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as long as a human being is doing it, you can do it, no matter how you possibly it looks. it's you to put in the effort to put in the lock and you will have to refresh interview. so i am the captain, lives in me, a so continued can them were saw at the assistant coach. we are i so key team in is can central africa be as they i francois focusing very well. we had managed to play in some international gibbs within when koby kimmy, the ice rink was closed. and it's the only ice rink in the country. ah, cambodia is opposition leader cam. so com is sentenced to 27 years of house arrest for treason. right? scoop, say the charges are fabricate. ah,
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no, you're watching how it is 0 live from de la with me for the back. people also coming up. rail workers in greece, call for strikes after the worst strain occident in its history killed more than 50 people. dozens of police officers are held hostage in columbia. as a rule, protesters demanding better roads lock access to an oil fios and protecting african forests, will need some of the indigenous people fighting to save their ancestral home from logging. and my ah, thank you for joining as cambodia is most prominent opposition. meter has been sentenced to 27 years under house arrest for treason chem. so car was arrested in 2017 and charged with trying to overthrow the government in collusion with the
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united states. his long denied the accusations. tony chang reports sitting off to court on friday morning cam. soccer knew that there would only be one verdict. the trial which has dragged on for 3 years had seen many delays, but very little real evidence. nonetheless, it was clear with elections coming up. cambodian main opposition leader was unlikely to walk free. the multi year process, the silent chem soca based on a fabricated conspiracy. is a miscarriage of justice. the veteran of cambodian politics chem, so cars rise to the top, started in 2012 when he joined forces for the sam ranger, the other main opposition politician. the party they formed the cambodian national rescue party posed a serious threat to the ruling cambodian peoples party and local and national politics until it was dissolved in 2017. at the time,
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many party members were jailed or fled the country by the parties, co founder, sam renzi, hun sign. he's very afraid of the opposition, especially. he's a friend of the cambodian nation, our rescue party, which is a growing very popular. it is why he has to condemn. come so ha, ha! and sin. now the world's longest serving prime minister has effectively been in power since 1985. now he's preparing to hand over control to his son. the cambodian people's party will contest a general election in july with chem succasunna permanently removed from the political landscape as very little opposition. cam. so car is an indicator of the death of democracy. what has happened him shows that the democratic aspirations that were contained from attack on, on, you know, when the international community came together to sort of help reconstruct cambodia
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. that democratic dream has been killed by himself. kim sock our legal team, say they will appeal. and then may be the opportunities to negotiate a reduction and sentence, but that's unlikely to happen until after the elections. and one sends confirmation of another fully is empower tony chang al jazeera, the number of people killed in a train crash in northern greece has risen to 57, but that's expected to rise as cools. continue research through the wreckage rail workers across greece to fall in a strike on thursday as anger again. so forty's goals protests or say they feel frustrated by years of under funding and inadequate safety infrastructure. the crash habit crash happened on tuesday night when a passenger train and a freight train collided. a station master has been charged with multiple counts of manslaughter. john ser atlas has more from their isa traffic cameras,
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on a nearby motorway capture a massive explosion. as the 2 trains collide, the fireball reduced the passenger trains engine, and 2 front cars, 2 strips of metal. the freight trains for the engine was hoisted from the truck rescue workers who were there, moments after the crash described the scene. but what we saw was without precedent or burned remains as stench in the air. the smell of burning, plastic shapeless, sheep, metal, fire, people in pain. it was a living hell it still is. and yet i just was strength to the people who lost loved ones of a high and happy injured can go home fully recovering our at larissa general hospital on thursday. dozens of relatives, many of them parents of young people coming home from a 3 day weekend. we're trying to match their dna to that of body parts and sorrow mixed with anger was palpable across the city. 3 weeks ago, the railway workers union issued a public complaint,
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demanding investment in personnel and automated signaling equipment, saying a major accident was only a question of time and they weren't the 1st last year the hellenic railways, chief safety officer resigned over lack of safety procedures. larissa station master has been charged with manslaughter by negligence for allowing the passenger train to travel north on a south bound track. but people here say he is not the only one to blame. let me hear something i declare finishing up wrong to leslie. love him out, he fails, we can't scapegoat the station master or any one else. responsibilities must be made out to all those who are really to blame. any one who has a share of the blame and must pay his share, because it seems that the responsibilities go beyond the station master, at least according to the union square after the prime minister has promised clarity on what went wrong with greece's rail infrastructure, which is a state responsibility that could bring great political cost,
