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truly are when they are controlled by a millionaires of laga, documenting facts on the ground. i'm another journalist, people trust individuals, more than the news or a purveyor of the state line. how can you show the destruction of a political war and still be a political unchecked? the media can distort narratives and reshape realities. the listening post keeps watch on al jazeera. we understand the differences are minorities, have conscious across the world. so no matter how you take it out 0, we're bringing the news and current to fast cut matter to you count his arrow ah, to. ready a warning that unchecked powers, leaving behind
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a sea of human suffering across the world. human rights watch releases its annual report. ah, barker, this is al jazeera alive from dough. also coming up. it's ready for us to shoot a palestinian man near ramallah. the 3rd palestinian killed in the occupied west bank and 24 hours the u. s. and japan announced plans to strengthen their security cooperation as tokyo seeks to counter threats from china and north korea. and where in the indian hill town of josh math, where buildings are crumbling, forcing a mass evacuation, but people say they've know where to go. ah, welcome to the program. the 2023 human rights watch report says unchecked authoritarian power is leaving behind
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a sea of human suffering at spotlights. abuses happening in a 100 countries covering everything for war, media, freedoms, gender, riots and refugees. among other other things. it puts the war in ukraine at the top of its agenda, saying russian president vladimir putin is operating with impunity. it welcomes the international communities response including the you and agencies collecting evidence of war crimes. but it says other crises of being ignored in this calling on governments and international organizations to take action or correspondence have this update from some of the countries mentioned in the report. ready ready ready ready ah. ready 2022 was your estimated 1200000 people came to germany, claiming refugees, the vast majority of them, ukrainians, many of them, and that germ to berlin, main central station here where that application process could begin. but it's
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estimated around 200000 people from syria. afghanistan and iran. iraq also came to this country. the treatment they received have a slightly different because koreans have freedom of movement around europe. as others don't. ah, lebanon's political class is accused of denying people their basic rights by failing to address an economic crisis that has pushed the 80 percent of the population into poverty. low income households have cut back on foods, while the large refugee population has been hit hard, decades of corruption and mismanagement has nearly bankrupted the state, which is no longer able to provide services like electricity,
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financial losses are in the billions of dollars. ah, ah, for the report details and litany of apparent russian war crimes, including in butcher, a town north of heath was occupied by a russian forces usa for the least 70 people were unlawfully killed or go in my pole in the south of the country russians formed a theatre that had been clearly marked out as a severe shelter. hundreds of people were killed, including children with 130 palestinians were killed in conflict and confrontations with israeli security
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forces in 2022 and a further 9000 injured those figures in the palestinian health ministry and that includes those killed in 3 days. it is rarely ass right on garza in august of the pay that at israel is further tied in the financial school on the palestinians. and now deduct more than a 3rd of the $256000000.00 a year. it collects on behalf of palestinian authority and duties and taxes. and phil roberson is deputy asia director of human rights watch. he's warning the situation across the world is getting worse. if we look at what's happening in afghanistan for women and the girls, and we look at what's happened, obviously in ukraine with the russian invasion, the situation is across the world. unfortunately, it has gotten worse, but we're also saying is it's responsibility of many other governments. the not that traditional governments have cared about human rights from the european ne,
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in north america. but governments from latin america, from africa, from middle east, other places to also step up and do something about human rights to recognize that they have an important role in promoting human rights and protecting human rights and not leave it to others. if we look at the asian region, myanmar a is a, an ongoing human rights disaster. you have a country being torn apart and crimes against humanity being committed every day by a military junta, backed by china and russia. ah, you know, there needs to be a much stronger focus cuz this is something where there is interest in the region to try to resolve it. but the reality is that the international community is just not focused enough on dealing with that issue. certainly north korea, there's a lot of problems in north korea, but again, you know, it's a major, major rights abusing state that often seems to get away with it because everybody's talking about their nuclear weapons or their missile technology. there is quite clearly of been pointed out that there's a double standard. that on one hand are refugees from the ukraine,
