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i know i'm elizabeth bronman. this is the news allen live from dog. ha, coming off of the next 60 minutes, ango in malawi, at the lack of rescue services, afterwards was flaws the president appeals for international. how'd the u. s. it releases dramatic a new video showing the bonded to russian fighter jet collided with an american drawing over the black sea. credit suisse chairs partially recover off to the swiss central bank for a lifeline. european stock market. the open higher of the news. japan and south korea agree to resume shuttle diplomacy and resolve trade dispute as the leaders of both countries made for the 1st time and 12 years. i'm trying to get charles, go with the sports is defending champions, rel, madrid reach the quarter finals of the chem, his late at italian leaders. napoli joined them qualifying for the last sites in the 1st time in the history of the club.
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ah, we begin in malawi, where the president has appealed for global support. after tropical cyclone freddy hit the east of southern africa on the weekend. for a 2nd time, malawi is commercial hub blan tire, has seen the most damage with flooding in the mud slides. at least 225 people have died. hundreds of missing rescuers scramble to reach survivors mostly around blan tire after us, a freddie smashed into the country and neighboring mozambique triggering floods and landslides. the government has promised $1500000.00 to assess the 10s of thousands of millenniums affected by the storm. but there is an anger about the lack of rescue services or 5 of the miller has more from milan j. this is milan, joe, west, just outside of the commercial capital blan tire. we infrastructure such as roads, telephone poles, as well as electricity poles have been completely destroyed. now this road behind
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us is a gaping hole, and people have placed logs across it so others can cross, but they can only cross if they can pay people who place these poultry or a charging or not. everybody has the money to use this. make sure bridge, they don't have the money they have to you as an alternative route which is far more dangerous. now people are using those logs to move everything from food to water, bicycles, motor bikes, as well as bits and pieces from destroyed homes like window frames there, trying to get across to melinda over the bridge, just to hit her boss. and even then, that's covered in debris. 12 news now in the us military has released the video of the encounter between russian fighter jets and a u. s. strong. has been a growing war of words between moscow and washington over the us drone that crashed in the black sea in a phone call. russia's defense minister told us counterpart that drone flights the crimea will provocative. earlier. the u. s. at the aircraft was intentionally
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harassed by a russian fight as yet, but it wasn't sure if the collision was deliberate. that's broken. our white house correspondent kimberly helped, but she's joining us from washington dc. and the video seems to confirm the u. s. account of what happened. kimberly yeah, this is your magic footage. what it shows is exactly what the united states seems to have said that occurred a, it is roughly 43 seconds in total that has been released. and what it shows is the m q 9 reaper drone. and the moment that the fighter jets, those russian fighter just as you 27 are intercepted at the rear of the drone. but before that it is dramatic. what you see are 2 passes of the fighter jet. and the footage is taken from the under side of the drone and you see the saturating of the drone as it is covered in jet fuel before the rear propeller is struck and
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that is where the collision occurs. now, this really differs with what the account by the russians are saying. they're saying that it was a sharp maneuver of the drone that ultimately caused it to crash into the black sea . what we do know now is that it is at the bottom of the black sea, and well there are efforts to retrieve it, given the depths that it is unlikely. still, that is a major concern of the united states that this could be retrieved and that this intelligence could fall into the hands of the russians. so this is certainly something that is of a major concern to the u. s. i. and also just the fact that this is one of the 1st known confrontations that has occurred between these 2 super power since the russian invasion of ukraine occurred more than a year ago. and company with that difference of opinion on what happened with a difference of opinion on whether these, this, these international waters, russia is saying that with the war and ukraine,
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these aren't international waters. what are the concerns the pentagon has moving forward? now all the concern is that this is going to escalate this could draw the united states into a broader conflict right now. the united states is in a support role helping ukraine to defend its sovereignty against russia and its invasion. but certainly, there are concerns that this could be something much broader. you have to remember that the united states as a member of nato, an article 5, if there is an attack on one country, there is an attack on all. and the united states could be drawn into the conflict. and so that is what there is, the broader fear of is that this could escalate into something much greater. and so whenever there is this type of confrontation, many people become very nervous. that is why the united states state department on
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tuesday summoned the russian ambassador to the united states and said that russia must be more careful that this is something that cannot be taken lightly. again, the russian government is denying that it did this deliberately. busy but the u. s . is not accepting that account committee. thank you very much for that. that's our white house correspondent, committee health live in washington dc in a significant diplomatic effort. south korean president you and so q and, and japanese prime minister for me. ok, should i have come together for a crucial meeting? the latest aim to tackle regional challenges and resolve longstanding tensions between the nations. from brian and reports from sol. the landmarks summit between south korea and japan comes at a time of increasing regional challenges for both nations. just a couple of hours before units that y'all departed on the 1st bilateral visit by
