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us and the philippines launch their largest joint drills a day off to china, completed its defense exercises around taiwan, daughters in the u. k. walk off the job, going on strike for 4 days to demand better pay and working conditions. and somalis forced to leave their homes in search of food and water. the winds chief is on a visit in the country, struggles with severe drought. ah, at least 40 people have been killed as village in a strike on a village in northern men, moth thousands more have been injured in the attack on the opening ceremony of an administration office in a ziggy village in tuesday morning join now i tony chang for more on this or what can you tell us we understand or at this,
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sir, the opening ceremony for this administration. there were more than a 100 people present, including many children. the women from the local area was her an office of the peoples administration. that's an organization, a organized by local defense forces and the national union government, the government in exile in opposition to mere mars military genta. at 7 45 in the morning, the crowd was attacked by jets. those were followed by m. i. $35.00 helicopters al jazeera spoken to one of the rescuers, who's at the scene. he's confirmed 40 dead. that he said he suspects the number will rise considerably at the carnage. irony was, the scene is terrible. there are many people who are an identifiable or we understand also that recovery operations have been hindered because the m, i 35 helicopters have returned to attack again. so people are very scared to go
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back into the area. but it does seem that this is one of the worst air attacks we've seen from the military government in the past 2 and a half years since the military co and tony, how are tensions building across the country? there's been quite a bit of violence lately. there has and we're seeing this in many areas. in the recent days, we've seen thousands of refugees flooding across the border in east and myanmar after attacks from government troops or on the tire border. we've seen incidences in the far west and border with with india and but i had a chance to sit down with me on mars military spokesman a couple of weeks ago. and i asked him about these incidences were that we've seen massacres which are being attributed to me directly to mere mars. military were saying air strikes on civilian air as he said. and particularly in
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a very similar stride to this, in our cans up and kitchen state, where there was a music festival going on. he said that this had been misreported, that this was a military activity. these were terrorists, that was the word he used. but reports from the scene say it was a music festival, and this seems to be very similar. but possibly you could say that this was a, an administration building, which was organized by the national union government, a government in exxon certainly opposed to the military government. but all the reports we're seeing at the moment are that most of the people present was civilians. and this was far, far away from being a legitimate military target. and yet at this stage than the military seems unrepentant in any of these incidents. i thanks so much. tony chang, there now the philippines in the u. s. have launched their largest ever joint military drills more than 17000 troops are participating in the exercises which
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will take place over the next 2 weeks. washington and manila have recently agreed to resume joint patrols in the south china sea. the deal also gives us forces access to for more philippine military bases, including one near taiwan, which is angered. china bar below has more from manila, this is jaime, here the international community definitely will be watching closely these ballot them exercises as they're coming off right off the bat of 3 days of military drills by china in the taiwan strait in response to taiwan president hygiene was visit to the us also later today a 2 plus 2 ministerial meeting. 3 in the philippines and the us in washington dc. on monday you s y ship sailed near the miss, cheap reap where china had built a man made island. but this area is very close to the philippines. so a lot happening in this region,
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definitely heightened tension so you can understand how these exercises could be seen as provocative. but keep in mind that these exercises are an annual exercises and they have been planned for months and months. still. timing here is very significant to scale. also very significant. 17000 troops, 5000 from the philippines, pop 1000 from the u. s. and other 100 or so from australia as well as observers from other regional allies, all participating in these values then exercises also for the 1st time life fire exercise act seat in the south china sea of the province of some bias in the northern philippines. there will be a simulation of the sinking of 8 the commission ship, which will serve as a market enemy ship. now, meanwhile, tensions continue to simmer in nearby taiwan straits. 3 time when these military boats are patrolling the mass 2 islands after the defense ministry reported 8 chinese warships around the island bay. jing wrapped up 3 days of military
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exercises, practicing encirclement of taiwan on monday. richard. hi, adrian is a senior lecture in international relations at the university of the philippines. he says the merger drills a part of a joint effort to deter china from invading taiwan, the pension iran taiwanda, which china conducting large, it's a sizes dirt. but the other one is also the philippines. p putting away from the more aging friend the foreign policy or previous president or to go to the and now under very good on market junior, the philippines is emerging as a new star ally of the united states is emerging. are the pivotal element of the u . s integrated very strategy against china. there's a lot of re alignments happening here. so everyone has been discussing the australia united states and u. k. the august submarine deals the audit trail larger. and that is going to get to japan, philippines, and us. i call that the job was a lie, and so office in job was there part of why the larger le groupings coming out
