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of the torres strait a fighting rising sea levels, which threatened to swallow their islands. first nations frontline, the torres strait swallowed by the sea on al jazeera a new series follows footballs from 6 countries, hoping to make it to kat are 2022. my dinning was to be a basketball playing them all night each year. the next episode meets 3 won't come hopefully crawl me around by sacrifice a lot of seemed a lot of days before my family. i will do that to play most of the world cup dream iraq on al jazeera ah twitter temporarily closes its offices as more employees resign raising questions
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about its ability to stay on the line. ah, hello sir robin, you're watching. i was there life my headquarters here in doha, also coming up a major. you turn from football. well, cup organizers, alcohol won't be sold at stadiums during the tournament. in cat are also the u. s. recommends immunity for the saudi crown. prince mom had been sold, bought the killing of demarcus, shot you over the lease and south korea, the u. s. whole joint drills after north chris launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile into the sea near japan. ah. hello, oak with ragged twitters troubles appear to be deepening. the doors to the social media companies headquarters are expected to remain closed for the next 3 days. hundreds of employees have reported the quit casting doubt on the company's ability
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to keep operating. and that's after new bossy le bus gave staff an ultimatum to sign up for long hours at high intensity, or leave with 3 months severance pay. gabriel alexander has more from new york. well, it turns out that when that deadline hit 5 pm, pacific time san francisco time, there were hundreds, if not thousands of twitter employees that said, we're not going to reply. we don't want to be part of this. and they essentially resigned. now how many were we don't know exactly, but we think it's in the hundreds. it potentially could be over a 1000. we simply don't know at this point. and to put that in perspective, twitter only has about 3000 employees right now before last night. it had $7500.00 before you must took over, but he cut the staff by about 50 percent, so it's already operating on
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a very short staffing to begin with. and now you have mass resignations. it appears that the company and it's now worries that how the twitter can remain operational, given the fact it appears with these mass lay off. he clearly wants to make changes with twitter, but he needs employees to do that. he needs engineers to do that. and that is what he is missing now, and it seems like his brash way that he has been talking to employees and emails and messages has turned off a lot of employees. and that's why you see so many people apparently resigning in mask the quote with his 2 days before the football welcome starts. organizers have announced that alcohol will not be sold at stadiums. lexia brian has more from the fif of the festival site in bo right here. actually,
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i'm in the by area where fans will be able to come and buy a budweiser who had a major sponsor, a fever. they have an agreement for exclusive sale of beer during the world cup, italy about $15.00 per can. now this was all part of an alcohol policy that was agreed between the capillary organizers of the world, comp and fee for that. now, just 2 days to go, lisa has reversed that policy. now, alcohol will still be available here for sale at fans. items like this one and at licensed venues around the country, but as you said, it will no longer be sold in the stadium perimeters will budweiser has said, as partners the faith of the 3 decades, we look forward to celebrating football with consumers, even though some planned stadium elevations, as they call them, will not be able to go ahead. now, some fans have said that really disappointed and they have to play especially those who bought tickets to travel here. some of them already on the plane. some of those, some of them had expectations about where they would be able to buy beer on game days. but i've also spoken to other local here who say that they are happy that
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carter has a held to its religious positions. that priority has been given to islamic culture and values. i also spoke with a marketing expert who said this may not be a bad thing for budweiser, because they had been fear that this could complicate the relationship between budweiser and fever and also the catherine organizers. but this expert told me, look, here we are, we're all talking about budweiser today. it's being talked about all around the world. so that's not a bad thing. now setting else chances of reaching the knockout stage have been dealt a major blow with the most influential player ruled out of the tournament. so your body has been forced to undergo d surgery after getting injured last week while playing for his club cited germany . said it, i'll start the campaign against the netherlands on monday. cut on ecuador are also in st group. that great thing about this in the galleys team is that they have been billed to one a. yes. and that unity, togetherness, and talent. most importantly,