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serving south korean president to japan. in 12 years, north korea launched a long range missile in the same direction. the weapon was confirmed as an intercontinental ballistic missile of the kind north korea has been developing and showing off at military parades in the past couple of years. video released by the japanese air force shows what seems to be a missile coming down after re entry into the atmosphere. the launch comes in a week that marks the start of annual military drills between south korean and us forces that will include large scale field exercises. washington wants to see closer relations between its to east asian allies, not only as a counter to north korea and threats. and the growing military might of china, but also to maintain a technological edge in the production of strategically important semiconductors. we've come
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a bit. we have confirmed the importance of vigorously promoting security cooperation between japan, south korea, and the united states. japan announced its lifting export curbs on materials needed for high tech manufacturing, imposed during the recent spat with south korea. president noon is trying to restore ties that have salad considerably in recent years. but in south career, it's a highly controversial move relations have been scarred by decades of colonial rule from tokyo during the last century, which culminated in atrocities committed by japanese troops in world war 2. weekly protests still held against the enforced use of so called comfort women and military brothels. and you and has proposed settling the issue of koreans forced to work in war time, factories by compensating victims from a voluntary fund. instead of finding the japanese companies involved a bold offer,
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seeming to prove uni sincerity and strengthening ties, a priority to jump on going forward, we will continue to actively communicate and cooperate through shuttle diplomacy meeting as often as necessary, regardless of format, little cannot. but opponents back in south korea accuse him of a diplomatic climb down in this deeply troubled relationship. rob mcbride, al jazeera sol, north korea muscle testing program has increased dramatically on the kim jong owns tenure. the impoverished country has spent tens of billions of dollars developing a wide variety of missile systems of increasing sophistication from submarine george massage to those launch from trains and increasingly long range. and the continental ballistic missiles that could hit any target in the united states. and january this year, kim john go to mel's, he would be increasing the frequency of missile tests with plans to launch more in
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2023 than ever before. for been one d chart tron as an adjunct professor of political science and international affairs at temple university, japan and a specialist and he, station geo politics and security. and he said there is no solution to north korea's nuclear program because of what it represents to the racing. these ballistic missiles have been on the radar or for north korea for many years now. for north korea, ballistic missiles represent, in addition to their new program, be ultimate, to deter and having a reliable number arsenal. ballistic missiles, along with our new nuclear program, is from the perspective of young young the best way to ensure and guarantee the security of the kim jong in the regime. so that's one of the reasons why they are developing and launching the missile. but there's other reasons while north korea is currently trying to send a strong message, because right now this week,
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the american south koreans are conducting large scale military drills with also a message of opposition to the japan is hosting a defend showroom joint fighter jet project with the u. k in italy is due to take center stage. the asia pacific region is witnessing a rapid military build up with several countries, including japan, increasing their defense budgets. florence louis has more. this is what japan's next generation stealth fighter will look like. it's a joint project with the u. k. and italy mocking japan's 1st major military development with a partner other than the u. s. since world war 2 and less say security considerations in the region are changing, driven by 2 main factors, prompting countries to rethink the defense strategies. first, the main challenge is, seems to me as north korea is continually testing a ballistic missiles and violating un sanctions. because that's an unstable
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situation at any time. second is really the great power rivalry. the intensification note, i call an action reaction o engagements between china and the united states militarily. asia pacific is where the economic and military rivalry between the u. s. and china is being played out. the u. s. has been challenging. china's expansive and increasingly assertive claims in the south china sea, with what it calls, freedom of navigation operations. china's military and political pressure on tie one to accept chinese sovereignty has also increased tensions in the region. we now back to the normal of modern history, where the world is to warm up into competing great powers and complete power walks . and that's what we're saying in, in the pacific region. it's never that competition is inevitable. conflict or war is not inevitable, but it's more of a possibility i think, going forward and it has been looking backwards. the growing geopolitical
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uncertainty has seen countries unveil new strategies for the region that includes australia's new security and technology pants with the u. s. and the u. k. it's also set off an arms race, as country seat to modernize their weaponry, but not everyone believes military might, is a useful deterrent. at the defense show in tokyo, anti war protesters have a clear message, boy deciding now, one important thing for stopping the wars and conflicts going on. know is getting rid of weapons. that message unlikely to be heard in the corridors of power, florence newly al jazeera, are plenty more had on the news hour including peruse, president declares and emergency at $400.00 districts after nearly 60 people are killed in the sy plumbing tension on the streets of senegal, is opposition leaders? man sancho appears in court, and a football veteran is pulled back into suite of quality. they try to qualify for
