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the doors are voting in a snap pole following president, he had more levels of extraordinary cold for early elections, individual avoid impeachment proceedings. presidential candidates are following to save the country from on precedence and crime and violence. what can they do? the job ecuador elections on out to 0, the at least 65 people are killed in northern india as land slides ravaged to mountain states. it's the 2nd spell, a flooding there in a month. the hello, i'm kimberly healthcare. this is als is 0 life and also coming up donald trump has 10 days to surrender in the us state of georgia. after being charge was conspiring
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to overturn his 2020 us selection to feed. he calls it a which on north korea claims, an american soldier who crossed into its territory wants to escape miss treatments and racial discrimination and an economic downturn for china. as growth falters and beijing stops publishing use unemployment numbers the at least 65 people have been killed and land slides and floods in northern india. rescue work is underway, but meteorologist one more heavy rain is on the way roads caved in. power and the railway network had been disrupted in the mountain state of him and shall per dash, already suffered widespread damage from floods last month. barbara and goes to
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reports. the, this is the movement hillside, homes and shimla, find a way to in the land slide. rescuer. cars in the indian hamilton town have pulled at least 15 bodies from the mount friends and family, a waiting, anxiously. securing efforts to find that these 12 people under the rubble going to be able to get a the theme has been working since monday and found bodies yesterday. and today, the hopefully that that attends the finding will people let a be on to clear down to families 2 of my colleagues and that families are missing to bodies have been recovered. but we still have hope that go to perform a miracle, and they'll all be safely rescued. beau you by is at least 6 worship as what kills at this temple. when it collapsed, doing the land side, the death toll is expected to rise. the quote, if you allow me to ship them,
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bring them to go in the ship temple and ship loved the rescue operations in full swing, we're hopeful that we will remove the debris from the temple completely today if the weather works with us. but the chances of finding anyone alive are very slim and record bridges have collapsed and writes have been washed away. thousands of people stranded without power of communication networks that disrupted a lots has been issued for the hardest hit him. a child publish an atara con states where more rain is full cost until friday. the air is experience widespread months in rain damage last month. i'm recorded above normal, rain full since june, barbara, and go out to sarah to the united states for a former us president. donald trump has 10 days to surrender to authorities in the us state of georgia and asked her to the 4th set of indictments against him. se
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prosecutors of charge trump and 18 of his age with racketeering election fraud and trying to influence witnesses? well, the felton county district attorney who announced the charge of says trump, as well as aids, have also tampered with election computers. the indictments also say trump is a fabricated claims that out of state residents had been allowed to vote. they site trump asking georgia secretary state defiance of 12000 votes. he needed to win the race. but i'll just or as algebra as john henry has more from atlanta on just exactly how donald trump's been responding to the latest indictment against him. donald trump is doubling down after the 4th indictment here in the state of georgia . the former president says that he will show. busy irrefutably on monday, at his resort in betterments through that there was fraud in the georgia election. that is this point, the fact that for 3 years,
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he and his partisans have been unable to prove that back in that his efforts to make that case have led to as indictment in what is alleged here in atlanta. to have been a conspiracy by at least 19 people, including trump, to overturn the georgia election. rudolph giuliani was also a co defendant to call being diamond in a front to democracy. but the republican governor of georgia has said that is not the case at the election was legally decided that trump has been falsely making claims in brian camp says the state of georgia will continue to have on his selections as long as he is governor. but this points out president trump strategy he seems to be suggesting of what he will say is he wasn't orchestrating and legal scheme. he believed the election was wrongly decided and that he was simply, honestly speaking out about it, that's going to be a challenging court because a number of lawyers inside and outside the white house told him that was not the
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case to be wash the election. and that he didn't have a case to make, and he's accused of a number of things beyond just making false statements. he's accused of signing false documents. he's accused of orchestrating a campaign where a slate of false electors. these are people who are elected by the voters. and then choose the president. he was accused of trying to substitute false electors in order to overturn the vote in the state of georgia. so it will be a difficult case, but trump seems to be saying, hey, i was sincere all. john henry and al jazeera atlanta of the united nation says an armed multinational force should be sent to hazy, to restore law and order secretary general antonio gutierrez has urged the security council to quote ack. now, he says, the situation isn't right to just only have peace keeping gang violence of spirals since the assassination of the president in 2021 while deserves christmas salumi