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i think should be enough even with outside your money. as an inspiration, he has always been careful to not give us advice that he's, that was in put simply at the t even though he is. that is to see that they may be 2 or 3 able replacements on the pitch, who can actually do what he does. what does he do? he scores goals? yes. the schools it brings the us into the game. the if you play and listen mcalisio that can do that. what people worry about is upstairs is the blue with which he brings that 18. he's like a talisman. he's like a towards him. he's like the face of the team and that's where the loser i'll be in be there. where amber, the ah, african champion. not just because of sad your money alone. and also because of the up ended by the last couple of years. they are also in the top 20 of this, if our rankings in addition to several and i precious statistics to i think even
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without him to be fine when he starts against the netherlands. on monday, we built today's other news now in swedish, and danish investigators say traces of explosives have been found. the 2 underwater pipelines that started leaking in september, that old $31.00 pipeline carries gas from russia to germany. built stream to was set to open just before rushes, invasion of ukraine, but was then put on hold the explosion, said gas billing into the baltic sea. they triggered for leaks at follow cations 2 were in dead marks, exclusive economic zone, and to an economic sound controlled by sweden. well, the queen size a barrel of russians, shells, and missile attacks have struck energy facilities across several regions, leaving millions of people in darkness than the wave of strikes comes as early winter. so falling on the capital, keith authorities say that they work to restore power nationwide as temperatures plummet, the un has worn to all the human a terry the badge as he calls by power and water shortages us
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a bag has moved from lives. in some cases the temperature is already below 0, and that's the major concern for authority. president, logic is said there's about 10000000 people with electricity as just know for the main electricity provider has said that they're trying to keep the black hat short and on schedule many people around the country have been experiencing those electricity records as rust. and strike have targeted energy infrastructure in the last few days. some of the biggest massage beverages in this country has space since the sauce of the war world, allegedly, one of those mythos, at least according to the korean, went over to poland until 2 people mccraney and the arguments that it was a russian massage. here from the farm and he says that they are now a part of the investigation and they want to be open and constructive. but what we're hearing from poland, the united states and nato, is that it's unlikely that that was a russian. we saw that when cross the border to poland until 2 people,
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it's more likely that it was one from the ukrainian defend. but the investigation isn't finished, but ukrainian adamant beckett was a russian massage out in the country. there's a breach of region, the missile strike and there's a, the death for that. when it hit the residential building has gone up to 10 the nuclear power plant, the nuclear power plant. the russians occupied the class, the 3rd resolution urging russia to stop its action against the ton, the west and south greer hell joint apples drills, hours after north korea lost a ballistic missile that landed just 200 kilometers west of japan, south korean, and american fighter jets flew information on the east coast of the korean peninsula. the us also held military drills with japanese forces. we'll take it says the north creed, intercontinental ballistic massage is capable of reaching the us mainland. it also confirmed the land in its exclusive economic zone, about 200 kilometers from an island in northern. a kinder is the latest to the
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series of launches. i, north korea will think of the region. it all comes as asia pacific leaders hold trade talks at a summit in thailand, us vice president, couple of hours gathered allies to condemn the lodge. tony chang reports from bangkok, leaders from around the asia pacific region gather for the opening of the apec summit and at the top of the agenda. urgent economic issues facing the nations hyperinflation and the looming recession. but the news that north korea had thought and intercontinental ballistic missile broke the united states and its allies met to discuss what they called north korea's provocations. we strongly condemned these actions, and we again call north korea to stop and further unlawful. the stabilizing act on behalf of the united states. i reaffirm our iron clad commitment to our specific
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alliance, the one leader who could exec considerable influence on north korea, his chinese shooting ping. but if he was concerned about the missile, he was giving nothing away. on the other side of town, protested, tried to march the summit, then pushing back against police lines blocking their path to police farm rubber bullets to force the crowds back. several people were seriously injured, would be one. 0 no, it bickley does to know that we are death to cali effect at my my, their policy. and we want you to his but i talking with the military, honda globalization climate change industrialization, a long list of grievances and china's president sheeting ping again. this time. caricatured is the image of pu bear protocol grounds. how protested he just stretched out there along the street sitting down because they be very likely stop by the police this truck off across the road. oh, then hey,
