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heavy artillery fire and so dot as the call for a cease fire during the muslim holiday of re them for 30 is ignored on thousands of sudanese flea to neighboring char, we hear from you and humanitarian agency helping with the relief efforts. ah, you're watching l 0 life for my headquarters and self. i'm debbie and obligate are also a heads. dominic rob resigns, the u. k. deputy prime minister steps down after an investigation into accusations of bullying. climate activists call for 4 days protests in the streets of london trying to force the government to go greed
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ah, hello. we begin in sudan where the muslim holiday of either for 3rd has been ushered in with the sound of heavy gun fire. plumes of smoke had been rising over the capital her tomb that despite calls for an immediate cease fire between the army and the rapid support forces paramilitary group more than 400 people had been killed in 7 days of fighting. victoria gate and b has more o the muslim holiday. the ead marked by soldiers on the streets of cartoon, cheered on by their supporter the you and his called for an immediate cease fire. between the sydney's army and the paramilitary group, the rapid support forces. i thought there's been no confirmation from the army
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methuselah. the war i love you loading a hug along our beloved citizens. this year will receive eat while all countries bleeding because of this bleeding. we have that people law injuries that separated families and destroy houses and institutions into our this destruction and sound of gunfire hall did not leave room for happiness that our beloved people deserve. the r s f says it's ready to observe a 70 to our truth and blamed the army for the continuing violence. it's tweeted at this moment when citizens are preparing to receive the 1st day of eat al fitter the neighborhoods have caught him awaking up to the bombings of aircrafts and heavy artillery in a sweeping attack. that is directly targeting residential neighborhoods. 330 kilometers north of the capital in mary, people are hoping to celebrate the end of the fasting month of ramadan, as they usually would with large family gatherings. they too have been caught up in the violence, but the army says it's now in control of the airport and the military base attached
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to it. and the lat, and called the country is safe. the situation is stable and the shops have reopened . now we were able to bring the children to the market for eat clothes and hopefully we were able to make them happy. days of fighting have left many sudanese, desperate, and afraid tens of thousands of people have left the capital. many have already arrived in neighboring chad. a vast majority of these people are women and children with huge humanitarian needs. they lab seemingly, you know, with, with nothing. and we know that the urgent immediate needs are what you wouldn't need if you had to smear house law. oh, because sudan, there's a sense of unease and fear, but also resilience and little certainty about how things are going to move forward . victoria gates and be al jazeera or many sudanese living in her to say their
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plans for r e have been ruined by the fighting and the and i was how and of life this is the worst eat i've experienced because i'm away from my mother and father and feel like there is no reason for that. the distance between us is 18 kilometers. i used to go to my town and come back on the same day and said this a feeling of helplessness, that the circumstances are bigger than you, that you can't bypass them. you feel restricted. and then for the fee bed, little book with diamond, i'm usually the pass and in my family who gets excited to eat and encourages others to a new clothes and to enjoy you. but this is completely different than this because i'm responsible for my siblings. have been very tense the past couple of days to provide stuff and find a safe place in the house. i'm also hesitant whether to leave the house and the seat has been totally different. i haven't been able to do anything because what has been caught, the fighting started over un migration agency says one of its staff has been killed in the fighting ensued on the international organization for migration says the
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humanitarian worker was killed near bads. the sudanese national was traveling with his family when his vehicle was hit by cross fire. he's a 4th un employee to be killed since fighting broke out 6 days ago. many civilians are trying to escape the violence, and some are fleeing to rural areas and to don. thousands have already managed to cross into neighboring charge. humanitarian agencies, they're say they're running out of resources. they're appealing for help to cope with the influx of refugees. laura lo, castro is the u. n. a. to see our representative in charge. she says areas where sudanese refugees are going, don't have enough resources to accommodate them in the game, to chat whenever you need me or are they no longer available? nobody got 70 or nothing so. so do the refugees. i rocking the end, we found the tree trying to find some shadow and then some place to
