezuelans now account for roughly half of all my grants traveling through latin america. and more than $7000000.00 or estimated to be living as migrants and refugees. but welded up below al jazeera, the french cement manufacturer, lafarge has been ordered to pay almost $800000000.00 of de admitted to giving money to armed groups in syria. yes, prosecutor to say the company paid i. so in order to keep a fat she running in northern syria during the war, a vaunted mense at handed over millions of dollars from 2013 to 2014,

even as the armed group came out with high profile executions. toby cabman is an international human rights lawyer. he says the ruling against lafarge sends a strong message to multinational firms that accountability. it shows the interplay between corporate liability and terrorism. when you have a corporate entity, which is effectively financing terrorist activities. and there was up to $6000000.00 that were paid by the boss through intimate treaties to, to the, to terrorist group. so other states of course, can come forward and should come forward and ensure that those corporate entities that are engaging and as part of their nuclear program. so we, you know, we have seen individuals executives being charged with facilitating crimes. but i think one of the things that we also need to look at setting the serial context is as we look at reconstruction,

they're all corporations that are effectively benefiting from conflict. and so it is important to, to continue to, to send that message. is that whether you are an individual, corporation or state, you will be held accountable. officials in nigeria wanting that more rain is predicted as communities across the country struggle to deal with the west flooding in more than a decade. on the 600 people have been killed and they are now phase of disease outbreaks from contaminated water. i'm it interest reports from a go, i guess plays from a tower above the flood. a few kilometers away, dozens of the coast carrying fuel, food, and life saving medicines are stranded as highways and breakers that damaged by also one of 9 years of leading oil, producing state is cut off. devastating floods have hit nearly one and

a half 1000000 people. every body is affect it either directly or indirectly. everybody's affected. so it's a disaster moment. our crew moment, our lead, that mentions where we are cut off from civilization. we are cut off from everything. ah. as victims flocked to camps, concern is rising about shortages. the displeased speak of inadequate for gracious major streets have become waterways, wooden boats. judas output and the safety of our list of issues will make sure that they are adequately protected because we have stepped off our operations and we have heightened security and assurance that will be welcomed by a jittery energy market. but for victims of this is disaster. what would can, for the more is finding shelter and food to feed the hungry so far they say,

they haven't gotten enough. i'm a degrees al jazeera yenna go find her son admission to map the waters around them all days, believe there discovered a new ecosystem. 500 meters deep in the indian ocean. it's called the trappings ng and a host. a spectacular array of marine life environment. edison nicholas cripple. scientists from the lake to mel these mission drop to the d for that's where the mysteries lie. beyond the shelving terraces formed on the cliffs of battles down the vertical cliff, faces past mana, the sea life to a depth of 500 meters to the sea bed, where there's a kind of natural captive larder for predators where organisms migrating from the surface. at dawn attract against the sea floor where particularly intrigued at this

depth. why is this occurring? is this something that knowledge obviously will help us to protect it because then we know which areas we need to protect, which areas we need to manage properly and also how we manage development of tourism as well as fisher sector island nations like the mold.