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ah, and a frank assessments justice means to give them the basic human rights, not only in the camp, but also inside the me, a map informed opinions 5 administration are very concerned about this development, especially for what it means for china's power on the world. states critical debate, there are only both the legal routes or what they see the other thing you're going to progress. in depth analysis of the days headlines inside story on al jazeera ah al jazeera with
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the man they were inspired. the film hotel, rolanda, and saved of a 1200 lives is released from prison in a deal struck by cat. ah, hello, i'm darn jordan. this is out as they are alive and go are also coming up. be prepared for us, jack forcefully. protect our people. that's exactly what happened last night. president biden's warning for iran off to us and strikes target iranian backed forces and syria. president macro insist, there's no going back on raising the retirement age and fall seamless o t s force him to postpone a visit by britons king charles and we look at how animals are being used out ukraine. soldier to deal with a trauma, a fighting on the front line. ah,
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the man who saved more than 1200 lives during the rwandan genocide on his spine. the film hotel lawanda has been released from prison. all was as a beginner, was sentenced to 25 years on terrorism charges 2 years ago. is 120 people who sentences have been commuted following intense diplomacy by qatar and the united states. barbara and got a report. he served more than a year of a 25 year prison sentence after a rwandan court convicted him on terrorism charges. now paul recess, a beginner, is a free man. 2 years ago, he refused to participate in court proceedings. write scripts and observers said the trial was a sham because of so somebody may have household to the old. how the, the nature of the want and the government are because does not on, it does not order it to criticism. and so it, it just showed the right to the,
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to this is there more for wonder of the big scottish it or does why the, this is something that i've been fighting for for human rights in wonderful democracy in her wanda. and he didn't even try to become victim excited nearly 20 years earlier, he became famous when the hollywood film hotel rhonda told his story. his credit had with saving more than 1200 lives during rwanda's, 1994 genocide. more than half a 1000000 tutsis and many his were killed by a hoo to militia during a civil war. the rondon patriotic front led by pork a gun may want the war and took power. cook, i'm a late to became president and recess of aglena became his critic rhonda accused him of supporting an armed creep that wanted to overthrow the government we have maintained. oh, serious concerns about this case, especially as with regards to political violence, but i'm groups including those that are led by people operating from develop
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countries. but oh, we have the no greet. oh or no one on the fundamental oh, principals. and we're able to, to, to move forward with this sir humanitarian relief, recessive. again, a has belgian citizenship and was a resident of the u. s. 3 years ago he was deceived into boarding a plane in to buy and later appeared in wanda's capital kigali in handcuffs. right script say he was kidnapped. rwanda's government says his sentence has been commuted after a presidential order. barbara and groper alto sarah president joe biden has warned iran the u. s. will act forcefully to protect americans. so after the u. s. military carried out air strikes against iran linked targets near. i'll hezekiah and syria. it was in response to an attack that killed an american contractor an injured 5 soldiers. i am also grateful for the professionalism or service members
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who are so ably carried out this response and to make no mistake. united states does not, does not emphasize seek conflict with iran, but be prepared for us to act forcefully. protect our people. that's exactly what happened last night, which i bought and made those comments during his 1st official visit to canada as president. the trip comes as thousands of migrants have made their way north through informal crossing points on the us, canada border. alan fisher reports it may just be 24 hours, but joe biden is hoping he's accomplished a lot from his 1st official visit to canada. since winning the white house at a time when you alliances are being forged elsewhere. this was about showing one of the oldest links in the world is still strong. both sides are putting the best spin the can on the visit, which brought a face to face, sit down and an address to the canadian parliament. americans and canadians are 2
