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join the debate, we know that the such resume is empowered by the z, the government, unstained by the daily government to day they are to government africa's house security is also a global health security. on an 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 dream on al jazeera ah, to. ready thousands of greeks are protesting against what they say is the government's failings in last month's deadly trait in college. ah,
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madison, this is all to do alive from doha. also coming o o, o, o test against italy's cracked on a migrant. as hundreds of rescued from the mediterranean crisis grips the b, b. c, the u. case public broadcasters to counsel sports shows in a deepening row about impartiality. and we look at the plight of somali refugees in kenya after escaping violence. the severe drought ah, greece is going through another day of protest. thousands of people have been demonstrating across the country for more than a week after the train accident, the killed, 57 people. labor unions. the students have joined the protest outside parliament. the demonstrators have been demanding action to fix the countries neglected railways. the government issued an apology after wednesday's protest, so tens of thousands rally outside parliament. johnson populous reports from athens
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. of the political mood is very confrontational towards the government, which has been bending over backwards to appease public opinion. just 2 days ago, the government announced that it would pay for national pensions equivalent to roughly $1800.00 per family. for each of those $57.00 people killed and some of the reactions to that were facetious. there was a post from a young man on facebook this morning saying, i apologize to my family for not being among the 57 deceased. they could have got a nice pension out of it and that would have supported them into their old age. um, the government also trying to reassure people that by the end of the month when railways start operating again, at least that is the government plan. all precautions will have been taken to have full staffing and properly trained stuff on platforms and,
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and on trains. and by the end of the some of the prime minister has promised he's going to have all those automated safety systems that didn't work on the nice of february 28th installed throughout the system. we're talking about automatic signaling, automatic breaking, and telemetry showing control is where trains are and where they're headed at all times. but the message on the street to day which ended the protest ended at the hellenic railways organization, officers behind me here was one of skepticism and confrontation towards the government. italian coast guard has rescued more than 1300 migrants in refugees in the mediterranean sea. they were crammed into 3 boats . italy's government wants to curb the growing number of arrivals, but it's under pressure to intervene and safe. micros mcgarvey, what separate reports a race to rescue hundreds of migrants and a mediterranean,
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the italian navy, and coast guard launch an operation to reach 3 boats of south of calabria. they pull those on board to safety and take them to italian ports. there among 5000 migrants and refugees to reach italy since wednesday rescued. say the numbers are overwhelming. especially in the central mediterranean sea route. and this calling is absolutely caustic, especially in a couple of days of our song, the seo tool we for example, with this 90 and distress katie's on the end of march. another 41 on the 9 of march and 6 yesterday. and we also witness to show one in front of tunisia where he's 40 and strong and another one. and number 2 is one room. and if drawn last month, another boat washed up on a beach in the calabria region, at least $76.00 people were killed in that accident. the victims include
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a young girl whose body was only discovered on saturday. february's shipwreck has angered the local community. thousands protested on saturday against the government . they accused of failing to intervene and save migrants. they say prime minister georgia maloney's plan to crack down on human traffickers is not the answer. once, as long as we are in control to demonstrate for these victims and for all the victims of the sea, i hope the stops them. it is necessary to face that migrant issue with the creation of secure and legal channels. because hardening the sentences of smugglers will not stop this phenomena. meanwhile, facilities to process migrants and refugees are at breaking point. italy's defense ministry says it's breaking to transfer thousands of people from the island of lamp reduced to the mainland. official say more than 17000 people have arrived by sea this year alone. that's almost 3 times the number for the same period last year and
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with some are approaching. that number is expected to grow. malibu mud, separate al jazeera, both ukraine and russia say they've killed hundreds of enemy tubes in the last 24 hours in the fight for control of bach mood and eastern ukraine. he says, defending the cities important to buy time for a plan come to offensive. russian forces aided by the bags of private military women by foods could pay the way to further advances. i'll just see this house on my suit reports from just outside. that's my bag. haney, when i heard you dunphy swats for shelling is increasing. we heard a time since yesterday. also we heard mutual sharing between the russian and ukrainian forces, which means russian attempts to progress towards the west of back moves and surround the control that are ongoing. but the ukrainian forces, as they always say, are trying to prevent the russians from progressing. the russians are trying to control the western area because it is the only area under the control of ukrainian