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the euros that's coming up with joe and sport ah credits with shares rebounded after the bank announced it with bar up to $54000000000.00 from switzerland central bank. the european banking johns shares plunged to record lows on wednesday after its biggest lender, saudi national bank said it would not be able to provide more financial help. credits faces, troubles are being watched closely since the collapse of 2 u. s. banks last we can expand drops and european and us stock markets. let's bring in a cost on an andrew cements. he's joining us live from london. so 1st we had a couple of mid sized regional banks in the u. s. and now the launch european bank, andrea, but it seems that governments intervening is having the desired effect for now, it is a credit suisse is switzerland's 2nd largest bank. and that is
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a colossal $54000000000.00 that's available to it. it hasn't used any of it yet, but it turns to very soon that has had a moderate effect on the european markets in that they are recovering slowly. but right now there's more uncertainty because the at the back of the european central bank, i will be announcing its decision on interest rates for the euro zone quite soon. it is going to be on thursday and there's a fear that it could be a 0.5 percent increase. that's where it was. speculation is and that causes problems for banks worldwide with interest rates rising at such a rate. because so many of them have a big investment in bonds and bonds. don't like interest rates rising far from it. this is causing some instability, particularly in the smaller banks who may have actually miss gauged the value of
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these bonds. but right now, in switzerland there's also a political controversy because the opposition party there is saying that this should never happen. that credit suisse should be more transparent, and they want to see heads rolling on the water mix explanation from the government . but given andrew, that neither silicon valley bank, no credit suisse tailored to, let's say your average person, you know, they had very specific clients. can we say yet, of these are idiosyncratic cases? well, the both very different banks, as you rightly points out. so the silicon valley bank was indeed giving loans to start up businesses in the tech sector. whereas the whole notion of, of that would really not be part of the thinking in the policy of the credit suisse . that, that, that bank in switzerland is a rich bank. it's,
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it's with deals with the rich, it's some main clientele of billionaires. however, it's got a rotten history in terms of control. the says, it's an old bank, but there's a litany of issues over the past few years that include some espionage allegations, allegations of money laundering. there's been a lot of high executives having to leave under a cloud. and so this bank has also said that it wants to strengthen and simplify its business because they found that weaknesses in its financial reporting were a main issue that started the run on the bank. a saudi national bank, its biggest investor, had said that it wouldn't buy anymore shares because of the situation with financial reporting and the statutory areas of the rules of the bank that left a real cloud over the bank can lead to panic amongst investors. now the saudi
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national bank is saying that this shouldn't be this torture moral the bank is fit to do business. so this is going to be running. i think it seems safe for now burns to the big question mark over these interest rates and what the easy b does lighter and for that is anderson into the native life, or as in london. frankie to senate all now with least have 5 tea. aghast to disperse supporters of opposition leader osmond, sancho. he's in court facing libel charges for choosing the toys and minister of embezzlement. the government band valued by sancho support as the head of the trial is growing, concerned president mackie se one for a controversial 3rd term, which the opposition says is unconstitutional. that's been going on. correspondent nicholas hong, is following the story for us in dachau. why so much violence around this court case, nick? well, yes, liz, we've been hearing tear gas being fired in the distance. we've seen smoke billowing
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on the skyline in the country in the city that's normally so stable in known for its stability. so wires, so much violence. well, it's not just people who support response on quote that are out on the street. there are also those who are against president mckee solved. and it's the fact that the president is a hasn't announced his intentions. whether or not he'll be running for a 3rd mandate or not. that has also created some frustration among people in the country. and then there are those who are out protesting they say, to protect the democratic institutions of senegal. but what's at stake here is this country that has found enormous amount of wealth with its oil and gas reserves. and those that oil and gas will start, but will be extracted at the end of 2023. just as the presidential elections will take place in february 2020 for whoever is in charge of the country, then will be in charge of the country with enormous wealth. and that's why there's
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so much at stake. and so what you're seeing right out in this court house right right now is the opposition leader who spends sancho facing charges of defamation. but it's not just about that, it's about who will be allowed to run in the upcoming election. and what a guilty verdict means that sancho will not be allowed to run, would not be allowed to take charge of the country. that's right. so if he's found guilty, she will be able always see to appeal the verdict, but she will not be able to run in the upcoming elections. and for the opposition, they accused president mikey sullen, his government of using the chords to clamp down on the opposition. why? well, that's because there's been several court cases against political opponents of mike he sells, starting with kareem wad who was the son of the former president abdul. i was who was sentenced for corruption and adult and therefore was not able to run or he's
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not able to run into politics. and then there's the former mayor of de carr calif. assault was also in this court house accused of corruption sentence, and the verdict was, was a, was drawn from a judge and he to cannot run for the upcoming elections. and now we spend sunk with there's not just as defamation case is also rape charges against him. and so there's a sense for the opposition that the judicial system is not impartial, that it favors the government or it listens to what president mckee saw, has says. in fact, when this, when sancho was with the judge earlier on in, inside the courtroom, he. e knowledge, he said that the, the court house is not the institution of mikey sol, it's, it's, and it feels like it is the institution of my son, and that's why we're seeing so much here, much more than a political crisis. is it perhaps, or a crisis of the institution and that's what we're seeing so many people on the streets right now. just a year before the start of the presidential campaign lives at night. thank you very