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rose rod policy a lot more belief in $13000.00 jobs to then to the time capital with the threat and more protests, as the tops continued, the police have locked down the area around the summit venue. tony chang al jazeera banker, britain's finance minister has defended his budget plan, but wal, the u. k. bay face, challenging times during the next 2 years, jeremy hung says his $66000000000.00 proposal will lower inflation and boost the economy in on the measures on thursday binding a series of tax rises. we can't, government will also cut spending, but only after the next general election in 2025 rou. challenges has more. for london, the people of markets would be well prepared. what was going to be in jeremy hunts awesome statement. so there was nothing there then actually to them too much. yes, there was a small drop in the pounds, a small drop in stokes, but nothing to major. the same can be said elsewhere though this is the horrify
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daily mail which is usually a conservative supporting newspaper story. so the strive is, it saves, calling it one of the most punishing projects in modern history and says that the british now tax to the highest level they have been since the 2nd world war. now voters are pretty fed up with the conservatives. there is a real cost of living crisis in this country. i've never been months of economic turmoil. there's been a collapsing pounds, soaring inflation and soaring interest rates. recent polls put the opposition labor policy well in the lead. and it'll be interesting to see whether, when the next polls come out, this awesome statement has anything to change. their minds. still had held out there. i'm nuclear reporting from the south of madagascar, people's desperate search for water of the fi, relentless mexican cities,
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housing worries, how foreign remote work as the pricing of long time president stories after the break i anticipation is rising. and so is the atmosphere. you read the width of my cattle ways. now as the winter, ne pontoon sits in over. asia tends to produce these little perturbations in the flow is the range and come serves. the latest one is quite significant because although we got wet weather through the central southern philippines, developing over the open water, the south china sea is what wants to be a circulation. what it will do is generate big showers, persistent thunderstorms in, torrential rain, southern viet nam may be cambodia is almost certainly going to be flooding from bat . this general area, bit for the south has been wet the last week or so and think he has southern thailand and was called lump or maybe singapore. and down su marcher,
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all been wet air is that still the case? but if you jump up to where the ne, once you're developing, there is a line, a wobbly line, devout several areas of rain and that's running through southern japan during sunday. but typically it's a very dry picture. remember, the temperature is sasa yank. see up in the thirty's and about a week ago there back down to where it should be. although hong kong still warm the stows a long way north of the cold is showing itself. minus 10 is a maximum by day in will on. but our india is quiet, the air is still a quality is poor new delhi. but this circulation here in the bay of bengal is heading for a very wet chin. i the with sponsored by cat on a ways a commitment to continuously conserve its wonder is vital providing breakthrough solutions to renewable energy for an environmentally responsible
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future with transformation and collaboration indonesia urges and leave the world in moving forward as was recovery together, recover stronger. ah, the me book about you're watching out there. reminder of our top stories twitches headquarters are expected to remain place for the next 3 days. you both must gain staff and ultimate them to sign the full long bow. the high intensity quit under have reported the left organizes of the well coming cut off and golf will not be sold at stadium that comes just 2 days before the matcher reverses the original
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plan as a major tournament on the budweiser and ukraine says, another wave of russian attacks has talked to critical energy facilities across several regency, the millions of people involved in freezing temperatures. that comes as the capital key thing, the 1st snow of the winter. now the u. s. government is recommending immunity for saudi arabia. the crown prince in a law suit related to the killing of gender democracy g. it's a reversal of statements made by president biden. during his election campaign had been silman was recently named saudi prime minister. the bible has ministration now says that positions should shield him from legal action. so let's take a look at events leading up to this decision. in october 2018, jamal casual g within entering the saudi consular office and it's tumble. he never came out. days later, turkish investigators found evidence that he'd been killed and dismembered there. the following year, a u. n. report found the state of saudi arabia was responsible for his murder. it
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said the killing was the result of an elaborate plan overseen by high level saudi officials. while the you and didn't directly blame the crown prince a u. s. intelligence report released last year dead in july this year. us present, joe by met mohammed bin ceylon in saudi arabia, bugged and said he told the crown prince, he holds him responsible for the batter. i've been so long has always denied ordering the killing. sarah layer whitson is executive director, democracy for the arab world. she says the decision to recommend immunity looks like a concession by the white house mohammed ben selman has been very clear in demanding from the united states and demanding from the by did ministration. number one, immunity from prosecution from this lawsuit. and number 2, a bilateral security agreement, treaty by which the united states would commit to protecting the saudi regime.
