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ah, i'm carry johnston. this is al jazeera lot from dep also coming up a u. s. politician who is expelled for testing and seeking strict a gun. those is reinstated to the tennessee house of representatives on rest in ethiopia. i'm horrid region thousands off protesting against government plans to integrate special forces into a national army. plus i'm 30 have only havana cuba where dilapidated buildings like this one that you can see. right, beer had become an example of the severe economic crisis in this country. ah, well, begin our coverage in the us state of tennessee, where a democratic law maker, who had been expelled, has now been reinstated. well,
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these were the scenes moments ago from nashville city council where justin jones was voted unanimously to return. he was expelled last month after leading a gun control protest following a mast shooting at a private school where 6 people were killed including 3 children. oh john, the hendrick joins us live now from chicago. so john, how do we arrive at this point? well, the tennessee legislature was holding a session when 3 lawmakers had had enough with school shootings. justin jones, justin pierson, and a woman named gloria johnson. all 3 of them were on the floor, conducting essentially a protest. and there were people standing in the audience seats who were cheering them along the tennessee legislature, though those are 3 democrats,
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the legislature, as a republican, super majority. and they were very unhappy with this is, was a protest about a reason school shooting in nashville in which several children were killed. so as these 3 were protesting, republicans were upset about that. and eventually they ousted 2 of the 3 members, only the 2 black men, not the white women. and so what happened today was a reaction to all that justin jones was re nominated in nashville and tomorrow on wednesday. i. 3 or rather on wednesday, in a couple of days, it is very much likely that justin pearson, the other republic or the other democratic member, will also be re appointed to that council. so this is a reaction against the republican super majority. punishing 2 democrats, and in nashville. it was cause for celebration, usually at these demonstrations. the chant is no justice, no peace. in this case,
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the crowd chanted no, justin, no peace. okay, john henson, thank you for that for now. we're gonna move on to this story that because in kentucky, police say a 23 year old man used a rifle to kill full people in louisville. it happened inside a bank building where police say the gun was an employee. several others were injured including a police officer. the gunman was also killed in the shooting. confirm to be dead on the thing. we do not know exactly the circumstances of his death. at this time. 5 people have been confirmed to have been killed inside. at least 6 or transport it to the university of local hospital, including one officer with various injuries were unable to confirm the status of those who have been transported at this time. i will reiterate that this is an ongoing investigation. this information is preliminary and it will be updated shortly. we asked that the public remain away from the scene. it will be an ongoing thing that will take a long time to investigate. but there is no active danger known to the public at
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this time. well, john engine is still with us, said john, what more do we know about the shooting up to this point? well we know that police got a call at 8 30 am louisville time saying that there was an active gunman inside old national bank in downtown louisville. they arrived within 3 minutes. that's an exceptionally fast response time. when they did, they found the doors lock, the bank was an open yet, so they smashed through the windows and immediately engaged the shooter. now 9 people were sent to the hospital after that 3 of them were police officers. so that tells you a little about how violent that confrontation was. 4 people were killed inside that bank and then police, during that interaction with the gunman, shot him dead. so a he has been identified as connor sturgeon, a 23 year old employee of the bank. we don't know much more than that. a swat team
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rated his home later in the day, searching for evidence, searching, perhaps for clues, for why he carried out this shooting. the shooting was committed with a rifle. it affected many people, including the governor and the mayor of louisville, both of whom said they knew one of the victims. so it was a violent attack that killed 4 people and wounded 9, including a police officer who was operated on for brain surgery. later in the day, but police say this was an extraordinarily fast response on their part. and although this was deadly, they say they definitely saved lives by arriving so quickly on engine. thank you for that updates. a major rescue operation is underway in the mediterranean sea, with italian coast guard is assisting to migrant boats with 1200 people on board.
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international organization for migration says the central mediterranean does not become the most dangerous journey in the world. but despite the dangers, it's the most commonly used for migrant sun refugees attempting to reach europe for higher reports on the latest rescue operation. another boat, another rescue mission on the mediterranean sea. this time, 400 people on board, including women and children, stranded between greece and malta, reportedly abandoned by their captain. i. it is leaking with whom i came to anyone with
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a job not over yet as the italian coast guards attempt to another rescue. 800 people on board, another boat of the coast of sicily, the german migrant rescue group. see what says 2 ships tried to help one of the boats, but were told by the maltese authorities to only provide fuel. there martinez toy decided to not intervene, not the 1st time that martha defied not to intervene and indeed that the brother port, they're both to continue and navigating in those very dangerous conditions. do not take the responsibility for their rescue and delegate that to one of the most common destinations for migrants from north africa is italy. it's been a difficult easter weekend with more than 2000 people rescued in just a couple of days. many have been taken to the italian island of lam, producer it cities, interior ministry, figures say that 28000 migrants have landed on its shores since january the 1st.