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people to country in my view sherry one heart. but there are tensions, not least at the border crossings from america into canada, a note historically high levels. one point between new york state and quebec. a hot spot, even in winter, that both countries have agreed the can ton away would be asylum seekers. in exchange, canada will accept 15000 more central and south american migrants through legal channels. our border is no longer just the place where we meet each other. is the place where we will meet the moment. cheerleaders also addressed issues like climate change, the water ukraine, and the growing threat from china, the spy, berlin, that flew over america recently before being short don't cross canadian air space. suspending, more than defense has become a priority. as, as paying attention to existing allies we have are on, you know, significantly extended our alliances. i haven't seen that happen with china and,
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or russian or anybody else in the world. we're in a situation united states. we're nato, a stronger role together. the g 7 a quad the asi on. ah, japan and korea to see place. when donald trump visited canada in 2018, he tweeted out an attack on the prime minister after he left the warm smiles and from hon. shakes this time round, suggest alicia's between the 2 countries are better. but they still have issues that haven't disappeared. allen fisher al jazeera to look at at least 34 african migrants and refugees are missing. after a boat sank off the coast of tennessee. it is the 5th shipwreck in 2 days, according to officials there. the coastline of vax has become a major departure point for migrants. heading to europe. protests against the french government's bill to raise the retirement age of forced the british king to postpone his state visit their french present. manion micron says it would lack
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common sense. king charles to visit in the middle of the demonstrations. hundreds of police were injured as more than a 1000000 people took the streets across the country on thursday. the 3rd, but a report from paris. street littered with burnt garbage and broken windows. as the cleanup began, the day after a pension reform protest in the city descended into chaos. paris his mare said she understood people's frustrations, but criticized some of their methods. you'd oscar or golden violence that we condemn that i condemn, distracts attention from the main issue, which is that most french people want the withdrawal of the pension reform. oh, some protesters and police clashed in several french cities overnight. police union said more than $400.00 offices in the country were injured. king charles was dear to visit paris in just a few days, but it seems like this and more pan protests have prompted to release a palace to postpone the trip. at an
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e u summit in brussels prison macro said the king would be welcomed. another time you mowgli on does have double sauce. we would have lacked common sense if we had held a state visit for his majesty the king and the queen consort in the midst of the protests. and given the esteem and the friendship, we feel for his majesty the king and the queen consort and the british people. i made the decision to call him this morning and tell him what the situation was. trade unions won't emmanuel my quarters, scrap the pension reform. they say it's unfair and will hurt poor workers, but mcgraw says it's necessary to sustain the retirement system. a stand off that seems unlikely to and soon it out of buckler al jazeera paris, u. k. any you have formerly signed off in a post briggs that deal to over a whole northern islands trade rules. u. k. m. p. 's overwhelmingly endorsed a crucial part of the deal on a wednesday, known as the winds, a framework. it aims to reduce the number of checks on goods arriving in northern
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ireland and the british mainland, or force that reports from liverpool. in acting a deal that the u. k. in the u. both hope will men the relationship frayed by breaks its main unresolved question. the status of northern ireland. britain's foreign secretary james cleverly welcome, the use chief negotiator morrow, cept image to london to sign the windsor framework. we've now found a way to move forward. we found a way to unlock the full potential of what is a very strong and important partnership between the u. k and the b. it's a british ports like liverpool, where it will be implemented most directly designed to address the anger of northern islands unionists and westminster. conservatives who said rules governing shipping from the mainland undermined northern island status as part of the united kingdom. former prime minister barak johnson's brags d, left and effective customs border between mainland britain and northern island.