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but people want answers. jumps are hopeless. al jazeera larissa ah 2 nearly a month after 2 devastating earthquake scales more than $51000.00 people in turkey and syria. millions remain homeless houses and apartments have been replaced by 10 cam cent container cities escrow live to arduous ears to resemble who's in a camp for survivors. in garza and tab teresa tell us about where you are and what conditions the people who live there are facing. well, we're in the middle of the city in a plaza were hundreds of people are living here. many have lost their homes or their homes have been damaged and they're afraid to go back. mostly because of the risks of an aftershock for new earthquake. there was another one very early this friday morning, so people here are afraid when you talk to them,
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they're so trying to cope to having lost most of their belongings to having lost lost their loved ones, among many other things. and when you talk to them, they say that they have some food that they have water, that they are concerned about where they're going to live there been living for almost a month, intense, just like the one that you can see right behind me. this family, for example, we were talking to them just a few minutes ago if you can see inside he them architecture student and he's trying not to me is cool twain to continue with his live his. her sister here is trying to care for her younger brothers trying to get them to continue with an education trying to continue with the lives that they have lost. are there a government estimate those over 350 camps cities just like this one distributed all around this area that has been affected? there are other places that are containers, cities around a 180 of them that are
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a bit more organized there. you can see some schools you can see supermarket, hair dresser is a dock is among other things and they are distributed all around the areas that have been affected. and in those cities, those who are struggling them. well sir, those who suffer from a disability are struggling with a disability. we're, we're talking to some of them. and this is our report. walking has become almost impossible for 72 year old. cathy looked on bush. he's house was destroyed by the earthquake and he's now living in a container. caddied his wife delia says her husband desperately needs a wheelchair. no predominant mimi on. we don't know what to do. either he needs to be taken to a special care center, or he needs an electrical wheelchair so he can go outside. he's always indoors of these crutches. any of that, we found them in a container in his life here at town that like so many others was devastated by the
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earthquakes last month. though not the only one struggling to cope with the situation is she or stork is also living here and was waiting for surgery before the earthquake happened. and so is hattie jay, who is struggling with paralysis. there is over 8000000 people with disabilities into the kia and many are living in the areas affected by the earthquake surviving in a disaster zone is a major challenge because it's not only difficult for them to reach the age distribution points, but also they're shortages of well, chair, crutches and other personal care items that it's not far away in another town. silva is 22 years old and has special needs. the rehabilitation center she attended was also damaged during the earthquakes. and that's why she's here at this kindergarten that was set up in attend for children who have lost their homes. are anela, that the money that them i told my mother an earthquake is happening. i cried and was afraid that was raining. ah,
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children here do sports and music activities teachers i hoping to help them forget about the struggles they're facing every day. fresh her business that we have 5 disabled students here. oh specialists, spend time with them individually. as we know what they like doing in the past, we do the same activities with them now, so i can remember to past, oh, hardship is everywhere in southeastern, to kia these days. and while many are struggling to cover their most basic needs, others lack of it on dish are desperate for more help. that will allow them to cope with a new life. and the government needs to show results. it's under a lot of pressure, especially because precedential elections are happening in this country. innate, has started to clear the rubble from some major cities. it has started even the rebuilding process in some areas inc. i that my, my rash over 900 apartments are being built right now is experts have it for some
