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it opportunity for fans to be created and celebrate their g. o. ah, german police arrest 25 people accused of plotting a cou. we'll be reporting from berlin. ah, china ease is hello on has them seek this is al jazeera, alive from the also coming up. china ease is locked down, restrictions german police arrest 25 people accused. the plotting occur will be live. we'll have more
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from berlin. the people have spoken ah, democrat, rougher warner windsor run off in the us state of georgia, giving the party and outright majority in the senate. can you so called elephant graveyard gets bigger as drought takes its toll. we report from the salvo east national park, and hey, beneatha winfield walker, the atlas lines knockout spain and advanced the quarter finals of the world cup for the 1st time in their history. ah, officials in germany say the country has followed
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a far right plot to overthrow its government. $25.00 people, including a soldier and a judge were detained when thousands of police officers write it a 100 and the sites across germany, russian national is among the detainees. the so called rice citizens were allegedly preparing to force their way into parliament. don't again join us live now from berlin. so dominic, quite a stunning development this yes, very much interest in what's being announced by the authorities today. we know there's going to be a news conference coming in the next couple hours, 13 g at which the federal prosecutors based in cancer, are going to speak to the world's media about what they have been investigating about the people that they've arrested. and indeed about the people who they say are of interest to them. we know 25 people arrested. and among that number ass, mainly german citizens. but some others that russian connection is interesting
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because there is speculation in the media here in germany that this group reached out, or is alleged to have reached out to connections in russia to see if there would be any kind of assistance for, for them from that source that is not confirmed by the authorities, but it is being widely speculated upon. but the interesting thing here, this group that ice burger as they refer to themselves will there of is on that is to try to bring germany back to the situation. it was in what was called the kaiser heis. that is the germany that was in charge during the 1st world war. they believe that everything that modern germany represents now is something that was imposed on the country and needs to be rejected. and the irony, of course, is this idea of attacking the very building that represents for them. the virtues of the state that they say germany should now be the bundle. tar, which is actually the rice tag. that is the situation that they were considering.
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but in so far as the facts 25 people are arrested, we know that around 50 people of interest to the authorities and a news conference as i say that 13 g m t. all right sir, for the moment dominic cane lifers there in berlin. thanks tony. a china has announced it is loosening it's 0 cobra policy. people who are a symptomatic or showing miles symptoms will now be able to isolate at home. the government is also reducing mandatory testing requirements to move comes off to widespread protests against locked downs and mass testing. it is a major reversal in a country that is impose some of the toughest pandemic measures in the world. the beam to get the further deepening of the understanding of the virus ended disease. the reduction of the risk of the disease efficient supply of vaccines and medicine, and the improvement of emergency response and treatment capabilities are some of
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the required conditions or key elements for us to resume the living conditions before the outbreak happened. a patrick clark has more now from hong kong the national. 9 health commission as announced that it will now implement the policy nation wide and people who are low risk will be able to isolate at home, even if they are infected only of their condition gradually worse. and they then be taken to hospital. so it is a dramatic change and it really shows the beginnings of your life if you like, of china living with the virus, so to speak, and people law, as you can imagine, overjoyed and excited about these new developments. after all, this is really what the protest movements have been about essentially, so they have gotten their way and forced the government to write a but equally,
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there are a lot of people in china that are still very much concerned about. the virus spreading faster now and we've been hearing reports and seeing images of lots of people chewing up outside pharmacies, trying to pick up medical supplies, anti gen kits and the fever medicine and so on and so forth. and something needs to change with the messaging in a way. remember, china's classified curve at 19 is on the same level as bonnet, plague. so, you know, in that, in that sense, people still need to change their attitudes towards the bars in many ways or to the use now and democrats have tightened their grip on the senate. after raphael, warnock defeated republican challenger herschel walker in georgia, one of one ox victory in the closely 4 run off means. democrats will have 51 seats in the 100 seat chamber. 2 candidates was separated by less than one percent of the vote. in last month's midterms allow our vessel is a professor of political science at georgia southern university. she says the tie
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race prompted more people to vote. turn out in the selection was significantly higher than most midterm elections. and in particular with the runa between walker that turn out that approximately 77000 people turned out to vote in the runoff election, who had not voted in the general election, which suggests significant interest. notably, former president trump did not come to campaign for a walker in the past few weeks. and it's possible that that's due to the controversy surrounding the former president. it's a big moment for the state of georgia. and in addition, it's a big moment for the united states. we've had an election that was this close and i think the division in the results exemplifies the division that currently exists
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in the united states. a former us president donald trump's company has been found guilty of tax fraud. trump is facing a series of legal woes as he campaigns for the republican presidential nomination in the 2024 elections. mike, hannah has more from washington, has a major financial implication for the trump organization. these crimes of tax evasion went on for some 15 years. and although the fine itself may not be that substantial, that will be divided at decided by the judge. in january, he'll announce exactly what the fine is, but the economic impact on the organization will be substantial. obviously, it's going to reflect its relationship with banks with other lenders, with other companies in terms of its ongoing attempts to do business. at this, at the judgement is likely to reflect very negatively on the trump organization as a whole. but before donald trump himself, it's just adding to his long list of legal woes. one must remember that there's