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has more from the united nations. the secretary general has been calling for the creation of a non un police force to help get gang violence under control and haiti since last october. in this latest report, seen biologist era, he lays out what steps are necessary to make that happen. first and foremost, he wants the support of the security council welcoming this international force, which he says must have military capabilities and the ability to take robust action . second, the un would need to provide some form of logistical support to this international police force that could come either. he says through expanding the political mission in haiti, they are now or by creating a new one. this with help with everything from or could help with everything from providing food or medical services to the troops there. but given how serious the
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situation is and haiti with gags now controlling most of the capital, according to the un, i asked the secretary general spokesperson, how long it will take to get this force up and running. how long it takes is up to those to those members, states who, who are willing to step forward, who have the capacity to step forward. and we know a number of them have expressed a have expressed interest to participated to support. we hope those are those efforts move as quickly as possible. in the meantime, we know very well with the, the horrendous security situation is on the ground in haiti, and the horrendous humanitarian situation. as well as a result that keeps getting worse as a result of the deteriorating security situation. kenya has offered to leave this mission and send 1000 police officers to haiti. they're expected to send a delegation of the near future to the country to work out the details of that
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jamaica. and the bahamas have also pledged their support. key support or from other caribbean nations for haiti. all of this is expected to be discussed by the security council before the end of the month with a possible resolution to start setting things in motion. christine salumi, algebra the united nations are fighting between rival militias in libya's capital that's killed. 27 people has finally ended. after one size released a military commander, it had detained manhood. hamza is the commander of the army group known as the 400 and 44th brigade. now, both faction supported the interim government of national unity that was based in triple a, opposing sides of battles for control of the country. so it's more like a that feet was removed from power and killed 12 years ago. a north korean state media reports that an american soldier who cross the border from
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the south last month has admitted to illegal intrusion. us army, private, travis king, ran into the north, full on a civilian tour of the demilitarized border. i'll just here as robert pride is following the developments for us from sol and rob, talk to us a little bit about what the north is saying about all of this of the. yeah, these are the 1st full, a detailed statements we've had from the notes about, travis king's reasoning for apparently at crossing from the south, quoting him is saying that he was escaping apparently the in cuban mouth treatments and racial discrimination of the u. s. army, as an all says, confirmed with this statement that it is now concluded its investigation into the case that happens nearly a month ago when king was on a guided tour of the time and john fruits village that sits right on the line between north and south when he broke away suddenly across into the north of north
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confirming that yes, he entered the north illegally. and also quoting king of saying that he intends to either remain in north korea or in the country. saying that he was disillusioned with for the apparently called the on equal american society. and rob wondered about his treatment. do we know much about that? are there any concerns about his treatments or were hearing anything or yeah, i mean that there was always a question mark over how such rec cases of this i'll handle defined or career. is betty, rather you have us personnel crossing into the know nobody we expect defections to happen in the opposite direction. the. busy defections from the north into the south, but over the decades that have been a handful around 5 or 6 us a serving person now who have crossed into the know i often for reasons that having common some sort of trouble. as in king's case, either personal law facing disciplinary actions in the military. but
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to say, according to the north of the what they all have in common is that these individuals have been escaping what it calls the hellish capitalist ways of the west. that has been mixed reports about how well that treated some talking about force. we education beatings. other reports saying that some of the individuals are treated quite well given that the ip status. according to the us pentagon, they are only able to say that they call and verify these lights is that supported statements from ping, but they are trying all a different ways to focus very much on his a safe. we tough working old different channels to try to achieve that. all right, rob mcbride, following the list of elements on that us army, private travis king. thank you so much for that. rob. okay, turning to china now we're economic problems are deepening with new data falling short of expectations and increasing number of real estate developers are grappling
