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the decade hibbitts with the 73 era this way, he bought peace talks, military and only in the seventy's in the arab world. politics on how to sierra the american people in focus. but what exactly did they say? is the world looking for a whole new order with less america in it? is the woke agenda on the decline in america? how much is social media companies know about you? and how easy is it to manipulate the quizzical look us politics? the bottom line with a come down on corruption and you crime the deputy defense minister resigns up to president zalinski vows to root out misconduct.
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ah, i'll tell mccraney this is al jazeera alive from doha will. so coming up another mess, shooting in the us state of california, at least 7 people killed near san francisco. the human rights group, fowls, a criminal complaint against me and mass military to hold them responsible for genocide and all crimes. and jam packed streets around an ancient temple and northern india. we report on the re development plans making local people angry. ukraine's prison invalid him is the last case is powerful steps are being made to root out corruption at the highest levels of government. it comes as he appeals for more military and financial aid from the international community. you kind deputy
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defense minister has resigned following an allegation that his department overpaid supplies for food for soldiers. the dip, the deep deputy infrastructure minister was detained on saturday. he suspected of getting kickbacks of up to $400000.00 and the deal to import generators. zelinski says corrupt officials will be rounded up and giles. natasha butler has more on this from cave. the cranium present overloaded me. lensky did indicate on monday in a night, you directly, he would be making some changes in his ministry following a number of corruption scandals. now a number of top officials, including the deputy infrastructure minister, the deputy defense minister, i've been sacked, resigned, also prosecutor general, the deputy head of the presidential office. so a number of people who are having to set down or have resign because of links to some of these corruptions. candles. now, what followed me as lensky is also trying to do is show western powers that are
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pouring in a military aid and financial help to ukraine. that keith is taking this sort of thing very seriously indeed. and the aide and money is being used for the right reasons and not being siphoned off by some government officials. of course, cleaning out corruption is one of the conditions also for ukraine to do if it wants to be part of the european union. and we know the steps already under way for ukraine to accede to the block. peters l ne of is the director of the ration democracy initiative. he says, this correct town is especially vital at a moment when germany is considering whether to allow its lip at 2 tanks to be sent to you cried any allegations that there are some officials in ukraine profit theory from this war effort. this may do significant damage to and in the ukraine prospects of getting these things. but you know, once again,
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the fact that this is happening in full transparency provides it incredibly strong contrast with russia where we actually hearing that wouldn't. you know, circle of cronies are likewise prospect theory from the war effort. and you can bet your life that nothing is going to happen to them in russia. what we're seeing in your grade, you know, despite that the very, what are some allegations that we're hearing is that finally the government is, we're showing political will to crack down against these officials. we're talking about the, on the economy. you created economy, which is dependent 60 percent dependent on western and specifically e u. a. so i mean, the journalist who investigated this, you couldn't put it better interview to political fed. ukraine has a unique opportunity to show that we're not like russia, where the laundry money on everything, if some guy wants to still millions of years from us during the war, when our economy is so dependent, then we have to stop him. so, i guess, just as
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a principal decision that was made of that, you know, the longer this goes on, the more damaging in the, you know, the results of it, the aftermath will be. so it's better to catch the mouth, mouth fees of these corrupt officials sooner rather than later. so i to, you know, i think our clinic is an order 7 people did after yet another mess shooting in the us. it happened in california still reeling from a weekend gun attack. that left 11 victims did. the states governor called the latest incident a tragedy upon tragedy from california. reynolds reports to mass killings in as many days in the state of california police and half moon bay, south of san francisco. say the latest shootings happened in 2 separate locations. police were 1st dispatched to a mushroom farm upon arrival. deputies located poor victims, deceased with gunshot wound, victim, also suffering from a gunshot wound,
