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tear gas and heavy policing and pakistan's capital is former prime minister. iran con shows up at court on corruption charges. ah, i'm 0 venue godaddy with us. this is al jazeera live from doha. also coming up we'll be reporting from nigeria where polls have now closed in elections for new state governors. a former us president donald trump says he is expected to be arrested on tuesday and he's calling on his supporters to take to the streets and ukrainian farmers prepare for planting season. as a vital green deal with russia is extended ah, according pakistan has cancelled him ron cons arrest warrant following clashes between police and his supporters. the former prime minister showed up for his court hearing in islamabad to face corruption charges. thousands of extra officers
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were deployed in the city. were con, supporters had gathered outside the court. earlier police entered his home in the city of la whore and fired tear gas, and his supporters, police say they recovered petrol, bombs and weapons from cons. residence, welcome, ohio reports from some of that focused on political joyce. k sometimes are not made at ballard bulk, and iran con, had so many cases against him which showed that the government are determined to jail him to nail him somehow or the other. primarily because of the rising popularity and the opposition between the budget on democratic alliance and m bron cons party is one of the most popular leaders in the country. however, read all the case against them that have feared that the government wants to marginalize him by have disqualify him whatever matter, did
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a guardian on con to nullify him so that they can have a clean reap at the elections which are due and upon job on the 3rd year and then within the country, the national election and october george, very difficult to say whether m, ron hon, will be able to show why the storm had certainly determined. he had been determined and had always said that he's willing to go to any limit in order to try and achieve the objectives. and of course, he's always been saying that he wanted it done peacefully. constitutionally, nigerians have returned to the polls to like new governors in 28 states. new state assemblies are also being picked. this vote was delayed by a week. the electoral commission saying that it needed time to reconfigure electronic voting machines. following a disputed presidential election in february, i'm at interest has more on this from cono. in northern nigeria,
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the board has been largely successful and people in many parts of cano state and many parts of the 28 states of nigeria. why voting took place? remember, there are 36 states in general. 8 of them are not holding the governorship elections today because of court decisions or court rulings that's going to be in and out of season for now. now basically the elections, according to officials, from most part of the country that we've called, or been in contact with, say the election went on peacefully, however, that isolated incidents even here at the polling station we are at now there was an attempt at voting, came close there was an attempt to scuttle the process. individuals invaded, holding center, which was about 6 or 7 units at the clues. and they just wanted to disrupt the process. it took a quick intervention of security agencies, the police and other arms of security organ in kind of state to put everything in
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order. so the porting and counting process could not take place in the open in the public glare because of duck particular threat to the process and then are similar processes in certain parts of the country that was reported to a close. usually it's at this time when individuals tried to disrupt the process and disrupt the polls because they felt maybe they may not win an election when the election or the polling stations, maloney and continue to search for loved ones buried under mud. as the death toll from psycho and freddy jumps to more than 430 tens of thousands have been forced from their homes by flooding. survivors a show of food and aid has been slow to reach many areas blocked by land flies for me to miller. has more than this from a conga, it's far from over and the rescue services are continuing. here in mccann guy. it's
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just off land. oh, it's quite a distance from the mainland. there's a river between my congo and the mainland, and that has been entirely flooded. the water coming up into what was a village, and i'm just going to step out of shot to give you a better idea of what it looks like here. the water wasn't this close to where people were living and you see people sitting on local canoes waiting to be rescued by the police services. the canoes would normally transport people back and forth between here and the mainland, but they're charging $4500000000.00 shillings, the equivalent of $4.00 to take people to the mainland and they simply don't have the money. so they're relying on police services. we're sending 2 boats out a day and collecting people to make about 6 trips. and so far they've reached about 1300 people. but hundreds more are waiting on an island like this other to take refuge in trees. they've lost absolutely everything. their homes have been washed away. they also don't have any food,
