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the last 1020 live in the surviving on goat skin and wild foods. in this strout we can't even get that. most of the people who are coming to this area are not registered as refugees yet, so they are struggling to survive. they have very little water and food. the sees the longest, dry spout for decades. ah no less off in the fighting ensued. dawn confrontations continue between the army and the rapid support forces. there is no water to drink. there is no food to drink . you cannot go out to the street to buy food. no food, no water, no electricity. the people stranded in cartoon paint a dia, picture of a situation getting worse by the day. ah,
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why money site is down there alive from day or so coming up? police in kenya investigates a cult off to examining the bodies of church followers suspected of starving themselves to death. plus i'm nadine baba on the london marathon route where on usually we got thousands of spectators ons climate for testers here on the streets . ah, we begin in su, dawn where fighting between the army and the power military rapids support forces is in its 2nd week. the violence has continued despite a sci fi agreed for ead. video footage appears to show the rapid support forces leader mohammed hamden da gallow in cartoon with his fighters is not clear when the
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footage was taken. on saturday, a market in the north of the capital was destroyed during intense fighting. several buildings with satellite residents say they're running out of essential supplies and as a near total internet, black out of local food, if he would have read it for life. him on a, on in the monica even more you, we are suffering a lot you to the water shortage. all the residents here suffering from the water issue. we also did not have electricity. we got paid back 3 days ago. i thought that if you go to be the post price tickets, nearly $50.00, those are incredible prices. and this regular bottle of water costs $500.00 sudanese pounds. the conditions here, a very bad, very serious well, several countries, including the united states, france, am saudi arabia, have evacuated the diplomatic stuff from su, dawn, b, u. k, china,
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iraq and jordan. say they're doing the same, but one nigerian student who is still in call to him is pleading for help from her government saying that her situation is dire. since there is no electricity berries north and i was having lisa water left with me in the water. i cannot, for 2 days, i can shower. there is no water to drink. there is no food to drink. you cannot go out to the street to buy food. there is no use. there is nothing you can buy and even the cash is not that the soldiers roaming about every way. and you don't know whether you're going to do the looks because the, me, those, you know, they just dropping majors. hebert morgan has the latest on the fighting from cartoon it's now mostly concentrated around the cap at some sort of tomb, with
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a direct confrontations between the rapid support forces anderson and his army in some residential areas, including the northern parts of the capitol on saturday. now there was a brief lull in fighting overnight between the 2 sides, and it's supposed to be a period of a 72 hours cease fire. and people hope that would hold, but it did not. and fighting resumed once again on sunday morning residence in the northern part of the capital say that they were air strikes by the sudanese army and heavy artillery strikes by the rapid support forces who are now in various residential districts in the northern fall of the capitol then there's the western part of undermines city. the twin got city of the capitol, hot him residency, there was also heavy shelling, forcing them to stay in their home. so it looks like despite the fact that it was supposed to be a period of cease fire for people to be able to get out and get basic commodities and medical assistance, fighting still continues between the 2 sides. conflict has never reached the capital houghton. there is no warning when and as strike is about to hit. most buildings and homes don't have basements for people to hide and shelter,
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and in case of heavy artillery and airstrikes in their residential neighborhoods. people have not stalked up because they were not expecting this conflict that in stock, up on food that in stock, up on water, and even basic facilities, power plants, water plants have been, has in this conflict. so people have been struggling. many of them say that the conditions are dire in their homes. they're running out of financial abilities to be able to buy what they need because banks have been closed for a week now. and many of them say that they don't know how the situation would go on it's, it's been quite catastrophic, especially for those who have suffered injuries in the fighting. many of them say they can't face medical assistance because hospitals have been shutting down. so people say that this is a situation that is unfolding before them, but they don't know how to move. they don't know how to act. this is an unfamiliar, uncharted territory, and many of them are waiting to see when it gets safe for them to just get out of it. because this is something they're not used to. or more than 10000 people have already fled the fighting and see don and have crossed into neighboring chart. the world feed program says that number could rise to a 100000 refugees need essentials like fear in clean water and shelter.
