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israeli forces kill 6 palestinians in a raid on the janine refugee camp in the occupied west bank. ah, i'm money in sight. this is out, is there a lie from joe hall? also coming up, us officials are reportedly investigating whether a pro ukrainian group was behind the attack on the north stream pipelines last year . thousands of protesters march in the george and capital against a controversial bill. they could have the country's hopes of joining the european union until you are for you as citizens kidnapped, and mexico all found dead to others have now been released. ah,
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at least 6 palestinians have been killed during an israeli army right in the occupied westbank as ready forces stormed a refugee camp in jeanine on cheese day. israel's prime minister says one of the dead have been responsible for killing 2 israelis last month. thou hire at has this report. oh, hundreds, gather it. a funeral march for the 6 palestinians killed in an israeli rate. that last did several hours. israel says one of them was wanted for killing to israelis from an illegal settlement near her water over a week ago. his rady troops use shoulder fired missiles to destroy a house where they say the 49 year old suspects and barricaded himself in that room anymore. because as you can see, even if they demolished all our houses, all spirits will remain high. we hope the injured recover and peace be upon those who died. mar, dozens of palestinians were wounded during the rate, but ambulances weren't able to reach many of those in critical condition. while the
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injured palestinians remained unattended, helicopters were used to evacuate soldiers her during the confrontations. no. hm. edward seemed puzzled or brave, treat operated surgically in the halls of the murder was den. and as i say again and again, whoever hurts asking his blood is on his hand, shall we homeroom palestinian officials say this late his rate amounts to his railey declaration of war against the palestinians. we have to see the link between the difficulties. is there any government is facing inside israel and the need to further escalate the attacks against by the stadiums in order to please the constituency. and is of this right to the government. the international community has been calling for a de escalation for weeks, but the reality on the ground is far from it. human rights organizations say the
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set top is rating raids, demolitions and settlement expansion in the occupied west bank amount. the collective punishment was sent in pay or, or holding a margin, solidarity for those in jeanine, but they're also calling for a general strike home when say, again, says rouse aggression as the number of palestinian deaths this year alone continue to rise. the janine refugee camp has been a hotspot for palestinian resistance against the radio occupation. nearly half of those killed not supplied with bank this year or from jeanine and things like this aren't expected to go away anytime soon. i'll just 0 ramallah in the occupied with. meanwhile, these riley army says that it will investigate soldiers who are found dancing with settlers in who are in the occupied westbank. on monday, 5 palestinians were injured when israeli settlers stormed the palestinian town. it abraham reports when videos like this emerge,
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palestinians say it's not the exception. israeli soldiers dancing with settlers who entered the palestinian town of her water on monday night. oh, the only difference is that it was caught on camera. this was to the security camera footage shows how is really settlers attacked palestinians and water injuring 5 members of the same family, including a 2 year old girl who they were shooting out as we live ammunition, god helps us. my wife was sitting the back behind the driver and she hugged our daughter to cover. we could have lost her. there was real danger to our lives. she had sell em who owns a supermarket, tells us they were out, numbered, and couldn't push them away. the women mostly or even when the palestinian cars of the was damaged and the attack took place against families and children. but the army, treat palestinians, and suspects is really sucked. their attacks have been on the rise. palestinian,
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see, the settlers are often emboldened by the army which was deployed to the town south of nablus in recent weeks. the presence of these railey army doesn't make palestinians feel safer. many here at salus, the soldiers should do war to prevent subtler attacks. and that force palestinians out of their home in the guise of keeping them safe. these really forces escorted the homeless family out of their home after the settlers attacked them late in february. the grandmother was with her daughter and grand children in the house. when the settlers set it on fire, these really are me released this picture of and she roughness saying the soldiers were protecting palestinians, like her said here in sheriff as she was not protected. get me one of them here. the army only protects the settlers and not the palestinians eve, when they saw us almost getting burnt and the health they took us out there. here