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a separate case pending against donald trump and his organization wrought by the new york attorney general that is pending, and even more seriously is the investigation being conducted by the department of justice into 2 elements. one is donald trump, so taking documents from the white house to his morrow lago estate and how serious was the misuse as it's put of classified documents? the other issue that the, the justice department is investigating is trumps. attempts to overthrow the 90 a 2020 election. so this is now just another in the long list of legal problems facing donald trump. the taliban is allowing afghan girls to take high school graduation exams this week. girls in middle school and high school have been banned from classroom since the group to power in august last year. the latest decision reportedly applies to 31 of afghanistan's 34 provinces. but some students say the
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exams aren't fair because girls have been shut out of school for so long as law side to that. my name is saturday, grade 12. i'm in a very bad state right now because we have an exam today, the class 12, and we haven't studied a single book for it. we're here to answer a 140 questions without knowing anything that we have nothing in mind. what exam should we give and from what is that, what you know before they do that, i had nickname. we are obeying the he job role. that since we obey them, they should also fulfill our wishes. we don't want much, we only want to study in our country because if our right on in the half of the population is women, we have a right and they should give us our right to prosper. and so the 2 people have been killed and 8 wounded in a suicide bomb blast in indonesia. the explosion occurred that at stana and your police office in ban don't west java, local media say no committee or force say a man, enter the station with a motorcycle and detonated explosives where police were lining up for morning
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assembly. the attack apparently brought to bombs to the scene, but only one went off west. i was governor, say, the county terrorism unit is investigating the trial. a 2 man accused a bombing, a popular shrine in bangkok has resumed after shifting from a military to a civilian court. 2 ethnic weaker suspects have been in detention since 2015. difficulties finding translators, delayed proceedings, and then coven 19 shut the trial down. now, 7 years on survivors and families of the victims are still waiting for answers. as tony chang reports, ah, parisian tourists, it's one of the biggest attractions in bank holding the arrow on shrine, the hindu god. but a symbol of good fortune for all these days gone. so now i can only watch from afar to get any closer is too painful. eating then like i la salt like i couldn't walk
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past it even through the sky walk now i can, but i'm still scared if i have to walk and street even when i drive past and stop at a red light, i pray that the green light will come quickly, king khan was there on the night in august 2015 when a bomb exploded. 20 people were killed and a 125 injured. most of the victims were tourists, including a number of chinese nationals, prompting the theory that they might have been the target. now, after several delays, including the pandemic, the trial of the main suspects has restarted. the problem of this case started with the military called the military co put everyone who could be a potential witness. in this case, in normal clothes, they only allow witnesses that can be a crucial voice. my case, but questions remain about the 2 accused. both were traveling on false passports, chinese nationals, but ethnic wiggers. cctv footage is far from conclusive and circumstantial evidence
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has been contradictory and confused. that didn't stop the police, awarding themselves $90000.00 as a reward. but the speedy resolution of the crime had been, and even though the case has resumed that my verdict isn't expected for several years. of course we have to regard it dry or to weaken, but at the same time we have to give some kind of legal protection in terms of procedure so that even an as well. but that takes time. the attack on the arrow on shrine was the worst balmy entire history, yet 70 is on that still no clear answer. the question, who was behind the attack of it with a targeting and the victims still struggling with injuries and memories. one answers when i did that time as getting enclosure passed a long time ago. it's so long that i don't feel like i need to know hated it yet,
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but do i want to know? yes i do. that resolution seems a long way off. tony cheng l to 0, bangkok, a silly head on our desert. she's one of the most powerful politicians in argentina . christina de kirshner appears to be heading to jail. ah, anticipation is rising. and so is the atmosphere. are you ready for the way spotted my cattle aways? hello. we still got some when she showers coming into japan over the next day or so for the most part across japan, across the korean peninsula, editor of good part of china. it is largely dry, little area of bird disturb weather pulling out of the way. there we go with those showers. those see effect showers pushing in across sea are relatively warm waters of the sea of japan. so some snow, they're just around that western side of honshu and into her card i,
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temperatures around 16 celsius for tokyo. over the next couple of days, a similar pitch there's we go on through friday, dry for the great peninsula drive for good part of china. want to shout elmore cloud there into central parts of china. still wanted to showers. there. it's a northern areas of taiwan. it will turn increasingly wet. meanwhile, across much of southern in the abbey, have a disturbance out into the back. been goal. it may become something more significant. a deep tropical depression. hedge is pushing its way towards tumble, neither towards onto the dash and it will bring heavy showers in across a good part of southern india and also shrink as we go through that the next day or 2 dry. some smoke up towards normal parts of india, a little bit of snow around the foothills of the himalayas. meanwhile, across the rim of nature war one sunshine, but noticing bolt and fresher and cutter by the weekend to, with sponsored by cats, are they always a turkish artist?