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concerns about their because they say that it's important to prioritize safety over speed. but the or government also wants to show accountability one of the big issues in this earthquake and why so many people died is that many brand new buildings that were supposed to resist that earthquake simply collapsed or were damaged. and that's something that the government wants to provide an answer, and that's why they're announcing almost daily the investigations around 800 people are being investigated right now. over 200 people have been detained among them, property owners, directors of construction company, among many other thing. and while all of this is ongoing, you can see all this people where i am right now, they're very calm, surprisingly calm in the middle of a very, very difficult situation. and they're waiting for the government or for someone to give them more help to reset. thank you very much for your reporting. teresa board lived there in gesenta takia to senior politicians from denise's. main opposition
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party have been arrested. is the latest step in a crackdown on critics of present, ty, saeed, several opposition, figures, judges, and a radio station director have been held since last month said as accused them of counting against state security. he sacks for government unfroze parliament in 2021 . moving to rule by decree, the u. s. a slammed what it called an escalating pattern of arrests of opposition figures. meanwhile guineas military leader has criticize what he called the degrading treatment inflicted on sub saharan african migrants in tenicia. dozens of guinea ins have been repatriated and others are awaiting future flights. while every call says about 500 of its citizens have expressed interest in returning from tenicia. this all those commons by the tunisian president who accuse subs, han african migraines of perpetrating a wave of crime and trying to change the country's demographic makeup. migrants
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have lost jobs in housing, and some have reportedly been physically attacked. phil i had on al jazeera at odds again the g 20 foreign ministers meeting wraps up with no joint statement and no common ground on the war in ukraine. and we are chiles border with bolivia where soldiers have been deployed to help keep undocumented migrants out. ah, it is still raining in peninsula malays. has been running there for about 3 days now, and it's still going on. we've had well over half a meter, all right, and this was for the flooding in that peninsula. these which is cover pitches to prove support. so it's sort of up to chest deep in many places. $30000.00 people evacuated as a result of our on the road carriers on ring saturday in the same sort of area,
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possibly including singapore and anywhere else. yes, you get to pretty regular daily showers with n dot extreme only in that one place. now we have still got 2 tropical cyclones, kevin placed judy to go across port field, which is the case right though. but the forecast cause takes it further south in australia. nothing like as vicious weather was still a potential for flooding. and that's in both northern territory and northern queens and then come south look at the temperatures. were diary down to 30 in melbourne about 28 in adelaide, but we're going up, i suspect in sydney, and brisbin. as for perth, a steady, slow drop as the skies though, still clear, but the wind is a light suddenly. here's a more major drop. the temporary cross josh is down to 18 degrees on saturday and 15 on sunday. that's not perkins a pleasant. ah,
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they come from humble indian villages with chasing international sporting success. one on one east examines how athletics is helping tribal communities gain recognition and on how does it unflinching questions is war with will wander imminent rigorous debate. people who are dying because of lack of treatment black lives don't really matter in the police will join me, mark them on hill upright. what out there? ah ah, watching al jazeera life until ha, a reminder of our top stories, sour,
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cambodia is most prominent opposition. leader has been sentenced to 27 years house arrests for treason chem. so car was arrested in 2017 and charge with trying to overthrow the government in pollution with the u. s. he denies the accusations. rail workers in greece have called for another day of strikes to protest against a poor state of its rail system. at least 57 people were killed when 2 trains collided on tuesday. the station master on duty has appeared in court on charges of manslaughter. a g 20 foreign ministers have failed to agree on a final joint statement because of differences over the war in ukraine. the conflict overshadowed their meeting in new delhi house country. india had hoped to focus on climate change and rising global poverty of the contents of a closing statement were rejected by china and russia. avenue tar reports. a moment for reflection and unity as foreign ministers from the g. 20 stood for
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a moment of silence to remember the victims of the earthquakes in turkey and syria . and it was in that spirit that their host in dust prime minister called on those assembled to use the meeting for resolution. not rankoff the short lot. i lol is short. that written nod resolved, robert, good gun in the bay. all dog began, however, as the foreign ministers of the world 20 largest economies met in new delhi, the war in ukraine dominated discussions along with its impact on global food supplies, energy prices, and security. that all ha matters of sharp differences of opinions and views. yet we must find common ground and provide direction because that is what the world expects of us. on the side lines, a very brief meeting between rush us foreign minister, soggy lab. ralph,