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militarily the bible ministration has not done the latter, but now it has done the former. it has granted had been some man the immunity he was so desperately demanding from them. i think the hope is that they will gain concessions from him, but clearly the track record of the by and ministration, gaining concessions on things like the oil output have been a complete failure. it's really a humiliating position for the united states to take in from the whole world to say that it will sell justice for oil. particularly at a moment when the united states is trying to gain the support of the entire world to support ukraine on the basis of international law. justice accountability for abuses, to demonstrate so nakedly to the entire world. that those principles are for sale. when the price being paid is generous enough. ah, that is really shameful and scandalous, and this is what will mark president biden's legacy. he was the one who promised to
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the whole world that he would hold me accountable for the murder of jamal. i shook gee and now today he is the one that is ensuring him impunity. a mouth funeral has been held for 20 on family members, killed at a fire and a building in northern garza. 7 of those who died were children, the place in gulf, the 3rd floor of building and the tr valeo refugee come. authorities are investigating the cause, your mental so youth, repulsive from the funeral in gaza. grief and sadness overshadow because the strip thousands of people more in the 21 people who have died of the family they gathered here today to carry their bodies worse damage. they will be very say that they are here this morning instantly jerry see you say that the want to be granted on earth carrying your bodies in marching with
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toward their bearing place. here i just sat in flight this tragedy that has often taking 21 people of the same time in the, in one night off or off wired a, their entire apartment of 2 years of conflict, families in syria struggling to send their children to school. then they have to find work to support their households and pandemic. the pandemic made the situation even was the city of rocca, some of the highest levels of child labor. a sudden consumer reports nearly 12 years into the syrian war child, labor has dramatically included the northern city of rocca and elsewhere. was children working long hours in difficult conditions. for many boys, education is a luxury because they have to find work to provide for their family. many oh, their fathers have been arrested or killed during the war. jacobo,
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how much is 16 but he's been working in this mechanic shop for 8 years. he says it was not easy to make the decision to drop out of school, but it was necessary. and the initial, the magenta because of the war we couldn't learn anything. school, even. i've learned his job as a mechanic and it's better than wasting my time sheet. several schools and rocco are damaged or does for during the fight against iso more than 70 percent of them are still on the same condition. according to the san jose, 13 year old man that has worked as a street vendor for 3 years. he would rather study, but he must support his family because the cost of living is rising by the day. while a dinner barrel knowing the idea. no, but it's difficult to work outside when it's cold and i can't even push this trolley in some places. we can't afford school. even with this job, it's barely enough to buy bread. a boy carson, as the father of 3 boys on a girl, all of his sons come to work. despite their young age learners,
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military much study is better for the kids, but unfortunately, we don't have good education. it's useless. oh, so i decided so my son to learn a profession which will help him earn money at least syria has seen a lot in the past decade in it's struggling city of rocker, a generation of kids now risk being lost, forced to choose between going to school or finding work as a matter of survival. seen em. casala al jazeera, the cop 27 climate summit has been extended until saturday and talks remains stalled. the deadlock surrounds the creation of a fund to help developing countries deal with fall out global warming. but a 10 year old guardian activist tard delegates riveted with me a bit about his son received a standing ovation. when she made a heartfelt appeal, she was speaking on behalf of young people experiencing the effects of climate change. there is less than 8 to 6 months to go before we had $1.00. i
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am already much older than died. so dear people at this cop, i appeal to you have the hearts and do them. might it is only emergency to madagascar, no water is so scarce in its southern reach, and that thousands of people have to walk hours just to find supplies. the clock joined villages on their 10 kilometer round trip to the nearest river. it's as human as it comes, preparing food for your people, but in times of drought, just getting to the point of adding water to the vegetables takes formidable effort . i meet with a family in the village of anthro. no mad you who tell me this pumping station was built by the government to bring water up from the man to re river 5 kilometers away. but in 2 decades, the valves haven't opened the tank was never filled because the pipes were never
