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$1.00 to $1.00, he's to meet those 3 to neighboring kazakhstan. a. jesse was breaking down the headlines to exposing the power, attempting to find in reporting what to do, what to, to investigate. why didn't you ask the question? there are many during that, that fencer people have, but you think effect on thought to pick one story. the listening post doesn't cover the news. it covers the way the news is covered to suppress moderate. and in some cases, amplify the content you feed on your part of the listening post. oh, now to sierra, ah chaos on the streets of paris protest her is rally against the bill to raise frances retirement age,
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which could be days away from being signed into law. ah, you're walking out, is there a lie from a headquarters in self? i'm dirty navigator, also coming on. a deadly cholera outbreak spreads and mozambique week soft. her cyclone friday, destroyed water supplies, and health facilities. fears. if an arm stand off and to don, the army says the nation's biggest paramilitary group is mobilizing forces and joe biden. in dublin, the u. s. president addresses the iris parliament often talks would be prime minister ah hello. hundreds of thousands of people are rallying and france for a 12th week against changes to the pension laws. oh, they're angry after president my mackerel,
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forced to bill through parliament to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64. the constitutional court will rule on the legislation on friday, before mackerel can sign it into law. natasha butler has more from paris. well, he's just in the police, it's on plato class here on the street, please by take us, you can go, he said some of the damage i some processes i brochure went under the gun is done by a minority. 2 people can be mostly peaceable that angry about my son, michael's pension reform, the fact that this her fool mean the people love to tie later broader than 62. they say eighty's on. and this quote just comes just one day before franz's constitutional council will decide whether or not to approve price of michael's bill if it does, even with some minor suggestions or changes. if it does these protests to say they gonna still come out in the streets,
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trade union need to say they will continue to demonstrate because what they want is with form scrapped. reform. the person michael says is necessary to sustain the pension system for future generations. isabella, i'll just 0 hours a week softer psychos. freddy devastated mozambique. the country is facing its worst cholera outbreak and 20 years at least a 1000000 people have been affected by the floods. the un says the spread of the water born disease has been made worse by damage to water infrastructure and medical facilities. 11 other african nations are also affected by the outbreak. farmington miller has more from mozambique agents. he said, the number of cases of cholera has risen alarmingly, and that since the outbreak began back in september, and they're concerned that it may continue to rise until now they've been more than 22000 cases. and it's situations like this that concerned them. people who have to
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collect water from open rivers and streams, who simply don't have an option because they don't have running water. and people here don't know if they are water borne diseases, but they use the water to cook to clean and to bathe. now they are, if it's to try and assess and treat some water sources. and the government is also distributing about $2000000.00 vaccines throughout mozambique through the year. but there's concerned that there isn't enough there also efforts to try and educate people and create awareness around the cholera outbreak. people in this area of one by going door to door to advise people to boil their water and do other things to try and keep themselves as safe as possible. but they continues to be concerned just as long as people have no options, but was water sources like this that the cholera outbreak won't end and that cases will continue to occur from rita miller. i'll just, there are one, mom was in beek. the military and sudan has sent reinforcements to the northern
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city of marie as tensions mounts between the army and the paramilitary force. the army sent the rapids support forces armed group is mobilizing in the capital cartoon and other cities. but the r f says deployments are part of its normal duties. the 2 sides are in a dispute over proposals to integrate the groups into the military shower. so that be the responsibility of protecting the safety and security of the country falls on the shoulders of the armed forces. according to the constitution, love, the law has organized how this support is offered. depending on this, we should raise the alarm. i mean, all countries going through a dangerous and historic turn i value, which is increased by the mobilization of forces and re deployment of the rapid support forces inside the capital and other cities. these movements took place without the approval of the armed forces or coordination with it,
