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says americans have cultures across the world. so no matter how you take it out, 0 will bring you the news and current to fast that matter to you who counter 0. ah, so escape from saddam has hope say that a diplomatic solution to 2 weeks of fighting said agencies walner running out of food for sudanese refugees arriving a neighboring chap where lives from the border. ah, a robin field is there a lie from dover coming up in the next half hour, a russian appointed governor blames
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a drowned attack for fire to fuel die phone crimea. a day after moscow launched a wave of missile strikes on ukraine and poverty, public spaces and corruption. we look at the issues facing power lines as they head to the polls on sunday. ah, booked tomorrow we begin incident weather still low breakthrough in the fighting as civilians continue to flee the capital barrier around the presidential palace. as the focus of the latest faced battles, the sudanese army and the paramilitary rapid support forces accuse each other of violating an extended cease fire. our coverage begins with a tori gait. b. a risky ship carry. nearly 2000 evacuated from sudan arrives in jetta on board. a people from 17 countries including iran, bacchus region in harko, the drug laura,
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and the don't know what to do. thank you. from saudi arabia. who 3 with the c. 2. so the out of job, i'm very happy backing policy dan on the east in red sea coast, thousands of still waiting to leave a i was among the people trapped for nearly 7 days and cartoon with no food, electricity, or water. the conditions were very bad, but thank god we managed to leave and come here around 3000 yemenis have been stranded here for 6 days. they say they have no idea if for when they'll be allowed to board one at the fairies. while countries scramble to get their embassy staff and citizens out intense fighting is taking place near the army headquarters and presidential palace in hot tomb. as the conflict between the sudanese army and paramilitary group, the rapid support forces enters its 3rd week of both sides say
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they're making gains and both blame each other for violating yet another ceasefire . the army says it's repelled an attack on jebel, althea 40 kilometer is south of ha to it blames the rapids support forces with a continuing violence. the r s f denies this and says it's taking control of an area south of the capitol. ah, the you and envoy has reiterated calls for a permanent end to the violence and issued this warning locker shalean fe, walk regional countries, and the international community must say that if the situation continues, even if one side wins the fight, that side would not be accepted internationally for side refuses negotiations and refuses reconciliation or but it will not be accepted internationally, regionally. and i think also nationally in sudan, sudan doped as union has warned the health system is on the verge of collapse. this
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hospital is in the city of on demand. gonna give you the love for father of the open. we lack medical staff and facilities. our shifts have been extended, but there are only one or 2 doctors to cover 2 or 3 departments in normal circumstances. this won't happen, but now the situation is so difficult that you with essential supplies running out to those who can stream out of the country, relieve to be out of immediate danger, but uncertain about when it will be safe to return victoria gate and be algae 0 but have a morgan has the latest all the fighting from caught him little man city that the twin city of the capital, hard to him. people have been hearing artillery strikes or repeatedly in the early hours of the morning for them to stay at home. unable to leave, to get basic commodities or to be able to make it out of the country, then there's the northern part of the capital. there's been also artillery. try and attract launched by the foot. denise army against
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r f. f. positions to people there as well. see the see new find of this extended see far and around the vicinity of the presidential palace and the general command of the army. there's also been ongoing battle between the 2 sides. the army controls the, the general command right now, but the recess has control of the republican palace or the presidential palace. and the army has been trying to get it back from the 1st day of fighting. so there's been on an off battle between the 2. so i think the early hours of saturday morning, elsewhere in the country, it's been relatively come, especially in the western part of the capital. and today, this is denise police announced that they are deploying troops on the ground or forces on the ground in parts of the capital for whom to deal with gang violence which has, which has exploded an increase over the past few days, due to the prison break that happened in the capital. so it looks like despite the fact that there's a thief flyer, or at least the worth he's far as being thrown around on the ground. many people say that all they see is additional troops on one side and more fighting. and arthur lose track on another side. was he mentioned,