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forces. still, there are ukrainian reinforcements coming to back to prevent the russian forces from controlling and dominating the area. the cranes have confirmed their strong resistance and added that they are now trying to deplete the russian forces. and wagner mercenaries, some sources say there were 54 military clashes yesterday between the russian and ukrainian forces around backlit. a number that is half of the total classes between the 2 sides along all front attacks and counter attacks are also ongoing and feca south have done yet and insulted are in the north. ukrainian military. reinforcements also went to copy and used car keys, syria state news agencies, as the armies intercepted several missiles, loans by israel targeting sites in the northwest. 3 syrian soldiers were injured in the attack in the provinces of talk to some hummer, but activists say at least 2 members of a pro rated on google, killed in this joints. there's really army says 3 palestinian gunman have been killed off to the open fire soldiers in the occupied west by another gunman is sent
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to have been taken into custody. at least a t palestinians, and 14 israelis have been killed in violence since the beginning of the year. liberal jewish americans are planning to hold a rally, protesting about the visit of the israeli finance minister basil l smartly. she's in washington dc to attend a conference organized by a us based organization promoting the purchase of israeli government securities. the extreme right wing politician had called for the town of her water in the occupied west bank to be a raised after 2 israeli settlers were killed their last month. smart as his comments coincided with a violent response by settlers in which one palestinian was killed or from lorna's, we're going to go live to our white house correspondent, kimberly hall could. so there's been strong opposition to this visit. what's going on? yes, trial position and the biden administration is aware of it. in fact, there was an internal meeting and consultation within the state department,
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but ultimately the issue for the state department, although it did condemn the comments that came from the israeli finance minister, where he called for the palestinian village to be wiped out. they called this repugnant, but the problem is, is that the bar for denying a visa is very, very high, both legally, as well as diplomatically and so the vital ministrations hands were tied there. essentially they're feeling is that is sentimentally, emotionally. they, they agree with those who are protesting this visit, but there's nothing that they can do. and so the visa with issue of but for the most part, what's happening is that there will be a very large protest outside the hotel of these really finance minister. one would expect that if he's planning to sleep on sunday evening in washington,
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it's going to be very difficult. and kimberly's visa has been granted because as you say, the u. s. government has to do that, it's obliged to do, given the circumstances bots. there are all these protests that are going on. what is the finance mr actually hoping to achieve with his visit? well, i officially, the reason that he will be visiting washington is to speak and give an important address to a conference that is known as the is israel. bonds is an investment conference. and so this is an important address and it's designed to sort of a promotion and encourage investment. and so this is something that he hopes to have the participation of members of the biden administration. but already we know that that's not going to be the case. no u. s. government official is going to participate in this, so that is already something that has been foiled. we also know that when he goes to meet in new york city,
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that there are going to be meetings that have been cancelled. there are deliberate shutting that is taking place of this visit. he has been scheduled to meet with the director of the international monetary fund or i m f that is still scheduled to go ahead. but all along the way there are planned protests. what we know is that high level officials, including 3 of the former us ambassador to israel, as well as dozens of other of high profile liberal as well as centrist groups, are protesting this visit and are planning to very uh, officially either exclude him from meetings or shun him in a very high profile way, so it's going to be very difficult for him to conduct any of the business that he is hoping to achieve. so in terms of trying to do some of the a port networking, as is really finance minister, i imagine that it is going to be difficult. and once again, the official visits that he is hoping to achieve in terms of meeting with the by