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which has raised fears in the public deepened security concerns and raised tensions among organized forces. be the ha. so let's take a closer look at sir don's rapid support forces. the unit was formed in 2013 to fight arm groups, and adar for region. it was later used in crackdowns on anti govern protests. the r s f lead the response to rallies and heart tomb and june 2019 in which a 123 people were killed and hundreds injured. last month talks between the paramilitary unit and the army, fail to reach an agreement on when it would be integrated into the armed forces. the r s f says it needs 10 years while the army one's only 2. have been morgan has more from khartoum. well, there's been lots of tension between the r s f and the military, especially since socks a form of transitional civilian government started in the south in november and december of last year. now we've been hearing statements from the head of the month
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after the military to overpower and then transition government saying that that take over was a mistake. and that there should be a political consensus when the talks came to the integration of the, our stuff into the army. there was a differences of how long that should take the army one to 2 years. that was one to 10 years. then there's the issue of the command center, the, our stuff wants to fall under the command of the civilian government, while the army ones are to fall under its command. so these differences have caused these kinds of tensions that we're seeing right now with reinforcement from both sides with the stuff in murder, we and in other cities including the capital and with the army responding with reinforcement of its own. the head of the un mission in molly has told the security council that peacekeeping operations are stretch then attacks by arm groups have increased and the military government is increasingly turning to russian mercenaries. molly ends are divided on the issue with some calling for un peacekeepers to leave nicholas hoc reports, rice's of oil,
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rice and other food items have doubled in molly, but to me at a tory shopkeeper in bummer, who blamed not her government for the economic crisis, but the un peacekeeping force known as minutia. she says, the deteriorating security situation is disrupting supply chain. micah with us soldiers are not prepared to die for us. so we want them out of the country as soon as possible. the germans announced they would leave, but they are still here. we want them out. we want me what i want. the german contingent announced an early departure after molly's military government hired mercenaries from russia's wagner group. despite the russian fighters. arm groups are gaining ground. they are currently laying seats to the eastern city of minnock . those displaced want un troops to stay. but i didn't have a long. we done one minute. it's meant to leave. they are the ones actually protecting the population. and those who have stayed behind in our village will never accept the un peacekeepers leaving the molly and authorities want them to go
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. then they need to provide us with security. the head of the un mission has told al jazeera that operations are already overstretched. the level of violence against the project is extremely high, triggering huge displacement, so that could be replicated elsewhere mighty and take a completely different a scope fighter is based in molly are launching attacks in these air. ricky fosset, i re coast garner in togo. molly's neighbors, such as senegal, say the departure of un peacekeepers would make them vulnerable to attacks from arm groups linked to iceland and arcadia and crete instability in the region. but in molly opinions about the mission future are divided with almost 5000000 people in need of urgent humanitarian assistance. soaring food prices, an increase in violence. maryan say something needs to change. nicholas hawk al jazeera, the car, egypt, foreign minister. santa sugary has met with
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a turkish counterpart of lead cuts of oak loop shall creep visit to ankara as a sign of the improving bilateral ties between the 2 countries after the relationship soured in 2013. that's when egypt saab the fact that her c. c led him military coup against the elected president mohammed mercy, who was a turkish ally, said because of all glue has more from ankara. at 1st, libya was one of the most important topics, syria, jerusalem, a besides the violates of cooperation and economic corporation. and who helped diploma edition cost, how they could cooperate on the regional ability. parents, the after a 1011 year old school of diplomacy, relation to conference, have understood that they have weight in solving the original issue. in libya, they have been defending the opposite sides of the conflict, but as turkish foreign minister said, during the joint press, come, fraser,
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he said, we understood that our final goals are the same. 2 countries are asking for a territorial integrity, political, united and sovereignty for libya, for the benefit of libya and a both egypt entry q on the other side. they discuss syria, the stability and security in syria and turkey is recent engagement with the syrian government in damascus. besides, the energy was on the table as a me in egypt is one of the leading energy players in the eastern mediterranean. and here is in conflict with greece and is cyprus and the eastern mediterranean energy drill issues. egypt is also trying to mediate and also to keep asking for asking egypt aid to transfer. it's ellen do to, to care as to kids aiming for a to be an energy hub. and once they export egyptian gas to the 3rd parties, a, syria and saudi arabia are resuming consular services,
