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the target because we give voice to those demanding free down the rule of law. and we always include the views from all sites unmanned aerial vehicles. deadly but increasingly familiar tools on the modern battlefield with the conflict in ukraine, sparking the 1st full scale drawing board and pointing to a coming age of artificial intelligence. some autonomy weapons people empower, examines the ethical questions around this proliferating technology and whether it poses a dystopian threat. drones and the future of war on a jazeera ah, ah, ah, more buildings collapsed shopping people after 2 you earthquakes,
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hit southern ter care. at least 6 people are killed. ah, i'm terry. this is al jazeera life and also coming up the tremors were also felt in neighboring syria, where more than 130 people have been injured. he was present, joe biden arrives in poland after show solidarity ukrainian capital keith and we report from southeastern brazil where torrential rain is triggered, flooding and landslides, killing at least 40 people ah, m equal in turkey. and syria. once again, scared and shaken to more powerful earthquakes have rocked both countries. 2 weeks after devastating tremors killed more than 47000 people. well, the epicenter of monday nights, stronger magnitude. 6.4 quake was near the city of and takia buildings that were
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already weakened, have now collapsed, killing at least 6 people and parents left consoling their terrified children. yet again in northwest syria, people fled buildings. as a shaking began, the white helmets, one's hair group reported more than $130.00 injuries. i said, beg, begins our coverage from her tie into care. ah, 3 more victims to add to the 10s of thousands of people who have already lost their lives. 04 men were trapped inside this building. only one made it out to life. they come to salvage what they could of their belongings from the earthquake, hit. the 3rd in the space of 2 weeks, the family members waiting, hoping their relatives would be brought out to life. instead, they saw the loved ones code out in body bags. rescue workers had been widening down there operations when the earthquake struck. wasn't the only plan we were
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planning to go back to our homes. this earthquake has extended the process. we never left the rescue operation. we continued our fight. did our best to pull out people alive. ah. elsewhere building that had survived to earthquakes and said that the gear now gun no her la la. so manhattan province a co dash can capture the moment every day i saw a woman screams, the earth trembled. all the buildings and hat i have collapsed. they are dead! aah! and at the airport, panic us a quick hit. in the spring summer, you'd use a politician's t v interview from an 8 distribution center interrupted. have you received that july? the unity from alder alarm now for families already traumatized disbelief. the terror
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has come again. oh yes. we were very scared. we thought the ground would tear apart . a nation rocked just 2 weeks after twin earthquakes appended the lives of millions, killing tens of thousands and destroying countless homes. it was really shaky in all. we hardly stood up. it was very difficult. you know, you know, it was going to happen. we were expecting that. so right now, so we are expecting more. so everybody should be, you know, more prepared about this. this is the moment the quake struck a leper in rebel held north and syria, more misery for people suffering severe shortages in food medicine and housing on top of a decade old civil war family, the old regular keeping on the streets and freezing conditions. duration in here.
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yeah, i mean it's hardy ball in the title, about visit area even before that rick now is suffering more and more. all those people in fact, who have been directly affected or even those people who have been in there are living very severe in condition messes. people under the rubber people poured into the street another night in the cold of a sense of fear prevailed in thousands of after shock. and this late earthquake has people asking where they can go to be safe. i thought vague. southern dorothea, monday nights quakes were felt in syria, egypt, and lebanon, and syria. many people sustained non life threatening injuries, including broken bones, but these latest tremors and making life even harder for the millions displaced by years of civil war. and order is formed developments in syria. we understand that some buildings collapsed. they were already structurally unsound,
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damaged from the earthquake 2 weeks ago. there was nobody inside. but the syrian civil defense in the opposition controlled northwest to report the 125 injuries, mainly as a result of panic. some people actually jumped from their, their balconies. so you have this, you know, people, people are frightened and the, the, the tragedy is only unfolding in the corner of syria and hospitals. there is still an emergency. doctors are still dealing with the thousands of cases of injuries as a result of the the 2 earthquakes, 2 weeks ago. doctors are telling us that they are dealing with so many crush injuries that they have to increase could need dialysis sessions. but they're unable to do that because they just don't have the equip. so they're dealing with an emergency. and then the 3rd major earthquake in 2 weeks. these
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people have nowhere to go in. in many ways, they're trapped in a corner of syria surrounded by the government. syrian armed forces and they have been at war for 12 years as they cannot cross into turkey, turkey, southern turkey itself, devastated by the earthquake so, so these people are left to deal with this with this disaster alone. in fact, since they one they have been appealing for international assistance and while some aid has trickled in, it is still not enough to deal with. with the crisis. i am are our herani reports are from a friend where people are forced to sleep on the ground. none of one of the other? well, i was thought medina, this is a football pitch in the middle of a friends city where residents flocked and panic following the most recent earthquake and subsequent tremors. as you can see in the absence of tints, people are lying on the ground spending the night here for fear of eminent shakes.
