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ah. mm. mm. former us president donald trump is expected to voluntarily surrender to face criminal charges. next week. the current president remains tight lipped no common. mm hm. ah, i money inside the south, is there a lie from day or so coming up? tornadoes hit to us, states killing at least $4.00 people and injuring dozen small 11 people die in a stumpy during the distribution of food aid and pakistan. and as the un sounds, a warning over artificial intelligence, italy becomes,
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of us west and country to block in advanced the chapel. ah, donald trump is expected to appear in a new york court on tuesday. the 1st form a u. s. president to face criminal charges. he's expected to plead not guilty to accusations related to a hush money payment, adult film star stormy daniels cables on day. as the latest from new york, a handful of protesters came out friday at trump tower new york. as news of the former president's indictment filtered through about 6 kilometers to the south outside the manhattan district attorney's office. the anticipation among the world's media is also building as a date with history draws closer. but back in florida, donald trump's plain remains firmly on the tarmac, the man himself staying behind closed doors through most of the day,
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leaving his supporters to do most of the talking for him. i think these charges are not a legitimate charges. i think what is happening right now in our nation is very sad and i feel that the direction that we are headed is very dangerous since the manhattan district attorney's office confirmed trumps indictment over hush money payments to a former adult film star. speculation has mounted over how trump's arraignment will play out. they've got nothing and its potential effect on the country. trump's lawyers say they'll vigorously fight the charges and framed the indictment as political persecution. it's believe trump will surrender on tuesday, and it's expected he will arrive here at the district attorney's office, where he will have his photograph and fingerprints take him. he will be in walked down a long hallway to make his 1st court appearance at an arraignment when he is free
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to leave. the big question then is, will trump come outside to address the media? one person, apparently unwilling to be drawn into the debate current u. s. president joe biden. ah, because of the bar. you don't all know plumbing outside the district attorney's office. the wait is on now just days away from a former president to show up and surrender to face a judicial system that is waiting for him. gabriel's hondo al jazeera new york, well from st. louis as the case is politically motivated. this is a historic case, a monumental case case, but will have wide reaching ramifications and it, it really to day in i feel very concerned about the rule in this country course. it endangers the rule of law for all americans to dates donald trump, to march the democrat of the day after it, sir,
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and wrote your friend the day after that that you were me. and that's what concerns me when a prosecutor couldn't use the law and the system to go west or political opponent. it's something that frightens me. ron philip cough skis, a fullness federal prosecutor totally united states. he says, trump may find it difficult to stick to the bail conditions. i fully expect, given what we've seen so far, the judge to order him that if he's going to remain out on pre trial release, he cannot not try to attempt to harass, threaten or intimidate any of the witnesses, such as stormy daniels, michael cohen. any of the prosecutors, especially alvin brag or the judge. and that's going to be a pretty big mine field for him. not to be able to, to post on social media or to denigrate them and rally speeches. because that's his bread and butter. i would have said that the new york protest was going to be minor
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if anything at all, tracking them as i do i, i follow on social media, many of the rabble rousers in new york. but the announcement today of the georgia congresswoman green going there to spearhead this protest that's really energized the right on social media like i haven't really seen since prior to january 6th. so i think that she could draw a significant crowd and could bring in a number of people from outside the city of new york in there. on tuesday. a face tornado has struck the city of little rock in the u. s. stays have arkansas or killing at least 3 people and entering 1000 small twist a shredded rooftop separated trees and destroyed a small shopping center. tens of thousands of residents, the without power comes a week or 2 from stories on the stair tow nato in mississippi getting 26 people. so mornings have also been issued for parts in missouri, kentucky, and tennessee. i use an aeroplane
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and then i had to try to to save like they're about with that's what it felt like. there was a lot of person. it was quick list of things. one is that the only way we knew the tornado was come and the lease was working on the way we knew it looked like it was standard steel, someone to run to the back. man, the 2 ladies here ran to the bed. we huddled together and we pray for our lives and there's since been another tote tornado. this time in the state of illinois, it caused a brief of a few said to collapse the city of bell, the death killing one person, many more injured, hermetic sis, searching through wreckage, looking for people who may be trapped. 20 ambulances on accuracy. a mexican present on the emmanuel lopez open the door, his face angry protested as he met officials in the city as santa potters,
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with 39 migrants stand in a fire. earlier this week, the blaze began inside a detention center clays to the us. border. estimation is underway in to why 68 mail migrants appear to have been left locked in their cell while the fire burned. 5 people have been arrested. john hallman has more from mexico city president, under his men will look was over a door of mexico on friday. visited see about qualities a town in which at least $39.00 migrants died in a fire that broke out in a migrant detention center in the town on monday night. but his visit wasn't actually to investigate, would happen to see the survivors perhaps in the hospital. it was pre raised and it was local with local state officials and the president actually didn't go anywhere near those survivors. obviously wary of a photo opportunity of, or of any sorts of publicity around this case. what has happened off to the events