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have been treated very well worth a refugees from syria, afghanistan and iraq who tried to reach europe have received just the opposite kind of treatment. that is a very serious concern, and that is a legitimate criticism of many of the european member states that you know, they're not necessarily odd, you know, playing evenly with every one another news thrill anchor's former president has been ordered to pay damages for failing to prevent the 2019 easter sunday bomb attack, the supreme court found mastery paula series. santa had received enough intelligence to act. he was now paid $270000.00 to victims families. 269 people were killed with an ice. all linked group attacked churches and hotels and the capital colombo . now, the palestinian health ministry says it's ready forces have killed a palestinian man in the occupied westbank. 41 year old arnie osland were shot in
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the columbia camp near ramallah during an early morning raid. us lance, a 3rd palestinian to be killed in the occupied west bank in the past 24 hours and need abraham joins us now. live from ramallah in the occupied westbank. neither a particularly deadly 24 hours. what more do we know about the killing of any ass one? well, we've been speaking to people in the collins yet as she g. com. they say that they, although they're used to israeli army forces, re dang the refugee camp on a regular basis. but what happened this morning a that it as the scribe by a witnesses, there is unprecedented. a father who was trying to defend his son, a 17 year old, who was being arrested by israeli forces, was shot and killed as samira. aslan is a 41 year old, according to witnesses, they are, he's and he was just trying to defend his son, who was a 17 year old, was trying to be arrested by israeli forces. were expecting
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a funeral to take place in the next hour or so they are in their calendar refugee camp. and indeed it's been a deadly 24 hours with 3 palestinians killed for all. so since the beginning of the year, we're talking about 7 palestinians who are shot dead by israeli forces. let's not forget that last year was the deadliest according to the u when in more than 15 years. and neither all of this, amid a backdrop of further violence in nablus is not right. yes. later after the invasion of the cleanser refugee time, there has been another raid in nablus in the north of the occupied west back. now, let's not forget that there is an armed group of palestinian young men called the lions den. it takes refuge in the old city of nablus and we've seen over their past a year. clashes take place between palestinian fighters and the israeli forces. now,
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according to israeli media, they believe that the fighters with gathering to take a to go to a funeral of a palestinian who has killed yesterday by israeli forces fire. and so as far as is really media is concerned, this was considered a chance for the israeli forces to clamp down on those fighters. now, according to sources, they are in nablus, they said that 7 palestinians were injured during the exchange of fire. now, 2 of those who had injured were journalists and i've spoken to one of them. he was hit in the leg by shrapnel that the hospital believes came from the live ammunition being used by israeli forces. another one, he was sought by a live ammunition that entered and penetrated his leg, said that gives you an idea about the tense situation. all in all in the occupied west banquet journalists were telling us that no one is safe. yes, 10 cindy, do need to have him live in albany many times now the u. s. and japan of announced
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plans to expand military corp cooling china, the greatest security challenge in the region. japan's foreign and defense ministries, ministers have been holding talks with american officials in washington. they've agreed to readjust the u. s. military presence in okinawa, giving them the capability to hit ships and attacks in space on our part of their security treaty. this comes ahead of japanese prime minister from we'll, cuz she does visit to washington. japan strategies align closely with our own national security strategy. but both of the key challenges that we identify as well isn't how to effectively address them. we're committed to upholding shared values of democracy and human rights defending the international rule of law. continuing to lead the world and tackling global challenges that no one country can solve alone, like the climate crisis. deli viruses at hydro clean k is a senior adviser for the national bureau of asian research. she says the threats
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posed to japan from china and north korea and russia. a forced ok to increases military spending. the japanese last month published their national security strategy, as well as the national offense program guidelines at mid term defense program. all of which highlight an increase in investments and defense that are predicated, quite frankly, in addressing the very dangerous challenges that the people's republic of china, the north koreans, as well as the russian pose for japanese security. fundamentally, what's historically unprecedented here is the fact that the japanese are publicly acknowledging the challenges that they're facing. i would actually use the word threat, the threat that they are facing and that they are taking again, unprecedented steps in terms of doubling. in essence,
