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today represents a ringing endorsement for truth. and for democracy, fox news agrees to settle a defamation lawsuit, filed by a voting machine company. of the new tactic being used by the correct was president to silence his critics. ah, a day long cease, fine sir donnas, in doubt off the gun file was heard shortly after the truce was set to begin. at least 185 people have been killed at a violet power struggle between the army and students. largest paramilitary group the rapids support forces, both sides a blaming each other for violating the truce once again, putting civilians in the crossfire al jazeera hippa morgan is into dan's capital costume ah, more exclusion in fidel capital. hard to me in the 1st minutes of what was supposed
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to be a cease fire, but did not take effect as to dance army and most powerful paramilitary fight each other for the 4th day. fighting continued at her tomb airports leaving a trail of destruction, satellites, pictures, show widespread damage after days of heavy fighting flight have been suspended, preventing international mediators from arriving 330 kilometers north of her tomb murder. we air base is still being contested by rival military forces. so dance army claimed on tuesday that it has control of the facility. army chief general ab them, hon and his deputy mohammed, him dan de glow, who leads the paramilitary rapid support forces had been in charge of the country since 2019. but they disagree on how to restore civilian rule. it's unclear who now has the upper hand with whiting around the general command military headquarters. the rapid support for his release for th, purporting to show its troops gaining ground with its soldiers at the surface of
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the building. but after the army took back control of the tv on monday, it's called on the r s f to turn themselves. and they said that it is not in the interest of our homeland to have its own country men carrying arms against one another. therefore, we call them not to be part of this conspiracy to lay down arms and turn themselves in. and then let's see if they will consider joining the ranks of sedans, forces her tomb and other cities are now battlefields with tanks rolling through the streets and dead bodies strewn across pavements. medical staff are warning they can't reach the injured because hospitals are under attack. there's not enough medicine, food or water with power clots. generators are operating at critical levels. people in hard to had hope the sci fi would hold. many have reported missing relative and one to find them, but can't because of the continuous fighting. and others say they've not been able to bury their dead,
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but some are venturing out to find supplies lube done to do part. and we have bought 6 facts of noodle, 2 fact and feed 3 people for one beat that is also salt and cake. the cake will expire tomorrow, so he can have it for dinner tonight and which is a global post to find diplomatic, resolve the u. s. is urging worrying parties too, and hostilities i made calls to general sub brohannon medi urging them to agree to a 24 hour cease fire to allow sudanese to safely reunite with their families and to obtain desperately needed relief supplies. for now, it's unclear if the 2 generals are willing to heat these requests as they capital city continues its descent into or is down. he, bill morgan, august era cartoon. the violence is forced doctors and patients to abandon hospitals, susan's health, but history says that at least 16 of them of shut down. it says that number is likely to rise at his urging the warring sides to refrain from attacking health facilities. some clinics have been bombed, while others have closed due to
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a lack of supplies. so don's doctors committee says it's struggling to treat the injured. no mohammed shake is the spokesman for the executive secretary of the regional block. i gad, he's calling for a cease fire and dialogue to with the united nations and the african union. and we got data trilateral and mechanism that has been trying to facilitate it talks in sudan and this talks talk always been attended by by all disadvantages take. well, that's including the obvious if a stop, so there's nothing new here under saddam, if the chair are very special and important to remember it, that when a edition feels very strongly about. and it's about being
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sorted out. if you with the people who don't. so it's not we are very optimistic and this lead us high in touch with us in capital. so it's just a question for a time. i'm to know that, you know, we're talking about a fire station or facilities protection or for should be just i'm time to dialogue here. we are not condemning anybody really does any good. i just working in the interest of the people so that the interest of the region and global piece, ah, one of the most high profile defamation cases in the u. s. has ended in a pre trial settlement. fox news has agreed to pay dominion voting systems, $787000000000.00. the company sued the cable network for making claims that it's
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losing machines swayed the result of the 2020 presidential election. like hannah reports, the lawyers fall in for what was to be the 1st day of trial. the selection of the 12 jurors and the alternates had been completed. an opening arguments were about to begin. but then at delay, while the public and a massive media contingent waited shortly before 4 pm tuesday, a settlement was announced. the 2 sets of lawyers came out. the dominion team appeared jubilant. the truth matters wise have consequences. over 2 years ago, a torrent of lies swept dominion and election officials across america into an alternative universe of conspiracy theories.
