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part of a broader strategy by the by did administration to address the root causes of migration from central america critics in honduras, however, more than that ramp and government corruption means that foreign assistant too often goes astray. ah, a bad situation becomes worse since to, than another sees fire is broken and essential supplies wrong load. those who have the means are leaving the country. thousands arrive by ship and saudi arabia, while others board of french frigates and port sedan. ah, i'm sammy's a dan. this is al jazeera alive from dell hall, so coming up kenya called deaths. more bodies of people who belong to a religious call to discovered will be life. the town of melody plus the u. s. and
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the philippines show their military might as tensions with china continued. ah, we begin in sudan where citizens and foreigners are trying to escape the fighting between the army and the power military rapid support forces. more than 1600 people of various nationalities arrived in jetta in saudi arabia. overnight. it comes off to yet another seized fire has been repeatedly violated. the humanitarian situation has been deteriorating fast since violence broke out 12 days ago. hey, bill morgan is live frost, in cartoons. what kind of humanitarian conditions are people facing their well, for many people, they describe the human italian situation as dire and deteriorating day by day.
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people have been in their homes for 12 days now in many residential areas. with no power and no running water and many say that they're running out of cash or have completely run out of cash. the main means for them to be able to purchase food. so they said they're running out of that to and others who we spoke to say that they want to leave the capital. but that's becoming very hard because they don't have the financial means to do so. banks have been closed since the start of the fighting a 12 days ago. it's not yet opened. online banking operations are shaky. it works sometimes. it doesn't work in other places. and some people refuse online banking, saying they're not even sure when they'll be able to get their money in cash and use it. so they want to have cash on hand. and that's making it very hard for many people to leave. and those who remain trapped say that they are running out of basic commodities, even markets and shops are running out of that too. especially those that have been looted and around fighting areas. many say that they want not just to cease fire. and that the, even though those are not holding, they want a complete enter the fighting so that they can be able to carry on with their basic
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lives or pick up the lives after this fighting and tell us about these reports of president bashir era officials hoover managed to escape, hoover while they managed to escape from cobra national present under on sunday, that's when the prison was broken into and all the inmates were released and that was just the last prison to be broken into in the capital. harder to whom many other prisons have been broken too in the days prior to sunday renaissance over 20000 prisoners now and the capital hot tomb. and that is causing people to be concerned. now with the issue, the reason why this is a concern is because it includes one of the members of the former regime who's what also wanted by the international criminal court. here it is an audio on, on, on, on 1st, on tuesday. and this is what he said. leo would be glad to know the dish had been asleep. i address you today as our country is living the dire situation
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unprecedented in its modern history. i confirmed that i'm standing on your side to safeguard our homeland from being hijacked by tribal agenda, backed by some regional and international states. again, our homeland is above any political agenda, or part is an entity or any political interest in our countrymen and woman's blood cannot be the price paid for any conflict for power. here i reiterate the same sentiment strongly, despite the oppression and injustice done by the perpetrators of april 2019 cou. we have kept us in confinement duplicate regional and international powers, which are now proven to be the arch enemy to this denise people. and now the foot in his army made it clear that they're not responsible for the breaking of cobra national prism and it falls under the ministry of interior. and the ministry lead the statement saying that the breaking of corporate national prison was carried out by the rapid support for now, the iris has repeatedly been think that this is a clue by the former ruling party to return to power. and both sides are now
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exchanging accusations on who is responsible for the breaking of cobra national prison, along with other presents in the capital her to me. all right, thanks so much have more than their un secretary general antonie. good tallish is calling on sedans, warring parties to silence the guns. he says this conflict will not be resolved on the battlefield. our diplomatic editor james base has the story. in its 1st open meeting on sedans since the crisis started, the security council received a dismal picture of the situation inside the country with the un secretary general telling them of violence could soon spread these 10 days of violence. and calles, our art breaking it prolonged full scale was, is unbearable to contemplate. so then board of, of 7 countries, all of which have either been involved in conflicts or seen serious civil unrest
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over the past decade. it is a gateway to the sa hell where in security and political instability are making an already catastrophic humanitarian situation. even worse, the secretary general's special representative for saddam was recently relocated from khartoum joining an 800 kilometer overland convoy to port sudan. from where he brief, the council said to generals, continued trading accusations and issuing competing claims of control over can storage. there is yet no unequivocal sign that either is ready to seriously negotiate, suggesting that both thing and securing a military victory overseas as her is possible. this is amber calculation. for now the security council is been unable to agree of further statement on. so there are plenty of things they could do. they could accuse the to rival generals of war crimes,
