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is he's a fungal plant that usually grows on the ground during the rainy season. it's fun for us because besides making money out of it, we also end up spending a good time with our families and have a picnic atmosphere. the social process can be risky. there are wild animals here, including wolves. in the cities, grocery market, traders take pride in their produce iraq producers to main types of traffic, light, one, darker one. each piece of these can weigh between 30 and 200 grams and one kilogram can cost up to $50.00 depending on size, taste and quality. ah major us bank. pub billions of dollars into 1st republic bank and
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a bit to com fears about rolling financial crisis. ah, and i wanted to broaden this. as alex's even live from doha, also coming up, i suppose. the former pakistani prime minister in long con, barricade has whole mess. security forces. wait on get, and now the court order to arrest him. i'm bob newman, alive in the indian state of my russia pounds of farmers a camping here till the government pauses the resolution to head the financially off to onion prices, crash and rescue a search for bodies in allowing more than 320 people have died off to fight on fretting better, the region is president, is appealing for global support. ah,
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ah, after days of market turmoil, coordinated efforts being made to ease fears of a global financial crisis, major bank from the u. s. have pumped billions into california based lend a 1st republic to stays after the collapse of 2 major bangs rentals has moved from los angeles. california based 1st republic bank got a 30000000000 dollar rescue package from the countries biggest financial institutions. the small bank, which specialized in catering to ultra wealthy individuals, had many uninsured deposits. nervous customers began withdrawing money rapidly after 2 other mid sized bags failed in recent days. first republic is an interesting sample of industrious, i think, anticipating a problem where none exists. but the very anticipation and they draw down their
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deposit base. i put the bank at some degree aggress ah, banking giants, j. p. morgan chase city group, bank of america. and wells fargo agreed to deposit $5000000000.00 apiece in 1st republic with other banks supply smaller amounts. in a joint statement, the big bank said their rescue plans showed their confidence in 1st republic and banks of all sizes which they added are critical to the health and functioning of the financial system. are pretty jar, jovial group treasury secretary, janet yellen tried to convince congress and the public that there is no cause for panic. when my lead, i can reassure the members of the committee that our banking system is sound and that americans can feel confident that their deposits will be there when they need them. this week's actions demonstrate our resolute commitment to ensure that our financial system remain strong and the depositors savings remain safe.
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will the private sector rescue and public sector rhetoric be enough to quell investors? queasiness stock, market indices, closed hire one sign the strategy may be working. but analysts say there is real fear in the financial sector. the shareholders are at risk, as was noted. the 1st republic shares sword at the most of the, of the rescue, but then they plummeted and after hours trading. and i think we can see that flawless tillery continuing for a while. in other words, buckle up. it's going to be a bumpy ride. rob reynolds al jazeera los angeles, now to france, where truck drivers opposing pension reforms of protesting and paris. these alive pictures from the french capital, the government forced controversial pension amendments through we're down to lowe's and pant on thursday. the changes raised the retirement age from 62 to 64.