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and that's the main thing they're complained about. as soon as we reach this island, they said they're hungry and they're trying to get to the mainland to get food. because a little may, they did have, has now run out and has nothing left. they even, even if they did have maze, they don't have homes, they don't have shelter, they don't have cooking utensils or pots, there's really nothing they can do. we also understand it further on this island. they are more people waiting for rescue efforts, but they're simply too weak and tired to make it here. so they would have to wait for assistance to reach them a little more in land. we know about a 126000 people in this district alone have been displaced. please say they're doing as much as they can. it's taken some time to reach areas like this because they've been inaccessible. the water was too strong and too high. so these rescue efforts continue and it certainly will be a number a few more days before the is i suppose, a greater a bigger dent made in terms of rescuing people in places like this which have been
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very difficult to reach up till now. at starkey is foreign minister says his country looks forward to normalizing relations with egypt. man, look trouble show louis in cairo where he's been meeting egypt. foreign minister. this is the 1st official visit by a senior turkish delegation in more than a decade. it comes a few weeks after some a sugary made a humanitarian visit to turkey and syria, to show egypt supports after 2 major earthquakes. rousseau cert, our reports on this from istanbul. it was a significant, they enlisted between turkey and egypt, turkey. as for the minister mode, social, or nearly after a decade for the 1st time, was in cairo, and he has met his egyptian counterpart, the relations between tricky and, and egypt went to ups and downs through the last decade since the military coup in 2013 in egypt, but in 2020 we have seen one messages coming out of anchor and chiral present, added one, expressed his willingness to restore the ties with egypt. and over
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a month ago when 2 powerful earthquake hid the sultan, trickier president of egypt. after fair c. c. has a has called present, add, want to quote, to can be his condolences then egyptian, for the minister, a some shook a wisdom the, the dead, the disaster area in turkey to show his country is solidarity, which just turkey. and then turkey's for the minister motel solo went to cairo to, to, to, to give a step up to this warm and vitamin. and to day to for the ministers have promised a lot depending on the trade relations, corporate and on regional issues. and also fully restoring the diplomatic ties for love. so live, we have solved the grounds and we are confident that we were to restore relations with turkey in a strong way in the way we look forward to the talks leading to the return of ambassadors between egypt and turkey. despite all of these positive messages coming out of cairo today,
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there are steve to mean issues needs to be addressed properly by kate or an anchor . the 1st one is the libya and libya tricky support to the poorly beast government . while egypt supports bengal based government and in east military and him in 2019 tricky has been excluded from east mediterranean gas for him. so the experts are seen that as long as turkey and egypt suppose different sides in libya, or at least they are not able to find a mid gown in libya. and also as long as turkey is excluded from, is mediterranean gas for him. delicious between these 2 countries are going to still remain fragile reserve that of the 0 stumble. a former us president donald trump says he expects to be arrested on tuesday. he made the remark on his truth social media site from cited what he called illegal leaks in the manhattan district attorney's office, and he call them his supporters to process mike. hannah has more on this from washington campus, referring to
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a case that has been ongoing in new york. there has been a grand jury hearing into hush money paid to, to women one, a former porn star. this money was allegedly paid by tram, through an intermediary to get them to keep quiet about having had sexual relations with him. in the past. now trumps then attorney michael cohen has appeared before the grand jury. and although grand jury proceedings are secret code has stated publicly that he orchestrated the payment to, to women in order to keep them quiet about having had sexual relations with trump. now the significance of the day is timing, because the payments were made during the campaign period before the 2016 election . and what the grand jury has been deciding on is whether this was in fact, a contravention of campaign funding lords, which is a criminal act. now the, the new york tourney has given the opportunity to appear before the grand jury that
