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sam paid at a state even matter gas cross capitol hills at least 13 people. many of the victims their children, and the kremlin rejects suggestions. it was involved in the death of wagner group. she, if you have any progression calling a speculation, a lie the housing to revive the revolution, thousands of serious rally against the government. they're angry about the rising cost of living, the okay, we're going to begin a new share with the military. just a has given for us has and bass that are just 48 hours to leave the country. it once again warned of any against any external intervention to restore the asked the president. the foreign ministry says french diplomat, silva, any k is being expelled for refuse using to meet with new shares. foreign minister
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out earlier pro qu protesters rallied outside a french military base in the capital near may, there, calling for the departure of forces stationed there. the military seas power last month and a crew is leaders have repeatedly accused the former colonial power for as a plodding to else the wild 0 is asked me to address has more for me of a the expulsion of the french ambassador to ensure followed weeks of the chatter your right to relations between the 2 countries. it started about 3 weeks ago when the french refused to recognize our replacement ambassador from this year to the one sent to parties. and that central issues going downward. and it is also a fear that this could spread to the economics fair in the relations between the 2 countries. there are also concerns that many more countries will follow the prince way because of the countries that refused to recognize the military june to yeah, in the, i mean, uh, but again,
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the military unit that enjoys excellent relations with neighbors, molly and brooklyn, of fossil on thursday, the defense ministers of the 2 countries white and you may and that up to shortly after meeting with officers here, the military lead us yet signed a decrease that allowed ministry cooperation between the 2 countries that allows the deployment of security forces from the 2 countries mounted and broken up also on the ship territory and of course to strengthen their military relationship. it's so that this could also help me get into in case there is any invasion by troops of economic communities of west africa states. meanwhile, our demonstrations in support of the military gentle. yeah, continuous in across me is yet. i need to expect it to go big on saturday afternoon . when a 1000000 mind match is prepared to scroll. so the data for the minutes or less here, how many degrees i'll use it. i yeah, me a tragedy and met a gas cars capital 7 children are among the 13 people killed in the stampede
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outside a stadium and investigations underway to determine what caused the crash had happened during the opening ceremony of the indian ocean island games. now, authorities say within a 100 people have been injured, and one of the hon reports what was meant to be a day to celebrate competition in sports, has turned into a national tragedy. not a gas cars bear with stadium. the site for the opening ceremony of the indian ocean island games was the scene of jubilant fans cheering and waving flags. but outside a stampede created a scene of mass chaos. and the president of madagascar, our laundry royal leader, who was inside the stadium on the stand. pete happened called for a moment of silence as a show went on with fireworks and performances. those looking for loved ones for us to local hospitals,
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etc. we have an 18 year old child and as we had no news of our child, we went to them work, but they told us no one of that h or died. so we went to the emergency room, see if the child was among the injured we came to the hospital and found my neighbor was date. now we're waiting for the papers so that the body can be taken out and will bring it harm. my nephew was injured, but he pulled through prime minister christian say, told those gathered at the hospital that the injured or getting the utmost care. and it was not immediately clear what caused the spam key. the indian ocean island games was created to champion competition between regional island nations and territories like marshes, the sea shells and come morose to name a few. but the 2023 games have begun marred with scenes of human tragedy, ronald han al jazeera to russia. now where the crime lines rejected,
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speculation president vladimir putin was behind the death of if gaining promotion, calling it a lie. the leader of the wagner mercenary group is listed as the passenger on that executive jet. the crashed on wednesday that crash came 2 months after the former outlay of food and let him mutiny against military leaders in moscow. and the statement released on thursday, put and described promotion as a quote, talent businessman, but said he'd made serious mistakes in life. daniel hawkins has more for us from moscow. it will limit the multiplying theories and speculation of the imagined involvement of the criminal precautions desk. this was as clear and the rec to the noise as you could get to be true. prescott presidential spokesman saying these things on absolute lloyd and saying it's best to wait for the results. so what official investigation before jumping to any conclusion is that sense? and what was that code? shortly off to was what president look a single or better route?