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was transported to scamper medical center with life threatening injuries. soon after officers found 3 more people shot dead at a local trucking company, a san mateo county elected official said those killed were agricultural workers of chinese ethnicity. the suspected gunman went to a police station apparently to give himself up. video shows officers bringing him to the ground and putting him in handcuffs. police say they recovered a semi automatic weapon from his car. his motive is under investigation. through investigation, the suspect identified as chung lee's owl. as 67 year old half moon, they resident at $440.00 p n. zell was located in his vehicle in the parking lot of the sheriff's sub station
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here and half moon bay. by a sheriff's deputy vow was taken into custody. without incident, local officials responded with shock and outrage. the man, there are simply too many guns in this country. and there has to be a change. this is not an acceptable way for modern society and to live in darkness affairs. even as news of the latest mass shooting came in, mourners gathered in monterey park near los angeles to remember the people killed in a rampage at a ballroom dancing studio. on saturday night. the 11th victim died in hospital on monday. both the suspected gunman and the victims in these mass shootings were of asian heritage. the united states is the only country where there are more civilian owned guns than people rob reynolds al jazeera, los angeles, and new video has made showing hell the saturdays,
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monterey park she to was disarmed, potentially preventing more casualties. surveillance for had shars, the gunman, arriving at another dance hall and neighboring alhambra. he within confronted by a bystander, brandon to say, who seized his weapon and struggled with the shoot for several minutes. after a while, i had some trouble sleep in less than even in calling events lab in alex say that i'm not the houses covering her. those people that were connected with very safely the human rights group has filed a criminal complaint in germany, accusing me in mass military of genocide groups called fortify rights. it also accuses the military of crimes against humanity and war crimes of its crackdown. oliver hunger muslims in 20162017 security forces,
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purportedly carried out mass rapes and murders, showing what authorities called a clearance operation who germany has a principle of universal jurisdiction. so what does that mean? it's a legal concept that allows countries to investigate and prosecute crimes, even if they were committed abroad. universal jurisdiction can only be used for serious international crimes, including genocide, terrorism and war crimes. the vast majority of countries recognized the principle of universal jurisdiction which was codified in the 1949 geneva conventions. matthew smith is the head of fortify rides. he explains who the complainants are and why this case is so important. it's about half of the complainants in the case, survive the rank of genocide in 2016, 2017. and about half of the complainants had survived or witnessed mass, atrocity crimes. it occur that occurred since the crew on february 1st 2021. so it
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is a, a diverse group of people putting their faith in hope in german authorities that there may achieve some measure of justice the investigation. the international criminal court is very important, but that focuses narrowly on force. deportation is a crime against humanity against ro hangup. so it doesn't cover the mass atrocity crimes that are unfolding on a daily basis. we're seeing massacres. village is getting burned down. people getting arrested, tortured, killed every day and me and more. and so with regard to the case at the international court of justice in the hague, that is a case that essentially deals with disputes between states. so that is focusing exclusively on state responsibility for the rank of genocide. so in other words, there is no individual criminal liability that will stem from those proceedings at the i c j. it's a very important case. the gambia has done a great thing and bringing that case, but it is, it is very different from what we're, what we're pushing for in germany. now,
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it's important that we recognize that not a single perpetrator from me and more, despite a lot of attention internationally over the years, not a single perpetrator has been held accountable for these heinous crimes. and we are seen the me a mar, military, you know, enter into the air space, for example, of its neighbors, india, thailand, bungler dash, were seen air strikes on civilian targets. were seen accident essentially amount to these mass atrocity crimes, crimes against humanity, war crimes occurring routinely now. and so it's, it's crucial at this stage that german authorities and other cent allowed message to me and more military leader ship and soldiers that they are not safe from justice in this world. they need to know that they will face accountability for their crimes. they should be punished for their crimes. and that is exactly what the complaints in this case in this complaint are seeking nikki diamond is
