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who as early forces kill 6 palestinians in a raid on the janine refugee camp in the occupied west bank. ah, i must inside the sound, is there a lie from doha. also coming up, us officials are reportedly investigating whether a pro ukrainian group was behind the attack on the nord stream pipelines last year . thousands of protesters march in the george and capital against a controversial bill that could hurt the countries hopes of joining the european union. and 2 of for us citizens kidnapped and mexico all found dead to others have now been released. ah, the 6 palestinians have been killed during an israeli army raid in the occupied
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west bank. strange forces stormed a refugee camp in jeanine on tuesday. israel's prime minister says one of the dead had been responsible for killing to israelis last month. sorry carrot has us report be hundreds, gather at a funeral march for the 6 palestinians killed in an israeli raids that lasted several hours. israel says one of them was wanted for killing 2 is radio from an illegal settlement near her water over a week ago. he's ready, troops use shoulder fired missiles to destroy a house, where they say the 49 year old suspect, barricaded himself, who as you can see, even if they demolished all our houses, our spirits will remain high. we hope, the injured recover. peace be upon those who died la dodgers of palestinians were wounded during the raid. the time difference is once able to reach many of those in critical condition. while the injured palestinians remained on attended,
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helicopters were used to evacuate soldiers her during the confrontations. no harm in what seemed operate sheets operated surgically in the heart of the murderous den . and as i say again and again whoever hurts us in his blood is on his hands. palestinian officials save his late his rate amounts to his railey declaration of war against the palestinians. we have to see the link between the difficulties that are in the 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 set top is rated grades, demolitions and settlement expansion in the occupied west bank amounts to
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collective punishment. send 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 dest 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. a hi, this is al jazeera ramallah in the occupied west bank. the ukraine president valadez lensky says his troops will keep defending the besieged eastern city of buck moose, dismissing reports that they are preparing to withdraw. been one of the bloody as
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baffles of the war. when russia would give president vladimir putin a symbolic victory, and smith reports it, a village, 17 kilometers west of van mart, ukraine's military diggs new trenches, a suggestion. perhaps this could be a new line of defense. to get the buckley we leaving, we remained until the very last we want to stay. but how can we, it's a time to go. the last remaining residence leave ukraine soldiers move in. ukrainian government says it's not withdrawing from back, not unusual as us, but due to me, the russians don't count losses another personnel, military vehicle. they push you to take back moot as a matter of principle for them. and for us, it's a matter of principle to defend us. it's not just a city disassembled, a fortress of back moot. the strategic value of back much is far outweighed by symbolic value. russian forces have been waging an intense campaign for months to
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seize control of the small city they call audio mosque. if they take it, it will become the russians 1st significant territorial advance in more than 6 months. up front negotiate was. the liberation of our human continues or the city that important hub for defending ukrainian troops in the done by system. taking it under control with a law firm that offensive actions to become deep into ukraine's defensive lines. to course napoleon, russia says it's alex, 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, al jazeera intelligence, being reviewed by us officials suggests that a pro ukrainian group may have carried out an attack on the node stream pipelines
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last year. according to the new york times, the usa to both describe the explosion as an act of sabotaged moscow. blame the west and natural gas pipeline length, russia to western europe and was targeted in september. my canada has more washington d. c. the white house from the national security council, the state department, there's absolutely no confirmation whatsoever of this 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 this just reflects the vacuum that has existed within asserting
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blamed for this attack. now thousands of protesters have rallied in georgia as capitol tbilisi against a controversial called foreign agents bill. opponent say it's on democratic and could her the country's chances of joining the e u. fatty car reports the sight of georgia parliament. demonstrators stood their ground against riot police, firing tear gas and water cannon. 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 to love with the press press, freedom and civil society and it's highlighted broader
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discontent of what is seen as deepening alignment with russia by the countries governing dream party led by prime minister iraqi eric wishfully. suddenly, the current government, the georgia dream political partner, has moved 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 the european union foreign policy chief, joseph burrell, as called a law, a very bad development. protesters say that bill it's on democratic and harms. george has chances of joining the block. i came here because i, i know that in my country i belong to the europe. why to my government doesn't understand it. and we believe that this is part of the big play. this is russia play and korean is fitting damage in ukraine and they want to gain something here. so we're 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 have
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said they will not comply on an official visit to united states. the george and president expressed her support for the protesters. it's gone always harvey, softer. 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 it . ah. the law highlights deep divisions in the former soviet state. on monday, a mass brawl broke out between and peace, debating to bill with parliament able to overturn a presidential veto and the law passing its 1st reading comfortably. protesters see no choice but to keep pressuring politicians from the streets. pretty a car powder 0 to a for americans who were kidnapped in mexico on friday, been found dead to others, have been released and are being treated out
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a u. s. hospital. the group was abducted by armed men while driving into the city of matamoros, manu, or polar reports. the 2 of the 4 americans who were kidnapped last friday in the mexican state of demo leap, us are dead. the news was confirmed early on tuesday by the governor of t. m l. the bus during a phone call with mexico president. and that is manuel lopez over at the coffee model for last year. it was fully confirmed by the prosecutor's office. 2 of the 4, 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 and 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
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this investigation before americans crossed into mexico last friday and reportedly on a medical tourism trip has cost for medical procedures in mexico are much lower than in the us according to local reports. shortly after entering mexico, their vehicle a white mini van was shot at by gunman. 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 were returned to 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. lipa state is
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also among half a dozen mexican states that were recently named on a do not travel list by the u. s. state department. when will apollo al jazeera the white house has urged congress to pass a bill that could see take soak band in the united states. president biden has said he will sign the law would give us authorities a power to band foreign technologies that may pose security threats. still head on out is era where malaysia people trying to recover from the latest flooding in the south. the country for all st. francis public sector work a strike against pension ah ah.
