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a c spy with m. 23 fighters battling the congolese government? ah. clubs hor avenue watching all the 0 life my headquarters here in doha. also coming up. twitter temporarily closes its offices as more employees resign, raising questions about his ability to stay on line. also a major you turned from football, woke up organizers. alcohol won't be sold at stadiums during the tournament in cat on. and the u. s. recommends immunity for the saudi crown. prince mom had been sold mom in the killing of journalist jamal shot you ah, welcome to the program kenya. and the wonder have agreed on the need for concert rebels to withdraw from captured territory in east and democratic republic of congo
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. i'm 23 fighters have made major gains in recent weeks as fighting with government forces as intensified. hundreds of people have been killed and at a 200000 forced from their homes. malcolm web has more or from go back to the east of the d. r c a. malcolm just bring us up to speed on what we know about this statement being made by these regional leaders. well, the statement comes from kenya's, ministry of foreign affairs and published just a short while ago. and it says that the former canyon president who kenyatta, who is facilitating regional peace told, including east african had the state said that he had a phone call with rwandan president who could gummy, rolando was widely understood to be the backup of the $23.00 group. while they were wanda was denies it. but in the statement it says that kenyatta the cool and the eat agreed with me on the need for an immediate cease fire. and also that could be
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agreed to assist the facilitator to 23, to see the fire and withdraw from the captured territories. the captured search is being those ways of no key be provence to the north of ear. the n 23 is taken, especially just in the last 2 weeks. as you mentioned, just a few hours ago that was still fighting to the north of where we are now. so everyone's going to be waiting to see if they will indeed still fighting each other and if they will withdraw from those positions. now the heads of states i meant to meet on monday in our goal is capital luanda. so they've got 48 hours to see if they will indeed withdraw from these territories. meanwhile, the civilians that have really suffered in this fight thing with more than 200000 people who fled their homes in recent weeks. one of the, many of them living in camp in unsanitary conditions and others being caught in the
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crossfire, the stained injuries and can't even get to medical how we spoke some of those that did. let's take a look at that story now. to his area for our i was pregnant with twins when a bomb, his house shrapnel was blasted into her leg and sigh and she passed out. she was rescued and brought to this hospital run by international committee of the red cross, which i see are see in coma in democratic republic of congo. an emergency says arion section saved class, and maurice, but they'll never know their father needed qual, cutting guerra. i was in our village then the fighting started, and one of the bombs hit our house. my husband lost his legs and died and i was taken to a hospital nearby, but no one could help me until was brought here. congos fighter jets have been bombing positions of m. 23. an armed grape widely believed to be backed by wonder. well, they will wonder denies it. more than 200000 people have fled to fighting and them
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20 three's recent advances to people here left everything behind when they ran life in the county. tough and that hasn't been much help here. they're lining up to register with the humanitarian agency, hoping that more help will come soon. but things much for those who've been trapped by the fighting. neither side let people who even ambulances cross the front lines, areas controlled by m. 23, have been cut off from humanitarian supplies. i c r c says the few health facilities that remain open in areas where there's fighting have no way to get medical supplies from goma. we have been told that there is a lot of wounded, but they just don't manage to reach a lot of health. in the conflict area has been looted a lot of health personnel have left the health stretches. so people can
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find health care. it seems incredible that jack, semi glory is alive. he's just 12 years old. he had multiple gunshot wounds in his chest and legs. un peacekeepers found him on the roadside and brought him here. or do you shall quadrille marchese? we feel very traumatized by all of this. we are living in the camp in the rain without even plastic sheets for shelter when they were only asking for the people in power to bring. he's so we can go home because we're used to doing our own work and living by our own means, jack and his uncle hit him on a are among the 10s of millions of con leaves who don't benefit from the countries vast mineral wealth. and they're also among those who suffer the most in the seemingly endless conflicts, the control of it being conflict, anything, congo? the more than that, the offset involving neighboring rwanda. and you got there and they've involved other countries as well in the past have been rounds of p. so some of which have
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gone on for months or even yes, sometimes they've voted degree of peace. sometimes they haven't. so the people that tens of thousands of people still in the shelf is just to the north, the goma waiting to find out if things are going to move this time or not, to be waiting to see if indeed m, 23. do withdraw from that positions in the next 48 hours and if there is a see fire chase before those talk resume in luanda on monday talk a weapon gave a thank you twitters troubles of her to be deepening the dolls to the social media companies headquarters are expected to remain close for the next 3 days. hundreds of employees have reported the quit casting doubt on the company's ability to keep operating. thus, after new boss isla muss gate staff and ultimate him to sign up for long hours at high intensity or leave with 3 months severance pay of his bonus from gabriel. yvonne de who join me now from new york and what county can you give us gabriel?