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much for that. that is nicholas hunt, bringing as the natives from outside the court and deca. thank you. frances parliament, a set to vote on the government's proposed pension reforms. president emanuel macklin wants to raise the baton and age from 62 to 64. he says it's essential to cover pensioned deficits. there is widespread opposition to the plans. millions of people have taken part in protest, marches across france and public sector workers have gone on strike. that's bringing our correspondent, natasha butler. she's live for us in paris and this is a, it's a decisive day for the french government, isn't it? and tasha talk us through what's happening when it is a decisive day for the french government because they are trying to get that proposed pension reform. 3 parliament, what has happened to day so fall is that the senate has approved the bill, but that was expected. there is a conservative majority in the senate. now though,
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the government faces a couple of decisions either it asks the parliament empties in parliament to vote on the bill. if it does do that though to has to be very sure indeed that it is going to have the support, the numbers that it needs for that bill to be approved. president micron party does not have a majority in the parliament. so what's been happening in the past few weeks is that the parties been trying to reach out to other m. p. 's may need from right wing parties on the conservative size to try and get them to support this bill. but it's not been easy. it's not a done deal if the government decides that it doesn't want to all the parliament to vote on this bill because it feels it might not win it. what he can do is force the bill through by decree, but that would be seen by many as a real failure in many respects from a manual. michael's government have been extremely unpopular decision, even though it is a constitutional and legal one. and why has reforming the pension system been so important for president micron? especially when numerous polls and france continued to show that at least half of
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the public don't support the reforms that she most opinion polls have shown that even more people don't support the bill . you looking at it fluctuating anywhere between 2 thirds of people to 3 quarters of people in fonts, not supporting this bill over the past few months. we have seen st protest. you'd probably see a whole number of people behind me who are protesting here outside the french parliament against the bill we've had strikes. we've had a industrial action people walking out of work. they're not happy with the bill. trade union lead to say it is unfair and erosion of workers' rights. but presidents a mac crawl, has consistently made reforming frances pension system. one of his campaign promises, since his 1st term he has said that the pension system needs to be modernized because it cost too much money. it is too complex, not we'll d,
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and it has to be brought up to date. he says people are living longer, therefore they can work longer and in order to sustain the pension system for future generations, it's, it must change. now, michael wanted to reform the pension system during his 1st term in office. he had a parliamentary majority then, but other things got in the way, most notably cove. it that is why he is trying to push through this bill in his 2nd term. but as i said, not easy because he doesn't have a parliamentary majority. natasha. thank you very much for that. that is natasha butler, are joining us live from paris. at least 15 people have died and flash floods that hit se and to care. heavy rain bat of the cities of shun leuva, an audio mon. the more expected through the next few days, march of the region was already struggling to recover. after last month's earthquake wrestles had that has moved from istanbul. houses of houses are under the water, the roads are broken or damaged. the public buildings, historical sites are now being flooded. so the life is now extremely difficult,
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and the rescue teams are trying to find on one hand, trying to find the missing people. but also did the principality workers trying to clean the, the good street and the houses that are still under the water. so these region was affected by too powerful or creeps over a month ago. and thousands of people have died over there, more than one 100000 people were injured and more than 100000 houses, buildings have either collapsed or heavily damaged in anyway, they are inhabitable. so now this racial rain that caused the heavy floods there is just adding to that disaster. i have been talking to the media off at the amazon and he the peak, the some very much horrific scenes that particular pants. cities that have been set up after the earthquakes, that is now the house for tens of thousands of the people who has lost their houses
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. that 10 cities are now under the water to peru. now what president deena bottle ought to, it has declared a red alert emergency and has all the schools be closed in $400.00 districts that satisfy plan ya cru, batch of the nation. nearly 60 people have died since the rainy season started mariana sanchez, reports from hunter and melissa. oh, this is a community, an alert police pushback people as a river of mud and debris rumbles through the center of the coastal district. different anamosa, lance lights close by cycling yackel. he proved that most twice in less than 24 hours mere guillermo fernandez says they were taken by surprise. alumni in the lower, the magnitude of the water was so big, we would have never been able to tell. it would be like this. it men and women carried sand backs to build contention walls to guide the mud and debris straight into the ocean. but it overflowed along most of produce coastline. thousands of
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homes have been destroyed and tens of thousands of factors of agriculture land has been flooded. on wednesday, a child was saved from the deadly current precedent. dena will not be, has declared a state of emergency and announced measures to deal with a disaster affecting more than 400 districts and more they played out well, good luck. we've began a series of actions to redress the emergency and the northern regions of the country, both to evacuate those affect it and to provide them with support and humanitarian aid. although the cycle and jak who didn't hit land, the national hydrology and meteorology service says it expects the storm to dissipate in the next few days. authority, se, although cycling yup, cause more than a 1000 kilometers on the coast of the pacific. it will continue to produce more rain, more damage, and more misery to a large part of the country employed that most and neighbors were buckets mud from
