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prosecuting donald trump, the former u. s. president arrives in new york a day ahead of his arrest and arraignment basil, his supporters are warned against staging violent protests. ah! until mccrae, this is al jazeera alive from doha. also coming up, thousands of doctors on temporary government contracts. go on strike, and malaysia. they are demanding the same benefits as staff workers. russia detains a 26 year old woman over the st. petersburg, cafe bombing, the killed a prominent military blogger. the king of our so denies its forces killed several teenage boys, but new evidence emerges are purported atrocities and a military base.
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aah! donald trump has arrived in new york where he'll appear in court on tuesday. he will be the 1st former us president to face criminal charges. trump was taken by motorcade from the airport to his manhattan residence at trump tower, where he'll spend the night he's being charged in connection with an alleged hush money payment to adult films dar, stormy daniels during the 2016 presidential election campaign. trump says the cases political persecution at the highest level and has called for his porters to protest. gabriel elizondo has more on the historic court proceedings happening tuesday. local media organizations and national media organizations have been petitioning the judge in this case to allow cameras inside the court room. trump's lawyers put out a memo to the judge earlier on monday,
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saying that they were against this, that the judge has made a ruling on that. and he will allow 5, still photographers in the court room while donald trump is arranged. this is significant because it will be the only way that the public will be able to have any sort of evidence and documentation if you will, of the historic court appearance by donald trump. the judge also saying that cameras will be allowed inside the hallway area. this is significant as well too, because once the truck gets to the district attorney's office, and after the process there who have to walk down a hallway to get to the court. so the judge saying, cameras can be allowed in that hallway to get images of trump walking to the court room. there's also going to be a lot more happening on tuesday. and what is going to be a very historic appearance by donald trump, the 1st president of the united states, or former president ever to face criminal charges. it was
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oh, eyes and cameras on donald trump as he arrived in his home town, new york city on monday afternoon. but for the rest of the day, the former president spent it away from the public eye in his former residents, trump tower in midtown manhattan. trump will surrender to authorities on tuesday after being indicted by a manhattan grand jury on charges stemming from an alleged hush money payment over a $130000.00 to a former adult film. star long foresman is on a heightened state of alert. ah, amid fears of a repeat of the january 6th scenes, when his supporters stormed congress in washington dc, while you in town b on your best behavior? as always, we will not allow violence or vandalism of any kind. and if one is court participating in any act of violence, they would be arrested and held accountable. no matter who you all trump is
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expected to arrive at the manhattan district attorney's office. around 11 am local time under heavy security escort inside trump will have his fingerprints and photograph taken the process can take a couple hours. around 2 pm, he will be walked down a hallway to a court room and come face to face with this man, judge won merchant who will oversee the arraignment. at the arraignment is when the indictment will likely be unsealed. and trump and the rest of the world will hear the charges against the former president. for the 1st time, trump is expected to plead, not guilty after it's over, trump will immediately fly back to his morrow lago estate in florida, where he is expected to speak about the day's events. for the 1st time. over the years, trump has been the target of numerous law suits and criminal investigations, dating back a decades well before he was ever president of the united states. always found the
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way to attack his adversaries and delay any potential criminal prosecution to allege wrongdoing. but this time is different. what trump will face on tuesday is unlike any thing he has ever experienced before. and it's something america has never seen before. gabriel's ando, how does it? new york, the charges against trump have not yet been made. public legal experts say he could be charged with falsifying business records. this may be considered a misdemeanor or a felony and a new york law or a misdemeanor would need investigators to prove trump signed checks, ostomy daniels, knowing they were hush money payments. and falsely recorded as legal expenses, a felony, it would require prosecutors to prove a criminal case against trump, for falsifying business records. and the 1st degree that that means he intended to
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conceal or further a 2nd crime, which humps lawyers argue he can't be charged with that because his purpose was to protect his marriage and reputation. while the case against alma chambon new york is just one of several investigations swirling around the former president. and as john henderson explains, might not be the most damaging. the indictment of donald trump is historic, unprecedented in just the tip of illegal iceberg. the new york charges reportedly 30 of them are expected to be detailed on tuesday, focused on a $130000.00 hush money payment to a porn star. during the 2016 presidential campaign. we do know it's centers around a legal, very common confidentiality agreement that was signed years and years ago with stormy daniels and between her attorneys and michael cohen with the new york case is likely not the most dangerous for the former president compared to the other investigations which included efforts to over throw or overturn the 2020 election.