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mandating strict checks on good sent that under the new agreement. that will still be the case for goods destined to end up in the irish republic. they will be subject to a so called read channel of cross c trade. but for a shipment of goods that's guaranteed to remain in northern ireland, it will go through a green channel requiring just one piece of documentation. the idea is even a mixed shipments of goods from various supplies to various customers. could be treated in this way. drastically reducing the barriers that have kept familiar products of northern irish shelves. but that doesn't mean that this focus post breaks attention has been resolved to everyone's satisfaction. some species of trees and plants for now still won't be allowed in northern ireland. because if you plant safety laws, the eyes to the right, $515.00, the nose to the left $29.00. but the bigger issue is political. despite the overwhelming majority in the u. k. parliament this week, northern islands, democratic unionist party. and some conservatives against the d. p isn't satisfied
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that the measure allowing the assembly in belfast to challenge changes to you law that would apply in northern ireland, goes far enough and it still refusing to go back into the power sharing administration. nonetheless, a deal announced with great fanfare. less than a month ago is now ratified and moving ahead, removing the main obstacle to e u. u. k. progress in other areas like scientific cooperation, ari faucet al jazeera, livable credible me and my government just hold on to 0. it will start the re pat creation of a hanging refugees in mid april. and for the 1st time, officials say those who return will be out back to their homes. but many rings, a skeptical of guarantees on the military and say the 2 scared to return to 0. tony chang reports from it. oh, a rare opportunity to speak to me. most military leaders and the man whose become the public face of the genta major general zone meant don't. they say they have
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good news, a pilot project to allow the ranking minority who said in 2017 to come home. i'll come on thursday, we will accept them back after that, we will process them in the camps for a maximum of 2 weeks. then we will relocate them to the original villages. we have already prepared security for them. a group of officials crossed from me a month bangladesh last week to discuss the plan with the ring of community previous attempts, repair creation who failed, in part because the mere morrow authorities would not allow them to return to their original homes. now they seem at least be showing more concern the government officials from me in my presence to facilitate petri ation like money. and it will enquire about our welfare and how we came here. the situation in the camps in bangladesh goes from bad to worse. this fire at the beginning of march left 12000 people without shelter. and the un says the international community is
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failing to provide funding for even facing food supplies. but for many ra hanger, safety is their main concern. don't go back and yes, we guarantee that security we have already made preparations to make them safe for the 1st. we are going to accept between 1000 maximum of 1500. throughout the interview, however, the spokesman referred to the wrangler, has been goal, is denying their long history, the citizens of mamma. and many people will be skeptical of security guarantees from the military. in 2017 tens of thousands of wrangle were killed at hundreds of villages burned to the ground. and the military crackdown un described as textbook example of ethnic cleansing. there is one very big difference between now and 2017 . when more than a 1000000 ra hanger fled the country,
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the army that was accused of perpetrating atrocities against them has now seized control. and the crimes that we saw perpetrated against the hunger being seen all across the country. tony cheng al jazeera. ma'am. let's not start to come here and just hear, including we hear from people in libya, say they're struggling to buy the basic necessities this ramadan more not ah here's or whether update for the 1000000 stand africa. thank you so much for joining in. so the winds are picking out the cross, a huge swath of saudi arabia. see the brown on the map. that's a stand in does being spun around a number of weather alerts in play here for blowing does, but around the gulf, it is a quieter pitcher kuwait. manana, though, hard to buy plenty of signing your temperature,
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about 30 degrees on saturday. did see snow in theater ets in pakistan's baluchistan province for the 1st time in march and 15 years, most of the action now round the north is lumber bog. and the hor, so punjab providence in boxes. some of that is transferring over into punjab state in india. these are westerly disturbances moving out of afghanistan into pockets done for the vans quite unsettled some downpours along that border with turkey and syria. but really what whether aleppo beta route and ramallah, and wouldn't be surprised if we see some thunderstorms mixed in there. as while our cl rains are now starting to come further north, so the rain pepin up along the gulf of guinea and we've got some welcome rain for some malia. i think some sundry downpours in the mix for market the issue on saturday with a high 29 degrees and an improvement in those conditions for south africa's western cape province. still a few showers, though round cape town on saturday season. ah . ready too often of canister is portrayed through the
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prism of war. but there were many of gustavo, thanks to the brave individuals who risk their lives to protect it from destruction . an extraordinary film, archives spanning for decades, reveals the forgotten truths of the country's modern history. the forbidden real pot for the era of darkness on a j 0 lou . ah, welcome back. a quick reminder. the top stories here on al jazeera, the man who saved more than 1200 lives during the rwandan genocide and inspired the
