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is very naive, the decisions that have played our future is just pure evil. i don't know what to say. big boils, big lies, talk to on a just either the wind blows the fishing boats home as it has for the countless centuries. people have lived here. these are malagasy migrants they move from the drought written south in such a means to survive. and their story is the interface between climate change and biodiversity loss. the arrival of the migrants is adding to the precious on fish docs and marine by diversity already stretched by over fishing. and this is going to happen all over the world is impacts like sea level rise goals, people to move further and further in learn, putting more pressure on environmental resources for people fleeing the impacts of global warming. it's survival at all costs. ah,
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getting vitally to remote parts of to kia, devastated by earthquakes, algebra joins the military on the challenging mission. everybody is helpful. when we get that, we'll still find the vibe of people alive, payables that help unload this stuff and get help to the people who needed them. um ah hello civil robin. what geology is there? a life from doha coming up in the next 30 minutes. the w h o says it's biggest concerns are about north western syria, where many of the quick survivors say they've been abandoned by the world and the relentless assaults by russia in the denotes region, as nature discusses ramping up support for ukraine. ah, mm. mm. into the program, we begin with the raise to get a to remote areas,
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inter kia, cut off by 2 powerful earthquakes. it's been 10 days since the quakes total, tens of thousands of buildings across through kia and syria. the total death toll for both countries stands at more than $41000.00, a figure that's rising by the day that we have a team of correspondence covering the disaster setting because it is in the turkish capital anchor stephanie decker is in charge data. natasha gin n is in hot i but we begin with some incident who's been on board a helicopter that's been delivering aid to a remote area of r d. m. on province. a busy military control room receives requests for help from aries, more numerous than the pen to write them all down with the military decide to send to helicopters, carry a doubt to ashanna. so la, it's one of the many earthquake villages high up in the mountains of a remote part of southern tortilla. in no time the chop is already in the aid is
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loaded on drinks, food and clothes, amongst other things. so while a journey or one hour, 10 minutes, the pilot says everybody is no fool. when we get back, we'll still find survivors. people alive, tables that help unload this up and get help to the people who needed the most. soon the mountains appear, the temperature drops and every peak is covered in snow. this does not look like an easy place to lose, even if you haven't suffered devastating earthquake. i think one last thing. it looks like on the call, all the very see it all down again. we're on the ground now. the military on taking them off with the people
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where what happens to the villages? what happens to the people living here we all people have made it hanging in a dream, making a we desperately wanted to get out and ask the villagers what they've experienced. whether there are still people trapped under the rubble and how they've survived. but the army asked us to stay on the chopper and we didn't want to get in the way of saving lives. i wrote a generating file rows of late. this is really an emotionally hard moment because i want to get out to those people like me look like a grandfather and so many young children. well, we have to go. we have to go with writing. you'll look down at these kids that we why are waiving out of one that you should have
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a going to i was gonna say what the situation do they go home? i'm not sure how much of a home they have left. it was a difficult flight back thinking of those left on the top of mountains. but on the ground we witness the cycle of loading aid and deliver them from again, thermal of nature may have conspired against people, earthquake those. but the aid effort has let sunlight through the very dark clouds on the horizon. semi's ada drelick air base trickier. though the scale of the damage from the quake is now becoming clearer, the turkish government says 40 percent of buildings and carmen mirage have been damaged. in and taco half the structures will be demolished because they are considered unsafe and 50 percent of the buildings in hat. i. a damage to the interior ministry says it expects to rebuild the affected areas. within a year. stephanie decor brings us this report from the village of gog shed. deborah,
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we showed you just the devastation in the remote villages. we're now going to show you what it's actually done to the earth that were in a cemetery. and you can see that the earthquake even disturbed the dead. and then in the ground you see where the earth broke. when that immense magnitude earthquake hit in this area, you even have a fresh grave here to we were being told by the villagers that this line actually killed the sister of a man who lives in that house further down. this is the gray. fatty is going to show you those. this is a newly newly buried of course. part of so many people over 41000 people that have lost their lives in this devastating earthquake. but looking at the ground really gives you a sense of just the power. i mean, and of course we don't need any more in the sense of we really showed you the devastation of what it's done to the buildings. but the way this ground has been