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the new york case seems to be the least serious of them all in georgia. a grand jury has recommended indictments for multiple people over interference in george's 2020 election. it's not clear. trump is among them, but legal experts say this conversation between trump and georgia secretary of state amounts to a smoking gun. i just want to find 11780 loads, which is one more that we have the jury for women offered this murky but tantalizing tid bit. there are certainly names that you would recognize. yes, another legal threat, special council jack smiths prob trumps handling of classified documents. last summer, the f. b, i seized more than a 100 of them from trump's florida home after he refused requests to turn them over . smith is also investigating trump's actions during the january 6 2021 attack on
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the u. s. capital trump is dismissed. all the investigations is partisan, which runs, but until the new york indictment, the man known as teflon, dawn has faced real repercussions only at the ballot box. a northwestern university psychologist says trump's risk taking even a moral qualities, are key to his popularity. here's this beast out there doing it for me going out there fighting for me, saying what i feel deep down. and that's attractive. i mean like, you know, he may be, he may be a narcissist, he may be a sociopath, but he's minor. so system i sociopath whether that approach works in court might well be tested again. and again, john henderson, al jazeera, new york, to other news and syrian state media says 2 civilians have been killed and israeli airstrikes near damascus. several explosions were reported near the syrian capital on monday night. it's the latest in the series of attacks on government held
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territory in recent days. there's been no comment from israel. russian drones have reportedly struck the key ukrainian port of odessa. the ukranian news agency says there has been some damage or death is located next to the black sea and is being used to transport crime from ukraine to the rest of the world. or ukraine has marked russia's claim that moscow's captured the essence of the backward saying rush and fighters raised a victory flag over quote, some kind of toilers. he guinea priggish and the head of the wagner commerce and regroup, which is fighting for moscow, has said his forces of flying, the russian flag above and administration, building and backward. but the ukrainian government says russian forces are very far from capturing the city and fighting is ongoing. the battle for buck mode has dragged on for months as russia seeks at 1st. when in the conflict so far, this year. russian investigators have detained a woman over the killing of
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a prominent military blogger and a blast. this in petersburg, cafe on sunday. moscow has accused ukraine of orchestrating the bomb attack, which killed lead lin petoskey and injured 52 others. it also says supporters of child criminal critic, licksey no body were involved till said, perry has more from brushes, capital. this is 26 year old daddy, a triple voc, being questioned by russian authorities in saint petersburg. i brought a statue there that blew up. she says, who gave you the statue? they ask, can i tell you later, she replies, the bug was handed to prominent military blogger, lad lint or charged. it exploded, killing him and injuring dozens of people on sunday evening. her pover has yet to provide a name and says she's been framed. the attack happened at a cafe in the heart of st. petersburg. the national anti terror committee, which is part of the russian security service, says it was planned,
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but the ukranian special services. a charge authorities in kia have denied we expect that now. whereas also known the response, but evidently dusk. ah, how many people will be killed by keeping him here in moscow before russia? we'll the response. nobody knows exactly. but probably more time coming, more strong. we'll be response just he was speaking and events organized by the cyber from said movement, an association of people with patriarch view. he was a supporter of russia's invasion and the social media channel. he longed to report on the so called special military operation, had more than half a 1000000 subscribers, such as he was a well known figure among prevalent supporters. seen here with daria to kina who was killed in a car bomb attack in the moscow region in august. her father,