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color, the weather is looking rather unsettled across northern parts of the middle east. we have got outbreaks of right sleet and snow spilling out the care, making its way across syria where to stay, say some more heavy showers longest, both afraid 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 arabia, bits and pieces of brain. also coming in here because the where to where the will slide out of out east the side of iraq. we are likely to be see some localized if not flash, flooding across parts of the region here as the system makes its way for winds. 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 sa hell southern parts of west africa, seeing some lively showers some big and heavy downpours in the forecast over the
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next couple of days. here. as, as the case to still in that southwestern corner of ver, madagascar, as a tropical cycling, freddie continues to make his way back into the mozambique channel. it is re strengthening and is heading towards that eastern side, mozambique. ah. but every 3 days, the woman is king in the murderer of women and unprecedented levels of domestic violence have shopped easily to the call. the violence is more violent, violent men are younger. why does it keep happening? and what can be done to stop it? this is not the price i want my daughter and all the daughters to pay. that's not the country i want to witness. famous video for me is very simply the question of power on o g 0. ah
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ah, it watching out, is there a reminder thoughts, hope, stories last hour and a 6 palestinians have been killed during an israeli army raid in the occupied west bank israeli forces stormed a refugee camp in jeanine on tuesday. icing them broke out between troops and palestinian gunmen off to house was besieged. u. s. officials are reported to be reviewing intelligence that suggest that a pro ukrainian group carried out an attack on the north stream pipelines last year . the pipelines carry natural gas from russia to europe. thousands of protesters have rallied and george's capital tbilisi against a controversial so called foreign agents, felt protested and worried. it could impact the hopes of joining the european union
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. george's president intends to veto and all the united nations is appealing for international aid. to help wrangler refugees in bangladesh. a large fire account and coaxes bazaar destroyed more than 2000 homes on sunday temporary chandry house. this update more than a 1000000 ro hang or refugees in cox's bazaar depend on food and other rations provided by the un and other agencies. the help has been vital for many here, like lama and his family members. but he is not worried about a recent cut to russians at a time when help is needed the most and saluted as him mostly because of the new rationing. we can't get all the food items like we used to. we want to how it is now going to be difficult to manage with so little huh. it's not just the cuts to 8 that's worrying the ro hang a community. people who live here say fire and incidents of violence are becoming
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increasingly frequent in the camp. a large fire last sunday destroyed the makeshift homes are more than 12000 people that does it, motherly. after playing the fire, we came back to rebuild our home. right now our relatives are bringing us some hot food out. it's a hard time for us all name when i was yet of about that. i easy. rezina della portillo is with the you and refugee agency. she says the rowing crisis is still an emergency and needs extended funding. among the most interesting parts of this joint plan is that we will be scaling up the education, the access to skill development, the access we've been livelihood. because we want refugees to be more self reliant, to be able to support each other to be part of their response. when he think the repercussion of this cut will be immediate and long lasting ration cut to le, definitely affect her dear and your community. so when you go for a sion card that will affect the children particularly reward or you know,
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below 18 years sold, suffering from malnutrition, the level will be going down further down the rowing a wreckage is leaving a restricted environment with barbed wire fences and limited freedom of movement outside the camp, they don't have opportunities for work, access to formal education, or any hope of returning home any time soon. many fling the camp for countries like militia seeking a better life. this often involves a dangerous and often fatal journey with the help of human smugglers. 6 years on the growing refugee crisis, showing no sign of running down 30 patch ation process is nowhere inside and management or more than 1000000 refugees. the bangladesh is hosting is becoming increasingly complex and challenging. trying to charge a, i'll just bought a collie. these 5 people have been killed in floods after days of torrential rain in malaysia. tens of thousands of people have been forced to leave the homes. lawrence leery house. more on joe hall and southern malaysia flood waters have been
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very slow to receipt. in contrast, 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. so resident here haven't even been able to go back to their homes to start cleaning up the last time it 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
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a source of income from his plantation for about 6 months. he thinks it will take that long for him to recover. now the government is giving out cash aid and some banks that they will offer a 6 month loan moratorium to flood the victim. in france, thousands of mainly public sector workers have taken part in a nationwide strike against pension reforms. it's the thick such protest this year against the french government. natasha by the records from paris, with some demonstrators in france, blocked roads, while others set up 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. every one wants to strike, and every one supports us. anchor is growing among workers with the french government plan to refund the pension system and raise the retirement age by 2
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years to $64.00. protest is in paris, said it was an erosion of they write lifelong chargers. it's an unfair reform, another reform that favors the rich, it's on democratic because most people or against states, idea over at law to do what the government doesn't want to hear from anybody, because it only listens to the elite we've seen in other countries. that raising the legal age to live is not good for the country, not for the economy that for the hell reforming the pension system was one of the french president emanuel macros campaign promises. he says it needs to be modernized because it's too complex and cost too much money. valley now, 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 with that most wide loophole to witness wedding on the garage or you've chosen outrage. you make sweeping statements you chose