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a complainant and the case, and a member of the board of directors at 4 to 5 rides. he tells us about his 1st hand experience in dealing with the me and my military government. before the cool, i was followed by the military intelligent, 247 after the could also i also the friends either, i mean talking to local media, international media or in our, in february i'm a fever a i was want to leave my home and request me to hide go in hiding because of the if the military intelligence special branch arrested me i will be kill and culture and kill. so i normally walk with. busy busy inside of, from the military and from the police the so all the time they show the case of inside information with me. all the warning. so i left my whole and i goal in hiding ingle and then be also looking, hunting me and my family. so i moved to timer. busy border so even i moved to time
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them up for, for. busy that location is to try to bind the military and strike a deal what i was deal. so we have to do our own shelter and whatever military act cracker jack fight is flying in that location. we have to go in hiding. so i've been expressing a sprint, the kinds of traumatic events, the sink stuff to the coop. i'm a humor defender before the cool. i was defending, and i was investigating and documenting humor, right, violation in real time and also in other part of the country. so i'm a kinds of well known humor i defended and i work for the. busy for the fire, right, so they are being follow me for the full 7. and after the could also be in the spotlight because i was talking to the local media and talking to the internet in the nation, the media, i guess the military coup, ema, whichever nice prime minister symbiotic is shita,
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is pledging to tackle spiraling prices and boost wages he's opened the 5th parliament session of the year as japan's economy recorded its highest inflation rights and just over for decades. rob mcbride reports from tokyo. this was predicted to take place until the late 20 twenty's and is the cause of some shock here. the facts, but 2 neighboring rivals and for the colonies, taiwan and south korea will have its predicted by later on the year overtaken japan in terms of average g d p. that's a measure of individual. well, it's been put down to economic progress in those 2 places. but also compounded by the stagnation in japan's economy with wages virtually not moving for years, made worse by the sudden drop in the value of the n causing spiraling inflation. they said that society, which romance generation has been used to prices not moving. definitely
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a lot of people here feeling a lot for us. i just, i have to look at the price of everything before i buy. only since press the raising, we should go up as well. why not opening the new session of parliament this week? prime minister for me. ok, gita has been addressing his country's economic problems. just as all of his predecessors have done. but you can see the economic impact on the street, especially things like japan's iconic town. 100 yen stores, 100. yeah. and basically used to be worth about the dollar. well it's worth a lot less than that. now. in fact, it's very difficult to find enough items to bought. a 100 yen price tag on the same goes for a number of japan sushi chain with some stores. they used to be fun to attract customers with super cheap $100.00 yen sushi. they said now taking those, the menus. i think he's still a hit here on al jazeera,
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including foreign relations, major trade resume between china and a strong you up to a 2 year long stand off and mending fences. brazil's president makes his 1st official visit to argentine or to rebuild a relationship friend. it by his predecessor, ah hi, good to sir. so if you've ever wondered what line it's 53 degrees, looks like, let me show you this is in the far northeast of china, you get the icicles on the eyebrows. and the hair there is, has been record setting call. this is all cold air out of siberia and also slung into other parts of china through the korean peninsula and japan as well. so tokyo, we can up to minus 2 on wednesday morning. and when you get this set up, you get that c and do snow through honshu and whole kado. we're talking some
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serious snow for the northwest here, maybe about a 170 centimeters within a short period of time. elsewhere, we do have some warmth. it's being squeezed up against the western yangtze river valley. so chunk ching at 10 degrees. and we've had some record warmth for the month of january in depaul and india and alter a con stay. but we're also seen some storms in this area as well. could see some hail mixed in a got a lot of rain through the mall div as well, for the quiet in pakistan, temperatures on their way down. what weather in the north and cobble at minus one that's a few degrees below average for this sounds. you're also still more rain to go around the golf. that includes for us here in doha $23.00 degrees, mavin c some thunderstorms. but looks like it should clear up on friday with a high of 20 degrees. ah, with my name is
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how i was abducted by the cia in 2004, a german citizen was kidnapped and tortured by with me into interpretation. a powerful documentary chose a story of how the geo politics of the post 911 world ruined the life of an innocent man. the mastery case. on al jazeera lou. ah, you're watching l. j 0 reminder about top stories. the salad ukraine's presidents is he's taking powerful steps to route house corruption and government. the deputy defense minister is among several others who've resigned or removed following graft