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alexander, duke, and a far right political philosopher was believed to be the intended target. the crumbling says tarkey killing is an act of terror and that evidence implicates ukrainian special services without providing any further details. while these types of attacks are rare in russia, the planning and plotting behind them suggests that the battles on the longer confined to the dumbass region. sources of ari i'll 0 moscow. a fire has broken out one of the biggest clothing markets and bank the dishes capital. no casualties have been reported, and firefighters are still working to put out the flames and decor bank. the dish historically has a poor record with fire safety in 2012, at least 117 people died in the garment factory fire the temporary contract doctor, the militia going on strike the 3 days. the threatened amass resignation and least given permanent positions and bitter pi. florence louis has more from color than
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per on the doctor's demands. although several, but the 1st one is this, they want to be absorbed into the civil service. they want to be placed on government contracts, and this would come with benefits like pension. this would also mean more job security because at the moment they are on contracts that are really subject to renewal. now they also want an improvement in their working conditions. and this means better hours and also fewer on call hours at the moment when they are on call, they're meant to be available for 24 hours. and of course, they want better pay and improvement, not just in that basic pay, but also in that on coal rates. their current on coal rate is 9 when get $0.16 an hour. you could make the same amount in working at a fast food joint in malaysia, you could make more working as a retail shop assistant. and that's the equivalent of about to us dollars. malaysia isn't a low income country, it's a middle income country. but these doctors are not being paid commensurate with
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their skill with the education and with what they provide to the general public that frontline health care workers for the job. as a basically saying they are overworked and underpaid. the organizers say they expect 8000 contract doctors to go on strike. but bear in mind that the strike is happening over 3 days from monday to wednesday. this week. we are now in tuesday, the 2nd day of the strike. and we don't yet have the numbers of how many people have actually gone on strike. still ahead on al jazeera god for life nested attacks are on the rise in mexico by women's rights advocates. i extreme violence is rooted in bad policy. plus, am i excited lately? on a mission to the moon? nessa unveils the crew for it's awesome a smidge ah
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with here's your weather update for the middle east and africa and got to tell you the winds are still hanging around right through to the goal. so it's going here for a closer look. we're talking about key weight sat, bahrain, and cats are specifically drying down a bit cooler air as well. so across cats are, we could see those winds at certain points in the day, wip up to 50 kilometers per hour. pakistan, thunder, downpours in the forecast here for the capital territory pushing into punjab province. that we've got some showers through turkmenistan to chico stand was becca stand and crossed on on tuesday or were seen act of whether roll into that western side of turkey. i. i do think we'll squeeze out one more nice and warm day through cyprus and the levant, before those temperatures come crashing down. so with that act of weather pushing into turkey a, we're also seeing those winds pick up across the coast of libya. gus here of 60 kilometers per hour on tuesday, and then we've got what weather stretching from
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a d sabbah right through to the gulf of guinea. as we slide toward the south, it's looking like maybe a few showers will clip. kazoo luna, top province in south africa, that white in windy weather, also pushing into southern mozambique. so we can expect some showers a motto with the high of 28 degrees on tuesday. and now you're in the know see later. ah, with jump into this training, hence percent of the population globally is responsible for about 15 percent of carbon emissions showing the debate. people have already lost that line. people. how close to that culture, the people, how can you have your say want to broaden this conversation? by bringing more voices into it, live on you to people commenting. i want the whole world to know that cherokee for not headed directly over through this with the powers that be this on al jazeera.