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film hotel. rolanda has been released from prison. your secretary of state anthony, blinking us dr. london government for freeing poor rosa sabina. i'm counsel for its mediation. president joe barton has warmed iran. the u. s. will act forcefully to protect americans off the u. s. military carried out as strikes against iranian linked targets and syria in retaliation for an attack on an american base. bought in protest against the pension reform plan in france, a forced assignment of a state as it by the british monarch president manuel mac moore says it would luck common sense booking, charles, to visit in the middle of the protests that most of the soldiers fighting to defend ukraine from russia had never been into battle before. now, many are spending months on end. on the front lines. it's put them under huge mental strain. al jazeera, stephanie decker reports from key when a program aimed at helping them deal with a trauma of what they are exhausted after 3 months on the front lines around, back,
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moot, this battalion is now rotated out. but just for a short while, these ukrainian soldiers have been chosen to join an animal therapy session. they've been showing symptoms of post traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, depression, sleepless nights, hulu. you just feel calm around animals and anomolies gentle to you. it comes you. oh leg has been in the army since 2014 war is not new to him. we ask him what it is like in back more to the open about it and he doesn't want to talk about it. the mental told this war is taking on countless soldiers is not something widely talked about. the scale is still unknown. programs like this are not that common but it's a start. when inclusion i'd see the wallet because the raja when they arrive here they attends, may be a little apprehensive because they don't know what will happen. but after a few hours they forget everything within they managed to relax and got some new
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positive emotions. sometimes their eyes light up like childs some say their sleep improved off to this leave of the rolling of this program ultimately connects them with horses and it's called hipaa therapy. it feels a world away from the frontline, all part of a therapeutic process, which ultimately has the mounting up. the soldiers have never ridden a horse before and now this program runs twice a week and it's never the same group that passes through the aim is to offer some kind of light relief even if just temporary, as they will be returning to the front lines in just a few days, there is a scientific formula to this were told, there was good to when you're on a horse, every muscle of your body is working. you have to find your balance to not full. you have to focus on your body. that's what we're aiming for with the horse. because if a person is under stress, they don't feel their body, they're numb. there are lots of soldiers with signs of p t s t. so we work on thus,
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a child like moment of relief for men who carry the burden of defending their country. we ask if it is helped me of the me ms. lady, you know was a bit when i feel quite different. it is incompatible here to rest physically and mentally at this totally different from there. maybe it's hard because you don't think you do your job. that's it. ukrainians to are dying in large numbers. the exact figure is hard to verify. o leg tells us they need more support around that boat. what should i see that we are not so prepared? we need more hardware. we don't have as much training as we should. men are fighting who have never served in the army. he says they are due to return to the frontline on saturday to keep the tspra. that is that he tells us an affectionate moment like this providing all to fleeting comfort. we filmed these men a few days ago. they are now back on the front line. stephanie decker, al jazeera,
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keith israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is on an official visit to the united kingdom. he met with prime minister wishes sooner at downing street. oh, hes democracy, i'm that latin israel did you break? the law sy, dogs between the leaders are taking place against the backdrop of protests over netanyahu's trip. many israelis in the u. k. under broad against his government's judicial reform or under a 100000 palestinians, attended the 1st friday afternoon prayers of ramadan at alex a mosque and occupied east jerusalem. but many worshippers from the occupied west bank were prevented from entering due to the strict measures imposed by israeli forces made up okay, report a bright and peaceful morning at the alex almost compound with palestinians observing ramadan by reading the could on one lloyd i thank god i am happy. thank
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god, i can't express my happiness to praise the locks almost. i'm 50 years old and israel recently lifted the security ban on me. ah, around a 100000 worshippers have flocked to occupied east jerusalem to welcome the fasting month with the 1st friday afternoon prayers. but there were long queues at military checkpoints across the occupied westbank, with many palestinians waiting a long time to pass through an unsolved vision. let me cross to pray because i am younger than 55 in one month. i'll be 55. i told them i want to pray. they refuse to not. they said you have to be older. i can't pray because of a one month different all. earlier this week, israel announce only palestinian women children under 12 and men above the age of $55.00 will be allowed into olive software ramadan prayers without a permit. but this wasn't the case for many of you at 8 the seller had little
