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starting with small amounts every week. if i didn't steal, i couldn't fly. she only stopped when she was called by that time sheet stone and more than $260000.00 or $64.00. when i went to prison, it's just crazy and i spend night a month away from my family in prison. ah, the united states evacuated embassy staff from sir dawn. as the fighting enters a 2nd week. in more constant bombardment shuts many hospitals across the country. we visit one of the few still functioning. ah, hello there, i miss darcy. attain this is al jazeera life from door. ha,
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also coming up. israel is rally against the government's plan to overhaul the judiciary. for a 16th straight week, we report from television and 9 people are killed in an attack on a military camp in central molly. close to where 500 un peacekeepers based. ah, now president joe biden says u. s embassy, staff and their families have been evacuated from the sudanese capital cartoon. fighting between steward on the army and the rapids of what voices are now into its 2nd week dahlia. 2 ships carrying stuff from saudi arabia's embassy arrived back home. and jetta through ports to don diplomats from other countries in the gulf corporation council or so on board and the u. k. france, china, all also arranging for their embassy staff and citizens to be evacuated as our iraq and jordan. she hubbard tansy has more now from washington,
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dc for several days now. we've been told that contingency planning for an evacuation of u. s. government personnel from sudan was underway. they were high level calls between mar committee, the joint chiefs and susan. these officials, as the blinking incident, these officials about an evacuation of some sort more troops were being put into the neighboring countries. and we were told on friday that a decision would be made by president biden. very soon we were also constantly told that was it would only be u. s. government officials who would be evacuated. not be some 16000 americans thought to be in saddam. there were several relatively testy defensive exchanges, both of the white house and the state of public over the last few days, and biting ministration. officials kept saying that we've told american citizens since the summer of 2021, that saddam was getting even more dangerous. and that they would be on that on the road. and actually that message came just a few just a week ago or so. nonetheless,
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i think what, what we'll see in the coming days is that shadow of the call bull evacuation, which still hangs over the by did ministration even when it came to the diplomatic plus. now we're already seeing questions off as to why it took so long specifically because one of the lessons, the bite ministration said that they had learned from cobble was an early evacuation was key. we're going to see more questions about that in the coming days . i would imagine when i spoke to susan page, she's a professor at michigan law school and also a former us ambassador to south to dawn. she explains with challenges of carrying out evacuations in a complex what i understand. it was probably quite dangerous to be given up. we were unsure from what i understand. again, we were unsure who controlled the airport in cartoon. and the airport had been actually at the center of a lot of the fighting along with nearby areas. so people were sheltering in their
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homes because was actually just too dangerous to get out. citizen, to live in a country, when things go bad, they are advised to do the same things that official americans are advised to do, which is in this case with take shelter, stay as safe as possible, et cetera. but it's difficult to try to evacuate people and you also don't know how many people there are where they are located, even though we do keep records. but it's only though, if you decide to register with the embassy, and that's not everyone who's in country and a lot of people, of course, are doing nationals. it's unclear exactly how the evacuation took place did. was the airport completely secured, but it's also the airspace and where plains are allowed to fly over and fly into and fly out. and oftentimes it's a special mission, in which case it is
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a very limited timeframe. that's what i'm expecting is the case in right now. all people have been rallying in the city of duke. that's north of cartoon calling for an end to hostilities. the, as you see that purchased in march through the cities market district on saturday night, they said to dawned on me and the rapids forces should immediately both lay down their weapons and worked with a solution to peace. several of his fires failed, including one during either him, morgan reports from the capital, the area around the presidential palace and the army headquarters. to me is the focus of intense fighting. as the army and paramilitary group the rapids support forth this battle for control of to damn. many of the cities, 6000000 residents are trapped in their homes with power outages, a lack of running water and dwindling food supplies. they're angry that
