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ah, you're watching alt, is there a light from a headquarters ins, ohio getting obligated also heads a ceasefire is in place between palestinian arm groups in garza and israel after overnighted tots from both sides that killed one palestinian sporadic fighting in the sudanese capital. despite the extension of ceasefire for one more week, me and mars military pardons, more than 2000 prisoners arrested during it's cracked down on descent. ah, hello iran is presidents, but a human i. e. c has landed in this syrian capital damascus on the 1st visit by an iranian leader since the war began in 2011 iran on russia, back president bashar assad, with economic on military support, which helped him to regain control of most of the country. in

a t v interview president at r e c says he is ready to cooperate with syria and rebuilding the nation. we have to correspondence keeping track of this landmark visit by the iranian leader. zenato. there is a neighboring lebanon, but 1st we go to dorsey jabari into her on so tell us about the timing of this door . so, and why the presidents is there now. well, during the remaining president who's making what many here are calling historic visit because it's the 1st time in 13 years that a new a new president has visited at syria country, which is very close to iran in terms of politically and economic ties. everything where you see is decided to, to make this trip, but the invitation that was extended to him by bus our side who was in iran last year at feeling clearly that this is the right time given that the syrian president has managed to secure his position in his country, following over a decade of conflict inside syria, every race, these being accompanied by

a number of his ministers, including the defense minister, the foreign minister, the economy minister, and the oil minister, all with the aim of at 1st improving what they call the axis of resistance, meaning providing support to syria, to be able to combat what they believe to be enemy power. launching attacks inside syria, namely israel and the iran has certainly been on the receiving end of those attacks . and number of revolutionary guard officials have been killed in syria over the past decade. and the last figure we have as of 2016, that was over 2000, but many believe that figure to be much higher. now, the wind president also has a number of members from the private sector alongside him, trying to seal some deals in a, with the aim of rebuilding syria. and that that will be one of the main topics of discussion as well. the reconstruction of the country after the devastating war. ok,

thank you so much for that update from to her on will not bring and then a further joining us from the north of lebanon. so syria and iran, very strategic allies in the relationship goes back decades. what is syria hoping to get out of this visit? well, at the end of the day, this is the wrong protecting is power influence. this is clearly a political message because of the timing, against the backdrop of the arab states. really engaging with the syrian president the chart i said, who has been largely isolated for more than a decade. we saw our foreign ministers land in the masters. and recent weeks we saw meetings and jet the and i man talking about the possibility of integrating syria into the arab, me now, no doubt this worries me, right? so the message from you got it. we are a close ally of the master. we will remain a close ally of active and this alliance will not come at the expense of brittany

engagement. because during the last meeting on monday, our foreign ministers laid out some sorts of an initiative if you like, a road map in order for syria to re engage with the world. and what we understand is that the arab world is concerned about the presence of, of armed groups linked to iran that they are worried about it. so the message i see is giving is that we are here to stay at the end of the day. he talks about teacher relationship for iran, syria is very strategic, it's geographic location, gives it another front against israel. it's allies here in lebanon, are on the border with israel, the same thing, and syria, the same thing. so in many ways it gives the run and upper and theory alive along that land for or between stefan and babe ruth, a supply line which really gives iran it's regional reach. it's regional input. so politics is that with play throughout the years we've seen high ranking military

officials from iran land in damascus. today it's the president. so this is clearly about politics. okay, now thank you so much santa, for the reporting from lebanon, one palestinian has been killed and 5 others were injured and is really or strikes and gaza. a late night is far between israel and are in power in groups and gaza appears to be holding the siren to hurt across southern israel's or in groups. far to barrage of rocket is really military sites belonging to hamas. after that, the latest violence followed the death of a prominent palestinian prisoner that i'd 9 who had been on hunger strike. it is really jail. you must say a report from gaza city officer a whole night of boardman last night. where israeli air strikes power different parts in areas of the gulf, the military camps belonging to

