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black labs don't really matter in the police. world unflinching questions is war with rwanda imminent rigorous debate. people who are dying because of lack of medical treatment, challenging conventional wisdom. the fact that people are starting to get angry about this is in itself a sign of progress. join me, mark him on hill for what al jazeera, the latest news, as it breaks evidence in a place like this, where people say just a few bodies have been covered compared to the number of people missing. with detailed coverage on the government policies are making it difficult for them to export on climate change have also impacted a reply from around the world. their rescue plan showed their confidence in 1st republic bank, so all sides of which are critical to the functioning of the financial system. ah,
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donald trump is to appear in a new court on tuesday as the 1st former u. s. president to face criminal charges. ah, your want to know the 0 life from a headquarters in ohio, getting obligated also coming up. tornadoes suite through several us states for people are dead and tens of thousands are without power. ecuador is presidents, expresses outrage after the constitutional court gives the go ahead for his impeachment. trial on pope francis tells the world he is still alive as he's discharged from hospital. ah, hello donald trump is due to appear in a new york court on tuesday where he'll become the 1st former
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u. s. president to face criminal charges. the details are under seal, but the grand jury that voted for the indictment was investigating a payment made to adult film star stormy daniels during the 2016 presidential election campaign. gabriel elizondo reports 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 plane remains firmly on the tarmac, the man himself staying behind closed doors through most of the day, leaving his supporters to do most of the talking for him. i think these charges are not legitimate charges. i think what is happening right now in our nation is very
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sad and i feel that the direction that we are headed is very danger 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 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,
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because of the bar. i'm no plumbing outside the district attorney's office. the weight 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, donald trump's lawyer says 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 rove on 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, and wrote your friend those after 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 cowski is a former
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u. s. federal prosecutor and 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 gonna remain out on pretrial 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 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
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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, tornadoes have swept across 6 american states in the cell found midwest leaving a trail of destruction in their wake. at least 4 people are dead and tens of thousands without power. and because some sharif reports the fears, trista making its way to literature, the captain of arkansas grouping of the roofs and walls, uprooting trees, and flipping over because a total se dozens of people are injured. some critically, a state of emergency is in place and tens of thousands of households are without power on the life when i 1st or for the life or you know, with 2nd annoyed with luck but all the stuff, no,
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with the window 10 minutes of the bathroom damage, i said it was an airplane and i had to take, i had to to save like they're about to blow. that's what it felt like a lot of person. it was quick. less that 1522nd. it was similar scenes in iowa. their motors in kyoto, captured this video to read along the national weather service was tracking at east $36.00 unconfirmed to nato reports in arkansas, tennessee, illinois, and iowa. in the evening, the storm rolled through illinois. oh, the roof of the apollo theater and bent the day collapsed here in the concert. tomatoes are common in the us, especially in the center and south of the country, but fine to say the current storms are unusually intense. this is the 1st time
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aaron, i believe more than 10 years that we've had 2 areas of high risk. that's very uncommon. cuz typically the atmosphere likes to focus on one particular area, but in this case today we had 2 areas of concern and a broad area of what's called a moderate risk, which is a 4 out of 5 on the, on the scale. so this, this was a pretty widespread, severe weather threat with a large area of concern for tornado. the severe weather comes as president joe biden was visiting mississippi, where at least 26 people died after a monster tornado battled through the state last week. because some sharif, i'll just eva, police have recovered the bodies of 8 people, including 2 children who died while trying to cross legally from canada into the
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united states. their bodies were found in a marshy area of the st. lawrence river. police say they were off romanian and indian descent. they are still looking for a 9 person and he was last seen driving a boat found near the body and pockets on at least 11 people have been killed and dozens injured and a stampede at a food distribution center running focused on these are a dependence on humanitarian aid as a nation, struggles with an economic crisis. fencin monahan has more. the confusion and panic, the injured and dead are everywhere. money and food is being distributed before a tradition during ramadan. with them broke out as this site incorrect, he was overwhelmed by crowds of desperate people need somebody to allow me to get a good those behind us didn't stop, they kept pushing. i was christ to the last thing i remember is that my sister fell