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and flights for the 1st time since the 2011 uprising and war, the syrian foreign minister is in jetta. on the 1st such visit in over a decade, face cell, mac dodd met prince face and been for han, and the 2 discussed efforts to find a political solution to the syrian crisis. of the kingdom supported serious opposition at the beginning of the war in 2011. it closed its embassy in damascus and expelled the syrian ambassador in 2012. but relations with bashar assad government have improved in recent months. gathering momentum after a serious ally, iran agreed to restore a diplomatic ties with saudi arabia. the normalization of ties between riyadh under moscow signals that serious regional isolation could be nearing an end or one beside it is al jazeera senior political analyst. he says, saudi arabia wants to be seen as a regional leader when it comes to syria. there's really a speak for,
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so there's not really what's going to go inside syria. it's more about what's going on inside saudi arabia. and i think for the saudi crown prince, for this over the royal family. what's important is basically disentangling the kingdom from various crises, whether it's iran and syria, and others in the region in order to focus on the internal situation within and to in order for your area to recover its original role additional power. and i think it's important at this point in time since it's hosting an arabic summit for so you are going to be taking the initiative on syria knowing that all other countries, or most other countries, with the exception of the likes of coffee or kuwait and others. that the rest are basically normalizing relations with syria and hence why not take the initiative in order to once again, you know, appear like that of a leader within the region. i think was interesting in the context of both ukraine
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and syria, is that so you're a, be for a long time held back also because the united states, you know, is opposed if you was the rotation with acid, even though the binding administration like to be administration before it, the trump administration failed utterly in syria and basically doesn't have a strategy of any sort. lebanon is facing an economic crisis blamed on years of mismanagement and corruption, a bailout from the international monetary fund has proposed as the only realistic chance of recovery. but political and financial elite or refusing, then a 100 reports from beirut, lebanon is buying wheat through a world bank loan. it's the only way to ensure the price of bread a main staple remained subsidized. the state is nearly bankrupt and struggling to pay importers in dollars. if it was not for the world bank loan today,
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we would have been looking at a price of brad. that is over a $120000.00 liberties lead us, which is almost twice the current price. the wheat loan is one of many projects financed by the world bank. roughly $80000.00 families are receiving cash assistance as part of a social safety net program. it helped build, but it has set conditions on funding that's not for emergency use. for example, in order for the nearly collapsed energy industry to get funding, lebanon has the audit, the state electricity company responsible for much of the government's debt. the international community says it won't bailout a political class accused of decades of corruption. it says the financial lifeline lebanon needs will only come through an agreement with the international monetary funds. and that requires economic and fiscal reforms,
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improper oversight over public finances. but decision makers back by the business elite have not shown interest. so far they've made the public pay for an estimated $70000000000.00 in losses. there is a clear path that has been taken that has seen most of the deposits in the backing says the sector liquidated or near a fide, if what one can say at a very, very discounted rate. and we have seen that for, you know, $3040000000.00 donor. so for all the while the economic situation is worsening with inflation and triple digits. and the reason why you work with the government has been absent, it's done nothing. the economies in ruins and unemployment is high. analysts say, and i am have program would unlock billions of dollars in funding, and also gives investors confidence the country is reforming and many worn without that lebanon, good faith, the never ending crisis that will have
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a reversible consequences, especially for the poor seneca. there al jazeera beirut, still ahead on auto 0. ah, north korea launches a new type of intercontinental ballistic missile prompting temporary evacuation orders in japan. and donna becomes the 1st country to approve what's being described as a breakthrough vaccine for malaria. ah frank assessments. this treaty provides us with this hopeful government where countries could come together and stop putting in place the rules will allow us to treat this global commons with the attention of deserves inside story. on al jazeera in celebration of earth, dave al jazeera showcase is the collection of climate focus programming. rise meets