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of monday night is that some officials security guards a migrant himself who was accused of starting the fire, have been arrested. a commission has been announced by the president looking into human rights, the migrants in the country. but the big question is whether this negligence, perhaps even homicide of migrants will change the big picture in the way that met her, treat people that are often going through here and trying to get to the united states at the moment. the policy is heavily into prevention. there's a militarized pools, the national guard that seeks to stop them getting to the border with the states. there's also a detention center not just in quantities, but across different parts of the country that been compare by some migrants to overcrowded prisons. will any of that change? but that is a question that has yet to be answered. and by august on at least 11 people have been killed and dozens injured in a stampede. hundreds were cheering up at
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a fair distribution site for handouts and karachi. monetary aid has been a lifeline for many in pakistan as the nation struggles with a deep economic crisis. and monahan has more. oh he, us infusion and panic. injured and dead are everywhere. money and food has been distributed to poor tradition during ramadan. stampede broke out as this site in karachi was overwhelmed by crowds of desperate people. mormonism, i did it aloud, disabled, but get a dead. those behind us didn't stop. they kept pushing. i was crushed to the last thing i remember is that my sister fell on me. i tried to find my sister, but i couldn't. when the crowd cleared, i saw both of them. my sisters lying dead, women and children were killed as the crowd got out of control. and other stampeded food distribution centers this week. with this, with the deadliest idea going ahead,
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top in money was being distributed among the poor to do a last crowd had gathered which resulted in a stampede efforts to control the crowd, made things worse. some people drawn to nearby stream others were trampled underfoot to the money. inflation is a 50 year high and families are struggling to survive. the cost of basic goods like flower for sword, nearly 50 percent this past year. families of the dead say they're tired of political infighting and demanding solution. millions of women have been forced to leave their homes to get some free food. why? because of the government, the prime minister, keep flaming. formerly the iran, contra, everything con is not responsible. he is responsible, there is no gas, no electricity, no water. everything is so expensive. they should die of shame. please field off the area. they've already arrested several people. the organizers are being blamed for failing to inform local authorities about the event. but so long as pakistani
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families remain in dire conditions, more tragedies like this one could be difficult to avoid. didn't, and monahan al jazeera the u. n. is facing criticism for participating in a pilot project to patch. right? rang the refugees from the dutch to me on more. and further control the see to leaks communication reveal that un boats we used to transport jordan to officials, to bangladesh in march on september to get us a james base, raise these issues with the you on special envoy on man mal. we had made it very clear that that of any attempt at return is not about closing camps. no moving people. it has to be based on the international standards and best practices. and we have always stressed that the conditions in the rock kind has got to be conducive to voluntary save and dignified return. and a, we are not satisfied that those conditions are there at this particular time. but
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right now, you've have officials from the military regime who have gone to bangladesh and they are organizing a pilot project to return people to see you and support them. well, a currently a u. n, a sierra is in charge of that, ah, and so, so i think they, they are the best people to us by. they had made it very clear in their, in their statements that this is a bi lateral arrangement. you and hcr has also used boats un boats to transport members of the military regime to bangladesh. they took off the un insignia, they apparently had guns under tarpaulins as they went there. i mean, the sounds like an appalling breach of un neutrality. was it a serious mistake? well, i think again, i think you have to refer to the u. n a c r ah statements. i am not in
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a position to, to say are what they have already said. i accept tools to support them. but that journey on un boats does have, i think, serious repercussions for the perception of the u. n. the generals, who carried out a cou, now seemed to, at least on one occasion, have a navy. and that navy is the united nations, doesn't as put u. n. staff at risk? well, if they had consultant me, i would have stopped it. but nobody consulted me. the international monetary fund has approved a $15600000000.00 loan for ukraine, and same to helping keep, maintain economic stability. as it battles the russian invasion. the loan was spread over for years, as part of a broader $115000000000.00 international support package. in return, ukraine will have to implement fiscal reforms and step up anti corruption efforts. meanwhile ukraine has marked the 1st anniversary of the recapture of the town of
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boucher. more than a $175.00 dead bodies were found there in mass graves and torture chambers. he blames russian forces for the killings but moscow in isis speaking as a function to mark the anniversary ukrainian president followed him, his landscape vowed to defeat what he called russian evil. now will a job would receive a work on the streets of butcher the world has seen russia evil, the evil unmasked. the world has seen what the criminal tried to bring to other streets of ukraine or the streets of europe and the world which could have been occupied by russians if it weren't for you. if it weren't for us, if it weren't for ukrainians, circle with the vatican says the pope francis will be discharged from hospital late on saturday off to being treated for a respiratory infection. the 86 year old head of the roman catholic church was well enough to baptize a baby at the hospital. ways being treated in rome is improving condition means ill