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was a week ago. and that normally does pre see some form of indictment in this particular case. so this is what campus referring to no confirmation whatsoever from any other source. in fact, trumps own spokesperson, confirms that this is from what trump calls illegal leaks. there has been no official notification whatsoever. a russian president vladimir putin is in crimea to mark the 9th anniversary of the peninsula of annexation from ukraine, putting toward an art school and a children's center. a day after the international criminal court issued an arrest warrant, accusing him of bearing personal responsibility for the abduction of ukrainian children. brushes, annexation of crimea drew widespread criticism, but moscow described to move as an act of self determination. all the states, back to february 2014. when then president victory of coverage fled key for russia
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. ukraine, parliament appointed an acting president and prime minister and made clear that it wanted closer ties with europe. well, almost immediately pro russian, separatists began occupying major facilities and checkpoints on the crimean peninsula. the following month, russian soldiers secured the region, and on march 18th, crimea, and russian officials signed the treaty of accession of the republic of crimea to russia. hootin ratified it 3 days later. christina passion is the director of the documentary a struggle for home. the crimean tours. she explains the history of the indigenous people of crime. yet there are amalgam a very many different ethnic groups from ancient history in the peninsula. and as you said, they had in the ping pong ball when happened, a great antics their country, their state, the cranium connie, in 1783, the suffered population displacement for centuries, bigotry, their marks have been vandalized their houses and have been destroyed. their culture has been decimated, and when the soviet union collapsed in the 90s,
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here they thought they're finally free. they're probably free of russia. we finally had their freedom. and then boom, 2014 happened and it's starting all over again. now under russian occupation under put in the same things are happening. we have creamy and tuckers are being pushed out to peninsula, forced to flee the turkey or to other european countries. beef had their representative bodies, the mattress and the cruel ty, they're banned from the peninsula. now their tv channels have been banned from the peninsula. their cultural institutions are being estimated once again. and now we're talking about this mass mobilization that put and called for russian citizens, right. that has disproportionately targeted crimea and tuckers in the peninsula. so once again, we're seen like these remnants of the genocidal policies. russia has perpetrated against them. for centuries, the grail, a great deal between russia and ukraine has been extended. ukraine was seeking an extension extension of 2 months, but russia has said it only wanted to continue to allow great exports to pass through its black seaports. for another 60 days, ukraine is one of the world's largest suppliers of sunflower oil, wheat,
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and grain. stephanie decker reports from your captivate fi ukraine feeds the world. the words of this farms owner. victor sharon etta gives us a tour on a cold march morning on the outskirts of cave, corn, wheat, barley, and where ukraine holds po, position globally. and flour fee, which i know was an allow $1.00 that the grain deal gave us hope because our internal price is dropped almost $3.00 full during the war. but after was sign, what prices rose and of course not like before the war, but they increased in this gave us hope that we can work and sell our harvest in the future. despite is deceivingly peaceful moment. this is a country at war. and what happens in these fields has global implications. ukraine is one of the world largest produces and sunflower oil, and also wheat and grain one gets produced here an export. it has
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a direct effect on food prices around the world. it's one of the main reasons why this deal was brokered, the global need to bring down soaring for the prices that resulted because of the war. russia controls access in and out of the black sea, which ukraine needs to ship. it's produced to the rest of the world. the deal is said to be renewed every 4 months. russia now says it only wants to renew it for 2 citing sanctions affecting its own exports. but ukraine's deputy had of infrastructure who's been part of the team negotiating the grain deal, tells us such a short term deal does not offer stability, but is important to the farmers to see there for august, how they will export it. products unit, next, marketing gear. they go, sir, and in case of the farmers for see you and for masses of, for me as j, it is also small period. we are asked our partners to make minimum one year.
