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for rent on, i will just leave the revealing eco friendly solutions to come back threats to offsets on our 20 ask for can narratives from africans perspective side to based on, you know, from much to short documentary spine african filmmakers. and that's going to be the special for the taste of the sun from not a gas car and foot phone from a new series of africa direct on which is the the hopeless and helpless we report on the flight of thousands leading to violence. and so don's west star for beach and the
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headquarters in delphi and terry you navigate to also coming up a school are talking uganda armed rebels, killed $38.00 children near the border for the democratic republic of congo. hoping to lay the groundwork for mediation with ukraine, african leaders, least, the russian president vladimir fulton on the saturday for ministers into fun and a push to improve relations week saucer re establishing diplomatic contact, the hello, a humanitarian calamity. that's how the you, as a chief is describing the situation and so don's west are for region. the situation and the region appears to be worse thing by the hour. thousands are flying across the border into a neighboring chart to escape fighting. and many are describing the violence of
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experience with the hands of the arm, groups of west star for as regional capital, a jeanina, at least a 1000 people have been killed in the past. month alone. save us rob using the town of audrey on the suit on chide border. he has more on the exit us into john's just in the last 72 hours. so allison's more people have come across the border into chad and 8 organizations tell us that they weren't prepared for such a sudden influx so quickly. so wherever the president goes, he is going to see a terrible circumstance facing the refugees that have been fling across from west star for they arrive in desperate need of everything they've been looted along the way by the militias. that a set of check points between l janina and audrey and the conditions at the border at that border post are dire. the dead are being buried in open fields just behind the police check post. and just a warning to our viewers that some of the images in our report they may find disturbing. they've survived the violence into that in chad. another
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struggle began. 8 organizations say they were not prepared for the humanitarian crisis to become this big this quickly. people who arrive 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 lighthouse and the boys scattered 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. the per family in chad is seeing her for the 1st time. they don't even know if she had any 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 someone told us that they have never seen it. this bad that they are incredibly
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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 good. it is just pure chaos. 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 cheerful died from week is because they had no food and they mothers didn't have the milk to feed them. that 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 to their country and the world have abandoned their situation. they say is hopeless saying bus route, the o g 0. audrey on the track, you down border an air strike on some guns capital har. tomb has killed at least 17 people including 5 children of police. 25 homes are reported to have been destroyed
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and the rate earlier the paramilitary rapids support forces said it's shot down. an army fighter jets. well, the number says any is or crossing into egypt has dropped sharply since cairo reversed a visa exemption for women. children and the elderly, more than 15000 people are stuck at the northern border. they say the egyptian consulate as slow to approve their visa applications, which is exacerbating their suffering to ahead and most of the reports on why the headphone near the pseudo on egypt border. the putnam has been 20 days stuck at the sudanese egyptian border after fleeing the fighting between the army and the rapids support forces in cartoon. she thought it would be easy for her under 6 children to cross the border into egypt. the new rules came as a surprise, and it was the area that i have there in the consulate, said that they would let mothers with only 3 of their children enter. this is
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a big problem. how can i go with only 3 of my children? what about the others and them and many other women are sleeping in one of the most and why the health, which has been turned into a temporary shelter. and how did the lab and how does we have been forced for my homes only to be mediated and frustrated? this is the live of through the news. now we're in a very difficult situation. i will drive, i have to enjoy this for 2 or 3 more days. the i have nothing but the sheet. how do i cook? we do i eat to drink? how can i take a shower? what should i do? just sit here? why are the egyptians doing this to us? i want to know why every day thousands of people gather in front of the egyptian consul, it hoping to get visas. a scene that reflects the magnitude of the tragedy. until
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recently, women and children and the elderly didn't need be just across the board or not anymore. many student needs say that despite meeting all the conditions, their applications are rejected. after a long day at the causal, it hot number turns with older papers hoping she'll have better luck next time. a highly amazon. it just came from the confidence without getting a visa label on that. the who now, oh you who get the a there are many aspects to the suffering here. then the temporary accommodation lacks basic facilities and the cost of renting a bed is out of reach for most you couldn't do for nasa my laptop, but i don't know. humanitarian agencies are operating in the area and people say they're running out of supply and was that an incentive? yeah. hope i had a lot of the thought amadi out to sierra and why, why do you help us to don solvers and western uganda or hunting rebel fighters who attack to school killing at least 41 people? many of them children. it happens in ponds way. if you kilometers on the board or