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now that's almost 4 times higher than last year. i don't know her. the central mediterranean roots is the most dangerous migration route in the world. most of those attempting the routes, leaving behind wall of a t in human rights abuses. while they all dream of a better future. not all of them survive. soda heights, era pentagon officials say the leak of classified us defense documents is a very serious risk to national security. the documents have appeared on several websites in recent weeks. they cover a wide range of topics of interest to american policymakers, including details about ukrainian air strikes and the countries air defense vulnerabilities even exposes the size of summit, ukrainian military units, descriptions of the russian, merced, me, wagner groups alleged contact with tech here and haitian government officials
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predictions about china's potential response to ukraine strikes inside russia and assessments that sean young has likely exaggerated its intercontinental ballistic missile threat to the united states. 100 reports from washington d. c. documents appear to include sensitive information regarding the boy in ukraine. in particular, us intelligence assessments of the performance of both ukrainian and russian forces . the pentagon has confirmed that many of the documents appear to be in the similar format used to provide updates to senior leaders, which would imply the leaks occurred at a high level and just not going to get into the specifics specifics of this beyond thing. what you've heard others across the inner agency say, which is that the department of the fence and the intelligence community are reviewing and assessing the validity of these documents. there is no question of course that they present a risk to national security,
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but i'm just not going to get into specific. the leak of the documents was 1st reported by the new york times. and in addition to revealing intelligence about the war and ukraine, they also expose the extent of us eavesdropping on key allies, including israel and south korea. the reaction in capital like sol has been angry, spilling over into the south korean national assembly. we will cheer when we strongly regret that the top us intelligence agency has been illegally spying on allies like our country. we strongly demand a thorough investigation and urge that similar incident do not occur. the white house is in the mode of food damage control, and the national security council has confirmed that us officials have been in touch with relevant allies and partners. given disclosures in the department of justice is, is a leading a criminal investigation. so we're taking this very, very seriously, there is no excuse for these kinds of
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documents to be in the public domain. and while the department of justice continues its investigation into the source of the leagues senior us officials will not rule out the possibility that more documents could be made public. my cannot al jazeera washington u. s. officials have confirmed a missile attack on one of its basis in syria. the attack happened late on monday medical, no co oil refinery death, as or there are no immediate reports of casualties or serious damage. u. s. military targeted iran, that militia positions in the region last month. several areas in ethiopia is i'm horror reach and have announced restrictions on movement. it follows violent anti government protests sparked by the federal government's decision to dissolve. regional special forces, or ongoing reports,
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protest is in cities and towns across ethiopia in horror region have rallied in support of their local forces for 5 days in a row. they want the federal government to abandon its plans to integrate that regional fighters into the national military or police violence. now i'm horace poor to have to gray forced some areas to impose curfews and restrict public transport there. go under the historic town of gondor, which is a unesco recognized town, has called for a few tried trying to and this public defiance against ethiopian government. that insists there won't be any kind of compromise in terms of ending the special forces in which them hara regions as well as other regions have benefited from. in the past, the plan will apply to 11 regions which have their own fighting groups and use that in languages. the government of prime minister abbey, i'm, it says it's critical for the national unity of ethiopia. but it's not been well
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received when and horror his regional forces supported the federal army and its 2 year conflict with rebels in to grey that began in 2020. since then, am hora. leaders have accused the federal government of ignoring attacks on ethnic i am horace, living in the neighboring aroma region. they fear dissolving, their regional forces will leave the vulnerable to further attacks and prevent them from defending themselves. barbara and kappa, alta sarah, or tara just had a phase sherman of the i'm heart association of america. he says that people in the i'm heart region are afraid. the decision to dissolve. regional forces is only the 1st step. the hard people have do not have trucks in the prime minister abbey that only the purpose for this army is really dissolving and really not a corporate incorporating them into the military. it is really to get our dissolved
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and the purpose behind it is to when people defenseless, again, and also another issue of this will go back into the p p l f. that is why many of her region had been protesting millions for the past 4 days. and one thing ultimate is clear, if not, how would you have the power within the constitution to also establish regional forces upon the job. did this without communicating to the people explaining the reasons behind it. this is just a unilateral and illegal by the by prime minister. the dalai, i did time with the country, you know, with the disabled stability or sort of head on out there as far right, is really ministers need a march illegal settlement occupied west bank pension,