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a 72 hours. he's fire for the muslim holiday of a bill, but hasn't held. i want to say to the both side. we are the civilians. we are paying the price. we're not supposed to live in this situation. we have panicking. we have to panic. we are struggling just too much for us. both sides say they're aware of the impact on the, for the nice people. the commander of the rapid support forces says he's asked the un for help and has spoken to secretary general antonia with harris about the humanitarian truth safe passage of residents who wants to leave and the protection of 8 workers. even though both sides agreed to 72 hours, the fire people in part of hard to say the fighting on fact today was the words the scene and some say they've given up on talking up on basic goods and are waiting for a chance to leave. i, it's not easy to get a clear picture of the situation. both sides accuse each other of bumping
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residential areas. the more exclusions were heard on saturday night. both sides seem determined to fight on leaving millions of food in these, fearing for their lives. keep a morgan ultra 0 to me. only more than 10000 people have fled, sued on and crossed and neighboring chad. the world food program says that number could rise to a 100000. the refugees are in dire need of a central's including food cane water, shelter molecules. this who don country direct us to save the children. he says that humanitarian card with must be set up immediately because at the moment is we are requesting because of the displacement. we are seeing those of this i'll say the long as this was in the arm of the now we have seen displacement happening. that was given locations in one and other
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states and not. and then the most, what he was at the moment is that the what the back up, which is why we said affected by and this is increased risk of what uses and also because of the lack of that is and then you go back into missing all of you, if you want to get did in the us and, and the current at the moment is in, in the, in the capital point 5000000 people. not even all the have seen the ceiling and bombing and around them and the they are actually on mondays and psychological
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impact of this. this is going to have long lasting impact on the man. the lead being. i think it's extremely important that is going to be somehow mediators and then books, which is long things we can put or doctors ensued on say the cry, the fighting has created what they call a catastrophic situation. which is also for the many hospitals to close across the now river from the capital one hospital and undermine is doing what it can for the car for the use of was brought to undermine the hospital last week. he wasn't involved in the fighting between the army and paramilitary rapid support forces, but he's one of its many casualties. you know, i arrived here during the month of ramadan. i can no longer work or move easily. i was hit by a stray bullet. i don't know from which direction came across the room. solomon described the severe wounds. he suffered from bullets and shrapnel and lit up some
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of them. i was hit twice and fell to the ground. i was hit in my hand and in my left side, i was brought to the hospital. thank god almighty, because now i'm okay. dozens of sick and wounded people have come here to the undermanned teaching hospital. but it's struggling to cope. fighting has prevented staff from reaching the facility. it's now operating at just 20 percent capacity. there was a huge shortage of medical personnel. those who are now treating the sick and the wounded or the medical staff who arrived at the hospital last saturday and there is no longer any way to bring other medical staff from their homes or areas to the hospital. here, of course, the doctors and nurses who have been here since last saturday are completely exhausted. the student needs dr. syndicate says about 70 percent of hospitals close to the fighting have had to shot, and the ambulances have come under attack. sedans health system was already in
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crisis before the fighting medics or warning it now risk collapse just as people needed the most. pretty a car era. ah, ah. moving on to other news now and thousands of israelis are protesting for a 16th straight week against plans to overhaul the judiciary. prime minister benjamin netanyahu paused the proposal last month to negotiate with the opposition . the changes would give the government more control on the appointment of judges and also curb the power of the supreme court. the bill will be brought to parliament when peace reconvene at the end of april. now, a jammed room has more from tel aviv. this is the start of the 4th month, the protest against the government plan, the overhaul, the judicial system. the protesters that have come out here tonight and television are opposed to the plan put forth by prime minister benjamin netanyahu. and his bar,
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right, coalition partners. when that would give politicians more power to appoint supreme court judges and plans that have to happen to law would also give parliament the authority to overturn the supreme court decision. everybody that we've spoken with here tonight, will they say that this is dangerous? if these became law, that they would push israel whole way from democracy toward autocracy, going to be a big deal with government and endless the power to do whatever they want and cannot allow this to happen. these protests and a general strike lead prime minister netanyahu to put a pause on the proposed legislation in late march. he also promised to work with opposition parties to find a compromise. but most of the demonstrators that are out here to night, don't believe in any, any explanation that he's making and, and excuses and stories that he's slowing down or negotiating. it's all in order to,