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and you are secretary of state antony blinking. it was the 1st time both have met since the russian invasion, but if anything of substance was achieved, both remained tight lipped late at a press conference love rob blamed the failure for consensus on the western nations present your school. so today. unfortunately, the declaration on behalf of all ministers of the g 20 group was not endorsed to our western colleagues. like a year ago, under the indonesian g 20 chairman, she, we're seeking to bring to the forefront an issue with the situation around ukraine by truths and untruth. and antony blinking conceded that the failure to move forward threatened the principles on which the g 20 was founded. right? that there are real challenges to the multilateral system. and those challenges in many ways are coming directly from russia, which ah, has been violating the very principles that lie at the heart of that system. in the
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ass chairmanship of the g. 20 was supposed to be the blossoming of its ambitions to lead the global south promoting issues like death alleviation and climate change. but that seems to be, have put on hold by ongoing concerns over the war in ukraine. poverty mythology 0 new delhi columbia has sent a high level delegation to dishes protests at an oil facility after a police officer was killed. negotiator is trying to broke the release of 79 other offices and 9 oil field work as it were taken hostage by protest, as in the southern province of coquette. on thursday, alexander and kitty has the story. i got my letter goggan, i read about hundreds of farmers and indigenous people clash with police earlier thursday. they have attacked an oil field in a rural area of some be sent to the coin in southern columbia. protesters of burned the offices, another infrastructure of the field, owned by international oil company, emerald energy, a police officer, and a professor of been killed,
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allegedly by gunshots. the community been detained at least $79.00 police officers and 9 oil workers. they were forced to march in a line well being marked by the demonstrators. general marano columbia's ombudsman repudiated the violence, lemon. thermal scholarship. got you and we regret the confrontational situation, that left a police officer and a former dead and many injured in violent act. only create more violence and don't use the path toward spaces of dialogue between the people to find agreement. oh, tensions has been rising in the area for over a month as communities blocked access to the oil field, demanding improvements to local roads and other infrastructure. one region has long been a focus of conflict, dissidence factions of gloomy former folk rebels operate in the region and may be involved. the indian rests in a tweet president, gustavo petro, as ordered at the vial and stop dispatching, a joint commission from columbus,
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defense, and interior ministries, as well as the armed forces to the region, but opposition politicians in an attack against the government, say the unrest as a consequence of pe throws feeling security policies, the favor dialogue and negotiate ations with criminal elements. he look this up as a lawyer, what's happening, today's the consequence of the lack of prisons in action of the national government . we are going back to the time when criminals took control of columbia as tier 2 lay them thursday. the officers remain hostages, as the government scrambles to bring the situation under control. alexander m. p. a . t under cedar. a chilly has stepped up its military presence on its northern border with peru and bolivia. the government is trying to stop the influx of undocumented migraine. so thought is there say, there are around $1400000.00 undocumented migrants within its borders. most come from venezuela to rule haiti and columbia. they show has cost present. gabriel
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burridge, his approval ratings to deb significantly. a latin america is salisia newman reports from the land border with bolivia. we are in perhaps one of the world's most dry, desolate, and dusty places. as you can see here, this is the bolivia, chilly border and right behind me are soldiers. as they are right behind me. they are stopping migrants who are undocumented from trying to come into the country for the 1st time in years. and it actually seems to be working, at least in this section. right, right in front of them are bolivians only. they have a right to come in here, but even they are having their documents checked, even though they have the custom of just coming through without any. with us, as though the water was completely open, the previous president had dug a ditch. this is what was supposed to stop the migrants from entering into tilly, but it didn't work, it was useless. now they are hoping that by,
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by deploying the army and that the army is able to actually detain people who are undocumented, that that will make a difference. but what we've been hearing from almost everyone is that it's really only stopping the undocumented migrants from coming here into called china. and that what they're doing is they're taking the very, very long route a far longer and more dangerous route to go all the way around here to get into chile through this very, very long border, at least in this section alone, it's a 150 kilometers and we're being told that only about 20 percent of it is being patrolled by the army. so there are ways to, to avoid detection authorities in the philippines. they're scrambling to contain an oil spill from a tanker. the ship carrying 800000 meters of diesel fuel sank near an island southwest of manila on tuesday. at least 7 coastal towns of band fishing and swimming. as this village flows further south,
