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the conductors are essential to the muslim loans. 101 east investigates how a shortage of supply is feeling. a battle between china and the us to control the industry. the global war and pacific and chips out just era. the firefighters discover bodies of 18 people believe to be migrates in greece. for large wildfires have been raging for days. the hello, i'm kimberly helped get this out to 0 live from also coming up. forest fires in northwest center, k force, the suspension of maritime traffic through a vital ship,
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a roof between europe and asia, and the head of the russian. wagner mercenary group posts a social media video saying he's in molly's capital and japan's decision to release traded radioactive water from fukushima, nuclear plants, anchors china hurting businesses their this area in downtown virginia is known as little tokyo and it's full of restaurants that serve sushi and other japanese cuisine we visited many of them and they told us that the business has been badly affected by china is restrictions on japanese say the from greece to turkey. a from hawaii to canada. dangerous wild fires are sweeping across parts of 3 continents. right now, families as have been of router from their homes,
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entire towns and villages had been burned to the ground. in northern res firefighter say they found 18 charred bodies of people believe to be migrants. wildfires there have been raging for days. john's raffle, as begins, are coverage for the port town close to the greek tr k border. the hills above, alexander police, a refund of heat, and smoke and flame firefighters. stand toe to toe with a blaze baffling to push back in front of the. despite the crews extraordinary bravery, the fires of being fans by gale force winds, there's little that can be done to stop them around the house up the way. the foss dalton has completely burned down. there is nothing left. now the father is moving downwards towards the rest of the village for sale more if we could have another fire, only fire. that's what we could see. the wind was so strong and no one could do
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anything. no one. it's here. that size is found 18 buddies on tuesday as shop and shocking increase in the desktop from these wild fires. this region is close to the border with tucker, and it's hard to say the victims may have been migraines trying to reach your the blue lights event, the lenses snakes, the way through the safety and convoy as the glue. the advancing wildfire group prices and closer to the suburbs at the cities, 2 hospitals. the time for hesitation was passed from one to 100 patients. many of them elderly and frail, had to be evacuated to safety. every available vehicle was pressed into action, even removal, buttons and laundry trucks. they would take them to the cities port, where a passenger ferry has been hastily converted into the closing cost of the passenger lounge. now re purpose does a clinic. patients placed on mattresses on the floor. this one is tending
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intravenous trips and oxygen line because you're stuck with one yet. i really haven't ever experienced this before and i've been working for 27 years. it's like well, conditions stretches scott that everywhere patients here, patients that reinforcements are on their way 565 fighters have already arrived from romania and molto snow and the equipment are on their way from the czech republic, croatia, germany, and sweden patches. welcome hughes thought for those who have died here, and full villages have been displaced from their homes. it is already too late. a terrible twilight has enveloped the whole area. the smoke has tons, the midday sun, black, the glow of flames brings destruction and steph jumpstart. awful us out just their electronics will produce. it's now across the border, enter key of forest fire is raging in the northwestern province of tanaka. authorities had temporarily close the darn denials,
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water waist in the strait waterway that is so firefighting. helicopters can scoop up sea water to fight the blaze. the key shipping route connects the ag into the black sea. now local emergency services, say 3 villages have been evacuated, and traffic on a major highway has also been halted from is symbol sent them. coastal has been monitoring the developments, the authorities have been doing their best to fight the fire and chuckle, a proven substitute here. the darkness freight is now open to one way maureen traffic from north to south. it is very important that there is no interruption in the trade that connects the black sea into the agent and the mediterranean. that's why the position of the garden of strength is very strategic and very important not, not only about trade, but also historically the locals in the area are going through a very tough knowledge because the wind that has expended the fire throughout the
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day still continues to spite a slow down, according to the authorities, the wind blow 7 kilometers per hour and around. 15 kilometers of area has been effective by the fire and some of the villages that have been over the evacuated. who wants to say, i know the name of the houses are burning, and some people say that they can not even breathe in. the tip has the district of color, which is adjacent to the city center. a campus of the state university has been evacuated and the state hospital is ready to be evacuated. this is a tough night for everyone else there, as the wind still continues to blow when it makes it difficult to contain the fire scene after solar l. just the risk stumble mean time in spain's canary islands firefighters. are battling a large wildfire on the tourist island of henry. the winds have slowed down and that's kept the flames from spreading further and destroying homes. the canary islands, biggest ever wildfire started about
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a week ago. some 12000 people have been forced to leave their homes and moving over to canada. so mcdougal creek fire continues to threaten more homes in the province of british columbia. mor this 30000 residents there are under evacuation orders in west colona and then moving northward to the northwest territories. 20000 people there have been forced to leave their homes and in the capital, the yellow nice fire is continuing to burn out of control. the government has ordered residents in both areas to stop any non essential visits. now, the communities and government officials are pulling together to help people in need. alda 0 is rob reynolds reports now for west colona. were in west cologne, a british columbia, where people who have been evacuated from a mass of wildfire are gathering to register for assistance and housing aid. there also a lot of volunteer agencies here handing out the subsidies and food and the people