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flooded homes, a polar keep. also, we've made teams and we are in every home support. each other in this heavy machinery is helping people to clean up. but for now, the force of nature continues its deadly path. medina, santas, i'll just heat up a bit more. so it's time for a check on the world whether he has jeff while we're dialing up the heat across australia, those details right here, right now. thank you for joining in 1st the precipitation story not much going on on friday. so with these clear conditions that allows the temperature to go up, we've got a wind coming out of the interior, so that will draw the temperature up in places like sydney colors are on top of the read, the higher the temperature. if we take a look at the 3 day forecasts, we could certainly have our longest stretch of 30 degree and above days on record in sydney. so we'll keep tabs on that over the next few days. off to new zealand. it's a wet and windy pitcher through the wife's plan. the weather also creeping into the
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northland could see burst here about a 100 millimeters of rain across the west coast of new zealand. there has been some flooding in bangkok, destroyed hundreds of homes, and we've got some severe fight advisories just to the north of sabu city. now this looks like our plum rains, but it's not the east asia rainy season doesn't typically clean began until may, but you've got that. what weather rolling across the yangtze river valley out over the east china sea. and then that pours into japan's q. she island did have a weather front role across the main island upon she, so that struck temperatures down a bit in tokyo to 16 degrees on friday. that's it for now, the season to the head on the new south, the u. s. nuclear watchdog says more than 2 tons of uranium has gone missing and libya wait a bit, my porch of illness looking to end it's controversial. golden visa program and 12 countries boy caught the woman's world box and championships as russia and better russian athletes are allowed to compete.
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ah, join the debate, you know that the sector team is empowered by the government and they, and by the government today they are the government africans count. security is also global. health material keeps on an online ad. 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 towards a sustainable economy. at the end of the day, it is ordinary objects that are paying the price. this tree analogy 0. what happens in new york has implications all around the world. it's the home of the united nations. it's a center of international finance, international culture. to make these stories resonate requires talking to everyday people to normal people, not just power brokers, and that's where al jazeera is different. the mayor of the city announced that he was doing away with the curfew. that was,
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that was to get everybody off. it's international perspective with the human touch zooming way in and then pulling back out again. lou ah ah, what does your new val with me and one of them don't ha, reminder of our top stories. the sour mil always president has appealed for global support. after a tropical cyclone had the east of southern africa, as commercial hom has seemed the most damage, with flooding and mud slides around 326 people have died for the 1st time, 12 years. the leader of south korea is in japan, the 2 nation. so they want to rebuild security and economic ties. and the phases
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continued threats from north korea. and the u. s. military has just released video of the encounter between russian fighter jets and a u. s. strong that has been a growing war wounds between moscow in washington over the u. s. drawing that crashed into the black sea the women's boxing world championships has begun in india, but a dozen countries have boycott at the event. that's because athletes from russia and better route, a competing with their flags and anthem's, the international boxing association, which has led by russian businessman lifted the bad last year. the move goes against guidance from the international olympic committee which came into effect following the invasion of ukraine. the boy caught in countries include the united states, canada, britain, and of ukraine among others. well, let's get more on this. now. we're joined by eve angler, he's an activist, an offer and he's joining us live from toronto. thank you very much for your time. i'm. what do you make of sporting events, banning athletes from russia,
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from bedrooms in light of the war in ukraine. i'm ok with it if there's a consistent principle. so were us athletes band after the u. s. invaded iraq? 20 years ago, we're canadian athletes band, after canada led the nato bombing of libby in 2011. the answer is no. so it seems hard to me to believe, to understand why the athletes from those countries are calling for a russian or bell or russian band at this point. with the anger, i know that you off the canadian sports minister recently about you know, possible double standards that you're talking about. now when it comes to banding athletes from certain countries. this is because canada is pushing to bad, washington, russian athletes from the next and then picks and paris. what did you ask the minister and what was her response? i asked her while she's pushing banding russian about russian athletes whether she
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felt the same way after the us invaded iraq 20 years ago. and her response was to smirk at me and literally just walk away, walk out of the room. and when i repeated the question about canadian athletes after the bombing of libya and the war in afghanistan, she continued to maintain her silence. and then i asked about israeli athletes whether she supported bending israeli athletes with all the occupation apartheid destruction of gaza. and she maintained her silence when in the elevator and literally like ran away. and in canada, i think i may be the 1st journalist to actually ask this question of canada's sports minister. what, where is this moral, where's the moral principle that we're operating on with regards to banning athletes? and so do you believe that the russian war in ukraine, you equating it was the us invasion of iraq with what's happening and as well and
