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iranian security forces confront people of the grave of massa meanie the 22 year old who died in the custody of the morality police. ah, i am, sam is a dan. this is al jazeera alive from dough hall. so coming up lebanon starts returning hundreds of refugees to syria, but rights groups fear for their safety. hope frances welcomes the family of murdered al jazeera journalist chevy novel are close to the vatican. accused of a grubby deal, where she slack his foot, the task during his 1st prime minister's questions. ah,
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let's bring you some breaking news out of iran. at least 15 people have been killed . and shiraz state tv says 3 gunman open fire after entering a popular shrine. those had jabari joins us from to her on. so what can you tell us about this attack? door, sir. well, according to the police chief of a farce province, who was just speaking to state media on the phone, he said that there was one gunman who carried out this attack in shot cherokee at shrine. that is known as the king of light shrine. it's one of the most well known at monuments in their city of shiraz, enforced province. this one gunman, according to the police official. it was shot by a by security forces and he is in police cars city at the moment. a he also said the police chief at that they have a number of casualties and a number of people that are critical condition at the hospital currently. so he
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didn't give an update on the a number of people dead so far. but we have heard from various other officials have for the deaths also far at 15. what we know about this area insurers, it's a very well known shrine to muslims in the country and around the region that come to the city for many reasons, tourism and pilgrimage being those mean top reasons this shrine very, very well known not only insider on, but across the world, the last time there was any kind of an attack in the city of charlotte was in 2008 . so 14 years ago when there was a bomb planted in a mosque that went off, killing 14 people, there has been no events or any incidents since then. and that, that time it, raining, officials arrested 3 people who were later convicted and executed. as of this, for this incident that took place around 6 pm local time insurance,
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we have not heard anything about a possible motive or who is responsible other than this one attacker if he has any known affiliations. this is a very rare incident to be taking place at a very important time in iran when security is at high alerts, given the number of protests that have been taking place across the country. but certainly this latest incident, i unprecedented really in the recent years and especially in a city lecture, was where many tourists go on regular basis not only from within the country, but from around the world. all right, thanks so much joseph giovanni, that now security forces in iran have confronted some of the thousands of people who traveled to the grave of massa. i mean, the protesters have been mocking 40 days since i mean these death the 22 year old died while in the custody of so called morality police for violating strict dress codes for head coverings. thousands have gathered at the cemetery in northwest in
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iran, where mimi has been buried. they were her chanting women, life freedom and death to the dictator. a death sparked protests across iran and around the world. son of keel is in iran, analyst with chatham houses, middle east, and north africa program. she has more on the importance of the latest protests in iran. well, the 14th day is a very important and symbolic day to commemorate the death of an individual and the fact that the protesters are coming out to show their solidarity as well as their grief on this day is highly significant. and not unusual, because in past protests in iran, we have seen similar patterns where religious symbolism is often mixed with political protests to lebanon. now where hundreds of refugees of cross have been crossing the border as they return to syria, lebanese official, say,
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751. syrians are being voluntarily repatriated rights groups are concerned about their safety. then a whole the report from out of some in love. then they're leaving behind a life in exile. i've got crossing the border back into syria. lebanon is where hundreds of thousands of syrians escaped to during the war. there is mixed feelings and a lot of uncertainty. some don't have homes, nor jobs. with many say it's dire economic conditions that are driving them back because i guess it is better to die there than to die here. the situation is difficult here. i can't even afford bread for my children. it will be the same there, at least there, we can find a place to be buried. the repatriation process is being organized by the government in lebanon and syria. they insist this is voluntary,