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the park of thaw now where the deadline for postpone and former prime minister and ron cons arrest has ended. a court had rejected cons. plea to suspend an arrest warrant issued against him. the decision spots fears of new confrontations between police and con supporters. the warrant was issued off to con, failed to appear in court on corruption charges. he faces multiple legal cases, which he says, a politically motivated, let's bring in our correspondent, come all high that he's live for us outside and wrong. conn's, home in the hall. so what's the latest from the courts? kamala mon, khan says that he's not due to appear in court until saturday, but the court order to hold the police action against him, we believe has ended. so what happens now? right, that's a good question. there are multiple issues that play number one,
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some about gord, richard, issue there, water and are there not entertained place? and ron con, gave an undertaking thing that date undertaking unacceptable that has to be adjusted by the police and brought before the court. so notified that despite the fact that ron con said it will go to his law to appear in that particular case. now all very important to know that last night after the instruction from the law, high gord, richard, we are right now. we're decided that the senior leadership of the budget on teddy can solve what made ready days over night dogs and the inspector general of police. this morning after the expiry of that particular ruling from the court date or not carry out partition the court is nowhere jaren to
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3 which is 10 g m g this afternoon. also important to note there. then ron han, new george and again, the inspector general has started mission from the local card saying that they should come and conduct an investigation because several of the policemen were wandered and that all port ation in an attempt to camp. also the fact that iran con may appear before. busy the law, high order for new cases that have been brought against him. and so it's hard to imagine that they can be new cases brought against them, given he's already facing dozens of charges. and all of these cases, the police action just how is it playing out of pocket on command given that he has so many supporters that have been rallying around the country against all of the faction. yes,
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absolutely. you can gauge your interest the entire local media. we can find out camera, you can see all the same g ray cars ready and covering minute by minute news of what's going on her support. if you look on the decide that manage and finish their gauge, containers have been on location and to block the access to and you're. busy leading through how the police had come to the algebra. damage of the gauge last supporter they had, they're going to increase the number that the day where dawn and you can see that it's some activity. but now everybody are watching to see what happens in the court . because jim ron conrad, have to go dead and burst into the protective veil and a new charger that have been brought against them. he had already warned them or
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take him into custody. cued the government of your dish. got. busy dear to georgia, read some of the leaders that did. busy before we did that, maybe i did read it. busy so the concern from amazon. com and as far that the government is looking for an excuse to arrest them. so, and did a very don't situation playing out. and all eyes are on the court now. come on. thank you very much for that. that is, come on either with a native for us live in the hor, thank you. hundreds of farmers in india have halted their march to moon by after a meeting between their leaders and government officials. the farmers for protesting against a huge drop and on the in prices and demand and compensation for their losses and crop. the 200 kilometers, walk again in the city of nashik, but it's not clear. the march will continue for warm spring in palm,
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the midterm. she joins us from bus and which is around 3 hours from by. so what is the government promising and why a farm is continuing to approach has to be the farmers are determined to get what they think they deserve, and that is a full moon resolution passed in the state assembly meeting that demand for financial assistance until then they say they will stay here active ground to keep the pressure on your own. it has been a difficult protest for them. they have come from the city of gnostic. they've walked about 100 kilometers. as you can see, it's quite hot. they say that feed have bliss. does i'm big box over here. you know, all these cars that you can see around me belong to these farmers may have this applies. they've been seeing them cooking. they don't have too many facilities they've sort of carried with them. straw matt. so the sleeping over here on the ground, they don't know of on to when they're going to be here,
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but they've told us that they are determined to stay till that resolution is passed . there is an, a b assembly is on. so they are hoping to get some good news as soon as possible. now, you know, marcia is does the largest producer off onions and prices crash to such to do an all time low in the sense formless, say they were getting barely 10 percent of what they would normally get. so losses have filed on their boss, the government to help them compensate them to guarantee them a minimum price and they produce. they've also asked them to wave off some of the loans. and the plight of farmers is an ongoing issue in india. the price of on the, in being such a stable, let's have serious political implications in the past, hasn't it? yes, prices of onions have toppled governments in the fall state governments and national governments. and that is because, you know, onion is a state put,