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lifted, you can see here as well. and then you see this massive crevice crater that they have started to fill out where the earth literally just split apart. and so this gives you a sense of just the enormity the, the did, the power of mother nature that has caused such destruction. i mean we, when we were in the village in our last life, just before we went on air, there was an aftershock and we've been feeling the aftershock sa every day and every night. but we were standing on the village ground. yeah. and it literally shook, and you could hear the sound and this is a very light compared to your the 7.8 and 7.6 earthquakes that caused such a devastation. so this just gives you a sense of just how violent ah, that was. took his present recipe, owe to one, says the government will begin building new homes full survivors. by the end of the
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month, he promised to start with $30000.00 houses and to complete all the projects in the 10 affected cities in the south within a year. but for now, survivors are trying to find any shelter that they can sink a silly report. so from the turkish capital anchor, these machines haven't stopped says to earthquakes struck to care southern cities. neither have these employees at this turkish ret crescent factory ever day 500 tents are san here and delivered to survivors in the region. millions of them urgent. the need shelter, loans exempt them. their little bit in this earth wake affected 10 cities. that's why our capacity functions are different. this time we always had long shift while producing for previous earthquake regions were over when working selflessly it's winter and it's called. and these devastated cities, people's leads are acute to meet the demand,
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all tend manufacturers in the country have been mobilized. the turkish ret crescent is a major contributor to the room of us only their franklin lovington. our tents were created specifically for earthquake and winter conditions. family tents are 16 and half square meters in size. they are resistant to water, fire and mildew. sun blankets, food, medical supplies, containers and mobile toilets are also urgently needed. the practice, preston has asked people in our like, impacted areas, bear with him for a year. so he can build them new homes that as a pub rehab, or it's turned into accommodating survivors who don't even have temporary shelters . the 2 earthquakes impacted the lives of more than 13000000 people, displacing at least half of them president ridge after you. bardon is promising new homes within
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a year. but with turkey are facing one of its worst earthquake disasters. 8 organizations are likely to face a longer mission scene. am k solo elders era on cutter? most of aidan recovery efforts are continuing across southern turkey, wr, russell souther as this report from the city of a demon, which is also his home town. life has come to hold in the torture city of the armen since the earthquake struck last week, and nothing symbolizes that more than this clocked over a landmark of the city. the clock stopped when the question, the region, like many others here job there has sent his family members to stumble because of the devastation. law. no natural gas, no electricity, no water, nothing for food. we rely entirely on the aid distributed in the 10 city. more than 1000 buildings have collapsed here and around 10000 people lost their lives. those
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who survived are now struggling. only 25 percent of the city has water off. the pipes were heavily damaged. it will take days if not weeks to repair them. 60 percent of residents are living without electricity, none are getting natural gas. this was the largest stadium in our the ammon. it has now been turned into a tense city. that's home to more than 5000 people. turkey is environment and urban planning minister, murat, groom told al jazeera that the government will provide people with more shelter and promised harms will be quickly rebuilt. electric is now some parts of the city are provided with electricity and water. we are repairing the infrastructure of the city. now, thank you for natural gas. the process of damage assessment is continuing. once we fix the pipes, public buildings such as hospitals, the schools and buildings, there's a slightly damaged will be our priority to provide gas. we will rebuild the homes