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but rights group say it lacks transparency and have documented cases of return needs facing abuse back home, even after receiving security clearance. they also point to policies by the lebanese government that makes life difficult for refugees. between 80 to 90 percent of syrian refugees and lebanon, don't have legal residency in the country, which means that they're subject to arrest and deportation. at the same time, you have politicians from across the political spectrum and up and on. really pick up the as n, a phobic and hateful rhetoric towards refugees. lebanon says it can no longer cope with so many refugees. and officials have gone as far as to accuse the international community of not wanting syrians to return to their country. they believe refusing to redirect 8 to syria is a way to put more political pressure on damascus lives in the sea that are a very limited number of political refugees. we can stubs or partridge ation process because of them the you and hcr should settle them in the 3rd country. the
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u. n. refugee agency says. ready is not facilitating the return of refugees at this stage. as syria is still not safe for them. it seems many syrians feel the same since 2016. the us has verified nearly 80000 have returned and less than 3000 and have signed up for repatriation in recent weeks. that's a small number. those who don't return are from former strongholds of the opposition in syria and could face persecution in pro government areas. and many now live in fear as lebanese authorities say this voluntary repatriation process is only beginning. then there are also sita ourselves northern lebanon. francis has blessed the family of al jazeera journalists, shit in our clay, who is killed by israeli forces. a special memorial mass is being held in rome for the power steering the american sharina was targeted, shot dead by israeli forces,
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while on assignment the occupied westbank city of janine in may the case knew. neither is she so that has been put to the test at the house of commons select faced his 1st prime minister's questions a day after taking office is warning fell our difficult decisions to come on. fisher has more from london. drivin is little more than 24 hours is taking the top job. richie sooner stood in the house of commons for the 1st time as prime minister from the opposition labor party and acknowledgement of the historic moment. my welcome, they prime minister. the 1st british, asian prime minister is a significant moment in our national story, but there was a quick return to rody partisan politics and the coal ordinarily general elections . let working people have versailles and paula general election richie sooner and echo from his words on tuesday, insisting his mandate was clear. our mandate is based on
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a manifest so that we were elected on to remind him an election that we won and a lot. elliott you prime minister, met his leadership team for the 1st time, but he's already facing criticism for his appointment of su l. a. braverman as home secretary, the you case, interior minister. she was sacked just a week ago by las trust for a classified data breach. an appointment as soon as i was forced to defend runs like the house actually made an error of judgement. but she recognized that she raised the matter and she accepted ha miss day and why? that's why i was delighted to welcome back into a united cabinet that brings me to the heart of government. she soon i was propelled into the job. after lish trust presided over an economic meltdown in her 1st few weeks in charge. now the announcement of her, the government will repair the countries finances, has been delayed by the change at the top. it's also extremely important that that
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statement is based on the most accurate possible econd make forecasts and forecasts of public finances. and for that reason, the prime minister and i have decided that it is prudent to make that statement on the 17th of november. and as prime ministerial debut school, this was perhaps as good as richie sooner could hold free. but the issue spacing loose truss happened, disappear. please questions, and there will be tougher days ahead. alan fisher, i'll do sooner. westminster. i'll pull brian and joins us now from london. the so the prime minister taking a bit of flank there over the re appointment of sweller braverman. how damaging does it look like this could be for him while they lit labor party in the other opposition parties are trying to land upon shondra. she's unique early in his tenure as prime minister, but i think that the prime minister soon ac is still enjoying very much of
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a honeymoon period. it literally 24 hours into the job, confronting the issue. head on early doors are reappointing sewell abraham, and who's a close political ally? she's a, you're a skeptic, just like the prime minister. she's right wing, just like the prime minister. and what the opposition parties were paid to to allege was that that been a kind of what they described as a grubby deal. according to labor. the scottish national party said it was a sleazy back room deal. and what they're saying is that sula braverman who had potentially harboured leadership chances herself or leadership ambitions herself chose to throw her weight behind. richie soon acts leadership, successful leadership bed and therefore. busy she was being rewarded with an early return to cabinet. and of course, these are accusations and the they were denied by the prime minister who resorted that this was simply him making a united cabinet that brings experienced and stability to the heart of government. and i think it's not good, it really seriously damage richie stew neck,