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cuz he said he did not believe president booth and could have been involved in the plank press over the scholars have to be most exciting. you've had advanced warning over the ledge, the assassination flows the gaze for goes in the details of which he paused on to the kremlin and the better assembly, the also commented on the future of the wagner flight isn't but a really saying they were getting nowhere. they would stay in place and carry out the functions, multiplying in number 2, around 10000 in the coming days. that's come with the same time, was the presidential decrease in russia, requiring influx is joining voting, fruitful nations, federal total defense forces, the sweat. i know it's of allegiance to the russian federation and to the russian constitution. many of these forces before had been living in a legal res owed and what a law unto themselves on. this could be argued as an extension of the russian embodies plan some months ago to bring these part is under a centralized come on and control structure. to show these fights is in the wake of you've got any precautions that's the founder of pmc ball, gonna to make it no uncertain terms,
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make it very clear who would be in control and who they would now be author into meantime, the criminal, it appears to be taking over the volume to groups activities, but the death for goshen has left uncertainty about the future of the mercenary group. nicholas hawk reports, as they call themselves musicians. a band of russian mercenaries from the wagner group paid to the site where the kremlin needs them, their founder and conductor, where you've got any pre goshen and meet you can both killed in a russian plane crash this week for goshen had fallen out with boots and after his men led a mutiny in june and mercenaries are band under russian law, but russian president vladimir putin admitted to paying billions of dollars to the wagner's crew with you. of course you're with me, take this interest about. i want to note, and i want us all to know about this, to the maintenance of the entire wagner group was fully provided by the state from
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the budget of the ministry of defense from the state's budget. we fully funded this recruitment. whoever was responsible for production staff, the kremlin, is moving to take full control of his global empire set up 10 years ago to help russian forces in ukraine. the back in a group has expanded to almost every continent from venezuela to syria in africa, and estimated $5000.00 vag new mercenaries, ari to forget fighting, armed groups for a monthly fee, along with access to minerals and natural resources. experts believe revenues from logging alone to be close to a $1000000000.00. russian mercenaries control the industry. my gold mine and the central african republic, worth $2700000000.00 from bank. he wagner runs a beer in bucket making company called as we get to lower. and there are troll farms for hire, have fueled into french sentiments online in former french colonies in africa, and middling and elections in the united states. the banker group produces films portraying russians as benevolent heroes. this was the last video of pre coach and
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supposedly filmed in northern molly one day before his death. he says wagner's is here to make russia even greater and africa, even more free for goes and sets up a lot of attention. but i also think what wagner does this pmc is bigger than just one person, bigger than per goes in, or any one or 2 executives and, and i think um to, yeah, i suspect we will see someone come in to take his spot. perhaps someone was flashing less controversial, more align, and more loyal to food, and that new group is a symphony of companies with the musicians playing a key role. the kremlin cannot do without nicholas hawk alger 0. now, as mentioned, the wagner group is active in africa. but the un secretary general's warning that could complicate the withdrawal of peace keeping truth. and molly, despite growing instability in this a hell region, you and officials have
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a meeting military stories in knowledge upon the exit of more than 12000 troops. who for the end of the year, that's after the ruling genta asked the you and to leave, excuse to get a failing to end in security bottle co has sought the help of rushes. wagner group following a search and attacks by armed groups linked to al qaeda and to i so also known as dash or christmas and reports with more on this story from the un headquarters in new york. and it is a tense environment for you and peacekeepers. and molly, they've been ordered to close their mission known as the newest month by the end of the year. that leaves just 4 months to get $12500.00 troops and all their military hardware out of the country. and increasingly, as they attempt to do so, they're being attacked. just last week, the head of un peacekeeping operations met with molly's transitional authorities to work out the details of the drop down. no collect or let me see all of our