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that we've been talking to have told us that many of them are unsure whether their houses are actually still intact or not. as you can see, there are a lot of people here. some of them have brought their, their pets, they rescued from their homes. many people are here with families and children, babies, even. so what's happening here is that people are getting registered. they're being uh, set up for, for aid, a summer being set up for places to stay. a lot of people are staying with family or friends. some of them are sleeping in their cars. so it's a variety of things. but the over and over what we hear is the sense of uncertainty and also the sense of shock that very, very suddenly and without a lot of warning people's lives were suddenly up ended with
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a pounding on the door from the royal canadian mounted police saying it's time to pack your stuff, it's time to get out of it. people are also expressing a lot of gratitude for the quick response by authorities here which they say was very efficient and gave them sufficient warning to move out and save their lives so far. we know of no casualties here, but that remains to be seen will be getting updates on the situation as the days go along. i'm rob reynolds, elders here in west colona, british columbia. the, the hi authorities say former prime minister tax interested in what has been moved to a hospital on the 1st night of his detention. he was jailed shortly after he returned
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to thailand following 15 years of self imposed exile. now all of this happened on the day, his party returned to power by joining rags with its former military rivals. the leader has been endorsed by the king as talons new prime minister. alger 0 is tony chain joins us live from bangkok to tell us about more about these developments. tony, what do we know about why the former prime minister was moved from the prison to the hospital? what's happening there like coding to a statement from the corrections department, just before midnight on tuesday night, mr. tanks and was reported to be unable to sleep at high blood pressure, low oxygen levels, difficulty breathing. the decision was made that they didn't have the right facilities in the prison to treat them if they were further complications. so they've moved him to the police hospital launch hospital in central bank co. uh
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that happens at about 20 past midnight on wednesday morning. we haven't had any further updates this morning, but it was made very clear at a press conference yesterday when mr. tanks and was admitted to the prison in the press conference by the corrections department. he did have 5 serious preexisting conditions that they were a monitoring. very catholic. they said they weren't going to be putting him into a cell, but would keep him in the, in the private hospital, in the section of the prison that clearly they were monitoring him completely made . they made this decision in the middle of the night last night. we haven't had any further updates about mr. texan's condition. his, his history of health in the past is generally thought of being pretty good, but as a 74 year old man who saw an awful lot of drama yesterday, after he arrived, was arrested, said this, the verdict of his sentences was written. he was transported to prison is not surprising. perhaps the excitement may have got to him. so is there
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a skepticism about this sort of report of the health conditions and also by the public and also what has the public reaction been to the new government? i think there's a, have a missed a tax, it is a very divisive figure that there is an awful lot of a comment on both sides. the some people with his opposes just joyously happy that he's written we so many of them come out in person to the apple to welcome him back yesterday on the other side on social media, full of skeptical comments about whether this is just the beginning of his return back to normal society a to many people noticing that he didn't even manage to so one night and the selves . i think there was an awful lot of speculations, very hard to know what deals might have been done, but perhaps so said no co incidence, that he returned on the same day that his party came into power. that has been
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rather of a shadow by mister texans, written that missed the settled, we send, the new prime minister, gave a short statement yesterday off to being elected in parliament. he said he was ready to serve the time people that he took it as is his full most duty to uplift the lives of ordinary ties. then they who would do everything to his best ability. he hasn't formerly been recognized yet. that's going to happen at 6 pm this evening when a document has sent over from the palace, the tool in effect, to a he is now in the job. he is to a certain extent and on tried to put property. we don't really know what kind of a man he is other than his business records. he and he came into politics a year ago, but he's certainly going to be in a hot seat now with all lies on that position as time prime minister. so really interesting turn of developments. thank you so much. tony chang reporting there for us from bangkok are all right to the african union has suspended new
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share from all activities and is urging all countries to refrain from giving any legitimacy to its qu, leaders. it's been nearly a month since the military deposed democratically elected president mohammed wazoo . v a. u is also warning against any interference in african security affairs by any outside hers, including mercenaries and private military companies. now the head of russia's wagner mercenary group has appeared in molly's capital bonnet. so you have new for ghost and has posted a video online saying the presence of his group on the card today. it will make africa more free. it's his 1st public address since he led a failed rebellion against russian military leaders in june. but goes and also said he's recruiting fighters. well, nicholas hawk has more from the incentive go. a pretty good unit appeared on a video in military fatigue carrying a gun video that seems to have been filmed in neighboring molly to russian and to