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it is found in the majority of kitchens in india. so it affects the middle class and also affect pharma. you know, india isn't a great economy. nearly half the working population is in farming is in agriculture. the last, the farmers have also begun to organize themselves better. you know, this region has been protest over on your prices in the past. most successful agitation of course, has been that mass agitation in north india when fall most camped out on the outskirts of new delhi for over a jo, this was off to the government, pos 3 agriculture laws. the farmer says that those actually a destroy band livelihood. but benefited big cooperation. so they camped out until the government was forced to repeal these laws at the end of 2021. and this also at the time reported was largely because they walk. they were crucial state elections
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moving, speaking offered actions, you know, india is headed for general elections around this time next year. so i just ations like these are pressuring the government as we speak. another farm. protests almost protest is planned for new delhi on monday. all right, bob and thank you for that. that is bobby mentioned with the latest joining us live from boston and mot, austria state. thank you to malawi. now, when the president has appeared for global support, after a tropical cyclone had the east of southern africa, the country's commercial ha bland. ty has seen the most damage with flooding and mud slides. farmer, the miller reports from blan tire. as people try to recover from the impact of psychos pretty, they also have to bury the dead. and as the rain continues here in the village of chiera, the have to scoop water out of grave puts before laying the victims to rest. more than 320 people have now been confirmed dead,
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and thousands more missing after the cyclop tore through southern africa for a 2nd time in weeks. outside, below is commercial, capital blan tire. people in this village have been cut off from their neighbors as roads and bridges lane ruin. president lazarus, chuck, where as appeal to international assistance. while his government's being criticized for not doing enough, the main challenge is not government failing to respond. it is the inaccessibility of some of these camps because bridges are been wash. ah, and roads have been caught. i, you know, so that people cannot travel to where they are. so there is help that is already on hand. it cannot get to the people because of challenges of accessibility. in some parts, there's no electricity or running water. we have people who are, who have been rendered homeless. they don't have food, they don't upgrading. they don't are val what duckling water. so it's silly bad. we,
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we, we, we don't even know what people are going to it for line to be sad to day all if in supper we don't in all because, ah, we have not yet received in it. if item as we speak across the country, more than 88000 people have been displaced. with many sheltering and temporary camps. maureen is expected in the next few days, raising fears of flash floods and more destruction from either ma algae, 0 plant. i am allowing still ahead on al jazeera and alarming trend of what's being called economic abuse in the u. k. as people struggle with the high cost of living and the reformed poachers in the philippines who are now helping to save endangered sea turtles. ah
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frank assessment just just means to give them the basic human rights not only in the past, but also inside the mac, informed opinions. 5 administration are very concerned about this development especially, or what it means for china's power on the world stage. critical debate is go over the both legal report on a broker in depth analysis of the day headlines inside story on al jazeera war to scarcity has become a major global issue. the demand is going to rate up the supply is going straight down, turning in essential natural resources into a commodity traded for profit, just precocious life. i mean, it cannot be priced. what about the guy that can't afford it? that guy still needs water? mm. al jazeera examines the social, financial and environmental impact of the war to privatization notes of water on al
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jazeera. ah, anyway, i'll just eat. with lou. ah, watching al jazeera with me elizabeth bronman doha reminder of our top stories, the sour auto days of market term will efforts to ease fears of a global financial crisis. underway. rescue plans have been offered to 1st republic and credit suisse banks to reassure markets and pakistan. the deadline for postpone and former prime minister in mon cons arrest has ended. the warrant was issued off
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to con, failed to appear in court, and corruption charges and hundreds of farmers of india have. they marched room by answer a meeting between their leaders and government officials. they were protesting against a huge drop, an onion prices, and demand and compensation. the french government has forced controversial pensioned reforms through without a vote in parliament. after failing to convince the majority of ben piece to back the bill, natasha buckner reports from paris. oh, it wasn't the outcome the french government wanted, but without the parliamentary majority, they decided to force his pension reform bill through parliament by decree, a controversial move that infuriated some lawmakers and left the french prime minister, struggling to be heard on the per pound. we can't risk seeing a 175 hours of parliamentary debate come to nothing. we can't risk seeing the compromise built by the 2 houses dismissed. we cannot risk the future of our
