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the me, this is the face of hunger, to describe what is happening here as desperation, trivializes the extent of the suffering. there's been a scramble at the supply truck because people here know that there is not enough for everyone, but they are still the lucky ones. here, across the way where the road has been completely washed away, or people cut off from other villages as the trucks begin to empty, panic returns and people jump the queue once again, making sure the weakest and the crown women, children, the sick and elderly don't get pushed to the back of the law often requires force. ah the world's richest men. ellen musket closes a $44000000000.00 deal to a quiet twitter and sacks its top executives.
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ah, i haven't seen this is how did you get alive from the whole set coming up president? what a game is. the landscape urges ukraine to find strength in darkness. after a 3rd of its electricity supplies a loss to russian attacks. a 2nd election in a year looms in northern ireland as its power sharing agreement fails, and red protest in tibet regional capital. last against china is 3 months locked down in the city. ah, the planets wealthiest man ill on mosque has taken control of one of its most influential social media platforms. his 1st move as head of twitter was fortunately firing, at least for top executives, including the ceo and chief financial officer. the billionaire tech entrepreneur
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changed his twitter bio 2 chief twit and announced the acquisition by tweeting the bird is free. must have until friday to complete the $44000000000.00 agreement that he signed in april. he walked into twitches headquarters on wednesday carrying a sink. it brings to an end to 6 months saga, filled with accusations and legal challenges must began questioning the acquisition within weeks of its agreement, accusing executives of misrepresenting how many uses the platform has. in july he announced he was abandoning the deal to suit musk in response and a trial was set for october. he tried and failed to negotiate a lower price, but must finally said he'd go ahead with the original agreement. if twitter dropped its lawsuit and just put the case on hold until friday, giving him 3 weeks to close the deal. belinda bonnet is a senior lecturer in media at the swinburne university of technology. she says, mosque has been vocal about what he wants to do with the platform,
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but she thinks it will take a while for those changes to be implemented. i don't, i don't think that they'll be all that much changing for uses in the immediate future. we're not going to notice too much happening in the long run mosque has said that he wants to, you know, increase free speech and cut back on moderation on the platform. so there's a possibility that we'll see perhaps what some would consider to be more toxic elements surfacing. i think the key there is the ability to monitor the content, so i can't say a long mask cutting back on security cybersecurity or privacy or data privacy on the platform. and i would think being an engineer, those things would be very important to him. they ultimately what he will be
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wanting to do is to take people, the people from twitter who are very pri, moderation. how is he going to retain the they're engaged uses and the unit is the log on a few times a day and engage with the platform. how's going to keep those and attract more people. ready particularly if people are worried that there's going to be a proliferation of toxic content or abusive behavior or niecy information. if you let people like trunk back on the president, what damage soleski has urged ukraine to find lights in darkness as it faces widespread power outages. electricity supplies have been reduced by nearly a 3rd since russia struck energy infrastructure and powerful facilities to
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governments has more rolling power cuts will be imposed as a damaged facilities are repaired ahead of the winter. starsky, sir, what a hurricane will national shall and will not break us to hear the enemy's anthem on our land is scarier than the enemy's rockets in our sky family. we are not afraid of darkness. each of the darkest pines for us are not the times without light, but those without willing our military strong volunteers are tireless. marin partners are reliable, and people are unbreakable hard. m, as the 2nd army of the world will get smaller and smaller. there will be more and more losses for the army them. i'm sure that hostile propaganda does not work. right. provocations, do not work. threats do not scare any tough winter when not scarce. can we know that the darkest night becomes the dawn each day as a russian forces are also shelling the city of ballots in the de net squeegee? and as i beg, went to the city and witnessed the devastation at the main interchange of behold, i reminder that the road here, i'm not safe on building empty streets and no power.