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a search is still underway to locate the ship. francis president, mannion mccoy is promising $53000000.00 to a new global scheme to reward countries for protecting their forest sand. biodiversity. the pledge was announced at the end of the one for his summit in govern. it's aimed at renewing targets for preserving and managing the wells for his sustainable. by in central africa, indigenous tribes considered the custodians of some of the planets. most important rain for is so now destroying their own habitats. the pigmies are being paid by logging companies to help cut down trees. the ancient woodlands have been their homes for thousands of years. nicholas hark, went to the congo basin to meet them. in central africa lies a vows. tropical forest, the size of india, the congo basin, it's trees absorbs more carbon than the amazon and it's referred to as our planet's
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other long guided by indigenous pygmies. we travel deep inside where camry meets equitorial guinea. we encounter an elder speaking to a tree. oh, an uncomfortable conversation between a member of a community that is considered the forest custodian and what they see as the spirit of this forest. that's because the pigmies have been hired by logging companies to help them cut down trees and take part in destroying their own habitat. law will not proud of what we had when because some of the trees have been to snow properties. the 1st is like our pharmacy. so even though we were with digital can companies were tractor, protect to what we can. the longing companies persuaded the pygmies to leave their forest. they have been given housing with amenities like electricity that alter their way of life. they no longer go foraging. instead, the pygmies serve as guides to logging companies, looking for valuable,
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would do so for their work each receive $10.00 a day. the pygmies love this tree, they call it the number. it's known for its medicinal properties and it's a warm fragrance, but look at it now. each centimeter of the stump represents a year of life. this isn't a tree that's hundreds of years old. it's thousands of years old cut to the ground . and it's one of many, the timber is shipped from nearby port to asia to make furniture that will be sold to people in wealthier countries. recent research suggests a quarter of this green forest could disappear by 2050, because of logging. and yet, the congo base and stores around 20000000000 tons of carbon that's around 3 years worth of global greenhouse gas emissions. it is a precious natural barrier to climate change and its trees are of values, not for a few, but for humanity. and planet earth itself. nicholas hawk al jazeera,
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pandey, southern cameroon. and the formula one season kicks off in bahrain this weekend. 40 percent of those watching the race will be women, but not one of the 20 drivers is c mail. jessica baldwin report from silva stone england on the push to change that and support women drivers. ah, macy hitters going a 120 kilometers per hour. centimeters off the ground. she's only 15 and has spent 7 years practicing racing training weekend after weekend, month after month. and she's faced an additional hurdle when like women comes to shock as boys. very confused sir. so of why the heck is, is a met by a male dominated school. a lot of them do not want to be in by go say, i've had, you know, challenging with hands. i've been taken off of things about hitter a champion go cutter is hoping to make the jump to cars. she raced in f for car
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this summer, but her career has stone. women find it more difficult to find sponsors. a women only series last year ran out of money mid season, but that may be change cape evan, a long time formula. one executive is behind an initiative to figure out what's holding women back with a need to talent spot. there is a very small proportion of the racing drivers in the world ah female. and we need to find where they are, pluck them, and then take them, develop their skills, whether that is physical, mental rice craft and help drive them all the way up to formula one. most motor sport experts say it's not a question of strength. more women have gone into space than raced on a formula one track. the g forces at 340 kilometers per hour are all in a day's work for jamie chadwick. now racing in the us indie car feeder series.
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chadwick said the industry is finally ready to accept female drivers, but it won't happen overnight. ah, there are a lot of individuals in love organizations all ready ready, keen to, to make it happen. i don't have an issue with it being a 10 years on the line as long as we look back in 10 years time and they call was still in the same position. the popularity of formula one has exploded in recent years. tickets for july's british grand prix. here it's silver stone, sold out in record time 40 percent of formula one found. so now women the percentage of female drivers, exactly 0. and despite the promising initiatives, it's unlikely we're going to see a formula one female driver on this podium any time soon. jessica baldwin al jazeera silver stone. i was not of just arrived at the international space station space ex. his falcon 9 rock had dr.

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