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farmers have also complained of russia delaying checks on vessels transporting, produce which costs more money. move to move my more for yet. we know russia want to only extend for 2 months, but this is not as it should be. also the vessels that go to ukraine are delayed by russia in the buffers, and we end up paying for this because the vessels don't reach us on time. currently, the western border with poland is working, but we cannot fully sell the grain that we have by road. we need to see the journey out has begun. russia holds great leverage in just how far they will reach. such tiny seeds and grains with major geopolitical implications. stephanie decker al jazeera, yet kavitsky on the outskirts of keith. still ahead on al 0. why a wall of dead fish is moving along the river in one australian town. and louis hamilton's boss says he wouldn't blame him for leaving the mercedes formula once he
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ah, there have been reports of flooding in the philippines just recently. not particularly unusual. i know. and that is gonna happen again, is probably going to happen in the south because that's where the heavy samples a light re through sunday and monday. and it's also long takes you back through bornea to smarter than optically big shout. and we are faltering getting towards the end of the rainy season. they're all the same. and more significant runs gone through japan now off shore, leaving fine weather. but we got another line developing in china and now you do tend to get rain as time the if it has been a bit heavy, they should be more recently south of the exit north, where the sun is out. attempts is all 3 of 4 degrees above where they should be at this time of the year. now we're back to friday, settled weather for japan, mostly the korean peninsula, and mostly in china. but temperatures are starting to rise again and we are
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forecasting another heat wave in southern china. come the middle of next week. now this is a picture you shouldn't really be seeing much of just yet big down poles in some parts of india as fast as his chin. i where they shouldn't be. and they're repeated on sunday. not the same extent, but certainly through this part of india or bangladesh, big samples, we'll give them flash study. they do go off show during monday and leave things a little bit dry. and with pakistan, i much draw a picture ah, with a coveted beyond well taken without hesitation. fulton died for palla defines al, wow, we live here, we make the rule, not them. they find an enemy and then they try and scare the people with the people
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in power investigate. i closed it and questions they used and abused of our around the cloud on now to sierra ah ah, there are headlines on al jazeera violence is erupt. it outside of court in islamabad were former pakistani prime minister cameron con, appeared on corruption charges arrest, warrants against him have been dropped. voting has ended in nigeria elections for governor and state assemblies. the delayed vote comes weeks after a disputed presidential election results from the 28 states are expected by monday . turkeys foreign minister says his country looks forward to normalizing relations
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with egypt. metal of charles shaw lewis visit to cairo is the 1st by senior turkish delegation. in more than a decade, as serbian president alexander of which an kosovo prime minister, albin corte are in north macedonia for another round of talks to normalize relations, the eu has proposed to plan to end one of europe longest disputes. houses here as maya bush epsco has more from or it north met north macedonia you is expecting the serbia and coast. we'll accept the proposal for the normalization of their relation and to start things, lamentation as soon as possible. last month. president of serbia, alexander church, and course i was prime minister. i'll be 40, met in brussels to discuss your proposal after this meeting you for in the future. you have said that the leader agreed that no further
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discussions are needed. however, he says, more dogs are needed for the implementation of the european plan. according to d. s. u agreement, serbia will know to post cost of or to join an international organization. also, serbia easy, assisting call and forming constipation of therapy is in course of all as a precondition for adopting called the plan. course of government government is analyzing 15 models. how these association should be established. at least 800 people have been killed out to flood swept through earthquake hit regions in southern turkey. a heavy rain in gas and tap is forecast to continue for at least 2 more days. local media reports of several 10 cities for survivors of february. earthquakes have been damaged and heavy flooding and land slides is
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killed. at least 6 people in northern and central peru. residents are now grappling with the aftermath after hundreds of homes were destroyed in the psych loan, the government has declared a state of emergency. australia's new south wales is dealing with what authority say is the largest number of fish deaths on record. millions of fish of washed up near a major river west of sydney. authorities say an ongoing heat wave and receding flood are partly to blame for this. laura con reports this white blanket and darling river is laid up. a lillian of dead fish. the rotting remains of mainly breen, cotton perch, a clogging australia 2nd longest rhythm and the disrupting the lives of people in the small town of men. indeed, are you walking around into a draught up medicine and near smelling as putrid smell, and it sets of terrible smell and horrible to say all those dead fish,