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many of them are survivors who lost their homes and the 1st 2 earthquakes 2 weeks ago that the sufferings of not come to an end. now, there is a shortage of shelter, food and medical supplies. it's by all measures, nothing but a tragedy in the northern part of syria, amid a poor response from the international community. the recent earthquake as exacerbated their sufferings, we witness the state of overwhelming panic, reminiscent of the early moments of the 1st earthquake that hit the area on february 6th, omaha nearly does your o, my el herani and a friend aleppo, countryside. they are secretary state left turkey just hours before the latest quake antony blend can assure that turkish foreign minister ma literature of a solar washington that would fully support the recovery efforts em. casanya has more now from anchor. this is the 1st official visit by us secretary of state antony blank into turkey. since he took office 2 years ago,
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he arrived here on sunday nearly 2 weeks after devastating earthquakes shook southern trickier and northern syria. blink and says, washington is ready to help unclear for as long as it takes stressing the fact rebuilding in this region will require a lot of time and effort. nato's expansion is also on the agenda. finland, sweden have already taken concrete steps to fulfill the commitments they made under the trilateral memorandum of agreement that they signed with tricky on the margins of the nato summit. madrid we welcome and appreciate those steps. i think they're quite significant. the u. s. center kit don't agree on ever issue. while giving a green light for finland to join nato on current beliefs suite a need to do more to kids, their defense cap ability is another issue for the nato allies to discuss, especially after anchored a purchase. what a massage systems in 2019 f,
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one out to probably be me. you get this on doing that again. we discussed the latest situation regarding our f. 16 request at the meeting today at the us ministration. strongly supports our plea and we thank them for this. we hope they will make an official notification to the u. s. congress on this matter as soon as possible. and it is in the interest of both parties to complete this process promptly. so it's all assess, ciocca is not in favor of conditional sales of the f sixties and has asked for the return of the $1400000000.00 on cur. a paid for the f 35 fighter jet program to kia was unilaterally remote from it. turkish american relations, i've been slain for some time now the fight left washington immediate relief response to on car shows the relationship is still strong and the nato still need to care. however, there are still many issues to overcome. americans support for y p g. kurdish fighters in syria is one of them. turkish officials have designated the group as
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a terrorist organization and say the u. s. corporation is a great mistake. while washington insists the y p g is crucial for its fight against thyself. seen am casala al jazeera and kyra. ah, he was president, is in poland after mondays, unannounced visits ukraine. joe biden is due to meet polish present. andre, do dined, top central european officials. later on tuesday is expected to discuss the possibility of permanently stationing american troops in poland. his visit comes days ahead of the anniversary of russia's invasion of ukraine. i'm fisher, is in warsaw with morning logistics of biden's visit to grey as president joe biden went for dinner in washington, dc. late on saturday, final plans were being laid for his trip to keep the decision to go was taken on friday, the arrangements had been discussed over several months. the template was established
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last year when the secretary of state and the defense secretary visited ukraine over night train, small entourage, black coat, windows. the white house kept a tight lid on the news, even issuing bite and shadow for how you would spend monday in washington in the cross, even as he was travelling half a world away in the american stand with you and the world stand with you. keys has captured a part of my heart. i must say. it's not unusual for presidents to make trips to conflict zones. rock obama did it in afghanistan, donald trump, iraq. but both times the u. s. controlled the air space. ah, that's what made biden's trip more dangerous. and that's why the white house told the russians just hours before to avoid any mishaps which could spark a bigger problem on the ground. the security had to be unbelievable by the
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ukrainians because the u. s doesn't have a military presence in ukraine, and so you've got air defense security to worry about. you got these possible elements on the ground. and it required that the shutting down essentially a key of to traffic off for a couple of hours when he traveled to poland last year, president biden was reportedly keen to cross the border, but was overruled by his secret service. the people who protect him this time with more notice, we could make it work. security will be ramped up here when joe biden makes a major address to mock the 1st anniversary of the ukraine war. but no matter what he says, what will be remembered more than the speech is the visit that came before it. alan fisher, al jazeera warsaw, ukraine's military says it desperately needs more arms and ammunition from western allies to hold off. russian attacks. help is on the way, but for many troops on the front line it's too late. same bas robbie has more from