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within a year. did he go? luxury business here has also been disrupted and must shops have either collapsed or are heavily damaged. this is what is left of his erstwhile shop, shooting that osi we have lost everything. whatever we had in the shop is gone. we don't know how we will resume our business again, but at least my family's life. according to some reports, the earthquakes have already caused turkey more than $80000000000.00 in losses, or 10 percent of its cross domestic product. in our, the among the scale of destruction is immense and the displacement of survivors is becoming a humanitarian crisis. rescuers here or not, he had a fever worse as from under the rubble there gradually shifting from finding bodies to clear in the debris and for white in the essential goods as services to tens of thousands who have survived. this was there that are 0 or the amana south and turkey. the millions of syrians have been affected by the disaster,
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and most of the deaths have been recorded in rebel held areas where aid has now slowly been arriving. amazon has more that i beheld city and tone of generous, is close to the border with plucky it for 12 years it survive a battle bombs and artillery shells launched by the ceiling, ami button of quick level. most of it in seconds more than a week has passed since 2 quakes strike the surgeon and people. he said there is no sign any help is on its way. they're struggling to survive on their own home, our young circle desperately need tints. i can stand the cold, no problem. i can sleep anyway, no problem. but they are women, children, an engine who we took out from the rubble here. i just dropped my kids off at the hospital. the whole body is old blue. little both because a full yes, neighboring tokyo has sent help to people. he caught his even. but the squeak of
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disrupted that and worse and they're offering. you couldn't get us from the 1st day . we had around 3900 families who reflected without any shelter. we had $270.00 buildings that would completely destroy around a 1000 buildings and not suitable for you. we have 3900 families who have no shelter. last week, the united nation started sending 82 syria for border crossings with after the syrian government announced it with cooperate. and shortly after its representative visit to the affected area, don't let both the trauma of the people we spoke to was visible. and this is a trauma which the world needs to heal. and the reason we're here is because we want to raise money for the brave organizations which are helping these people overlap. there's people of syria,
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other humanitarian agencies and countries in the region, half sent 8 shipments by air to damascus international airport. but quick survivors in opposition held areas in the northwest say none has reached them. then we'll still have the full, we want our voice to reach the whole world. but where's the 8? there are hundreds of people who still need tenants, and they don't even have somewhere to sit, find a solution. whereas this 8 coming from, let's see. it is never going to come here. when i'm nearly 3000000 people who've been displaced within syria, live in the northwest. many have been forced to move repeatedly because of, of all the off quakes have left tens of thousands homeless yet again. and the desperate, keen jumped her food medical care and clean water to drink. 10500 you ankara and damascus. have agreed to temporarily relocate. 7 refugees living in quake kit
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aries of took care of their as adam about her son has more from the bubble. ha, border crossing. model of natalie. oh, who? how? i'm not sure if you have more than 600 syrians have arrived at the jewelry goose crossing into clear opposite of serious baba harbor crossing. according to the immigration of this year, there are $400.00 syrian families undertook his sight, waiting to cross. that's about 1600 people. 600 have already cross the border into serial on wednesday for those a lot to return had a temporary protection cart granted by the turkish authorities and were living in earthquake effective areas into kia, the decision to allow the return was the result of turkey steering coordination to reduce the burden on those families and on the turkish organizations in those areas, they can only remain in syria for 6 months. they tony's talk about large number of syrians on turkey side, and we cannot see for sure whether they will come today or not. well,
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still had it all out is, are we bringing the refugees made treacherous journeys to state persecution? in meanwhile, and after serving in scotland, 1st minister with a surgeon announces her resignation. ah, hello. there was dot in north america. once again, it's a stormy situation across more southern areas. we've got a storm system that's pulling its way towards the great lakes at some bring some heavy snow here. and near blizzard conditions, which are likely to disrupt traffic. now ahead of that, things have been rather spring like along the east coast, certainly in cities like washington dc. we've detect seen temperatures touch right up, well above the average for this time of year,
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but by saturday that will come down though the sunshine remains now behind that system as it skirts its way towards the east coast. we got clear skies for many of the central plains states up in the west as well. it is looking largely clear for that west coast, from snow dribbling into the british columbia in western canada. largely off sure, the rain remains. we could see that however, some of that trickling in san francisco over the next few days, but a largely quiet story for that southwest corner utter a bit of a wintry blast blew through. now it is looking largely quiet for much of mexico. the tail end of that storm system, however, locking the temperature down in mexico city by friday, wet weather, creeping into more eastern areas for the south. it is business as usual, in particular for panama city. if we look at the 3 day here, a chance of rain on saturday, but temperatures very steady. ah, african stories from african perspective,