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with a democratic republic of congo, some of the victims died in a fire at the school dormitory. others were shot or hacked to death with machetes, your guns and police, bring the attack on the light democratic forces. on the table and you've got to do what the situation here is not good. the school was attacked in the middle of the night. the rebels 1st cook 22 children. they done through bombs and killed 17 others. they also killed 2 other people. so the total number of that is $41.00, we are here with the military and police are investigating and taking records. the area had been peaceful with no ribs of the tex to catherine. so i was following developments from the kenya and capital nairobi. security forces in weston, you've done that at this, the buddha area where this a top happened are pursuing the st. adf rebels. they fled
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into the eastern democratic republic of congo, into a very fast forest in that country. and we know, and we have been told that some of the students have been abducted to the are we, this rebels is a very sensitive operation to make sure that these children come back home safe. now what we also know is that some of the students was in that school was killed when the rebels between the tubs and a barn. when they were leaving the school i, those are the students was hacked to death using machetes and using um, access as well. we spoke to some of the survivors who say they tried to do, or they were trying to do whatever they can to save themselves. some of them i see
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on the bodies of the 4 legs are the feed on the, on the mattresses and on the beds as well. so they are very, very traumatised to this children. and you know, a lot of people who are in that area which has been very peaceful as they say, they are very, you know, afraid. and there's a lot of anxiety in that area. catching story. i'll just narrow, narrow the, the delegation of african leaders in russia to push for a settlement to the ukraine conflict. these are the like pictures from st. petersburg where they're meeting with the president vladimir putin. on friday, they held meetings with the ukranian president for loved him or zalinski that happened in chief of proofs and has told the visiting leaders that he's open to
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talks clicked through this. now it's a pretty bless you and your previous you did he go? we immediately accepted your proposal to hold negotiations of the ukraine issue. i know you have specific ideas and proposals together with the president of south africa. we discussed multiple occasions and i'm grateful to him for raising the easiest way. i'd like to stress once again the rope into constructive dialogue might cause all those who vote piece based on the principles of respect for each other's interest, as well as justice of seeming to be here to listen as ridiculous in yesterday to president savanski he outlined a number of issues to us and we did tell him that we would be meeting you where we would also listen to your perspective on this wall. and we want to listen with respect and also with the recognition of
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the views that you would put forwards to us on a hash and has more for moscow as many are skeptical. whether this initiative, why the opportunity does my 3 d, have a sound that in most going to separate those work right there, meeting with president clinton bought other people on arguing that with the big experienced economic indeed that is how from internal conflicts from regional conflicts. i'm trying to find ways out of civil wars on, across the border, conflicts that they might be able to come out with that kind of creative pulled out of the box solutions. now we've got a i b as these are kind of the plans and initiatives i thought of going to be on disable built boots in the same as they would put the city on the table. is it in scale of this crisis? this global crisis is multi layer of that sense. that's why that's, that's what,
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that's what makes it very, a complicated of the americans to europe. and the chinese ebony one is trying to have that on say on it's on. it's not, it doesn't seem to us to be, it's going to be solved as soon as we know that i forgot it says with being impacted by that can. yeah, and that's why it has a gen, a genuine, a reason to try to initiate on to present this initiative to the. busy the president of the ukraine on and rush up in order to find a way because the flip chart teachers are now freaked out right now is the strategic threats. and that's why today the presidents on the does of the african continent sought trying the best to use and leverage. they think they have, whether on the russian side, on the western side, in order to reach a solution. a saudi arabia's for a minister as an iran, on an official visit after years of tensions. he's been meeting with iran,
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foreign minister into, from saudi arabia, is reopening its embassy, 7 years after it was closed. the diplomatic fall follows a deal brokered by china. there was always be normal relations between the 2 countries because a very important to the region relations of based on mutual respect, sovereignty, independence, and interference and internal affairs respect the un charter within the international convention to resolutions. we will hope this reflect positively on both countries. and run once peace and stability in the region. we need solid economic and political ground in our region. we need to seize this child. so to make use of the opportunities to go on supporting the palestinian people. we had consultations and during the talks we said sorting out the palestinian problem is the top priority to our central bar. it has more from to her on. as these 2 countries are serious about resuming diplomatic relations and they want to move
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forward despite not having any relationship for the past 7 years, we heard from fi is open for hon. the saudi foreign minister. after his meeting with jose, and i'm here at the law here on the waiting for a minister in the capital here at the 2 men reiterating their stance from their countries that they are ready to move forward in the next chapter of relationship between iran and saudi arabia, of course, their relationship was severed as a result of a storming of the saudi embassy by number of demonstrators in 2016 after shia cleric was executed in saudi arabia. now, 7 years later, after number of attempts by the countries such as a rock and along the chinese managed to broker this deal, which saw the 2 sides coming back to the table and at deciding to put their differences aside from the political perspective in the capital this was seen as a positive step. it's seen as another win for the race, the government. and it's an important one because saudi arabia,