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allegations. president zalinski says they'll be 0 tolerance for corrupt officials. at least it's, if people have been killed in the latest mass shooting in the you with that happened just south of san francisco and california. the suspected gunman is in custody. that comes just days after another gun attack in california, lift 11 victims did. the human rights group is attempting to get me and mouse, military, prosecuted for genocide over its cracked down on for a hank of muslims in 20162017. for the fi rights has filed the case of germany, which has a principle of universal jurisdiction. well made you tried between australia and china, appears to be on the verge of resuming with the 2, promising to mend relations after a more than 2 year ban on commodity imports. the 1st shipment of australia cold is reportedly set to arrive in china as early as next month. sarah clark reports from
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crispin. it was this meeting between changing ping and anthony albanese on the sidelines of the g. 20 summit in indonesia in november. that indicated relations between australia and china were out of the diplomatic deep free us. 2 years after beijing placed an unofficial ban, australian lobster, coal, barley, wine, and beef, industry leaders are optimistic. the next step will be the lifting of those tried restrictions. we've got to get back there if we could, la globs in the china represented naughty i presented that tried a philosopher was plenty of comment going on about china being up and particularly with tried relations improving. a study used to be the 2nd largest supplier called china that ground to a halt in 2020. when the former prime minister scott morrison demanded an independent investigation into the origins of the corona, are now in a partial resumption of tried. 4 major chinese companies,
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including power generators and one steel mill had been cleared to import australia . yes, we welcome the opportunity to visit china, why it's important to us again. we are wired for john or at sharp, edited out any, any orders in china, tariffs and benz imposed by beijing has impacted australian exports worth $14000000000.00 a year. actions that are now before the world trade organization, camera has indicated it would be willing to reconsider its case. if beijing lifts restrictions, we shouldn't be over confident, we shouldn't be complacent. we should continue to try to diversify outright based on the like, because the geopolitical problems with china aren't going to go away in the short term. and let's say the rebuilding and political trust will also take time. try
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mr. don farrell, macy's chinese counterpart virtually in coming weeks. it's the latest sign of efforts to try and stabilize what has been a turbulent relationship with strategy is largest trading partner. the ministerial meeting will be the 1st in more than $30.00, clock out a 0. brisbin a turkish president's reach of tell you if anyone has worn sweden, it should not expect his backing to join nice how it follows a protest outside took. he is embassy and stockholm at the weekend. when the far right politician burned the koran. earlier this month, pro kurdish protest is hung in if a g of air to one during another demonstration in the swedish capital. filezilla is physically cheated. the ugly incident to the sweden is an insult to everyone who respects the fundamental rights and freedoms of people, especially, muslims say, upon the fact that this despicable attack on the holy koran took place in front of the turkish embassy makes the us she both a national and religious matter for us and the u. s. u k, and e. u has stepped up,
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the pressure on iran hitting it with fresh sanctions over its crackdown on anti government protesters. the move comes after a jewel british iranian citizen was executed over spying allegations, as well as for men involved in protest following the death of massa and many in police custody. official sanctions include senior officials from the revolutionary guard and to rounds. prosecute a general who the you cases is using the death penalty for political purposes. the e. u has placed 37 iranian officials on an asset for ease and visa ban. peru is bracing for more large scale protest calling for the resignation of prison in a below our time. hundreds march through lima on monday, demanding new elections. a mess rally as planned for tuesday. the crisis began in december after a former president pedro castillo, tried to dissolve congress and was arrested since thin, nearly 50 people have been killed during violent protests. marianna sanchez has
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more from lima who usually doesn't happen. police escorting protestors here in the center of the capitol. most of the people here are people from the highland . many of the apprentices here on poor nowhere 3 weeks ago will please help me and said, you only one afternoon amending and they say they think it will not be any of them in the country. money might be already been deal a government, look into that or should it the government are trying to predict most i in these