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that to a novel exclusions and, and the warning now some he was may find images in his report. distressing. the wounded keep coming off, leaving the frontline on their backs into the care of medics. the lucky ones have stabilized and moved to hospitals, where the hope is they will leave on their feet. should looseness bernisha from those are the most difficult thing for us right now is losing off fighters, but you're losing our people. shout were fighting for ukraine when they bring in a person who is wounded and has deadly injuries you watch on them. and you can't help with anything you, what is the worst thing you can imagine at aid station like this one in that in that region close to the fighting. there is very little space between life and death. doctor se saving a russian soldier can be just as important for you, forgot those sure that i took the hippocratic oath,
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and i am obliged to treat all patient regardless of nationality. and secondly, the saved life of a captive is an opportunity to exchange for our captive their camp. so that way we can save the lives of our soldiers once a year. and still the wounded. keep coming. facing rapid assaults in the east or standing guard in the north ukraine soldiers say the threat of the next russian attack is everywhere. were about 15 kilometers from the border, with the bell roofs, in the chernobyl exclusion zone. russian forces had occupied this area at the beginning of the invasion, senior commanders with the ukrainian troops now tell us that they are carrying out these lie fire exercises to be prepared if russian troops ever decide to come back . these drills are happening close to the site of the
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1986 chernobyl nuclear disaster. russia's occupation of the site last year. the ongoing occupation of this upper region nuclear plant, ukraine says, makes the threat either by accident or design of nuclear fallout. a real possibility of january the training is happening here because there is exist a chance of possible attack from belarus, which we already had some time ago. so we are training at this exact location to be sure we are ready to meet the enemy, me engaged in battle, or waiting to get into the fight. ukrainian soldiers say they've been forced into the kind of conflict that was until a year ago, a thing of the past. they say they want russians to leave their land and peace to return. zane basra, the ulta 0, the chernobyl exclusions on in ukraine. a china is top diplomat is in russia to hold talks, beijing, it says it's deeply worried about the escalating conflict in ukraine. sir,
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you know our home and he's are, we will continue to urge peace promot talks and provide chinese wisdom for a political solution to the crisis and ukraine. together with the international community. we will jointly promote dialogue, negotiate and address the concerns of all parties and seek a common security. in the meantime, we urge certain countries to immediately stop, fueling the fire, stop shifting blame to china, and stop piping up ukraine to day of anti one to morrow. while the war has forced scientific collaborations that monitor the polar north to come to a stop calling, baker has more impact on october. such the effects of climate change happen fastest in the architect here, wetlands, forests, permafrost, unique species, and indigenous peoples live face to face. with the direct impacts of our warming planet, scientists of monitored the arctic for generations. but after the start of the war and ukraine, collaborations froze data streams built up for years went quiet as nations and
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universities ceased partnerships with counterparts in russia. the effects on science were immediate. one of the most concerning data sprints that we have last is real time or near real time observations of atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations from from towers that are placed across iberia, interact. a european network runs 89 collaborative arctic monitoring stations 21 across russia. last funding after the war began. information that can only be gathered on the ground is already being lost. we can't understand planet earth without understanding the arctic. because in the arctic we have what they call positive feedbacks that when we stir up something in the out to because fossil fuel mation from the rest of the world, then it kind of happens in the arctic. but those events don't say that there's an amplification of climate change which happens in the rest the world. the semi