a sub brigades, the military wing of hammers, and also the national security building of how much government in god saw agriculture lands in many areas. there was an exchange of fire also by the policy functions here who also continued to launch rockets towards south and east really, towns also anti aircraft fire mis tiles on the wall is really wor jeff. the exchange of fire and rockets launching continued until the early hours of wednesday morning. they would just have a senior leader in islamic jihad told of just be right last night that they have asked egypt to pressure the israeli government to hand over the body of the 9 to his family to get approved for burial among his family and loved ones. but

these negotiations are still going on and there is no progress yet. there has been more violence in su, dawn's capital cartoon. presidential palace has been the scene of intense fighting in the course of the conflict. a new 7 day seas far was announced on tuesday after mediation efforts by south saddam's president solve a cure. it's due to come into effect on thursday. and the rapid support forces has released the video. it says shows it forces around the presidential palace on monday. there is extensive damage to the area and our staff members are seen holding their weapons. hippa, morgan has more from hard to me. has been fighting around the presidential palace with the sounds of heavy artillery being heard. now the rapid support forces are in control of the palace, but the city's army, from the very 1st day of the fighting, have been trying to regain control of it because of its vicinity to the general command of the army. and because it signifies the symbol of the nation and it's the

office of the president. well, there are 2 ways to cope now. in the northern part of the capital, people say that they've been trapped in their homes. they've been without power or running water for the 3rd week. now, many of them say that for them to be able to get their basic necessities. nathan, he's like groceries. they have to cross the bridge into the western part of the capital into the city of undermanned, where there has been fighting as well. but it's been relatively quieter compared to the northern part of the capital. so they say that they have to cross the bridge and come back and they have to be very careful because of the increase in robberies, armed robberies and losing. so they all consent for people who are living in the northern part of the capital. and the ne, when it comes to the southern part of the capital, it's been relatively more quiet. people say that they've been able to accept markets, but prices of commodities have increased and they don't have the cash because of banks not operating since the thoughts of the conflicts. but many of them say that they're waiting to see where that goes to. there's a lot of uncertainty. people are not sure whether they should talk up on

commodities or whether this is going to and many of them say they have questions on what's happening in the capital hotel and round the country. at the moment, syrians who been living in sudan are now fleeing war for a 2nd time. some have been waiting for days to be evacuated from ports to gun money or trying to reach jetta in saudi arabia. they say there have been long delays in the registration of evacuees. the un says at least 66000 syrian selected don since the start of syria's war in 2011. the 3 year. if this given to the 1st one, i witness it was and i was in syria and i moved to sit done. at some point, i went to lebanon for medical treatment, and things were also unstable. let's, let's just say the city and wherever he may go, we'll always live through a war on our lot. and when the war started, we thought it won't last a couple of hours and then end. because there were problems before between this wood and his army. and the rapid support forces for this wouldn't these people and

those living in khartoum, the conflict happened without warning. we have also been impacted our syrians. a fire has broken out at a fuel depot and russia southern cross, not our region. the governor said a drone attack caused there across the kurt straight from the russian annexed crimea region. charles dartford has more from keith. there has seemed to be some sort of explosion that occurred at a fuel depot in crescent dodson mainland russia. very close to the entrance of the coach bridge that connects mainland russia with the crimean peninsula. we've heard from russian sovereignty, certainly according to the regional governor. he's saying that this is what he describes as being the highest level of difficulty in trying to extinguish it. but of course, it comes in the wake of those attacks we saw a couple of days ago, which certainly the russians reported as being a tax on a major fuel. deaf of us default own main line,

crimea close to the very important oversee port for the russians black sea fleet, again, the ukrainians. today we've heard nothing from them. any kind of official confirmation or comment on these suspected attacks, but it wouldn't be inconceivable that this was an attack. we have seen an increase in recent days from solely from the ukrainian side these the suspect to the tags on russians august. and it's a similar scenario as well. with miss island, georgia tech's from the russian side of various locations deep inside ukraine. they were not a 26. so cool kind of cars, drones launched by russia last night 21 of which. so the ukranian se were intercepted the biden administration ascending 1500 soldiers to the border with mexico to deal with increasing numbers of asylum seekers trying to enter the united states. the search comes ahead of next week's relaxed ation of pandemic era restrictions which allow border officials to turn away tens of thousands of

