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zara ah, bold and am told stories from asia and the pacific on al jazeera on november the americans war vote. all the seats in the house of representatives at 35 percent of the senate will be contested. americans are expected to split on strict ideological lines with abortion and the economy named as the key issues. the results will define the rest of your biden's presidency and put americas democratic principles to the test. special coverage of the midterm elections on al jazeera. ah, i am resigning as leader of the conservative party. les tress quits after tumultuous 6 weeks in office becoming britton's. shortest serving prime minister.
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her party will elect a new leader in the next week. it's 5th and 6th years with former chancellor wishes to knock and even bars. johnson expected to run out with a mi barker. this is al jazeera life from london, also coming up at the 60 dead off to chad. security forces. open fire on protest is demanding a quicker transition to democratic rule. tribal clashes in sedans, blue knives of state, kill them over the 150 people in 2 days. and ukraine's national grid stone imposing blackouts on its citizens to allow infrastructure destroyed by russia as strikes to be repaired. ah, you case prime minister has resigned to
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a turbulent 44 days in office full of policy. you terms, market turmoil and cabinet resignations. this trust she, she was quitting because she couldn't deliver the mandate. she was elected on by the tory party after being forced to rip up economic plans. the tories now have one week to elect a new leader with canada as rumored to include former finance minister, richie scenic, and trust. his predecessor forest johnson. financial markets responded well to the news with the british pound, rising by one percent against the us dollar after trust resigned, and re simmons reports. this cross was the prime minister of broken promises. she calls the near meltdown of the markets. nearly all her own funded plans with tax cuts were reversed. now, she's out the shortest serving prime minister in the u. k. history. i cannot deliver the mandate on which i was elected by the conservative party. i therefore slaten to his majesty the king to notify him that i am resigning as leader of the
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conservative party. and doing started last friday. she'd sector finance minister closet courting, but blaming him for getting it wrong had no effect on the markets. the pound wasn't recovering and the cost of government borrowing was still going up to say a nervous trust walked out on questioning on you're going to say, well, you prime in came political, heavyweight jeremy hunt as new chancellor, trashing virtually all of the trust plans, saving billions of dollars and calming the markets, he cannot make credibility. ah, the next day she was confronted by opposition. labor leader. kiss darma. for the 1st time she seemed to be defiant. i am a fighter and not a 24 hours later she was told to quit. no, the conservative party is engulfed in leadership elections again. and those in
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charge say they'll have to be quick. i think we are deeply conscious all the imperative of a national interest or resolving this. clearly angry contenders include former chancellor richie sooner, but they're still anger in the party over his part in bringing down bars. johnson and johnson does look like trying to make a comeback. is ally say it would be in the national interest. any mordant leader of a house of commons may be a good unity candidates, but may not have enough experience to convince the party. and as the country is facing a change of prime minister for the 3rd time in 3 months, the opposition is calling for a general election. we can't have a revolving door of chaos. we can't have another experiment at the top of the tory party. that is an alternative, and that's a stable labor government and the public are entitled to have their say, the conservative party is split, it's damage and it's still shaken by what's happened. the last thing it needs right now is
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a general election opinion polls show it would be decimated. andrew simmons alger 0 downing street. you as president joe biden there said trust was a great partner on international cooperation. a ball park for his president emanuel macaroni has expressed sadness that her resignation, nelson france as a friend of the british people wishes possibility. and in this context of war intentions are the energy crisis. it's as important, great britain starts out again on the part is political stability and that's all i wish. for example, on a personal level, i'm always sad to see a colleague, louise, and i hope that stability will come back. ah, at least 60 people have been killed in almost 300 injured after security forces.