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a judge, were detained. when police rated a $130.00 sites across germany, china's announced this loosening at 0 coded policy. people who are asymptomatic or showing mild symptoms can now isolate at home. the government is also reducing the amount of mandatory testing. democrats had extended their slim majority in the u. s . senate off the raphael will not want to run off election in june on georgia. warner defeated form of football star shall walker. the split in the senate is now $51.00 to $49.00 in favor of the democrats. argentina's vice president, christina de kirshner, has been sentenced to 6 years in prison. she was convicted of corruption in a $1000000000.00 fraud case. theresa bow reports from when osiris. oh, the so so borders of christina fernandez. the kirschner who came to the federal court building in when
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a site is to protest against argentine as to dca commissioner, was sentenced to 6 years in prison. and given a lifetime ban on holding public office. after being found guilty of corruption is the 1st time an argentinean vice president has been convicted of a crime wealth in office, following full amelia in aliya as kirshner is a victim of political persecution. log again and it is the same. so what they want to do is get her out of politics in a good way or a bad way. they fail to kill her and other have this option. 3 months ago, kirshner was the target of an assassination attempt. when a man pulled the trigger of his hand gun inches from her face as she greeted supporters, the gun failed to fire them on tuesday, a panel of 3 judges found kirshner guilty of aggravated fraud. continental christina elizabeth fernandez. de kitchener is sentenced to 6 years imprisonment. life disqualification from holding public office legal accessories and the cost of
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the proceedings because she is criminally responsible for the offense of fraudulent administration to the detriment of the public. oh, kirshner is accused of directing millions of dollars of public works contracts to a family friend. prosecutor say they have found dozens of irregularities in public works contract in the province of santa cruz. were the kirshner family originally comes from. for the former president denies all charges accusing the trivial in charge of a political witch hunt and serving the interest of the opposition. you don't want to proceed. this is much simpler. it's not, no fair, but it's not a judiciary party. it's not a patent state and mafia. it's a judicial mafia. christina hernandez, the curtain are worth argentina's president for 8 years between 20172015 is now this country vice president. she's an advisor bigger and us control. while there
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are many who continued as a border there many others would like to see her in prison. kirschner is expected to appeal against the court's decision. despite her conviction, she has congressional immunity and is unlikely to have to jail any time sooner. she was a complete waterbury, so i'll just seat at one aside. as the palestinian health ministry says one person has been wounded in an israeli raid north west of ramallah. the man has chest and hi fi injuries. the ministry says israel has killed $212.00 palestinians so far this year. most of them in the occupied west bank are anya's ebony reports from nobliss. one of the heaviest burdens appeared and can carry out the rough man. re now he walked his sons to their final resting place. los angeles were shot during confrontations with his trailer forces, reading cooper in village near rama la. last week. the $280.00 sat palestinians
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hurled roxanne molotov cocktails at the soldiers. the author was killed 1st. in this video, he can be heard calling out to his brother for help you ed doesn't hesitate. more gunfire and he's dead to. since the beginning of the year wakes like this one have been held almost daily across the occupied west bank. joanne pe, jawad didn't want to grow bold. he loved his hair, look at him, he bought hair oils and would ask me every day if he had grown baby here. is this the attitude of some one who wanted to die? they loved life, but death is imposed on us. those who haven't lost the loved one have lost the little sense of security. they once had what ami a word was driving back home from his studio several weeks ago when he was shot near on his trail checkpoint south of nablus. he says, the wounds you can see are the ones that hurt most. a young brother,
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and only i only were not worth anything to them. ask any one who was almost killed . i was on my way home. they turned my life upside down and i still don't know why i was shot in the shop in the u. n. se, se 2022 has been the deadliest in the occupied west bank in 16 years. most of the palestinians killed by sales force as this year were shot in either nablus or janine in both cities palestinian fighters, but their political affiliations aside and took up arms against these truly occupation if phenomena, if for any official fear, might ignite similar actions elsewhere. and end in widespread protest. it's all phase. it's facing an increased threat with 3 times the number of palestinian attacks this year compared to 2021. and it's either, hm, apartment is world, but that security coordination agreement said playing the palestinian authority could contain any uprising. but that is impossible, that even there is an active occupation that's trying to create a reversible fact and subtle the conflict. and so the question should not be why