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australia, philippines, japan, us, all of them have one thing in common. them already bought a joint effort by us and it's our lives to deter china invading taiwan. this is not to provoke china, but to deter, trying to raise the cost of an invasion of 51 because that was extremely important . the world, the call to me, and it's at the fact i left the states not to mention just to close to the philippines and japan are to ignore. as far as europe is concerned, there's a lot of inter nunnery alignment happening very so our understanding of the past few years that the united kingdom also you clause netherlands, germany, bronze. all of them have been expanding their military presence in this part of the world. there was an understanding that a european powers in america will kind of be in lockstep in sending a strong message to china. but president of mine on microns recent visit to china, where he talked about strategic autonomy, where he seems to play down the potential role and speaks for europe. and it comes
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to tie one issue that is kind of jumbled things. i think that has kind of shuffled things, but putting micron in front of site. i think there's an understanding that more of european powers, more or less share america constraints in this part of the world. england is bracing for health care. chaos is tens of thousands of junior dogs, his walk off the job for a 4 day strike. they're demanding a 35 percent pay rise. it's expected to be the most disruptive job action in the history of the national health service. over a quarter of a 1000000 appointments and operations could be canceled with marks, reports from london for the british junior. dr. like actually macklin daugherty free time away from what is rare and fall from relaxing. she's a cancer specialist with a young child at home and she's currently struggling to pay her bills in britain capital. also it's most expensive city. when on waking up at 2 in the morning, worried about the patient, i've just been given chemotherapy. say,
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i want to feel, i don't have to also wake up worrying about the credit card bills and gas bills and the energy, you know, the things that everyone else is worrying about as well. thanks and talk to these financial pressures, she's joining tens of thousands of other dr. then strike action that start today. it's the 2nd strike this year with the medical union that represents young dr. demanding a 35 percent pay rise from the government. after years, if a low inflation wage increases. macklin daugherty says due to the government spending choices, u k. health care is like a thinking ship. if you're in a system where the walls of crumbling around, gee and which i think is very much linked to pay cuts, you then get to a kind of critical points where you have to either stand up for what, what you believe in. and oh,
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you just accept and leave such stress as driven thousands of british doctors out of the profession or into depression with some even considering suicide corridors, aid allen, the jaw. they struggle more than easter, and mainly due to the, and lack of resources now and the conditions under which they have to work. and that's been exacerbated by thee a pandemic, alma jaws, the medical director of an organization that treats doctors with mental health difficulties and says many of their problems, the systemic given reduced resources and the staff shortages a lot there is didn't t excessive workload and working conditions at worry about making errors, worries about causing harm, worry about not being able to provide what is the effect he could provide going into the profession. burnout rates and british medicine were high before the pandemic. the precious. now driving them even higher. many doctors feel strike action is the only remaining recalls to help the public and politicians realize
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these problems are real and require rapid resolutions. dinner, marx, al jazeera london, who will, amongst joins us now from outside. saint thomas is hospital in london where a few pictures are already out. so how disruptive is the strike action proving so far? for these of doctors in the 1st half of their career. so that could be any one from a recent medical. so graduate to someone with 15 years or more experience in the profession, that's tens of thousands of doctors. they belong to a union full, the british medical association and it's around half of the u. k. the doctors workforce. it means that hospital bosses inside buildings like this one i've been scrambling to try and find cover for their staffing, where it is asking senior doctor to step into the role of these young the doctors normally fulfill. but a lot of i see the doctors off the east vacation here in the u. k. bear on leave. and so we're expecting hundreds of thousands of surgeries of screenings,
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of hostile appointments to be cancelled this week. the b m a, the union says that its staff on picket lines like the ones behind me, they will leave those picket lines and go into work if there is, for instance, a mass casualty event or a hospital bosses can convince them that lives are in danger. and what about the government? how's it responding to this? what the doctors are asking for, just to make this clear is a 35 percent pay increase for this cohort. these tens of thousands of junior doctors, they say that's to make up for 15 years of wage increases that have been below inflation since the great financial crisis. the government here in the u. k though, says those demands unrealistic. they point to the fact that all the medical staff like nurses have entered into negotiations with them. the government with initial paid proposal increases that have been far lower than that,
