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the relations between both companies are based on mutual respect of silver and the date and the benefits of the fitness events and the fads of respect all the amounts of nascent sata within the, the international convention and the resolution. busy i'm there, acted on man. what about the case that we need to ask you to solve it? we hold hold the this will reflect positively on both countries. we're open domains of cooperation in old, faded school. the benefits of both countries which is about one, i could push a lot of the button to all the pieces that you
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know, come on. we also hope that the little a says normal relation between power. both cultures will have positive, reflects and effects all the it's a nice little domain leisure. the domain is that that fits it at the most back to back by the sound bar at the home appears to them. and we need to commit to this acute of the region as the benefits of the region and corporation for the economic development in the region, and for the sake of the cutting, so that relations between the covers of the region. so that so the hampton home. uh huh. well, what did you have the such as, i'd like to say in this connection,
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that is why do bulletin to have good protection between all both guns as the the media know, security and the name of the security as described in bulletin, to co operate between the read gun, please. all the regions to have our regions free from mass destruction, weapons that come on. i'm looking forward to meeting the president, the him, raise it the good vapors ex mostly great things of the custodian. know that the most expensive minded but not that are the is and so, and his one high and that's been said man, but it's how much they've been selling man. the crown prince and the prime minister . and the they are looking forward to receiving is x. so those
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is the thing, them, and very soon the stuff on mazda huntington's and all that, well, i'm not doing that my case on, at last book on, on that i'd be able to, but on the, on my visit, go sides with the cage. and um, how does it say, using all the house of moslems really willing to go to america and will cut her up on the can't give them a so they read the is quite all notice to have the, to how this lines and this of the 3rd rooms and it's our
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it says off i'm on so the ball the most you need to see if i need to come to my mom on this one of the kids and then the saddle read the will make everything available for this the rate up as the pedigree and seasons and we welcome the good news the so i'm going to run annual which dep or good with was me. i love forget both the federal and the money that
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i'm all hunting for. so i'm going to have to worst muslims everywhere. and these blessing days, feel that that must be, that we need to be together, that we need to be united, the 2 dates or the benefits of the muslims, and most of them come for us. all right, you've been listening to the foreign minister of saudi arabia who was just meeting his counterpart in iran. the range and foreign minister there were speaking from to one where the to have been meeting with spring in dorset. jabari else is here as dorset jibari who's been covering this door. so let's take a few moments and explain exactly what's going on to her of yours. and this started the beginning of this, which has been this repression on between saudi arabia and iran. how does it happen?
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why did it happen? how did we get to today when we have the 2 foreign ministers meeting and embassies being reopened? well, it happens because for 7 years they are on, in saudi arabia, did not have any diplomatic relations. and that was because the saudi government executed a shia cleric in january of 2016. and there were demonstrators here that went to the saudi embassy and tire on. and then the storm, the embassy and destroyed pretty much most of what was inside of that embassy. there still, the glasses of the facility at the building still broken. it hasn't been fixed in the past 7 years. so during that time we had iran and saudi arabia on different sides of conflicts in the mid release me we syria young men and then the tensions and loved on as well as they were many countries that were trying to mend this relationship, including oman and iraq. there were a number of meetings held between officials of,
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from saudi arabia and iran to try amend this relationship. but it was only value in march of this year that the chinese managed to make that happen. so there was an agreement that was signed in beijing that iran and salary rapier would resume full diplomatic relations. and they've been working on that over the past 2 months. and iran reopened. it's embassy and re add on june 6th. and it's console it in jet down june 7th. now we have the uh, saudi foreign minister and turnaround today to officially do the same thing without actually reopening the physical embassy. because there is an issue with the street name that it's on the street name was named after that she or clarence that was executed in january of 2016. and the municipality has not changed. that even though the foreign ministry has asked them to do so. so the saudi officials are not looking for another space to purchase, and in the meantime, we understand they'll be working out of the hotel entire on the door. so if you