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with high dads with worsening crisis in the once booming property sector. katrina, you reports for us now from aging. during the height of the pen demik. this factory exploded a record number of bicycles to the united states, but because of inflation into us and biological trade, tensions sales are at reco motors. i have joined the business spell that for 20 years and many of my customer, i, univision, on that 3040 years that have never experience the market aspect. so they reduce foreign demand for chinese goods is just one of the challenges facing the economy. disappointing does have for july points to filtering growth. industrial output grew 3.7 percent from the earlier compared to 4.4 percent. jude retail sales rose by 2.5 percent. the slowest growth since last december. despite the peak summit travel season,
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we are entering this economic downturn in that house already longer than most of people had anticipated. and, and the main risk now in china is that it might be locked into this confidence trust. real estate sales have slumped like a point 5 percent compared to 2020 to the crisis and the sector is deepening. high profile, develop a country, got in suspended, the trade a functional bonds on monday it shows have plunged to a record low. so the damaging investor confidence in the industry that was once a pillar of economic growth, the government in day 2 is down playing consent to the pharmacy. something companies are facing difficulties with desperate risk of being somewhat exposed, impacting marketing spec patients. however, it's important to recognize that these issues are temporary. a decision to stop publishing, youth, unemployment totals every month has sparked and online. the government says it
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needs to improve the way the data is measured. in june, the job is rate, the under 24 year olds hit a record high of 21 percent. if you close arise then it doesn't exist. read one comment, which was like over $5000.00 times whether you're not go to college, it's no very easy to find the job will be on this young lady who has sacked half of his employees. he says factories around him have done the same and as invested confidence time, the central bank has cut the key interest rate for the 2nd time in recent months. aging has also use restrictions on buying hopelessly and announce policies to increase, also and apply and sales. but many analysts say these government measures on does not to pull the economy of it's currents. katrina, you all to 0 staging will match a bit king is the economist for from the economist intelligence corporation network . and she explains why the world should be concerned about china is poor economic
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performance. there was a lot of optimism at the start of 2023, as china rebounded out of the 0 corporate policy and kind of recovered from the pandemic period. that recovery is sputtering and that has implications beyond china . supporters. we seem to now be in a moment where the kind of the questions that have been raised lately as to whether the chinese, the chinese government is delaying economics didn't, was because they somehow believe it's on the longer term after the economic reform agenda that we've seen from china is actually the case this delay in kind of taking stimulus actions to get growth on back on track in the year when getting growth that back on track is a priority for china has had many kind of market participants, investors, consumers concerns. and really what we're seeing is a crisis of confidence and in a sense of economic security, more than anything else, you don't need me to tell you that obviously 2022 really stopped on consumer and investor confidence in china. and this was the year that was supposed to recover
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and it seems not to be able to do so. even though these under term of longer term economic reforms that remain in priority and or intended to insure time is longer term competitiveness. seem to be a prioritized at the moment. i don't believe that that is at odds with undertaking short term stimulus measures and we're starting to see that a time for a short break still ahead on algebra 0 will tell you why us presidential biden's facing 1st criticism over his response to the wildfires in hawaii. and australia is grouped by world cup fever and has its woman's team faces. old tribals, england, semi final stay with us the the right former tyson land is no more as a tie for. and it's still
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a revolving storm in the open water. it'll take civil rain up to, for example, if that of all star or just the east. and it's legacy of funding goes to be there. but it's almost a 3 more learning, more shaft coming in, a huge. so in a good parts of japan, which is how the heat by for quite a while and that so she mentioned will not in type too much of the dryness. as a consequence of all the wet thing of that is showing itself in china's don't particularly hots here or there are in places it is, for example, the 35. but the rain is the size of the axis down towards hong kong and tie wrong because he's quite heavy, right? in the next day or 2. it's not for the sat some that there's a line more or less than the central philippines backs towards southern thailand which could be at these went just otherwise there's nothing to extraordinary going on here. it's gradually turning western blaze. you're an engine easier as the dry season. slowly drollest over to close. the mountains soon drains are concentrating once again in west main goal because dish. uh, for example,
