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dates for mexico's presidential election will be announced. will this be the 1st time in the country's history to women? go head to head for the top, jo. september on al jazeera, the thailand's property tied to such as how we shouldn't get the royal endorsement to become the country's new prime minister tony channing and live outside the bank. coax police hospital, former prime minister tax and shinall was being treated just a day off the big jail. on his return from ex though, the hello, i'm kimberly help if this is out 0. live from the house, also coming up, firefighters discover bodies of 18 people believes to be migrants. inquiries for
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large wildfire separate raging for days. japan's decision to released freighted radioactive water from the book, a shipment nuclear plants, eggers, china hurting businesses there. this area in downtown the aging is known as little tokyo and its 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's restrictions on japanese seafood, and scarred by war refugees from sudan say they are left on their own without un support. in libya, the thailand new prime minister lack has vowed to become a leader for the people after successfully securing position from parliament,
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such as always ends. victory ends a dead left caused by an election 100 days ago. and pains the way for a new coalition government to reason, had received the king's endorsement to become the 30th prime minister of thailand. a ty, authorities say for prime minister taxes should or what has been moved to a hospital on the 1st night of his attention. he was jailed shortly after he returned to town and following 15 years of self imposed exile. well, how does your story change joins us live outside the bank called prison hospital. tell us a little bit about the tax associated with the condition. we understand from a statement from the corrections department, just before midnight on tuesday, mr. texting was complaining. he couldn't sleep. he was being kept in the hospital wing of the prison because of conditions they previously identify things like high blood pressure problem with his spine. apparently continued long problems due to
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loan code, but they say the decision was made around midnight. they couldn't treat those conditions in the hospital so he was transferred here to the central police hospital in downtown vancouver, just off the midnight on wednesday morning. here it has remained stable overnight. we haven't had any more updates on his condition, but they did make a point yesterday when he was 1st accepted into bank of central prison. the, these pre existing conditions were that there's a certain amount of skepticism here in thailand, from people who are desperately supposed to have missed the tax and, and his written as that he didn't even manage to make one noise in a jail. so none the less you could find the prison is a beside, it is condition with serious enough to transfer. and my that indicates there was some problems and it was a very dramatic date. he landed, he was taken to the supreme court on st to jail. it must have been pretty
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exhausting. let's not forget, he is a 74 year old man. his that's, that's true. and also help us understand a little bit. tony, how does the leader of the per type party become the p. m. a lack today he was not elected m p, and now he is set to become tylen new liter. it wasn't even an m p. s. the joins the prototype policy in late 2022. last year, he did campaign very publicly in the build up the elections in may. and he was really just behind tax in store to, as one of the pots is normally used. they were very careful to project several candidates for prime minister if they won the election since the elections of a came 2nd, then he's taken something of a back seat. but so we've known as a mr tax and actually favored him rather than his daughter. he didn't want her in
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the direct glass of the media spotlight and he seems to have gotten a note from the policy in yesterday's debates and parliament put forward his credentials. those were currently accepted. he won with a very significant majority of a 100 more votes than he needed. and both in the, in the house, his history is really not in politics a to but as a prophecy tycoon, a runs a very successful property development company. he was educated in the united states, so he's seen, i think, to be perhaps more international, certainly more it set to move the international community. then his freed assess is general's from the ty on me. and he's also known to be very close both to mr. texas, but also to his sister, english and what, who was also serving as prime minister before she was picked out in the queue in 2014. so he has very close ties to the cinema family. she was very deeply embedded
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inputs. i think the real question is how the tie voters takes in now that he's actually go to the hockey. all right, tony shang reporting there from the bank hoc present hospital. thank you so much for that. the. the ok from greece to turkey, a from hawaii to canada, dangerous wildfires sweeping across parts of 3 continents. right now, families have been operated from their homes. entire towns and villages have been burned to the ground in northern greece, firefighter, se they found 18 charred bodies of people believe to be migrants. wildfires there has been raging for days. johns are awful. us reports from a nearby port town near the greek for k border. on the hills above alex, i'm the police are a furnace of heat and smoke and flame firefighters. stand toe to toe with
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a blaze baffling to push back in front of the despite the crews. extraordinary bravery the fires of being friends by gale force winds. there is little that can be done to stop them around house up the with a fly started has completely burned down. there is nothing left. now the father is moving downwards towards the rest of the village. for example, if we could have another fire, only fire, that's what we could see. the wind was so strong and no one could do anything. no one can remember. it's here, but 55 is found 18 buddies on tuesday as sharp and shocking increase in the death toll from these wild fires. this region is close to the border with tucker, and i'm sorry 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