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local authorities say unusually hot weather has led to a lot algo bloom in the rivers. this coupled with receding flood waters and drying riverbeds have starved fish of oxygen. in a statement, the new southwell state department says the hot weather is exacerbating hypoxia. as warmer water holds less oxygen, the cold water, the fish have higher oxygen needs at warmer temperatures. this is the 3rd math dial for fish in the darling river in 2019 nearly 1000000 fish perished them. but the new south wales department of primary industries says the latest is the worth, with hardly any fish being left alive. as just a feeling of hopeless her said that nick, no one wants to take any responsibility for it. and really all we want is to maintain a healthy river authority, say fish populations, usually boom, during the floods and then full as fatwas as receipt. but local people,
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blame poor water management, they say more needs to be done to improve the drainage and quality of water to prevent another wool of dead fish. leucon al jazeera thereon says it's aiming to be among one of the world leaders to use artificial intelligence. publishing sector is among a wide range of industries using ai to enhance and grow their products. on monday, the 1st fully a i produce magazine hit, new stands and toronto, alhashan reports. this team is putting together what they believed to be the 1st magazine ever fully produced using artificial intelligence or a, our major level man, natalie, canon bishop. i wanted to publish this artificial intelligence produced magazine for the 1st time in iran, or maybe the world to tell my audiences and entrepreneurs that a great development as being made in the world. and we should understand it as soon as possible. otherwise, we will be looking backward in the past few years,
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artificial intelligence has emerged as the world's most advanced technological development. it refers to a computer or machines ability to perform tasks that typically require human intelligence, including writing and researching, producing a magazine using a, i would still require akbar to choose his stories, and then his team of technicians generate the content through a different a i software has said, tell us this picture that you see now has been created by mid journey. we fit it with what we want and this is the outcome. and now it's going to be used on the front page of the magazine laser. we'll get our chats, g p t produced content and add to the issue, then it's really to be printed. the final product looks just like any other magazine except it's content wasn't that used by human. there are thumb from fed them lunch a long, long, long, but many believe just like other technological achievement of the past century. it, when has the quality of product. i'll create more fortunately, the
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a i boss here isn't limited to journalism. iran is aiming to become one of the world stop 10 countries for a i, technology and the coming 10 years. yeah. one of darren's biggest digital fox. several, a i powered projects out in the making stops, are investing more in a i, facilities and equipment because they believe it's going to be essential for the country's economy. the use of a i in iran has extended to its armed forces as well. recently that evolutionary gods naval commander announced his forces or acquiring a i power equipment that are capable of warning each other. if any vessel comes under attack and move that reflects iran's growing reliance on artificial intelligence and the impact it could have on its future as it struggles on the sanctions. aliana images, iraq to her on a gunner has held a state funeral for its former national team footballer christian at you who died
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in those earthquakes in turkey. as nicholas hack reports, the president and thousands of mourners paid their respects in the capital acura. blue gonna is morning, one of its sons outside the state house in the capitol. across the coffin, the late football star christian at hundreds gathered family members, former players, managers and the legion of fans, including orphans that at you helped all here to play tribute to the former new castle winger who died in last month's earthquake in turkey. yes, dan. so my friend, so when we heard many earthquakes, we prayed for him. but then we heard the bad news that he had died while he played for turkey is what i asked for. ot shoe spent most of his career in
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the english premier league playing for chelsea, new castle, and every time he also made 65 appearances for gunners national t. helping the black stars reached the final of the 2015 africa cup of nations in equitorial guinea. he was awarded goal and player of the tournament, yet it is a very sad day to us we. it's not even the football as per se. busy or sports per se, everybody in gun a sod today, you know, such a tile. and he's going to early in my opinion, in gannons tradition, funerals, or send off to the other world in a moment of both grief and celebration. i too used his talent to spread joy to millions of people and gone on beyond. for many, this isn't just a funeral. it's a last get back to a football star. nicholas hawk al jazeera mercedes
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formula. one boss says that he wouldn't blame louis hamilton for leaving the team if it fails to provide him with the chance of winning a record 8th world title. hamilton is out of contract at the end of this season. and while the wolf is currently confident that he will stay on, he also says it's on mercedes to stop him from looking elsewhere. i don't think that we can. we can beat on the teams in front of us. that's the reality. it's about tuning the car to the best of the ability. is he on track and, and, and see where we end up in qualifying and in the race. if we can not demonstrate that, we are able to give him a call in the next couple of years than he needs to look everywhere. i don't think he's doing at that stage, but i will have nope, no a couch if that happens in a year or 2. ah, this is al 0 here you're headlines. violence is erupted outside of cortinas.
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