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hundreds of people also flying to neighboring south to dawn, but the ongoing fighting is making is difficult for people to move. pizza vander of that is the united nations humanitarian coordinator, and the international organization migrations representative in south dawn. he says about 2000 people now across the border and more i expected. so for the numbers of the iraq here and i've been fairly limited, we're looking about 2000 people that have arrived from sudan into sounds that most of the ring to each other. good days, about 7 hours of travel from costume, from capital by rote. and of course, we are expecting that the violence would decrease the number of people that will be arriving in some stories that we're hearing from people that arriving. first of all, these are usually people that have the means to travel here. so we're also
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expecting the more vulnerable people to come at a later stage. but a lot of people are talking about horrible situations in get through about being, having the ropes on the way from customer 2 years from they often arrived here. we luckily most of those people do have still family in south. ready busy maybe just don't so there's also 2 teachers that were also expecting some student east to come to, to sell to them. because we have about 400000 nice refugees in shelter, down and a few 100000 like, and also living insulted people. of course she's like home so we're also preparing for a larger scale return. she's a nice. busy or not retirement of, of the she's nice moving towards that. oh,
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now at least $27.00 bodies have been excused in eastern kenya, police investigating a suspected christian cult in a forest outside the coastal town of melinda, a church leader allegedly told his followers to starve themselves in order to meet jesus thor, to say the victims include children, several members of the cult were rushed to hospital earlier this month, severely emaciated. the preacher paul mackenzie in thing gay has been arrested and is in police custody. catherine toys more or less from narvie. the police are on ground all in the forest. we're being told that they are looking for either shallow graves. so these 10 bechtel is going to is expected to rise. paul mackenzie is very well known either coast you had this huge charge. other time he had 400 followers, but then
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a lot of them left when he started so very controversial teaching about extreme fasting. and then he had a big tv station as well. and then he moved to this for us, the area very remote and started to teach people and preach to people remotely. and then a lot of people. 7 he followed went with him to this area where they was being charged $250.00 a to leave that and follow the teachings all this month. so it is a community of people who knew which other people who are very, very poor, was very easy. and it is very easy to, to take advantage of this people because of desperation. and perhaps hope a think separate as leader from the northern indian state of punjab has been
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arrested off to a manhole lasted more than a month. a motel thing rose to prominence earlier this year with his call for the creation, if a separate speak homeland thing and it's supposed to be rated to police station in putting job in february onto one of his aid forms arrested that he's been trying to rest thing but he escaped on a motion bike sanjay can poor as a journalist, sound the hard news magazine. he says things detention has increased tensions in the already unstable punjab state. it didn't really create the kind of tension that whoever was behind it really expected. in fact, in punjab itself, there was a great demand earn the people there that nothing should be done to upset the piece that had returned to this very you know, the state which has been experiencing great them under double and all these years. so they didn't want to mr. bumble policy to do anything more than what has what he had done and in a certain way, didn't really cause
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a tell me what is expected of his s. now is significant because he is going to be taken to the ne date of sam, and that is where he will be interrogated. said other strange that he was allowed to carry on for about 36 days. that will reduce that used to come on tv, showing him that he used in some other diet or the other used to sometime where western clause he would go around on a more bike. so it's all very, very strange how he is. phenomena is build up and subsequently how he's been arrested. still ahead on out of the battle that's behind the lines. we look at the challenge of rehabilitating sizes who's not lame in the ukraine. the from breaking down the headlines to exposing the powers attempting to silence reporting. the listening post doesn't just cover the news. it covers the way the