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but it does call into question his professed aim to bring integrity, professionalism, and accountability back to the heart of government. it's. it's an early set back, but not one in this honeymoon period that i think it's going to wound him too badly . all right, thanks so much for brian that still have an al jazeera, the 90 year old former head of the catholic church in hong kong appears in court. who's been accused of helping protesters calling for democracy and lights. camera action will tell you about the festival in kenya, that aims to unite global communities through film. ah, anticipation is rising. and so is the atmosphere a you read me the with sponsored my cattle aways. hello,
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we still got some very unsettled weather into central parts of china. not too bad, but says any weather than we have seen recently, a fair amount of class here getting squeezed a little further south was. so there we go. showers all the way to shanghai. we'll see some wet weather also coming in to japan as we go on into the latter part of the way this band of cloud and ray will push into western areas of han shoe harkwriter, seeing a little disturbance a rattling through here as well. taiwan still looks very unsettle, very unsettling to the philippines over the next couple of days and becoming increasingly more so as we had towards the we can, we got this area of low pressure, just swirling away gathering may, will become a tropical storm, as you make away to friday and sat, they certainly want to watch out for. on the other hand, i'm pleased to say things have quietened down nicely now for india, for bangladesh, till a few showers up towards the poor towards booth tom. but sir, it should be in the process of drawing out as we go on through the next couple of days. there is somewhere to whether they're into our myanmar,
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some showers there. now getting feet fat in on an increasingly ne lee break, the ne monsoon starting to show his hair, perhaps piping up or touch more as we go on into sass day with some heavy rain all the way to was a southern pip and for lanka, the weather sponsored by a cat on a ways inmates learning from other inmate's acquiring knowledge that could set them free through legal education classes and mach tribunals. their dedication has led to staggering results you've been in prison or in the us is a wrist in and they was teaching empowerment can yeah. part of the rebel education series on al jazeera. ah
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ah, they're watching out, is there a time to recap our headlines now? at least 15 people have been killed in iran, southern city of shiraz, stay tv, says 3 gunman went into a shrine and opened fire. 2 of the attackers had been caught. one remains at large lebanon and started repatriated. hundreds of syrian refugees. officials say they're returning home voluntarily, but rights groups are concerned about their safety. co. francis's blessed the family of murdered al jazeera journalist, sharina barclay in vatican city. memorial mass is now underway in rome. barclay was targeted and shot dead by israeli forces while on assignments in the occupied by spankin may french president emanuel. my call is holding talks with german
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chancellor, all our sholtes, the to leaders are hoping to resolve differences on policy. france and germany of crashed over europe's position on energy defense and the war and ukraine would rec, bruckner is a professor of political science at stanford university. he says there are a substantial differences between the allies. the one difference is we are not only clashing on different policies or what the right means are to address the different issues that are discussed on a european leveled on. of the upcoming decisions have constitutional strategic consequences for the future of the like what kind of your for you both the coming up. so that's the one thing. and the other thing, which is also concerning a lot of people in germany is that the communication style has drastically changed . mca was texting with my call practically on
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a daily basis and shows announces unit lateral acts with far reaching consequences without consulting mccall. so my call is not only disappointed about the, were responds to august, visionary ideas about the future of europe. you has all the reasons to complain about the communication style from berlin. but there are fundamental differences when it comes to the sense the future of them money or you migration policy even enlarge men. when choice recently announced that he can see the european union. ready to expand further with not just one or 2, but just the number of candy. ready countries to join europe in union more sooner than later. at least 22 people have been killed and thousands left homeless off the side close to trying, slammed into coastal regions and bangladesh authorities and now trying to reach affected communities. can the chandry reports from potomac,