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open fire on protest is demanding a quicker transition to democratic rule. violence broke out after demonstrators barricaded roads and torch the government's party headquarters in the capital. in jemina. police fired rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse crowds. the country has been on edge since the death of president interest derby last year there's been resistance to a transitional military council headed by his son, which has postponed elections to 2024 of a gray ag. whew is a political analyst. he says, the ministry's response has been brutal and the death all is likely to rise. what i think the point had really feared the most is this continue grotesque to that reprehensible act of but by the, by the military. because in just a short period of time, which is either of the protest today over 40 people have to really
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write test and st. 50 people looted. if you look at, you know, multiple wounded, i'm very sure that by tomorrow morning, the number of the, this critical city on that is small, small number. so even those people do one electro here for the fact that the remain clear that it's on this and up here. and that's an extended that might lead to the me to leaving from is be period before the premise was brooklyn was stop them from from breaking up from me again for the rest comes is chad to kind of a state of emergency over flooding, which has impacted more than a 1000000 people rains of overwhelmed the char we river that runs north, close to the border with cameroon, nearly half of the capital and germane air is under water. the flooding has also overwhelmed the market town of christ ferry on the other side of the river. in cameroon. the hunting has more no dry land in sight.
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waters have breached the banks of the cherry river outside chad's capital. i don't country caught up what we didn't know what we should do. we are now suffering. as you can see, the government has to make a decision to help us. we are now doing men's work because our husbands have passed away, and every one person has 6 or 7 children to take care of. 18 of the countries. 23 provinces are impacted. the president has declared a national emergency that got the stuff. this disaster is from climate change. it is one of the most severe the region has seen in years. it's making it hard for people to keep their heads above. water is sunny on the other side of the river. in cameroon, a small market town has also been submerged. the notices of all, you see the water and good our house. i saved my children remark, then the house collapsed 1st and all my things are in the water. and we can't
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recover and it seems as it rains cars flooding in this region every year. but it has never been this bad since sunday. thousands of people are estimate it have been made homeless, yet are counting sick since last year. the rain has handicap me and i've lost 2 children. yes, but thank god i recovered this, you know, am on my feet massey plan, but this here, it happens again and again. and now i am a refugee. you did so help with roads under water. canoes are now the only way to get around and the river keeps rising. leah harding al jazeera, if violence has broken out in sedans, blue nile state with reports to more than a 150 people have been killed. around 90, more have been injured and the ongoing conflict triggered by land dispute to the militarization of tribal groups. violence over rival land claims between the houser and better tribes and to lie left dozens of people dead and thousands more
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displaced. a p. steel was signed in the region in 2020, but fighting has steadily increased. it morgan reports some cartoon. this violence is an extension of the violence that broke out last july between the 2 tribes. the hausa and the birds are over land issues. the how so wanted to establish a tribal administration in blue now state something that the bertha and other tribes in lieu. now states rejected saying that the house to have no rights to land claims in the area security forces have been deployed also back then they have restricted movement. local authorities have imposed curfew in those 3 localities where violence have broken out. but as of today, the market in blue now state in the capital of blue, now state them as in has been shut. there are reports of a village as being burned due to the violence and again displacement because of the violence security forces. i have been deployed, but the violence and attention still continue, despite the fact that it's been weeks or months rather,
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since the start of the violence and no resolution has been carried out so far. to end the fighting between the 2 sides. ukrainian authorities of impose power restrictions and blackouts for the 1st time since the war began. as russian strikes hammer critical infrastructure, people across the country have been urged to use less power. the government of forces electricity curves between 7 am to 11 pm, ukraine's president for laudermill zalinski says russian attacks have damaged a 3rd of power stations and just over a week, the government wants to reduce energy use by 20 percent overall, ukranian forces to retake in territory in the east and south, but struggling to protect power facilities or the shower of thought it was still national. can russians have invaded all country? there is much anger against russian leaders and russian people. but we are ready for outages with cruise. they have candles, charged polar banks. ukraine is charged to in zone. is that or has been some good news for ukrainians?
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facing those power outages where the forecasters in ukraine are predicting a milder winter than usual. the state run forecast as says average temperatures are expected to be $1.00 to $2.00 degrees celsius higher than normal. much of the destruction on ukrainian infrastructure has been inflicted by drones, which ukraine and the west say are made in iran. the u. s. as iran has even sent trainers and tech support to the annex region of crimea to her, russian forces operate them. russia denies uni using iranian drones. his defense ministry says it's using high precision, long range and air base weapons. several ukrainian cities included the capital key if have been hit this week through here, or you're asking, mr. ward not room is about iranian unmanned aerial vehicles, which is spread by some independent unnamed close sources in the american media. have been refuted in recent days by both iranian and russian representatives. is there any need to come in on these claims made both to us and to tehran?