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news is cover. oh, now does it news from al jazeera on the go and need to know out is there is only a mobile app. is that the is? this is where we dissects analyze. i look to find what thing. and i guess going from out is there is mobile app available in your favorite app store? just sat for it and tapped. i made a new app from out. is there a new at you think it, it is a wave of sentiment around the world. people actually want accountability from the people who are running their countries and i think often people's voice is not heard because i just not part of the mainstream news narrative. obviously we cover the big stories and report on the big events that are going on. but we also tell the stories of people who generally don't have a voice. and then one of the charm. well, that's never be afraid to put your hand up last question. and i think that's what
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i'm really does. we ask the question for people who should be accountable and also we get people to give their view of what's going on. lou. oh, you're watching out as a reminder, off top stories, this our fighting between the army and the power military rock that support forces is now and is 2nd week despite a sci fi declared for each video footage appears to show the rapid support forces needed mohammed ham dan da gallow in call team with his troops on saturday, a market in the north of the capital was destroyed during intense fighting and buildings with satellite residence in the city. say they're struggling to find food
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and clean several countries, including the u. s. france and saudi arabia have evacuated diplomatic style from to dawn, the u. k. china iraq and jordan say they're doing the same now environmental activists are taking to the streets of london for a 3rd day of demonstrations. the protest coincide with the london marathon. you can see those pictures of thousands of people gathering that for that event. demonstrators have been calling on politicians to step up the fight against climate change. let's go to a correspondent, the d baba, who is in london. so talk us through what you observing, what's going on that's why it will it same day 3 or 4 days of action by extension. we're buddy and you can probably see some of the stewards behind me in pink bibs. they'd been liaising with the american organizers
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to make sure there's no disruption. brooke, there's another group how to headlines and recent days i'm joined by graham boss when stop hoyle now, graham? i'm just so coil has disrupted scorching events. no one knew what your stance would be towards the marathon until the last minute. what are you saying? hello, nadine, thank you for having me on your program. i would say that we have said that we're not going to disrupt a marathon, but we reserve the rights to engage in nonviolent civil resistance, and that will include disrupting other sporting events in the future. no extinction . rebellion have said they want to move away from confrontation, but they have set a deadline to the government of monday for committing to know new licensees for fossil fuel projects and for a citizens assemblies as well. do you join them in those demands? we share the same demand as things rebellion and just up oil are completely united on the need for no new oil and gas licenses. in the u. k. it's an absolute
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absolutely basic requirement. it's supported by all the scientists supported by united nations by the i p c. c, by the international energy agency. in many ways, it's, our demand is too modest. we should change much more quickly than that. but yes, exxon an extension, extension rebellion and just the oil are uniting that demand. and the ex, or have said they will step up actions if it did a fair demands off met. you've already had a lot of negative reaction to disrupting things like this new could championships here in the world. cheap snicker champ, chicks and britain. why are you doing it? we're doing this because peaceful negotiations. quiet discussions in rooms standing outside buildings in black, hollins does not get attention of the media. we do this because you talk about it and we need it to be talked about because we need people to know. we need ordinary
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people to know what's happening because our government is failing us extinction. rebellion just the oil. we are a far carillon fire. alarms are supposed to be disruptive. we need to disrupt, i'd gotten our government is failing us. and we have seen in the last few days, a couple of activists who are stage of destruction. herb, herb basically halted a bridge that has been sent to the 2nd grade. so prison sentences do you think we'll see more of that? that's absolutely outrageous. marcus and morgan to wonderful people. what not doing this for their own benefit? they are doing this for us. they're doing it for ordinary people. we, we have to stop thinking about this as being some abstract issue. we are seeing the destruction of everything the whole day or around us. now. we're only got to look at what's that. look at to god, look at the war and sudak. that's like climate wall. that what they are doing, their prison sentences. outrageous is the longest present sentence ever for