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villians are still scrambling to feel the conflict egyptian authorities. they 14000 sydney citizens, advantage egypt in the past week. so itself is hosting more than a 1000000 refugees most from south sit on. many of them and returning home theater has also registered about 14000 returns and says many more on route up to a 125000. and the u n's as at least 20000 people have crossed into chance. joining the 400000 sydney's refugees who were already there a bit addresses in the town of can ruin in chad. on the border with saddam, he sent this update from a refugee camp. people are living out in the open, the lucky ones get to the top shelter under trees. and of course, some of the structures they put out, of course, are twigs with some straws that are strewn around together by ropes, or even threads. so as to provide some formal shape. that's the condition that's living in. and a lot of people use talk, do they tell you that the conditions have not improved for several mothers came
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with a sick baby as asking whether we are doctors or health workers. we told them know, and they said they need help for some of the elements that children are suffering from. so it shows you basically how things are in a desperate state in that particular camps. the situation is to remain unclear as people who are prevented all afraid to cross into china. it's more safer for them to move deeper into sudan instead of coming westward towards chart to cross the border at cooper or any other joining village. we work together with some aid workers who are based in janina. only a few days ago they arrived why we were staying and they were talking. they were talking about spending days over a 10500 kilometers, 500 meter distance negotiating their passage to safety. so it indicate it shows to you how much difficult, ordinary civilian space we talking about
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a workers who have been there helping people. and they are known to the local forces, ethnic, malicious and security forces. so it tells you how difficult is it for civilians to come to this side of chad. rather, they want to go towards so don towards come to me and defy interest where they feel it's more safe than why they are. but again, as they will deeper they find that the crisis that it's still brewing to me, it's not safe at all. and so us from joining pounds and such as near costume. so basically they're trying to work as i watered about, the condition of the refugee is been displaced from that. really mohammed has he looking at the conversational, lined about the crisis in sit on as the fighting enters a 3rd week, some sydney, se they've had enough. and are taking a sand there protesting coating for an end to the violence and putting up what they say is a dignified resistance to the fighting between the army and the rapid support forces
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. activists from the battle mal resistance committee are demonstrated in yellow in south west to dawn. they say are safe forces are occupying st. sent homes and preventing access to daily needs like groceries. residents are angry at the restriction of movement. they're concerned about being attacked and the looting of their businesses. 7 0, my god, and in the capital of salsa, don g. about people held a vigil in front of the sudanese embassy. they're demanding power. be handed back to the people. a civilian that government is one of the conditions of the transition agreement that was due to be signed on april. the 1st the movement is spreading elsewhere around the world as well for days, members of the sudanese diaspora have taken to the streets in solidarity from australia, germany, wales, france, and norway. they say they want to raise awareness about the situation back home and
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put pressure on foreign governments to take a firm a stand. now we've seen various stories off sudanese taking matters into their own hands, opening food banks and crowd sourcing water and medicine. a pot from the shortage of basic items. another challenge is unexploded munitions left behind. after the fighting, one engineer is sharing advice about what people should do if they find explosives on the streets. barnum of shoes, or on or below mark. there are several people who have died because of their curiosity and because they were not being careful. our motto is don't touch, don't approach and immediately, foremost at the national mind, actually soto and we will deal with it. and others are blocking roads and digging trenches and also stacking sand bags to prevent fighters from entering their neighborhoods. this as in alpha sheer, a town in the dar 4 region. and as most state institutions are closed,
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some people are trained to bring about law and order in unmanned shay, a neighbourhood. in cartoon, this man says he confronted a gang of thieves. i guess we were digging some grave to bury the dead and then came across small gangs, hulu, to toms and shops. they were carrying refrigerators and suitcases. we managed to confront them, antique victoria for very tis and the bag spat. the bags are full and the churches are new. and it's moments like this that offer a glimpse into the determination of the sudanese people as they are caught up in the middle of a battle for power. ah, let's bring some the days of the news now. tell forties in russian annexed crimea, blaming a ukrainian drone strife or blast at a fuel depot. the storage tank in the port city of sebastopol exploded, causing a fire covering 1000 square meters. the casualties were reported. cities governor