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take a big step back, the saudi arabia iran relationship has been one of the driving forces, right. one of the things that really structures the way the middle east has been working over the last few years. they were arch rivals and they found themselves opposed on every issue, every regional issue that i can think of. so now if there was a refreshing all that, that means that you were telling us earlier wars in yemen wars in syria, all those major things that are costing lives in the region. well, now they can, if not work together, at least not be antagonistic on those issues. well, that's certainly the hope that certainly what many, not only in iran, but in the region are hoping this coming together of these 2 countries back resuming diplomatic ties, will mean not only for the to respect to respect. so it's the countries, but also for the region. i think that's why this meeting today is so significant,
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just because it is providing us with an opportunity just providing the reading and officials as well as the saudi officials to take this chance to put aside their differences at to really put the security of the region 1st, before the differences that they have with one another and try to mend this relationship that's been hostile for many, many decades. of course, iran is a predominantly show a country and salary reba is for w sony one and these 2 different sex and as long are usually a trying to mend the relationship. as far as history goes. you can look back in within their own history. and this rivalry is almost always seen, most highlighted between iran and saudi arabia. of course, there are 2 regional super powers, and they're all know nuclear power is something that has been a cause for concern for saudi arabia as well. so the nuclear program in iran is
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also an issue that has been at the forefront of the issues that salary ravia has had a saudi official saying in the past that if iran continues to progress its nuclear program, they will pursue their own at causing fear that it would spark a nuclear arms race in the middle east. so these 2 power houses providing the world with most of its oil, their up to the top producers of oil in the world of we have to remember that as well. so there's a lot they have in common, but there's a lot of differences. and now i think both sides for various reasons have decided that it's time to try at least have a relationship that is not as hostile as it's been in the past door. so that's all in valuable context. and just before i leave you one question, i meant to ask you before that i didn't have time to ask you, is now that we have these decisions to reopen embassies in both countries in both countries. and you have explained the embassy not yet reopened into our font. i
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understand that. but now the decision has been made. the announcement has been made . how they are radians. look at all of this because for years they heard from their leadership that their arch enemy was saudi arabia. and i think as many ordinary iranians are not that concerned with sit around foreign policy at the moment. there's many internal issues that they're more concerned with. and we asked that just a few weeks ago when the news of the story happened, we as ordinary one is on the street. what did they think? and some of them said, look, saudi arabia, it's all good that they want to be friends again. but they have a relationship with the united states, and this is something that it's important to point out. and for the countries that try to maintain a balance between iran and the us is inevitably impossible because iran and the united states are at each other throats to be honest. most of the time, there's many, many differences and i think salary radio will find it quite difficult to manage
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the relationship with both countries that are such a hardened enemies. but for the time being, they are trying to use this opportunity to establish a relationship with iran. and we heard just now from the saudi foreign minister saying that the regional security is the most important thing. and i think that's what they're focusing on a really subtle diplomatic balance that multiple players are going to be working on . thank you so much. dorothy jabari. so putting all of that into context for us 1st digit barry from different humanitarian situation to sedan is getting worse by the hour as violence continues to escalates in west or for thousands of fleeing. the country seeking refuge in neighboring chad. many have told of killings carried out by armed routes in west or force regional capital l janina in the past, month alone. more than a 1000 people have been killed. speak now to zane bas robbie, who was an attentive andre on the sedan chad border. everything's in that happens in sedan, you're seeing the impact and the effect where you are at the border and you've been