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on sort of the situation of employees and these edicts that we're hearing about from management and, and busk about jobs and contracts. yeah, there's so much confusion right now about what exactly is going on at twitter right now. but we do know that the offices are closed and that it appears that hundreds of employees have abruptly resigned as of late thursday evening. it could be over a 1000 that resigned. we just simply don't know because we're just getting this information anecdotally, there is no public relations department, no media relations department anymore at twitter. so in normally as journalists, we call up a public relations person for the company and get information. there is no media relations person and twitter any more, so it's very hard to get information. but it appears that these mass resignations,
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by mostly engineers at the company are widespread. entire teams of engineering teams within twitter have step down based on what we're seeing on social media and they're doing it because of this edict or this is the ellen musk handed out by this e mail, saying if you don't want to be part of my vision, moving forward and he called it a new quote unquote, hard core company culture, working long hours, working weekends. if you're not ready to put it in that kind of time, feel free to quit and it appears that that's what hundreds if not thousands of twitter employees have done just to give you an idea. when must bought the company about a month ago, there are $7500.00 twitter employees. he fired more than half immediately and there's only about $3000.00 left. and so if you get an idea of hundreds, perhaps a 1000 that have quit, you get an idea of how few people are still trying to keep twitter running. and it says k, but it is the big question is what type of company? oh, is evil?
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must trying to turn twitter into because the less stop you have perhaps the less chance of developing it's all improving it's in whatever way you want to country be achieved if you don't have the people to do the jobs. yeah, that's right. i mean, musk has said that he wants to turn twitter into a super app in his words. what exactly does that mean? it's really anybody's guess, but he's hinted at looking at we chat, for example, in china as a model that he might want to follow. here in, with twitter, maybe making it be able to make purchases from twitter. he's throwing out all sorts of ideas and he's certainly a visionary on many fronts. no doubt about it. and he uses twitter with more than well over 100000000 followers. but clearly he also needs to make money off twitter, and that's something that twitter has not done it last over 200000000 dollars last year. the year before that it lost over $1000000000.00, as we know,
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must have bought twitter for $44000000000.00. so he needs to turn this into a profitable business. how he plans to do that is really anybody's guess. but clearly it's going to be much harder now because we're not even talking about what he wants to turn twitter into in the future. right now. it's like, will twitter remain on line for the next 1224 hours given the mass resignations of key engineers? that's the real question immediately that musk is facing and we're hearing that musk is actually reaching out to the engineers that have said they're going to quit and saying, hey, please come back. i need you. please come back to the company or even seeing some of the engineers that are friends of mosque, the don't work at twitter messaging him on social media saying hey musk. if you need me to come into the office and try to, to keep twitter on over the weekend, let me know. so it's gotten to that level of desperation and really that level of uncertainty on twitters immediate future. gabriel is under in new york. thank you.
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will let me move this all because l. u. i spoke to adrian white, cla, technology editor at the irish dependent. i asked him what he thinks he must, long term plan is for the company. we do have an idea about what he wants to more twitter into he has spoken recently. for example, of adding financial services, money transfers, those kinds of features to twitter. there is some speculation which he has encouraged that he wants to make twitter into what's called a super up. we see those predominantly in asia where you can do anything from order a taxi to pay your bills to communication message. he believes that twitter is too small, it's too small in each and he wants to add weigh more services, which is why he's being so aggressive in trying to rebuild the company and requiring those services and becoming a super provider. as you put it requires investors requires advertises,
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but with the ultimatum and the treatment. but he's, you might say dishing out to staff at the moment. does that sort of put off people and companies might want to invest or might want to inquire as to how they can be part of the super provider if it is to be that? yes, it does. hugely, advertisers are turned off massively at the moment by what they see. we know that some of the biggest ad agencies in the world are actively advising their clients not to advertise on twitter. it's a case study of mismanagement from that point of view from an advertising revenue perspective. the argument is that there will be investors who have kept track of the most long career in tesla and space x, who believe that he can build bigger products and who may best that in the long term. twitter may add features that will reward their investment. the flow is just 2 days
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before the football woke up starts organize this of all of that. alcohol will not be sold at stadiums. fans. and joe has mixed reaction to the announcement. it's all there is never, there is never alcohol in cover. so why just for $28.00 days or like one month, what they put, and i mean, it's a good decision for them to the i he, oh god, i funding a fee for a friend and watching teams is more enjoyable when you're not drinking because drinking will distract you from enjoying the game and a quite clean need some problems between the the fans and on the stadium when you drink. sometimes when people bring to wanted, they just sleep and then you dismissal again. you go to find various and get out called somewhere else. i guess, but i mean it's not the same thing. i'm looking forward for to change the position . maybe that might haven't, i don't know. just enjoy the game. these things. yes,
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i can understand people are disappointed, but we really want them to see the matches in the helene waterman. they will lower control. they will lower. oh cur mcguire is a football finance lecturer at the university of liverpool. he says he doesn't think the decision will prevent cancer from being awarded major events. the future for an event says large and significant, the beetle, well copy it is unprecedented. there will a lot of planning been taken by all of the senior sponsors off the world cup and therefore those will have to be changed that very short notice to make a change with so little notice. i think that will be a negative market in terms of the awards all future activities, but it, whilst it might delays up that delay decision being made. i don't think it's necessarily going to prevent cas are being rewarded. events in the future on the longer term basis. i think anybody that's attending a world cup events wants to enjoy all of the aspects that the world cup can offer.