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rest the indeed not. so we met level children when talking today to the refugees. easy was clear that they've never mind, that they have runs interesting, but some of them that comment and run through that many times and now did say no, we all went very grateful for the government of china that they showed their perfection. and then despite there being the, the, the left side will be good to go there. so a probably need to where, where they are, you know, without the any, any protection from the, from the, from the santa and with a lot of children, they managed to bring with them some few belonging. we didn't need to have being particularly router lean walter gwynn couple world beneath the number
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one and we had nurse, we are going i think world of trucking to probably during the weekend and then you know, trying to also has some that's got to have some people but them that there will be the needle, the school day that and so that will be believe i said he's already 35 paving shooting for as i'm not, you know, the basic idea everything because as i said, the disability has nothing, no available elsewhere around the world muslims are marketing. i started with prayer as an festivities. this was the scene in mecca. islam totally a site timing for you, just determined by the sighting of the crescent. soon in some countries holiday will be celebrated on saturday. the early morning prayers had taken place, baylock saw mosque and occupied east jerusalem during ramadan intentions were running high, as is really forces conducted raids at the compound and prevented thousands of
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palestinians from entering. how much am june has more from occupied east jerusalem? we've seen thousands of worshippers arrived here to the entrance of alex, a mosque compound at lions gate. could see these crowds of people around us. there is a palpable sense of relief. people looking forward to praying their e prayer in a peaceful atmosphere. a marked contrast to how much tensions have escalated earlier this month. it's a festive atmosphere here to day people bringing their families. you can see balloons around us. you can also see right here that they are selling toys for the children to help bella, i met at the theme of on we are very connected with alex and mosque. our roots are here. we'll stay here despite over difficulties that we're expecting to face. we exist and we will continue to exist. total. i'm the, i'm out of bach, malaya, conscious of our thank god we are happy. all people are gathering full prayers,
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crystal and there are no closures. the read rare is now over and palestinian worshipers are exiting the unlocks on mos compound. now we did witness one scene of minor scuffling between israeli forces and palestinian worshippers a little bit earlier, but it was over quite quickly. and this is really nothing out of the ordinary here . and just over 2 weeks ago israeli forces entered the up some mosque. the lobster grenades, they beat palestinian worshippers. during one of the incursions around $400.00 palestinians were actually arrested. that caused quite a bit of escalation. and since then, there have been efforts to de escalate. that's why you think you saw things calm down the last and days of ramadan. and so far into read things have remained comp how much i do. and i just, you know, occupied these seriously 2023 is already proving one of the most difficult years for palestinians who have lived under is really a military occupation for decades. celebrating you does not always easy for those
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and occupied territories, but on isabel and reports from nobliss and the occupied westbank. living in the old city of nablus for more than 2 decades. you sit onto is no stranger to read by certainly forces. the grandmother said, trying to show we had a grandchildren's fears, has never been harder. the youngest nadia is not yet 2 years old, but towards like shooting and soldiers already. part of here walkability young. we're going every other week or so. there is in history, lead niagara here, the shooting and cling onto her mother. the often make story say it's a game, so she is not as scared, but this is not normal. nothing about our lives and occupation is several weeks ago to be fighters in a house nearby were targeted in the military operation. 11 illustrations were killed in the worst such freed on the occupied with banking years. since january sales forces have killed, at least a 100 palestinians, mostly invades in the occupied territory. the shady army saves the target,
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those it considers the security threat. the effects of such trades go beyond those killed or wounded by fairly soldiers, palestinian say an integral part of the strategy is to show forth and instill fear when the aim of declaring them from taking part in activities opposing the occupation men he had believed israel seeks to control more than just their lands to maintain its decades long occupation, extending that to almost every aspect of their life. who would all what had what had that birthday? i knew you go home, not knowing window, knock on your door, she walked the street worried. don't read any minute. this is what terrorism is. all alums hot of us. do i don't decide where to go or when i don't need nebulous because of the checkpoints, the occupation doesn't allow me an hour. ok so and for me that's important to follow me. hi am hi the me. hey, we can't planet all. a 20 minute drive. can take up to 3 hours. things can change while you're at the checkpoint. such continuous oppression is part of palestinians