migrants particle. hey, and how's the latest? i'm having a rec. another $1500.00 us soldiers and marines will be arriving on the southern border. as soon as next week to join the 2500 national guard troops that are already there. the reason it back to cove it former president donald trump, made no secret of his disdain. for migrants, he used the cobit emergency to enact a plan to turn back migrants to mexico, before they could ask for asylum called title 42, which president joe biden kept in place. but on may 11th, the colbert emergency is officially over an authority to expect as many as 11000 people will try to cross the border without documents each week. but biden has changed the rules of what will happen when they get here. now anyone ca crossing without permission will be presumed to not qualify for asylum, making it easier to send them back immediately unless they can prove they were

denied asylum in another country. immigration advocates are outraged. biden's record has been very effective as taking away access to asylum, limiting asbestos and and so in my view, not great, and protecting the rights of, of my rents and sound speakers and honoring their humanity. divine administration says it is allowing access for people to claim asylum if they make a very hard to get appointment at the border crossing. it is also change the role, so the $30000.00 migrants from cuba, haiti, nicaragua, and venezuela can come to the us every month if they apply and have a local sponsor. the military is downplaying. the significance of the move military personnel will not directly participate in law enforcement activities while this request is for 90 days. i would point out that the o d has supported d h s on the southwest border for 18 of the last 22 years. and every year since

2006, a long standing issue that has divided the nation and has seen presidents from both parties, promising to stop the flow of people. so far to little effect, had to call him al jazeera washington. still heads on al jazeera, a call to an threats and attacks faced by journalists on world press freedom day class. i'm ron reynolds in los angeles, where thousands of movies and tv screen riders have put down their pins and picked up their big ah with, let's go with your world's weather up, say beginning this one in se australia. nice to have you long. so a bit of a break on thursday before next storm system swirling around in the bytes moves in

on thursday. this is going to so as some of the same states where we just had the last system roll through. so in particular, victoria and tasmania. but this time around, i don't think it's going to be as windy as the last storm that we had sweep through . it's been pouring rain for days in new zealand, particularly the north island around the northland region. whether lords here could be upgraded to red weather alerts, those are the highest giving you an indication of how intense his brain has been. we are pulling an air from the south pacific. so tropical air mass here, so we can up on friday morning, look at these. temperatures gives been 15. that's where you should be pretty well for daytime, hot se, asia right now, the rain is really intensifying across the main island of java. if i take you to the philippines, we've got this clutch of storms. really rolling through south of manila. so for, besides amended, now there are flood advisories in play and a lot of rain across china as well as a general rule. i think about a 100 millimeters of rain in these downpours is storm system will now move in to

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ah, hello again. the top stories on al jazeera, iran's president i. e. c has landed in the syrian capital, damascus. it's the 1st visit to buy an iranian presidents. the outbreak of serious war president and i. e s. he said he's ready to cooperate with syria and rebuilding the country. one palestinian has been killed and 5 others injured and is really airstrikes and gaza. ceasefire agreed upon late last night between israel on palestinian groups appears to be holding. this comes off to the death of a prominent palestinian figure who was on hunger strike in an is really prison. there has been more violence and so don's capital cartoon smoke can be seen hanging over the presidential palace on wednesday morning. the scene of intense fighting in the course of the conflict. me and mars military gentle has pardons more than 2000 prisoners to mark a buddhist festival. relatives gathered outside yang guns,