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seeing things get worse or that is correct. this little board or town. the profile of this place has changed in the last 2 months. it's becoming epi center for responding to a humanitarian crisis, the kind of rights of which they haven't seen in a couple of decades. we've been waiting for the president to arrive. there is more security in the streets here. and there are more un vehicles in the town, most likely here to try to meet the president to discuss how to approach tackling the large numbers of refugees that have been coming into the country, which in the last 72 hours has gone up in the thousands exponentially yet again, now, wherever he goes, whether it's at the border post where people keep coming in or at the hospitals, all of which are overwhelmed, people find desperate people who need help. and at the border where we were just a few hours ago, the conditions continued to be terrible. the dead are being buried open fields behind the border post, just a warning to our viewers. they may find some of the images in our report
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distressing they've survived the violence into that. in chad. another struggle began. 8 organizations say they were not prepared for the humanitarian crisis to become this big this quickly. people who arrived with gunshot wounds, one woman gave birth in this open field, they tell us men, boys, even young girls were taken prisoner along the way. but for some, the journey from west our floor was too much land house in the boy scouts and people. the baby was sick and she died on the way here. the baby's mother left her here to search for her other children. her family and chad is seeing her for the 1st time. they don't even know if she hadn't met those who make it try to find friends and relatives. there are re, unions. the precious few you and hcr is here. they are doing assessments and
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someone told us that they have never seen it. this bad that they are incredibly under funded. they do not have enough money to help people here with anything. and that the international community simply doesn't care enough about this price, is that it is just pure chaos. i summarize only to bury the children. they fled here to say in the smallest graves, 2 girls and a little boy, none older than 3. their fathers did not make it across the shrivel, died from weak as much as they had no food. and their mothers didn't have the milk to feed their dead because of hunger caused by the war. and not just them, probably the numbers will go up in the next few days. they tell us their government of their country and the world have abandoned them. their situation they say, is hopeless. zane bus route the o g 0. audrey on the track through the end border is in your reports over the last
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few days, have made some more and more difficult viewing. but that's the reality of what's happening at the chad sedan border. and we thank you for telling those stories award zane on the visit of the child in president where you are. i know he's expected in andre. momentarily to that's right. we have been paused to see him be received by local officials. no doubt she will be coming here to discuss what is the obvious issue, which is the large number of refugees that are arriving from sudan into chad. now, one of the concerns for the chatty and authorities, a country with its own food and security, its own problems with water and sanitation, and children's education and health and poverty. this country has its own problems . one of the things that will be trying to press no doubt to the 8 organizations through the international community is they are happy to continue to keep the humanitarian court orders open. we've been speaking to chatting. authorities who have said they have been taking and refugees from sudan for decades. they will
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continue to do so as long as their programs are not effected. as long as those programs for tidings are not effective. just to give you a sense of, of, of how mixed this problem is 35 percent according to the us and 35 percent of those fleeing sudan, r, returning chad in citizens. so the problem is very complicated. another issue for the president, for the chatty and authorities, here at the border is border security. they want to make sure that the conflict doesn't spread across. we have heard reports of gunfire and active conflict active fighting between different groups. just meters away from this border between chad and threw down. that is no doubt a problem for the government here. a serious concern security has been beefed up over the last 2 months. and just in the last few days we've seen a heavier military presence here in the town of andre zane. mister avi reporting from audrey near the sedan board of thanks to you and your team for your reporting
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clementine. new quite this, allow me is that you in a few minutes here in coordinator for sedan and she says, people indoor for need help. urgent. that we have 8600000 people in dial 4 and the needs are considerable. the reports coming out and there is that there is kelly, people are in a dire need of health medicines and food in w. p has been able to take food into, into cartoon. um, but uh for is an area we have not been able to access and there is significant fighting. we need to be able to bring in stuff we need to be able to get agreements so that we can move along the routes, our trucks that are presently in parts of the country can make their way to dial for. and on those trucks, we can put urgent medical health supplies. this is impacting our ability to scale up if we can get timely issuance the visas. if we can get the clearances that allow our trucks and our teams to move,