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blockades and obstruction. is what we chose to bite and discussion prison. my cross party doesn't have a parliamentary majority, so pausing 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 3 candidates competing to succeed, nicholas sturgeon, as scotlands 1st minister of hell. that 1st televised debate. they attacked each other over their roles, and the government exchanges were dominated by social and economic policy as well as scottish independence harry force report next to 3 candidates had to convince scottish national party members on to 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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it meant 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, want to 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 10th, whenever on time, when you are 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 do a better job? first minister, we are the only nation not to have had any chess strikes. this contest was sparked by the surprised resignation. last month, a 1st minister at 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 geography,
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which i respect because there's differences of opinions on this panel. this was any other bell you would be standing up to the euclid of natalie and block cause we asked i last year i failed here is that if we were independent, we wouldn't be asking anybody's permission while 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 co mission for its new leader. the independence question did take up most of the time in this debate. ash reagan arguing that being an absolute majority for the s n p at the ballot box provided a better chance than persuading the u. k. government to hold another referendum. i referendum really is just another way to use the ballot box on a referendum is not the gold standard. the ballot box is the gold standard. use if 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 un persuaded one of you who told you, i'm not sure what the candidates have just on the 3 weeks to make that clearer. harris will sit al jazeera london in paris. 6 soldiers have drowned while trying to cross a river in a region where a protest is all demanding. the president, resigns area husband, the api sent a protest against the blue was a she summoned by the prosecutor over death among the protesters. arianna sanchez, reports from the young recruit is laid to rest. 6 soldiers died trying to cross the river in full know the oldest was 24. the youngest 19 all belonged to the southern region where many are demanding precedents, never work this resignation. a survivor says protestors attack them with sticks and rocks over the only way to save our lives was to enter the river. but social media
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radio shows peasants escorting the soldiers out of their community not attacking them. the only reporter, presence of soldiers have changed their version of what happened. not that, no one was in front of them throwing stones. they were alone and entered the river for shortcut. some went through another thing. we ran down to the shores. survivor said the officer in charge gave him the order to open fire and cross the river. bruno remains among the most conflicted ridden area in the country. in january, 18 people were killed in one day of demonstration, all by firearms. you and human rights experts are worried, the government's repression is increasing. the calling for an investigation into claims of rights violations. more than 60 people have died in 3 months of unrest. on tuesday, proceed in boulevard. they were summoned by the nations prosecutor to explain the deaths. although her press office says she gave her version of things. critics say the session was suspended before it even started. critically, the government hasn't any political costs or taken responsibility for the deaths
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these past 3 months. instead of being demoted as many demanded, former defense minister, pamela was awarded. the post of prime minister, idler also under investigation, has told prosecutors he didn't know if the soldiers had been ordered to open fire against protesters. we'd like to throw this attitude of wanting to disassociate themselves from events to which they are politically legally and constitutionally linked. seems to be almost suicidal, all they assume the responsibility directly, and that has a very high political costs or deny their responsibilities. both situations are serious, and i have opted for the latter. when the parents of the victims are clear about who's responsible for the death of their children, they are no colon for justice medina, santas, and just cedar lima. the un children's agency. unicef says malnutrition
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among pregnant women and girls has soared in the past 2 years globally. the number of pregnant and breast feeding and dallas and girls and women suffering from acute malnutrition is up from 5500000 to 6900000. as an increase of 25 percent. now some of the world's poor as countries such as afghanistan somalian, yemen have been most affected. unicef estimates that more than $1000000000.00 women and a dollars and girls world wide are malnourished. harriet told us as a nutrition specialist at unicef, she's also the author of the report and she says the rise in food prices is also making it harder for women to access nutritious diets. well, it is true to say have been an issue for some time, but what we excuse me concerned about is to see that 25 percent lives in the number of severely malnourished women of the course the last 2 years. now we know that these countries are extremely hard hit by conflicts by climate emergencies,
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such as drought, an underlying poverty. but the fact that the situation is getting worse is extremely alarming. and we know that rising through prices around the world are having a knock on 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 disclaimer, tweet, social agenda norms. in many these country is go very young. they have their 1st shout as children. they have very little control of a household income or decisions about what they are when they can access health care. and we often find some discussions with these mothers that they're often the 1st to cut back a message when families str.

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