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pensions. this reform is necessary. the move comes off to more than 2 months of street protests and strikes against the reform led by frances trade unions who say it's an erosion of work has rights also angry over plans to raise the retirement age by 2 years to 60, to demonstrate as he gathered outside the parliament said they'll continue to fight . oh, pretty revolting is the fact that despite the fact that a government representative meridian doesn't even have a majority in the parliament, they order a constitutional tools that they can use to course of to incomplete the, on democratic matters. but that won't her, that won't her him to be resolved to pursue the fight. that's why you're here today, and that's why the fight will continue to morrow. horsing a bill through the parliament by decree, is legal under the french constitution. but it is a course of action seen by many as a failure of politics acting outside the national assembly frances hard left leader
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said the government didn't care about people which were donahue on vacation. i find it significant and symbolic that for a 100 time the government used a decree to buy, paused the will of the people. we must coordinate with the unions and do all we can to have his law withdrawn. performing the pension system was one of presence in manual. my curls campaign promises, he says, the systems outdated, costly and unsustainable for future generations. in the end, he will have succeeded in changing it, but at a cost to his political reputation. natasha butler, al jazeera paris o i. a funeral has been held for one of 4 palestinians killed by israeli forces in the occupied west bank on thursday. thousands turned out more the man killed in an operation carried out fine on the cover is rarely unit and a busy shopping area. one of those killed was 16 year old to others have been identified as leaders of
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a palestinian group known as the janine battalion. a spokesman for libyan warlord kelly, for half the us as more than 2 tons of uranium that had been reported missing by the us nuclear watchdog has been found. the 10 drums of radioactive material were located near the border with chad. pastor spokesmen said, whoever sees the bowels may have thought they contained weapons of ammunition and authority. the thailand searching for a missing metal for them the containing radioactive materials. the cylinder weighs about 25 kilograms and was reported missing on the 10th of march from a power plant and prussian booty province. east of bangkok, officials have warned any one who comes into contact with a container could experience serious health issues. a steep increase in the cost of living in the u. k. has led to a rise in cases of what's being called economic abuse. charity said this is being experienced by as many as 8500000 apples. that happens when
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a person's ability to acquire use and maintained financial resources is taken away by some one else to the course of or controlling way. the bulk of reports. rachel, not her real name, was physically and mentally abused by a husband with control over her finances, part of a pattern of threatening behavior. her words have been spoken by now, just a producer. despite me earning more than twice his monthly salary, my former partner refused to put my name on a utility bill, which prevented me from acquiring my own bank account. as a result, my wages were deposited into his account for which he did not provide me with the passwords. i would later discover that he spent the majority of my earnings without my knowledge or consent. ratio was in the u. k. on spousal visa at the time and unable to seek government financial support, she fear destitution if she left her abusive partner. like rachel, economic abuse occurs when someone's ability to access their income. sabotaged back
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can include directly taking a person's pay or controlling their working hours or denying them access to things like a car or a mobile phone. mighty survivors. talk of running up huge debt through loans or credit cards often without then knowledge. we see online banking thing, missing regularly, online finance accounts, and i shopping accounts and not just used her to monitor spending that also location tracking, aperture is able to manipulate and co ass of either into handing over passwords or pin numbers until those accounts, financial uncertainty during the pandemic and now a sharp increase of the cost of living have seen the number of reported cases of economic abuse saw, according to research by the charity refuge, 16 percent of adults in the u. k. that's 8700000 people say they've experienced economic abuse with as many as 39 percent saying they've experienced controlling behavior over their finances. suggesting some degree of abuse. the vast majority of