prison where inmates are jailed. they were detained under a law which carries a 3 year, a jail term that criminalizes the sent against the military. more than 21000 people have been detained since the military took power and a 2021 cou. tony chang is in bangkok with more for the charge of 5 o 5, a. the inclusion of the been the penal code of descent against the military punishes those who are responsible for fake news or inciting against the military. these were new laws which have been imposed since the military coup in february 2021. so it is a very narrow group of people. nonetheless, it was very unexpected. a prisoner amnesty and not uncommon in myanmar, but they usually happen over big national holidays. like the new year festival independence. they are armed forces day. this is not one of those days, and i don't think anyone in young gone was expecting this. nonetheless, it is

a significant number of people were not expecting any high profile political prisoners today. those who were charged under 5 or 5 a are usually sentenced to that 3 year jail term. we are, however, expecting a number of journalists. in fact, al jazeera has spoken to a photojournalist who was in the 1st batch of releases to come out of insane prison . he said he was, he was very relieved to be out. he'd been arrested in december 2021 during one of the silent street protests. but he did also mentioned that some of those arrested with him have died in custody. and i think this will highlight the apply to those who remain. and jo ceremonial troops have practiced marching in central london at midnight as preparations ramp up for the coronation of king charles. the royal carriage will transport the king and the queen consort between westminster abbey in buckingham palace for the ceremony. on may, the 6 within $6000.00 military personnel will take part in that parade, but it wasn't all cheery scenes. one man was arrested after police suspected he was

carrying a offensive weapon and had thrown shot gun cartridges into the grounds of the palace. thousands of film and television writers in the us have gone on strike. they are demanding better pay and conditions. a stoppage is already causing late night american shows to air repeats roberto's reports from los angeles. i now members of the writers guild union marched on picket lines outside amazon studios in los angeles. they want better compensation, better residual payments for their work when it is broadcast or streamed. and minimum staffing requirements were asking for a reasonable amount of the profits that they, that the studios make on our work. it would to meet our total demands. it would only take 2 percent of the profit they make on our work. some of the

effects will be immediate production will cease on popular late night talk shows that rely on up to the minute political satire. nevertheless, actors and talk show hosts expressed support for the guilt. we have a lot of a staffing crew that will be effected by this, you know, but you know, they've got to get a fair deal. so i'll do whatever i can to support them. other impacts will be felt . the longer the strike goes on over time, the production pipeline will start to dry up. some studios and networks have stockpiled scripts and programs, but they won't last forever. viewers may see more reliance on unscripted reality tv show. the trade association that represents the entertainment giant said it had offered writers, what it called generous increases in compensation. guild officials are sounding the alarm about advanced artificial intelligence, taking writers, jobs,

and demanded restrictions on it's use a i is the threat to everybody in business. and i think that's part of the reason that we have the support of all the other major union. if they can replace human beings who do this work, the economy's going to collapse. there's just no reason to do that. and the companies refuse to even discuss a i knock on effect of the writers strike will be felt like caterers electricians, drivers make up artists, and many more trades economists estimate the strike will cost the economy up to $30000000.00 per day. rob reynolds al jazeera los angeles researchers in the u. s. have used a i language tools to roughly interpret human thoughts in 3 participants near a scientist had been experimenting with new methods to interpret the brain signals for over a decade with limited success. so this new approach uses a i language model similar to the system used by chance g p t to learn model on

predict what a subject is thinking. alexander huff is a assistant professor in the department of computer science and neuroscience at the university of texas. he says gpc tools are allowing scientists to look deeper into the workings of the brain. we put people in m, r i machine and we had them listen to many hours of podcasts. and then we use this data to build up models that relate the words that they're hearing in these podcasts to their brain activity. and then the 2nd step, we can take the brain activity that we record and try to figure out what the words where the person heard or even with the words where that person was thinking at. so these tools like g p, t, which what we're using here, it turns out that they're actually very good models of how language processing works in the human brain. so whatever these models are doing inside them is well matched to things that are happening all over our brain represents the meaning of language that you hear or think or speak. we generally avoid the term mind reading