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a bit further west much or a dish. so i was on the drive. it was and that's 2 will 7 park is down, there is heavy right in the door which could cause more flooding. but for the most part it's still dry. the big cooling drop chain and chris took car into disruptive technology join with me and introducing a bill to outlaw crypto currency all the way through a federal financial system with big country open source software. you can create or money without banks of elements award winning filmmaker toast and huffman looked at all sides of the complex crypto crypto. the queen looked james and the internet on ocean sarah the
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the welcome back. you're watching as a 0 reminder of our top story is at this hour. at least $65.00 people will think children last slide slides in northern india after days of heavy monsoon, rain hopes running out for worshippers. and after a mudslide buried a temple in the state of the shop presents for us president donald trump's been indicted for a 4th time. he has 10 days to surrender after the charges were filed against him in the us state of georgia. he is accused of trying to overturn the results of the 2020 us selection. north korea claims and american who crossed into his territory wanted to escape miss treatment and racial discrimination. they also say us army private travis king,
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is willing to seek refuge there for in the 3rd country. now to the wild fires in the us state of hawaii that raised an entire coastal town and killed at least a 101 people just one week ago we as president joe biden says he will travel to the island of maui as soon as he can fall in criticism, he still hasn't visited the scene. teams are still sifting through the rubble searching for human remains and what was once a popular tourism destination and home 213000 residents. within a 1000, people are still missing, and only 4 of the mains found have been identified. well, i'll do 0. she have her time. she has more from valley. the the expectation is the $10.00 to $0.20. if human remains to be discovered in the ashes of a hind over the coming days, the governor says he expects of death. so could double within the next 10 days. still, a major problem is identifying those human remains or appeals for the relatives. if
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there is missing to submit dna samples to help with that identification process, still to control busy, now we have more control. busy, not just about why there was more preparation for wildfires why the sirens didn't sound alive. electric is being sued for not having cut off the power and the power lines. even off to the poles have come down. we still don't have a definitive answer as to what initially ignited the 5 and above a speculation about the possibility of power lines down. power lines on dry vegetation and then on the national level, joe biden, coming out of the criticism for not having that seems to be more engage in the post as often the price as would have been more engaged. if this would happen on the mainland is one of the questions we've had. he was set to be quite dismissive over the weekend when he was at his beach room in delaware. when he said he simply had no comment about malley. donald trump is will becoming part of after the presidential campaign. we're in presidential campaign season. now donald trump
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issuing a presidential video so that you're saying that buttons response has been an adequate all of the irony is comparisons of being made to donald trump's reaction to heart and maria and put a rico in 2617. and he would seem to be very, very dismissive, also questions about political stage, about the $700.00 federal emergency a to each affective households. and why the trump republicans saying that this compassed to a $118000000000.00 to ukraine, and that for whatever reason it just proves once again, the joe biden is more beholden to ukraine than to americans. she ever time see out to 0, mary. the explosion in the dominican republic is killed at least 11 people rescue workers use dogs to try to find victims in a shopping area. near san cristobal, among the dead was a 4 month old baby. 59, others were injured. 11 people are still missing. investigators are trying to determine the cause of the blast. pairwise new presidents taken his oath of
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office with regional leaders and taiwan, vice president has attempted the inauguration, president santiago penya welcomed his guest promising that paraguay anti won, or not just allies, but brothers. her why is the only south american country and only one of 12 countries to have diplomatic relations with taiwan? president pena's election means that the long ruling colorado party will remain in power for 5 more years. or more than 20000 soldiers and hundreds of tags have taken part in the military freight and poland. to commemorate armed forces, day celebration comes as touching, grows near its eastern border, where rushes, wagner mercenary group, has set up face in belarus. osama binge of aid reports now from the capital. warsaw of the holdings ministry is flexing. it's are still in the law. just put it in