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women for 1600000. the abuse started during the cove at 19 pandemic following economic abuse one and 5 survivors. a laugh would debts of thousands of dollars, they feel unable to repay. this represents $17000000000.00 of u. k. dead directly due to economic abuse. ah, it's prompted several of the countries leading bank such as h s. b c to launch campaigns, helping victims to take back control. while the british governments issuing frontline staff, including debt collectors and police, with new training to identify respond to economic abuse support. rachel struggled to find when she needed it most need barker al jazeera, london new zealand has become the latest country to say it will bear the chinese owned app, tick tock from government, phone,
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citing security concerns. the u. k. the u. s. e. u and canada have already introduced similar measures. there were concerns about the potential for the chinese government to access users, location and contact arter. bathing has criticized the bands. tick tock said the decision was made based on what it called fundamental misconceptions and driven by wider geo politics to the northern philippines. now we reformed sea turtle poach as a now helping save the endangered animal. a local non profit has been paying them to use their hunting skills to look for nests. so hatchlings can be released safely back into the ocean on a be low has the story from low union. johnny mal lugo searches for sea turtle nests in the middle of the day. he says the tall waves of low noon in northern philippines, crushing to recall the silent darkness regular deal for hatching. johnny's family has been hunting for generations level at
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a non pool. i know my grandfather used to hunt for sea turtle eggs on the beach. he would just steps made my mother's teeth are totes, you know, that i used to follow him around. so i learned with him dinner bad about those eggs would be eaten or sold. but johnny no longer hunts for commerce or consumption. he's now one of the many poachers. turd sea turtle patrollers. in his town, they work with a local conservation group, coastal underwater resource management actions or coma. they turnover eggs, which average a 100 in each desk for which they can make around $40.00. previously, when we 1st got into the communities, we had to earn their trust and he took some years to grow them. nowadays when we have releases, you'll see the local lenders come out and call the children and explain to them how . 1 the see their dos are our partners and you know, i am a guy that he stamp while we got sea turtle hatchlings are also helping fuel the
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local tourism industry. sunset releases into the ocean had become quite the spectacle. while the program here loan has been successful, poaching of sea turtles and there and continues in other parts of the country. in january, 8, men were arrested, were illegal possession of 15 dead sea turtles. the sea turtle was the victim of poaching, as well as being rehabilitated by chroma. the organizations founder carlos to maia says only a fraction of patched links, make it alive when left on their own. these sea turtle eggs were found by a fisherman, but they've been crushed between waves and a sea wolf. so that's also one of the reasons why we gesture them into the activity . you know as much this weekend we'd like to find in this and put them in land. higher ground, you know a from my the tides is 2009. a chroma has released more than 33000 hatchlings into the ocean. the goal is a 1000000 by 2030 carlos hopes to replicate what they do in the rest of the
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philippines. home to 5 of the worlds 7 endangered sea turtle species. barnaby low al jazeera, though known northern philippines. now finally, this bulletin, a former australian professional surf, it has broken the world record for the longest serving session blake johnson took the waves of canal beat and sent me on wednesday gans to say hunter friday evening, extending the new record to more than 40 hours on the previous record was held by south african josh and say, he served for 30 hours and 11 minutes and that from from me. elizabeth brown and i do stay with us inside story is coming up next. thank you for watching. ah,
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where the atlantic is still dominating the weather in western europe. there's a big storm system was unwind again. so a lot of cloud here and is a massive cloud for the east as well in the middle east slice air pressure is high . now you should, that should mean this time the year starting to warm up that will indeed be the case. so for the immediate future, wind and rain catching portugal, the western side of france, british isles, in scandinavia. i had about the induced warmth than the opposite side. got normally with not normally cold anyway, it will be, it will feel that way. the stumble, for example, that when coming down across the black sea to the gene and talk you back up again to sudden torque. in fact, there is more significant rain to comfort organic, moving slowly east was. but as it moves east lies paces like sofia to rise in temperature by a considerable margin. lift about 9 degrees in 2 days. as this part of europe warms up the same time the rain edges further into france. and the low countries, with temperatures in the teens, by wind, has been a story in north africa of late,
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and it's picking up again a bit, certainly east inside of libya, and then coming down across the ha matter. the seasonal wind picks up the dust. the rain is edging slowly north as you might expect more interestingly, as in ethiopia. and probably somebody ah, the salience of the world's biggest gambler, losing to him the billions of dollars a year. one on 8th investigate with fred gambling addiction on out of the year. ah, al jazeera ah, ah, oh, an unmanned us try and crashes into the black sea.

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