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o, investigating the use and abuse of power across the globe on al jazeera, having piping in that we don't simply focus on the politics of the conflict. it's the consequence of war. the human suffering that we report. we brave bullets and bombs, and some of the world's most troubled regions. the army fled in the face of ice will advance. it is one of the most serious about the violence in recent years. in some instances we are the targets because we give voice to those demanding freedom, the rule of law. and we always include the views from all sides. ah, hospitals hit and power and water count as fighting between saddam's army and a powerful rival force escalates. millions are trapped in their homes with
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supplies running out. the un says more than a 180 people have been killed in the battle for control of the country. ah. lauren taylor, this is andrew 0, live from london. also coming up. international condemnation is criminal critic, letting me a current rosa is sentenced to 25 years in prison for condemning russia's war and ukraine. 11 people die of heat stroke is an outdoor event in india, as part of the country gripped by heat wave. and iran and shots down more than a $150.00 businesses in 24 hours, but not daring to the islamic code obliging women to wear heads cops. ah,
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although the un says more, the 180 people have now been killed in 3 days of fighting between rival forces in sudan ah, around another 1800 have been injured. the u n's envoy to see don says the body will continue, efforts for further humanitarian pauses in the fighting, but adds that the warring parties are not giving the impression. they want mediation for a peace between them immediately or as the fighting continues, many civilians are paying the price key infrastructure as in the firing line. the sudan and dr. syndicate says a number of hospitals are out of service across the country. and patients have had to be evacuated. power supply has been cut in areas of khartoum and other cities. the sudanese electricity company says 3 substations were out of service on monday and for were operating at half capacity. and got you north water authority says the main water station in the capital has been severely damaged,
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resulting in water shortages. some shops are running out of bottle water or some residents when describing their experiences on the 3rd day of fighting in cartoon. oh, we're fine. ah, we're safe or power and now that was something you know, it's like, i don't even know what it is anymore. is it rocket propelled grey grenade. is that a military strike? i don't even know. but we're good. ah, we keep in touch with soundly via text via very short phone calls, just to check in on each other. i did, but we are leaving the city heading for our hometown. we are waiting for the victory, stating from the sudanese army. oh man, it has more on the day's events. plumes of smoke rise along the tarmac at cartoon at port on a 3rd day of fighting between sedans, army, and the biggest and most powerful paramilitary force. explosions as strikes and
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gunshots, a hurt across the capital has both sides claimed there making advances in strategic areas. but details on the ground are unclear. footage released by the sudanese military shows, a number of rapid support forces troops surrendering their weapons and equipment in khartoum. the army says it's resumed control of state tv and will use it to update the public. it also says it's re taken morrow. we airports in the north, but that conflicts with claims by the r s f, which says it's men still control the facility. what is out of many you're putting in this message is for all those who are saying that middle, the airport is still under the control of the sort of means army. right now we are inside metal. we are put, as you can see, there is a plane behind us, and we are stationed here until the victory. the iris f also says an army lead battalion handed over its vehicles in the eastern. now, part of cartoon, state sudan has been brought to a standstill after attempts to open
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a humanitarian corridor or failed fighting, destroyed cartoons, main water station, raising fears of widespread food and water shortages only on still water water left . this is a warm and only one hand that everything is and you know, the water bottle section looked saw, and the whole, the auto whole milk. everything is empty here on the refrigerator. see everything is carlos. nothing left foot soak is not available while as strikes continue and the warring side show no desire for talks. it's the people offset on that are paying the heaviest price. really mohammed al jazeera had been more than not john's his life from khartoum, him to what's her situation there right now? well, in the central part of the city where there was intense abstract earlier,
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that heavy artillery being heard, it's a little bit lighter. now. there is still 4 sounds of artillery fire, but when you look at the northern side of the capital, there is still 5 jets flying around the sky. you can still hear the sound of exchange of gunfire between the recess and the army. and the same can be said for the city of man. so it's, is that the battle which being the rapid port, 4th of the army, is far from over the vicinity of the state television, which the army began control up in the afternoon monday. there is still intense fight that looks like the rapid support for us are trying to read and want to get off the safe television. something that the army was able to take control of just on monday afternoon in the east. there have been no reports of fighting between the recess and the military, so it looks like in those, in the areas where the bases have been up
