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fortune place in the world, a special documentary exposes a shocking $1000000.00 climate change denial campaign, and witness documents the fight through the eyes of a world renowned artist and environmental activist. the climate crisis. a season of special coverage on al jazeera mm. ah mm. mm. as strikes on a village in may and mar, killed more than $100.00 people, including children. opposition is blaming the military. ah, i'm carry johnson. this is al jazeera alive from dough. also coming up,
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i am f release is, is weakest, a 5 year growth for cost in $3.00 decades. thanks to high inflation, that banking turmoil and the war and ukraine. the un chief sounds, the alarm on somalia is need for aid as the country faces is worse. drought on the u. s. government considers cutting back water supplies to several western states as a colorado river tries um ah, the un human rights chief says he's horrified at reports of up to 100 people dead off the air strikes on a village in me and marsh vulgar turks said school children performing dances at an event held by opponents of the agenda of thought to be among the victims. the attack on the village of passage in this again, province is one of the gents is deadliest since it seized power in 2021. toni chang
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has this report under warning. you may find some of the images disturbing. smoke rises in the aftermath of an air strike composite, you village in northern mamma. more than a 100 people had gathered the opening of an administration building, including many women and children. no matter what the gentle nador sees buildings like this as legitimate military targets as it tries to tighten its hold on the country over 2 years after seizing pow at 745 in the mornings. what a fighter jets a tight. they were followed by m. i 35 helicopter gunship the initial death toll hard to gauge. many of the bodies disfigured in the attack and rescue efforts hampered when the gun ships returned. oh guess he no need ha, mother. we had to stop rescuing people and retrieving bodies as they came back with the helicopter around 1 pm and attacked again. that 3 rescue workers died in the
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attack. now that the helicopter is gone, we are resuming retrieving her bodies. the attack seems to be one of the worst since the military coups of 2021. and an indication that mammals military says little difference between military and civilian targets. we strongly gone down this kind of atrocities why valencia gas is the ones we call that this constitute, is to what cried i. the military because is a violation of the geneva convention docket in the civilians and who is a part of the melodies bodies to attack on the community of the people at the armed forces day parade. last month, the military highlighted its air power jets and helicopters had been used increasingly to attack militias resisting military rule around the country. but the generals who command them seemed unconcerned by the civilians being caught in the crossfire. tony chang al jazeera banker of tom andrews is the you and that special
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reports her on the human rights situation in me in law. he says the international community can do a lot more than just condemning the actions of me and mars military. in this particular case, we have lots of evidence that emergency workers are also found dead and, and attacked by these, these helicopter gunship. it's just nothing short of horrific these air attacks. they're escalating both in the number of the short teeth and also the viciousness of the sorties. and part of this is a function of the desperation of the military hunter. i remember they are reviled by the vast majority of people with me and more all across the country. so it is increasingly dangerous for troops to be operating on the ground moving from place to place. so as a result of that, the hunter has decided to increase the number of a gun ships air attacks and they're trying to number one,
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kill people in the particularly opposition strongholds. but they're also try to terrorize people for them. unfortunately, it's having the absolute opposite effect of what they would like. namely have people hide in fear and back off when they're opposition, it stealing the resolve of people and me and more and making things much worse for, for everybody. condemnation gets hold of the people in me in law, and they are tired of words of condemnation and words of support. they need action, they need coordinated international action that begins with taking away the military haunt disability to to launch these attacks. the international monetary fund is warning, the global economy is in a perilous phase with historically low growth and the rising risk of international recession. i'm f forecast global g d p growth of 2.8 percent this year and 3 percent next year. that's down from the 3.4 percent of last year and is primarily
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due to tight up monetary policy including higher interest rates. when among the group of 7 nations, the u. k. economy has the worst forecast. it's expected to shrink by north point 3 percent. this year, meanwhile, germany is the only other g 7 nation expected to contract. the u. s. economy, the world's largest, is predicted to grow 1.6 percent up from the 1.4 percent. or the i m f is predicting 3 percent growth through to 2028, the lowest 5 year outlook. since forecasts were 1st published in 1990 will therefore entering a tricky phase during which economy growth remains low. but historical standards, financial risks of increased yet inflation as not decidedly decisively turned the corner. policy makers will need a steady hand and clear communication. first,
