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and the corolla, sub pos of mexico was a catching a shower too, but the north of that, it's dry. ah. oh, counting the coffee you benz petrol power caused by 2035? is this the end of combustion engine vehicles, airlines profit flying high, became the industry keep up with the search and demand plus students forgotten crisis? will anyone come to doff was a counting the cost on al jazeera? ah, another train has the rails in the u. s. state of ohio officials warn residence within a 1000 feet to shelter in place. ah,
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you've out here. i'm cherry johnston, also coming up. iran agrees to restore monitoring and verification capacity is at its nuclear facilities or, and talk to you and nuclear watchdog chief intense street fighting in the besieged ukrainian city of buck moot was russia's wagner mercenary group. says devastated cities surround it in china. sex modest targets for economic growth as a national people's congress begins its annual session ah . residence in the us state of ohio had been ordered to stay at home off another train derailment. 1500 people in clark county and without power. after the norfolk southern train came off the tracks. local authorities say the orders were given out
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of an abundance of caution. last month, the train belonging to norfolk southern derailed causing a major chemical spell of more than she habitats. he joins us from washington, dc. she have what more can you tell us? well, there's a good 330 kilometers west of east policy and springfield, ohio. it's the same company. norfolk southern that operate as operates as train, but they say there's no house, no house just material on board. the train, they say 20 of 212 cars derailed. there are no injuries reported no hazmat, but as you say, power outages, there's a suggestion that may be some of the the trains hits power lines, but we're still working to confirm that. but yes, abundance of caution, even though i know has the math, as i said to be a board that, that, that train, that husband is order for people to the shelter in place. and norfolk southern they
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said to be sending some sort of emergency teams to, to the scene to try and to try to put things back into place. and she had to train derailments to put it into some context. so not as uncommon in the us, as you might think. very common, i think that's the point. i mean when, when leading with this tonight, just because it's a month and a day since that the relevant and he's power start. i'm in that month there. we have learned so much about just how insecure the rail system is in the united states. you'll remember there that any power steering it was 300. it was $3849.00 cars derailed and they were carrying hazardous materials, vital chloride, and so on. there these are how's this materials that because of deregulation, but haven't actually even been declared to the various states they were trundling proof pixels and even really know that this sort of material was running through on the lines we've learned since. since then, of course,
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this is clear up underway is how deregulated the system has been because of all the corporate law being here in washington. we've learned that some of the safety regulations that may have prevented that the crash or a month ago may have prevented this one. for all, we know, we don't know, including that a breaks and so on. were considered by the obama administration in 2016. but the rail, low bits using their enormous amounts of cash managed to water down those regulations, those regulations with then further further water down by the trumpet, ministration. now there's talk again that some bipartisan consensus coming together that look enough is enough. at the very least, we should have breaks that went in in, in, in function during the civil war. we would have some modern pneumatic breaks for example, and we should have proper transparency about what is being transported through the state. so that can be some preparation in advance. we will say that the environmental protection agency doesn't do most of its monitoring of as soil and water. and the aftermath of these, of these irrelevance. they,
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they left north at norfolk southern contract out and companies who they pay to come up with results are we weren't so much about how it like so much so many industries and in this country how much has been deregulated put in the hands in fact, off the people who are running the corporations themselves norfolk southern, for example, in other railroad companies have reduced a workforce by 30 percent. but in the meantime, having record profits, they like $200000000000.00 of stock buybacks. bye bye bye bye box. recently, turnovers profits reducing, reducing think to the bad burns. and that we are realizing that there are derailments like this on an amazingly regular basis. well, ever, thousands, whenever a 1000 a year she ever can see in washington dc with an updates. thank you. crowds gathered in the greek capital to release lanterns in memory of the victims of tuesdays train crash or the 1000 people, attended the vigil and protest in athens in front of the countries parliament