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for, for, for think about not as the quite interesting to have a morgan. thank you very much, dean. apologies. so we had a bit of break up on that line there from hipaa. was situation is you don't, has been discussed at the united nations on j. james bays joins me off new york. so tell us what they've been saying they're yeah. will the un security council met? this was not a plan session. it was added to the existing meetings, which were about yemen to day. and real concern, i think about the situation. the security council has called up for an immediate cessation of the violence, a ceasefire to take place. we've had that coming from the secretary general of the united nations. we've had that coming from the regional group. it god, we've had it coming from the african union of bots, the u. n's man in khartoum of oak. a preface who spoke to the security council
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brief them behind closed doors, but then spoke to us reporters here un headquarters said he's not getting any indication that the 2 man, the 2 rival generals, are willing to comply with the idea of a cease for according orse on both sides, 2 stops of my to you immediately to allow access to run our axis for 8 workers, humanitarian aid workers, and to allow recreations. we also ask requests, we strongly request those submits to respect was in each to protect you and agencies, you an installations, embassies, 8 workers, medical facilities, and have been great transgressions here. um and when you have p warehouses and w, f, p uni, suff, eunice,
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f u n t p u n h c r. guest houses and offices have come into the crossfire or being routed. james, did you get any sense of whether there's any provision of aid possible at the moment? yes the you and that saying that they are not stopping their aide delivery operations are but they say most of their staff are sheltering in place because it's so difficult for them to go anywhere. and it's so dangerous from the go anywhere. but they say if staff are in a position somewhere incident that they can help people than they will do so, but it's a very severe problem. we've got 16000000 people um, in sudan, according to the united nations who are in humanitarian need of support from the united nations. it was a grim humanitarian situation before this. it's now i think, a much worse than that. in fact, to the un secretary general when he spoke earlier on,
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he described the situation in terms of the humanitarian situation as horrendous. ah, more calls coming in all the time. i'm for the 2 rival generals to have a cease fire infectious moments ago, moments before i speaking to you here. i was down listening to the us ambassador to the united nations who spoke to reporters. she said her message to the generals was to put the guns down now up, but it's pretty clear from what we're hearing from the you and representative on the ground, who incidentally, is there in cartoon, but can't go anywhere. he's blockaded in the building that he's in. he can't go anywhere. he says, just to unsafe to travel. he's in touch with both of the generals by phone very regularly. he says he believes they're both still in the capital city in khartoum. but he doesn't sense any willingness at this stage for them to impose a cease far or we had so far is to humanitarian for pauses on sunday, and monday that weren't totally respected at the un is asking for another,
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a humanitarian pause. and they're hoping that they try and persuade the generals at to convert these humanitarian pauses eventually into a proper ceasefire campaign. thank you very much indeed. or the special envoy for yemen. hers commended the warring factions in yemen for completing the prisoner exchange. agreed to under a, you and broken truce. nearly a 1000 detainees were released raising hopes of an end to yemen. long running conflict. hundreds of families have been reunited in the past few days. in terms of the holiday. the truth is continued to deliver when beyond the 6 duration, 6 months ago. at the time gazing on next steps, i believe we have not seen such a curious unity for making progress towards. ready ending the conflict that i could turn on the part to think bolder steps towards peace. ah,
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prominent criminal critic has been sentenced to 25 years in prison by court in moscow for treason and denigrating, the military, letting me a car. mercer was arrested a year ago after he denounced the russian invasion of ukraine. the journalist, 10 politician was a close. i live opposition to boston himself, who was shot dead near the criminal in 2015. you survived to suspect poisonings in 2015 and another and 2017. so she blamed on the kremlin his lawyer say that left him with paul in europe. se enough condition which leads to paralysis and his condition as deteriorated in prison, or more played a key role in passing the magnet ski act in the u. s. named after russian tax lewis game uminski, who died in prison after exposing corruption legislation how to invoke sanctions on alleged human rights abuses in russia. those jabari reports from moscow was