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every day. life's something analyst read them at book called brindle violence is under the law. over the years, a build up of events has undermined ha palestinians perceived their present and future as individuals and a collective martha. these continuous waves of unseen, indirect violence that are bloodless and go and quietly has changed the course of lives and the way we embrace and think of them. what's possible and what's not muslims around the world are marking the end of the fasting month of ramadan. in nablus, you stresses there's little room for joy, this aids, but it's been a normal day with no blood spilled and no homes demolished. so this one is worth celebrating. danny is benny oliver's eda nablus murray. there's also remarked inter cheer where celebrations are subdued this year. after devastating earthquakes in february, cynical suargo has more from an taco what everybody says is, is that this aid, the 1st a religious aid of the, of the year is
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a bit sour. because many of those people who are living in the earthquake with an area as have a loss, some people among their families, if they haven't lost any beloved ones, they have lost their homes. i'm in one of the containers cities that have been established by the disaster management agency and the city of ha, how thought is one of the worst hit cities, a by the earthquake. it has been a quiet morning. we joined the prayer in the morning prayer and with the people people are trying to establish a neighborhood among themselves, but they're all upset. the children are trying to be hopeful and they are not that much aware of the situation. it is still a feast for them. it is still at an eat for them mother, when you speak to the elderly and they are upset, but they are thankful that they're still alive. at least some of their children are
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alive. and since yesterday we have been seeing many people visiting the cemetery is the graveyards. it's a tradition in the islamic culture and inter kia as well that people be just one day before those fees people visit the cemetery is the graveyards. and this year, of course, many people are visiting the graveyards because so many people, tens of thousands of people lost their lives in those that the tremors, the u. k. has a new deputy prime minister oliver dowden has been named as the replacement for dominic rob, who resigned earlier on friday. he'd been under investigation following formal complaints about his behavior. rob was accused of bullying dating back to when he served as foreign minister on justice minister. he is the 3rd senior minister to leave. prime minister richie soon acts cabinet in the past 6 months. to not says he's accepted and departure with great sadness in his resignation. letter rob
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submitted to the u. k. prime minister. he says that he felt duty bound to accept the outcome of the inquiry, but he points out that it dismissed all but 2 of the allegations levelled against him. rob goes on to say that he believes that the findings are flawed and set a dangerous precedent for what he calls the conduct of goods government. so in your de ago has more from london. this is really months just not years, a column nation of allegations against dominic, rob, and of course 5 month long investigation, which was instigated by rob himself. political reasons, of course, once a month would argue that make number say this is a resignation letter. i mean, it may be trying to sort of say that he is willing to continue to give his support the prime minister wishes to not. but there is an undertone that suddenly of his frustration with the process. of course he is sticking to the fact that he is
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residing because he himself made the promise that if any counts of bullying and intimidation were up health and he would resign. so to counsel those have been upheld and now he is forced to abide by his own words. but suddenly, the tone of that reflect his, you could even say, i'm go with the fact that he believes that it was perhaps his right to be able to pursue certain tactics in the workplace. still ahead on al jazeera ukraine is still standing strong. and our support has not wavered. there you as defense secretary lloyd asked and needs western allies in germany to discuss support for ukraine and the fight for control and the eastern democratic republic of congo, east african forces move into north kiva province as em. 23 rebels withdraw. ah,
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hallow. we will see a big change in the weather across china as we go through the next couple days. the cloud is gathering over across western parts, sliding towards a central areas ahead of that. we got some where to weather off shore pulling out of the way bright fine, sunny weather coming in across a good part of japan and the korean peninsula getting up into the twenty's here. but we're struggling to get anywhere near 20. it will hand for saturday afternoon, up until recently we were getting into the low 30. so that is a big change. go on into sunday that cloud on grindstone very much in evidence there and only 13 degrees. will hon on sunday afternoon, could well see some localized flooding across southern most past. meanwhile, to the korean peninsula, add for japan. it is fine, dry and sunny. still a fair amount of sunshine into we're indo china water to showers in places just