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the administration have already been cancelled at our white house correspondent, kimberly holden. kimberly thank you. the bbc is apologizing for cancelling several sports programs over the weekend because of a boy called by presenters and pundits. they refused to work after the case, public broadcaster suspended the match to the day host gary linux tweeting against the government's new asylum secret policy. lenika, a former football storm is one of the best known public figures in britain. the broadcaster says he breached impartiality guidelines. or the latest controversy comes as criticism, is mounting on a number of actions taken by the u. k. public broadcaster, and specifically it's chairman, richard sharp, opponent say shop is too close to the governing conservative party. and that this is affecting the bbc's impartiality. an independent review into his actions is being conducted by a lawyer looking at his appointment as chairman and whether or not there any
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conflicts of interest. one issue is, is role in a $960000.00 loan to then prime minister bought us johnson sharp says he was not directly involved in arranging the loan shop was also a donor to the conservative party raising questions over his political leanings, the bbc is also conducting an internal review into these matters that even bothers following developments. force in london, opposition, labor party, vera shadow chancellor. rachel rees is accused conservative m p 's administers of pressuring the bbc in recent days to take action against gary lenika. and it was several days before on friday they actually suspended him. everybody thought that the, the rail had blown over after a few days of right wing press coverage. the cabinet minister, jeremy hunts has, has been on the air waves on sunday. he wasn't directly asked if the government had directly interfered. he was asked if he thought the bbc top management were too close to the conservatives. he said it wasn't
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a matter for him to comment on the same as he's saying the tweets by garland really isn't a matter for him to comment on. although he didn't agree with his view. so the government trying to step back, having previously not pushed back when the newspapers were calling for linux to go to the b b. c as institution is still very popular. not just that gary linux is a very popular figure. and in the past, people like him who have freelance have got away with tweeting out or writing about their own opinions while not own and as long as they wouldn't seem to be speaking for the b b. c. that was okay. so there's the inconsistency. some people are pointing to one form of director general saying that linux did technically bring the guidelines other say it's still a gray area. still had an al jazeera holly was preparing to hand out the little gold statues. once again, we're gonna move to the actors directors and the films took to win big. the 95th academy awards. ah
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hello, we've got yet more snow in the forecast for japan, we got cement heavier burst making the way across more than the western parts of the country. but i'm pleased to say it will be short lived. his next area of low pressure disturbances co front makes its way through. it will feed some wet weather and that when she weather in across japan as we go one through monday, but brighter skies already started to come back in behind. yeah. sadie 7 degrees celsius there and so and 14 for basing on monday. but as we go on into tuesday, temperatures picking up quite nicely and will be fine and try across to pen about state with some pleasant spring sunshine for all sunshine to into central parts of china. and down towards the south as well. maybe one or 2 showers there into shanghai, we got some showers turned to vietnam over the next day or so we'll see some wet
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weather coming through here. still some very heavy showers, affecting borneo, but not as wet as it has been recently. that wet weather just sliding a little further east, which as we go on through tuesday, see some bright skies coming back behind. welcome sunshine, marty dry to across the malay peninsula. so caliber and singapore sing plenty of sunshine. plenty of sunshine to into india over the next day or so some what a to shower say, which was so the planes as we go through the next hour or so. and still hot in pakistan. ah, who's breaking down the headlines to expose in the power attempting to silence reporting? what did you do? what to, to investigate? why didn't you ask the question? there are many during that sensor these will help, but she link effects on subsequent stories. the listening post doesn't cover the news. it covers the way the news is compet to suppress moderate. and in some cases, amplify the content you see on your primal bill, if he has own which is era,
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move ah, watching all the 0 reminder, what top stories this are greeks are protesting on the streets, the capital, athens of what they say are the failings of the government, following the trained collision that killed 57, the demanding action to fix bruce is neglected. williams, the time coast guard has rescued more than 1300 migrants and refugees from the mediterranean espouses, protested against the countries hard line policy a. so he's government wants to curb an increase of arrivals, but it's under pressure to save migrants that have risk of driving. there's really
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army says 3 palestinian gun. them have been killed off to the open fire at soldiers in the occupied west back at least 80 palestinians of 14 israelis have been killed in violence so far this year the u. s. and the u. k. so they're working to minimize damage from the collapse of silicon valley bank published by melissa richey. so canada's finance minister, jeremy hunt. so they're trying to find a solution to secure customers deposits. there is a serious risk to our technology and life sciences sectors, many of whom bank with this bang, that most people who have heard of the silicon valley bank. but it happens to look after the money of some of our most promising and exciting businesses. and so i want to reassure people, i've been in discussions over the weekend until late last night with the chancellor, with the prime minister, the governor of the bank of england. many other people, and we are working pace on a solution. washington treasury secretary janet yellows rolled out