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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 city's port, where 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 intravenous trips and oxygen line because you're stuck with on 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 56 firefighters have already arrived from romania and molto snow and the equipment are on their way from the czech republic, croatia, germany, and sweden, faxes, welcome, news, thoughts for those who have died here,
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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 death jumpstart helpless. i was just there, a alexandria palace across the border into k, a forest fire is raging in the north. western province of to the color. authorities have temporarily close the darned animals and straight waterways, so firefighting helicopters can scoop up sea water to fight the blaze. the key shipping route connects the agency to the black sea, local emergency services say 3 villages have been evacuated, and traffic on the major highway has been halted. well, from symbols to them console lou has been monitoring the developments or forward this have been doing their best to fight the fire until not color proven substitutes. here. the darkness freight is now open to one way maureen traffic from
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north to south. it is very important that there is no interruption in the trade that connects the black sea it to 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 day still continues despite 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 stuff have been over the evacuated. who wants to say, i know the names, the houses are burning, and some people say that they can not even breeze. and the tip has the district often savages 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
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a tough night for everyone else. there, as the wind still continues to blow, and it makes it difficult to contain the fire scene after solar elders, the risk stumble in space, canary islands firefighters. are battling a large wildfire on the tourist island of henry. if the winds have slowed down and that has kept slaves from spreading further and destroy it homes, the canary islands, biggest ever wildfire started a week ago now some 12000 people were forced to leave their homes. meantime, in canada, a wildfire so forced about 27000 people to evacuate their homes in the province of british columbia. altos here as rob rentals spoke with just some of the vacuum ways in the town of colona. at a reception center for fire, a vacuum, eas, people wait to register for assistance. many are feeling the strain of being abruptly forced to leave their homes as the flames closed in it's nerve wracking i,
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the feelings that you have you, emotionally and physically are phenomena trying to sleep at night is just sometimes so difficult. uh your home world, upside down for hand is just you think the worst i is the so difficult. the blazes in this area have destroyed about 200 structures. but officials think they may be closer to containing the fires. i have to say, i really am beginning to feel like we're turning the corner here on this far volunteer groups are pitching in to provide food, water, diapers, hot meals, and other necessities. it's unbelievable how many great people are in this community just coming by people that you don't even know they're just showing up in care of ends of cars or trucks or organizations dropping off goods. it's incredible . many people say they have ample warning to repair and fleet so far there are no
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reports of serious injuries or deaths. many people here are waiting to find out whether their homes are still standing. others have just learned that they've lost everything. this picture of a destroyed home was taken by a firefighter, marie golden, a got a saw the ruins of her home. from a far through a pair of binoculars, i could see that the house with the garage has gone. the roof is caved in and everything around is black, so i couldn't see everything but that, but i won't be able to see anything until they confirm it to them and allow us to come up when it's safe. so we're waiting for or waiting for confirmation, but i know it's going to be good news. she's focused on what's truly important. it's just material stuff. so. um yeah, that doesn't matter. 9 year old evacuated ines, a china of ones, one thing above all, i want to sleep in my bed and my comfortable bed going home. i hope that everyone
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here shares, rob reynolds, l g 0, west colona, british columbia. pounds, prime minister says treated radio act of water will be released into the pacific ocean starting thursday. china is responded by whitening restrictions on sea food imports from japan. that's 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 know also that on one hand, it's no longer possible to import ingredients from japan and on the other hands on . some customers are very that the discharge of contaminated water will affect food
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safety. badging is protesting against depends plan to release more than a 1000000 tons of treated radioactive water, from its damage for pushing the nuclear plants into the pacific ocean view. and nuclear watchdog has approved the plan. but chinese officials say the long term risks are unknown to the china. it does depend to heat, legitimate concerns of international community on his own cd than i do hope is planned for discharging the nuclear contaminated water into c. the chinese state media has 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 told us that business has been badly affected by china's restrictions on japanese say food. it's raised tensions of tokyo to china, remains the largest importer of japanese seafood,