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kazi grievous horn to dominion in the country. to day settlement of $787500000.00, represent vindication and accountability. fox has admitted to telling lies about dominion that cause enormous damage to my company. our employees and the customers that we serve. nothing can ever make up for them. there was no immediate comment from the fox lawyers. the company instead released the statement saying, we acknowledge the court's rulings finding certain claims about dominion to be false. this settlement reflects fox's continued commitment to the highest journalistic standards. fox is avoided. what could have been an embarrassing cross examination of its high powered anchors, who dominion claimed knowingly supported baseless lies. the chairman of fox, rupert murdoch,
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who in private emails acknowledged that his network had it in his reporting was also spared the possibility of having to admit this in the dark. but the company's problems are not over another voting machines. company smart matic is bringing a similar case against fox. it is claiming $2700000000.00 in damages and a public acknowledgement that the network knowingly lied. mike hannah al jazeera washington, at least 29 people have died of fire in gulf part of a hospital in beijing. on tuesday, most of the victims were patients. blaze broke out at a wing that cares for critically ill patients. cindy chang, feng hospital, the cause of the fire isn't yet clear, but an initial investigation points to flammable painting material 12 people including the hospitals, director of been detained. a russian and ukranian presidents of visited some of their forces with both sides ready for
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a potential spring offensive. the conflict of ukraine has become largely deadlocked with heavy fighting in the east of the country. village marks reports ah mortars grenades, an automatic weapon, fire, the sound track to a city back moot still on the sea. is fitted released by ukraine's small remaining group of fighters, now largely encircled by russian forces, an arrow. so south ukraine's president volota may zalinski meeting and greeting exhausted men with military metals and heavy expectations. notably in them, she was much than it is a pleasure for me to see you. shake your strong hands and know that you hold the future of ukraine in your hand, ma'am, with no grain lose his office. also releasing this video from a hospital ward, one of hundreds in ukraine, the injured here among the 10s of thousands wounded in
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a war that grinding on into its 16th month. meanwhile, and russian released footage president vladimir putin greet subordinates flanked by security. no sign of either his defense minister or top general on this rare trip to russian occupied territory. security concerns kept them at home. the kremlin says to avoid tempting the enemy a command center, his makeshift meeting room maps, blurred and walls camouflaged. p, tell senior officers he wants their feedback more than a year into a conflict where russian forces are publicly scale down several strategic goals. where for me, it is important for me to listen to you to hear your views, to compare notes. i would like to begin your report about the situation in kasan area. the answer parisha area. see you later in the course on region reads the sign. ukraine hope's a counter offensive in the coming weeks may precipitate
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a more permanent departure. the remarks al jazeera, poland says that it's reached to deal with ukraine to restart the shipment of ukrainian grain into its territories. the 1st branch of grain imports is expected to arrive on friday. several european nations including slovakia and hungary, of suspended grain and other food imports from ukraine. they say cheap, ukrainian grain is driving down prices for local farmers. russian opposition, leader and kremlin critic alexis of al. they could be facing new charges that's after he refused to share a jail cell. his spokeswoman say that gods provoked nev only into breaking prison rules by trying to place him with a foul smelling inmates. the valley is serving a 9 year prison term on fraud and contempt of court judges, which his supporters say are politically motivated. in moscow, the u. s. journalist evan ghost adventures lost an appeal against his pre trial