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not just the 4. 0, but they the culture and the hospitality of the, of the host nation and so on. and also the opportunity to meet other people. consuming alcohol is or not consuming alcohol is an inconvenience, but people should be able to cope without cope with that for a couple of hours. so it will be a minute. irritant. if everything else as far as the running of the tournament is a success, then i suspect that this will be relatively quickly forgotten by those bands who are attending. well, still had held al jazeera south korea and the us whole joint drills after north cruise launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile. plus, i'm nick, lot reporting from the south of madagascar on people's desperate search for water of the 5 relentless years of drown. ah,
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well just as the world cup starts in cut out of the terms as will come down below 30, the winter front for his way through. this is it here that looks more significant. it actually turns out to be forecasts for saturday is a sherry, one or few thunderstorms in northern saudi, big break, cross iran. and the head of brings a little bit of snow to the high ground in northern afghanistan and beyond. north, it's all, that's what i mean by winter temperatures now come down to reasonable levels. we see occasional shouts, pick the ever bodies of water, but the real cold is still actually a long way north isn't going to come from this process. but we have been waiting for the wind to increase and that front to go south and that'll happen. i think during sunday, i don't think it will be wet thunderstorms trucks. it's been forecast most part, but that wind will be telling that's what's known as the shamal locally at least. so doe house forecast isn't the shamal for sunday, and monday, usually very dusty. it's always pretty strong and it will be on sunday for the 1st game that it eases off
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a little bit more time and gets 20 to tuesday. there's the temperatures below 30 and below 20 overnight. so there's the bigger picture than by monday, a few showers might generate showing wintry weather's got as far south as the you a, the range in africa are also going slow. the south. they are still there quite heavily round lake victoria. rwanda and townsend, near with
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ah ah, talk about your watching. i'll just bear with me here, robin indo reminder of our top news stories, kenya andrew, one to have agreed on the needs and fighting between rebel and government forces. and he's the democratic republic of congo. 23 fighters have made major gains and recently 40000 from the home which is headquarters are expected to remain closed for the next 3 days. you both see love, case staff and ultimate them to sign up for long hours to tie intensity, or quit hundreds of reportedly left hand organizes of the world's cup and cancel out. alcohol will not be sold at stadium, that comes just to date for the opening match. the only non alcoholic beer will be
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sold, attendees. ukraine says a barrel of russians, shells, and missile attacks, stroke energy facilities across several regions, leaving millions of people in darkness. the new wave of strikes comes of early winter snow is falling on the capital, keith, or thought he say that they are working to restore power nationwide as temperature is plummet, the u. n. has warned to all of a humanitarian emergency caused by power and water shortages as a bag report. so from liquid. in some cases the temperature is already below 0 and that's a major concern for authority. president lugging is left, you 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 at short and on schedule, many people around the country have been experiencing those electricity records as russian air strikes have targeted energy infrastructure in the last few days. some
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of the biggest massage beverages in this country has space since the sauce of the war world, allegedly, one of those missiles, at least, according to the korean, went over into poland until 2 people, the crane and the arguments back. it was a russian massage. here from the farm and here 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 is unlikely that that was a russian. we saw that when cross the border to pull it in until 2 people. it's more likely that it was one from the ukrainian defense. but the investigation isn't finished, but ukraine is adamant. beckett was a russian massage out in the country. there's a richer region. the missile strike on thursday, the death for that. when it hit the residential building has gone up to 10. and the nuclear power plant is the nuclear power plant. the russians occupied the class, the 3rd resolution urging russia to stop action against the sun,
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the u. s. and south greer of held joint air force drills, hours after all, queer launched, a ballistic missile that led to just 200 kilometers west of japan, south korean american fight against fluent formation of the east coast of the korean peninsula. us also held military drills with japanese pulses. we'll take a says the north koreans continental ballistic missile is capable of reaching the us mainland. it also concerned the bazaar landed in its exclusive economic zone about 200 kilometers of an island in northern her, cato. it's the latest to the series of launches by north korea. brian has more from sol. that has been a very robust response from south korea. the government here issuing a statement saying that it possesses the capability to respond overwhelmingly to any provocation, i think, somewhat ominously that north korea should not misjudged this fact. now this is an administration which takes a much tougher line with no career,