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then we have the may the ways and means of speaking to, uh, the various uh, a forward to use uh to the communities in a way that will allow us to move these items along the roads and access stuff for, for the fighting, also continues incidents, capital cartoon, where an air strike is killed at least 17 people, including 5 children. at least 25 homes are reported to have been destroyed. and the raid earlier, the parent military rapids support forces that had shut down an army fighter jets. haven't morgan is in, i'm doing mine with the lips more than 60 days into this war between the rapids support forces and the news army. now entering it's fed month and still no side has a decisive when or decisive of upper hand over the other was fighting continues between the 2 sides here in the capital, how to with as strikes, loans to buy. this is nice army in the southern parts of the capital targeting positions of the rapids support forces in parts of the southern parts of the
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capital for to him. but also, hey, think residential areas with 17 people at least injured and killed and many more injured as a result of the strikes. now we were also able to hear heavy artillery be launched from the city of on demand here, seemingly towards the northern parts of the capital. both sides have been trying to make the size of paints over the other, but so far is the civilians that are paying the price of this up for long conflict between the recess and the to the needs army. many people have been cut off from power and running, want there since the start of the conflict more than 60 days ago, humanitarian aid has been difficult to get into many parts of the capital, with people saying that they no longer have food to feed themselves. and they don't have access to hospitals and medical assistance in many parts of the capital. so was not clear who has the upper hand at the moment. it's clear to say to, to, to say that the civilians are being the heaviest price i know losing out to most the
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delegation of african leaders has arrived in st. petersburg where they are pushing for a peaceful settlement to the ukraine conflict. the leaders will meet russian president vladimir putin in the coming hours on friday. they held meetings with ukraine in president volume. you're zalinski and keith. earlier on friday, president put in spoken to for him in st. petersburg. and he warned that the conflict may escalate. was then going to need to waste and supplies of age 165 digits are located at a basis outside ukraine and used in hostilities. we will have to look at how we can hit and where we can hit those weapons that all use in hosted. it is against us. you agree? this is a serious danger of nato getting further drawn into this on confidential houses here as ali hush m. as in moscow, i mean what message of the african leaders carrying, what are they going to say to vladimir putin? it was the african leaders as they did
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yesterday in ukraine, there conveying the initiative for fees. this for many people are skeptical over whether this initiative could have of weight. but also many are arguing with the vibrancy 5 relations and size between africa and the continents. in general and the rest of the, especially washer china, there might be a leverage that uh, this content in good house in such and such a situation. now also there is that now the skeptical a point of view with respect to the crises, enough, the cat to the water was enough because it was on the, you know, the, why not. these are the, does, exists such a net force in anything to was in the content and what they've done going into such a globe like prices does also, i know the point of view over here that says that's with the many wars that on,
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with many of these plans that might be mechanisms that thought in 3 d, available with others. there might be some experiences that the african africans could offer here and such as intertwined. the betty multi layout of the conflict going on between the russia and ukraine. and natalie, it bears repeating that africa has been directly suffering from the ukraine. russia conflict. that's what this is. this is a fact. now we know that the food supplies are impacted in the betty by a ways and after the guy is one of the main main continents in the world that's being impacted by this war. uh, the, the, the, the foot supplies the grades. uh, we can see that in the situation in somalia, we can see that in, in several countries across the continents. and that's why there is an organic reason for the applicants to interfere here regardless of the situation. this
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reminds us by the way, by the rules off which i used to play before and the sixties and the 70s. when not was known that life movement was. busy kind of influential especially with better relations with the soviet union time. now it seems that all sions are trying to have better relations with the africans. the africans want to bid on this need by the russians to have better nations in order to kind of to push on, push the, the initiative i had on the hush and reporting from moscow. thank you very much. and further invalid, amir zalinski has spoken with the african leaders. they were in ukraine yesterday, and he said that he will not talk to russia unless it withdraws from ukrainian territory. showing a whole has more on that from keith to the road to peace is not an easy one, said cyril rental clothes of the south african president here in key on friday. and so it may prove for the 7 nation african piece initiative,