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wondering, as the verdict was read out loud mirror car mores and listened without any visible reaction convicted of treason. spreading false information about russia's on forces and cooperating with an undesirable organization. his lawyer said car moore's aside as a verdict on the justice of his cause. if the thrash me this terrible but very highest mental, let me work as a politician, as a citizen, that distance, how he perceived this brought it when he heard it 25 years, his self esteem even went up. he realized he was doing everything right. as hundreds of journalists packed a room where they watched the court proceedings on screen. reaction to the verdict came in swiftly. nobel laureate, dmitri moore, a talk who was a witness in car, moore's this case told al jazeera, it was part of a dangerous pattern that's emerge in russia since the war in ukraine began. but he got water, but it teach him some sentences for political prisoners are handed down in the same
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way they were handed down during stollins time. these are huge sentences, 25 years of the lifetime of one generation of people. we want to take an entire generation of the lives of russians who won't meet politicians like car marizza. the long time kremlin critic was arrested last april under new laws passed 8 days after russia's invasion, restricting any criticism of the country's army. the russian british, former journalist and politician is the latest of several of president putin's upon and still have been arrested car. moore's played an important role in persuading western governments to sanction russian officials for legit human rights abuses and corruption. lot in your car mores as attorney says, she'll be appealing this verdict, arguing that her clients have no previous convictions and health condition. so he will not be able to serve his term in a maximum security facility. 99 percent of cases in russian course and with convictions, there was no expectation that this one would be any different doors as of worry al
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jazeera, moscow. u. s. a messenger to russia has visited detained. wall street journal reporter evan gush cabbage in tracy said she visited him in moscow's liver turbo prison. and that the journalist is in good health and remains strong. as the 1st time in american official has been permitted access to gush conviction since he was detained early this month, for alleged espionage charges, a kremlin is accused him of spying the american government. he's pleaded not guilty . the vital administration says gash traffic has been wrongfully detained. still to come this half hour anger in paris as vice president, emmanuel michael admits, regret after months of unrest over his pension reforms, and his anguish, as abas and air france, a clear man. so 10 over 2009 flight rear to paris which crashed killing 228 people .
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ah. in case you've heard stories of temperatures in the 20s coming to the british owls, it's no time soon. so often the immediate future was cloud coming out of the north . you know it's a northerly, never a warm direction. pressure is high which means settled weather and often could been . spring wants from scandinavia, down towards spain. however, that on shore breeze across the north sea means these cars remain rather cool here . and it's equally disappointing, equally much of central and eastern europe, tickly than the se entrusting to turkey with a breeze. now, coming out of central europe, not a very warm one. and then combine that with cloud and rain. that's the blue on this chart and you get some periods of pretty big down. pause in for example bulgaria, a parts of western turkey and in the balkans, disappointment here. but the subtle slowly returned to places like germany and
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austria, even though nor geminus don't show breeze. that'll make you feel cold in berlin. but where it has been warm, recently spent in portugal to some degree southern france that continues in civil the forecast for 3 days from wednesday friday gives you 10 to 31 and the average is 23. so 8 degrees above the average that has been warm. that is also quite, we'll mirage it, but it's cooling down with it on shore brace still hot in the hell and particularly wet. i think in nigeria. ah, a
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lou ah are monday top stories are 0. the year ends has more than a 180 people have been killed in 3 days of fighting between rival factions in sudan doctors, hospitals being sheldon, patients in the capitol are appealing for safe passage as gun battles. rage in the city inspector general antonio terrace was condemned to violence in sudan. he said the humanitarian situation in the country was already precarious. now its catastrophic and