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their defense budget. which is again historic and unprecedented. now the united states will provide additional sales of military capabilities. my understanding is tom off is one of them, which is a cruise missile that was for the 1st time in, in post war to history provide that japanese with what most observers would call an offensive capability. but that the japanese, referred to as a counter strike. this is again very significant. so head on to 0, we look at why brazil communications minister believes that could be more attempts to destabilize the government. and we traveled to one of the u. k. 's most pro, breaks in town to see how farming has been effected since leaving the european union. ah,
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ah hey, they're good to be with you. sydney does not reach 30 degrees by january 18th. it will be a new record for how long the city has gone without hitting 30 degrees. so here's the forecast on friday. no, we don't got you there. just the high of 28 degrees. what weather? meantime around the kimberly 2 cans. if we go in for a closer look toward the south, big jumping those temperatures for melbourne up to 37 degrees on saturday, holbert joins at 30 degrees, club is wall, and as a result, i think we could see some heat of the day. thunderstorms erupt for new zealand. all of the weather loads have been dropped after cyclone hail rolled through here so much calmer conditions. and the rain is beginning to peter out for southern indo china, particularly around vietnam where we had some pretty intense out of season rain. also intense rain around sabu city to the west in the east with scooped up about
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$300.00 millimeters of rain, which is about 3 times the monthly average for january. china, high temperature is here, but this is a bit. this is looking more like spring. the plum rain set up here from the yangtze river valley over the china sea and shooting into southern japan. incredible warmth . we could set some records across the korean peninsula, some soaking rains for que issue. and that southwest portion of honju island on friday, sir later. ah, the discarded clothes from rich nations are funneled through charities and sold to impoverished nations. on an unprecedented scale, a massive industry sift through the unwanted garments to resell to some of the world's poorest inhabitants. but much of what arrives is unfit for purpose and is fueling environmental catastrophe. people in power travels to garner to uncover the
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dirty secrets behind the world's fashion addiction. that white man's clothes on a jetta. lou. ah! you're watching out, is there a reminder for our top story is this our human rights watch has released is 2023 report looking at the conditions of human rights in more than a 100 countries. it says unchecked power around the world is leading to abuses and violations. the palestinian health ministry says it's ready forces of killed a palestinian man in the occupied west bank or 41 year old. was shot near ramana during an early morning raid the 3rd palestinian to be killed. the occupied west bank of the past 24 hours
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b u. s. in japan of announced plans to expand military corp cooling china, the greatest security challenge in the region u. s. military base and ok, now i will be given the capability to target ships. now the indian himalayan town of josh mouth is being evacuated as its buildings crumble is being blamed on non stop construction in the area and a changing environment. the towns near a number of important religious sites in the himalayas. poverty middle house, this update from josh muff, people in jo, she might are scared and anxious. more than 700 homes have developed tracks like these. this is the situation over here. as you can see, the patio over here is broken. walls have develop deep cracks or there's award behind me the has a huge drag. if you go inside this home, it feels like the house is just gonna fall apart any moment. now this family says they approach authorities months ago when small narrow crack started appearing.
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when they said they didn't get much of a response, so to protect themselves from the cold, you know, we are high up in the himalaya as after all and to protect themselves from insects . they actually stuffed bed sheets to sort of a get by and earlier in january when parts of the town started thinking that's when these cracks became wider and this home became unlivable. now people over here have been moved to a temporary home as have hundreds of other people. the government estimates paulson's of people have been affected, is offering compensation of about $1800.00. but many people say the money simply not enough for them to move and rebuild their life somewhere else. java police are back in the village of lisa ross where they're continuing to evict climate actress for 2nd day. these alive pitches of the scene right now where demonstrations trying to make it as difficult as possible for them to be evicted. they're worried that the village will be demolished to make way for
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a coal mine. please say to under light of his left voluntarily on wednesday and there still about 300 activists in the village. step wanston has this report. oh, as dawn broke, his burst into the village, taking podcast, us by surprise. activists occupying the entrance to little rat were pushed back. shame on you, they shouted at police. those who didn't follow orders were carried out with the police often using for us to remove them. the witnesses in here is that from almost every state in germany, police is being vent here, forward this eviction. and that really shows the priorities of the state and the government. people here who are trained to defend our likelihood, what's rank to do to, to stop climate destruction. that's where the priorities i to evict those people.