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detention. the wall street journal reporter was arrested last month by russia security services on spying charges. washington says he's being wrongfully detained in a moment on white house correspondent, kimberly how could, as reaction from the united states, but 1st his dosage buried in moscow. evans, which continues to remain behind bars, was wait for the trial to begin. the court here in moscow denied his request and authority. one year old was taken back to the force of detention facility, 42, his attorney. he remains the spirits in good health is pending his days that reading the russian politics. he's currently making way to full stories, war and peace, and is attorney said they will continue to fight to get him any kind of avail that could be possible. during this time, the russian foreign ministry has already said that evan was taught read turn to. he was rested on july 29th in about 1800 kilometers each of the capital
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that is known as the term bird. the russian foreign minister of your law office said that as they caught him read transit and that he was using the cover of journalism to carry out espionage activities in russia, sources of r e l 0. moscow. the warehouse says the release of evan girth coverage is a top priority and the charges against him are baseless. at a white house briefing press secretary korea, john pear said once again, the white house is calling on the russian federation to release the wall street journal reporter as well as the former us marine paul wheeling currently serving a 16 year sentence in a russian prison where we are deeply concerned by the news that russia will continue to flee, detained evan, following a sham, judicial proceeding. today the bible harris administration is engaging with russia
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through every available channel to bring evan and fellow american poll wheeling home, the charges against evan or baseless. and we call him russia russian federation to immediately release him. we also call for the immediate release of pope who has been wrongfully detained on sham espionage charges for more than 4 years. as for evan girth coverage, and his lawyer had hoped to strike a deal to secure his release by obtaining house arrest or even bail his employer, the wall street journal had pledged via a letter to pay 50000000 roubles, roughly $600000.00. you asked to allow evan to be released, but those appeals to the russian court were rejected. kimberly held hit al jazeera, the white house, saudi arabia's foreign minister has travelled to damascus and once being seen as the latest moved to ease serious regional isolation. prince fossil been for hong is
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the 1st top diplomat from the kingdom to visit. since the start of the syrian civil war in 2011, he met president bush rolla shop, discussed the need for a political solution to and the conflict. his trip comes a week out, a serious foreign minister visited saudi arabia. still to come here on al jazeera warnings of more extreme temperatures. it pops of asia, as a lethal heat wave envelops the region. foss. despite security challenges in mogadishu, people are rebuilding their lives. i'll be telling you about a city that is rising. ah ah, it looks as it has, the changing weather will not stop changing in this part of the of the eastern,
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med tokyo, for example. and the aegean, this more rain coming in probably in the fall rain rather than showers. the wind direction is changing in egypt. so chorus $36.00 is maybe to start with. are you gonna get code was on shore. breeze alexandria represented better 22. and that same is going to happen in the levant, a few showers. i further north, for example, in lebanon, they're parts of western syria to, and the rochelle was gathering once again in saudi arabia and they could be some pretty big ones, i think, of flashed up potential, maybe not in mecca, but not far away. this general central part of saudi arabia possibly in riyadh, i think would be okay in dora, humid, $31.00 degrees, not continues to be the case during thursday. elsewhere, the showers spread a bit further south and bit further east, but then mostly over desert areas. in somali to it's raining are not shortish right as much help, but he's concentrating again in mogadishu. a bit to the west. we've seen rain recently. uganda, but it's concentrating really in tanza near a little lighter by look of it by the end of wednesday. and maybe into thursday and
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increasing winds on the western side of south africa and namibia will be felt and is certainly lifted the fire risk. ah, we are all, mom are not the problem. we have a rest is the problem when a manchester based check, bone laurie driver decides to take to the internet to tackle racism. he quickly becomes a significant figure in the fight for the rights of roma. people giving a voice to those least her and launching a charity for those most in need. pongo, calling a witness documentary on al jazeera, hulu.