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now aircraft landed late on monday night carrying weapons fighters from the russian . dr. group and its chief pre good jean who was addressing both new recruits, trying to get people to join the bag group where it's trying to expand its operation in africa. but also addressing african think he is now forget to free africans from attack and violence from the arm groups linked to al qaeda. and i saw in multi where the group is active. and the volume that you're doing to has asked the un peacekeeping force there to withdraw. stepping in, are the russians and the muggy and forces. now, the arcada affiliate, tremendous side, obviously, what was the mean and has asked it's fight or is on social media to be prepared for confrontation and fighting against the mounting forces and the russian. wagner groups specifically along the mog in these year border new here. that was a cool,
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that's where there's been a lot of instability and the back in a group has offered to step in. but in these year is also an american drone base and french soldiers. and so it appears that along the mulligan year border is in you for the front lines where both russians and the west are step in trying to exert influence in the heart of africa. nicholas hawk algebra. the car of more, mussa condo is the executive director of the institute, and he says that african leaders don't realize the dangers posed by the wagner mercenaries. a lot of people, including the african leaders and not see the danger of dealing with this. uh, mr. larry groups and also this uh, i would have groups paid by money or what, any other uh, entries besides the government is and also the development part of the democracy
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because they, they, the business, the deal with not be big. they the direction they expect. as we've seen how things are changing daily basis, who wouldn't be there to, to really support them because this is not government. we can uh think accountable for these are individual come together with a lot of means to buy with things to be paid and get high level trained as a box by the critically so we can definitely say if it's good, okay, criminal back them up. if he's not good pulling back them up, they would just be like a, any kind of alternated group who would not be accountable for what it would be doing in terms of human rights abuse. in terms of any other kind of abuse of power of fall addiction and even developing the whole countries. so for now is very important to us. one thing is to say, we don't want to kind of inform him of problems in the, in the interior measures of the countries, but also is not tony rations are to mention that improves which would solve the
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problem. the problem and the solution should come from our self on our way to design our own solution for our own problems. all right, it's time for a short break, but still ahead on algae 0. the countdown begins prison. bob with general election pulls are open in the coming hours and a 12 hour ordeal ends for 8 people and pockets drawn rescued from a broken table car hanging 300 meters above the ground. stay with us. the 1st things 1st. it's a socket forecast for chillies capital santiago, some forecast models are hinting about half a years worth of rain over 48 hours. storms locked into the southeast of brazil and
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we've got a hot wind blowing through a song. see on your temperature up to 37, that is well above average, but then wind shift out of the south. and so we're down to $24.00 by friday, top end of south america. it is actually fairly quiet here because most of the energy is being drawn up through the caribbean, where we've got tropical storm franklin, looking to make landfall just west of dominican republic capital santo domingo. so for both dominican republic and haiti, this is going to be bad. we could see, but a months worth of rain in under 24 hours. a tropical depression rolled through the south west coast of texas and to mexico. we can trace out that rain right there. and for the us desert, southwest things have turned much quieter after tropical storm hillary road through here did inject a lot of moisture into the atmosphere for the pacific northwest. that was weather also in canada. that should help with a wildfire burning in west colona, british columbia, providence meantime, for the storms in the midwest through to the great lakes. gotta tell you some of
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the, the back, your watching out, the 0 reminder of our top stores at this, our firefighters in greece have found the bodies of 18, suspected migrants in an area hit by a major wildfire. the flyers are being found by strong winds. tire authorities, a former prime minister tax interested in watch, has been moved to a hospital on the 1st night of his detention. he was jailed shortly after he returned to tile, and following 15 years self imposed exile, the head of russia's wagner mercenary group has appeared in molly's capital, bama co given you for goes and posted on video on saying the press online rather saying the presence of his group on the caution, it will make africa more free. it's his 1st public address since he led
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a failed rebellion against russian military leaders in june. a. as in bob, we have to go to the polls in the coming hours and then election. many help could turn around the country's economy, but opposition parties are raising concerns. the vote could be skewed in favor of the governing party, who were latasha reports from herrera, the president. emma said minutes as i want a 2nd attempt to strategy to stay in office is upgrading cimbawe always roads and bridges, hoping it will create jobs and convince voters to keep him in office his main rival, nelson and tell me some hope suspicions about corruption, high inflation and unemployment will encourage people to choose him. he says, if lifted, you will, men's ties would waste in countries that imposed economic, such as honest and bubbly for human rights violations. move he believes to turn
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around. to bobby's elections are often controversial. this one is no different one presidential candidates put out of the race, quoting it to us. we as the witnessing must disenfranchisement disqualification of appointments by the fit into the selective application of their role by the election management board and by the cost overall. the citizens coalition for change, party, known as triple c, is still participating, but party officials say being the main opposition isn't easy, obviously, with that has come a lot of oppression, and the state has hips back by banding already. sp seen an upsurge of political violence including the mid to of one of our members b team and the rest of our campaign is the government exam if he is talking denies allegations of both to intimidation and answer electro processes. i said this would be a, here's the,