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colleagues in the mission are working tirelessly to mitigate risk. however, i haven't forgotten that some have been injured in recent weeks. the situation presents both logistical and security challenges. it was molly and authorities who insisted the un lee. they expected he beg me, per goes ins. wagner group to help fill the void. in fact, every ment, troops and their fight against groups linked to iso and al qaeda in the region. but even before promotions reported death security analysts say fighting between those groups was on the rise. also increasing human rights violations by government troops and civilian deaths. se nasser is a security analyst that came in human rights abuses. it's huge. you had to use. and by wagner going in, the french went out. and now the me just, my is going out raising a georgia, a huge, a voice actually, and permitting those groups to ask more freely drawn down the mission. and molly,
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by the end of the year was never going to be easy. by comparison, the un took 3 years to withdraw force half its size from dar for sudan. now growing instability in this, the whole region cast out on the u. n's ability to make that timeline. a new report by the un secretary general notes. the recent qu in the share a trans at hub for you and operations, will make the drawdown extremely challenging and require more than the $590000000.00 budgeted. new share is one of the routes for repeat, creating a personnel and equipment. and obviously when a country's bird or borders are shut down, we can't do that. so alternate routes will probably need to be found. the un says it will only hand bases over to civilian authorities and it will continue to have a presence in molly to liquidate, remaining assets or even after its troops are gone. kristin salumi al jazeera,
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the united nations, to syria, now were protests against syria's government. are intensifying at issue widespread anger over worsening living conditions, opposition to active us are hoping to revive the revolutions that began in 2011, including the demand to over throw president boshra alongside nor promotion. so this update from revel health is live in northwestern syria. in many areas across northwest as your yeah, have been, listen, seeing demonstrations as pro says, calling, i guess the role of the visas here is redeem and also install new jersey with several areas are called the such as the archers, the whole process. again,
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as if you see behind me we all powerfully in the city and northwest in syria as around 40 in areas that have been with this thing. this done this phases a solid there. with there, there are people in, under a areas controlled by the us here in our government. several, several logos were a big a called a and visa dental spaces. that's as it gets the role of the installer. just the with the vehicle, demonstrations in areas controlled by the government. we talked to many local active this year as they told us that there will be a little demonstration as the, as a big yeah. their resolutions in 2011 with visual demonstration. and there were some surprises by like the end of the controlled by the government are also being confronted by you live a gorman,
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there's no very will not installed there until their demands are fully approved through the commercial general area in haiti fighting between criminal gangs and the country's capital is continuing to force people from their homes, the united nation since 5000 residents have been displaced just this month. the violence has increases the assassination 2 years ago of president movies. 80 percent of the capitals now controlled by gags. patients say they loot and burn homes as they fight for control. big bearings are there. i had to leave my house and take only a few quotes. all my children left and i don't know where they are. 5 young boys are in the street and i can't find them and my husband is blind. i get up with everybody single that. i mean, i don't have anywhere else to go. i only have what is here,
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my id. i don't know what they took. i don't know if they burn my house down and stole everything i have, i'm sorry for short break still ahead. and alger 0. the day this government takes steps to stop the burning of holy books in public. and the director of the british museum has resigned. after nearly 2000 artifacts go missing, stay with us the the low they will have a look at africa in alignment the bus to the middle east and it is a launch we settled the picture across much of the region. temperatures have been sitting exceptionally high in places like a rock as well as q 8, but we will see them start to come down of the next few days. not just because it
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is like baghdad, but also across some of the gulf states. we've got $43.00 across the board for re at doha, and do buy as we get into sunday. now there's a laundry quite and dry picture. we could always see some showers starting to creep into the southwest of saudi arabia, but make a whole strong at 41 degrees celsius. the. now cairo has been seeing a lot of heat. we are on $41.00 degrees celsius, one above the average. so this time of year, however, as we go into sunday, it will be something of a slight cool down for the laundry, hot and dry picture. across a move of africa, a few showers may be creeping into coastal areas of. i would cheerio from a weather system that is moving across submitted training to the west of the wet weather thanks to an easterly wave pulling across into money as well as between a fox. so with the weather stretching across that central band of africa. but it has been a story of heat across the sop of when to heat wave smashing records, even in my hometown of sydney bit, pick