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peaceful climate practice. just briefly you pick the public are coming on board. i absolutely. our majority of people support our demand. got all the major political parties apart from the conservative party support our demand. select committees in parliament have said we should be on a war footing. so i would ask the public, i would ask the people to listen to this, to join, just boiled, to join these things from rebellion and help us make that change. thank you very much for your time. my pleasure in that, in fact, we will be reporting from the marathon route routes throughout the day. it's all gone very well so far. okay, thank you for that. nadine bob out there for us in london at the sight of the marathon there. and just since we're talking about the marathon, just thought i'd point out the kenya's kelvin captain has won the mens in london marathon in course reco it southern asia is in the grips of a heat wave. the temperature is topping 40 degrees celsius in parts of india this
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week. it's impacting the economy in a country where nearly half the working population works outdoors. scientists, blame climate change and say it's undermining efforts to reduce poverty and inequality. i said thank reports another day under a hot sun, but people here hope the temperatures won't be as high as previous days. it's those in rural pulse of central india who are the most vulnerable. a lack of electricity and water infrastructure means they have little respite from heat waves. barney g e o. d, i got him elect the waters a big issue. i feel extremely hot. my hands and legs are always aching. there is this issue, power cuts on it because of this heat, their power cuts all the time lightly with these are the problems open facing in some villages, there is no running water. people rely on wells for the supply and those and several villages complain of water shortages in others entire families, including children, have to work during the summer months. bricks dry foster but working in the summer
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carries risks it legally do by the years. i wouldn't, the sun is too harsh. we face a lot of difficulty. our children full sick all the time, but sometimes we also fall sick. but will to do now it's the only work we have yet . otherwise there's no other source of employment net up regarding categorically, as a runs wife has been sick for 2 days with heat stroke. we can't afford to stop working . it's estimated that 49 percent of the engine workforce work hack doors. the heat waves are placing an unprecedented burden on public health, agriculture, and other systems. some believe india's government is and estimating the impact of heat waves induced by climate change. most of these heat action plans don't specify who they'll talk to, to improve their plans and whether they'll reach out to wonderful groups or in, in our cities and villages. so most of the time these concentration mechanisms also inadequate sham law pilot works as a guide at this tiger reserve. he can earn $6.00 a day. but recently,
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even that's been hard to come by, come to come with others are getting order worried this window because if he not too many tours come during summer because of the harsh she, we mostly stay home because there are fewer visitors were only managed to get to work twice or thrice in a week, india has a climate vulnerability indexed through which it assesses it's fonder ability to the climate crisis and works within that framework. the un and climate scientists are warning heat waves will be more common, and the indian government is likely to come and a growing pressure to update its policies to protect the most wonderful. i said big al jazeera. now thailand is also seeking seeing record breaking temperatures. people in bangkok are being urged not to go outdoors temperatures reach 42 degrees celsius on saturday. that was combined with humidity that felt like 54 degrees. a police officer directing traffic collapsed and died of heat strike earlier this
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week. a tackling climate change requires making clean energy accessible to everyone . but in the u. s, most low income households don't have the resources to use renewable energy. now communities all coming together to build shad solar projects are danger customizable. sheena roscoe says, it feels good to now be part of the battle against climate change. the 59 year old washington d. c. artist, known for her sewing designs and eclectic style, says she used to think green energy was only for wealthy homeowners. a star sandy's things on top of people roof. i was like the for the people who have the houses. it doesn't concern me because i'm an apartment rosco is enrolled in a city program for a low income residence to receive discounted electricity powered by solar energy. originally, my bill would be a 100 them is down to $12.00. green power will come from these $4000.00 solar
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panels, installed a top and underground water tank that holds municipal water fish bracket. 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 families in washington dc. the project cost $5000000.00 covered by investors and government grants. hendricks, as 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,
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solar energy for washington, d. c for the next 2 decades. this is a city that is a leader in green energy using renewable 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 dollars for clean energy projects with a focus on disadvantaged communities. the goal is to cut us carbon emission 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 local elections being held in for municipalities and all that in kosovo. despite a bulk boy caught by the largest serbian policy and policy ones cause of those ethnic albanian leadership to give the mainly ethnic sab region war tanami. so