. we don't really know what that means. we call it brain reading, we read out what's happening in the brain. but of course, this is kind of scary, right? this is potentially an invasion of mental privacy. so we did a lot of work to figure out the limits of what we're doing when it comes to mental privacy. for example, we tested whether this model can be applied to someone new who hadn't gone through this whole training process and we found that it couldn't. we also found that if a person wanted to disrupt it, they could just think different thoughts and that would make it not work. yes, so we're excited about how this could be used to help people who have lost the ability to communicate. for example, from a brain stem stroke or motor neuron disease, these people could really benefit from another way to, to speak. but i think this is going to get a lot better in the coming years. for sure. you're a senator who called on the biden administration to release the findings for report on the killing of al jazeera journalist shooting and barclays. it's been nearly

a year since shooting was shocked by is really forces during a rayden jeanine in the occupied west bank. no one has been held accountable sen, chris on whole and has called for the full assessment by the united states security coordinator. be made available without any edits for congressional review or citizens killing. and the fates of many journalists killed or in prison isn't sharp . focus on world press freedom day 3 imprisoned. iranian women journalists will be given a you and award as kristen salumi reports. it's a day to reinforce the importance of a free press. after a year, 167 journalists globally have been killed in the line of duty day, but violence is only one of the threats they face. wall street journal reporter, evan gr scovella was arrested in russia on march 29th. he's being held on charges of espionage accusations. the newspaper vehemently denies. that's appalling. and it's a, it's a gut punch. and people are feeling that it's personal ab. and there's

also a bigger thought that as a reporter this could be, you al jazeera, has 2 journalists imprisoned in egypt, but the network spirit cheap for the americas had some good news. this guy, he, shana glaze's, of at he, is at al jazeera correspondent who was detained in egypt without trial. the good news is that he was released 2 days ago. it is and mossy alina jeter is an iranian american journalist, exiled from her homeland when to assign each other, and we have to be unite. she spoke about the importance of recognizing the 3 imprisoned iranian women whose reporting led to massive demonstrations for women's rights. they are the recipients of this year's guillermo khana, world press freedom prize day actually of rest day lives. and they took action against the islamic republic. this is what we need to see across the globe.

otherwise is damica probably has no reason to stop jailing and torturing its own journalist and activists. al jazeera journalist rena blah clay is also being remembered with the screening of an al jazeera documentary about how she was shot and killed by israeli forces. as she covered their actions nearly one year ago. 7 to date, no one has been held accountable, but the forum was not just about the physical risk to journalists. it also address the challenges of maintaining free speech than air of disinformation and the harassment of so called influencers online like felipe nato and brazil, whose youtube channel has 40000000 followers. being accused of the things i was, i was accused was the hardest thing i ever had to deal with. and it's one thing they try to do when they can corrupt you. they tried to corrupt her soul and your image in the eyes of the audience world press freedom day is about more than

highlighting the perils of journalists, is a reminder that the free flow of information is essential to preserving everyone's rights. kristin salumi al jazeera, the united nations. well al jazeera has journalists on cruise covering stories all over the world. and here's to look at what press freedom means to our teens. press freedom means being able to find out the truth and share it with the weld press. freedom means we're able to do our jobs freely and independently that we're able to ask tough questions. tell important stories and hold the powerful to account all without fear of censorship. or intimidation, to be able to go home and give my family, and not worry about being kidnapped, or pizza, or killed. press freedom is vital when covering rushes invasion of ukraine. if people shall understand what's happening on the ground, especially as there are so many states,

a non state actors involved. and when propaganda is often used by both sides, i've been reporting on civil strife and abuse of power in latin america for over 30 years challenging. those would rather we keep quiet, doesn't get any easier. that's why freedom of the press matters. if the ability to report the news without fear of being can film without fear of getting shot and right without fear of being sentenced to jail. it's free movement and rights information that those in power don't want you to know. press freedom means being able to report the facts without fear of being reprimanded by thirty's and not having to constantly worry that anything i said could be construed in any other way than what i'm reporting. press free to means having the ability to question authority without consequence. it's protected right in the united states, but it's something that even here is becoming.