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short documentary from i can still make it from ivory coast, just a bus, a new thing from home, and south africa, seeing if i can change. and it shows me that i am actually tracking and fire with africa direct on al jazeera lou. ah, welcome back. you're watching. i was there with me. the whole rom, linda hall, a reminder of all top new stories. it's been 10 days since to devastating earthquakes at turkey and syria. the turkish military has been flying in much needs
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aid to areas that were cut off by the quakes. world health organization size is biggest concerns are about north western syria, where many earthquake survivors have been abandoned by the world. well, hundreds of families whose homes were destroyed by the earthquake in northwestern syria trying to survive on the streets when he say that they are becoming ill as temperatures plunged below 0 degrees. laura kaun reports this little boy, if too young to understand how last week earthquake will shape his life. he simply wants with mother. oh, honda ah, it's bitterly cold engine daddy's a town. the rebel held district of afrin in one of the areas was hit by the earthquake in northwestern, syria. these people were forced onto the streets of the homes,
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were destroyed. conditions, a harsh and resources short. i am the thought is, is that i was asleep when the earthquake happened, the war collapsed on me and i broke my arm and leg. and now i'm here in the cold. i am at a loss for words. my fiance can claim if you had there are too few teens for the number of people here. they are about 3 families pretends about 200 people are out in the open. you can see it with your own eyes and the cold is killing out as you would do the hunger and the sickness. i am a woman with diabetes. for some, it's a struggle to speak. this is what the town looks like now. lives shattered everything they know destroyed. the united nations is calling it a crisis of colossal proportions. that is affected more than 9000000 people in syria. and they desperately need help before the quake aid for more than 4000000
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people was delivered to just one crossing series president has agreed to open to more from turkey, but people here feel forgotten and say they should be a priority. and i mean, i've been sleeping on the ground, it's now 7 days of leaving. for my children are getting sick from the cold. i can't imagine a tuition or stand in pain and suffering may not be new to many who have endured years of war. but it's one of the biggest tragedies that befallen them, and now they're just trying to survive north han al jazeera. let's bring you the days of unease. now at least one person is dad and 3 others injured in a shooting at a shopping mile in the us state of texas. it happened in the city of el paso police say they have one suspect in custody. they're looking for another individual. they say is possibly linked to the shooting that has been fist fighting in eastern
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ukraine as russian forces continued to attack ukrainian positions in the internet. the region 12 people were injured when the apartment building was damaged by shelling. earlier russia says, upset its troops had broken through to 45 lines of ukrainian defensive on the eastern front. and while the head of nato was called on them to say, to significantly increase their defense spending in order to support ukraine, vassal reports nearly a year into the war. ukraine is using more ammunition than nato countries can produce. thank an artillery shells are especially needed amid fears that ukraine could soon run out. nato secretary general announced you contracts with the arms industry. this is now becoming a grinding war or attrition. and the war, attrition is a war or logistics on the, on the on. therefore, this is sir so crucial for our ability to ensure that ukraine wins is able to
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retake territory. and for this to happen, nato nations need to dig deeper into their pockets. the pledge 8 years ago to spend 2 percent of the country's annual budget on defense won't be enough to face what stall timber calls a more dangerous world to day of the global, i believe that you're spending 2 percent will not be enough. it must be the basis for everything that follows. the german government is debating that right now and will soon reach an agreement. last year, germany committed to an additional 100000000000 years to defend spending, but only a fraction has materialized so far. nato secretary general has called it a battle of logistics to raise to speed, a production of weapons and ammunition, both within nato and in russia. only a year ago, many countries didn't see the need to prioritize. defense spending at the war in ukraine has changed is. the challenge is now to deliver these weapons ammunitions.