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says the blaze has been extinguished. removed from blue book, this incident will not affect sabbaticals fuel supplies. as, as of reserve depot, which is not used in the cities day to day needs as fully emissions from the burning of petroleum products. russia's consumer watchdog is assessing them. but our preliminary estimation suggest there shouldn't be any excess of the norms. a blast comes a day after these 25 people were killed in stripes across the crane. russia said it was talking ukrainian reservists, as a lot of his lensky says, key will respond to what he called russian terror. charles trumpet has more than keith. some dramatic pictures coming out of savannah, the pole was showing. this was russian. oil depot on fire billowing smoke across the landscape. this is a huge, strategic pulls to both sides. there has been no official statement from the ukrainians, but certainly according to the russian appointed governor, he's saying that preliminary information would suggest that this has been as
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a result of a ukrainian drug strike. that wouldn't be inconceivable because since the war started ukrainians have launch. what the russians have described as numerous drug strikes, both ed drones and c drones in that area. i think what's important is the timing of this alleged attack because it comes as this expected ukrainian council offensive to build up for that counter offensive continues. we know that they have been thousands of ukrainian troops with a lot of western supplied kit that has been flooding into the area of zap origin, which is north of crimea and also the eastern regions of don't buy so many analysts to saying that that push could involve an advance from zap parisha to wards northern crimea and a bait to, to split the so called land bridge between russian occupied areas in the east and northern crimea. so we're, it is hugely significant as
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a say no official comment from the ukrainians yet, but whatever happened, we know that potentially thousands of tons of russian oil is now going up in smoke . well, still had here on out their report from a checkpoint, the threatened to read decade, the conflict between us by john and armenian club. i'm jessica washington and thinking that he is preparing for one of his busiest holidays. yes. ah hello. there will look to east asian, it's a quiet picture across much china at the moment now that that weather system as pushed its way further east, it brought some very heavy rain. the likes of the korean peninsula has been some recovery in south korea, west of the wet weather, rolling its way through japan, on sunday, behind it,
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lots of sunshine and quiet condition. still some rain clinging on in the north east of china. but of a wintry mix as well for rushes of far east. but for northern parts of china look for fine and dry weather temperatures continuing to pick up and places like beijing and shanghai 27 degrees celsius on monday. still the weather weather coming in. however, on monday, behind that in the west, and we'll see that drip down into parts of indo china bases like vietnam, as well as cambodia and thailand. seen some heavy falls, we could see some flooding here on sunday and the rain continues to roll into southern areas of the philippines through to monday. and rain is the story across much of south asia. unusually widespread. thunderstorms predicted for much of india, some of those heaviest in the very south. similar story for sure, lanka, we have had some warnings out of severe lightning in the days ahead, but 31 degrees celsius in colombo, on sunday. ah,
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book about what you all to say with makes a whole robert in the hall reminder of all top stories, the reports of heavy fighting around the presidential palace incidents, capital call to him despite an extent did cease fire. the conflict between the army and power military rapid support forces is now in its 3rd week and people are still st. me out of it on the, the, anyway, that they can, a vessel carrying nearly 2000 evacuees has just arrived at the port of just that in saudi arabia, citizens, all saudi arabia, dorado amongst those. now the conflict and said all it is making headlines around the world law recall and look at how the press is covering the story. the wordpress is analyzing the conflict in saddam from many angle flip from competition for mineral wealth and partial land. 2 ethnic tensions. bishop political disputes and other countries wanting
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a piece the economic pie. today we're looking at articles in the financial times, the mid least. i and the guardian, which will begin with will this article is quoting form ambassadors and analysts who say saddam has been providing food security to nations across the world for years. and of to the 2019 uprising that ousted omar bashir gulf countries. the u. s . in europe, swept in, eager to deepen financial gains. it goes on to say the united arab emirates fostered a close connection with mohammed hummed abdougla. that mattie is robert support forces control the majority as to don's gold mines and that the u. s. partners intervenes to protect their interests. it quotes american officials, a thing, libby and general tally for hafta, helped to train the ourself. while the wagner group, a russian private military force reportedly offered weapons. it ends with a comment by former us envoy jeffrey feltman. he says, if you stop the fighting,