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sammy or i because stuff that will m thanks so much. said i had on al jazeera, this was an evil act of targeted violence. the u. s. records it's $146.00 mass shooting this year. officer, a bank employee opens fire and his colleagues, the city of louisville, kentucky. i will explain, was fueling the license tensions in ethiopia. i'm holler region. ah, it's tuesday, april. the 11th. let's get going with your weather. update for europe in africa, and it's been so hot in southern spain. we've set temperature records for the month of april in malaga, the other day, $34.00 degrees. but those winds are turning around. so you're now down to $25.00 on tuesday. still not that other side of the mediterranean, nasty weather right across turkey. we've got
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a storm system spinning up in the black sea, so that's going to generate a bit a months worth of rain for eastern areas of bulgaria, and romania central europe. it is still gloomy. and some of those clouds are going to squeeze out showers, got a bit of snow to go for the alpine region, and off to the northwest, we go, a conveyor belts of wet weather comes pouring in to the islands of ireland and britain. we're going to see some blustery winds here. the same goes for france and the low countries gusts of about 70 to 80 kilometers per hour. and with that unsettled weather in the eastern med could see some showers in egypt, especially for alexandria, could see some showers also sneak into new oxide at 25 degrees. as about 10 below where you should be for this sum of the year. births of rain for southern booths and beaks, the weather pours inches and bob weighs so a damp day in hoary, with a height of 27 degrees on tuesday. that's a snapshot of your weather, c ah,
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let's recap the headlines now. least 40 people have been killed in an air strike in a village in northern men. mar, dozens more were injured in the attack on tuesday morning. it happened during the opening ceremony of an administrative office. and in england, thousands of junior doctors are walking off the job for a full day strike. the calling for a 35 percent pay rises, many struggles make ends meet during due to rising inflation. doctors of also want better working conditions, the philippines and you asked of launch their largest ever joint military drills more than 17000 troops, all participating in the exercises, which will take place over the next 2 weeks. north korea's leader kim jogan is called for his country to expand war, the tyrants capabilities and a more offensive way. he says it's in response to what he calls aggression by south korea and the u. s. rob mcbride has more from sol. these latest belligerent
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statements come at a time of heightened tensions on the korean peninsula and seem to be in direct response to the recent joint military exercises between us and south korean forces . north korea state run media says leader kim junglin was chairing a meeting of the ruling parties. central military commission, when he reportedly told his generals that they had to expand their war deterrents in what he called a more practical and defensive manner. but what's got much of south korea media talking is that in one of the photos released by the north, kim seems to be pointing, although it's been purposefully blurred at the map of south korea. and more specifically, at the area of the main u. s. military base here, north korea has increased the frequency and variety of weapons tests in recent weeks, especially short range tactical weapons, such as nuclear capable,
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underwater drones that they say are able to create a radioactive synonymy. amid speculation that with important anniversaries coming up later this month, it could be planning more provocative tests. adding to the speculation is that whenever the south has tried to make the regular morning hotline phone call to the old system, that was set up to avoid misunderstandings. and these tensions for the past 5 days, the north has not picked up. robert bride al jazeera, so is there any forces have arrested 5 palestinians in the city of janine in the occupied west bank during a series of armed raids? one of the houses that was re did belong to a man accused of carrying out his shooting attack on a bus in the jordan valley in december last year. un secretary general and turner good savages arrived in somalia for his office is described as a solidarity visit. during the most of the month of ramadan,
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somalia is facing the worst drought of its history, leading to the depths around $43000.00 people and displacing over a 1000000. catherine soil reports from somali as capital mogadishu. bar wacko mohammed, cedar and her children recently arrived at a comfort displaced people in mogadishu. she joins about a 1000000 others who are clustered on the outskirts of the city. she came from a farming village in lou as she, bella, but here she has no food. some of my children are sick and she is still grieving the death of her husband and child, she argued, play the hunt and bell. my husband and foil child died on our journey from the village to market issue. we had to bury them in shallow graves by the roadside, young fuel. glad half of the somali population has been affected by the drought. thousands have already died. 2000000 are internally displaced,
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while others have moved to neighboring countries. 5 rainy seasons, half failed in the horn of africa. the situation is dire. it's been raining in some parts of the country, or whether experts say the rains will not be enough to make things better. the rain started earlier than expected this year. i saw that early onset of the rain means that most of the people who are displaced from the farms, their farms are not being currently tended to or, or have been from that news. your production may be affected because before these people, some of them tried to go back to farms. possible by that time will be on the 2nd work or the 3rd week of the rainy season. and there will be not enough. so you must have to take on there the rest of their crew to maturity. these means more so miles may be making their way to such camps. the un secretary general will be in the country to help mobilize humanitarian support. the un secretary general