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financial on is that with financial instability contained monetary policy should remain focused on bringing inflation down. but stand ready to adopts promptly as financial developments might demand or tobias, adrienne is director of the i. m. s. monetary and capital markets department. he says low economic growth will put a strain on incomes. they are rising risks to financial stability globally. that is due to a combination of vulnerabilities that have build up during years of low interest rates. and the increase in interest rates that are necessary to fight the high level of inflation. we have seen a number of pockets of their abilities that have led to a certain amount of distress. most recently in the banks in the u. s. and earlier in october, in the non bank financial system,
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particularly the pension system in the u. k. the medium term outlook for growth is very concerning and it is going to put pressures on public finances on the incomes. and it's going to be a challenge for many, many years to come. the international monetary fund has approved the long awaited loan for sri lanka, for critics say, the bailout office 2 littles and the financial crisis. and all further push people to breaking point. you know, financial reports from columbus search has been driving a trivial a taxi for the last 26 years. his earnings paid for this house educated his children and left enough for saving to day. he is struggling to make ends meet his latest electricity. bill is 3 times of what it was 8 months ago, and his income is full and drastically gang an ard figured thick people don't have
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money. have we got 5 highs in the past. now it's about 2 even versus difficult. everything is very expensive. once we buy food, there's nothing we have to longer tomorrow. tens of thousands of shall uncles are facing the same struggle. in 2022 shall anchors economy collapse. 30 now polka, filler shortages and queues to buy essentials were common. public anger focused on politicians who blamed for mismanaging the economy and corruption. the government approached the international monetary fund for help. with that came with conditions . i, a taxes and interest rates at the value droopy and an increase in the price of utilities . the costs force, re mancha, are too high already. for example, urban poverty has triple about a 3rd of sri lanka, households or food insecure. ah, so this is
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a situation where people are already struggling and barely surviving in some instances. so to impose further austerity during this period, it's unimaginable. the government insists that the i miss program is the only way out of the current crisis member. i'll put a 2 in me. the agreement will be tabled in parliament and a vote held to see who supports it and who doesn't to then every one will have to take a stand. the main points will be adopted as long filemaker. bowden gunman, the opposition national people as power alliance. as campaigned against the agreement, saying it will drag shanker further into debt. these are called at the stop. we lost our economics urbanatto and autonomy a long time ago. log the agreement with the i m f. just strengthens deposition. i am fema the i miss says it's doing its best to her. they are noisy solutions, but that's where everyone must come together to tackle this enormous problem. analysts say the government's allocation of just 0.6 percent of g d p for social
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protection scheme is inadequate. crickets say the bailout program sets unrealistic targets for sher lanka. most people are already struggling to afford basic goods. they say government and i am f, cause to cut back on spending, unite and help the less fortunate our insulting mina fernandez. audra 0, colombo, the united nation says its considering ending its mission enough ghana star because of the taliban ban on women working for the organization. in a statement issued on tuesday, the missions and the ban was in violation of international law. and for that reason the you and could not comply with the measure. afghan women are banned from secondary and higher education as well as working in 8 agencies and most of the public sector. since returning to power in 2021, the time about has re imposed strict laws and regulations. us national
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security agencies and the justice department are investigating a leak of classified documents that appeared on social media last week. when the files are said to include sensitive information on security on relations with other countries, including ukraine, officials say a some of the documents appear to have been altered. us defense secretary lloyd austin has vowed to turn over every rock to find the source of the league. rustling . jordan has more on this now from the us state department at a press conference ostensibly to focus on the growing military cooperation between the united states and the philippines. the defense secretary lloyd austin, told reporters on tuesday that he was going to make brief comments about the proverbial elephant in the room. the report at leak of classified paragon documents onto social media. i was 1st brief daily reports should m at arise disclosure of
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some sort of unclassified material on the morning of april 6th. and since then, i've been careening senior department leaders daily on our response and i have directed an urgent cross department effort. the u. s. justice department is investigating this leak, which is said to be perhaps the largest. since the wiki league scandal of 2013, the defense secretary for his part reportedly has ordered a look into how this leak happened. and this may involve trying to figure out who might have out access to these documents, assuming of course, that they are legitimate. rosalyn jordan, l g 0, the state department, un secretary general antonio gutierrez, she's in somalia for what his office has described as a visits of solidarity during them was the month of ramadan. he says the international community has failed to help the country as it faces its worst drought in decades. i'll just here as catherine sawyer reports, written,