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known as the regional power as well, is seen as a could possibly be an important ally to iran. of course, they've had many differences over the past few decades, but enough to remember saudi rippey also has an important relationship with the west and specifically with the united states. and iran has no relationship with that country. so there is a bit of skepticism as well that we'll, we'll have to wait and see if saudi arabia and the government. and we have is able to maintain this balance between how big a relationship with iran and the united states as well. still a heads on al jazeera, the fear of famine and hate t, as talks to ends gang crime on the streets breakdown. food supplies are under increasing the, [000:00:00;00]
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the route to you by visit castle. hello, that will stop by looking at the satellite image of the south asia, and you can see the clumps of heavy cloud that show where the worst of the wet weather is going to be. over the next few days, we still got the remnants of that fi close reading, some very heavy rains. we move west and moving parts of india, we are expecting further flooding from that. the flood situation could watson in the north east as the monsoon rains continue to hold that over the next few days. and as more in the way of wet weather as we get into the new week across southern parts of india in particular, for tumble not doing that was we moved to east asia. it's a very wet situation for china now. it's good news for temperatures across the north. we have seen extreme heat in cities like beijing, as the weather, weather works is way further east. we will see temperatures come down here, but we're expecting some very heavy rain to effect shanghai in the new week. that rain eventually working its way to southern parts of japan,
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much quiet for the north of this across the korean peninsula, with temperatures continue to push up very high as that hot weather, which is across most eastern areas of china. if we have a look at the 3 day for soul, will be hitting a $34.00 degrees celsius that on monday, clear skies the calls do start to rolling on choose day ahead of some very heavy rain late to this week in the quote to you by visit cuts on in february 2023. a 149 carriage freight train traveling through east palestine, ohio. $38.00, cause the rate of 11 retiring costs of this material. one of them is the most toxic chemicals ever test in the united states. it was terrified, blanketing our communities full blinds, investigate safety practices within americas railroads, industry, time is money. and money is everything. the room on the jersey to
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the the top stories on ultra 0. this our vs could be any conflict in the west or for region of saddam and his horse. thousands of people from their homes. they've been crossing into charge more than a 1000 to have been killed in just 2 months. soldiers and western uganda or hunting ruffles, who attacked a school killing at least 41 people. many of them children, somewhere shot or hacked to death in a town near the borders of the democratic republic of congo. others died in a fire in the school dormitory. saudi arabia, as for ministers in iran, on an official visit after years of tensions. he's been meeting a runs for
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a minister intent on saudi arabia. as reopening its embassy, 7 years after it was closed. america's top diplomat is on his way to china for a long delayed visits and cindy, blinking and postpone his trip earlier this year, after a suspect, the chinese 5 balloon flew over the united states. tensions over taiwan trades between the world's top 2 economies under war and ukraine are some of the hot topics up for discussion. all in fisher reports in washington dc. they won't be putting the balloons out for secretary of state and to be blinking when he touches down in patient 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 spied balloon flew over the us and was eventually short done. intense competition requires sustain diplomacy to ensure the competition does not fear the confrontation or conflict. and again,
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that is what the world expects about the united states in china. this trip is aimed stabilizing relations between the world's 2 biggest economies and strategic drivers . in recent weeks to us is claimed the chinese jet before the aggressive maneuvers need a spike plane in international airspace. and that coming after chinese worship 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 trades ty, one human rights on what china regards as us efforts to hold back and say we conduct to the industry. you know, there are, there are limits to us influence and, and leverage certainly when it comes to it's, it's rivals and the competitors like like china that indeed um, you know,
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even if the u. s. is hoping for a certain outcome, amazing is going to be impelled by its own interest, which of course, are often times at odds with those of the united states to bite. and that plays the g at the g 20 in indonesia last year. their 1st face to face, in spite and one the white toys since then. china has said us must stop interfering, and china is internal affairs and still palming it's silver into 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. i was for sure, i'll just say that at the white house, the philippines is looking to build up. it's military reserve says tension escalate in the south. china sea is proposing college students under go mandatory training. critics say a similar program more than 20 years ago,
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ended and fatalities. barnaby low reports from manila to meet that you are lost. her son, mark wilson, when he was 19 years old in february 20 o one. he exposed bribery, corruption and extortion in his university's training program for military reserve officers, and the only weeks later he was murdered. the gruesome images are still vivid in many does memories. english fish up from the past because he blew up in carpet pocket rubbing packaging c. a year after mark's death mandatory military training for male college students under the reserve officers training corps, or our otc program, with scrapped public service, but no president for dean and marcus junior and his allies in congress wanted back this time. it will be for all college students, male and female in itself,