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. slightly. you'll be able to lead the upcoming easter celebrations. fill ahead on our da 0 that you pledges to extend its financial lifeline to lebanon when economic crisis is showing no sign of abating and japan launches, new policies are reversed. it's declining. beth raced government cause it allows chance. ah ah al, i was saying some very unsettled weather recently across northern areas of the middle east till a little bit of cloud around here, but it should improve as we go through the next couple of days at so wetter when she weather moving across the corks. is heading towards the caspian sea, northern parts of iran saying of a mix of rain, sleet, and snow. when she was still in place there across northern areas of afghanistan,
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pushing across into the north of pakistan. elsewhere across the region, it's dry, brighter, be high because quite a brisk wind. now the setting in a cross, sir, southern parts of the raven potential, including us here in concert temperatures into 27 so, so, so saturday afternoon, falling back to around 24 degrees. as we go through west sunday is going to be bit breezy. as i said with that lifted dust and sandwich will sink a little further south with some showers there and to southern parts there into yemen. seen some flooding here recently, more heavy showers. just pushing in here. want to showers all say, just ease in the way it's to keir oh, sure. i was across northern parts of africa here it is fine and dry the showers into the gulf of guinea, southern nigeria right away with cross coastal fringes of west africa over the coming days. joining up with a shout that we have across the heart of africa. still some larvae showers into tanza near. so wet weather to into a good part of uganda. ah,
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talk to al jazeera, we ask who is really fighting this russia? is it wagner, or is it the russian military? we listen, we started talking to me on my own so that this year, i know it is an issue to get him back. we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter on al jazeera, revealing eco friendly solutions to combat threats to our planet. on al jazeera lou ah, working out as a reminder, thought of stories, the cell, donald trump,
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is expected to appear in your course on cheese, say the 1st former us president to face criminal charges. he's expected to plead not guilty to accusations related to a hush money payment to adult films. dost daniels tornadoes have struck 6 usa? it's leaving a trail of destruction and tens of thousands without power. these 3 people were killed in arkansas and another in boxed on at least 11 people have died in a stampede at ramadan food distribution center. monetary aid has been a lifeline for many of the nation struggles. but the t v economic crisis. european union has announced additional funding to help lebanon deal with its economic crisis. now, in the past, you support has only been directed towards syrian refugees. the 2000000 lebanese are also need of help as a situation there worsens. they know how to has the support from beirut. the
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devaluation of lebanon's currency has made life difficult for many anger is growing more than 3 years into an economic crisis that shows no sign of improving. in the past, the international support focused on the more than 1000000 syrian refugees in the country, the highest number of refugees per capita in the world. that changed the european union now says 2200000 lebanese need financial assistance. that's more than a 3rd of the population. the blocks commissioner for crisis management announced additional funding during a visit to be route, but made clear, it won't be enough to resolve the challenges. a 20 percent increase compared to last year. but as you know, he went dead and age is not a sustainable long term solution. this continued reforms,
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his country needs political consolidation, discontinued the election of a president. this country needs a government with full powers in place. and this country needs an agreement with international community, specifically with the international monetary fund. the invoice reiterated the international communities, long standing position, the financial lifeline needed to rescue the economy is through a deal with the international monetary fund. political leaders have refused to cooperate because that would entail losing influence over the states resources. instead, some officials blame the presence of syrian refugees for the crisis. the authorities of lebanon, of their own responsibility for providing basic services to the citizens of lebanon . and let me be very clear. the current crisis of lebanon and financial problems in inflation was not caused by c d references. international
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aid is at least for now holding off lebanon's transition into a failed states, but already the policy of no policy making has impacted all aspects of life, including an all but paralyzed public sector. then there was a beta equity was constitutional court is allowing impeachment proceedings to go ahead against president guillermo last the key to embezzlement. the decision is to major political crisis as well as on the reports could impress. he didn't get a more lasso look increasingly isolated as he begins the latest fight for his political life. he surrounded himself with supporters, then his wife, as he rejected the 2nd impeachment trial against them in less than a year. this time for allegedly embezzling public fun stuff. he insisted he is a victim of a conspiracy against him. main nice becky,
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i am outraged by this attack on my integrity, my reputation, and also that of our home. with my hand on my heart, ecuadorian, i reiterate to you, i am innocent. this week the country's constitutional court gave the go ahead for the impeachment proceedings against the conservative former banker. the court accuses him of allowing corruption in the country state oil companies. and it comes as less of struggled to tackle a surgeon violent crime and worsening economic problems. he now faces a vote in a hostile congress, an abysmal approval ratings. even conservative of servers in the country say it had become increasingly hard for any political effect or to defend him. what was that was your political? should i made you this impeachment trial is happening after law so suffered heavy defeat the local election and in a referendum last month among the worsening security crisis. there is also a crisis in the health system, and i think the generalized discontent might play a role in pushing legislators to make a political decision more than