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council represents indigenous peoples across 4 countries, excluding russia. it's suspended funding, it's russian representatives while maintaining scientific research. the larger scale monitoring is important. but as indigenous peoples in the arctic, we have in bedded in our culture is a long term monitoring on the more local and regional day. over the millennial have been living in this area. we have accumulated a lot of, of monitoring date of who put it that way, which is embedded in our indigenous languages. the arctic is warming fast. the full costs of the data loss may not be known for some time colon baker, advisor. well as part of our week long special series on the far reaching consequences of the war in ukraine on tuesday, we'll explain how the more. busy is accelerating a global food crisis actually to in these times at o $230.00 g m t on wednesday or so to come on out there at tens of thousands of his
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railings protest outside parliament. as it debates the government's plans to weaken the powers of a supreme court ah, in europe it's still the east, which is coldest and windiest and still resembles wind to new. see the cloud diving down there towards the black sea, wrapped around that lo nuts, full of snow, mostly in russia has to be said, but the back was strong, wind through eastern poland, beller. ruth and ukraine is a cold one and bring some cold rain. with that the for the west, you are the warm. it's been for a couple days. we've seen low twenties in the south of france, but what's waiting out here is about to come in and change things. it brings cloud and rain extensively to western europe. not a lot of either, but there's quite a strong wind with it. that'll drop temperatures considerably. spain might noticed
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most bill bauer, for example, though it should be at $14.00 to $15.00. when it starts raining, you get colder and colder, and the wind will bring the temperatures down about 9 degrees for cup to day. so you are going to feel a few days of cold out. be a big contrast, that cold air has also been around the, at this mount is good, lot of snow recently in the still a scattering your rain showers, radi morocco and out. jerry, and that cold wind coming down the coast, casablanca, 17. the wind in land in north africa is a much lighter one. the forecast being less the way of dust and sand. cyclone freddy, having lost those strength, is now interact with east coast madagascar as a windy and wet storm. ah. joined the debate. but you know that the surgeon is empowered by the government and stained by the government today they are the government, african count. security is also a global health security. on an online,
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at your voice, there is no right to defense. there is no right to protest. we can't just keep relying on aid, there has to be some work toward a sustainable economy. at the end of the day, it is ordinary objects that are paying the price. this tree on al jazeera. ah ah, the watching, i'll just hear armando about top stores this out at least 6 people have dodge and took care of the 2 more powerful earthquakes on monday night buildings that were already weakened have now collapsed. the epicenter of the stronger magnitude, 6.4, quake was near the city of until the tremors shook neighbor northwest syria,
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forcing thousands of people to flee their homes, or the 100 people were injured. according to the white helmets. 8 group you as present, joe biden is in war, so off to mondays, unannounced to visit to ukraine is expected to discuss the possibility of pleasantly stationing american troops incontinent un security council issued a formal statement. it's expressing deep concern and dismay with israel's announcement last week. of the expansion of illegal settlements in the occupied west bank. it says such supplements impeded peace. she had returns, he has more from united nations. over the weekend, one source called frantic negotiations took place between a raft of us diplomats and the israelis and the policy. the valley u e, in order to get to come to some sort of deal to only have a presidential statement. so this isn't legally binding as a un security council. resolution would be and actually the original un security council resolution that was drafted called israel to immediately and completely
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cease all supplement activities and the occupied palestinian territory. it reaffirms the illegality of settlement construction that would be legally binding, although, as we know, israel isn't, isn't one to, to take legally binding un security council resolutions as the as legally binding. but instead the u. s. than one of these frantic negotiations in order to prevent a un security council resolution which it might have had to veto because of its unwavering support for his row. and said he, jo biden's, unwavering support for vengeance netanyahu. and the reasons for that was the u. s. really ones, the focus this week to be on russia and ukraine. and later on this week though, the un general assembly resolution that the, the, the us will be introducing which will be condemning russia is illegal innovation of ukraine. tens of thousands of people gathered outside israel's parliament in western eastern on monday to protest against the government's judiciary reforms. the connect that is holding its 1st reading of the controversial amendment to