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the occupation of the palestinian territories? i think the russian warren, in ukraine is illegal. it's brutal, but i wouldn't compare it to what the u. s. didn't rat. russia has far more security justifications for what it's doing in, in, in, in ukraine. again, i don't know, i don't agree with it, but there's at least some, some understandable justifications. the u. s. one half way across the world to invade a country with absolutely 0 that was absolute 0 thread in any way to the u. s. and killed hundreds of thousands of people to know what the us did in iraq is far worse than, than what, what russia is doing in, in ukraine. now with regards to israel, palestine, i think it's a slightly more complicated. and in that case, we're talking about, you know, 75 plus years of dispossession. a, you know, occupation that almost all the world considers illegal for more than half her half a century, a constant destruction in gaza. the don't,
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the dynamics are slightly different, but i think that the b o, what israel is doing to the policy in people is certainly on car with, with what, what rushes doing in ukraine. and, and again, not even a mention, i don't know any canadian journalists, not even a one column raising the idea that israeli athletes should be banned from international competitions. and mr. edler, we thank you very much for your time on the story. we do appreciate it. that is eve and glad joining us live from toronto. thank you. thank you. efforts are underway to find more than 2 tons of uranium reported missing in libya by the u. n's. nuclear watchdog attend drums of the radioactive material, had been declared as being at a site that was missing when the international atomic energy agency carried out an inspection. the agency will now try to clarify the circumstances behind the move of the nuclear material and just where it is now. well,
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let's get more on this. we're joined by honest, al kemati is the founder and director of the sound. the institute is the 1st public policy, think tank and libyan he's john has life from istanbul. mr. kemati, very good to see you on al jazeera and we don't know exactly where the site is, but from what you know so far, where do you think it is? and who controls this area? sir, the details are still yet to be confirmed, but it's most likely in a slight southern libya in sober around 6 or 7 kilometers from this city. where not only for half of the running, a general that has wage the war on, on the capital for the last several years, isn't control of the security in the area. but it's also in kilometers within the reach of the wagner group. russia's or elite shadow army, the owner, also based in southern libya for the last 3 years. and that's a chilling development. it's all over 2 and a half tons of uranium had gone missing that could be flogged on the market,
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on the black market by, you know, some militia also, or by some thieves. this is hardly something that someone can go and sell very easily, and it's not something that is easily procured by any other l. ls, an actor or an actor in the elicit market. this is something that is a prize, the assets in the international market by a particular number of players. and that's what is really leading the suspicions finish their players like the wagner group and volatile players like kind of after prevented what's going to start scratching their heads and saying, well, who could have done this in the area in the vicinity of where we know that these barrels were held, at least in 20112013. we yet to hear from the libyan government. about this though, our correspondent was telling us earlier that they've said they're going to launch an investigation. who's looking for this uranium? well, it's holiday. he's looking for a book, i mean, do they have the book? they're not even able, able to access that part of southern libya because it's being controlled by philip after. and it's also control of, of russian mercenaries. and i think the deeper question now is, we don't know when it went missing,
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it could have gone missing several weeks ago several months ago, several years ago. and we should remember that russia is in control of military bases that are essentially a logistics network that it could use. the transport material into subs are in africa, into the central african republic. and molly, where they have a military presence, but also into the mediterranean, in northern libya, in the city, if so, what they control and i base the east and libya, or even into syria and lataya where they also control a military base. so yeah, the, it's pulling chilling, develope and, and the fact, or is that the libyan people and the international community should be the law as to the urgency of the situation. because then are being held hostage to the potential for an individual to enrich that material. now, a matter of months that if it's a terrible development, i mean, you are outlining a potentially catastrophic situation here. is there anyone in libya who has the ability to enrich the uranium to make it weapons great. i wouldn't say in terms of domestic. no, i mean the history of libya's or chemical weapons program,
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they were relying on north korean and pakistani nucular f as this and, and, and chemistry people to kind of enrich that material. so on the local market. no. but in terms of the wagner group and the terms of others that may have been interested, this is why i only leaves a limited number of individuals or states that are able to get the dealers and have the audacity to do so. that's why i'm, i'm putting more in that towards that direction. mr. kemati. thank you very much for your insights on the story. really appreciate it. that is, and i, st. kemati life horizon as danville, thank you. protest us across israel have pressed a head with demonstrations against judicial reforms after prime minister benjamin netanyahu rejected a compromise proposal is when the president isaac hes, off put forward alternative changes to the plan on wednesday. and yahoo says his plan fails to address. i'm hasn't planned that his fails to address what he says are and balances and the legal system and run con has more fun fellow v. thousands