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building several demonstrations have been held over the last few days as citizens blame it, poor government regulations for the disaster that killed at least 57 people. the head of the united nations nuclear watchdog has announced more inspections that runs for the nuclear plant and installation of new monitoring equipment at the facility by phone grosse health talks with president for him that i see on terror on the folks who have more in an i e, a quarterly report late last week. the nuclear watchdog said his inspectors had found particles, the uranium in iran and rich to near weapons grade. returning from a visit to terran, the organizations chief said that did not mean iran was actually producing such material. there has not been production or accumulation of uranium at that level, which is a very high level of course, sixty's already very high. but as i said, we have an we ways and means to inspected weapons grade uranium is in rich to 90
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percent iran said the finding of 83.7 percent at one of its sites was an unintended fluctuation. that ham on that is in their report they mentioned particles of 84 percent. there is not enrichment activity. at that level. there was no enriched uranium above 60 percent. this ambiguity has been somehow resolved. it all comes at a sensitive time with attempts to restore the joint comprehensive plan of action. the nuclear deal signed with terran in 2015. then president trump withdrew unilaterally from the j. c, p. o, a in 2018 and imposed multiple sanctions on iran. the agen chair goes, alicia, we want to continue our relations with the i a e a for the agency to be able to perform its duties regarding yvonne's nuclear program within the framework of the
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comprehensive safeguards agreement, we stretch the need to avoid issues that would hit adolescence with the i a e, a rainy and president abraham, racy, echo those sentiments in his meeting with the i. e a head but warned a ron's rights have to be respected. last week the c. i a director william burns express concern about iran's nuclear program. we don't see evidence that there made a decision to resume their weapon ization program. but the other dimensions of this challenge i think are growing at a worrisome place to darren has always maintained its nuclear program, is for peaceful purposes. nick talks big out a 0 saying in iran, protests have been held in the capital tehran after a new wave of suspected gas poisonings, with hundreds more school girls in hospital. a series of gas attacks have been reported in schools across the country. presently for him. i see has a blame of mysterious incidents on ron's enemies. though such a bar has more frontera
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ah, anger, frustration, and fear. this is the scene at a local hospital in puck dashed in the southern part of the capitol on saturday. 3 girls schools were attacked on the same day using what suspected to have been poisonous gas. at least 250 students were taken to hospital in the city of cove art near the southern city of shiraz, paramedics tell these girls. don't be afraid. just breathe with semi official news agencies reported attacks in at least 15 provinces all on saturday. human rights groups in the country say at least 40 schools came under attack. parents are demanding answers from authorities, and some came to an education ministry office in the capitol. the president has passed the interior ministry with investigating the attacks they've been happening
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repeatedly since november, affecting more than 1500 girls abraham racy blamed what he called foreign elements brought up. got it all the time. all about of here for my daughter. when regarding what's happening in schools, this is an attempt to create fear and disappointment among our children and people . the enemies trying to create insecurity. these attacks have increased rapidly across the country during the past week. no arrests have been made yet. it is now clear girl's education is under attack in a country with one of the highest literacy rates among women in the middle leave. these incidents may not change that fact. they have succeeded in creating panics. and here, among many parents and school girls in iran doors such avari, alpha 0 her on the
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ukranian officials in the mood said as intense street fighting in the besieged eastern city. but russia has not taken control of off the rushes. wagner, mercy, the group said it had surrounded the city, remaining 3000 civilians. there are living in shelters without access to gas, electricity, or water. the city's population was once more than 73000 high faucet reports. the ukraine is still fighting for buck moods, but that fight is looking ever more desperate. the commanders here say russia is now sending its most prepared troops to the front, having sacrificed conscripts for months, and then increasing the capabilities of their own frontline defenses has become, quote, problematic. the head of russia's wagner mercenary group, has warned them to get out while they still have one road left to use. the remote give the key. sure they are trying to beg the ukranian army to leave bach moot. so he would stop defending the city. they hoped to get the city without big losses,
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but they've lost so many people. the catastrophe for the wagner group and the russian army is inevitable. wagner, the founder says he's with his troops near back moot. and he had his own grim message, but his ukrainian opponents probably shot no part of. we are sending another shipment of ukrainian army fighters home and they pulled bravely and perished. that's why these laid this trap will take them back to their motherland. regression is publicly criticized rushes defense minister, so gay should go to the many failures of the military campaign so far. perhaps no coincidence then, with the capture of back mood seemingly in sight, he too should be in easton, ukraine. in western levin, ukraine's president was meeting the president of the european parliament. rebecca met sola called for speedy talks on ukraine's e u membership investigations into accountability for alleged russian war crimes and further military support. ukraine needs the weapons to defend themselves,