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even put sanctions on them. but they know the international community now must continue to deal with both men to try and keep the patches cease falls continuing. james bay's al jazeera at the united nations. meanwhile, sedans ambassador to the un has called on the rapids support forces to lay down their weapons and integrate into the army. deleting my de least, i do not need physical evidence to prove the scale of damages and suffering from this rebellion. but despite all of the above sudan remains the united states, assuming its functions with responsibility. we did not declare a state of emergency. the events have not had a regional spill over sudan will defeat these difficult circumstances and we hope to end the rebellion. and we call on the counsel to understand the exceptionally urgent situation and grant sudan the time it needs to come up with adequate opportunities to achieve positive progress that would bring sudan to a better position and revive the demands of the revolution. freedom,
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peace and justice. so that, ah, the philippine president for the non mon calling junior has been overseeing his country's largest ever joined military drills with the us. more than $17000.00 troops taking part in the land, air and sea exercises across several provinces. they include areas near was, is contested by china, the philippines, the u. s. have a decades long mutual defense treaty, bobby low, has more from ballast province, philippine president brandon and marcus junior. personally witnessing wednesdays, bolick, it's an exercise between american and philippine forces in particular a ship. thank you. exercise in waters off the province of some ballast, which is where we are right now. very close to the south china sea. now from our
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vantage point, we could only see round artillery being fired into the sea, as well as one of these high mars rocket launchers, buying this house into the sea. but this was a joint literal live buyer exercise, which meant that round assets as well as they will f, as in air assets were all being used. so target is marked any ship. now, philippine government officials, as well as us defense officials, they say these exercises in particular this ship seeking exercise that the president witness isn't targeting any particular country. but china, we not have a the same interpretation given the location of this exercise, which is in the south trying to see where the philippines and china have a territorial dispute. but officials say that all this underscores is the strengthening alliance between the philippines and the united states. there have been successive engagements between the 2 countries, labels,
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which is the upcoming visit of president for dina and marcus junior. through the united states. he will be meeting on may 1st with us president joe biden, at the white house. below al jazeera, some ballast, the philippines. the death toll from a religious carlton kenya has risen to at least $809.00. it's expected to rises, rights groups have registered more than 200 people missing. authorities say the victim stop themselves to death. after the past, the poor mackenzie told them to stop eating, they wanted to meet jesus. police have been exhibiting bodies from shallow graves in a forest on land. mackenzie owns. they say the site has been classified as the scene of a massacre. katherine saw is life ross now from the town of melinda? so do they have an idea, catherine, of how many more bodies could be found?
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or police say that the, they think that they're going to find more bodies the death toll. it continues to rise or we have spoken to a police who are on the scene or they have moved to another area still in that area where they have found more graves. and so they are digging that up. and basically what they're trying to do is to make sure that all the bodies in that area to are exude. and what they're also trying to do is to make sure that a lot of people who are hiding out in that forest worshippers have run away. and some of them were being told are trying to complete this fast that they've been told to do by the pastor. so there is no people are running out of time and we
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have known, we now know that there is a mission, an extra, it's a rescue mission that is going on a we have, we know several people have been rescued. some of them have been very, very weak. they've been taken to hospital. others are undergoing counseling and some are saying that they still don't want to it. we went to a rest, arrested red cross rescue center and a rescue tracing center where we were told that up to 200 people have been, are declared missing, their relatives have been coming to see what's going on. so the situation is still ongoing. we told this 200 people. half of them are children. scary thought investigation is going on. the interrogation of pastor mckenzie. what is where is that going? well,
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this man is a man who very well known by the police. he is in police custody. now. we are waiting to hear when he is going to be charge in court. government officials have been visiting the scene and the secretary of interior say that they are considering the police are considering to charge him with terrorism. it's going it's, it's going to be very interesting to see how these charges we'll stick. we also know that to pathologists undergoing post mortem to a factor in exactly how these people died. so the situation is still very dia, like i said, relative, that we've talked to a very, very distraught. so this is something that is going to go on for
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a while. all right, thanks so much. katherine soy. at least 57 people have died off the 2 boats counting migrant sank in the mediterranean. they were found off the libyan coast. the international organization for migration says more than 400 migrants and refugees have drowned this year trying to cross the mediterranean from north africa . through europe, migrants making their way north through mexico, towards the us border, have sewn their lips in a please to mexican authorities for help. around 3000 people from central and south america are in the group. they want help to reach the border all position to remain in mexico. they say they're prepared to block roads or continue harming themselves . we're asking for help if they can't help us, even if it's supplying a bus to get to our destination. we're asking for permit stay in mexico,