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the un secretary general has visited somalia many times before because of drought and violence. but this time, the drought is, was 5, rainy seasons, half filled in the horn of africa, somalis are most affected. more than 40000 people have died in the last one and a half years. many more have hard to leave down. the terrace is here to call for much needed humanitarian support. we have launched an appeal to international community. only 15 percent of that the deal has been funded until law in social community has been absent minded in relation to the grammar of the people of somalia. it's time to look seriously into these people that is suffering too much. the city of by door is bodily heat. many somalis are coming here from different areas, but help in the camps is limited. some are also fleeing conflict,
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as the government carries out an offensive against the armed group. all sure, bob president hath and shake. muhammad said he's. government is winning the war at the moment. we working together with other international partners, this deposition program of the push of shop up or deliberated areas. this will look to the urine to increase critical investment. and this areas us. these people, as our citizens has been denied the accessibility of susan's certain services for more time the army has taken back important areas held by the group for mid. yes. also, bob is still able to carry out a talks and scare people. good terrorist visit shows a glimpse of how uncertain films are here. mogadishu was partially locked down,
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major rooms were closed and no one was taking chances. but that uncertainty is alive for many somalis who called his home captain saw all jazeera by door somalia . cilla, head hair on al jazeera, junior doctors in the u. k, have reluctantly walked off the job. why they say they're up breaking point on the colombian government is trying to evacuate people from an area near an active volcano. tell you why many are refusing to leave ah, in celebration of of the day, al jazeera showcase is the collection of climate focus programming. rise meets the people calling for systems change. is the production process that has to go. all
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ah, you're watching, i'll just remind all the top stores this out. 100 people are fed dead and dozens more injured off the air strikes. it's a village in north west indian mom. it happened during an event held by opponents of the genta children all believe to be among the dead. the international monetary fund says the global economies facing uncertainty is warning that growth will only beach about 3 percent annually of the next 5 years. that's the weakest, more than 3 decades. in united nations, secretary general antonio cherish is visiting somalia. he says the international
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community has failed to help. the country faces its worst drought in decades. no tens of thousands of doctors across england are taking part in the 4 day walk out hope of pay more than $350000.00 to patient so likely to be affected by the mock spoke to doctors involved in the strike when. why that reluctantly taking action? it was doctors not ambulances lined up outside english hospitals, tuesday demanding a pay rise of 35 percent off. the government calls that increase, unrealistic, but the doctor's union says its members simply won't wage is restored to where they were 15 years ago. her all right can point, not just financially but mentally and physically the historical own like this. for many genia doctors like ashley makin dotty free time away from what is rare and far from relaxing as a cancer specialist with a young child at home. she says her nights oh, ready?
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somewhat sleep deprived i went. oh, i feel i, i don't have to also wait. not worrying about the credit card bill isn't gas bills in the energy any. the things everyone else is worrying about as well. thanks in part to these financial precious. she's joining tens of thousands of other doctors in a 2nd round of strike action this year. they struggle have max and doc at. he says, bab, government spending decisions of forcing doctors to take action. you get so a kind of critical points where you have to is a stand up for what is what you believe in and or you just accept and leave such stress as driven thousands of doctors out of the profession or into depression with some even considering suicide according to zayed out in the jar, they struggle more than easter, and mainly due to the lack of resources now and the conditions under which they
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have to work. burner rates and medicine here were high before the pandemic. the pressure is now driving them even higher. a lot of it is due to excessive workload and working conditions at worry about making errors, worries about causing harm, worry about not being able to provide what it is that you felt he could provide going into the profession junior doctor's feel this week strike action is the only remaining recalls to help the public and politicians realize these problems are real and require rapid resolutions. villa marx al jazeera london, u. s. president joe biden is in northern ireland for a 4 day visit tomorrow. the 25th anniversary of the signing of the good friday peace agreement. air force one landed in belfast with biden greeted on the tom mike by u. k. prime minister b. she soon act. he showed all to meet representatives from all northern islands, main political parties before giving a speech and as to university. andrew simmons has more now from belfast. joe biden
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as arrived in northern ireland with the express intent of congratulating the people of northern ireland on the 25th anniversary of the good friday agreement. but there isn't a celebration atmosphere here and that's because power sharing the central point of the agreement isn't in existence. right now, and that's because the d u p, the democratic unit party has in fact boycotted the actual machine, the government machine, which is sharing power between the eunice and the nationalists. now will this be addressed? it's unlikely that it will be any traction, any movement towards a settlement, simply because the d u p. it is absolutely adamant that it will not accept the trading arrangements, the trading restrictions, the rules that are in place, post bricks it. and furthermore, they're not impressed with the wins of framework,
