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a search in less than 2 weeks. the on monday, i'm sorry, this is out of their life and death. also coming up. these 6 people are killed and several others. i'm missing off to find goes to hostile in these evenings capital weddington hays. these hospitals have been out of service for 5 months, but many patients have nowhere else to go. one month on a no less often facing ensued on at least $500.00 people are killed in more than $700000.00 displace from that. the or techies presidential election will go to a run off later this month. president red chip type adelanto k 5 percent lead over his main rival canals collects the role in sundays birds. they will face each other once again on may. the 28th of the people's alliance,
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led by president edwin's justice. the pump development policy has retained as paul them. in 3 majority it, 1322 states. while the 6 ponzio position, the nation aligns, picked up 213. as about how bar begins all covers from the capitol on correct to this is the 1st time goes up, but you add one has failed to win a president to the election by a clear majority, but his supporters be made upbeat. we are already a confident of getting the the 2nd the around uh simply because that is 2500000 volts gap between 2 clauses. upon add ons, rivals, command can list out of little spaces. the complex task of holding together the opposition alliance. he promised to defeat adeline and,
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and the justice and development policies, decades long dominance of took his politics, losing the run of would likely be the end of his political career. the out of the 3rd one didn't get the votes of confidence. he expected. we don't win elections by talking from balconies if the nation says it's a rental, so be it's and we will win. these action was modified allegations, the governing fonts here was blocking bonnet counting, you know, position song, holes, accusations, the president dismissed was telling supporters. the vote was a democratic society. but international observers wound suppressing freedom undermines democracy. we have concern, for example, when it comes to the media situation, the biased media situation, everything which is related to the free speech and the possibility to get to and use a form. and so we have concerns which we are putting in our report
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. cnr one was an outside the in the presidential race, both with 5 percent of the votes. the lead to the white we unsuccessful alliance. good tip, the scale. that took me the video of to that nationally, certain commodities, but have a bigger site in the run of that there will be tough days ahead for us. but we will make sure that this process is a good one for the nation. and at this time, we weren't say who we are going to support. the stakes are high for both candidates, a win, but at the one with cement his legacy. he's people's alliance retains good total parliament in sundays election for college that over to a defeat, which means the collapse of a coalitional policies that put aside that political differences for a couple of gold bill position alliance had hoped to make gains in areas devastated by the quakes, but despite the widespread put,
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this has them of the government's response to the disaster. it seems as though home can still when, like when his support phase in the southeast. this leads the opposition with limited options, and they hope to convince people to switch sides and vote for that candidate caution by the 0 and cut off. somebody's a john has moved from a stumble on the sun place candidates seen on 0 on. he won't be in the run off, but his support is could be vital to the final result. he's already been talking about his conditions for endorsement saying things like how you better not coming towards me unless you're willing, 1st of all, to distance yourselves from those who calls terrace. and that's understood to be a reference to the p k. k. and some of the code is groups which are electrically political policies, which are allegedly associated with the p j. k. and the says, the other condition that you need to be able to commit yourself to the expulsion of refugees understood readings that syrians from this country who are taking up the
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jobs of trucks and business, the issues both sides. whether it's the routing coalitional, the opposition coalition, they both have nationalist within the coalition. and they also have connections or coalition policies from the curb should vote block. it's going to be interesting to see who can what, whoo, those suppose is of seen on, on more. but here's the key points as well. if the 2nd round goes along the lines of the 1st one of course, then the budget type out of the one has only a small percentage that he needs to win over. then come out of collection on all of those nationalist, both is noted across the threshold. at least 6 people have been confirmed dead off to find out a whole story in new zealand, the life as large. and wellington is used by migrants and vulnerable people. place that by government agencies, the prime minister cris hipkins visited the same or i think any 5 that involves
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someone passing why is difficult for our 1st responders. but a situation like this is really difficult. we've not seen intervenes of the sky or for some quite some time. so i thought we really feeling this as well. i know that i have done everything that i could buy, and i just want to reiterate, right? i think so now i have quite a change to the pop up for what i have enjoyed over the last few hours. and of course, i read as a right again now sympathy for the victims and for the people who care about the of the family, the fine arts and the loved ones. how can i speak now? to kaitlin mcgee, a journalist in oakland, caitlin, a pretty devastating fire. tell us more about what happened. yes. has been described as a once in a decade. 5. it was a $95.00 room, a hospital, and most of those rooms were blade to have been occupied at the time, people were having to crowd on the bruce, which was dangerous, pretty unstable. others had to slay by jump, have windows and,