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saw the region and town online project. documenting daily experiences is providing therapy to war victories of ukraine. ah, ah. well, florida, seeing it dry out a bit. so quite a wind that significant wind and going into the gulf from mexico comes out in a 2nd. most of the states look fine and quite warm up this winter coming back in again to west in canada and to the north western pacific states of the u. s. and that, of course, is going to be a cold wind to that wind means attempts to come down in san francisco. and a once again, although the cloud is kept to the north with snow up in the mountains alert. but in the gulf because developing area of significant rain for southern louisiana,
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southern alabama, i think that'll be significant. went this just developing on tuesday. so the whole system looks like this on tuesday stretching across to mexico and i think we'll get flash flooding. maybe even in mexico city here to drop in temperature, significant one big chows in queue, but maybe maybe in jamaica, certainly has been year again. and if you jumped down to the southern constant cities there in the north west, but we seen flooding as you know in the northeast and brazil, that's all going. and it is certainly the wet area. you might see it happen once again. same sort of area to sas of that rather draw a picture of v jumps as to watch and tina. it's still warm, emerging by your blanket and monte today as well. but this cold wind is on his way north. ah. the latest news, as it breaks over the years from has been the target of numerous lawsuits and criminal investigations. but this time is different. we detail coverage,
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although many countries are speaking to use. the defenders, of course, it will not get affected, will continue to be in demand from around the world. it's an indication of how relying benjamin netanyahu is on support. all right, the plans with a so called national guard have suddenly been amanda hulu. ah, watching out just yeah, reminder about top stores this democratic lawmakers, justin jones has been reinstated in the us state of tennessee. he's expelled last month after leaving a gun control protest following a mass shooting
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a private school. 6 people, including 3 children, were killed in that shooting. the city of nashville. italy's coast guard is conducting rescue operations to save to migrant boats, or in terms of 1200 people. one vessel with 400 has been adrift in the waters off the coast of greece and walter. the other vessel in about 800 people is off the coast of sark who's in sicily. pentagon officials say the release of top secret military intelligence posted on social media poses a serious risk to u. s. security. they say the documents where formatting a similar fashion to updates given to senior leaders. and some of the images appear to have been altered. there been more protests in israel against planned judicial changes. oh critics say the changes are aimed at handing more power to politicians or the expense of the
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supreme court. there are concerns the amendments could pose a threat to democracy or earlier israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu announced that he decided not to fire. his defense minister of gallant, who openly criticized the judicial overhaul. come only live like a bizarre would be to hon. garland a few words about to faint minister gallant home. even in the last few days, we worked together and stand together round the clock on all fronts and the face of security challenges. they were disagreements between us even severe disagreements on santa shoes. but i decided to leave disagreements behind us. gallant remains in his possession and we will continue to work together for the security of the citizens of israel as a group of israelis, including the national security minister as marched to an illegal settlement and occupied westbank. despite concerns, it may feel tensions between israelis and palestinians. with
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a mob been kabir joined hundreds of israeli settlers in a rally supporting illegal settlements in the area. the march started 5 kilometers from the palestinian town of horror, where there's been a spike in violence between palestinians and israelis were we do not surrender to terrorism. nathan avatar known television, whoever surrender to terrorism, will surrender no matter where. but we are here to say that people of israel, a strong i see the protestant, tel aviv that we are forced to sent soldiers to. now they understand why i insist on setting up a national guard. we need a national guard to defend the people of israel in all cases. i say happy holidays to you, and we are here to stay here and continue. and he has abernet reports not from ramallah. despite international and regional codes for the escalation of violence, then your daily trailer reads them to the occupied westbank continue. on monday, a 15 year old palestinian boy was killed during one such a talk of a job. a refugee camp near jericho mohammed by hand was shot in the head,
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chest and abdomen. several other palestinians were wounded. according to medical sources. now in his funeral whitehouse pinions were chanting for resistance and calling for revenge. his daily forces were closing off the road south of nablus, where thousands of settlers took ports in march to an illegal settlement, outpost demanding their government regulated. now, while all circumvent activity in the occupied west bank is considered illegal under international law, nearly half the supplements built here were built without pre years, railey governments approval. what's interesting about this marshall that members of the family government were talking ministers were talking members of the can. they said for taking part in it. and that's why the palestinian ministry of foreign affairs that it was considering taking legal action in a statement. the ministry said that the marsh was a dangerous escalation, a provocation of the palestinian people. also we've heard from the palestinian president and spokesman, who said the silence of the international communities,
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encouraging the fairly government to take it further. and he called on the international community to step in on the grounds. palestinians were protesting this martian. the village of bitter dozens suffered from tear gas in his lieschen. ronnie is abandoned alger, theodore crumbled, or israel's police commissioner says, images of israeli forces beating the palestinian worshippers inside the alex and mosque last week. of course, a terrible impact. ah, but kirby felt i still defended the actions of israeli forces in comments. he made israeli media saying they had to act to quell writing a tense. he says the incident is being investigated more than a dozen palestinians and police officers were injured. ukraine and russia have made another prisoner exchange something the size of done regularly in the war. while