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in time. ukraine says they need to fight off a new russian offensive. they are urgent requests for f. 16 fighter jets has yet to be answered. if they will start a real offensive campaign, certainly they will use aircrafts her from their side trying to stop our defense, her forces and they will dominate in a sky. that means it's a real threat. that's why we need more sophisticated, more, more, an aircraft to stop them to defeat them, to determine them. nato members are reluctant to send fighter jets fearing an escalation of the war. for now, they want to focus on making sure weapons, and ammunition already promised, reaches the battlefield steadfast and al jazeera brussels. russia, as far as the sag elaborate says, the country's new foreign policy will focus on andy, what it calls the western monopoly of global affairs. she wouldn't show you
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actually the u. s. and it's satellite waging a comprehensive hybrid was following years of preparation using ukranian national radicals as a battering ram. the purpose of this war is not hidden in school. it is not only to defeat russia on the battlefield and destroy russia's economy, but to turn it into a pariah state. the nicholas sturgeon has announced her resignation as the leader of scotland. government saying she wants to step away from the brutality of modern politics in pal since 2014 sturgeon is the longest serving 1st minister and the 1st woman to hold the roll. she's leader of the scottish national party, which is the nation's largest party. it holds the most seats in parliament and she's to keep receiving scottish independence. but her most recent efforts to hold a referendum were blocked by the british supreme court. this decision is not a reaction to short term pressures. of course that are difficult issues confronting
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the government. just know that when is that ever naught the case i have spent almost 3 decades in front lane politics a decade and a half on the top or 2nd top wrong of government when it comes to navigate. thing choppy, waters resolving seemingly intractable issues or soldiers or when walking away would be the simplest option. i have plenty of expedient to draw. and so this is just a question of my ability or my resilience to get through the latest period of pressure . i wouldn't be standing here today, but it's not. this decision comes from a deeper and longer tear assessment. at least 7 to 3 people trying to reach your of a missing and presumed dead following a ship for a coffee libyan coast. on tuesday, the migration agency says that it was coming 80 people when it left casala gaia. earlier that day, 7 survivors were taken to hospital in critical condition. an
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increasing number of mammals, ringo refugees on making the dangerous journey by sea to reach southeast asia. hundreds of arrived in indonesia, the northernmost province of archie in the last few months. jessica washington has more from jakarta. in utter, know than indonesia, hundreds of her hing refugees have found shelter in a government building close to the coast safe at last, after a dangerous journey to get to southeast asia. 3rd had gone. love, i guess the 3rd, hanover, on the boat, we didn't have food, water or medicine. we felt like we were dead already. and i heard that a child died on the boat. so i sal since he left bangladesh after around 6 years in a crowded and impoverished camp. others say they boarded the boat, thinking of their children and their, their mother. she has, she that we wanted to go to malaysia, but our boat ran out of gas and we ended up in indonesia. you had a, we were searching for
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a place where we could find peace and give our children education. many told al jazeera about the joy they felt in their feet, touched the ground for the 1st time in almost a month. was yara in did he 1st saw that a lot of you from that we are very grateful to the indonesian government and people will providing us with medical treatment and a safe place to stay and never indonesia hosts around $13000.00 refugees. they don't have any rights to employment residency or citizenship here, or novel under that. we don't want to stay here. we want to leave this place and our plan is to live freely and to attain nationality. according to the international organization for migration, more than 3000 ringo arrived in the region in 2020, to an increase of almost 300 percent. on the previous year. this year several, both with hundreds of or hang up people have arrived in indonesia. jakarta has calls on southeast asian countries to work together to address the crisis, including co operation on rescues as seen human rights group. se indonesia must
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lead the regional block to a solution as then should not just discuss this as a, as a diplomatic level. but more importantly, taking more concrete steps to make sure that the root cause is being address indonesia. f. a chair has to discuss this with all us in government in the region to define a solution on how to best approach the flux of refugee from from men mar. for now this group says they are happy, the worst is over for then. now they are wondering what comes next. we want to laugh and live together in peace. we just want a place where we can be happy. after years of trauma and uncertainty, some she does says she's unsure with a such a place exists.

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