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which was a new deal reached with a european union, which makes it easier to trade with the rest of the u. k. the d u p is adamant, it won't go forward on that. so we'll joe biden, do something about this will. he says he isn't going to pressure the units that will be meetings with the 5 parties in northern ireland. also be a meeting 1st up on wednesday with the u. k. prime minister was she sooner it's on i q, there will be any further movement in terms of trying to come to a settlement. furthermore, joe biden will make a speech in the else to university. that is the new campus in the city center. he lend, move on to meet civic leaders. it's thought, but the lonely be won. public engagement. he'll be leaving at 4 ireland, the republic of ireland at is later on. and it's a 4 day tool, but most of it is in the irish republican that's quite controversial. with the
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people here, andrew simmons, al jazeera belfast, russia's parliament has approved legislation that would allow the authorities to issue electronic summons to draftees and reservists, though, as introduced as russia's military prepares for an expected counter offensive in ukraine. leg, the navy, a citizen who hasn't appeared to his draft notice we will see restrictive security measures apply. this includes a ban on exiting the country and a warning about other measures that will follow if he does not appear within 20 days. columbia authorities are warning that in nevada, the rear is volcano, could explode any time between hundreds of families at risk. for many people refusing to leave, smoke has been been doing from the crater of the volcano. for days i found to be se has more from laguna, negro, close to the volcano. many of them are farmers that work in the
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high mountain farm. they raise cattle and they usually work in potato fields in so far, ford and they don't want to leave because they fear what would happen to their animals to their work after investing so much they told us earlier to to get to their point where they are they don't have much and they fear they could lose everything. the issue is that the government is insisting that they need to get out of the highest risk area. and what we have seen today is that local authorities here have been convincing some families to get at least a women and their children out of the area. well, the men are staying behind to take care of their cattle, for example. so that as being the situation so far,
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there are 57000 people that live in the shadows of the volcano. and right now, the government is saying that at least $2500.00 should evacuate, while only a few dozens have done so. so far the by the administration has proposed water cuts to 3 american states to prevent the colorado river's reservoir, from dropping to critical levels. with its source in the rocky mountains, it spans across more than 2300 kilometers. 7, you estates, rely on the colorado river for its water supply for rentals, reports the root cause of the impacts that we're seeing here is 23 years of severe drought. and that has drawn down the levels of the reservoirs on the colorado river lake powell lake need to dangerously low levels to the point where if things go as they have been,
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the river basically stop flowing. now the water is allocated among the various western states from the colorado river under the terms of a 100 year old tree called the colorado river compact. it's rather complicated and it's somewhat outdated because it doesn't take into account the explosive growth of cities like phoenix and scottsdale and las vegas. so what the by did ministration is proposing is sweeping away all of the provisions of the treaty at least temporarily. and having each state commit to a 25 percent across the board, caught in their water unsuccessful negotiations amongst the states themselves. they can't agree on a formula. so this is what the administration is proposing. if that goes through it is definitely going to cause pain and a reassessment of the way that water is use so that the farmers, for example,
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as well as city dell, dwellers will have to use water more wisely. but the alternative is to lose the call real rado river altogether. well, that's it for me. for now you can find more information on our website out here. i don't know whether is up next to the jeff current. and then on the inside story mounting pressure on the pentagon, i mean the major leak of top secret us intelligence files and what it means to washington. ah, the good to be with you. here's your weather update for asia beginning in india. really not a lot going on. it certainly has quite it down. so i'm gonna put this forward to the start of next week on monday we see that pre monsoon heat build, you deli, 41 degrees. what spangled states calcutta up to 40 for the heat is also building
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through boxed on his walls in province. new hampshire at 38 degrees and things have certainly quite it down here. also big quiet for se, asia. and that's because most of the energy is being drawn into tropical cyclone off the northwest of australia. still some pulses of rain here and there, but nothing like we've seen in the past. got to get you to the philippines because we've got this tropical depression moving from the eastern besides to lose on island. so let's go in here for a closer look. you know, this is unusual for manila to see this much rain at this time. the year look into scoop up about 40 millimeters over the next few days. also some rain falling between the gang, see, and the pearl river valley and winds have been fanning a wild fire in getting one dough province in south korea. that's just east of sole $600.00 firefighters. they're trying to tame the flames. got a weather maker, a quick shot of rain in some thunder downpours moving across japan on wednesday. that sure weather update. ah,
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