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i think no, because all of this is nothing more than a set of ungrounded conclusions. and far fetched assumptions that britain and france a trying to build into a construct. but every time it all collapses in front of every one. so as the rest of the country is targeted by russian strikes, ukraine's military is continuing its advance in her song towards the regional capital. the moscow installed authorities say they plan to evacuate 50 to 60000 people from the area over the next few days. i'll just hear as bob rhodes, i bug has sent this report from the frontline in her san al jazeera, an allah, edmond. we are now on one of the most advanced front lines in her song. we are in one of the ukrainian forces trenches neither frontline. at this moment, the ukrainian military is preparing for an attack with mortar shells because we are very close to the front lines. the ukrainian forces can only use mortar shells to target the position of the russian forces, which are only
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a few kilometers away that brought them in a hammer or who allowed they'd be sought. now the shelves are fired. we now have to run quickly to the trenches to seek shelter as the russian forces are expected to fire back. still to come this half hour, division and disagreements at the european union where members state so it owns over how to contain an energy crisis. and the horrific killing of a 4 year old girl highlights the shockingly high number of children murdered in south africa. ah hello, i'm afraid we have yet another flood risk warning issued across eastern parts of australia. more clouds stretching up across sab with victoria pushing up into new south wales into queensland. this mary of high pressure, just off shore. alas,
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blocking things off says come, hold the rain there for a couple of days. you see that on shore wind coming in to the east side of australia, more heavy down horse coming into much of new south wales inland parts of nissan wells. we'll see further flooding as we go through the next hour. so se in parts the queens that also very wet brisbin seeing some big samples at right, stretching down to a good part of victoria for friday as well. sas date is a similar picture. the where to where the light is to be around the sunshine coast, pushing towards brisbin. still plenty of rain though into that east side of new south wales. derek was quite dividing, right? eating across into good part of tasmania as well. still dry there for new zealand, it us, they lassie settled here over the next couple of days at where to weather still cleaning on as we go on into sunday. so big concerns say said keeping was keeping on your local forecast. could see some wet weather to into northern parts of china into the far east over russia. for much of the korean peninsula is fine and dry.
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japan not very too badly. central and southern china is lottie. try with a sense of belonging, cmc. we always look for ways to be together and the everyday heroes keeping communities together. that is tough, leper is transforming every day. in the 1st part of the new series, i'll just you of visits is stopped by lava in mexico city, where locals are turning a notorious municipality into an urban utopia. a sense of community on a j 0 lou . ah,
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welcome back. a reminder of the top stories here are now to 0. list trusts has become the u. k. shortest serving prime minister announcing she stepping down after just 6 weeks in the job because she couldn't deliver on her promises. she lost all authority after a controversial economic plan caused a collapse in the pound and sent mortgage rates soaring, a new leadership contest to replace a will be held next week. former defense secretary petty mordant form of finance minister wishes to neck and even for the even for the prime it is supposed johnson the considered possible content is at least 60 pro democracy protest as have been killed in chad. violence broke out after demonstrators barricaded roads and torch, the ruling parties. headquarters in the capital in jemina, european union is still divided over how to contain an energy crisis that's been fueled by russia's invasion of ukraine. e. u leaders are meeting in brussels for their 2nd summit in 2 weeks. the divisions remain over how to impose
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a gas price cap with germany and france and opposing camps. what we have to find out is how we can support all countries together in getting prices down. not just with subsidies, with just one question, but getting them down on the words market. so we need to corporate, for instance, with other demand, just like south korea and japan, we need to cooperate with other friends in g 7 that our suppliers. turner hall has more from brussels agreement on a price cap, still proving elusive that they're talking about the soaring price of gas. of course, they're desperate to try and find a way of containing the price of gas to try and stable higher inflation. and the threat of recession that stalks many of the economies in the block, the $27.00 member states, of course, find themselves effectively on the front line of an energy war with moscow, the weapon is ation of gas prices. prior to the war and ukraine,