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officials from the area resigned in november of a government planned to replace car license plates with those issued in kosovo. the fi saying on the frontlines in ukraine has come with a high human cost. now ukraine face is a battle behind the lines to rehabilitate the people who've been injured in the war . charles strafford reports prosthetic leg for one of the many amputees who come to this orthopedics center, an artificial limb workshop, and central keep all examiners that cinco was one of the country's leading prosthetic engineers heats the plastic to bend the mould into shape. anatoly lost his legs fighting russian forces in mario pool. almost a year ago. a little is prosthetic leg has been giving you pay in recent weeks in that see we can adjust it from both sides. alexander tells it should be fine. then we're going to the cash bar to the motor. it's
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a lot of work through many very complex, very high amputations. multiple amputations where 2 arms and a leg. i'm missing anatoly lives in an explore apartment. to long walk up the stairs when the licks and not working. he lives here with his girlfriend, alina, and her baby nisha, pull in his former husband, was killed fighting on the front line last year. she is 7 months pregnant with i'm a totally child, william beaumont. we are thinking of starting a business. you can survive long on a government handout. so i am thinking of what to do because elaine is pregnant as a wall and beauty and it's wholly will eventually receive a one of compensation payment of around $21700.00. the government also paid the his prosthetic leg. i think i didn't, didn't you go south? it's difficult for him to move around. he tries, of course, but he mainly sits with the child. i have to do most of the housework,
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most of the 200. also, people who come to this rehabilitation center for therapy each week lost their limbs fighting. there are no official statistics on how many people have lost limbs in the war. so far. this prosthetic limb is manufactured in germany, but assembled here in ukraine is as a computer chip at the back, the data from which she's analyzed and the movement of the joint adjusted accordingly. the price is astronomical. $45000.00 for this pathetic leg. there is nothing like it being manufactured in this country. there are not enough prosthetic limbs being built in ukraine for the growing number, military and civilian amputees. the rehabilitation center is partly funded, vinyl straightly and charity. and there's only one other as bolton as this in all ukraine fillmore. yeah. they have, he moved, there is a need because the counter offensive is expected and unfortunately that's going to be a lot more guys getting injured back of the apartment to i'm
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a totally said he wishes he could returns a fight on the front line. but now his battle is to raise a young growing family and to learn to live again. charles, rafa al jazeera keith. ok, that's it for me. molly inside next inside story will ask if anything can be done to save the wells vanishing places. ah. with welcome to look at the international weather forecasts. good to have you along. we'll kick this one off in japan where it's a windy day for the northwest corner of honshu island. and who, cato, when goes here about 80 kilometers per hour, and for most of china, it is a really saudi and damp forecast. cold air has slung, as far south is boy land. this is while below average for this sub the year with a high 15 degrees and pulses of rain will be the name of the game across hong kong
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. over the next little bit of her india active weather is transferring from odysseus, states into entrepreneur dash that's leak into, into html. now do and careless state. so that's where we have the biggest risk of downpours fender downpours and also hail storms as well. it's fairly quiet though, through because sun, those temperatures are coming up close to 40 degrees, for example in new object. and i got to show this act of weather we had in the northeast corner of oman louis twister here, early indications wind speeds of about 200 kilometers per hour. that would put it at the equivalence of an e. f. 3 twister on his scale of 5 much commer weather though on monday, i think if we see any active, whether it will be through most of saudi arabia in time for the rest of the middle east and big downpours around or beale. and bach dead has a top temperature of 40 degrees on monday. that sure weather up they season. ah,
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the 1st commander of the lebanese army after independence from france, who took over his president at the time of crisis in a deeply divided country. 50 years after his death, al jazeera world tells the story of edge you had architect as the modern lebanese states. the soldiers statesman on a jesse of another warning on global climate change this time from the world meteorological organization. it says that frightening trends have been supported by who's to blame and can anything be done to reverse them. this isn't lead story.

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