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ah, hello again, this is self serial. let's remind you of the night news. this are a ceasefire agreement between boring sites and saddam has faulted turning into a forced to have fighting at least 185 people have been killed in a violent power struggle between saddam's army and the country's largest power military force. us cable network fox news is agreed to pay dominion voting systems daily $800000000.00 to settle a defamation lawsuit. company sued folks making claims that its voting machines swayed the result of the 2020 presidential election at at least 29. people have died and a file that engulfed part of a hospital in beijing. blaze broke out on a wing that took cast for critically ill patients. 12 people, including the hospitals, director, have been detained. a heat wave is moving across southeast asia,
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pushing temperatures to record levels. in thailand, the mercury rose above 45 degrees for the 1st time ever. on friday in india, at least 11 people died. this week. the country schools and colleges have been closed since monday. in some provinces we have 2 reporters covering the extreme temperature study. chang is in bangkok for us, will be speaking to him in a few minutes. but 1st, let's go to jessica washington, who's in beijing. what's it like where you are jessica? well it's early afternoon here in beijing and the temperature is a very comfortable 2728 degrees. sounds like a very, very much normal day. but this is in fact higher temperatures by several degrees said what we would normally experience at this time of year. and if we take a look at the broader picture around the country earlier this week, more than a 100 weather stations across 12 provinces recorded record braking heat for the
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month of april, according to data released this just to day earlier this morning, several provincial capital was reached above 30 degrees, including her fe, will hon and nudging, and it hung joe, the regional capital, the provincial capital of to its young province in eastern chive. china hunter reached more than $35.00 degrees. not only breaking the record for its hot, his temperature this here, but its highest april temperatures, since records began in unit province, also firefighters had been battling forest fires that broke out due to strong heat, but those fires have since been extinguished. now, experts and climate scientists say it's important to see these deviations in normal weather patterns as part of a broader story as part of the impact of climate change that we are seeing now here in china, just earlier this week, we heard from the climate change office of the national climate center, their chief scientist who remarked that the frequency and intensity of extreme
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weather events cannot be ignored, that it has in fact increased in the context of global warming. i'll just say with jessica washington that live in beijing. let's go to attorney chang then who's in bangkok are feeling it's a time warmer that just so you attorney fanning yourself to try to keep cool indeed it's, it's a bit of a challenge. there's actually relatively cooler to the at about $33.00 degrees. although the weather abs tell me is the equivalent of 42 with a lack of wind, where we're suffering from here at the moment in bangkok. and it has been a sweltering record breaking week. we saw those record temperatures of 45.4 and talk province up in the northwest that most people are on holiday last week celebrating the was a festival that the 1st, which traditionally marks the change between the dry season and the rainy season, there was a little bit of rain over the weekend, but certainly not enough to bring down temperatures, although they have cooled
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a little bit and it is something we're seeing all across the region, laos, also mark record temperatures. and as you mentioned in india, temperatures this month to feed an average 5 degrees crates it warnings in 9 states across india. i think the real concern is what we're seeing here is a real impact of climate change in thailand. the average temperatures have increased 1.5 degrees over the that's greater than the, the global average rise 1.3 degrees. and there's a real concern also that it's going to target the people who can least afford to combat temperatures, people living in poverty, people working agricultural areas and out. the big question this year is whether these record temperatures, which are being attributed to the el nino, where the pattern a going to contribute to lay say coming of the monsoon rains. well, they don't come. it could be looking at a very long summer out. is there
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a started chang, live in bangkok, charlie many thanks. and it nicaragua, as bob, the ears ambassador off the block condemned what it called systematic repression of descent by the government. president daniel ortega has been accused of cracking down on opponents since 2018 when hundreds of people were killed and many more imprisoned during anti government protests now writes campaigners, so he's using a new tactic to silence his critics. our latin america editor lucille newman reports to make sure to which was on hold flanked by chinese allies. nicaragua, president daniel ortega monk, international critics, was on the eve of the 5th anniversary of a failed national uprising to demand his resignation. cutting them were to know the youlowa. now they are inventing that there are more political prisoners. so i tell those governments, along with the united states wasn't understanding the least of the so called prisoners. and we'll, we'll send them off to you. oh, in february or to take,