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russia provided 40 percent of the blocks energy needs since then that's dwindled to a trickle. and as they seek alternative supplies, the gas prices sword some 300 percent since the beginning of the year. franz once a cap along with a number of other southern european less well off e u. member states, germany vehemently against a price cap. it's been very critical, highly criticized for putting a lot of money into subsidizing its own gas prices, but feels a price cap would lead to a shortage of supply and that conflict. i think he's likely to stymie this problem for some time yet. the murder of a 4 year old girl in johannesburg has laid bare south africa shockingly high number of child killings. $549.00 children were murdered in the 1st 6 months of this year . as an average of around 3 every day. for me the miller has more and a warning you may find details than this report distressing. ah! days after his 4 year old daughter was kidnapped, mutilated and murdered irvin and glove would tries to attack the man accused of
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killing his child. as he appears in court for the 1st time. late outside his home of and tries to make sense of all that's happened. i lost my father almost in a similar manner. my father was made at 18 years ago. there's moments where she starts cry of over what happened to my dad, and now i have it got all gets made up as well. you know, so i don't think the something that one can recover from for hobble was taken from a park near her home. lured by the promise of sweets. in the c. c. t. v footage bahama was last seen alive with her alleged killer. the next morning around 911, she is found no traces of blood. she is chopped. his cut. she's. he doesn't have eyes. his burned. like i wanna understand why this happened. you know, but then the police, the police are too not finding answers. parts of a body were found in shallow graves, nearby. but other parts of bahamas, body a missing, behind me. people a looking for them,
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but they found another body. this time an adult male. it appears the body was burnt before being thrown into the water. people here angry as police arrive nearly an hour after that body was found. they are chased away by local people who say they've had enough of perpetrators freely carrying out crimes. they can people for money, they can kiss for money, they leave people here. they dump them here in this dumb, but the police are not doing nothing. they just pass and look and pass. $549.00 children were killed in south africa and the 1st 6 months of this year. that's an average of about 3 a day. some of the children were no more than a year old, for many fear and frustration. a growing for bob was mother, so our anger and anguish curb if she was so full of lace ill possible as so full of life. i meet amena al jazeera johannesburg.
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hans of the occupied westbank have been shut down as protested more than the death of her 22 year old palestinian man. oh day tommy was shot by a stray be forces who accused him of killing one of their soldiers. either abraham reports mourning the killing of palestinian are they to mimi? life in the occupied westbank came to a standstill hailed by many palestinians as a national hero. they say the 22 year old was able to elude one of the most advanced armies in the world. tammy had been on the run since the israeli army said he killed one of its soldiers in a gun attack nearly 2 weeks ago. late on wednesday, he was killed during a shootout with guards at an illegal as really supplement east of jerusalem in a will set to be written by him to mimi asked, palestinians to take up arms to fight against is, are his occupation. la ballard or law allows image about vital what o t a did for the country makes us proud of. the video shows how he kept fighting
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till the end were proud of him. he's with god. now i showed this sense of defiance has been seen across the west bank in hebron, nablus and drama, la confrontations with israeli forces broke out. as young men took to the streets to express anger and frustration. elegant, just the worse with leslie for that, even if you were a spy for a friend, you would become a fighter. now we as mothers are getting heartbroken, you can imagine the young men when they see others getting killed, which day that is really, authorities did not return to mimi. his body to his family. his father told al jazeera they were not contacted, so they could see his body or whatever that as of a i letter. we opened a morning site here because o'day's mother is under house arrest. so we're holding 2 weeks, a lot of people here to pay their respect on it. in the west bank, another week was held following the funeral of a 16 year old hamburg. nobody died of wounds sustained last month. israeli soldiers shot him during a protest near the illegal is really such an act of battelle this year. more than
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$120.00 palestinians were killed wise, really forces in the west bank, including veteran al jazeera journalist, shedding of our class. she was targeted and shot dead while on assignment in janine nearly 6 months ago. without accountability, i talked to german continue for many hearsay that israel doesn't want the world to see the real fear of occupation. neither abraham al jazeera, the occupied westbank doctors in india, worried about a surgeon cases of dang, fever. thousands of people have been admitted to hospital and several states in recent weeks. and health workers, fear the disease will spread even further. the can cause intense pain in muscles and joints and is spread by the bite of the ideas i keep t mosquito which thrives and tropical urban settings. although most patient survived. dang, it can be deadly, especially for children. live entertainments,