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and that's really absurd and crazy. one by one, they're being dragged out, making the village of littered m, tier and m tier as we speak. but this protest that has been lasting for years is not over yet. thousands of police officers were used to clear the village, which had been occupied by activists for the past 2 years. yolande of h and dinner, her meat hits in one of the houses she sees literate as a symbol of germany's failing climate policies. what we really want is to get as many people here as possible, because we know if we are many, we can still stop em, the call from being burned. so that's why we're playing for a time. that's where we'll be, we will be as far as up, up as we can go. and then they will need some time to take us down. but their time in a village is running out. my potassium showed some acrobatic skills. police have brought in specialists personnel to we moved them from roofs and 3 houses. the
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showdown at the mine has become particularly uncomfortable for the green party, whose minister has been responsible for keeping coal fired plants open. he says the war and ukraine has delayed climate goals. law reach out to us, i to believe the claim of protection and protest need the symbol. but the m to settle amount of loose at, at so where no one leaves any more. he's in my view, the wrong symbols from 2030 no more call will be used to produce electricity in dine lengths, coal mines, my political rocks, and at a cheap and similar deal elsewhere in germany. turkey, the activists have said that even after the eviction, their protest over the mind expansion will continue. steadfast and al jazeera inlets rap. brazil's capitals, bracing for more demonstrations from support as a former president, jaya bol. sanara, security forces are setting up barricades and shutting down main avenues. traffic on sunday protest, a storm the supreme court presidential palace unconscious,
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since their messages have been circulating on social media urging crowds to rally against president lewis and asio lula. de silver's election, or brazil's communications minister has told al jazeera attempts to destabilize the government could become more extreme. he spoke to our latin america, editor lucio newman and brazilian. inside brazil's presidential palace communications minister, paolo p mentor shows us where mobs, calling for the overthrow of the government 1st entered his office. on sunday. he says, supporters of former president jade bull sonata, destroyed everything inside the 2 adjacent rooms and still documents. computer files, video cameras, and sensitive security information on the hard drive, while some still the flag, others as be meant that knew exactly what to take and where to find it. give them a few of them. one person was arrested yesterday and inside the backpack was a laptop from the institutional security bureau. the minister concedes that some
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security forces in charge of defending the capital were complicit in the attack. nevertheless, he insists it's made prisoners lula desilva stronger, said lord yulu, the super sodas served for brazilian society to give a great demonstration of appreciation for its democracy and institutions. most of large segments of the population that did not support lula at this moment are behind them. the supreme court of law and the legislative branch in support of the judicial mrs. law who needed to bring to justice laura's responsible for these criminal acts go. although we offered no evidence be meant, the says that as the investigation into sunday's events advances, former president james bull scenarios, participation in the process will become increasingly clear. also nato, who left brazil on the eva president. luna's inauguration is in the united states. both m r o boss an hour has to return because he created the image of
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a leader. and now as follows, believe that he ran away when the natives amongst like a general and a battle who flees and abandons is troops. ali, he's at a crossroads so. so does he return to brazil and face possible criminal charges for what happened with overly hide and go down in history as someone who abandoned his own supporters like a coward running away shop will sima follow educate. i asked him if the government could guarantee that there won't be new, similar attacks against the countries institutions uses group. those people who despise democracy and our federal system have an important organic presence. now country of the more isolated they feel the more radical they will become fearful. that's why we're now seeing attacks against power transmission towers. increasingly these groups oh, from disputing alec draw and political power to becoming a legal group who carry out violent acts that priscilla's not accustomed to love. when now facing another type of acquisition, which will require