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to, to prepare for the next step. i think i think his side are very determined, but we are also very determined organizes that these demonstrations say they're going to continue to mobilize people to come out him to the 3. tell the proposed legislation. it's crap. we're good. how many people doing with deliberate? at least 9 people have been killed in an attack on a military camp and nearby houses and central naughty to we assign latania explosions, hit the city of savannah, a on saturday. molly's army. it says it called 28th at the attack. as during the incidental un peacekeepers say they will also fire that. a correspondent makers hack cassidy's hands an attack at dawn, sending many people in the city of savari from there, sleep into a panic. these explosions are part of what molly's military say was a sophisticated attack on the main airport in the region of
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a suicide car. bomb was used in the assault, but shells also landed on people's homes in the city center. people here tried to pull out survivors from under the rubble. the man filming on his cell phone says 20 people from when family were trapped. here, all are dead now. after several hours of heavy fighting, un peacekeeping soldiers from senegal repelled the attackers, trying to capture the airport. shells landed on a camp housing russian fighters from the wagner group. no one has claimed responsibility for the attack, but it has the hallmarks of arm groups linked to isolate that are active in the region into the al qaeda affiliate jermanti satellite slam one, leslie mean, also known as jim. everything is pointing toward the jenny, because this is the type of attack they will do. and they have been clear over the past few months that they will not tolerate the presence of russians. among the molly and official, never either around the russian for,
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as molly sofa bring the training. but more and more reports are coming out that is saying that the russian fighters after the battle from the military, says its troops or combing the city, looking for enemy combatants. but some people are taking justice into their own hands at this man is suspected attacker and appears to have his hands and feet tight. they ask him, where are you fling? where are the others? this was supposed to be a day for people to celebrate the muslim festivities of ead. instead, it's a day of bloodshed. the governor of savari says blood donations are needed urgently . hospitals are overwhelmed by casualties. and the people of savari are trying to make sense of the violence and continuing to look for survivors under the rubble. nicholas hawk al jazeera 21 bodies have been examined in eastern kenya.
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as officials investigate a suspected cult. the charge leader allegedly told his followers to starve themselves in order to meet jesus. please say the victims which include 3 children were members of the good news international church. the preacher paul mackenzie in tango has been arrested was still ahead here on out there in moments of happiness in war torn countries. a festival of ead brings a welcome respite for those facing constant auction class. i'm hydro castro in a city known as a green energy innovator. can other cities follow in its path? ah hello, we have a good scattering of spring showers, bloody winds at times 2,
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across the middle east. you can see that cloud all the way up towards the caucus is pushing across a good part of iraq. iran, few showers possible over the next hour. so even here in cot, i think the wet weather will be down towards the south west of saudi arabia. having said that, still quite a crop of showers there across to care. when people see too much rain across the yellow van. but a chance of wanted to shout here for a time is at wet weather makes his way further east. was this take a look at the temperatures 36 celsius here in doha? that's not too bad, but we are touching 40 degrees for the 1st time. and long time in baghdad said the heat, it's coming, you know that much. he's already there into car. 31 degrees celsius here. quite a brisk wind across the northeast of africa, showers up towards the north, west end, some big and lively showers. the seasonal range really cropping up quite nicely there across a good part of west africa. so some big down, pause there into nigeria, bending togo, pushing across, garner all the way into liberia. joining up with the showers that we have across central parts of africa. some live the ones coming through here. then initially it
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will be across the democratic republic of congo, but those showers, gathering more so across the eastern side as it go through monday into tuesday. ah. tough times the man tough question. what exactly are you asking for you were on the ground, the rigorous debate we challenged conventional wisdom racism is so deeply entrenched in the country that is identified with america. so when you challenge racism, it looks as if you're challenging on merit and demand. the truth, there is no serious discussion about this because it goes to the very root of who we are with me. mark lamar hill. what out there? lou.