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this is happening now, but why not sooner throughout the decade. longest, railey occupation, palestinians have changed their tools of resistance. the one constant has been defiance. veneers a banner alyssa, theodora, nablus, occupied listing a federal judge in the us has dismissed the lawsuit by the fiance of slain journalist yamaha shoji civil suit was filed against saudi crown. prince, ma'am, had been some man for his alleged role in her shop. jeez, death. the 1559 year old journalist was murdered in the saudi consulate. in his stumble in 2018. the u. s. government recommended the crown prince received sovereign immunity after he was promoted to prime minister or scientists, rights advocates and representatives from the 200 countries are meeting in canada to discuss bio diversity the you and lead conference known as comp 15 hopes to create a roadmap to protect ecosystems and slow climate change. a draft framework aims to
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raise $200000000000.00 for conservation by 2030. that's one percent of global g d p . un secretary general antonio gutierrez, delivered the opening address. madagascar is a unique bio diversity hot spot, more than 80 percent of the flora and fauna can only be found on the island. but many of these species are under threat from deforestation. hunting an illegal trade in wild life, nay, clark reports from more endeavor. this is what mono culture looks like. the crop in this case is sizes used for making rope. as far removed from the rich biodiversity, madagascar is famous for, as could be. but in this sterile c lies a surviving remnant of a huge forest. the sides well fields replaced the parente reserve,
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and here you get an idea of what was lost when the trees were cut down. ring tell lemurs, wonder the forest trails while the rest of the group sit and nibble flowers in the trees. the star of the show is a little more elusive. and this a factor appears as only it knows how. this, though is a dance of survival through striker is critically endangered, like many lima species. it's numbers are falling. i hook up with guide olivia gilbert whose be walking these trails for 30 years and he tells me intense drought in the south brought on by climate change. he was making a bad situation. do much do much worse. we've seen the number of the baby born. it's about only a 30 or 40 percent of which is the usual we have. so since 5 is quite unusual
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happening and here is the number of the baby born from drought to deforestation. the precious on madagascar as biodiversity are intense. on the west coast lies a spectacular stand of barb trees. 7 of the world's 8 species of bow, abrupt grow only in madagascar. it is just extraordinary, isn't it? it's kind of sums up. madagascar is incredible by diversity. and some of these trees are more than 500 years old, but of course, they're under threat. once these trees grew amongst the forest, the forest is gone and endangered giants are all that remain bark, exploitation for a house, constriction arab constriction. and the transformation of a habitate into consideration, and also they sell their fruit and origin and
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he's not enough to replace the population. of course, what's going on here is not unique to madagascar in any way at all. it's happening simply everywhere. in fact, the $8000000.00 species on earth currently one 3rd or endangered because a few and activities driving extinction levels from between 121-0000 times natural levels, including 25 percent of mammals, 14 percent of birds, 33 percent of reef corals, and 40 percent of an phoebe and o welds rich by diversity is a source of constant wonder, but also critical to the health of our planet. mosaic of life that must be preserved. mcclark al jazeera madagascar, hundreds of wild animals in kenya have died this year because of severe drought. its affected parts of east africa,
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as well as the horn of africa. millions of people also facing starvation. catherine saw reports from saba, east national park. most of his calls and bones found in this museum in the sovereign national park while collected nearly 6 decades ago. that's when a drought killed thousands of elephants. scientists informally call the museum, the elephant graveyard. frederick la la has been collecting such remains for years . for research, he said elephants and other herbivores are again finding it increasingly difficult to get food and water. the government says more than $200.00 elephants and other gain have died this year. we understand that lance is shrinking some of the dispersal areas that the elephant has to go to during the dry season or during the drought. most of them are now being occupied by people. the rainy season usually
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starts in can you around this time? and although some areas are receiving rainfall and several and others, it's been sporadic. you don't have to go very far to find cactuses in this park. most of the animals that have died graces and browses of pac officials that we've spoken to said that they are trying to do the best they can. they say this is a devastating season. large animals are walking father in sight of water and forage . this space is shrinking as human populations are growing. the situation has not been very good because we haven't seen most of our us going up aggressively. we've seen a lot of most of us remaining bay alarm and buddies of city defect because now we're limited for age, for both widely funded in the lifestyle most working in the park said this season the was the drought they've seen in wizard. yes. but
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a fact they're happening more frequently is worrying, getting water into some of my favorite of the park has been an issue. he says over there arctic miss of the rainfall. we have water pants within the park, but most of them are not able to sustain war. live over a longer period of time. there is also this room, so fission of some of the reverse ranges are tasked with collecting carcasses, particularly those of elephants. they remove the tasks to prevent poachers taking them, but they say poaching is less of a threat to the animals. then climate change katherine saw at the sub or national park ah.
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