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and some of course obviously got stuck at the moment, special investigate this has been brought in from around the country to try and figure out how this fire could. because that moment those unexplained, we know that at least 6 people have been killed. but that this tall could be as high as 10 um that seemed really complicated and difficult for a lot of the firefighters to try and get into the building to figure out exactly how many people were trapped. and part of that is because of the roof was the good, did it deemed to be very, very unstable, but also there was a real risk that it might collapse. and also there was a space, those risk in the building from some of the building materials that it was made off . um, so aside from the fire itself and the time of day that the blaze began and they had been a number of other factors that have made the entire operation around, incredibly complicated, and caitlin doing know much more about the residents of the building. i believe it
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was frequently used to house people who have been deported from australia. so we've had some reports from media outlets, both in new zealand. um and also into striving a lot. so the morning, harold, uh saying that some of the people living there are what's known as 5 by one people . today's which i, it seems like you don't. citizens have been living in australia who may have committed a crime and been deported back to zealand. already there are questions of siding to being at being asked at a political level about how valuable these people may have been. and why some of these people may have been living and what might be considered to be sub standard living conditions at the moment with head grains. carly the events today because of asking questions at a political level level, saying, you know, what kind of contract we live in yet, but these people have so few options and my son lives in substances accommodation
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with such a time. so they look the same thing. so at risk, so there is this real sense of discontent. subbing to broo about the kinds of conditions that these boarding houses were potentially operating under. they had been some conflicting reports here earlier in the day that the sprinklers inside the building didn't go off with the lambs does. so a really difficult situation and lots of venerable people from different walks of life living in that and that building. well, thank you for that. kaden mcgee agenda. speaking to a staff from oakland of the patriot, struggling with a deepening humanitarian crisis. gun related violence has taken over nearly the entire capital access to services such as health care,
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clean water and sanitation is compromised. theresa by reports from the haitian capital. this is haiti's largest hospitality, and it has been almost abandoned for 5 months. but even though no doctors are on site, some patients remain here because they have nowhere else to go. gina issue we will short by getting members in december can use to be a mobile phone salesman, but he has not been able to go back to work with them back. i mean, i went to a private hospital and i spent everything i had and then i had to come here. i can't afford the medicines and here there is nothing they all know doctors to k for us. doctors at this hospital has been on strike for months. they say their salaries, the work environment, and the violence in the area make it almost impossible to do their job. feel actually the one of the most violent neighborhoods in puerto prince is not far from here. since the assassination of president julian invoice 2 years ago,
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he has been caught in the middle of a political and social crisis that has gangs controlling the streets the into him prime minister seems unable to restore order. everything for him on says the government has forgotten this hospital, which plays a crucial role in the cities health care system. it's i see about by the haitian government doesn't care about this place because they have private hospitals to make money. those who can't afford the private clinic have nowhere else to go. sometimes they die in their homes. there is no warranty. what we electricity when we've visited the patients asked us before. this is the largest hospital in a z and it has been barely working for the past 5 months. for detrick's, unix has just started to work once again very, very slowly. but when we arrived here, we saw oldest children that you can see here have been abandoned, then is 12 years old. who is 10. and this baby is 6
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months old. the msn. msn has been taken care of them. we stay here, day and night. so these children are lifted line, we should have gone because of the strike, but we can't leave them. we feed them with whatever we can find. people in haiti are struggling with gang violence for shortages and a non functioning government that has called on the international community for health food. now it seems the cold remains and hard to do. so i'll just see that for the prince. russia has launched a wave of advertise across ukraine's capital keys in the early hours of tuesday. you probably need an official say the attacks were exceptional and density and they uh, residents remain in homes and shelters. the capitals ad defend system supposedly destroyed most incoming targets. the ukraine's president's ultimate zalinski has continued
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his well when europe and tool with a trip to the u. k, he met with prime minister wishes to knock out his official country residence. a check is u. k is pledged hundreds more at defense missiles and attack drains to cleave to defend itself against russian attacks. last week it became the 1st country to supply ukraine with long range cruise missiles. we spoke about the jets, very important topic for us. last week i'm control the sky. you know it to i think, you know, ever seem deeply because of the real partners. 23, she knows all the details. what's going on on our bed will do. thank you very much . and we want to create these objects. coalition and i'm very positive with it. we spoke about it and i see that in the closest time you will hear some, i think word important decisions. but we have, we have to work a little bit more on that. we are going to be
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a key part of the coalition of countries that provides that support result in that and ukraine. now that it is not a straightforward thing is loading right now i've been discussing to make build up the site to a combat cross capability. it's not just a provision of planes, it's also the training of pilots and all the logistics that go along side that maybe you can play a big part of that. one thing we will be doing, starting actually relatively soon, is a training all of ukrainian pilots or the student needs. doctor's union says 280 people have been killed in the city of janina in west on for and just 2 days of fighting. it says the subs in violence began when the rock in support forced the stone, the city on friday, the full with local arms groups. 5 of them seem to sidney's army in the permits for a rapid support for us as has been going on for months as negotiations continue on a deliveries. i'm sure that people have been killed in more than 5 and