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ah, welcome back here watching al jazeera, i'm the associate a here in durham that's from i do have top stories. u. s. president joe biden has confirmed that a military operation to evacuate its embassy staff and their families from sudan has been completed. the army had agreed to help evacuate for a national says, fighting between threw down the army, and the rapids board forces has spelled into a 2nd week. meanwhile, tens of thousands of sudanese have already fed the country and cross the border to neighboring chad. the want food program says it's expecting that number to increase significantly. thousands of israelis have demonstrated it for the 16th straight week against the government's plan to overhaul the judiciary. prime minister, benjamin netanyahu pause the proposal back in march to negotiate with the opposition. speaking of demonstrations, hundreds of protesters in columbia have rallied there against proposed social and
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economic reforms. congress is currently debating a raft of proposals by left his present. gustavo petro didn't dreams, changes to health care the pension system, and reducing the work week from 48 to 42 hours. critic say they will negatively impact job creation and public finances. my last i was busy, mental health reform is terrible because the traverse is what's really working in columbia a 30 year regression in health care. if we let them take the private health care providers away from us, this is going to the bus the same with the pension reform. everything petros proposing is nonsense. for one year. no, it was all we can all start to change the way governments rule as this is affecting us now and come back to democracy because they're forbidding us and they are limiting a lot of freedoms. now w o, brazil's president lewis janasia learned as silva, has called for a negotiated settlement between cuban moscow. he was speaking in portugal at the
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start of his 1st visit to europe since taking office and january. the trip though, has been overshadowed by comments that he made recently about the warn ukraine. you'd have said that he, that she has some blame for the conflict. on meanwhile, russia is expelling more than 20 german diplomats. the tit for tat, moved by moscow, follows the expulsion of its envoys from berlin. relations between russia and germany, have been under strains and moscow sent troops into ukraine last. jan. millions of muslims around the world have been celebrating ede about for many facing economic crisis and war. the festival isn't a time of chair. as rahile mohammed reports ha, among the rubble and derelict buildings. a splash of color to mark the muslim holiday of eden fitter. this makeshift amusement park brings joy to these children in the syrian rebel held town of den dairies. 2 months after a major earthquake. many were born and to war, but for now, they have
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a chance to forget where they are. now going to have room garden writing in the democratic republic of congo between m. 23 rebels and government forces has led to millions of people fleeing their homes. many are now living in refugee camps like this one in gama mesa. abdul was thankful to have escaped with her life. she says she gave up celebrating the eat holiday because she didn't know where her next meal would come from. until now, volunteers are changing that by handing out food for every one here. it's or follow through 3rd or we are happy because they brought us food. if by degrees of god, the feast of eat will take place, then we will eat a good meal to close this month of ramadan. enjoy a shed hot meal of rice, beans, and fish in the gaza strip street and markets are bustling. but 17 years of blockade by israel has pushed prices up. more than 80 percent of people here depend on aid according to the un. and while it's a tradition to give to those in need,
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and when you codes many shop a say they can't afford to buy, eat presence of our son, and most of them with a southern accent. i came to the market to buy, eat supplies. but unfortunately with the economic environment and lockdown, we can't afford it. despite the conditions, we still have to buy something or the oh, in afghanistan, prayer provide some with a feeling of peace and serenity. really 2 years since the taliban took over, the country is facing sanctions cuts in age insecurity and a crippled economy. millions of afghans are out of work or are being paid much less than they once were. but for some the eat holiday is helping evoke a sense of appreciation for simple things. so some people say that there are economic problems and there's no work and no business, but i'm driving taxis in the city. and i would say that consent men in gratitude are important. despite the hardships they face, people are coming together,
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sharing moments of happiness and a rest slides from any troubles, if only for a short while. for halo mohammed al jazeera while iran, supremely, i tell alex coleman a has used his e message to call for unity and follows months of protests against government restrictions that including the mandatory wearing of the job dos. jabari has more from tehran, it's something that he's been calling for many, many years. it's not anything new, but i think, given the current climates in this country is in, it's something very, very important. the issue is, and the mandatory hedge of women has been protesting against for months is something the officials has gone back and forth on. and now they have started to put certain measures in place, including using the security cameras that are placed throughout the city to try and calm down on women who are not abiding by this law. this unity is an attempt to call for unity is an attempt by the supreme leader who is now 84 years old to try