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a different type of response from the government fiercely, it'll pour a government that is still fragile and will need all the international support it can get. the mentor says president lula is moved by the response to the attack by global leaders, including the support of you as president joe biden. he confirmed lunar plans to visit the white house in the 1st fortnight of february to show his appreciation to seeing human al jazeera brazilian cambodia, sending a team of mine clearance experts to ukraine to help clean up land mines and unexploded devices. tony cheng has more from with on pan ukrainian mind clearance teams, painstakingly go through recently regained territory. it's slow but essential work before civilians can return and start rebuilding their lives. slugged h. l dazzles, and in fact our soldiers are immediately followed to the liberated areas by those
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who restore all conditions for normal life. the 1st and most basic one is de mining by the occupies leave behind thousands of unexploded minds and ammunition. he believed, replied an estimated 25 percent of the rockets missiles used in ukraine. don't explode on impact, leaving a deadly hazard that must be carefully removed and destroyed. to de mine is from cambodia due to arrive in ukraine. this is familiar territory in an unfamiliar country. now will be a similarity. now will be a difference. and however, i strongly believe that stand not operation proceed year to ensure the safety of operator. i'm not re, might difference after the civil war in the 19 seventy's and eighty's, an estimated 6000000 pieces of unexploded ordinance remained hidden across cambodia . finding it in the thick undergrowth is difficult when the explosives become more
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unstable over time. but the munitions deployed on modern battlefield, such as ukraine, a very different and this is where the cambodian team can pass on its wealth of knowledge of the upright order munitions in use across the globe. all of us, the different obviously technology is progress. i'm hugely, in the, in the last 2030 years. but the basic so d mining, you know, will, will transfer often those weapons are produced in nations, not immediately impacted by the war in which they're deployed. and the can also serve as a testing ground for new a moly, for munitions. the cambodian genocide was a very different conflict to the war and ukraine. but it was waged with weapons from the superpowers of the time china, russia, and the united states weapons that remained lethal. decades after the conflict was over. 30 years after fighting stopped on the killing fields of cambodia,
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unexploded munitions still kill maybe hundreds of civilians every year. the legacy of a conflict that prevents people leaving it behind tony chang, al jazeera, non pen, nearly 3 years after break that opinion polls suggest a growing number of britons regretting leaving the european union. the change of mind is being driven by the economic downturn that resulted from accepting the higher force. it went to one of the most pro breaks and towns mel to mowbray to get a sense of the mood it's market day. milton no brief, but despite the auctioneers best efforts, the bidding is proving sluggish. for the farmers disappointment and dark talk of the recent free trade deal signed with new zealand. the lamb spring coming from new zealand for the tone, tons and tons of it out of forces last 2 weeks. the trade in the local market has just been been hit with horribly, probably $1520.00 pound per down is the kind of trade deal britton's government
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soldiers, the potential benefit of breakfast, freeing the country from the shackles of the european union. most of the farmers here tell us they still support the case. withdraw that business on the whole is held up well, some off camera say they regret their vote, missing you subsidies and easier access to the european single market. a few steps away, stephen nightingale is less shy, promised breaks it freedoms. he says, just haven't come to pass. all voted to leave and almost absorbed, nor do i have it a bit rarely, you know, i think if i knew what to know now on the public voted to to stay in really this area has long been famous for its poor pies these days. it's also known as one of the most staunchly pro brexton places in the u. k. but there are growing signs here and nationally, but sentiment is shifting one survey this month suggesting 2 thirds of written support a 2nd referendum in the coming years on rejoining the you and other that one in 3
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supporters of the conservative government voted in on the slogan get breaks it done, believe breaks it has caused more problems than it's sold. local group call be crime was always skeptical about briggs. it 10 percent of his exports used to go to island, but now costs for his retail customers. there have doubled an export to the continents . they've also dried up right now where we might ship 10000 or 20000 beers out of time into europe. the paperwork, the fixed costs are really making our beers on competitive. but even if briggs regret is starting to trend higher, neither the government nor the main opposition may party is going anywhere near the political risk of a 2nd referendum. when gregson is an issue, has dropped down the list of voters concerns. more people think bricks has been about the economy. more people are saying breaks. it was a bad idea, but the salience of bricks it help.
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