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a half 1000. have been injured so far out as there is hipaa. logan reports from the capital call to why much of the fighting is happening. plumes of smoke over the skies of pretense capitals up to the scene since fighting began between so dense army and the power and the 3 rapids support forces or iris f. one month ago. yeah, we're not going to use the horse after using civilians as human shields. they use people's homes for protection. we consider this penalty way of rule. the sudanese only is now on the ground. you want to fight them, fight them on the ground, not from people's homes. the document misplaced on monday, an s wreck had a hospital in east smile. the army says the, our staff has been using it as a base for a minute to re authoration. the rest of the cues, the army of killing and wounding civilians in the attack. more than 500 people have died since the starts of the fighting. more than 700000 people have been forced to
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move elsewhere within the country. since those parts of the conflict and at least $200000.00, have fled to neighboring countries. but millions remain in the capital. where most of the fight thing is taking place. it started with gunfire and bullets flying overhead, then all home was hits and we moved to a place that was sites but it's not sites now. they are a strikes, shrapnel, flying when they is fighting. we want to leave, but we can't move the, the slicing has damaged many important facilities. they include the main international airport, which was the focus of heavy battles during the 1st days of the fighting. other facilities, such as water and power plants have also been destroyed by the fighting, with many residential areas, cutoff from power and running water for a month. now, the struggle between the 2 sides has also effected access to hospitals and markets for supplies in the capital are running low and the concerns that the situation
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will deteriorate further, as the fighting enters it's 2nd month. other cities incident have also with mr. fighting the most recent is jeanina in west star for when malicious, allied to the recess have been attacking the city for 4 days. and that the but the new hosting of what we call on all the international organizations and the u. n. agencies to provide safety and food and to protect the civilians. we also ask for the return of health services, because the situation here in janina is a catastrophe. all international organizations and civil societies should direct their assistance to jan. i know this is denise army and the rapid support forces on friday signed would be called a humanitarian declaration. in get the inside the review. it's aims to allow those trapped and hard to, to leave conflict areas and for 8 to come in to those in need as well as protecting
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people and their homes. but that's it to happen on the ground where the financing is continuing along with the destruction and death and one thing of civilians. hey, bill morgan, i'll just 0100 to the still ahead on the al jazeera will tell you about a campaign drive in the philippines, aimed at immunizing children against vaccine preventables diseases and palestinian smoke 75 years and stay lost at home. not safe. this route was created, [000:00:00;00] the a lot of the weather is looking very quiet across much of the middle east and live and particularly up north across takia, west and areas seem terrace guys and lots of sunshine with the temperature and,
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and corrupt. picking lights up to $27.00 degrees celsius that on choose day. that's not going to last. we all going to see some what to where the start to move it's way east over the next few days. the weather however, pulls away from northern areas of iran. we'll see lots of heats coming back into town. temperatures picking up here, just sitting high across much of the region, 21840 degree celsius that on wednesday, a large of a hot and dry picture for the soft as well. hot and dry isn't the story though, for morocco, by the time we get to choose today, you can see that when, when do weather picking up, going to drop some heavy rain across the straight of your browser. and the wind is continued to flow across from libya, into egypt, by the middle of the week. what's the weather across that central band of africa? some of the storms running from time to room into the con, goes over the next few days. so the south of this a much clearer picture pop from some showers and scott is thunder storms creeping across from the media into what's one, an eastern areas of south africa,
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but sunshine and a bit of rooms for janice books on wednesday the palestine was once of very different place from today to cities became connected to the interior in an award winning film, which is 0. well, here's historians and i'd witness accounts that portray early 20th century by this time as a thriving fibers. the reach of was open investments were excess. moving from one city to another, palestine 1920 on al jazeera, the the,
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[000:00:00;00] the on the back you watching out is there a mind on top story is the south techies tightly contested presidential election will go to a ronald nice and this month president much of the tape bed wants a 5 percent lead, but his main rival cannot connect the router and sundays fight. at least 6 people have been confirmed dead on to find a hostile in these in the life is launch and weddington is used by migrants and bundle people place that by government agencies, the closest being investigation fighting between the sudanese army and the paramedic tree rapids support forces not been going on for a month. hundreds of people have been killed and hundreds of thousands displaced. the student needs all me and the power amended 3 rapid support forces and blaming each other for the escalation of violence in the west of the country. fighting in
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west on for is sending more refugees into neighboring tod saying, but the reality is move from $1.00 and eastern cha, and the border between chide and so done is porous and wild. lately you can see smoke rising in the distance, faint and far away. but those living here save that is alternate. now, the capital of west are for burning the most active hawks button, so don't conflict 2nd only to hard to. oh no arm to villagers caught up in violets . a consequence of the fight for control of the country. refugees here say they escaped in the night, searching for days to find a safe crossing. they describe gangs of on demand and vehicles harassing them, reading their villages, holding them against their will and killing people. i did so you can ask one of my, just not everybody came, we left the old people, they're still there. we can't go back to get them. we don't know what to do. we don't have anything to go and fight these people. but maybe the government,