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to guard the suppers, oklahoma of the 8 israeli settlers arrested after the attack on palestinians and her water. only 2 are under house arrest, dis 4 kilometers, stretch of me and all that for what has become a flash point in the growing tension between palestinians and israelis living in illegal settlements. when many here warn could easily escalate. ah, neither ever him. al jazeera the occupied westbank. ah, he cranes, president vladimir zalinski, says that his troops will keep defending the besieged eastern city of bad moods, dismissing reports they are preparing to withdraw. it's one of the bloodiest battles of the wall and a wind for russia would give president vladimir putin a symbolic victory. and smith reports, ah, in a village,
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17 kilometers west of buck mort. ukraine's military digs new, trenches. a suggestion, perhaps this could be a new line of defense. to get a bustling we're leaving, we remained until the very last that we wanted to stay. but how can we is the time to go a little as the last remaining residence leave ukraine soldiers move in. ukrainian government says it's not withdrawing from back mot. aneesha those us, but you're in the russians. don't count losses. neither personnel nor military vehicles. they push needs to take back moot as a matter of principle for them. and for us, it's a matter of principle to defend it. so it's not just the city, it's a symbol or a fortress of back moot. ah, the strategic value back model is far outweighed by symbolic by russian forces have been waging an intense campaign for months to seize control of the small city they call audio mosque. if they take it,
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it will become the russians 1st significant territorial advance in more than 6 months. robert most are negotiate, costa, if you are the liberation of argue mosque continues, or to see these an important hub for the ukrainian troops in the dom by system. taking it under control with a low further offensive actions to be conducted deep into ukraine's defensive landscape course. no. port boy. russia says it's an ex, nearly a 5th of ukrainian territory. moscow's forces have made clear, gained around buckets, but elsewhere the russian winter offensive hasn't yielded territory and other major assaults, further north and south, along the front line. bernard smith, alger, their intelligence being reviewed by us officials suggests that a pro ukrainian group may have carried off and attack the north stream pipelines last year. this is according to the new york times the u. s. and nature both described the explosion as an act of sabotage. moscow blamed the west the natural
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gas pipeline links russia to western europe were targeted in september. mike has more from washington d. c. the white house from the national security council. the state department, there's absolutely no confirmation whatsoever of the report. a spokesman from the national security council, john kirby said, only that several western allies of the united states in particular, germany, denmark, and sweden, all carrying out an investigation into who was responsible for that attack. this investigation he says, is ongoing. now, throughout the month. and since that attack occurred in september, there's been repeated speculation about who was responsible in initially it was alleged that russia was responsible. even recently there's been an accusation that it was the us. but the just reflects the vacuum that has existed within asserting blame for this attack. thousands of protesters have rallied in georgia capitol
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tbilisi against a controversial so called for an agent spell opponent say it's on democratic and could hurt the country's chances of joining the buddy corpus. the site of georgia parliament, demonstrators stood their ground against riot police, firing tear gas and water canada. and the unrest came soon after politicians gave their initial backing to a controversial new law. it would force non governmental and media organizations to register as foreign agents. if more than 20 percent of their funding comes from overseas, it's critic say the law will suppress press freedom and civil society and it's highlighted broader discontent of what is seen as deepening alignment with russia by the countries governing dream party led by prime minister iraq leak eric wishfully suddenly,
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the correct or government the georgia dream political party has rules the country. backward and recent years toward the war pro russian direction. and this law is being proposed is almost a copy of one that russia has your opinion foreign policy chief, joseph burrell. i've called the law a very bad development. protesters say that it's on democratic and harms. george's chances of joining the block. i came here because i know that in my contra belongs to europe by my government doesn't understand it. and we believe that this is part of the big lake. this is rochelle lake and korean is fitting in ukraine. and they want to gain something here. so we are here to protect our country because we don't want to be part of russia. again, dozens of media and civil society organizations affected by the legislation has said they will not comply on an official visit to the united states,