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returning to bars and restaurants and hong kong. after the government relax, some of its strict coven 19 measures restrictions for theme parks, and my clubs will also ease as the territory battles to save its baffled economy. jessica washington reports from hong kong in hong kong preparations are underway to wake up the territories night life after high eighties to jacoby 19 measures. live entertainment will return to bars and restaurants. finally, my band is happy me itself as the musicians that finally got back. i know it's long overdue. under the new restrictions performance will be required to complete 2 p c . r tests a week and rapid tests before entering things. oh, you got to go and hope to allow citizens to resume their normal lives with the infection. risks of the cultural groups of up to 12 and now permitted and dancing at clubs is also allowed. the government hopes these changes will help boost hong
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kong struggling economy. a lot of the sectors that we very much rely on for boosting al growth, such as tourism, for example, exports really in the doldrums because of the coven restrictions bar, elena john primus says, his business took a hit during hong kong strict cove at 19 measures. and had to suspend operations still he says he's optimistic. yeah, i think that is a case going to come back very strong. and a lot of guys during calvin, a lot of guys wrote music and have recorded it. so they've got a lot of new stuff they want to showcase hong kong theme parks, ones, the popular attraction, the domestic and international visitors are also said to benefit from the policy change. the new protocols will allow visitors to die in, in a theme park. and while it will take much more to rejuvenate, home truism and entertainment sector, many bay, any relaxation in coven rules will bring much needed. hurley, ocean park, says,
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is preparing for more visitors to return. hong kong has more measures in place than most cities in asia. there are no quarantine requirements but mosque mandates remain, and travelers must do 3 pci tests within a week of arriving. experts say the health situation is under control, but there are other factors at play as beijing pursues a strict to 0, coven 19 strategy. hong kong government is, is more cautious. and of course they have to look after the interests for all the us, you know, the, the, or the, the central government in maine and china as well as more restrictions on east many st. allowing a bit more fund might just be what hong kong people and it's economy needs. jessica washington out to her now in exactly one months time the cas all well, couple kickoff it's a 1st for the middle east. a tournament fee for president johnny in fortino says
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will create memories that will last a lifetime. andy, which had some reports. ah, for some the world cup party has already started. this group have gone, a fans live and work in cat, so they'll get to see that scene play in a country. they've helped to transform hospital. although it got because i took part in immigration with me is a problem with the gun. yeah. nobody really got the head of world football has been on the lining the message that this will be a world cup for all, every one will be welcomed to the tournament regardless of their origin, back ground, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or nationality catalyst capital. doha is being ready for the arrival of more than a 1000000 football fans. while behind me here, you can make out the fee for the fan festival. that's where up to 40000 supports is
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can watch matches on big screens and, and in this direction, the main road along the sea front will be close to traffic from november, the 1st making way for what's being called a global st. carnival that can entertain of the 70000 people at any one time. all late stadiums are less than 40 kilometers away from the center of doha. never before will so many well cut fans be in such close proximity. what is the logistical challenge of making sure fans on much days are safely and swiftly moved around the country? you mentioned the challenges of the compact nature. i think again it's, it's more the opportunity with the transport network that we have in katara, especially the public transport. and you know, i used the metro going to many matches during the arrow cup for example. and it's incredibly convenient. people come to the world cup to have a great experience to come to meet different people from different countries. so i think that it's organic, it's natural, it just happens. so you have, you know,
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everybody from saudi arabia all the way down to morocco. i think mingled nga and catherine to has a diversity in and of itself. catalyst national team of being in a 6 month training camp ahead of their wilcock w. a build up designed to overcome the sporting odds statistically. ah, the chance of cut are beating the netherlands in a world cup are very small. hopefully, we can get a little bit of that togetherness, that creates a mindset on a spirit and a collective believe that the team is going to go out there and fight with everything they have cats. i will kick the world cup off against ecuador at out 8 stadium. the team and the country insist they're ready to put on a world class performance. and the richardson al jazeera, doha ah, the top stories allowed to 0 less trust has become the.

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