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delete is arriving. hearing people more accurately and bullshit nearby, just as a russian missile assault was launched, they found themselves uniform shelter just moments after visiting a mass grave. when mister ronald photos of brief, the media lights are often meetings with president zalinski, he describes there are other embraces sounding 10 points, peace initiative that would eventually lead to peace with steps along the way, like at the escalation on both sides, security guarantees. respect to the southern borders and so on. but saying that it should all begin with much easier confidence. building measures talks about things like prisoners, swaps about the free movement of grades and fertilizers, notice from ukraine. but of course, from russia as well, important to these african leaders, because it would contribute to lessening food in security, particularly in the global south since the start of this war. there is no explicit mention of a full withdrawal of russian forces from ukraine in the plan,
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which must leave something of an open question over just how much support these need is complained that they've received from ukraine for their initiative. when they put it in front of president food team in saint petersburg, later on saturday, during the whole elder 0 t america's top diplomat is heading for china for a long delayed visit. anthony blinking postponed his trip earlier this year after a suspected chinese 5 balloon flew over the united states pensions over taiwan trade between the world's top 2 economies and a war and ukraine or some of the hot topics of discussion. alan fischer reports from washington dc that they will be putting the balloons out for secretary of state and to be blinking when he touches down in beijing relations between the us and china out at the lowest point in years. this trip was due to take place in february, cancelled after a chinese spike balloon flew over the us and was eventually short done. intense
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competition requires sustained diplomacy to ensure the competition does not fear the confrontation is. and again, that is what the world expects. adults, the united states and china. this trip is aimed stabilizing relations between the world's 2 biggest economies and strategic drivers. in recent weeks, the us as clean the chinese jet, performed aggressive maneuvers need a spike playing in international airspace. and that coming up to a chinese warship, allegedly not only avoid the collision with the us destroyer in the taiwan street. the trip is looking to set up systems to avoid similar incidents. to keep any reaction to just the water works until they blinking goes with a shopping list. he wants to hear about china is peace plan for ukraine. and to arch them not to give military support to russia. he will also top trade, tie one human rights and what china regards as us efforts to hold back and say we
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conducted industry. you know, there are, there limits to us influence and lever. and certainly when it comes to it's, it's rivals and competitors like like china that indeed you know, you've been a cus is hoping for a certain outcome. amazing is going to be entailed by its own interests, which of course, are often times at odds with those of the united states to bite met prize the g at the g. 20 in and didn't easy last year. their 1st face to face spite and one the white toys since then. china has said to us must stop interfering in china is internal affairs and still palming its sovereignty, security and development interest. in the name of competition, the americans are playing down. the idea that the blinking visit will lead to a summit between the 2 presidents, either either the white house or in beijing, but it will lead to other top level meetings. and that suggests that the tension between the 2 superpowers is easy. but not yet going away. alex fisher, i'll just do that at the white house. a soldiers in western uganda or hunting rebel
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fighters who attacked the school, killing at least 40 people. many of them children. of the pupils were abducted from the 2nd. every school in a town of a fundraiser is close to the border with the democratic republic of congo. again and police blamed the attack on the allied democratic forces on the terrible ruins . it got to the situation here is not good. the school was attacked in the middle of the night. the rebels 1st code 22 children. they then threw bonds and killed 17 others. they also killed 2 other people. so the total number of that is $41.00. we have here with the military and police are investigating and taking records. the area had been peaceful with no rebel attacks. that catherine. so is following developments from the canyon capital and i wrote this up talk happened on friday night. we also know that that was a blackout a power blackout in that town. during that a top i top, we have spoken to military commanders who are on ground are pursuing this
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attack because in to the national talk in the democratic republic of congo, we're being told some of the students have been abducted. so the military is no use, they have pop to, to look for this. a talk has no, we have also been told that to some of this duties was uh, killed by a boom that was detonated by the attack. cuz as they left, the schools and other students were hacked to death. a. so we have also had a, from some of the students from say that they had to hide under the bodies. others had to hide under, you know, beds just to save themselves the.
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