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the georgia president expressed her support for the protesters on what we thought of. no one needed this law. it came from nowhere, but maybe it was dictated from moscow. it needs to go. it needs to be repealed any way you want. i said from the 1st day that i would veto this law and i will veto the law highlights deep division in the former soviet states. on monday, a mass brawl broke out between m. p. 's debating the bill with parliament able to overturn a presidential veto. and the law passing its 1st reading comfortably. protesters c no choice, but to keep pressuring politicians from the free. pretty a car houses, era to fool americans who are kidnapped in mexico on friday have been found dead to others have been released and being treated as a u. s. hospital. the group was abducted by all men while driving into the city of not the model. the newer power reports from mexico city 2 of the 4 americans
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who were kidnapped last friday in the mexican state of demo lee pose are dead. the news was confirmed early on tuesday by the governor of demo lee buzz during a phone call with the mexico president, and that is manuel lopez over there. and i meant to call in for last year. it was fully confirmed by the prosecutors office. 2 of the, for a dead, one is injured and the other is alive. the 2 survivors of the attack have since been transferred back across the border into texas, state officials in mexico, c mexican security forces had been working in close collaboration with us f. b. i n d agents and that at least one of the alleged kidnappers has been detained. there will be by national cooperation to continue in this investigation before americans crossed into mexico last friday and reportedly on a medical tourism trip. cost per medical procedures in mexico are much lower than
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in the us, according to local reports. shortly after entering mexico, their vehicle, a white mini van was shot at by gunman. why actually? this footage appears to show the moment before passengers on board were taken away setting off in international incident. today we learned the very sad news. the mexican state and federal authorities were covered for us citizens kidnapped on march 3rd and metamorphosed mexico to us citizens will return to the united states . the bodies of 2 other us citizens killed in the same incident, were also recovered. we're providing all appropriate assistance to them and their families. we extend our deepest condolences, all 4 americans were found in the village of the call to about 24 kilometers from the border city of math models where the kidnapping took place. this area is known for being home to warring factions of the gulf cartel mexico stem. a lipa state is also among half a dozen mexican states that were recently named on
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a do not travel list by the us state department. and we'll wrap hello al jazeera. so head on out, is there a way in malaysia is people trying to recover from the latest flooding in the south of the country? and we're also in france is public sector where to strike against pins ah color, the weather is looking rather unsettled across northern parts of the middle east. we have got outbreaks of right state in the snow, spilling out the care, making its way across syria where to stay, say some more heavy showers longest, both of grey pushing across iraq into iran. and that wet weather will continue to drive its way a further east was it links back across some central and northern parts of saudi
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arabia, bits and pieces of brain. also a coming in here, but you see the where to where the will slide out of at east inside of iraq. we are . light is a bit, see some localized if not flash, flooding across parts of the region here as the system makes its way for wins. now, in the process of dying out, but still a few rows, showers just trailing in behind one or 2 showers into the far north west of africa . they are easing though it will be largely dry across north africa. over the next few days, hamilton wind picking up dust and sand just around the sun. how southern parts of west africa seeing some lively showers and big and heavy downpours in the forecast over the next couple of days. here, as is the case to still into that southwestern corner of madagascar as a tropical sy climb freddie continues to make his way back into the mozambique channel. it is re strengthening and is heading towards that eastern side mozambique . ah,
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join the debate. but you know that the sector seems empowered by history, the government, unstained by the government. today they are the government africans. how security is also a global help security on it online. 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 lou lou, welcome back to watching al jazeera and melinda all top stories. this out. these 6 palestinians have been killed during an israeli army braid in the occupied westbank
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joint forces stormed a refugee camp. and janine on tuesday fighting then broke out between troops and palestinian gum and alta house was besieged. thousands of protesters have rallied in george's, capt tbilisi against a controversial sycold foreign agents. bill protest is a worry that he could impact the hopes of joining the european union. george as president intends to veto the law. and us officials are reported to be reviewing intelligence that suggests that a pro ukrainian group carried out an attack on the north stream pipelines last year . a pipeline to carry natural gas from russia. teacher at least 5 people have been killed in flubs on days of torrential rain in malaysia. tens of thousands have been forced to leave their homes, florence louis house mo, from joe hall, and southern malaysia. flood waters have been very slow to recede. in contrast,