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which is the most important thing. it's important for many women and children. they need it because they've gone through a lot to bring the children here. you're not going to remind you more. we don't want people to die. we can't keep walking. this country is dangerous. the only way now is to protest. another us bank appears to be in trouble. shares of the san francisco based land 1st republic of plunged to a rec old lo, it shall price dropped nearly 50 percent on news. the pulses withdrew at least a $100000000000.00 in the 1st quarter of the year. last month collapse of silicon valley bank and signature bank calls the biggest crisis of confidence in the banking fact. since the 2008 banking crisis. a multinational tobacco company has agreed to pay $635000000.00 to the us state department to settle allegations of illegal trade with north korea. british american tobacco released a statement saying the settlement concerns fails during
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a decade from 2007 onwards. such styles are in violation of economic sanctions against north korea. still ahead on al jazeera, dozens of countries support the lifting of international sanctions on venezuela meeting in columbia. and will tell you about the russian dances looking to break into the paris then pigs next year. ah ah, a there well parts of western australia recorded not only their coldest, but also what a staple day him more than 30 years now that system is swinging through the bite, generating some showers for the se. it's also kick and down temperatures here as
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well as so some big changes in adelaide. things will get even cooler. as we head toward friday, off to new zealand, we go out much to report plenty of sun in the forecast. at times we're pulling up air from the south, so that means temperature is across both islands. here are below where we would like to see them for this top. the gear off to southeast asia bursts of rain through sumatra island. the rain also fills in right across indonesia as main island of java, and for singapore at 35 factor in the human x. it will feel closer to 40 thunder down ports, the name of the game across indo china. so that's given us some relief in places like bangkok at 33, which is actually below where you should be for this sounded gear. then we've got a slug of rain moving west to east across the yang, super valley. some of that will drop down into grungy province. so shower seem likely in grey lynn with the high of 22 degrees and off to japan. after being dallas, with all of that rain, much calmer conditions, but it will be a breezy day for whole. cato island support has a high of 14 degrees on thursday. that's it. see later,
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ah hope again to media center and the rise of all their italian rule wake up. one day the system has been turned from an electoral lockers into a competitive with a look at the left, the power in hungarian. the experiences of those who live in every day that is a pressure on us, but we had to leave. i didn't get hold, of course, and we have to be played with how democracy dies. democracy maybe on al jazeera lou ah,
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watching al jazeera time to recap the headlines now the humanitarian situation and saddam is becoming more dia. fighting between the army and paramilitary rapid forces is entering its 12th day. civilians are struggling to find access to food, clean water, and medical care. people escaping the violence have already arrived in chad, saudi arabia, south sudan, and ethiopia. some are having problems crossing without permits, despite international calls to abide by the sci fi. the mistrust between the warring factions remains deep. how should matter bottle has more gunshots and explosions shutter what if quite in hubble? the u. s. and major regional countries have appealed to warring factions to respect the terms of the ceasefire buttons in his mounting. general hammett,
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he and his palo military, rapid support forces hold ground in many parts of the capital. his brother and senior honest have commander general of the law, him dug. alou walked the streets of harpoon with his armed man in a show of defiance to the head of the army. oh, my message to per hon, is to come out of your bunker and fight along your own soldier. they don't send them to die while you hide in your bunker. amity and his brother, lead a militia, has expanded from 40000 soldiers 210-0000 over the loss for years. heavily armed and equipped the controls strategic areas in the capitol. alice f commanders in says they will only stop fighting when they defeat their rivals army generals up to for, to had warren sedan strong man, and his top aides. shim sitina, combat she and yet a lava. but as violence claims more lives and destroys neighborhoods many incident
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ona calling for him at the and behind to go. they should be given an exit strategy . they need to either leave the company or at least a b, b given some sort o r ah pinch and they need to step down. ah, it is the pencil, an ambition offering me the ample hon. that have brought the country to this brink . the army has blamed neighboring countries for sending weapons to committee on a safe fight as we're actively engage in the wars in yemen and libya. their leader committee spent years building ties with regional heavy waves tribes, man clerics to consolidate his grip on power. but as him, it is influence was growing, the army was bracing itself for the worst into a $1020.00 sedans. key factions agreed in talks in south sedan when a peaceful transition and the restructuring of security forces. that would see
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malicious integrating the army. but divisions remained. 2 years later, sedans protagonist signed a new power sharing deal, but failed to agree on the future. as base trust between the 2 generals deepened, violence erupted, now audible hon and his general se time for reconciliation is over. of the army is determined to defeat empty and dismantled his was ash about bottle al. jazeera representatives of 20 countries of math in columbia to try and find regional solutions to the political deadlock in venezuela. they agreed to support the evening of international sanctions. i found that reports from robert half. i was supposed to unlock venezuela's long standing political deadlock, but at the end of a highly expected international conference in baton. denouncement showed little concrete results. say that if you don't process your home in positions where