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i sent 222 political prisoners to the united states, stripping them of their property and their citizenship. many of the prisoners attended an anniversary mass in miami this week, or they have to let us go, but he's afraid he's afraid of our boys. he's afraid of r i b yes. at lee on his t they, she was able to live because he actually wanted to kill us. the only thing that the goose it's is tribune us from our nationality deter us non cities, which is a measure that is 2nd only to, to beth. this actually sibyl beth, or theda, is now offering to send more political prisoners whom he calls terrorist into exile . several of them, a catholic priests, including a bishop centers 26 years in prison, but who is refusing to leave. although i think i is a catholic, he suspended ties with the vatican last month. when pope francis referred to him as
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a dictator, even nuns belonging to the order of mother teresa of calcutta and been expelled. and more than 3100 indians have been shut down. tens of thousands of nicaraguans have also fled the country. yes, bethany, where 0 brings her 1st memories, but also an amendment to gold t meal for the struggle to liberate whilst and for all. and he cut our lamb, bring democracy back, put ortega, appears confident that he can remain in power, as he prepares to receive another powerful ally. russia's foreign minister says, a loud rav who scheduled to arrive in monoblock. later this week. to see a new man al jazeera, the united nation says that it's concerned about reports. the u. s. spied on key you and officials, including secretary general, antonio. the tellers. the u. n. says that such actions go against basic obligation
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is for all members. earlier this month, a member of the u. s. air force national guard was accused of leaking top secret military intelligence records on line. the documents detailed the extent of us spying on its adversaries and allies. 11, indonesia and fishermen have been rescued from a tiny island, australia's west coast after surviving almost a week without food or water. the boat was caught in a powerful cyclone 6 days ago, washed on to bed. well, island, a board of surveillance plane saw them at a lifted them to safety. another indian indonesian fishing boat course in the cyclone sank in the same breach of last week. but only one of its 10 crew survived . it's more than a decade since the arm group al bob was pushed out of somali as capital mogadishu. since then, a relative calm has returned to the coastal city and now an economic boom is fueling a surgeon, property development. but as catherine sawyer reports that you homes are out of
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reach for many somalis, the sounds of construction in somalia, capital mogadishu, reverberate across the city cranes, dought. it's skyline. if you look anywhere in the city, you'll see new more than multi story buildings. this is what has been replacing bullets card houses after decades of war. reclose, what i'll do is arc ali, we're sammy, is building the tallest apartment block in the city. he says most of the units were sold even before they came into the open markets. thousands of re below engineers, doctors are working to come into office o'malley, so all of those we will leave is a demand. and we're on the margin. ah, the citizens expanding. i can quote number with which one of the fastest cities. and there was
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a bureau in terms of population real estate developers are especially happy with a booming market. they're breaking ground every other month. a few years ago we wouldn't be standing in the middle of town like we are now. things have really changed. more people are moving into the city. we have spoken to a property owner who says that he's apartment block is for he thought out. but the cost of renting or buying is beyond many people to reach. because there are no proper regulations to protect bias. chuck, who she, danny, runs a restaurant. he returned from the u. k. in 2019 to a country. he laughed when he was 5 years old. he says, life here is not easy, but moving back was, was the risk of the amount that it cost me to live in fall, but one of the most expensive cities in europe and what it does to live in mo, vishal is very much similar. i'm paying a $100.00 for
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a 2 bedroom apartment and internet is a issue. electricity and costs are quite high. but at the same time, i think it's different and financial lanes for different outputs. come out thousands of das per smileys like she, danny, are increasingly making their way home. they say they want to see their city stand on its legs. again, catching sight al jazeera, well good issue, somalia, ah, it's good savvy with us. hello adrian. so they get here and know how the headlines and al jazeera, a ceasefire agreement between warring sides and saddam. as in question, gunfire has been heard or to the truce was said to begin these alive pictures for how to at least 185 people have been killed in the violet palace struggle between the.
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