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especially in recent months, seemingly quite prepared and willing to match any provocation or military action by the north with some sort of action of its own. as we see this tit for tat increase in the tension levels here. this follows a warning on thursday from north korea. it will take a much better response to what it sees as a build up of us forces in this region, using the opportunity to drive the point home to fire off yet another short range ballistic missile of friday's launch. the. this would be the 3rd icbm in continental ballistic missile fide this year. these are much larger heavy missiles that, that north korea was testing with great frequency in 2017 very provocatively that's been a several year break. but this year we've seen a resumption of the testing. now the interesting thing about this, the, this trajectory of this launch as we previous icbm is that although it only
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travelled around a 1000 kilometers eastwood's just sure to be no than japanese islander pakenio, it had a very steep trajectory going up 6000 kilometers. and then coming down a very steep trajectory again another 6000 kilometer. so military analysts reckoned that if you took this and translate it into a shallow trajectory, it could cover up to 15000 kilometers of the earth's surface. well, that puts the continental united states within range of the cop $27.00 climate summit has been extended until saturday, as talks remains stalled. the deadlock surrounds the creation of a fund help developing countries deal with global warming. but a 10 year old guardian activist had delegates riveted lekia that are money some received a standing ovation when she made a heartfelt appeal. she spoke on behalf of young people experiencing the effects of climate change no less than 86 months. you go before we
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had won't by 5 am already much ordered and at so and yet people at this cop, i appeal to you have the hat and do then that it is an emergency to madagascar and water so scarce and its southern region that thousands of people have to walk hours just to find supplies. that clark joined villagers on their 10 kilometer round trip to the nearest river. it's as human as it comes in preparing food for your people. but in times of droughts, 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 land bank numbers and they fasten. there were tracks and materials and built it that then went away and never came back. the are, it 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 walk to the mander a 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 satcher 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. when containers are filled, remember now they have to return with 20,
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sometimes 40 liters of water on their backs. him one is what i'm strong there for amazon and we've never experienced anything like this. it's a very, very hard situation. there are no seasons any more. 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 in recent years, but 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 and water for drinking. and so the journey back home up the valley begins, and in the resolute determination of the villagers, 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 mcclark al jazeera, the grand sued madagascar full foreign nationals are flown out of me and ma, after they were released from prison. the group includes a japanese job based on to the barrack and australian part me economists me about jan to issued a broad prisoner amnesty earlier this week. jen list total, cal bata has now landed at 10 years, have made an airport shown to now we're down to the advisor for the elected lead and sung su chief. he arrived in melbourne on friday. the u. s. government is recommending immunity for saudi arabia's crown prince in law suit related to the killing of journalists, malika shall g. it's
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a reversal of statements made by president joe biden. during his election campaign, been sal mom was recently named saudi prime minister, the by the administration. now says that that position should have shield had shield him from legal action. let's take a look at the events leading up to that decision. well, not tobar 2018 jamal, cuz she was seen entering. the saudi consular office, the stumble. he never came out. days later, turkish investigators found evidence that he'd been killed and dismember the, the following year. a u. n. report found that the state of saudi arabia was responsible for his murder. it said that the killing was the result of an elaborate planning overseen by high level. saudi officials, while the un didn't directly blamed the crown prince a us intelligence report released last year did the july the c a u. s. president joe, by but haven't been so bought in saudi arabia by the said, he told the crown prince of he holds him responsible for the murder. bob had been
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sold, man has always denied ordering the killing. sara, leah whitson, his executive director at democracy for the arab world. now she says the decision to recommend community looks like concession by the white house mohammed been. so man 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. militarily, the bible ministration has not done the latter, but now it has done the former. it has granted haven't been so 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.
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