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a simple judicial one on the la somebody and us without the national assembly as up to $45.00 days to investigate the charges, house laughter will require $92.00 of the assemblies, a $137.00 votes. other political experts feared a removal could impact equity is already weak institutions, but insist the president as only himself to blame on the plan until it gets picked up about the amount of pegasus bully. one could worry about the comic and social effects that this political crises could have in ecuador. but the reality is that it's the economic and social crisis and the country that brought us to this point. this impeachment trial is nothing else than a way of trying to solve the whole settle failures of last was administration to live with you data. if the vote to remove and passes lhasa would be replaced by based president alfredo bought rate or a former medical doctor and a political novice, valesa could instead choose to the solve congress before the vote triggering fresh
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elections that given the president's approval ratings. most believe he would certainly lose. allison gonna be at the and jessica yearns actually daniel antonio terrace has called the better safeguards against artificial intelligence. fall is a cool from a 1000 top industry experts for holt, all powerful a i training for 6 months, holding the race to develop the tools out of control. it's actually general spacemen says recently released models al concerning. he's been following the recent developments in artificial technology very closely and frankly, he's very worried and very concerned. indeed, i think the technology, as i said, has tremendous potential for good, including in the, for us and implementation, sustainable development goals. but he believes that it's important to pull in, put in place strong government governance and guard rails against potential misuse . and some of the software there were seen being released, you know,
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in the past few weeks is clearly not oh, doing that. italy has block, the artificial intelligence chat, bought chat, g p t. it's privacy watchdog says that the app doesn't respect, personal data or check the age of it's uses. it's launch investigation. changing p t was created by us start up open a i am backed by microsoft. it's designed to answer difficult questions, write code, or essays. but it sparks controversy. teaches a worried students will use it to cheat in their coursework and policy makers raise concerns about privacy, cybersecurity, and the spread of miss information. russo lupina is an a. i a lower such fellow at the university of balloon. yeah. she says, we're likely to see more government regulation around a i program. i think there might be, there might be some follow up from other countries in the chat gpc the open
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a company doesn't provide more information of how the algorithm is train. because at the moment, the allegations are based on assumption that it's misusing the personal data. but actually we don't know how the data views because there's not enough information given to the public at the same time. if you're in india and there's a lot of new regulation being proposed, there's the date of service act, et cetera. so we will have enough regulation. it will be a matter of how it's enforced and how much the companies collaborate and showing the information that is needed to better understand how these technologies i working for cap tbd is different than a way that is trained on a larger dataset. so it's taking all the publicly available information online, mostly in english and training. it's algorithm, wires, social media platforms will focus on the data they are gathering themselves. so in that sense, the longer model is a lot larger and a lot more powerful. however,
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that kind of zoning in only on t v t might be unfair, given that there are other large language models out there, other companies will still have to see how they compare in the future. for my south african parallel here, oscar stories has been denied parole and will stay in prison for at least another year is serving 13 years for the mother of his girlfriend. re esteem camp on the south african law source was eligible to apply for the roll office having half a sentence or on friday pro board found he had not the minimum term required. they deliver it and turn those out of turn, turn a puts colored decision, which was largely guided by a got of clarification order from the supreme court, which stated that to mr. who stood us, has not yet reached the minimum detention period. and when the parole board went
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through that they didn't gave him what to corla, fed a profile for august 2020 full, meaning that he will have to a pig again. and next year. and there, there will then a look into the profile. a look at decision in terms of his placement, but for now it was a metal saying he has not served them in the month detention pruitt, japan's prime minister has announced he's bringing a new policy to base the birth race, including doubling the budget for childhood related policies full plan will be announced in june. japan are struggling to cope with rack or low birth rates with hundreds of schools closing every year. in a block lea reports the classrooms of him or to junior high school stand empty. for years, more students have left here than enrolled after 7 decades of operating. the small village school in japan's fukushima prefecture is preparing to close its doors for good, cool coaches. i say,
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when i 1st heard from the principal that the school was closing down, it was sad, but i also thought he was such a waste to close his school with a long history like this one. it's a nationwide phenomenon. the government says 9000 schools have shut down between 20022020. as birth rates continue to decline. the cost of education, child care, and the child raises. burden on women are cited as some of the main causes. last year, annual birth dropped below 800000 for the 1st time, 8 years earlier than projected. what i hope this is here from the period when the school had the most pupils, they were about a 160 of them. while we and ita are the last 2 students who will ever graduate from the school. the see, i don't know if there will be any children left in the village by the time i'm a nursery school teacher. but if there are, i want to come back and teach here the government.

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