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a rescue package for the farm which was central to the tech startup industry. last week's collapse was the largest failure of the us buying since the 20 wait financial crisis. my kind of reports, it all happened over a $48.00 period. following reports, the bank had liquidity problems. deposit is rushed to withdraw their funds, and the bank simply ran out of money. regulators quickly seize the remaining assets and took over. the bank is insured, but this is kept at $250000.00, which is devastating for big investors. and we will get it access to $250000.00 on monday. but after that, trying to get access, the remaining capital is going to take months. so the reality is we can operate our business without accessing some capital. the bank mainly service the high tech industry, but its collapse caused a ripple effect that spread through the banking sector. in old us bank step so far
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last about a $100000000000.00 in market value. but experts point out that this collapse is different from what happened to the washington neutral bank in 2008. that was the largest bank failure in us history. i don't think that there's going to be a wide effect on the whole economy in 2008. what happened there was to do we really states residential mortgages, ordinary people's homes, only people's businesses. i don't think that's going to happen this time. i think it's much more contained important and this is not credit related. it's not like people are defaulted at a high rate. they're just taking out their money. so it's sort of a self inflicted prophecy. you know, if people weren't freaking out, it actually wouldn't be a problem. but despite these reassurances, financial institutions on nova 3 waiting out the weekend, hoping that when the markets reopen on monday, the off to shocks off the collapse will have subsided. my cannot obvious era
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washington frances controversial plan to reform its pension system, has moved a step closer to becoming law. the french senate has approved the plan and it's not going to be sent to a committee to work in a final draft that have been weeks of process against changes which would raise the retirement age. 60 to 64 gunman have killed at least 19 people in a village in northeastern democratic republic of congo. uglies officials say fighters from the allied democratic forces were behind the attack. the, our group was also cues of carrying out a raid that killed $44.00 people on wednesday. if it, it was ha, while got 3 days, don't go by without us recording. this is the result of barbaric of the adf terrace . that's why once again, we repeat, we need a considerable military force that can contribute to do situation of peace. more than a 100000 somalis of fled to neighboring king years, the region grapples with its worst. dryden for decades, aid workers at the dom,
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refugee camp. se there's struggling to cope with a number of people arriving every day. catherine saw reports from the camp in northeastern kenya. i last saw aiden mohammed and her family recently arrived at the di dab refugee camp. she left her village in la, juba, in somalia. when ha 4 grandchildren died because she had no food to keep them. is a drought in the horn of africa. 6 rainy seasons have file's the hurt. then in the last drought in 2011, we will surviving on good skin and wild foods. in this drought, we can't even get that. our options are limited. this drought is more severe. more than 100000 somalis of crossed into kenya since last year, and they keep coming, aid workers say they're struggling to give them their basic needs. this is the longest dry spell in for decades. even life saving is
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a challenge for us right now. yes, we are providing food, wi fi, wi fi, providing food. and we are providing a water and sanitation. and that is as far as it goes in medical or we, they have access to medical structures. but because of the lack of funding or insufficient funding, even those structures, new structures can not be put in place. so they are overcrowded. the existing structures is mile ali muhammad is pitching a tent on the edge of the camp. he has to scrounge to have a roof over his children's heads. howard rang but bar until the people have been dying. the journey from somalia was desperate. there was nothing to eat, no water to drink. i know people who died on the way such shelters as scattered across the area that host more than 300000 refugees, majority of whom, half flag from conflict and droughts. most of the people who are coming to this
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area on the outskirts of di dab camps are not registered as refugees yet. so they are struggling to survive. they have very little water and food. the refugees get cereals, cooking oil and some cash every month. but the new arrivals have to wait a little longer to access the services is also a vetting process to ensure those who are coming in a not a security threat. those like is mile mohammed who are making the journey to this camps. said he just wants to stay alive. catherine saw alta 0, the dab refugee camp nicholas john inch from the world's hoop program and maya tells us the drought has been made much worse by prolonged conflict in the country . the impact of the growth is overlaid with the system conflict and insecurity. they continue to exacerbate re impact of of the druids,