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and rally the country together at a very tumultuous time. at stressing that these divisions only provide an opportunity for outside countries who are trying to create unrest in iran to use them as an opportunity to do so. so i think it is something very important, but it's something the officials here will listen to certainly at a time when there is many, many divisions within the society itself. while people around the wild have marked earth, dane calling on politicians to step up the fight against climate change in london, environmental activists that demonstrated were the 2nd day the extinction rebellion purchased for once an end to the use of fossil fuel. and even baba has moved from london a coincides with day 2 full days of action by extinction. rebellion called the big one, which is bringing tens of thousands of people onto the streets of central london. the focus on a thing here is biodiversity. britain is one of the worst in the world when it
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comes to that one study 2 years ago suggested almost half of the countries bio diversity, a disappeared in the industrial revolution. and it's the one in 7 native animal species, a faith extension right now. here in britain, no wonder that that people are worried beyond that extinct rebellion are actually moving away from confrontation and disruption towards trying to get more people involved. moving away from arrest to attendance is they put it, but they have got demands. if the government that given them until monday afternoon, u. k. time to commit to setting up emergency citizens assemblies to come up with solutions to the climate crisis and to commit to stopping all new oil and gas projects. no funding or licenses for those. if they don't,
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that may say they will step up their actions. there's another group called just stop oil, which is disruptive sports events here in britain, in the last few weeks. they could actually do something on sunday to disrupt the london marathon something extinction rebellion say they certainly won't be doing all eyes on not event as well as on how the government will actually responds to these protested demands to get tough on stopping fossil fuels and protecting bio diversity. tackling climate change requires making clean energy accessible to all. but in the u. s, most low income households don't have the resources to utilize renewable energy. now, the a growing number of communities are coming together to build shared solar projects . how does your customer way sheena roscoe says it feels good to now be part of the battle against climate change. the the 59 year old washington d. c. artist,
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known for her sewing designs. an eclectic style says she used to think green energy was only for wealthy homeowners, a star sandy stain on top of people roof. i was like the for the people who have the houses, doesn't concern me because i'm in apartment. rosco is enrolled in a city program for a low income residence to receive discounted electricity powered by solar energy. originally, my bill will be $100.00 is down to $12.00. green power will come from these $4000.00 solar panels, installed a top and underground water tank that holds municipal water fish bracken hendricks is the solar projects lead developer. all of the energy flowing off of this project is given away for free. and that's going to equal a reduction of energy bills, electricity bills for $500.00 families in washington dc. the project cost
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$5000000.00 covered by investors and government grants. hendrick says the system will eventually pay for itself through the sales of renewable energy credits to the power company. remaining profits will go to a housing charity that co owns the project. we're building clean energy projects in community. we're taking the wealth created by that energy installation, and we're making sure that it's flowing back to the community itself. if all goes according to plan, this field will generate green energy, solar energy for washington, d. c for the next 2 decades. this is a city that is a leader in green energy using renewables to meet more than 60 percent of its energy needs. now the challenge is to have more of this in more places, every community and every family can help to save the planet and save money to boot. congress recently passed climate legislation that includes billions of
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dollars for clean energy projects with a focus on disadvantaged communities. the goal is to cut you as carbon emissions by half by 2030, and roscoe says she's glad to have been drafted. i feel like i'm a part of something. hiding jo. castro, al jazeera washington. i was trailing comedian barry humphrey is best known of his character day at the average has died at the age of 89, a household name in prison, australia on the u. s. they med miss shop wits and cutting humans. delighted audiences with decades. he also won a special tony award for his broadway show dame edna the royal toll. ah, hello again. this is al jazeera and these are the headlines you as president joe biden has confirmed that a mill.

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