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a rhetoric used by the government, a y adding fuel to the unrest. me? no, no nobody. all of the country. public workers have managed and venezuela's capital to demand better pay in the face of soaring prices. it's the 3rd demonstration of its kind of this month. on monday, the government's in inflation reached more than 230 percent last year. a seller is for public sector employees haven't changed since march, brazil, as president, has promised to improve ties with argentina, which became strained under his previous jaya, both scenarios. and now the fuel or the silver, was speaking importance, adi's on his 1st foreign trip since taking office this month. theresa buy reports from argentina as capital the for decades, new brazilian precedence made argentine other 1st flooring trip. the gateway to
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another, rejected that tradition. but he's successful leather fever wants to go back to the old ways and improve relations between south america. the giant screw animal show is dodie. again, assuming we have a history that united us with cultural things in common, we have to improve health care. we have to organize our energy developments. we've spoken about the benefit of brazilian electricity. dear lou, this is your home. well, that's even had a man. this also discussed the possibility of a common currency to promote bilateral trade and reduce reliance on the us dollar. actually last us and we need to, the finance ministers are currently working each with his own economic team to make us a proposal for foreign trade and transactions between the 2 countries that has done enough common currency to be built after much debate. and many meetings, president lula scene, also came to our didn't seem to participate in a summit by a regional block of latin american and caribbean nations. for the left,
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5th block back in 2019 during the government. a former president will turn out because of the presence of cuba and venezuela, the presence of you in this time, it also shows that he's prioritizing rebuilding that relationship with its latin american neighbour among those countries was venezuela president nicole m. i was also expected him when a site is but suspended the trip. the venezuelan government said there was a plan of aggression against the leader the on sunday venezuelans levy him when aside is said argentina should not welcome legal am i the order was mighty elio thankfully margate. i left venezuela 5 years ago. her daughter had cancer and there were no medicines to treat her palmer. i am a loving of a place. how can i be that a democratic country will receive a tyrant? a person does destroyed a country and has allied itself with the iranians and russians. i feel horrible
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this has happened in brazil and over 30 other countries will be part of the summit happening. im with our site is on tuesday. it's a regional block that will allow countries in this part of the world to discuss integration and how to best solves the challenges they face. that is how well i'll just eat. i want a series or people in the ancient city of vern, devonne and northern india say they don't want streets around a famous hindu temple to be widened. plans to build a corridor through the bunkie bihari temple. could mean hundreds of homes are demolished, poverty miss al reports from their o. processions a common. yeah. but these are no devotees. residents of this temper town are chanting against the government's plan to re develop this area. henry, locate 100 people of antique gal, but why does the government even want to build a new corridor? this will ruin the town. people come here to experience the history video and made
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residents like us who are part of the history. guys, what's the point of a new card or if everything is thrown out, the ancient town have been done in northern india as a popular pilgrimage site for hindus. it's home to the 150 year old bond to be how he template one of the largest dedicated to lord krishna. these narrow lanes are often crowded. last year, a stampede kill 2 people. the government wants to redevelop 5 acres of surrounding area it all to plans to increase the templates capacity by 5 times. please don't bother yourself and buy more tourists will come here. this will benefit the local economy, bottom of the believe the creed and business will grow. it will also create more jobs, so it would be good for the people of this town for her buildings have been marked for demolition. some of these have been around for decades. rented historicism is big business. in india it dominates domestic traveling, generate billions of dollars every year. to capitalize on this, the government has spent millions of dollars to renovate temples actually decides,
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like borrow nessie and jen some see the project to destroy the towns unique history at that one. and we're now la la la, you lean on the streets around leading to the temple as sacred it is believed road . kristen grew up. he at the redevelopment will make friend of unlike deleon, mum by. that's why i suggested the government shift, the tempo to a different area. so devotees get all the facilities. ha, the government says it had compensate people and relocate businesses residency. the land has emotional value and the project will and accessing patheon. but then i'll just either been the oven, northern india ah, he watching al jazeera and these are the top stories. the sour ukraine's president says he's taking powerful steps to root out corruption and government. the deputy defense minister.

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