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ah ah, you watching al jazeera reminder of our top stories, the sour donald trump has arrived in new york, where he'll appear in court on tuesday is being charged in connection with hash money payment to adult films. sound stormy daniels during the 2016 presidential election campaign about 8000 public sector doctors and militia, who are on temporary contracts, a going on strike to 3 days that threatened mess resignation unless that given the same benefits as permanent staff and syrian state media site to civilians have been killed on this friday. it strikes near damascus. several explosions were reported on monday night. it's the latest in
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a series of attacks on government helped territory and recent dice. the french newspaper, liberation and the associated press news agency have released mobile fun footage, apparently showing burkina faso military torturing and killing teenage boys rights groups have accused soldiers of wide spread abuses against civilians as they fight armed groups linked to al qaeda and i. so a warning view as my font some of the footage graphical, distressing nicholas hoc reports this video footage is reported to have been taken inside a military camp in northern burkina faso. the man filming tells the captives will kill you one after another. and you one who moves we shoot him, some of the boys appeared dead, others on conscious among them, his 16 year old cattle heard her adama, still breathing. then a soldier in uniform drops a rock on ottoman skull. the soldier's laugh on him as mother saw this video
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shared on social media and recognized her son. i told them not to wander the streets. i told him to stay close to his grandmother's house since he was a stranger, and that it was too risky to wender around because some people be seeing, he was a fighter for i'm groups. we showed the footage to researchers from amnesty international. they say the video constitutes evidence of war crimes committed by burkina faso military. this people are blind and they can they present known danger to those men to no soldiers or to those a of volunteers. we don't know what they are accused of. they have just been taken dropped on the floor, ah blanton, blind and blind blindfolded. and they are throwing stones on them, killing them in a very brutal manase. immunity, re, is just a amusing its power by killing people outside the purview of international humanitarian. the details of the killings were published in an investigation by the
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associated press and the french newspaper dibiase. several french journalists have since been thrown out of the country for the government spokesperson denies. the military are involved in the killings. he says, arm groups disguised themselves as soldiers in order to blame the government. we have seen several types of you there. was that the incriminating to the soldiers of the book enough us will army, along with one of interest was in the front of the homeland. that pulls a very serious threat to the civilian populations. but i'm so completely a, a no minds the government's narrative about fighting against insurgency. more than 40 people were abducted on february 14th and have never been seen since whilst rights group see in this video, a brutal crime. those who support burkina army see justice. revenge for killings committed by arm groups linked to al qaeda in iso,
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the video was widely circulated among soldiers as a trophy of war for an army that has lost control of most of the country. it now appears to be killing children and teenagers. it was meant to protect nicholas hawk al jazeera. the un commission on human rights has name several high ranking, south sudanese officials. it says should be investigated and prosecuted for committing atrocities against civilians in religious that during the past year the governor of unity state and the legit lieutenant general of the south sudan people's defense forces were responsible for state sanctioned extra judicial killings and attacks on civilians of this includes the summary execution of 4 ribble offices and killings that were captured on video. and she had widely in august 2022. 3 were killed by firing squad, and a 4th was burned alive and a house. it says those crimes were part of a broader pattern of abuses committed by government and military officials including sexual violence and torture. the commission is calling the urgent
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measures to hold the officials accountable. bonnie of fargo is a member of the commission which produced the report. it seems to be unlucky, a will to deal with katrinka and this is despite the fact that the subsidies themselves, the leaders of agreed to the stablish ment of a hybrid court, to punish traitors. we have not seen the state lace. instead, we've seen that those who commit to abuses and allow them to happen, remaining office, and in some cases that rewarded rather than punished for this culture of impunity. something that we are strongly convinced needs to be addressed, insulted, honestly, turn the page and to be a more democratic and safer country point. citizens. police hairs free offend as diplomatic ties with taiwan. taiwan, the president. his welcome to move after honduras civic relations with the country last week in favor of aligning itself with china. and winds,
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visit to believe comes up to a 3 day trip to neighboring, guatemala. she is expected to meet with us officials in california on wednesday. the people time one face constant stress and pressure on the neighbor. on the other side of the taiwan strait, my tie was relationship with democracies around the world have grown stronger in recent years. we continue to be exclude at home and participating in international organizations and serving as a productive member of the international community. indian opposition leader over a whole gandhi has lodged and appeal against the defamation conviction that led to his expulsion from parliament. 2 weeks ago, he was sentenced to 2 years in prison over remarks he made in 2019, mocking the surname of prime minister in a hint ramadi. gandhi sentence has been suspended while his appeal is processed.