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overhaul israel's legal system. hierarchy has more practice in west jerusalem. 10000 for the 7 week outside of the show, it's on the against the new stuff that is trying to bring in and we have many people across section by from the young to be all the babies. the people from the i expect that are all here because they say that this reform plan on across the can we have one protest say hey, why, what, what brings you here for them? i guess on my kindly i don't have any way. why is it your, what is it that you with her phone, will be no one will protect our human rights and we know what you mean. like i'm side, i'm coming out of i have no idea. oh, well my country is going and you know,
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i feel like i need to do something i can do nothing. and what would you like the current government to do there? obviously going through several rounds of both to bring in this new traditional reform. what would you like the happen? what do you hope from this process you will be able to gain? i hope that the coalition and will be able to communicate between them. but something needs to change but they can not can. there will be no one to what that does. and this is the thing that many of the price 1st of all concerned about that these reforms on potentially branding the rainbow. if the supreme court decide to strike down or a decision that's being made by come in and change a simple mccarthy decide to come on with
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benjamin netanyahu is on hold for up to the bed that these plans are unhappy that occurred in one general election. he is also called to be nice civil disobedience prices continue to come here when it rains eventually from the west, which is really not meant to put the brakes upon these readings on this side. it's only to destroy reform and also the president himself, israeli president, has cooled all sizes that come together to be able to negotiate, to be able to put support on changes to the judicial, a system here. whether that's going to happen, we'll see, because so far pasta week is the protest processes on not seeing any changes and they feel that their calls are not being returned into saddam now. a senior
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military commander mohammed ham, done the gala says he regrets lost his military takeover, which paved the way for the return of people loyal to the former government. wish up. but when i saw young men and women of the glorious december revolution, i did not hesitate to stand with them against the injustice of the regime as tyrant and corruption. i wanted to build sudan. the most recent mistake was october 25 qu at unfortunately, became a getaway for the return of the former regime. i sincerely want to leave political power and handed over to a transitional civilian authority. rescue teams in brazil are continuing to search for dozens of people who are missing off to flood some landslides around san palo. one could not give reports from south industrial lie. she still was brothers lived here. he has little hope of finding him alive. sunny shockey, ms. wood, or called you must be buried somewhere here. my sister in law, my baby niece, were rescued from the rubble by the neighbors. but my brother said behind and was
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dragged by the mud avalanche that destroyed their home. she was brother, is one of 40 that died in lethal landslides in the sea site town of san sebastian, 200 kilometers from brazil's largest city so boldly. san sebastian was the epicenter of devastating floods. after $600.00 millimeters of rain fell in 24 hours . dozens of people remained missing. a family living in this house was like he, a 62 year old man, his daughter and 2 grand children, aged 10 and 15 the flight. as soon as they heard the mud slide and the vegetation being torn down the hill and they made it just in time before this tree crashed into their house, brazil's president easy not to luna. thus zuba visited the disaster area on monday . as rescue operations continued, it sometimes nature surprises us,
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but many times we challenge nature. we have to think of safe places to rebuild houses for the people of south sebastian. with kneeling, she means says it's time the government admitted the tragedies like these could be avoided. damage to settlement of people, blame us for putting our lives at risk by building our houses on the hills and unsafe places. but we have no other options rates and the city are high. and the only way we can afford a roof over our heads and put food on the table as by building our own shacks. and we don't have cheap housing. good, mula escaped the land side with her husband and one month old baby. like many of the 2000 people who lost their homes or forced to leave, she took refuge in the nearby church. have you? i get asia. the church and thousands of volunteers were fast to help gathering close water and food for the flood victims. we have $300.00 people that are expecting more to come and will soon run out of space.

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