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this time, moscow has freed 100 ukrainian troops, including 20 women, heave released, 106 russian soldiers. russia says its men were in danger of dying and had been taken to moscow for medical treatment. an online that project is documenting and preserving experiences of every day people living with the war in ukraine. the museum of civilian voices is both a historical record and an experiment and collective healing has been gathering personal testimony since russia's invasion of crimea in 2014 general reports from boucher in ukraine with the delicate tread of the acrobat she once was. daria moves through the ruins of her home. the fashionable townhouse near butcher outside cave was the result of years of hard work as an international circus performer. it's loss, along with all her belongings,
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continues to overwhelm. when you're lost ever so you just, you don't have her. warts normally wash. it is just you don't want that. so actually you don't see the sa sense for a life. dorian now lives here in a polish build, contain a village, a short distance away. and she's decided to share her story with researches from the museum of civilian voices. an online resource, the museum records the experiences of ukrainians after rushes, 1st invasion, and the annexation of crimea in 2014. it contains more than $66000.00 testimonies. as much as it is about preserving the war time accounts of ukrainian civilians. this project is also about clarity and healing. it's about giving every
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person who wants it the opportunity to speak and be heard people line up to take part. valentina speaks emotionally, not about her own loss, but the pain she feels for the whole society. it's a kind of nationwide mobile therapy couch offering brief moments in the anonymity of war. that mark each experience as personal and important. it was nice to thrust kia julia kiss works and you know, i salt relief because i was able to say what was in my soul, what i probably haven't properly processed yet. number 9, which is really discount. we really need it. it's so hard for us to explain what we've experienced and what we've lost in one moment what you invested. everything in it's gone and you have nothing left. it leaves you emptying site. not tina ends with a pub. she wrote and waited when he got the so you to have life in peace,
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it's called where everyone is familiar and all share a love of the motherland liberal. the 1st there is comfort to the knowing that each individual account of loss is shared by so many jona whole al jazeera butcher. and you can watch more of those testimonials by ukrainians mentioned in jonah. how's report online? at civil voices? museum dot or in northern thailand, people have been warned to avoid outdoor activities because of high pollution levels. air pollution in highlands 3rd largest city chang of mine is 20 times above the world health organizations. recommended level health ministry says face must should be worn to filter damaging err particles, pollution levels have risen because of forest fires and crop burning inside and a neighboring countries. the cuban government wants to revive the tourism sector
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with glossing you had tell. but families in the capital of the thing in aging to day to build inflation. the u. s. blockade and mismanagement of the economy mean that many people are forced to choose between having food on the table or roof over their heads. to raise a boat reports from havana. ah, it's a unesco world heritage site and its crumbling old of anna was founded in $1519.00 and was one of the largest sport in the caribbean. but now many houses are falling apart, fell under immediate mendoza says the ceiling collapsed just before we arrived a little longer lumper away about with the high prices. it's almost impossible to fix the house. i'm retired and the problem is salaries are low and what we earnest pensioners isn't enough. so we can't afford to repair our houses. i believe you by struggling with a sawing, inflation, economic mismanagement,
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and the u. s. embargo. 4 years the government has been trying to restore the old city and even though it has managed to renovate some historic buildings, the people living here, i read constant risk. 2 the housing situation is particularly dire in old allan alova using for children. i white frequently this one where we are right now that wall that you can see there, collapsed i in october last here in a 5 year old girl. margarita espinosa house looks uninhabitable. she says it's an example of what is happening all across the country. she has been asking the government for help for years because she cannot afford to buy food and pay for repairs. well, my mother laguna, look at this. everything is falling apart. life in cuba to difficult these days, but we have to keep going. i was born here and i would like the authorities to fix our house. my mother is in the united states as soon as i can. i want to leave and
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go they. the coven 19 pandemic devastated the already struggling economy. the government is desperate to attract poorest and has been investing in hotels, which bring in foreign currency. when architect says, the current problem stayed back to when barack obama was us precedent. and there were hoped that cuba would open up and then it's a fundamental mistake. it has to do with state money that's being invested in things that i believe are not priorities. the thinking was that with obama, things would improve, that didn't happen. and then trump impose new sanctions and tourism did not increase. now they've constructed new buildings, but many people still have nowhere to live in door. and people in old of anna know that all too well, they say their houses are the symbol of an economic system. many believed in that has now failed. that he said, well, i'll just see to havana, cuba ah.
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