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holly cycle and citric barrel lane from the bare bengal early tuesday with winds gusting up to 88 kilometer per hour and a storm surge of about 3 meters. heavy winds with rain and storm surge damaged thousands of homes in the coastal region and flooding low lying coastal areas. cal cable nice ferment beastie, terrible a bit. yesterday during the storm and heavy rain, the part of our house got all inundated. there was a strong wind and many trees also fell and we couldn't even venture out and were very scared about the cycle and brought drains and flooding and other parts of the country, including the capital darker a diet on our dedicated look what you to the store marine, we are struggling, the looks is all the streets and deeds by flood that is very difficult to drive a tre shows. the cyclops originated in the bay of bengal, before turning not towards coastal bangladesh. only wanting timely and massive
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evacuation saved lives during saigon said wrong that slammed the coastal areas of bangladesh. electricity supplied telecom and road communication were severely disrupted in many regions. nobody spooky i live or say hundreds of electric polls were damaged or tilted due to the storm and some were totally destroyed. electric lines are now disrupted, but we're working to restore them within a few days. bangladesh, us government says it is assessing the physical and financial damage due to the cyclone around 10000 homes, 6000 heck, death of problem, and a 1000 heck. death of fish had series were damaged, a cycle of coastal areas, the stomach hit, other lead in the country. also. bangladesh is situated in one of the world's largest. delta is making it prone to natural disasters. scientists say climate change is making psych loans and floods more intense and frequent making bung with among the 10 most vulnerable country. most people who live in coastal belts are
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poor, subsystem farmers and fishermen. for many of them there's little left of their belongings and homes to come back to can be children algebra, but to our cali, bangladesh. oh, well, no journalist in haiti has survived in assassination attempt. robinson phone say was shot in his car while on the way to work and pull to prince on tuesday. he's expected to recover off to undergoing several operations. the attack came weeks after the government appealed for fonda to help the combat powerful gangs. unrest has led to critical shortages of fuel and water. it's also complicated efforts to respond to cholera outbreak. haiti's health mystery is warning. the outbreak is spreading faster than it's initially thought. at least 41 people have died from the disease. infections have doubled to natalie. 2000 in a few days and half of them, a children, you and supported health workers have been trying to limit the outbreak. sincerely
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october. south korea is mid trees conducting marine drills as part of launch scale exercises on its east coast. the government says the drills and necessary to prepare for any threats to the country. north korea has been ramping up miss all tests in recent weeks. now the former head of the catholic church in hong kong has appeared in court along with 5 other pro democracy activists. they charged with failing to register a fund that was used to pay the legal fees of demonstrators. jessica washington reports from hong kong long. we lie, spent 6 months in hong kong prison for taking part in an unauthorized demonstration in 2014. it was their hong kong, 90 year old former bishop cardinal joseph, then came to meet him and all the inmate horrify. i've auto her. it took him at least 3 hours to travel that which is so physically demanding for an elderly person
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. i'm so grateful that he came all that way just to visit us along. now the cardinal is on his mind once again as he faces a challenge of his own. he and 5 co defendants are accused of failing to register a fund to support those arrested during the 2019 protests. they have pleaded not guilty. the prosecution says the font raised more than $34400000.00 and was used for political activities and non charity events. but the defense argues the right to form an association is guaranteed under hong kong basic law. while the penalty is likely to be only a fine legal experts say they are worried is a concern that's been raised that you know, the process of going through this or that the government is trying to get more materials and more information to possibly, then charge them under the more serious offenses reverend to by his grandma says he would often see cardinals then on prison visits,
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and describes him as someone who tried to comfort those in need. his social justice role is may be well known, but there is also very watched his role as a very humble servant of god. during his career cardinals, in has been a staunch critic if beijing he openly opposed to plans to allow beijing to jointly appoint bishops with the that again. what they know about the qualities required to be a bishop and this week that agreement was renewed. more than 1200000 christians live in hong kong, some prob, aging lawmakers in the territory say the trial has nothing to do with religious freedom. a verdict is expected in november. jessica washington, our sera, hong kong museums, parliament has marked a major milestone. most of its members and now women, sir, i uh, take a peek. mason has been sworn in replacing foremost speaker trevor malibu. she brings the balance to 60 women and $59.00 men. the country is among only 6 in the