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and that's up on the fact that they didn't crisis, but that's force. and so massive people are displacement and the restrict you might have access to those who need it the most as we speak today, there are still there is still about how some media and people living a very friend, rhea out of the reach of you, my assistance due to the prevailing security condition, but it is important to get assistance to the people in this outreach i area and excluding areas where conflicts makes access difficult. diversity of an expanded footprint in somalia, and we are using various innovative crash in our program, i think, and supply chain solutions to deliver support. these are to which area such as mobile money, for instance, we are transferring more money, derek, to be officially so they can get the financial access to the, the nearest market. we're still, we are using multi mode of transport to deploy all our assets and our team on
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the grounds who are really working tire actually with a government partners and to, to, to push further into the anger outskirts, where access rename the challenge california is having to deal with yet lower extremes spring time whether some parts of the state of buried under meters of snow, while flooding and other areas has killed these 2 people forced thousands out of their homes or splint jordan reports. for the 10th time this winter, california has been hit with what meteorologists call an atmospheric river. narrow bands of tropical moisture that jump lots of rain in a short amount of time, creating a mess for residents. people who live in the town of ha, have lost everything the lobby holding back a nearby river collapsed on friday night. the tell mayor tweeted he has appealed for state and federal help. he said,
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it will take months for residents to repair their homes farther south in the mountains near los angeles brain isn't the only threat. several meters of snow have fallen in the area, trapping residence in their homes and creating safety hazards. the weight of the snow as it comes down as it starts to fries will compress oriental drop on the gas meters, causing them to, to back up in cause gas leaks. and as he had a couple fires in the area due to that, laurie, you were said after 2 weeks of snow. the last thing she needs is rain night put tarps around my big firm, so it wouldn't flood my house. what laurie you were and tens of thousands of california residents would love to see right now a break in the weather so they can rebuild their lives. rosalind jordan al jazeera, not a few hours hollywood begins hunting out as most coveted prizes, and organizers are hoping for calm off to last year's academy awards were
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overshadowed by an infamous on sage slop. but this year's oscar race has already had his version of controversy as 100 castro reports from los angeles. these will be the 95th academy awards. and the critics favorite for best picture is everything everywhere, all at once. nominated in 11 categories that john was jumping film about navigating familial drama and the multiverse features a majority asian cast. there's never been this many act i is an actor nominees. if michelle jo winds she for leading actress. she would be only the 2nd woman of color to ever went in. the category won't black actors were nominated in the leading role categories, nor were any women nominated for best director. that's renewed criticism of the oscars lack of diversity. we saw a couple of um, re great performances and directors that got overlooked also for best picture or
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the blockbuster sequels avatar, the way of water and top gun, never it. but it's the german war film, all quiet on the western front, that critics say may deliver a surprise when comedian jenny kimball will host for the 3rd time, expect jokes about last year's lap with a capital s. when after will smith attacked host chris rock over a comment about smith's wife. the show's producers were criticized for allowing smith to stay until the end. this year. a crisis team is reportedly ready for anything. and smith is banned from attending. also, missing will be ukraine's president vladimir zalinski, who's reported request to make a virtual address as you did at the berlin film festival, last month was declined by oscars organizers in the evenings, intent is to focus solely on hollywood achievements. what we're honoring is these
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people who are at the top of their game. they've produced art for us. that's very important. and that makes a difference in the world. this year's oscars will be a test of whether the show has truly rebound from the pandemic following 2 years of the lowest ratings ever. and unlike last year, all $23.00 categories will be presented live, which will make for another long show at a test of the viewing public's endurance. heidi joe castro al jazeera los angeles. ah, this is all 0. these are the top stores. greeks are being protesting in the capital, athens about what they say of the governments, families following the train collision that killed 57 people, but amounting action to fix grease is neglect. to drill. john, so helpless has more format the message.
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