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the hello again. the top stories on al jazeera, this, our hundreds of thousands of people are rallying and fronts against changes to the pension law. the constitutional court will rule on the legislation on friday before president micron can sign it into law weeks after cycle. and freddy hit mozambique the country is facing its worst color outbreak in more than 20 years. the u. n says damage to water and medical facilities is the worst thing. the spread of the disease. to don military has sent reinforcements to the northern city of murat. we ascension mounts between the army and a paramilitary force. its warning that the rapids support forces group is mobilizing across the country. he was president,
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joe biden is addressing the irish parliament right now. you're looking at the live pictures from dublin. he's the 4th american leader to speak in parliament. and this comes officer meetings with the iris prime minister lee over the car, and the president michael the 2nd on day to if his visit to the republic biden congratulated the irish for standing with the united states in aiding ukraine. as a member of the european union army was working together, the united states, another partners to whole russia accountable for its action, including 3 significant factions and export control. no potent for over 25 years, thought the world would look the other way. was confident he would break nato in the european union. the unity of western nations were fractured and far at the moment of tested. that's what he thought. but he was wrong. he was wrong at every point, and every from today were more united,
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the more determined than ever to defend the values and make us strong pull. brennan has more from dublin. the real diplomatic and politic old waits all this visit. it falls to day. we had, you know, the deadlines dominated by very personal and nostalgic visits to dung. dual can calling food on weapons day, but make no mistake. serious issues and mutual concerns of interest to both the united states and the island on not far from the political agenda and joe biden has brought a very heavy weight entourage with him. here to the republic of ollander got secretary state antony blinking. we've got the u. s. secretary of secretary for agriculture as well. and you know that there are economic ties. there is the ongoing situation with the lack of a functioning devolved government in northern ireland. and of course, you got the war in ukraine and behind the you know that the scenes of joviality, very serious politics on serious diplomacy that is being conducted. joe biden has
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a real sort of man of the people persona and never more. so when he is emphasizing his irish connections, his ancestry from this country, it's going down very well with the public. i'm the media here. he's dominating all the headlines for all the right reasons. a hasn't been this hotly when factors, no criticism that i've been able to distinguish from any of the coverage. i think the idea that joe biden is irish and has links with both the east and the west of the island, means that people are very fond of him. donald trump was back in court in new york on thursday he appeared in front of the states attorney general for a deposition in legal battle over his company's business practices. the $250000000.00, civil fraud lawsuit claims trump and his family misled banks and businesses by giving them false information about his net worth and the value of assets like hotels and golf courses. and his social media post trump has called as soon
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ridiculous trial is set to begin in october for the last of the victims of an air strike trade out by me and mars military gentle on choose. they have been cremated. it comes as the axiom diplomatic block issued a condemnation of the attack. it killed a $168.00 people, including $38.00 children. the military said the dead were fighters in a people's defense force and a legitimate military target for the british ambassador to the un has also condemned the airstrikes fighter jets dropped bones on that hole. followed by helicopters, who opened fire on survivors. and those who are trying to run away a 168 people have died so far and that death toll is still rising on among them all. 38 children. the military doesn't deny this. they've admitted that they
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carried out the massacre. so the u. k. strongly condemns this cowardly attack on unarmed children and civilians. it is against international law and it is wholly indefensible. on behalf of the people of numa, i again go for the international community, especially un security council. do take just like 6 actions to sick lives or the people numa do and the military impunity and to prevent father destabilization of the region. japanese in u. s. air forces of conduct a joint drills over the sea of japan. it comes just hours after north korea launched what appears to be a new type of intercontinental ballistic missile. japan's government issued temporary evacuation orders, and her kato, expecting that miss hall to land near the island. but it found the water is between the korean peninsula and japan. the launch comes days after north korea,