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a new one. so as you can nonsense to the safety of japanese sea food products have been scientific, we verified the governments request of the chinese side remove its restrictions. the key cushion the water 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. cause he says he's taking things day by day. he's restaurants survive depend, demik is helpful to survive. the store of the cushion, the water release plan to katrina you out a 0 us. all right, we're going to take a short break, but still ahead on al jazeera, the countdown begins present. bob boy's general election were poles open in the coming hours. and leaders representing nearly half the world's population
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gather in south africa. stay with us the the. well, it's the return of 60 degree sheets for iraq tend also to a tear for one. great to have jo long, but i want to go in for a closer look around the golf because some of the a seat will move down the goal. so for us here in the, the temperature loops to about 4546 on wednesday. that means the humidity is going down and this will last over the next several days. so bit more comfortable, but certainly hot weather in the mix here. also a bit of a winds here through southern buckets on grouchy looking to seek us about 50 kilometers per hour. and we're in the clear rate across 30 a plenty of sun in the forecast steer, including 4, is stumble with a height of 30 degrees off to africa. we go. the wet weather will really be hugging
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the coast of west africa here. so if we look for the coast of gone to same goes straight through to the ivory coast, that's where the biggest down points will be. and a lot of what weather in the mix around child's capital engineer. and really surprising, angelina august said, sure why this month of the year. and then we've got a number of weather makers that are going to crash into the western cape providence this week. so there goes another one with a rain, wind condo, but meantime for southern africa, a lot of heat here. my pluto is $36.00, that's almost 10 above where you should be for this kind of the year. season of the african narrative from african perspective to be someone in a breast good. this will be a good fight. short documentary from an african filmmakers from kenya,
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nigeria. and we want to talk some more conservation from joy in the traffic and reading the game applicant direct just the the welcome back. you're watching l g 0 reminder of our top stores at this hour tie authorities say former prime minister tex interested in watch, has been moved to a hospital on the 1st night of his detention. it was jailed shortly after he returned to thailand following 15 years of self imposed exile, firefighters in greece are found. the bodies of 18 suspected migrants in an area
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hit by a major wildfire. fires are being found by strong winds. turkish authorities have partially open the door and anal straight shipping route. it was close to allow fire fighting aircraft to scoop up water to douse a forest fire raging in the western province of to knock away is it less than an hour from now is and bob wins will be heading to the polls in an election. many hope could turn around the economy, but all opposition parties are raising concerns. the vote could be skewed in favor of the governing party. were latasha reports from herrera 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
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main rival, nelson and tell me some hope suspicions about corruption, high installation, and unemployment with encourage people to choose him. he says if listen, you will ment, tires with western countries that impose economic, such as honest and bobby for human rights violations. move he believes to turn around. 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 a witnessing must disenfranchisement disqualification of opponents by the state in to be selective application of their role by the election management board and by the costs of the citizens coalition for change, party known as triple c is still participating, but party officials say being the main positions isn't easy. obviously, with that has come a lot of oppression at the state has hips back by banning all rally speeds seen an
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upsurge of political violence including the mid to of one of our members speech team. the rest of our campaign is the government executive party denies allegations of both to intimidation and answer electro processes. i said this would be a, here's the hut is the p if it was of the seeming know to be in the it, it, it was if they did agree just a so what does but with it it to commission from the people. so your position is the wrong, is it is possible on the part of the people c. as in bobby, as, as to why we divide voltage. that's usually straightforward here is what happens afterwards. if the result is defeated, 5 years ago positioned support has protested over what they followed with delays and announcing election results. the police said they were overwhelmed by the
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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 as the countries, brazil, russia, india, china, and south africa are a collection of major economy seeking to present wrecks as a counter wave to the west. and on the 1st day of a 3 day economic summit, and you had us berg, the ukraine war rushes, growing isolation and global economic turmoil dominated the tox rushes. president vladimir putin addressed the gathering in a prerecorded speech railing against the western sanctions. and this is that these to be the decision of stablish and the new development bank are present the market . the collaboration between emerging economies just coming to bank must be