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laid. the landscape numbered in and they fastened. there were a tracks and materials and built it that then went away and never came back. the r at is done is family has taken residence in the pump house, but because of the drought, they've had to sell their possessions in order to eat it. now every day, all ages set off to find water on the long war to the man to river. and this is what tens of thousands of people across the region do. it's often a journey of several hours there and back. i went along with susan's way and his brothers, the wind is searing in the sun, saps your energy, and they do this day after day after day we passed young children doing their bit for the village and after 2 long hours, we arrive at the river. it's murky waters. a life saving the containers are filled . remembered now, they have to return with 20,
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sometimes 40 liters of water on their backs. him bony shot and flung there for amazon, and we've never experienced anything like this. it's a very, very hard situation. there are no seasons anymore. it's just hot, dry and windy. that's why we had to come here to take water from the river. even the river is run dry and recent is that rain in the far mountains has replenished its flow and they come man and beast. so this is effectively the kitchen tap for thousands and thousands of people. people of war for hours, just to get their supplies. water for washing water for cooking water for drinking. and so the journey back home up the valley begins and in the resolute determination of the villages, you may wonder at the injustice of it all. people that did nothing to make global
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warming happen being forced to live like this year, after remorseless year nick clark al jazeera, the grand sued madagascar, my mexico. many people are struggling with rising housing prices. activists say the capital is attracting foreign remote workers. that's driving up, brent. sudden forcing local people out. bubble wrap. hello. has bought from mexico city and grammy compliment yoga demonstrators in mexico city. bizarre math wanted out there, protesting against rising cost of housing in and look at the increase in rent and housing prices is negatively effecting as, as a local community. this woman has asked us not to reveal her identity out of fear of reprisal. she says the housing crisis goes beyond increasing prices after her apartment building signed a deal with the home share company, air b and b. she was given 5 days to move out. she says short notice evictions are becoming common place across the city. but i felt in love with them. this is
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a matter of human dignity. how can someone come to your home in the evening and say, you have 5 days of kate? what do they expect us to do? in recent years, mexico city has seen a large influx of foreign residence. the mexican capital is now considered one of the top 5 cities in the world for remote workers. and in agreement signed last month between the city and air b and b seeks to attract even more if it's only me thus young. this is an invitation for whack, as from the whole, all to come live in mexico city, a city that has it all. the while the mayor's office says the city hasn't seen a causal link between more air b and b rentals and higher rent prices act of the say, a lack of regulation has allowed real estate companies to operate. like a cartel bought a kick out, a thin wire cartel menu, because these a fight over control of 3 through we talking about on our run war, where people are being forcibly displaced. this is norwin war and money's winning.
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father activists say the formula is simple as mexico has sought to attract remote workers with higher purchasing power. it's created more inequality for mexicans. protestors here in mexico city say rent prices are so high, some are finding it hard to find affordable housing at all. pushing many outside the city limits. ah, residents who feel priced out of their own city or calling on the government to do more to guarantee affordable housing and protect the rights of tenants and homeowners. here. man, wizard, up below al jazeera mexico city. ah, well with just $40.00 to go, the car cattle is praising itself for the influx of football fans full the well cup . many of them will be coming across the land border with saudi arabia patrol. we can be reports authority say they're
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expecting thousands of fans to cross to saudi cattle today in the coming days in the lead up to the match between saudi arabia and elgin tina on tuesday. now they've overhaul the facility. so they have created it in with car park by the asking people to bring their cars and park them. and what will happen then is that people, once they've been processed, will board pre buses all the way to dough hosted. he said this is where people will come to have their id and passport checked as well as that hire cods. the $22.00 at counts is peer for that to happen. they'll then put that back through the scanner and beyond. here is the bank of buses waiting to take them to day. hi. we spoke to a couple of people who've been through this process today, and this is what they had to say. this is really good to disorganized people are, weren't coming out to help us on the process. part of it is really not really just real go well going to watch this by a spin.

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