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those who remain have little food and you can't afford to leave and says she only stays so she can take care of her dogs. she feels abandoned me, couple new people under the rebel were screaming for help for 5 days. nobody needs us never before and not even now. that's the truth. few people remain here. the rubbish is piling up and the pig runs once full of children and thou empty. for most, it's too dangerous to be outside. i to escape the shelves and rockets. they live in the ground tracking whatever your name on for the well yes, we don't have water and heating, but we have a basement where we live. right. despite the hardships she's happy to be with her granddaughter, others are angry. who got surgery, doesn't blame the russians, but his own government is that the worst is not the one that he is. i will hang our government on the land post. i can understand why we can't give us electricity in
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donates. it's 8 years of war when they have electricity, though he doesn't say he is pro russian, but he doesn't linked the russian invasion and he's living conditions. shops are closed after being damaged by shelling and people are angry. you mind that at this market, people shouted to us to leave. others say they will have a shot argument. they blame reports by journalists for enabling attacks by russian forces. i said, joins us live now from a crime, a torso in need done yet sca region. so i said, what's the situation in the east where you are? well, if you listen to what the ukrainians are saying, it's a tale of 2 stories. advances in some areas and repenting russian attacks and others. now the governor of the house has been speaking this morning and he said that ukrainian forces are making advances just north of here and over and carmina. he also says that you create new forces have repelled russian attacks and as you
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saw today, and there are ukrainian say that there repels further russian attacks. and we were there yesterday and i was also there back in may. and the situation has really changed as far fewer people. there are many people have left that city and more and more people the angry at the devastation that's actually taken place there. and we have to actually leave because the sheldon rockets are flying in over our heads behind the east. the situation is still is still through it this morning. we were turned around at a military check point and we were trying to get to the village of tours cuz now the ukrainians took that back from the russians in the october. but we were told by the military day for too dangerous because what happens is that even though the ukrainians take back territory, it means that the russians may retreat, but it's our to reward. they're still able to pound the city that can that village with actually making it far too dangerous for anybody to be there and from what you know said what's happening in the south of the country. well
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we've been hearing from officials that be offensive has been slowed down because of the weather over the last few days. it's been raining very heavily, which makes it very difficult to move military equipment as well as personnel was present with me as. and this gives me saying about her son city, that any statements from the russians, a back evacuating withdrawing troops is just a say for the media that we have here from the russians that they've been evacuating civilians from their president. blocking me as an ascii has said that some of the most experienced forces are still, and course on 15. i'm looking to stay that amount of defense of that. but you know that 50, it's strategically important to the russians, as well as politically important. russia has next, it says claims. it's a part of russia. ukraine is trying to take it back. but as i said, that offensive is continuing. and although the ukrainians are making somebody want, these are russians are standing in reinforcements and they're hitting cities. now,
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just because i was hit last night, the administration this day, the administration building was hit, the damage caused through a 3 story building as well as a bakery. and there was one person injured. now what we're seeing and hearing and feeling here in the east and in many parts of the country is that the russians are still able to use it. michelle's and rockets, to attack from the land and sea. in fact, where i'm standing now. the other night there was a rocket attack and we felt the shock waves woke up in the early hours of the morning. and that just goes to show that the russians are able to attack ukrainian positions and cities, towns and villages, even though the ukrainians are making some advances. i said, thank you. acid bag in cremmit tours, moscow president vladimir putin has warned the world is facing its most dangerous a decade since the 2nd world war uses the west of inciting the conflict in ukraine and said he had no regrets. fujen also denied russia is preparing to use nuclear
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weapons, missed a steady just we stand at a historical frontier. ahead is probably the most dangerous, unpredictable thing, but also important decades since the end of the world war 2. when we have never been the 1st to ever say anything about russia, possibly using nuclear weapons, we have only made allusion milk. and while answering to the declarations made by the leaders of western countries to palestinians had been killed and 2 others wounded at a military checkpoint in the occupied west bank. israel says the military post was shot at from 2 moving vehicles. israeli forces say they later found the vehicles and shuttle the suspects killing 2 men and critically injuring to others. some people say the group of men were not involved in the incident, but just happened to be in the area when israeli forces arrived. or the head of a you and inquiry into israel's illegal actions in the occupied palestinian