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on me. i tried to find my sister, but i couldn't. when the cry cleared, i saw both of them. my sisters lying dead. women and children were killed as the crowd got out of control there and other stampeded food distribution centers this week. with this, with the deadly it idea, go ahead. hop in money was being distributed among the poor to do a loss crowd had gathered, which resulted in a stampede efforts to control the crowd, made things worse. some people drawn to a nearby stream, others were trampled underfoot. money, inflation is a 50 year high and families are struggling to survive. the cost of basic cars like flower for sword, nearly 50 percent this past year. families of the dead say they're tired of political infighting and her 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 in wrong con, to everything car is not responsible. he is responsible. there is no gas,
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no electricity, no water. everything is so expensive, they should die of shame. please have 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 pockets tony families remain in dire conditions. more tragedies like this one could be difficult to avoid. didn't monahan, al jazeera is really forces say that they've shot and killed a palestinian man near the ox. i'm off compound. they accused the 26 year old of grabbing an officer's gun. this comes of the muslims observed the fasting month of ramadan. tension had been high since prime minister benjamin netanyahu. the far right coalition government took office late last year. the european union has announced additional funding to help lebanon deal with its economic crisis. in the past, you support has been directed a syrian refugees,
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but 2000000 lebanese are also in need of help as the economy continues. it's freefall, dana hood, that reports from bay roots. the 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, international support focused on the more than 1000000 syrian refugees in the country. the highest number of refugees per capita in the world that's 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
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as you know, he went dead and age is not a sustainable long term solution. this continued reforms, this continued political consolidation, discontinued the election of a president. this country needs a government with full power in place, and this country needs an agreement with the 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 thought of use of lebanon, of their own responsibility for providing basic services to the citizens of lebanon
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. and let me be very clear. the current crisis of in lebanon and financial terms in inflation was not caused by c. d. s injures. international 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 benefit. there also is the data. the international monetary fund has approved a $15600000000.00 loan for ukraine. the package will be used to stabilize the economy during russia's ongoing invasion. the installments will be released over 4 years with the 1st going towards changes in the energy sector. and in return ukraine will have to increase tax revenue and strengthen mt corruption efforts. well, it's russia turned to take on the rotating presidency of the un security council.
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he was calling it a bad joke on april. the 1st it was russia removed from the council. busy altogether from the un or diplomatic editor, james bass has more. every month, the presidency of the un security council rotates among its 50 members. today, russia is assuming the presidency for the month of april. that's deeply controversial because when russia had the presidency last year was february, the month that they invaded ukraine, there are people calling for russia to be kicked off the security council or kicked out of the united nations. but if you look at the rules and you look at the un charter, those things are not possible. what we do know is that later this month, the russian foreign minister. so gay lab rockers will be here in new york, you'll be sharing a number of meetings, including one in defense of this document, the u. n's founding charter, other diplomat say that is very cynical when it's russia that is currently breaching this charter with its ongoing war. james bays al jazeera at the united
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nations. hope frances has been discharged from a hospital in rome, where he was being treated for bronchitis. the head of the roman catholic church spent 3 days in hospital, and he briefly addressed well with service and journalist jokingly, telling them he was still alive. the 86 year old pontiff, due to per site over palm sunday math and st. peter's square. still ahead on al jazeera, angry professor as bluff the convoy of mexico's president in a town where 39 migrants died in a fire this week. andrew, hank refugees in bangladesh, face a difficult ramadan after the un reduces food aids. ah ah hello there things have been sizzling in australia is sydney recorded. it's hot as much on
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record, but we'll get there in a moment for us to south east asia and the seasonal rains continue to dominate the story here. we think some heavy for the southern parts of the philippines. much of indonesia and the malay peninsula. on sunday, no farther north of this, it has been warmer and quieter across indo china. but wasting more in the way of wet weather, creeping into southern areas of vietnam. as we stopped the new week. that was, we had down under 2 australia, we've got flood warnings, remaining, of course, pots, western australia, thanks to some more severe thunderstorms that have been breaking out to be a tropical fightin herman is working its way away from the west coast of australia to the south of christmas island, as it dissipates across most central air, is a much quieter picture. some heavier rain affecting northern areas of queens and intensifying around coastal areas and temperatures will be on the up for that southeast corner of australia. certainly for sydney over the next few days, but there'll be more in the way of wet to weather. and where to,
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where is the story across new zealand, both for the south and the north island still for bright to spells coming through, but with the temperatures dipping down over the next few days. 16 across the board in the south island. ah. i'll tell you the coast is roughly shipped towards a serious threat to the u. s. dollar grade start to receive our 1st learning wrong country. it will cost sure lanka, a secure to buy a lot the combination to trade its way back economic growth. talk to the call on al jazeera oh ward winning documentaries from around a which is 0 lou.