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thought. they're not making it easy, even children who are one month older than 12, they refused to let them cross. i was forced their mothers to go back with them. they didn't let women or all the children was security bands to get in. israeli forces have set up road blocks and impose strict measures on the way to the city and at the gate of the mosque with the recent hi contentions in the occupied west bank and east jerusalem. there are concerns of an escalation of violence by israeli forces against palestinians love on that. of course we fear escalation, but we hope that ramadan would be peaceful without escalation and that muslims would be able to enter. alex ought to pray without any problems between jews and arabs. a little bit dounia alex, so compound has been a flash point for tensions between palestinians and israelis. there's also been an increase in israel, ultra nationalist groups making incursions into the compound in recent years. but despite the restrictions, many palestinian sates, important to be at the alex thomas during the holy month of ramadan. lena barclay,
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al josina to libya now where many families are struggling with an increase in the price of basic goods this ramadan and business owners in ms. ra to say this year has been the most difficult yet out 0 malik trina sent off this report. this is the annual welcome ramadan exhibition in mr. otto. it showcases local products like dietz, olive oil and honey, and all at discounted rates. anonymous as company has been coming here for the last 2 years, but he says business isn't great. wasn't secondary, luscious exhibit was much better than this year. this year. it's just been okay. yesterday was really slow. it's a bit better to day. this is what's known as the amazon rush. people store markets to stuck up on food items ahead of time. it's the holiest month in islam. a calendar. muslims around the world will fast from sunrise to sunset. families spend
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time together breaking their fath, but for some roman bond will be difficult this year, and they were mostly for i was, it lives in eval grin about a 100 kilometers east of mazata. his family of 8 is struggling to make ends meet a man, one of my salary is very low. it's about $100.00 a month. it is not enough to provide for my family. i come to him his rights because basic goods like flour, tomato based an oil for cheaper here with a rise in prizes, many families are struggling and ramadan solid as dessert is a professor of economics at a local university. he says, when the central bank devalued the libyan dinar in 2021, people salaries stayed the same who lives in the heart of libya and bought all of his product with the dollar. so the problem is people salary are very weak compared to the dollar. most people make around $250.00 to $300.00 a month,
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which means they're under the poverty line. libya has been riddled with conflict and political divisions for over a decade. the u. n says, an estimated 1300000 people are in need of humanitarian assistance in the country. libya has africa's largest oil, crude reserves and should be a prosperous country. people here whole, it's instability can be overcome. so their financial burdens widen. ma trina, l j 0 slaughter. now heads of state from spanish and portuguese speaking nations are meeting for the biennial iberia america summit. it's the oldest block in the region that doesn't include the united states on the agenda is post. pandemic recovery the warn ukraine and climate change. our latin america editor salisia newman reports now from santo domingo in the dominican republic. the dominican republic. the 1st colony of the americas,
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founded by spain in 1492. to gay it hosting the 27th a barrel. american summit. a forum for leaders of latin america, spain, portugal, and an dora $22.00 countries in all on the agenda, climate change food security, migration and strategies for regional integration to confront them. a persona professionally mclamore. yeah. these leaders are supposed to make sure that it wrongly birth is my work, no money. how can people feed themselves? that's why so many people leave our countryside. 65 year old lisa says, unemployment is made worse by the number of undocumented workers who come here from neighboring haiti. oh say on man. that even the presidents should unite, have dialogue and reach agreements so that we aren't strung along to deal with the burden of haitian immigration because it's a problem for all of us. also on the agenda is a new source of inequality. the lack of digital access,
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affecting more than 150000000 latin americans. there's no way in which any country in this more world with a digital revolution can really get into all the opportunities for a location for production, for employment. good, good, good job to. so if you don't have broadband, robbie it says, here at friday's a girl american business forum, many investors, especially from spain, saw the problem as an opportunity. the point of the summit is to agree on common solutions to global problems. i say, and we bogo and t live the more moment. very recently we suffered from enormous wildfire and we received help from the international community, especially from a barrow america level that demonstrates the importance of our integration, dra, but it's proving difficult. the truth is that this is not a very propitious time for regional unity and not because of ideological differences. as in the past. the red carpet may be out to welcome the visiting
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dignitaries, but the fact that many of the leaders in specially the to president of the regions largest economies are not coming does not bode well for i barrel american cooperation to those leaders, domestic rather than regional matters are taking priority, so they will have no say here. and yet another thorny issue is agreement on how to deal with the tax against human rights in the garage of salvatore, cuba peru and venezuela, which are also proving devices yet another sign of troubled times in the americas see in human al jazeera santo domingo pope francis has returned 3 ancient fragments from athens parthenon, temple to greece. the artifacts had been kept at the vatican for centuries. it'll increase pressure on the u. k. to return a much larger collection of marbles on exhibition of the british museum.
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