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a russian opposition. activist and prominent criminal critic has been sentenced to 25 years in prison by court in moscow that america was convicted of treason and denigrating the military anger on the streets of paris after the french president menu or in my home address the nation in his 1st speech since his government controversial pension changes became law. he said he understands the anger of the population and promised he'll hammer out an action plan to get the country back on its feet in the next 100 days. this is the scene live in paris right now on my call, signed the legislation on saturday, officially raising the retirement age from 62 to 64. prompts to see months of strikes and demonstrations against the changes. many of the protests have turned violent and hundreds have been injured. successful medalists have these reforms been accepted. evidently, no man again, despite month of dialogue, a consensus was never reached and i regretted she's a little girl. we must all learn lessons from this is warranty. natasha butler live
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for some parish and tasha k. a lot of anger, there is indeed a short while ago there was a call for people to come out to the streets and brush pots and pans and protested emmanuel michael and his speech. during his speech, i should say, and then afterwards the protest saw to erupt. did people went in along the streets, burning bins? and you could probably see behind me, i just say the kids are still smoke rising from some of the bins that were burned. men over here, just all my right, there's a large number of police officers. what they're doing is trying to clear some of the greatest out there. so a lot of take asked me, i have to say that trying to clear some of the purchase out and try and re open the roads. but of course, it's very difficult to sort of thing, but we've been seeing over and over again, over the past few weeks since the beginning of the year as demonstrated continues to protest against present my calls pension reform reform. that is now more was
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signed off by the president. nevertheless, protesters med often by trade unions feel that if they keep up the pressure they really hope the president michael might be forced to withdraw. this move more about what michael had to say in his televised address. or personal mike will use this address to try and urge people in france to turn a page to move on. he said that he understood that there was anger in frogs, that he understood as some people didn't agree with his pension reform. but he said that it was an important reform and that people needed to work longer because been living longer and raising the retirement age. oh, up to 64 from 62. would bring frogs more in line with all the european countries. so this was very much a speech designed to reiterate. some of the reasons he decided to push this reform
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through in the 1st place. he also talked about a few other things, setting out his vision for the following years. be really, was about trying to ask people in frauds to turn the page to move on off to 3 very challenging months to come together and to, for, to fishing stand. but as you can see here, i mean, we're very far from matching reality. still a lot of i'm still a lot of people are against reforming fact and opinion poll today suggested and then the 70 percent to people from one school demonstrations to continue natasha in that climate. i mean, he's italy, he's very much associated with is there anyone else in the government you can try and attempt to some kind of conciliation with people. well i think that's very hard to say because i think what's happening at the moment, if you really are in a position, i'm just leaving out the way here because he can see please. so kind of trying to clear us as well. i think we're in a position here where there is such a sense of division between on one hand to the french government and person on
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a garage there. 2 0, no, my lease officer, just tripping her to the paper on told me all the people who really feel strongly that the governments of a person all simply out of touch with ordinary people. so it's very hard to see how anyone in the french government could build bridges. not really going to be one of the main challenges for president michael over the next 4 years. having to work with parliamentarians having to work also with such as the public and the trade union to at this stage of refuse to meet emanuel michael at his request. they are planning a big protest to me until then major will need to present. thank you very much, need to have my before in the most interested in parents. thank you. court has acquitted both of us and france of manslaughter charges for plane crash in 2009, 228 passengers and crew were killed when the jet plunged into the atlantic on route
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for rio de janeiro to paris. both companies denied the challenges of manslaughter. the official investigation found that multiple factors contributed to the crash. including paula tara nadine baba report for the relatives of the victims it to be will during judgments after nearly 14 years of fighting for justice. judges in paris, acquitted france and manufacturer air boss of involuntary manslaughter. they listed a series of negligent tax by both firms, but they said there was no proven cause a link with the air bus a $330.00 crashing into the atlantic ocean in 2009. it's left many relatives feeling betrayed by how i feel it's deeply unfair. i think the law is broken because we've heard the word responsible and we've been told mistakes were made multiple mistakes at a bus and france if i q will fight and commitment of more than $5000.00 to dave started on june 29 to find the truth