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only enough that to be uh, modernized, are for assess. we also need to make sure that we have enough boots on the ground. it's always been that that additional and that the source for every service is from the r o. d. c. in the face of china is increasing assertiveness. philippine military has been beeping up as defenses foraging closer ties with the united states and other allies. but some new leaders want no part of it. more than 20 years ago. male college students in the philippines march and carried out quite full drills on open fields like this. there's strong support for the return of mandatory military training and campuses. but the critics question is valued then, and now during the final campaign event for the election of student leaders at the university of the philippines. all candidates were against it. this, despite the assurance of politicians that the rotc bill has safeguards against abuses these uh public officials then ignore uh,
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valid criticisms on mandatory r o, p c pro guy. that's why we can stress. so she gave us the board even though the say that would create that to reduce or eliminate the abuses. i believe this is mark loved being in the rotc program. and she understands the need for the country to be able to respond more adequately to disasters or an attack. but she wants all the perpetrators of her sons murder, to be brought to justice and for others in the country to learn for what happened to him. only then she says she and her family and others affected by his death move on. wind to below al jazeera manila, a security forces, a fire tear gas a protest, or is in india as northeastern states of money. poor rival ethnic groups have been in conflict in the state for more than a month. a junior minister is housed in money for was set on fire by a mob on friday. tensions between the cookie and mitel communities escalated last
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month. after a judge recommended special status for the my tase, more than a 100 people have been killed in the bylaws, the food is becoming increasingly hard to find for many in haiti, the world food program says half the population face. acute shortage is as armed gangs tightened their grip on the streets talks and that ends in the long run in crisis have failed. once again, john home and reports that had been moved civilians killed in hates even ukraine. in the 1st months of 2012 to $3.00, according to the united nations well food program. how for gains of battling over much police in the streets of the cap to pull the prints in the middle, the population, expand it, but as our lives in city slay. then at the center of the violence, a step probably shot dead on her doorstep. now she's worried about her doing so,
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so it would then look at all the peanut tolls that might do and my ceiling. i ask for help, so my daughters can go to the school. i don't want them to be at the streets exposed to the criminals. they are goes sexual violence is royce, in height. the gangs use right to count and controlled the population in the domains. and the group is only tightening the united nations estimates the 80 percent the cap to is run by criminal groups. it's affecting access to food possible haitians now face a cute food in security. moving in somalia, and they've done this done since the well food program 5 minutes so is arrived and city. so the right on the type indicates that this child is severely malnourished. i would say that people have been starved in quarter prints. it's definitely been the case here that the arm groups have been isolating parts of puerto prince. they've been using speech tactics, and that's entirely unacceptable. in rural areas, what's going on is that these guys are fighting for farm land and they're fighting,
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fighting for the food sources. that includes heights these bread, both people need affecting the food supply even more. the merchant done the a p. s. was kidnapped on her way to market will put on apple a me the my mom one and they told us they were going to kill us. they didn't give us food was if the days and they blindfolded us it was so tight that it has a rise. the money that i board is now worrying me. a lot of people who lend me money asked me now to pay them back. they took a loan at the bank for me. now i stay at home. i didn't know what to do. recently, heavy rains of also struck how you to tending thousands out the homes are fresh blow to a country already suffering. don't home and i'll just say to one of the world's best known whistleblowers who has died at the age of 92 daniel ellsberg release, the pentagon papers, which revealed how us administrations repeatedly lied about the vietnam war. michael,
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apple looks back at his life. that's what the 1st amendment is about. he was famously described as the most dangerous man in america for the knowledge, the military analysts possessed. who then said some of washington's best secrets with the rest of the world. daniel ellsberg exposed how full of successive us presidents lied about whitehouse policy and vietnam. ellsberg worked on the now infamous pentagon papers secretly, so to copying 7000 pages, which he then gave to the new york times in 1971. in doing so, he became public enemy number one to so that even former us president richard nixon painted the targets on ells bigs back with making national heroes out of those who steal secrets and publish them. in the newspapers
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. in january, 1973, ellsberg was charged with safety and conspiracy under the espionage act of 1917. but in the landmark routing, the us supreme court dismissed ellsberg case and upheld the rights of the media to publish the documents. but the persecution of whistle blowers had begun. i identify very strongly with edward snowden and with chelsea manning when chelsea manning said to her informant, she was ready to go to prison for life or even be executed. quote, to get out this information. i thought i haven't heard anyone else say that for 40 years. that's why i felt like 19691971. in the late 19 fifties, ellsberg was the brains behind america's top secret operational plan for all loud nuclear war with china and the soviet union. he held onto those classified

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