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antonio good terrace will meet with the president, somalia. he will be talking to displaced people the last time he was here. it was 6 years ago. there was another drought, as so a lot of somalis, a, we have talked to say that they want to see more action so that they can be able to break the cycle of violence and routes. or there comes, it started raining heavily just as people were preparing to break their ramadan fast. oh, many here will sleep hungry, wet and colds. catherine saw alta 0, mogadishu. several areas in ethiopia is i'm her region. have announced restrictions on movement follows violent protests against the federal government plan to integrate regional forces in the national army or police. mob rango for reports,
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protest is in cities and towns across if he appears in horror region have rallied in support of the 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 border to gray for some areas to impose curfews and restrict public transport. they're gone to 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 i'm her regents, 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 their own languages. the government of prime minister abbey am, it says it's critical for the national unity of ethiopia. but it's not been well
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received. an ann horror, his regional forces, supported the federal army and its 2 year conflict with rebels in to grey that began in 2020. since then, i'm horror leaders have accused the federal government of ignoring attacks on ethnic i'm horace, living in the neighboring arrhythmia region. they fear dissolving their regional forces will leave them vulnerable to further attacks and prevent them from defending themselves. barbara and copa, alto, serra, on 3rd, rose tree phase chairman of the m horror association of america. he says, people in the m hall region are afraid the decision to dissolve. regional forces will lead to the annexation of the ancestral homelands. the i'm, her people have do not have trust in the are in prime minister abbey estimate ali. the purpose for disarming is really dissolving and really not incorporating,
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incorporating them into the european military is really to this are in dissolved and the purpose behind it is to read it. i'm her people defenseless again, and also i love the reallocation of an issue. i'm her on hands back into the t p l f. that is why many of our us for faster region have been protesting millions for the past 4 days now and nothing also that is clear is got the, i'm how region has the power in the constitution to also establish regional forces. crime is albia ali did this without communicating to the i'm her people explaining the reason behind it. this is just a unilateral and an illegal move by prime minister a deli at a time with the country, no longer needs this, this level of instability. pentagon officials say the leak of classified us defense document is a very serious risk. the national security. the documents have appeared on several
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websites in recent weeks and cover a wide range of topics including details about ukrainian as strikes and the countries as defense fund abilities. even exposes the size of some of the ukranian minute for units. descriptions of the russian mercenary wagner groups are legit contacts with here and the haitian government. predictions about china's potential response to cranium strikes inside russia. and an assessment young is likely exaggerated. it's missile threat to the united states. mike handler reports from washington d. c. the 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,
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which would imply the leaks occurred at a high level. i'm just not going to get into the specifics specifics of this beyond saying 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, 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 in 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 kill way to go on if 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 incidents do not occur. the white
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house isn't a mode of fool 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 documents to be in the public to meet. 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. 5 people have been killed in a shooting at the bank in the u. s. state of kentucky. police say at 23 year old bank employee, open fire inside the branch, before he was shot dead. john henry reports the gunshots ring out in downtown louisville,
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prompting police to warn passers by to take cover. the police arrived within 3 minutes of an 8 30 am call that a gunman was firing inside old national bank smashing through the glass of the lock bank. they engage the gunman, killing him. officers arrived on scene and encountered the suspect almost immediately sco firing, gun gunshots. officers exchange gunshots with that suspect, and ultimately the suspect die at the scene. but by that time 4 people were killed at a bank where kentucky's governor keeps an account. a 5th victim died later. we lost 4 children of god. today, one of whom was one of my closest friends tommy eliot helped me build my law career . helped me become governor, gave me advice on being a good dad, one of the people i talked to most in the world,
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and very rarely are we talking about my job. he was an incredible friend. 9 victims have been taken to the hospital, including 3 police officers, one shot in the head. the gunman has been identified as connor sturgeon, a 23 year old bank employee. police say he stream the entire attack on social media . hours later, a swat team searched his home. let's be clear about what this was. this was an evil act of targeted violence. on day 100 of 2023. it was the $146.00 mass shooting of the year, according to the gun violence archive. a little over 2 hours later, another gunman killed demanded a louisville community college and fled. police say it was unrelated john henry and al jazeera. ah.
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