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oh wow. oh ah, hello again. the top floor is on al jazeera, this, our donald trump is due in court on tuesday, the 1st former us president to face criminal charges. he's been investigated for a payment. his lawyer made to an adult film star during the 2016 presidential election campaign is really forced to say they shot and killed a palestinian man. you're the almost compound. they accused a 26 year old of grabbing an officer, a gun police in canada recovered the bodies of a migrants including 2 children who died while trying to cross into the us. their bodies were found that a marcia area of the st lawrence river angry for testers surrounded the car of the mexican president, undress. manual opens up the door when he visited to as far as on friday. earlier
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this week, 39 people died in a fire in a migrant detention center in the city, which is close to the us border. an investigation is underway and to why 68 men appear to have been left locked in their cell while the fire burned. 5 people have been arrested. john holmes has more from mexico city. president under is manuel lopez over the door of mexico on friday visited see about quantities, a town in which at least $39.00 migrants died in a fight that broke out in a migrant detention center in the town on monday night. but his visit was actually to investigate what happened 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 official security cards, 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 a way that met for treat people that are going through hit and trying to get to the united states. at the moment the policy is heavily into prevention. there's a militarized force, the national guard that seeks to stop them getting to the board with the state. there's also a detention center, not just in quantities, but across different parts of the country. that being compared by some migrants to overcrowded prisons, will any of that change? that is a question that has yet to be answered, the taiwanese president and her guatemalan counterpart meeting and what am all the city where they agree to strengthen bilateral ties?
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sighing when arrived on friday as part of her 10 day central america tour. what tamala and believes are the only nations from the region that maintain diplomatic relations with high one, ecuador, its constitutional court is allowing impeachment proceedings against president guillermo, also to go ahead. he's accused of embezzlement. the decision has sparked major political crisis as asunder and patsy reports could impress. he didn't get more lasso, looks increasingly isolated if he begins the latest fight for his political life. he rounded himself with supporters than his wife as he rejected the 2nd impeachment trial against him in less than a year. this time for allegedly embezzling like fun stuff, he insisted he is a victim of a conspiracy against him. main nice becky, i am outraged by this attack on my integrity, my reputation, and also that of our home. with my hand on my heart, ecuadorian,
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i reiterate to you, i am innocent. this week the country's constitutional court gave the go ahead for 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 observers in the country say it had become increasingly hard for any political factor to defend him. what was that? was your political? should i made you? this impeachment trial is happening after law, so suffered heavy defeats 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, my payroll and pushing legislators to make a political decision more than a simple judicial one, somebody. and actually the national assembly as up to $45.00 days to investigate
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the charges house. the latter will require $92.00 of the assemblies, $137.00 vote. other political experts feared a removal could impact equity is already weakened. petitions, but insists the president as only himself to blame when it gets picked up. but then that if one could worry about the comic and social effects that this political crises could have in equal. but the reality is that it's the comic and social crisis in the country that brought us to this point. this impeachment trial is nothing else than a way of trying to solve the whole set of failures of last was administration. if the vote to remove and passes last would be replaced by based president, that's trainable rate or a former medical doctor and a political novice for less up to the fed choose to the salt congress before the vote, triggering fresh elections that give him the president's approval ratings most believe he would certainly lose allison and just either
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a report by the campaign group. ethical consumer is accusing farm managers in spain of retreat. abusing migrant workers. allegations include unpaid wages, force, labor, and demanding sexual favors. more than half of europe's fruit and vegetables come from southern spain. the report is calling on supermarket chains that buy from those farms to take action and demand. workers rates are respected. clara carlyle as a research or an ethical consumer and an author of that report. she says workers are often undocumented, and many are young women recruited from north africa when the, when the dr conditions are nothing like that told they're going to be they often live on farms where they're given cookies or they're restricted from moving that passports might be complicated to day to day they're working on the heat in very