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they rose very quickly on saturday and residency has a they one expecting what is to rise that quickly. they barely at time together, the important belongings in escape. now you can see the watermark on the wall behind me. the water only started receding on tuesday, even though it hasn't rained much in the last few days, and it's gone down by about 20 centimeters. now in some parts behind me, the water is still up to a meter deep residence here. haven't even been able to go back to their homes to start cleaning up the last time it's flooded. this severely was about 17 years ago in 2006 and from experience people here say it will take about 2 to 3 weeks before the water completely dry out. the damage is expected to be substantial, it's not just home. businesses, plantation farms, many water logged. one man told us that he doesn't expect a source of income from his plantation for about 6 months. he thinks it will take
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that long for him to recover. now the government is giving out cash 8th and some banks have said they will offer a 6 month loan moratorium to flood the victim to france. now with thousands of mainly public sector workers have taken part in a nationwide strike against pension reforms. it's a 6 such protest this year against the french government. natasha butler reports from paris. some demonstrators in france, blocked roads, while others set out picket lines outside factories. many schools were shot and transport services were disrupted, as some public sector workers took part in a nationwide strike, broad cardiology who stopping laurie's from entering. but we've led the night walkers out yet everyone wants to strike and every one supports us. your anger is growing among workers with the french government plan to refund the pension system and raise the retirement age. by 2 years to 64, protest is in paris, said it was an erosion of they write lifelong key azure. so it's an unfair reform
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and other reform that favors the rich. it's on democratic because most people are against h. i. d l corporate law to do what the government doesn't want to hear from me because it only listens to the elite in other countries, that raising the legal age to left is not good for the country that for the economy . for the l. reforming the pension system was one of french president emanuel macros campaign promises. he says it needs to be modernized because it's too complex, because too much money volleyball in the french parliament, opposition to the reform has been at times as fierce as in the streets. but the government says it won't back down. who peddlers? why do told vickers wedding on? because you've chosen outrage, you make sweeping statements. you chose blockades and obstruction. we chose to bite and discussion through prison. macros carty doesn't have
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a parliamentary majority. supposing the reform won't be easy and pressure to scrap it is mounting. trade union leaders have called for more strikes and protests. in the coming days, natasha butler al jazeera paris, the un children's agency. unicef says malnutrition among pregnant women and girls has thought in the past 2 years. clay really? the number of pregnant and breast feeding, dulles, and girls and women suffering from acute malnutrition is up from 5 and a half 1000000 to 6900000. that's an increase of 25 percent of some of the wells poor countries. sanchez, afghanistan, somalia, and yemen happen most affected units of estimates that more than a 1000000000 women and adolescent girls worldwide, all malnourished. harriet told us, is a nutrition specialist, you know, set global headquarters and also offer the report. she says the rise in fair prices is also making it harder for women to access nutritious. well,
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it's true to say has been an issue for some time, but what we're extremely concerned about is to see that 25 percent lives in a number of severely malnourished women. of course, the last 2 years. now we know that these are countries that are extremely hard hit by conflicts by climate emergencies, such as drought and underlying quality. but the fact that the situation is getting worse is extremely alarming. and we know that to rising food prices around the world are having a non effect on these countries. i'm making it even more challenging for women to access to nutritious diets. they need. these countries also have very fragile health systems. and so pregnant women find extremely difficult to access quality care. and on top of that, they're facing discriminatory social and gender norms. in many, these countries goes my young,
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they have their 1st child as children. and they have very little control of a household income or decisions about what they do when they can access health. and we often find my discussions with these mothers, that they're often the 1st to cut back on their food. when families are struggling . all of these complex issues affecting the 3 counted as competing to succeed nicholas sturgeon, as scotlands 1st minister of hel, their 1st televised debate. they attacked each other over their roles in the government. exchanges were dominated by social and economic policy, as well as the issue of scottish independence. hurry, force reports. thank you. and next to 3 candidates had to convince scottish national party members on 2 main issues. they could deliver independence and use their current powers to improve life for scottish people for front runner homes or uses that meant building on the scottish governments. legacy. as your 1st minister, i will build and i government's radical and progressive agenda for his opponents