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but we have already given 2100000 euros to be specific to your crime, but it is clear that all is needed. if we want to have a safe euro, if we need to have a savior, grain has no safety to be found in moods. a town of more than 70000 people has been reduced to this about 3000 there estimated to remain among them. kennedy and natalia scavenging for what they can to survive produce the be just when there are problems with food. natalia says, humanitarian aid is given to us only once a month. there's no electricity, no water, no gas. we burn woods says can i do the beast? it's warmer if russia does soon prevail in bad moods, after 6 months of attrition, there's little less to claim as a prize. natalia says she can only pray that whoever does remain here will survive . harris will sit al jazeera as an artist. some performers say they're victims of
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a culture campaign. in the west, since russia invaded ukraine, several prominent artists have been shunned and their performance is canceled from the java reports from moscow's bolshoi, theatre. o 877. by a darker ballet has continued to perform but it takes hard work and years of training to be able to pull off the performance, which continues to come out. at moscow historic butcher theater. there is no time to think of the conflict which has dominated the airwaves. but internationally, russian art and artists are increasingly being shunned. ukraine has removed russian port and writer, xander pushkin and others from most public spaces. even scientists in right is that luminous of are no longer allowed to be visible. you clean once it's allies in the west to boycott russian culture develop. moscow calls it a manifestation of discrimination against russian artists and limiting cultural
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interaction. in recent weeks, the foreign ministry has summoned the italian and dutch ambassadors for shunning russian performers upsetting the russian artists. but the remain undeterred. fortune is that you might have to deal with counseling russian culture. i feel sorry, pity for these people. come with them. i can't even understand who could think of counseling chikavsky, and i think these are shallow, narrow minded politicians who make decisions like that from tolstoy to chikavsky, art and culture has a special place in russian society. many countries have cancelled or restricted russian performances since the invasion ukraine, but for those who dedicated their lives to performing arts that it's unfair for them to be dragged into politics, positions and also concerned about cultural appropriation. artist of the plenary is now labeled as a ukranian at new york's metropolitan museum of art. clergy died in 1910 in the
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russian empire, while ukraine, as a state only existed from 1918. critics say russian painter, even i was off ski who died in 1900, has recently been made ukrainian. ah, a star conductor of a lady girl give and prominent pianist, denise mate, so of are no longer performing at new york's famed carnegie hall for the pro. kimberly views oh, and the metropolitan not proposed popular soprano and a trucker from a run of shows last year for quote, not demonstrating she had see this the distance herself from president bloody mer putin. in austria, canada, switzerland, and pollen soloists and orchestras have faced similar actions. the royal opera house as famous, covent garden, band, bull, troy, bally's london, tour. distill it there were, was there a spar merchandise from the age of 10? they started the academy and continue like that for 3035 years. now,
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think about it every day from morning till evening. your work translates into tremendous physical exertion. sutra kristen. pub, is what russians to distance themselves from the government. but artists too always relied on patronage and support from the state feel stifled but been warning. people in power, some of the driver down to 0 altro theater. moscow. still to come on al jazeera. i'm jessica washington, near the eastern coast of the island. a phony where indonesia is scaling up construction of its new capital city. ah. hello slot. you find it roy across a good part of her asia at the moment, sir. nice big area of high pressure. so warm sunshine will warm spring sunshine
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coming in across good parts of china. the korean peninsula try to push its way into where japan as well. so into the mid teens here present enough, you might catch a share or 2 just around ok. i will the next hour so, but again, nothing too much to speak of at wet weather, just clipping the east coast and then pulling out of the waist. brightest guys coming back behind. maybe one or 2 when she flowers there into the far north of north korea. again, lottie dry though, much of china, warm sunshine. 19 in beijing, similar temperature there too. for rash, shanghai, little bit of wet weather over towards western parts of china. now a lot of wet weather, still continuing across southern parts of the maple lynch. they can see this massive cloud. we have seen huge amounts of rain for over 400 millimeters, the frightful here in the 1st 4 days of march. and there is more where that came from. it does stay unsettled, little bit about sell, whether to making its way towards lanka, maybe into the far south of india, but much of india would be fine and dry. we could see one or 2 sporadic showers