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world where women make up at least half of parliament, globally only 26 percent of elected politicians are women. b, u. s. mid term elections of fast approaching and the few key races could determine which party controls the senate. one is in the state of pennsylvania, where 2 candidates went head to head in a t. v debate. out of serious kristen salumi was there. by from 802070 studios in harrisburg, in the 1st and only pennsylvania senate debate. the key question was whether democrat, john ferman was up to the job after suffering a stroke more than 5 months ago. and you may notice these large monitors that are behind us. this is part of our closed captioning system. and despite seeing the questions in writing, the man once considered the candidate to beat at times struggle to make his point. here i'm raising the minimum wage that's, that's the most american bargain. that if you work full time,
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you should be all the live in dignity as well. true. and i believe they haven't have any business as being, being a you can have businesses being subsidized by not paying and individuals that just simply cannot have to pay their own way. any republican man at ours has been trying to capitalize on growing concerns about the economy. you'd not released cognizant of the real challenges of business owners who got the balance that with employees. thankfully, we have a solution at john, you didn't answer the question. you can't put businesses out of abd commission in order to pay more wages cuz they won't be the wages will go to 0 regardless of their performance, whether it was restoring the right to an abortion on a national level for democrats, or rising crime for republicans last boat candidates largely stuck to their campaign talking points. pennsylvania embodied the political tug of war in this country between democrats and republicans. donald trump won the presidential
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election here in 2016 joe biden in 2020. and in this years senate race both candidates are sticking closely to their party platforms, while at the same time attempting to show that they're more pennsylvania and less washington d. c. it's a contest of personalities. political scientists to sara nibbler has been following the race. they're both running as political outsiders, right? no one wants to be part of the, the washington establishment or, or, you know, government in washington. inflation is weighing heavy on pennsylvania voters. i'll think anyone has gone to a grocery store and bought some eggs or milk or anything like that and found out how much you know, they've increased for some party platform is more important than debate performance . it turns into an argument that's not in my opinion, won't help me make a decision. it just turns me off. an pennsylvania voters with so few senate races and serious contention could very well determine which party controls in the senate
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. kristin salumi al jazeera harrisburg, pennsylvania, or unique film festival in the canyon capital is highlighting human interest stories based on sustainable development goals. the aim to connect communities around the world. katherine sawyer reports from my robi, as a tale of a woman leaving with disability in kenya, is an uncomfortable film about maneuvering physical and sexual challenges in a conservative country like kenya. so it is one of dozens of songs, so that honored excellence in bringing to life the un sustainable millennium development goals. global leaders set an agenda 7 years ago to and poverty hunger protect the environment, among other things. but it has been a struggle. lydia mata warned the top award
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she said have film called some gura or rabbit. in swahili is a story that needs to be told. we can decide that that woman does not deserve. what we have pushes poor because she is from a certain place because she hasn't disability. and stds it's about you know, artic score. it's about that. there are many people who are excluded from busy crates. the theme of this year's festival focused on covet, 19 climate change and conflict. this is the 2nd time the ceremony is being held here in kenya. and the idea is to tell more stories on the impact on communities in the world. some of the films was screened in canberra, one of the most famous informal settlements in the city, or the need to say it shows the contrasts and successes of the global goals. those who came to watch the screening, say the mostly worry about bread and butter matters. but as i know that she's going
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to, rather it's as you're going through a lot by my what you got me watching the the feel that now like give me another perspective of like, of ali people are in the you know, the country does. we reached before another form that captivated audiences was about the race to save ancient forests from logging companies in north america and columbia. what happens a lot in north america as people just think these are regional stories. and, but i think it really shows that, you know, the cutting down of forces is a universal theme from country to country. the filmmakers say the intent to continue to use their platform to tell stories that matter. to millions of people. cathy sawyer, 0, nairobi. ah, i'm, let's take you through some of the headlines here now. jesse are now.
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