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hot conditions with very little safety conditions, equipment underpayment of wages is very common. union busting is very common where components stream lead time speaking out, or making sure that a key issue is that there's been massive kind of passing the buck between different people who should all be working together to create change. you know, the authority point to retailers repay the point to government, it keeps on passing round, whereas actually, you know, supermarket ah, profiting from situation and they do that or need to taking accountability for it. i think it's easy when retailers can't one step removed, quotations be saying, you know, it's not an issue is not, but the condition happy in portage 20 years and it doesn't fly anymore to just say it's down the line. it's the farms, both governments, but we can't do anything about it. i think that will probably bit of naive from many of us about what goes on in europe. and particularly when it comes to migrant
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workers, undocumented migrants often the most secret society people really content blind di to what is actually very blatant expectation. recur spring and dry conditions have resulted in an early start to europe's wildfires season. in northern spain, firefighters have been battling more than a 100 blazes. victoria gate and be report and out of control. wildfire scorches spain, northern coast, the rough terrain, high winds and low humidity, a hampering firefighters battling the flames. spain's wildfire season started early this year. in the eastern valencia region, more than 4000 hectares of forest were destroyed last week. and 1500 people were forced to abandon their homes. they have only just been allowed to return on a report to witness him, such a delicate, it's a feeling of joy for all of us that are coming back home is fundamentally
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a very important thing. we love the communities we belong to the community. so you can imagine how relieved i feel though by this month the you ends environment agency says climate change will spark a 30 percent increase in severe wildfires by the middle of the century in spain that already dealing with the fallout, the countries wildfire season now runs from spring to autumn, not just during the summer, and spain's meteorological agency says, temperatures in march have been up to 14 degrees higher than normal. it's a new reality. people are struggling to adjust. he told me that your, your not under our why do you, authorities have brought us a bottle of water because they have told us that we cannot drink from the taps all the food in my freezer is the frosted. it's bad and everything is ruined. with warmer weather forecast in the weeks to come, scenes like this are likely to play out again for many more months. victoria gate
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and be al jazeera rowing. your refugees are struggling after the un slashed food a due to funding shortfalls in march. and the cuts coincide with the muslim holy month of ramadan. tanveer chowdhury has more from cox's bazaar. oh, which would russians from the un food agency have been cut many in this can fear they'll soon go hungry. cramped in a makeshift tank with 9 other family members, mullah barnum, mrs. our home in may, unmarked. she left everything behind during a crack down by the military. down and at the last i got, i didn't like that right now. we are facing difficulties in getting adequate amount of ration. sometimes we have to buy items from outside with what i've a savings. we have back home, our family, we're farmers. so it's much easier to manage our life. unlike hair gather number brick, when incidents or fire violence and threat of flood, and landslide during monsoon season makes life challenging. here for
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a hanger i it's hard living here, but somehow we are managing during ramadan with the limited rashness we get. but it's just not enough for a large family like ours. many rowing i said they were used to receiving different types of food aid during ramadan and previous year. but that stopped export things . the ration been provided or insufficient. and any further decrees that post grave health problems for the ringer. it had them home of leanna, mother marcella. mister citizen and mother. the recent curtain ration is worrying. people being as most don't have any other income shores. the bottle here in the mosque. we don't even have an after meal arrangement for the community, like, unlike in the refined state in la garza, ah, none of their shows more than a 1000000 growing of muslims, but it's government is gradually losing patience with the international community, saying it's failing to help resolve the crisis.
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