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there across a central and northern parts over the next couple of days. but find dry and warm for most. ah. in the blink of an eye, many lives were lost. thousands of people buried alive and more left homeless. you were shocked by the number of sites we worshipped by. the number of victims al jazeera goes to the most afflicted region in syria. here in northwest to syria, to see those affected by the way. and it's severe shortages of humanitarian aid. the full report syria, the continuing tragedy on al jazeera lou
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ah, watching. i'll just hear a reminder about top store is this our residence in the u. s. states of ohio have in order to stay at home off to another train around last month. the train belonging to the same operator, norfolk southern derailed, hosing a major chemical spill the head of united nations nuclear watchdog has announced more inspections out there. rawlins order nuclear found an installation of new monitoring equipment at the facility kristen to rise seat met grossi in iran on saturday. and you credit officials in bunk mood site is intense street fighting the besieged eastern city. a russia has not taken control off to roches. wagner versed hoops, and it had surrounded the city china, her set a 5 at the cent target for economic growth this year. when it comes, as the country's leaders begin, the annual parliamentary session in beijing. president champagne is among more than
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2000 delegates. gather that the great all of the people, major reforms and government appointments are expected at the event as well as the final formalization over present. she's 3rd term katrina, u. s. foreign developments from beijing now. so katrina, some are important issues on the agenda, especially related to the economy. that's right. so 3000 of china's most powerful people gathered invading grateful of the people. and on top of the agenda for this fairly long meeting goes about one to 2 weeks is economic recovery banner, who's seen or rather modest g d p target said the 20235 percent, which is on the lower end of what analysts were predicting what shall, which tells us that we're expecting the government to focus on economic stability rather than aggressive growth measures. now, premier leakage on
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a seems to really be focusing on more pragmatic approach to the economy. last year the g p target was 5.5 percent and trying to only manage to achieve 3 percent. and this is because the consulting said there were many challenges when it came to the pandemic. what he said were choppy waters in the international environment is quite sort bring language overall. when he was referring to china's economic performance last year he said there were great difficulties and challenges. consumer spending took a hit, investment suffered, he also said there was a rise in unemployment. so this year, beijing's task is really to focus on boosting the economy's specifically domestic consumption, roosting for an investment and deepening, perform and protecting the private sector. now that being said this at bcu special because we're also expecting a dramatic overhaul of the leadership team under president. she didn't think including some top economic and find down to positions. and what we have heard is that many of the people slated all predicted to take the view roles are huge
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inconvenience and they, they help the people who are very reform minded. they may not be people who are really exposed to the international environment. so analysts predict that instead of deepening reform and deepening china is opening up. we may see a step backward when it comes to that direction. also this is premier league tongues last official. a time he will be a giving the work report you'll be stepping down after today on sunday, and he said his successor will not have an easy job going forward. he labeled some of the challenges sports, heiner ahead, including global inflation, as well as what he said were escalating attempts to suppress china by other forces, no doubt, a veiled reference to the united states and increasingly tens competition between dating and washington in beijing forest. katrina, thank you. thousands of people in israel have protested for the 9th consecutive week against the government's plans to overhaul the judiciary. they say the proposed reforms will reduce the power of the supreme court. krause also spoke
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half against israeli, raised them killed dozens of palestinians. israelis national security ministers and there has a told police to, quote, sharp in their handling of protest is almost one month phone from the devastating turkey assyria. earthquakes close to 2000000 people are living in temporary shelters, will to help the situation. katara is sending thousands of temporary homes that were used to house fans during the 2022 will come to his abode, has more from its kindred. ah, 2 ships arrive in the port of his come, they don't in southern took ear in them. nearly 400 portable homes from cut that they were used to house fans during the walk up in the gulf state. now they provide shelter for those affected by the earthquakes last month into a key and northern syria. ah, more than a dozen other ships around the way with more prefabricated houses. got those ambassador to to kia says many more are coming here my order recovery run out of