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of people out on the street across 95 different locations in israel. this is the 11th week of protest. you can see a huge my number here in television. now the government is trying to come up with some sorts of solution to these protests. the e israeli present. isaac hertzog has actually issued a compromise proposal which says that the high court can override government decisions. it seems to be unreasonable, and ministerial appointments will be subject to that as well. however, that's already been rejected by prime minister benjamin netanyahu. who says that the proposal isn't compromise enough. he might be looking to do a deal, but this is not the deal he wants to do. now the protest his head and actually rejected the proposal as well. they say the current situation is exactly what needs to remain in place. now, like i said,
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these protests of dub and going on for 11 weeks last saturday, half a 1000000 people were out on the streets of israel. that's the biggest protest the country has ever seen. among con, oh, to 0 television. a police officer implicated in a fatal football stadium. caution indonesia has been sentenced her 18 months in prison. 2 other officers have been found not guilty. a 135 people died when officers fired tear gas into the stands after a pitch invasion in the east java city of milan. in october, jessica washington has more from suda buyer. the squad commander off the east java mo brigade who was charged with or ordering. he subordinates to find a t, a guess. so facing that charge of criminal negligence, resulting in depth and injury. he will now face 18 months in prison. now the judge noted that the defendant had failed to anticipate how the situation could have turned out, and it should have been
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a situation that would be easy to anticipate. and that there were other options rather than using tear gas, but also a consideration. and he is still in the, his deliberations what the behavior of some spectators, the defense had argued throughout this trial, that some spectators worked mileage and posed a safety threat at the lives of security officers. so that was the 1st video that we heard today for the other 2 officers at the head of operations of milan police and also the head of prevention. both had been acquitted and found not guilty of negligence. and the judge recommended that they can even be returned to the positions within the milan to police. the reaction in serbia has been rather subdued. just a few family members. the relatives of those who lost their life in this tragedy came to court to day. only a handful of them, there was some tears in the courtroom as the verdicts were read out. but many more decided that they would stay in my lung that they wouldn't make the journey to court to day because they felt the lives of their loved ones. the lives of
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survivors had been disrespected by this process by sentences which they consider to be true lenient. a caution pakistan has bought a police operation to arrest former prime minister and ran con until friday. con is accused of repeatedly failing to appear in court for a hearing. it comes after 2 days of attend stand off in the hall between security forces and con supporters. speaking to al jazeera earlier on con, confirm that he will appear in court on saturday. i had build right up to the idiots when my go to paris was going to take place. the police turned up for this earlier. so it was unlawful. i was already had protective bill and it, when i, when this, this massive force. i mean it's never happened before and i, history, thousands of policemen and rangers. drive to attack my house and arrest me. so when they came with this force, i'd then give my lawyer give them an assurity that i would attend the court. so the
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whole idea of police was supposedly to take me to court, which was on the 18th. so i give them an assurity, and the law says that once i would have given them a surety, the police shouldn't recipe. but despite that, the force kept increasing. and the herb that the violence, i mean the tear gassing and water gannons and their shot belts are r a r r workers. and then there were bullets fired. so it's never happened in pakistan before. tens of thousands of farmers in india and marching to mum by 200 kilometer walks down from, from the city of magic in mud as to state in demand and government compensation for their noses and onion crops. after a huge trump and prices, the government claims a surplus and production for the full value. and he is the world's biggest extra money in tourism has jumpstart in portugal economy since the economic crisis in
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2008. but it's also created a crisis of another kind. affordable housing has become scarce. natasha, the name reports on what the government is doing to address it. portugal has become the vacation destination. last year, more than 15000000 people visited. and this year experts predict a 33 percent increase in tourism while that's help the economy of one of the poorest countries in western europe. it's also pushing the pour out of their homes, gather viscous flock. are that been said each time i wake up? i think is if the day i leave o stay here, it's really sad because with my salary, i can't vote house on my end, georgina somalis is being evicted, like half of the portuguese population. she earned less than $1060.00 a month last year. taurus in need of short term rentals and foreign investors have
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contributed to soaring rents and housing prices and increased mortgage rates. and then we'll look at it in lisbon. a grass roots organization is fighting to ensure people have access to affordable housing not stopped, got miss visits from them in that the fundamental things are to stop golden sentence, creating premium markets for wealthy people that come to invest in real estate in political, to regulate and control rance to lower rents, which is key, and to stop evictions if there are no suitable housing alternatives. the government is proposing a number of measures including capping rent increases lowering taxes for people who sign permanent rental contracts and increasing them for those who opt for a short term. what it's also considering ending it's popular golden visa program for wealthy non europeans that helped bring in investment. critics say the government is sending
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a dangerous message that foreign investment is no longer welcome. no want him. she mentioned that on this, you know, english. we want to believe that the government does not want to rule the country because to could the mean sector of the economy is to rule the country. while the portuguese government determines how best to balance the need for affordable housing and for an investment, evictions could continue forcing more people into share t towns like this. ah, natasha guinea al jazeera. still ahead on the news. our the and then pick medalist who's been banned for 18 months. details on the way with children's hot. oh