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and condemn the confederate. i've been in vain, but we're coming from. i've been legitimate. for 2 years after the crush, they brought wreckage and bodies from flight 447 to shore than the 2011 remote submarines discovered the flight recorders. they revealed a terrifying chain of events after the plane flew into a severe storm. i was after leaving rio de janeiro bound for paris. external senses had frozen, giving the pilot's confusing speed, an altitude information, and the auto pilot had disengaged after repeated alarms. the play went into a stolen, crushed into the ocean. last year's 2 month trial, the 1st culprit manslaughter trotted franz came on. a previous ruling not to prosecute was overturned on a p. initially, magistrates attributed the crushed a pure pilot error, but victims group successfully argued the company should be prosecuted for failings in pilot training and plain warning systems. they've now avoided
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a maximum penalty of a quarter of a $1000000.00, which would have hurt their reputation if not their profits. the crash had a lasting impact on the industry leading to changes in regulations on training. but the court decision has left the victims, families distraught. living baba al jazeera parts of india, seeing heat wave conditions. at least 11 people died and many more were treated in the hospital after suffering from dehydration and heat stroke on sunday. india's meet her logical service says the high temperatures will continue in eastern and northern regions. now black as well. this was supposed to be a fun, outdoor event where awards were given out. instead, it ended with the death of several people who suffered the effects of a heat stroke. more severe weather is on its way to parts of india, northwest india murray to texas for albert again, the temperatures will increase in delhi, punjabi yana, and northwest india. in the coming days, an orange alert has been issued regarding
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a heat driven spangles. while some officials praised the crowd for coming out, despite the high temperatures exceeding 40 degrees celsius, others accused the government of negligence. and yes, meteorological department is advising people to take precaution to avoid heat stroke databases elect. it is advisable to not to step out during the afternoon. and if it is necessary to go out, people must carry an umbrella or cover the heads from direct sunlight. in the eastern state of west bengal, schools have been closed for a week because of the excessive heat last year in your experience record temperatures in several regions. and as heat waves and other severe weather events become more frequent across south asia, signed to say, climate change is likely worsening. the situation lena, barclays as ita,
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near master into hers granted amnesty to more than 3000 prisoners to mark the buddhist new year. it's not clear where the journalists and protests is jailed and it's bloody cracked down on descent. are among those freed ministry. government is arrested thousands since its crew more than 2 years ago. a further 98 foreigners serving sentences in may and more are also being released. the iranian government has shut down more than 150 businesses throughout the country for not adhering to islamic dress code obliging women to wear head scarves. local media as the clamp town happened, just 24 hours just over 24 hours and was enforced by police present it brain racy, says the he job is a legal matter. and iran is comments came after a viral video last month showed a man in a shop throwing yogurt at mother and daughter whose heads were not covered from i'm from i am is a lecturer on middle east international politics at the university of cambridge.
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she says, despite government crackdowns of civil disobedience continue across iran, what we're seeing is that there's a great deal of civil disobedience that is likewise taking place yesterday. there was a nationwide called for women to hit the streets and just simply not where they're had job. and we saw many, many pictures pouring in from all over iran, of women with their hair loose one even standing in front of a police car. and there's also quite a bit of pushback coming out from a number of the clerical religious figures that are saying that this requirement of the government does not conform to the koran. that during the time of profit women were not required to wear the head job, they were required to cover their bodies. and so there seems to be quite a bit of a public debate. so we're seeing a real patchwork here of activity and iran. italian police have found 2 tons
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of cocaine floating at sea of the coast of sicily. authority say the drugs were stored in some 70 waterproof packages held together by fishermen's nets and equipped with a luminous singling device. the tribe is one of the largest confiscated in the country. at least estimate that it's worth about 400000000 euros. basics has cooled off the 1st launch attempt of its giant rocket. after a problem cropped up during fueling, the countdown was halted to the 42nd knock because of a stock valve in the 1st stage, booster crowd had gathered to watch the highly anticipated launch in texas near the mexican border. the company plans to try again on wednesday, basic plans to use starship to send astronaut and congo to the moon and then on to maz. ah.

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