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territories has rejected claims of anti semitism. a report out last month accused israel of violating international law. diplomatic added to james face has more israel for many years has said it's a victim of unfair criticism. the united nations that says it singled out where other countries are not israeli officials repeatedly criticize the un human rights council. it's inquiries and it's investigators. but the criticism from israel has never been a strong as this a tweet from the israeli prime minister. yeah, the peed criticizes a report by relatively new body. the commission of inquiry on israel and the palestinian territories. he says its authors have shown themselves to be purveyors of their learned anti semitism with one go de legitimize thing and defaming israel . the commission is chaired by the former high commissioner of human rights now of a pill. a she used to be
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a judge in south africa appointed by nelson mandela. and this was her reaction to the criticism of the prime minister. and i'm 81 years old. and this is the 1st time i've been accuse of anti semitism. and we send messages to the sick regional and to states that she has 3 of us who i mean without any remuneration our web off, we didn't, we didn't apply for these positions. and we're giving all our time energy because we still committed to justice, rule of law issues and human rights. and we should not be subject to abuse such as this was just totally false. she says she is planning to protest to the un secretary general. antonia good terrace, about these railey criticism, are still ahead on edge 0. it would just devastated completely. a proposed fishing band threatens on the island community off the coast of england. look at the
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security measures. katara is taking to ensure its fee for walk up. torment is safe ah hello, we have a developing tie. so now making its way towards the philippines. here we go. this is the storm just pushing towards the lose on as we go on through the next couple of days ahead of that. we've seen some very heavy rain over 100 millimeters of frame in 24 hours here. we'll see that where to whether streaming across much of the northern philippines, strong winds, of course on this developing system as we make our way through saturday, go on into sunday. it punches its way back through it will re intensify as it heads over towards vietnam. so parts of china for the early part of next week, for your showers coming back in behind. some went to whether they're into
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a good part of malaysia down towards the malay peninsula. so march looking side of the unsettled java. not too bad, we will see some heavy rain continuing across sicily way. see where again we have seen some very heavy rainfall recently. very heavy rainfall recently, of course, into southeastern parts of australia. i'm afraid there is more of that as we go on through the next couple of days at the moment. not too bad and i we have low pressure just to the south of tasmania that's drawing in that wet and windy weather into the southeastern corner. we have got some real warmth, a little further north, next band of where to where the live, the showers, sundry down, pause. they're making away in from western parts through saturday, and sliding for the east. ah, a sense of belonging. walked down any stream cartel. he can feel the presence of the 20 and the everyday heroes communities together. logo's overs, logos uh g 0, visits at the veteran community, toronto, canada,
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where locals are fighting to maintain their identity. in the face of skyrocketing rents and gentrification, a sense of community honor josina. all the ah ah. again, you're watching, i just did a reminder, laptops, toys to solve the world's richest man l on mosque has taken control of one of its most influential social media platforms. of the finalizing of $44000000000.00 deal to acquire switzer, his 1st move was defy, at least for top executives, president for the demons. lensky has urs ukrainians to find strength in darkness,
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as, as ukraine facing the 30 percent short ball in electricity supplies. after russia struck energy infrastructure. he blame moscow for forcing outcomes. israeli forces of kill 2 palestinians, that a military checkpoint in the occupied west bank. they say that post was shot at from 2 moving vehicles. people say the group of men would not involved in the incident, but just happen to be in the area. northern islands, regional government is on course for an election that's after politicians were unable to reach a power sharing agreement in the u. k. run province before midnight deadline when we challenge his life for us in belfast. so roy, this is the latest development and what's been a long running saga, how do we get to the point or sammy, at its hearts. the problem is, breaks it really and how breaks it relates to the 1998 good friday agreements,