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a global leader to finance the most urgent projects in a 5 time glover. we have to meet them that brings the 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 corston bar association. and of course, that meets the aspirations of the main part of the world community, the so called global and majority of our fix countries have an opportunity to contribute to and participate in africa's growth story. this can be achieved through greater corporation in areas such as infrastructure or every culture, manufacturing, new energy and the digital economy. olivia, now we're hundreds of refugees from sudan are capping outside a you in building in the capital triple a. they say they're desperate for
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assistance and that the u. n is not doing enough. now, like trina reports, so he's under 5 children. arrived here in tripoli from sudan. 3 weeks ago, they flipped the violence between the parent military, rapid support forces and the army. and so then, along with dozens of other families, he's been camped here on the streets near the un refugee agencies registration center ever since he had a mine at the we are really suffering. my son was hit by a car and needs medical treatment. my other son is deaf and he's sick. i don't know where my husband is. the refugee agency gives me assistance once, but it's not enough. according to the un, since the conflict broke out into down in april, more than 700000 people have fled the country. most of them have fled to chatter egypt, but now some are arriving here in libya. the u. n. refugee agency has more than 47200 register refugees and asylum seekers in libya. nearly 23000 of
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them are as to denise nationals to send me out. the lot is from janina in west star for she says hundreds of people were killed in the city as they tried to flee in june. she and her children survived, but were separated from her husband. i'm just glad that you know, some people bring his food and we'll set, but it's not enough for all the children we stuff to do to the fighting and all country and we fled to libya. we went to the u. n to help, but they kicked us out. a children need a safe environment to interview the international organization for migration says there are more than 130000 student needs migrants already in libya, they make up around 20 percent of the migrant population. libya has been in conflict for more than a decade, but i've seen relative calm since they ceased by. it was agreed in 2020, if the fighting continues in neighboring so that many fear that could possibly be
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an influx of refugees and possibly fighters crossing into libya. and that could complicate the fragile piece a cheese here. ultimate at the see you is the sudanese deputy invested or to live. you will have the father of how this is the result of law or just destruction. what is blood should war is pain. these people need help from all of us, from a legal standpoint because they are asylum seekers. we cannot directly approach them, but our adults are open. and those who come to us, we try to help as much as we can. you image the yours is libya, is not a safe place for refugees and asylum seekers. and that they try to give assistance to those who are the most vulnerable, which for the women and children here. that's just not enough. latrina. i'll just do a tripoli to the united states where republicans are buying for their parties nomination in their gathering for their 1st presidential debate on wednesday. all the one that
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is leading contender, donald trump says he's not going to show up. he is expected to appear in a rival event, an online interview with former fox news host tucker carlson. well, alex's here is john henry reports from the wisconsin city of milwaukee of the republican presidential candidates on the milwaukee stage. have one goal in common winning wisconsin is one of the key made western swing states that analysts say republicans will need to defeat democrat joe biden in 2024. the contenders also agree on most of the major issues. they're anti abortion, anti immigration, and anti jo by they're expected to focus on inflation crime and what republicans call openness. most people associate the word well can i ask what kind of kindness or liberalism or anti racism, but with the republican primary electorate? it's a very powerful issue. the republican primary voters are much more likely than the
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rest of the american electorate to say that they care about these things that they think there is a culture war being waged by the last against them. perhaps the strangest cultural warrior, florida governor rhonda santa's. we struggled to show he can break out of his existence, number 2, position and beat donald trump. they're the candidates so far ahead and polls, but he doesn't plan to show up. but the floridian has been unwilling to take on trump directly. i hope that we will be focused on the future of the country rather than uh, some of the other static that's out there right now that has created an opening for former new jersey governor chris christy. who staked out the empty trump position and portrays the sanders's trump liked if he thinks he's got to get off the stage to defend donald trump on wednesday night, that he should do donald trump a favor and do our party a favor from back to tallahassee. endorse donald trump, the get the hell out of the race. tim scott has been pitching his rags to riches
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live story as an example for all americans to follow. former vice president mike pence is stuck to a traditional republican economic pitch. vic ramos swami, former in bassett, or nikki haley, former arkansas governor, asia hutchinson in north dakota governor doug burg them. we'll also be looking for a breakout moment to make a memorable mark on voters blooming over all. this is the elephant, not in the room. donald trump and his numerous legal workers. do you want your candidate running from jail? do you want your candidate campaigning and, and rally is and critical battleground states, or do you want him flying back and forth to different trials? any contender who takes that decision will be gambling on whether there are enough republican voters who agree to make up for trumps diehard base of support. john henry and l g 0, milwaukee. the hello.

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