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ah fort he has jo. elizabeth, thank you very much. was salt miss. i'm not very surprising. news that johnny and fatina has been re elected unopposed as fee for president. the formalities were completed at the 73rd fee for congress in kigali rwanda. it comes off to fee for confirmed the next $4018.00 world cup will have $100.00 for games as well as expanding the club woke up as well. this have been met with criticism in europe, but infant tina is promising record revenues. so from 6.4, which became 7.5 in the last cycle, we go to 11000000000 u. s. dollars. and actually the new global copies, even though the girl in debt. so i think this figure will increase still by at least a couple of millions title holders, ramirez with her to the champions, the quarter finals off to basing liverpool 6 to on aggregate. they were already
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leading 52 from the 1st flag in liverpool boss. he hadn't caught admitted they only had a one percent chance of turning things around, leaving that to say, hey, when pre benjamin struck the only goal of the game of the bird about one no was the final school and it's the same straight season. madrid have not to live full out with the competition. a little higher that we played a knockout stage against a strong team and we did very well over the 2 games. this may help us to make it into the semi finals. we'll have to play against very good teams and surprising teams because nobody was expecting to see 3 italian themes in the quarter finals with natalie are among those italian teams. moving into the last 8 victor. awesome . and stored twice as a crushed. i'm for frank. put 3 no on the night and 5 no on aggregate is the 1st time the city are leaders, have reached the quarter finals where they join fellow italian clubs inter and a seat online. for the build ups that match was overshadowed as fans clashed on the
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street from naples, 8 people have been arrested 5, napoli, funds, and 3 from germany, despite and her friends being banned from attending the much frankfort fans, herds cause problems during the 1st leg, and the club was also find after trouble at a match, he must say earlier in the season. european club football takes a break next week. the euro qualifies to take place and there has been a surprise call up for sweden, 41 year olds, latin abraham, vicky has made the squad a year off to his last appearance for his country. ac milan forward has been out of action for much of the season because the me injury and there's no guarantee he'll play against belgium or as a by sean, later this month. russian tennis, dont daniel medford, ab says he feel sorry for ukrainian players competing on toll with their country in turmoil the well number 6 was speaking of to his quarter fun. when at indian wells said he wanted peace, all over the world, mid would have reached the semifinals at the tournament in california for the 1st time in his career. he beats at a 100 devil, which for kina in straight sets for his 18th consecutive wind. up to plaiting 3
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titles, i philosophy read in the women's competition well. number 2 at ina, several inca when the final 7 gains of her match to beat thick seed, cocoa gulf, the bell of russian winning fixed for 6 law to reach the semi final eye. and the streaming open champion will play well. number 7, maria a cory who battle pos, petrik. fit of a 2 sets to one to reach a 2nd straight. any final dimmer took your limbic so medalist raven saunders has been banned for 18 months for violating anti doping barrels. a 26 year old american shop putter caught the eye in 2021. with a green and purple hand jack, i'm off. she's been punished for missing 3 tests, but as not tested positive for band substance. she'll miss that she is well that i think championship, but will be back to compete at paris 2024 olympics. the ambia in the boston celtics
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of kept up the pressure in the race for the eastern conference title. they beat the minnesota timber wolves in a close game, one or 4 to one or 2 tom jane brown scored a game high. 35 points grab with henry pounds is loosens that went in full games, but they still trail he and be a leading ref. no he bought was right behind boston, the racial finding, philadelphia 76 is then heard place they beat clinton police to make it 6 minjen rojo and beat had 50 points of 18, re bounce, and in the west, steph curry, school, 50 points with home state warriors, but they still lost the la clippers, who i learned got 30, they made it 4 winds in a row. a clip has a 5th in the standings. one place above the worry isn't thick. one of the young stars of the age armor rent has been suspended for 8 games without pay that salt. he was filmed on social media holding a gun in a night club. he's already missed 6 games, so would be eligible to return on monday or. and we'll forfeit around $669000.00 in
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salary. not who i am. i don't condone. or any type of violence. i take no full responsibility. no for my actions later. no bad mistake. no in future. ah, i'm sure everybody who jar really is know what i'm about. no change. there's narrative to time gulf may. joanna justin thomas says, plans to introduce distance limited bowls would be bad for the game top players driving further than ever, which means some old courses are in danger of becoming obsolete governing bodies. they are and i and the u. s. gulf association of proposing the some tournaments be allowed to enforce the use of balls that cannot physically be hit more than $320.00 yards people are running faster. so what are they gonna, are they just going to make the length of a mile longer so that the, the fastest mile time doesn't change? or are they going to put the, the m b a hoop at 13 feet because people can jump higher now like, no, it's just it's evolution word. we're athletes now like we're training to hit the
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ball further and faster and if you can do it so good for you and the united states, so and try to defend their well baseball classic title might. traps drove in 3 runs in phoenix, arizona. they beat columbia to reach the will to finals. usa will face venezuela in the most. all right, that is a sport for now. peter will have will for you later. listen to thank you very much and that does it for the news our but do stay with us because a we are back in just a few minutes with more of the days news. thank you very much for watching. ah ah. and
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