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then you eliminate the breeding ground for outside interference. and in another article in the financial times by the africa editor, david pilling, who says this town a big enough for the both of us using it to describe the 2 generals as gunslingers buying for control of what's left of to don. pilling argues the reckless disregard for life is symbolic of a white, a betrayal that the 2019 revolution he recalls a sense of optimism and hopes for a better suit on where every one will have a see to the table. but when it came to putting down their guns, he said the generals had too much to lose and eventually reneged on democracy. opening final point is not to say that africans are any more prone to corruption or making any excuses. the kudos but transitioning to something better is devilishly difficult. and finding an article from the middle east i, the focus is on the di, food of medicine shortages. it says customers complain about empty shells and
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exorbitant prices. while shop owners say the increase of the cost of fuel and transport has forced them to increase the price of the office to mention local initiatives, including a food bank run by young people. and one of the interviewees is a doctor who's built a 1200 member, what's up community in the heart to him and of german, where people can share information about where to find basic items. well, that's our price of you for the day, but we'll keep delving into those newspapers and daily's who continue to cover the conflict as it unfolds. as my job has rejected, international appeals to remove a new checkpoint, this raising tension with armenia over the disputed region of the corner of the crossing was opened last week on the latch in colorado. danny road connecting the region with armenia. bennett smith reports. this is one of 2 checkpoint that's up by the, by johnny military, alma, latching colorado the only road that links the ethnic meaning enclave of panica note. eric,
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comedy to armenia. the other check on me all mean in florida. now as about john said ethnic armenians are free to come and go as they please along this road. the russian peacekeepers here, they're actually supposed to keep it free from checks, but they are very checkpoint, means that many ethnic armine's feel intimidated because of the long history of animosity between the 2 countries. the russians have not stopped the establishment of these checkpoints, but the french and the u. s. a calling for the checkpoints to be removed as a by john says no, they have to stay because it's all suffering right. to have customs checks and checks on good coming in and out of our territory as a by john says that armenia has been running weapons to the ethnic army enclave allegations that i mean it calls farfetched. now there are further plans in the near future, according to media, have yet further p stalks on establishing
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a final deal. on the future of this ethnic armenian unclaimed both sides of john and armenia. we'll have to get round the table again to discuss this. polish felisa sees the building of a russian embassy school in walsall. i moved and i was by moscow as the legal officers broke the locks of the building, which was leased by russia after stock, refuse to let them in poland, foes, the embassies counseling russians invasion of ukraine. the foreign ministry said the building belonged to the holy state. russia's ambassador to warsaw says moscow will respond. are you, are you still? its an illegal act, an invasion of a diplomatic size? we consider the russian embassy school as part of our diplomatic mission, where our employees, including teachers, live and work. so this is definitely classified as illegal a breach of the vienna convention on diplomatic relations. so naturally we will issue a practice. voters in paraguay will head to the polls on sunday to elect a new president, as well as legislators,
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corrupt and organized crime hall main concerns and voters. the lead up to the election. i've seen a string of scandals involving some of the governing party's top figures, latin america editor, lucy, and even reports now from an unskilled augustine coveted, and his wife ro. mina couldn't wait for the birth of their 1st child, a boy. but when romana went into labor, everything went wrong. 8 hours after the child was born, he died of his fixation and his mother barely survived. the couple blames their child's desk on the hospital's lack of resources to deal with medical emergencies. ultimately, because funds are siphoned off by corruption, grow mina is still in hospital where patients have to provide their own medicine syringes and even water. as i'm a woman with an a little bit ago, were willing to do what it takes to see the justice is served. this constrain impunity. they can't get away with this because my son had the right to live near
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by. we find in elementary school that is so underfunded that there are no classrooms for the older children. they study outdoors where the smallest students play. ah, paraguay is widely known as one of the most corrupt countries in latin america. a country with impressive wealth, but in the hands of only very few with political power. in january the u. s. imposed new sanctions against former president or as shall curtis for quote, involvement, insignificant corruption. after you a secretary of state, anthony, blinking accused him of links to drug trafficking and terrorist organizations. kart dis denies the charges, but in powder why they haven't come as a surprise or no, no people are not surprised because the common sort of response has been. we knew it all the time except her. we didn't want to know the the attorney general didn't