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trying to not the edge of those temperatures and very high temperatures that we have seen recently. good scattering a showers across southeast asia, southern bornea, seeing some big down poor sumatra. pushing up towards him, a lay peninsula as well, and some larvae showers to make in the way. across the northeast of india, we'll see some pretty wet weather for a time easing across bangladesh into the far north east of india, and turning increasingly wet all the way down to the south. ah, a
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oh. a hello on the top stories on al jazeera, the u. n is calling for an immediate humanitarian. she's fire into john over the holiday, the rapids support forces paramilitary. bruce says it's agreed to a 3 day truce, but there's been no confirmation from this. is any army all around the world? muslims are working with prayers on facilities. timing is determined by the sighting of the crescent moon. in some countries, the holiday will be celebrated on saturday. the u. k. deputy prime minister and dominic rob has resigned. he's been under investigation following complaints about
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his behavior. rob was accused of bullying when he service for administer. justice minister, the u. s. is hosting a meeting of western allies that it's ramstein air base in germany to discuss further, military support for ukraine. ukraine is pushing for more fighter joe sand amunition . i have a long expected spring counter offensive washington as promising to support key for quote. as long as it takes ukraine is still standing strong in our support has not waiver and i'm proud of the progress that we have made together. in total, the members of this contact group have provided more than $55000000000.00 in security assistance for ukraine. that's a tenfold increase. since we 1st met just in the past few months, we provided the equipment and training to support in additional mind. armored
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brigades were for ukraine that has already strengthen ukraine's position on the battlefield. i said in kiev yesterday, that the ukraine future is in the atlantic. family and all new dollars have agreed that the ukraine will become an 8 member. but the main focus now is of course, on the on how to ensure that ukraine prevails. because without the sovereign independence ukraine, there's no meaning in discussing membership. charles stratford has more from keith . will the calls from ukraine have become in recent weeks, increasingly loud and frustrated? everybody from the president, claudia zalinski, to many of his military officials. people here basically saying that they need more weapons and they need those weapons fast. and that's in preparation for this long waited and expected what's been called
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a spring counter offensive. but there are some very real things that the ukranian say they need chief of which things like defense. there are concerns that if this counter offensive, when it does start cities across the country, could become exposed to, for example, russian as strikes. and then of course there's the call for more tanks. we know that run about 8 countries already committed the german leper to tanks. we know that you k also has, as, as donated or is donating 14 challenge it. thanks the americans are saying that 30 abraham's thanks are expected but those abraham's unexpected to behave. for example, until august and they involve a lot of training. they're going to be calls for more ammunition, more artillery as well. so we expect to hear. yeah, a lot of focus on, on those kind of weapon systems that the ukrainians want, but it's going to be very interesting to find out whether we're going to see
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commitments or any kind of information as to whether long range weapons are going to be committed. something that is hugely controversial and he's seen potentially as being very escalate tree for the russians. am 23 fighters are reported to have withdrawn from parts of north kiva when the democratic republic of congo they had ceased, parts of the province since reemerging in 2021, congo. these communities have told to 0. the arm group is still present in some areas, catherine sawyer report, canyon troops in cuba, in north cuba province. they are holding forth in areas from where the armed group am 23 has withdrawn. regional east african forces from kenya, uganda, south to dawn and bruni are here to enforce an agreement aimed at bringing peace to the region. hundreds of people have been killed and up to 1000000, forced out of their homes since the conflict started over