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the child can help us rest of the elders. they know if there is concern. what is happening there could happen here? driving up here, we could see plumes of smoke rising all along the horizon and different areas on the sidney side of the border. if we were to start walking, we'd be on the other side of the border into done in about 10 minutes. when we got here, the people that had fled, those villages told us that those were their homes on fire. and if they still have people there. chad army garrisoned additional troops at audrey and the pilots broke out into one local leader said in chad, there was a soldier under every tree a warning to or into groups on the other side of the border to monetary and 4 doors remain open. but the military is on high alert. on the uh, you know, portable dr. can do. there is an african proverb that says if your neighborhood is on fire,
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you must prepare yourself so yours doesn't catch fire too. you will see the coffee on the refugees should feel at home here. he says the cross border attacks inter chad have happened in the past. all of the world that are built up areas offer some protection villages would be as vulnerable as those. and the student east side will hear about how much family lives in chad. but her farm is in 2000. she says it's been occupied by raiders for son and husband are stuck. their name was that of we just need help bring a security. we need security to remain here with us. yesterday there was also smoke and a lot of guns higher than we hear just all day. we're afraid all day because the smoke is so close, we can see it a tier the lives of sudanese and try to straddle the imaginary lines that divide their countries. they share the same space, the same vulnerabilities as the newly exiled who can only look back at home, where loved ones are left behind. perhaps yet unaware of
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a sobering statistic. most refugees who come here from to don't never go back. the same bus drive l g 01 dollar eastern chad. the tennessee, an opposition lead, informa speaker of parliament recited canoe. she has been sentenced to a year in prison for incitement of a speech that he gave last year. good news, she needs been had a policy and is a fee is critic of president case site. he refused to appear in court saying the trial is misty. makes faces the latest in a series of charges against opposition, figures as can you but used to produce more sugar then any of the country in the world. but now with a deep economic crisis west and by sanctions from the united states. production is almost grinding to a halt at augusta and has moved from sand peebles, cuba every year in cuba, from november to may. it's time to come came using harvest as built in soviet times
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the islands, sugar industry is in decline. in the 1980s it produced 8000000 tons of should the year. last year, it managed less than half a 1000000 to these workers now face more difficulties than ever before. the sea of the kind is overgrown with weeds. make it up, i'll give you the police go herbicide and no such laws are for the cane. you've got to feed the cane. if not, it doesn't grow well. this how this can be used 10 times less type of side and fertilizer. the 6 years ago. that's mostly because in the last 6, he is unprecedented. maximum pressure us sanctions committee bankrupted the islands economy. sugar is part of keepers, national identity, painless, best route to the island more than 500 years ago by the spanish slaves the ship to discuss it and to transport canes and refineries. people became the 1st country and that's in america. have railway discounts came deliveries me and this refinery,
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which was built, thrown continuously, is often shut down. and the we've had to turn off the refinery quite a few times this last month because there's not enough fuel and things break when we turn it back on again. and breakdown. so how to handle when there's no cash last year? no. no, no money to set up. an engine is here and i'll keep as national should company has indicated if it's on like lisa hits, this is unambitious, find it the. this is the 1st year of it to you, but it doesn't plan to be explored more sugar than it consumes. this items built on sugar, which ones exported more than any other country is heading for this west harvest in more than a century. at augusta in august,
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there seems like us cuba to says millions of children are at risk of contracting vaccine. preventables diseases such as measles and pony. a few days to show $67000000.00 children around the world missed out on one or more vaccinations of a 3 year period in the philippines. 1000000 children would not immunized during the highest, because of 19 pandemic on a be nice sentence. this report from adela a festive morning in what are the most densely populated communities in manila, it began with the motorcade that ended in the gym with music clearing gift bags and children in tears. it was a party to catch up on vaccinations. we have to convince mother and the mothers have to convince their children. so we have to make it enjoyable. and you know, at least the use of our parents restrictive vaccines, particularly for children. peak did 2017, after
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a backlash against the think of job then box that bench manufacturer assigned to be said. it was potentially harmful for those who've never had thank you. fever, but at that point the philippine government had already administered at least one those 2 more than 800000 school children. we got scared at the time because we were hearing children getting sick from deadlock shots. the scare led to a measles outbreak in 2019 and now health experts dread repeat. at least 67000000 children around the world, missed out a routine vaccinations between 20192021. that's a forty's units. now, here in the philippines, amelia children did not receive a single those in 2021. 1 of the main reasons, the quote, 19 pandemic, philippines pandemic locked down. so were some of the most restrictive and longest

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