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the leader, kim jong, who calls for more offensive military deterrence to counter or south korea. the u. s. rob mcbride reports from sol. the missile was detected early thursday being launched from close to young young and it was towards the end of its half hour of flight tracking east over the sea that separates the korean peninsula from japan. that all thirties in the golden japanese island of her kite, raised that alarm, telling people to take shelter, fearing that the mis, all the debris from it could fall in or around the island of her cato itself, in the past north career. and some of it will provoke to launch it has sent missiles over the top of her kite, out into the pacific ocean as it was with this launch. the missile fell far short, but it did have a lofty trajectory, reaching out to, to, to some, 3000 kilometer,
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which is led people to speculate whether this was an intermediate range, ballistic missiles or a longer range, heavier intercontinental ballistic missile. the kind of giant weapons that north korea has been showing off at its military parade, which it has resumed development and testing off in the past year. either way, as with previous lodges, this has been roundly condemned by officials here and in japan, a congressional shackle. this launch is an outrageous act that escalates the provocation against the entire international community. and a series of action by north korea, including repeated launches of ballistic missiles, 3 since the peace and security of our country and the international community. absolutely, unacceptable. in south korea and military officials are also studying whether this could have been a new type of missiles using solid fuel. such weapons are more sophisticated, they can be more quickly, the floyd from a mobile launcher,
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making them harder to detect and defend against. i would represent a significant development in the north smithfield program, rob mcbride, i was just era. so dana has become the 1st country to approve a new vaccine for malaria that researchers are calling a world changer. the vaccine known as are $21.00 is to be used on children age between 5 and 36 months. later, wallclear reports researchers are calling get a turning point in the struggle against malaria. in a global 1st gonna has approved a vaccine against the mosquito borne disease. the united nation says more than $600000.00 people die from the disease each year. on average one child dies every minute. and it's children who faced the highest risk of death. scientists, the oxford university in the u. k. say they've spent decades researching the vaccine and gone on is the 1st african country where it will be used
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and on young children between 5 months and 3 years old. the world health organization is also considering whether to approve the vaccine. $200000000.00 doses are to be produced annually signed to say, it's a game changer in the battle against a virus that is one of the leading killers of children in africa. lena barclays as either that's it from me. thanks for watching. you can always find more information on our website, al jazeera dot com. the weather is up next. then inside story, we'll be looking at the improving relations between egypt and turkey. and ah
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oh, with seen some rather white weather in 2 parts of the middle east race libby curl a cloud. they're coming out swift care rolling across iraq, stretching all the way down across iran, central parts of the arabian peninsula. even here in dough. how we composite ruled out the possibility of one or 2 showers over the next day or so as a system makes his way a little farther southwards buckles back as we go through sat. i nodded a little further north was, so we'll see some very heavy rain anywhere between mecca and re at that is lot to call some flash bodies is certainly something to watch out for. oh so strong when it's just around the gulf should gradually east ab, something of a shemelle still blowing less had lifted dust and sand north of that it will be fine and dry by the we can fight and try to across northern parts of africa. we're touching 27 in kyra temperatures now on the rise could touch f 30 by a sas day. plenty of showers there around the gulf of guinea, pushing rod across the coastal fringes of west africa. heaviest showers there over towards commer. rude and towards good born joining up with the heavy showers that
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we have across the tropics and more big down paul, southern parts of uganda. seeing some raw, the live, the showers longest bells if right be right to into tension in northern parts of mozambie and grassy turning, wetter to south africa. ah, inequality corruption, repression and range to political. he just decided to come to the pisa and shared among each other. a documentary explores the desperate estates of democracy in lebanon, hulu, through the eyes of those who are losing hope, every day our dreams are becoming blue. democracy maybe democracy for sale on al jazeera, receiving ties after years of animosity to kia and egypt closer.

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