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shipment, distancing themselves from that legacy. the. i think he has lost its way. there's been no progress on independence. it's time for change. continuity won't cut it, use of stewardship of a crisis. hit health service gave his cabinet colleague an opportunity. one of the most confrontational moments of the debate. when you were a transport minister, the teens were never on time. when you're a justice minister there, police restrained to bake breaking point. and now as health minister, we've got record high whittle times what makes you think you can get their jobs freshman, mr. we are the only nation not to have had any chess strikes. this contest was sparked by the surprise resignation last month, a 1st minister nicholas sturgeon. she just had a high profile bill on reforming gender recognition in scotland struck down by a veto by the u. k. government. something comes a use of is pledging to challenge in court, unlike kate forbes use of implicitly alluding to her devout christian faith. let us be honest, because as of her honesty, that is your opposition to the g at arbor,
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which i respect because as differences of opinions and this panel, this was any other bell, you would be standing up to the euclid of natal and blog cause we highest on that here i don't here is that if we were independent, we wouldn't be asking anybody's permission. well, the contest has been dominated so far by differences on social policy and public services. the overarching purpose of the s and p remains to gain independence from the british government here at westminster. but with recent opinion polls in scotland, suggesting a clear margin against independence, there'll be plenty of ground to make up on the parties cor mission for its new leader. the independence question did take up most of the time in this debate. ash reagan arg, think that winning an absolute majority for the s and p at the ballot box provided a better chance than persuading the u. k. government to hold another referendum? a referendum really is just another way to use the ballot box and a referendum is not the gold standard. the ballot box is the gold standard. i'm so use of argued he was best place to stand up to westminster, kate forbes,
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that it was about showing economic competence and persuading the and persuaded all of you who told you handle, show me 100 a little time in the candidates have just under 3 weeks to make that clearer, harry faucet, al jazeera london, the u. k. 's home secretary has detailed a new law which bars the arrival of san m. c. g, as in small boats on british shores, chaney angela reports from the u. k. coastal town of south sea. small boats carried nearly $46000.00 migrants and refugees to british shows last year. this group made it, but dozens died in their attempt. the number of people crossing the english channel is increased by 60 percent. detention centers are overflowing, and as a backlog of a 160000 people waiting for a decision on their asylum applications. government has announced a new policy to deal with the issue. we are introducing legislation to make clear that if you come here illegally,
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you can't claim asylum. you can't benefit from our modern slavery protections. you can't make spurious, human rights claims, and you can't stay. we will detain those who come here illegally and then remove them in weeks, either to their own country, if it is safe to do so, or to a safe 3rd country like rwanda. but the migrants and refugees in france waiting to make the crossing insist, nothing will deter them. i'm prepared, i'm here for a little am. i'm glad the like to do my, my life. you know, beside the going to england. here. charities who work with refugees won't stopping small boats like these will deny legitimate asylum seekers. the protection they need, it's going to lead to potentially tens of thousands of people being detained across the country for a period of time. we don't know and, and it will, you know,
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push people into destitution and misery. what, and it won't have any impact on the numbers of people who are forced to take dangerous journeys across the channel each year. instead, they want the government to invest more in the so called safe passage routes for refugees to reach the u. k. at the moment it's only available for those playing ukraine, hong kong and afghanistan. there are any 22 afghans use this path last year. while 8600 arrived by small boat, 65000 refugees and migrants are expected to cross the saddle full boat in the next 10 month, according to the home office. whether the proposed policy will deter them or even encourage a fresh wave remains to the theme. what flesh is that legal and practical challenges with you? that is, nathan will be in charlie angela out there south c.

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