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decades this army days to mock a 103 years since winning the battle of warsaw against the soviets. and it's a significant display of how billions of being spent a new equipment since 2014 been russia antics crime in concert frontier. we're modernizing a armed forces to see a relocate over 4 percent of gdp on defense. we even dangerous times again, a full scale was taken place beyond or eastern border. a war that still has no end in sight. but not everyone is convinced. the opposition says the government to split the size of the military one year, such as some thoughts expose the critic. there are those who criticize this issues program. there are, those will not be remind us that we are getting into debt to buy more than equipment. when i hear these voices, i only say we cannot afford to be. i do today. it is, we say, even before the war and ukraine colon began bolts spring, its military, the close ties between russia and neighboring. but it, who was, have been a capitalist to purchase more conventional weapons. but we should at least from his
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office touch with tougher. my with will be that we saw we lived in times of small mobile armies, but it turns out that we live in an area of artillery in tank battles. poland does a much richer country compared to 1020 years ago. however, it's still not a rich country in terms of military investments. the cost of buying weapons is only $1.00 3rd of the operating costs over the entire period of maintaining of the equipment. and much of the further expansion, the foolish on me will depend on how the ward in ukraine progresses. and then there's fear of it spinning into poland is likely to be support for public investment in defense, especially as a fed us name. i have also, i think right now there's no single person who would not think about security, especially if you have a family. always call you, our army is now strong. i personally feel safe and if needed, i would take up arms and go more than a 100 years since the war with the former soviet union. a shadow of war still looms under pulling spell it. it was border and that is why it,
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the government continues to tell its people that it needs a strong power from army. some of them is already down to 0 or so. 3 bulgarians suspected of spying for russia has been arrested and charged in prison. they've been charged with possessing fake identity documents with what police are calling improper intention. the trio was among 5 people arrested in february under the u. k. 's official secrets act you case counter terrorism please, is leading the investigation. spain has reached the final of the women's world cup for the 1st time and its history beat sweden and dramatic some. i file in auckland, on tuesday. spain took the lead and the 81st minute thanks to 19 year old selma pear willow. but with a few minutes to go sweden equalize through rebecca blanca, with hover in the dying seconds over cam rone up her motor or rather score the
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winner for spain. and they go through to sundays final, where they'll play the winner of the match between co host england and australia. it was this class is just the latest installment in a bitter sporting rivalry between the 2 countries. alex thomas explains from sydney this was the reaction when paint the buying speaker winning penalty incense. today's confining suit out against brands, and it feels like australia hasn't stop celebrating since the nation is being switch. what i, matilda is media headed this cindy finally showdown with england. we love the support, the fullest airlines is showing and the level of football and getting to share what the world game is in australia. but we really all focused on, you know, the tools and you know, finishing the tournament in the same way that we've came, come into those tasks with growing, particularly in australia and promoting the country world wide. i've never seen
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anything like it. it is a watershed moment and it's really the 1st time that frustrating football. we have been front and center of the 9 stream agenda for the whole month. and that's something that is remarkable for the sport. and we're creating memories that today's children will remember decades to come. so there's no doubt this has been wonderful for unifying the community. great for getting a focus on the support. and so importantly, a focus on women's support as a form, a british colony, australia is wrong. i agree with england, goes back a long way. and a wall cup, semi final between the countries will be the full big sporting hayes, the head this year in july to ashes cricket series in england were drone with australia retaining both the men's and women's trophies as cover and hold is that only of this month in cape town, south africa, australia won the nipple, woke up between england and the final. now the 2 nations face off again with a place in the fif of women's world cup final at stake. i just think it's going to
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be really big, but now i've had a couple of questions about that. so it's probably going to be bigger than i am. imagine now. so i'll talk to my, to my players and stuff and see what that rock threes then the comment is the last email coach dealing with the chance of listing the woke up. and whatever happens this week, they will be a new name on the trophy. none of the remaining teams of one the tournament, this whole alex thomas out as they around sydney the to watching out 0. these are the top stores at this hour. at least 65 people can tell them land slides and flooding in northern india after days of heavy mountain rain. hopes running out for worshippers after a mudslide buried a temple in the state of who michelle pradesh. former us president donald trump has been indicted for
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