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what is the p if it was the see me know to be the in the it, it, it was if they did agree just a sold was but we added to commission from the people. see your position. it's wrong if it is possible on the part of the triple c. bobby is off to why the divide voltage that's usually straightforward here is what happens often. if the result is defeated. 5 years ago position support is protested over what they flawed with delays and announcing election results. the police said they were overwhelmed by the crowds. the army was deployed, some people were shot and killed. no one was able to risk. it's not easy living in the country with one of the highest inflation rates in the world vote is hopeful ever becomes president turns things round quickly. how did with us. i'll just had a brazil, russia, india, china, and south africa,
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a collection of major economy seeking to present bricks as a couch. her way to the west. in a 3 day economic summit in johannesburg, the ukraine war, russia is growing isolation and global economic terminal dominated the tox rushes positive latimer food and dress the gathering in a prerecorded speech railing against western sanctions. gloves, we said to him, nobody's a book we co operate on the principles of equality partnership support, respect for each other's interest. and this is the essence of the future oriented strategic course of our association. and of course, that meets the aspirations of the main part of the world community, the so called global and majority leaching, changing money, we have good democratic and defenders through great talk cheap and sacrifice. and do have continued to explore a path of development that is aligned with our own national conditions. all that we have done as
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a final analysis is to enable our people to lead the prosperous life. however, some countries i'm willing to use up to the shipment of position have arbitrarily blocks and suppressed emerging market countries and developing countries. curbing cool, that's what he's developing well and trooping up whoever is catching up. seek will to japan now where the prime minister says that treated radioactive water will be released into the pacific ocean starting thursday. china is responded by widening restrictions on sea food imports from japan, and that is hurting businesses as katrina. you reports from badging a sushi chef because a yuki teneo guy used to purchase this fish from southern japan. these days he's forced to bite from southern china. authorities here have been sea food from 10 japanese regents and old japanese import are experiencing long delays. a custom to move has hurt business. i don't know what's well set up on one hand. it's no longer
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possible to import ingredients from japan. and on the other hand, on some customers are very that the discharge of contaminated water will affect food safety. the staging is protesting against japan's plan to release more than a 1000000 tons of treated radioactive water from its damage for cushion the nuclear plant into the pacific ocean view. and nuclear watchdog has approved the plan. but chinese officials say the long term risks are unknown, filled out that depends what you're about. china, it does depend to heat, legitimate concerns of international community and his own city. but i do hope these plans for discharging the nuclear contaminated water into sea. chinese take media have highlighted demonstrations against the plan in japan, south korea, and the pacific islands. this area in downtown virginia is known as little tokyo and it's full of restaurants that serve sushi and other japanese cuisine. we visited many of them and they all told us that business has been badly affected by
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china's restrictions on japanese say food. it's res, tensions of tokyo. so china remains the largest importer of japanese, the food, a new one. so i was looking on going to the safety of japanese sea food products have been scientific. we verified the government's request that the chinese side remove its restrictions is a key cushion. motor release plan has divided the scientific community summer, calling for more research. several countries, including china and the united states, also released nuclear waste border it to the see. we can continue to treat our ocean as badly as we are today, by using it as a dumping ground for everything that we don't want in our backyard. and expect the ocean to be able to protect lives for generations to come. because he says he's taking things day by day. his restaurants survive depend demik is helpful to survive. the storm of the cushion, the water release plan to katrina, you out a 0 and pockets on 6 children, 2 adults trapped in
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a cable cart dangling 300 meters above the ground in northern pockets, done. they've been rescued. some of the children were air lifted to safety before or darkness fell. others were later rescued in a ground operation. alba 0 as michael apple reports, taking a leap at nearly 300 meters above the ground. this child and 7 others spent always dangling between 2 mountains in a damage. cable call talk is done. special forces eventually lifting some of those stranded in the current hanging by only one cable to safety. but it was an operation complicated by strong winds in the valley, with the forces generated by the roots of blades of a helicopter. posing a danger to the unstable cott a stranded train to your old, using what little battery he had on his cell phone made an appeal to a local media channel as they hung in the air, where the hot green,
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i don't know how to make this request but it's a motto of human lives here. utilities issued rescue all of us as soon as possible is a ticket. it was the darkness fell. engineers were called in to assist in the rescue operations from the ground. right now we are installing another key move. so that to, to another main shift trone, we can make an access to the ones who are already tracked there and get them up. well, sorry seas explain. they initially had contact with one of the stranded people who has since been rescued. one of the guys in the, in, in the throne he has bought a phone, but as white as by now, what can i understand is that his battery has run out and uh, the communication is no more with the guy who was inside the trolley before this despite the challenging terrain,
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