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which brought an ends 2 decades of political violence and set up power sharing. in northern ireland, why is breck, say a problem? well, it's because of the border essentially. where do you puts the trading border there has to exist? ah, between the, the republic of islands and northern islands and the united kingdom. now under the good friday agreement, there cannot be a hard border on the islands of islands the car. we're trading border between the republic of islands and northern ireland. but parties like the d p which wants to preserve that indivisible link between northern islands and the rest of the united kingdom. say that it's unacceptable to have a trading border between northern ireland and the rest of the u. k. but that's exactly what we have at the moment in the form of the northern ireland protocol, which is part of this post breaks it deal reached between brussels and london
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a couple of years ago. so in february they pulled out of power sharing the d u p. and since then, they've basically been scampering any efforts to try and build a new government in northern ireland and move the process along the time has just run out on that process. and that's why we're hearing talk of an election. the northern ireland secretary or chris eton harris as scott's until january the 19th to call an election, but were expecting him to move much quick of that and probably make an announcement later today. so our given it is likely to be at another election and what, what, what, what when we expect to happen next? so we are likely thing to get an announcement as a satellite, as a from, from the northern line secretary, or he is probably against say, we'll have an election in northern ireland in december. will that change anything? well, there are many people here. certainly the centrist parties who think that this is
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going to just be another go rounds on the merry go round, essentially that there will be exactly the same situation to comes out of an election in december as we have now. it won't move the dial in any significant way the dead then the next problem is what happens after that? if, if we are in the same position, you have a situation in which barrett essentially 2 choices. either you go to direct rule from london. ah, and that is got to be unacceptable. fortune fain, or which favors a union between northern ireland and the republic of ireland. or you're going to have some sort of joy into authority between london and dublin over northern ireland. and that is unacceptable for the d. u. p and the union parties who wants close union between northern ireland and sir you the rest of the u. k. so you can
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see how this is an intractable problem or one that is going to be very, very difficult to solve. and the bottom line really is that see a breaks, it has caused significant problems and significant threats to the real achievement of the good friday agreement agreement which, which puts in the past generations a violence. roy, thanks to that, rory, towns lie 1st in belfast. now tiny island community of the coast of england says its future is being threatened by a proposal to band fishing. holy island is home to dozens of species that the government says ne, protecting m. hayward reports laden with lobster and crap. the crew up with the freedom comes into the harbor to unload the morning's cache. a job that they've done for decades, but could lose the fishing is pam to holy island. it would just devastated
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completely or was no way we could possibly carry on. fishing from holy island would have to move the boats and all the gear to other ports. and of course, the trouble waters the all the guys working from different port. so mean conflict straight away and this is what's left of one of this part of england's oldest fishing plates. just a few boats including richard sco out now. all of the fee of love oliver roberts. amazing. and we got some beautiful days or where are you see dolphins swimming round your holy islands is already protected. landscape one rich him biodiversity. the u. k. government is hoping to create a number of highly protected marine areas, including here where fishing would be banned. they say the scheme would allow nature to fully recover to a more natural state, allowing the ecosystem to thrive and that they will take the views of the local community, fishermen and environmental groups on gold. what happens out at sea really does the
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fact this entire community because once this tidal causeway floods, holy island is cut off hours at a time. meaning it's difficult for people living behind me to commute over for the mainland loving father. we pray for this holy island for our fishermen and their families inside saint mary's church. prayers are sad for the islands community. some of the fishing families work in hospitality. the other main industry on the island, the economy is not just about losing the fishing and the, the money from the fishing it's, it's losing all those other people who, who do really vital jobs in the community. it's there has been fishing here for thousands of years. we know that it would be the absolute death know of this village. it's just got ranching. i mean i go to bed at night. i can't sleep muscle looks turning on line. they're thinking no one's ask no end. what reason is the for
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this is just devastating. some wildlife campaign is say, the protected areas will offer a lifeline to the see. many here a hopeful they'll be able to carry on. i'm remain part of the silence future. emma, he would al jazeera in northern england. at least 31 people have been killed as the storm. now guy hits the philippines. heavy rains and strong winds caused floods and mud slides in the mcguinn de now province. several people were trapped under mud and rescue operations on going. the government says the number of deaths is likely to rise. a sol says north korea has fire to ballistic missiles off its east coast launch comes of south korea, concludes nearly 2 weeks of military exercises. john young has tested several missiles in the last month. many western analysts believe north korea is getting ready for his 1st nuclear tests. since 2017 china is reinforcing its 0