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identified 1st, the need to establish an electoral timeline that allows for the holding a free and transfer an election full guarantee for all of in israel. an actor. the 2nd that the steps agreed to the satisfaction of the parties are go hand in hand with the lifting of the various sanctions. representatives from 19 countries and the european union gathered in the colombian capital to try and force a restart of the talks between the venezuelan government of nicolas, my daughter and the opposition were suspended months ago in mexico. since then, colombian president, several faith has become at the fact a mediator between the united states, my doodle and the opposition to try and forge a road map out of the long running crisis. one in which the us will agree to lift sanctions in exchange for free elections. stover is silicon. we need to establish a timeline for the elections and its guarantees. the venezuelan people need to choose freely with
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a sovereignty and without pressure what they want. the u. s. in the european union sent a high level delegation to the conference signaling. they agreed that the mexico talks are the best path forward after having failed to force original change in venezuela. despite years of economic crisis in the country, the force millions to flee on monday the conference was almost disrupted by the expected arrival of one white door. the former leader of venezuela's opposition, who hoped to meet with international delegates without having been invited. the colombian government said he had entered the country legally and that they allowed him to leave for the united states. why the question, patron neutrality and negotiations, and said he feared for his family back home and thought i have got to get up to 60 . i was on the road to get to escaping the persecution of a dictatorship defying them a resume that taking me out of columbia. the persecution of the dictatorship unfortunately, has reached columbia. but in the end, why though,
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wasn't the main problem, the real issue is just how to convince my daughter to lose any grip on power. that swell m governmental says that the sanctions need to be lifted immediately, including some $3200000000.00 held in us banks. for now the international community is just hoping to be able to convince my daughter to sit down with the opposition. again, i listen that i'm just, i will look that indigenous groups from across brazil have held a rally in the capital demanding the creation of new reserves on that. and festival lands hundreds, march the national congress in brasilia. they want the land to be protected from illegal logging. mining and poaching. monica allocates has more from brazilian. so indigenous people here, they're asking president lindsey now sooner the silver to fulfill the promise that he made during the campaign and to finally,
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to market their lands. there's some $200.00 of them which are in the pipeline they're waiting to be, are finally dam arcade. it now former prison shape also narrow who was present before lula. he had shelved all of these demands. he had said he would not give one more centimeter of indigenous land to the indigenous people. on the contrary, he are pushed for legislation that would open their lands to mining, logging and farming. now new la decided to review all of this. he r, did he to set up a task force to expel some 20000 illegal miners from then yano my me reserve, which is brazil's biggest our reserve. it's the size of portugal, but there is still a lot to be done because there's some $200.00 lands that are still in dispute. and while this is going on, the people here say the chance of their being violence is very big monica,
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you're not give al jazeera brazil particles. president says his country should do more than just apologize for its role in the trans atlantic slave trade. marcella romero, desousa said the country should assume responsibility and help built but a future. president's comments all the 1st time, a portuguese leader has suggested an apology should be made russian and bella russian athlete. so training for next year's olympic games in paris, the international olympic committee will allow them to compete under a neutral flag. those have jabari met some russians looking to qualify in the new event, a dance off at stake, the title of russia's best sprague dancer, and potentially the chance to compete for the 1st ever olympic break dancing metals in next year's pear escapes. since russia launched,
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it's full scale invasion of ukraine. last year. many international sporting organizations banned russian and bell russian athletes from competitions. but with time, more exceptions are being made. last year for me, it was like her, like or 2 or 3 mom. i was really liking depression, but olympus was my goal. number one is low. make a lot of time they program for my mind and the focus on these goals. on stage survey goes by bumblebee. he won the individual people with gold medal at the 2018 summer youth olympics for break dancing made its debut. i'm with the senior games now were realistic goal. the 22 year old is practicing for hours every day. great dancing is popular in russia, minneapolis your hope will be able to continue chasing our dream. hovering home the
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gold medal in this month, and next year, summer olympic games in paris. watching on one of the most prominent sport coaches in this country. a woman who's in charge of preparing rushes with mc gymnast. she says her team to is ready to compete. timothy resorted person to impose 51. i mean pick metals and the 400 if to to middle of all championship and 2 european champions. so which is 25 years, well versed in an begins sport and politic is very different. nonetheless, the i o. c remains under pressure from more than 30 countries that are calling for a ban on all russian athletes at the games are doing a country that launch the war has no place in any international sporting
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competition. still a chance if a receiving one then of disappointment for these young fans keen to see their heroes on the biggest stage, bumblebee says for him, break dancing is freedom. something that shouldn't be constrained by politics door such a bari al jazeera moscow. ah, let's take you through some of the headlines here now to sierra now be my rotarians situation and saddam is becoming more dire as fighting between the army and power military rapid support forces. so it's 12th day civilians and struggling to access food, clean water and medical care citizens escaping the violence of already arrived in chad.

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