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reactor, the judiciary was quiet, the police didn't do anything. in this inner city, slum children play in the mud alongside pigs. the small community moved here a few months ago when their neighbourhood was flooded. the families who live here have had to build these shacks with their own hands, as in so many parts of paraguay here. the absence of the state is obvious everywhere you look, except during election time when candidates like this one come calling to ask for people's votes. 65 year old elliana says they've always been poor and abandoned by politicians, and at sundays, elections won't change anything. when you me a law lab or they don't, they only buyout foods, they give you money. that's why no one likes someone will improve things. that's all i can say. it's a vicious circle, made it easier by resignation. a belief the decades of corruption is just another
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cross that those who suffer the most from it simply have to bear lucy and human al jazeera as soon paraguay the sister of north korea. lita has warned an agreement between south korea and the us to strengthen nuclear deterrence will lead to serious danger. you john says the film yang will have to perfect is only for the tyrants in response. the cooperation agreement was now on wednesday during a visit to the white house by south korea, presidents unit security next to his president is backing a proposal to scott the country's national transparency institute. and look over the has frequently criticized permanent state from the checks on his power as a waste of money. he says autonomous bodies are biased against him. i'm trying to close watch dogs and regulators opposition support for over those agenda relies on the body continuing for function protest. as in molly, have called foreign to the un peacekeeping mission. the demonstrators gathered down
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the co and the phone calls from groups close to the countries military rules. the rules in 2020, and deciding all groups linked to al qaeda and islamic state. russian mess and read on such be involved in report the to the army of human rights violation. brazil's environment agency has rejected it. states run the oil firm, petra plans to drill a well at the mouth of the amazon river basin. as a raw has been trying to open up a new exploration front on the coast of states in northern brazil for years. the environment agency found significant deficiencies and the all companies plan to protect the regents wildlife. a group of women had gathered in the african capital to protest against foreign nations, fully recognizing the taliban government. the safety and security council unanimously condemned the telephone because the women
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working for the u. n. an n g o in the country, taliban say the bam is an internal social matter. the u. n. has convened an incident for meeting on the telephone in doha for next week. well, hundreds of millions of people in china a traveling in the next 5 days. the longest public holidays in salute a new year, just washington reports now on the travel from beijing. in the heart of beaching, these crowns waiting to get into the forbidden city. once the home of chinese emperors, now a popular spot for family visits is the 1st time that i have visited the forbidden city with my children. i want them to have a good experience and enjoy the atmosphere of aging. so they can learn more about ancient chinese culture. no, just take my children out for fun. life was not easy for the past 3 years, but people are still united. if we want to come here and see the prosperity of the
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country. unlike the new year holiday, which is traditionally spent with family, the 5 day made a holiday is mostly for leisure travel. bathing is the most popular destination for travelers this week. booking sites show tickets, but popular destinations like the forbidden city and the great wall are already sold out. transport hobbs are seeing huge crowds. authorities expect more than $16000000.00 trips to be made across china's realm at what? on the 1st day of the holiday police hunger. so on the make day holidays, a very important time for stimulated consumption, including shopping, food and beverage, the tourism leisure entertainment, and it will boost all of these areas. a lot of people have been waiting for this long holiday. it's one of the best times of the year to go out for fun. the china tourism research institute says more than 240000000 people will travel over the holiday. but they say it may take some time for profits to catch up to pre pandemic
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levels. as trends indicate people are traveling more, but spending less still a boost in visitor numbers is welcome use for small business owners. and there were no people on the street during the pandemic. so what could i do? oh, i was under locked down and i have to stay home to our business are all rely on the tourism. she's more people coming to major. my business will be better. he hopes the hardest point in his working life is behind him. now he says he wants to focus on the simple pleasures, sunny weather, good business, and the smiles of his customers. jessica washington out to sierra beijing. ah. your child to therapy sell robin and doha reminder of our top stories. there are reports of heavy fighting around the presidential palace in saddam's capital cartoon. despite an extended ceasefire, the conflict between the army and paramilitary rapid support forces is now in its
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