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aaliyah to move in this shipped are almost 400 houses. this is the 1st approach of 10000 houses. from the 1st day we continue supporting our brothers in churches in northern syria. we hope this will be suitable for the earthquake survivors. the portable houses are fully equipped and will be placed in the affected areas into kia. the united nation says that at least 1500000 people have been left homeless because of this earthquake. they are now living in 10th in containers cities but also in trains like this one. we have heard that around 1000 people are living here . like many other areas in the southeast and part of the country is can lead on was devastated by the earthquakes, families leaving in the train say we have nowhere else to go. and it provides shelter and protection from the cold at night by snelson, emmy ne, at dash says she's living here with her 3 children. i'll lock is may no one ever
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see such a night. again, it was how everyone left their homes in a hurry to survive. there was no building on damaged. we have been here for a month now. we don't know yet how long will stay here, but if they close the trains, we will have to go to the tents. suzanne, go, jack says her husband works for a railway company, and that's why they came here. it's good to go to that. our house is damaged, this was my husband's work place. we have come here to find shelter. we are grateful that they have given us the train cars. with building devastated areas is a priority for the turkish government. but it will be a while before people are able to move to a new home. that's why providing some form of housing now is crucial to help those who have lost it all. ready. so i'll just theda is can they don't turkey or color outbreak in north where syria is worsening following last month's earthquakes, at least 3 people have died from the disease in the rebel controlled northwest,
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a quakes, damage to health facilities, water sources and sanitation infrastructure. increasingly, possibility of an accelerated outbreak, indonesia is building a new capital that will replace jakarta. the government says the city on the island of bali o will create more opportunities, but indigenous community say they're being forced off their land. jessica washington reports from boyer the public. people have lived in to pocket east cali mountain for hundreds of years, but life is changing here as indonesia building to new capital city, new centera. and this village is now marked as part of the development. i think i don't have any a but all with all that younger, they act like we don't exist. like we're not human and they should have talked to us 1st. we accept the new capital, but don't dismiss our rights. they want to build something new by destroying what is already here. number one, top the other. mm hm. sudden i lived in
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a house that once belonged to her great, great grandparents. now she wakes to the sound of heavy machinery in her back yard, as workers builds an intake reservoir for a dam to serve the new capital. no law. this is the impact of the development behind me, but we never had to buy things like ward or water or vegetables before. but now we live miserable lives advocacy groups estimate around 20000 indigenous people will be affected. officials say those affected by the new capital project will be compensated fairly, but many indigenous people in east county, montana don't have land certificates, making it difficult for them to have their claims verified. indigenous people told us their land was passed down from their ancestors until recently, they'd never had to prove ownership. the project chief insist their needs are being considered. i certainly have to respect, hold the indigenous people, the local wisdom, the withered darrow, living working, also learning. that shall be part of our development process. that is why we are
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have some oh, inclusive forum for example. throwing drove a lot of dialogue with all the stakeholders. in this earlier said, there will be part of our different path in the future. the government is emphasizing initiatives like workshops, teaching digital skills and modern farming techniques. threesome, la whitey, and her neighbors who migrated to he scully mountain in the seventy's. say the project is making life in the pocket better? those are like, if i mean, let's be grateful that will be part of the new capital before the new capital plan . we never got any attention because our village is far from town and no one knows it floss up on the. but indigenous community leaders he booked in, says life was easier before the new capital location was announced. guardian hadn't bugged you through right yet they normally had, they say it's fair for all a donation, but which ones we don't want to be relocated from our sisters land. the new capital is haunting us and haunting the future. as a solar,
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she scale up construction in coming weeks. this community is increasingly losing hope. jessica washington, out to sera in east cali mountain on the island of borneo. ah, this is out there. these other top stories residence in the us state of ohio have in order to stay at home after another train derailments. last month, the train belonging to the same operator, norfolk southern derailed, causing a major chemical spill. she had returned, c has the latest. i've no bundles of course, and even though no has them out as a said to be aboard, that lapse of train their husband, this order for people to the shelter place. and norfolk southerners had to be sending some sort of emergency teams to the, to the seem to trying to try to put things back into place. the head of the united nations nuclear watchdog has announced more inspect.
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