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a year ago. some congo lead leaving in cuba say they are afraid to go back home despite m. 23 fighters pulling out. am $23.00 fighters are still lurking around the area. they have checkpoints isn't parts they make us pay. taxes is $5.00 a trip indian we don't make any profit. the group has seeded strategic towns and roads, but fighting is still going on in some parts. wanda has been accused by the u. n. the e u and others of supporting the rebels. kigali denies this, according to an agreement signed by regional leaders, m 23 is to move to sub, been your in the room, go mountains near the rondo border, but the rebels have not gone there yet. the dismissal of the of we didn't even loan the worth. what luxury of the, the one what whether they are getting that until i get to that position one valley
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did. then i'd be able to tell you what that was reported by one of the regional forces were deployed a few months ago. they said they are here to facilitate a political process between kinshasa and m 23. but some honestly say the negotiations are moving too slowly. and while everyone talks about a political truck and a military truck, there is no clear understanding on what should come 1st and how that should evolve. am 23 leaders say they want direct talks with the government can shots insisted cannot negotiate. and to all areas controlled by the rebels fighters are vacated. the deadlock is unbroken, and hunger leads who've been forced out are now living rough in comes for the displace and suffering. catching saw all just 0. 3 workers have died after an
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explosion at a coal mine in central columbia rescue teams are still trying to find another for attract inside. authorities are investigating the incidence on whether the site complied with safety laws. similar accidents in march left 21. people that activists have begun for days of protest in london to demand urgent government action on climate change. b extinction, rebellion protest group, once an end to the use of fossil fuels, it's calling on tens of thousands of people to join the demonstrations. as there is no. barker was at the rally and spoke to retail. isa was a doctor and climate health researcher. he began by asking her how climate change is affecting her patients. climate change is a pressing reality across the world now, but we can't escape it even in london. so i work as a g p in london where we have quite often illegal levels of application. and what that means to me as a doctor in practice, is i'm seeing children with
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a 10 percent reduced lunch as a result of ammunition across the country. what that translate, it was 36000 high material just as a result of attribution. that's the same of the double decker bus was that people every single day and so taking action on the climate crisis. yes, it's good for the future, but it's also good for the health of the population today about the health is about relation, of course, for people who've been following a new medic slipping out protesting recently over working conditions and so on and so forth. you see the 2 being related to climate issue and also when it comes to job and working with dopson work edition. of course, i mean the health section was under a huge amounts of pressure. we have an aging population have increasingly complex health conditions. but the large, one of the leading medical journals has had that the climate crisis is the greatest threat to health of this country. and i work as a g p, but i'm also a researcher and i'm really in the business of prevention. if we know that
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something is going to cause problems down the line, hopefully begins treated today. and that's why, really all of this is very, very much connected. i think we take action on climate today that relieve some pressure on the health care system and ensure we can have healthy and flourishing population at large value ones, whether agencies as the world's glacier as are disappearing rapidly and saving them as a lost cause in its annual report, the world's meteorological organizations, as the melting of some european glaciers has been in its words off the charts. the last 8 years have been the warmest ever recorded. the higher concentrations of greenhouse gases have accelerated global warming. while the leader of the united states and columbia, se they will deepen cooperation to tackle drug trafficking. us president joe biden met columbia, gustavo petro, the white house on thursday. petro who took office in august, has been critical of washington's crack down on drugs. to also discuss climate change migration, columbia,
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as long running conflict with rebel groups as well as tensions with venezuela, colombia is the key to the hemisphere, and i mean necessarily a keystone and i think we have an opportunity if we work hard enough to have a western hemisphere that is united equal democratic and, and economically prosperous. they fox c o. laughlin murdock has dropped the high profile defamation lawsuit against the australia news outlet. the website criteria, cues, murdoch, his family, and company of feeling the u. s. capital ryan, from 2021. murdoch's lawyer said the news site had tried to introduce evidence from a separate defamation case against fox news, intuit defense. earlier this week, the network agreed to pay almost $800000000.00 to the u. s. technology firm dominion voting systems over false claims. it's miss.
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