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coven policy in many cities. nearly 3 years after the 1st case emerged in, we'll have a rare video, has emerged in the autonomous region of tibet, of what appears to be large scale demonstrations. leah harding reports protests are rare here in china's tibet region, but these migrant workers are angry. they came here to make money and haven't been able to. a coven lockdown has stopped the city for the last 3 months. locked downs are being imposed all across the country. in beijing tested positive for corona virus can lead to long quarantine. no pay an isolation from friends and family. and yes, i'm worried. of course i'm worried. i've been affected by it. i've been koren t twice t as yeah, man, i'm basically afraid to go out and have dinner with friends, because it may affect my work. china has reported
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a 1000 new coven 19 cases for the 3rd day in a row. a small number by global standards, but it sent 28 cities and to lockdown, impacting more than 200000000 people. go through them and they tell me rent and share an apartment in beijing, and sometimes it's nerve wracking once. there's a case somewhere and then you become a close contact. you've got to be in quarantine. it's also quite expensive. so that's a difficult tune. i've been through to centralized quarantines. proof of a negative p. c. r test is required to enter most places, including public transport, waiting in line for a test can take several hours and needs to be repeated every few days. but no one will be waiting in line at universal resort in beijing. the theme park is the latest company to close after contact tracing show to spread in cases over the weekend. the strict measures weigh heavily on those who live under them. as a venture, i feel my worries have become a form of numbness. now i've come to accept it. worries that won't end until
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everyone hear test negative. lia harding al jazeera how to walk up trophy is continuing its global tor. the latest stop argentina fans in when a series waited in long lines to get up close that team as one twice in 19781986 the trophies toward 24 countries and has 6 more to go before arriving in cotton and security for footballs woke up, has been put to the test country forces have taken part in exercises to practice, dealing with protest, suspect packages, and even hijacked vehicles. osama bin jeremy report. i passing a crowd ahead, comfortable but being the security officers thinking part in the it's a sides holding weapons, which means nation in arabic, ha,
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cousins of civilian and military officials from potter and 13 other countries are doing the final stress tests. a joint cutlery turkish unit is responding to a bomb threat. if the match continues inside, they are pulling out all the stops to prepare for any eventuality. all the while there will be charged crowds inside and outside the stadium. and among them, a few troublemakers drunken disorderly behavior ah, and hooliganism concerns a party at football game just and then to have with people would be rowdy. and that is what security forces you are preparing for. how to handle those people and what to do with them. if people don't know, how will the security forces respond? somebody who's making trouble on the streets or even to beat them up?
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are you going to do for them? what will you do? everyone is, will come and kill into what we are looking for it to show respect to our culture and to tradition. we are here and this, what's an exercise to overcome any scenarios in this case, to make sure that everyone is safe and secure. and this in our country and to reach the goal. a unique tournament, eva. in addition to the 11 ministry, the other military insecurity, experts from pakistan, saudi arabia, jordan to wait for germany. poland, italy, spain, the u. s. the u. k. and turkey are involved for those who don't speak english, translators will ensure smooth coordination. ah, there are scenarios where buses are being hijacked, protests are happening, riots are happening. some bombs are exploding, anti don't operated. so it's all happening as if it was a real life scenario during the tournament. one of the most secure locations here
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in carter, this is the command and control center we're all the action is taking place. experts from cybersecurity to transport to anti terrorism are all stationed here, and this is as close as it gets to the real thing. just head of the world cup is more than a 1000000 people are expected to arrive for the world cup. the message from the tournament security committee is that fans should feel safe with their families and friends, and people looking to cause trouble should expect a well prepared security contingent job without the 0. the national command center . uh ah, is his address here. let's get around up now. the top stories, the world's richest man, ellen musk has taken control of one of the wells most influential social media platforms. in twitter, he had until friday to complete a $44000000000.00 deal he signed in a.

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