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the government has been accused of using defamation laws to silence its critics. and mexico activists are urging the government to toughen laws against acid attacks . legislation was recently approved that would reclassify attacks involving chemicals. and while rob, hello has more from mexico city. ah garmen sanchez is an acid attack survivor. the assault she suffered 9 years ago at the hands of a former partner, left scores on 70 per cent of her body. if they're going to feel this attack, lift me in the hospital for 8 months. it affected half of my face, my make my chest, my arms and legs were completely damaged. after some 64 reconstructive surgeries, garmin says the trauma never fully goes away. and part of that has to do with the fact her attacker was never arrested act of his say that in many cases, attacks like these go unpunished,
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was cell very blessed out is that problem because us yell as i meet at the woman who is survive is of this type of violence, i realized the scale of this, so she'll probably in the face thing i did was change from being a victim to an activist. protest calling on the mexican government to do more to cur, balance against women have intensified in recent years. while attacks on women using acid have also been documented in other parts of latin america. activist, see the problem here in mexico is especially bad. alberto, lemme know solomon cetera. the problem is not any which is to attacks with acid and corrosive substances. violence is becoming much more cruel and extreme, and this includes other types of toxic, flammable, reactive and caustic substances. women's rights advocates argue that this form of extreme violence is partly rooted in bad policy, given that authorities in mexico treat acid attacks the same way as any other form of assault. one, the activists are pushing for is passage of
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a bill currently in the mexican congress, which seeks to reclassify asset attacks as a distinct crime equivalent to attempted murder if passed, the new law would increase the punishment for attacks using acid or other corrosive chemicals. with up to 12 years in prison, isn't layla's waters. this is one of many steps necessary towards creating an integrated policy that will restore some of the rights that have been taken away from survivors of this type of violence. though mexico's government does not keep an official count of acid attacks, women's rights activists have documented at least 34 over the last 20 years. but many leave the number of victims to be far higher. manuel, rapids al jazeera mexico city. florida's republican lead senate has passed a bill to outlaw most abortions. after 6 weeks of pregnancy, the move brings the state a step closer to joining others across the us, south and banning almost all abortions. florida currently prohibits abortions after
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15 weeks. the bill makes exceptions for terminations and cases of ripen insist when mother's physical health is at serious risk for the florida gulf. never on de santis has signed a bill which will allow anyone in the state to carry concealed guns without permits . the new law, which takes effect in july means training and background checks will not be required to carry concealed guns and public. republican said, law abiding citizens have a right to carry guns and protect themselves. but democrats say the new law will only make the state more dangerous. meanwhile, students in the us to the national have walked out of the classroom to march to the tennessee state capital demanding gun reforms. it follows last week, school shooting with 3 children and 3 adults were killed. police say the shooter own 7 firearms, all of which were purchased legally. a u. s. space agency nasa has named its
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crew for the 1st mission to fly past the moon and more than 50 years. the 4 astronauts, 3 americans and one canadian include christina cook, the 1st woman to take part in the luna mission. and as rob reynolds reports, the eventual i'm is to go back to the surface of the moon. ladies and gentlemen, your are the most to clue, ah, with a pep rally style event at nasa's johnson space center in houston. the for astronauts took a bow on stage mission commander read wiseman is a former test, violet with 14 years at nasa often v here with you guys. mission specialist, christina coke will be the engineer on board. am i excited? as so lately? physicist jeremy hanson is a canadian space agency. astronaut or a canadian is going to the moon with our international partnership. and it is
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glorious and former u. s. navy airman victor glover, will be the spacecraft pilot. because optimist. who is more than a mission to the moon and back? it's more than a mission that has to happen before we send people to the surface of the moon. it is the next step on the journey that gets humanity to mars. the artemus program named after the ancient greek goddess of the moon, said its 1st on crude spacecraft into lunar orbit last year, a top the powerful or ryan robin that successful flight paved the way for next year's human group mission. if all goes well artemus to will put humans near earth's cosmic companion for the 1st time since apollo, 17, in 1972. on the 4 day mission, the crew will travel more than 40000000 kilometers orbiting the moon and testing system.
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