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a what's one of the african narratives from african perspective to be someone in a blue sky. this seems to be a good fight, short documentary from an african still make is from kenya, nigeria, and want to talk to someone conservation from joy in the traffic and reading the game applicant direct just and the, [000:00:00;00]
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the welcome back. you're watching out 0 reminder of our top story is, is this our new year's military just to has given frances and bass that are just 48 hours to leave the country. it comes after qu, leaders again warned against external intervention to restore house to president mohammed, resume 7 children. among the 13 people killed the sounds paid, and out of stadium and mad a gas cars capital. the tragedy happened at an opening ceremony of the indian ocean island games, sorely say more than a 100 people have been ensured. the kremlin says allegations at ford and the death of wagner leader. you have given a promotion, are an absolute life still spokesman to reach your pest golf declined to provide a direct answer. when asked if russia had confirmation for ghost at all, it's been 6 years since the military crack down in miramar killed thousands of ro
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hang up and force nearly a 1000000 people to flee. most of them now live in a place known as cox's bazaar and bond with dash, and they're demanding justice and asking to be repatriated with full civil rights. 10 for child dri reports. despite this bad weather and heavy rain, thousands of running attended rally in quarter prolonged camp in cox's bazaar. mamma, the alarm was only 11 years old in 2017, when he fled with his family to bangladesh, looking for safety after facing and military crack down in ma'am, uh oh, do you mind a debt to income is really come in to do to, to to actions against the government about our, our citizens, you've been a lot of human rights. children make up more than half of the rest of the population in cox's bazaar, like many other yards coming of age. now, 18 year old mohammed came is concerned about his future. literally have out
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a kind of been is we don't have any kind of opportunities to lot education here in discount. so we don't want to have to hear the cam. so tardies are also increasing restriction on those inside rides. group accused the special police units operating in the camp of carrying out systematic harassment, torture, extortion, and unlawful detention of ring image surging violence by unrivalled groups and criminal gangs. and cox's bizarre most refugee is increasingly feel insecure and helpless. but we don't love it. there are too many of us living and congested camps with various means. but it's kind of, it's natural to have conflict and disagreements which do take place in the camp. aid from the wall foot program has been further reduced since march this year from $12.00 a month per person to $8.00. the rations we're getting off to the recent cost is too little to sustain a family full as we don't have any other means of earnings. and my husband is not
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well and count what the un saves. the situation in myanmar is not conducive to any of the population. now, a lot of things are many of the saying the very guide, photo bangladesh. but it's been long enough to say they're not willing to go back to me on my, on their own initiative. despite itself at the shelter, if it is wrong with that, she's increasingly frightening. it's complex to manage more than a 1000000 of them. and any international efforts to reply to the growing up appear to be fading. can be tried to go to brother on cops with bizarre up to denmark now where the governor of there is proposing a new lots of band the burning of holy books is the bill passes, burning a cron bible or tura would result in fines or 2 years in prison, the danish justice minister says a string of recent from burnings, or tots, and isn't saving hatred. leave as prompted protests and several most the majority
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countries with thousands marching in the streets of pockets done iraq and yemen. well journalist florian l. a lob d says denmark's government was to distance itself from the desk of operations. the burning of the crime and danish histories have been going on for years. it started many years ago, the right wing extreme is called power then who is used to go to listening to joy neighborhoods and burn the garage uh to, to create a division and that and hates it. but uh, but a since the beginning of this years, these uh, this year, these, uh, crohn's learning events have started to take place in front of the embassies. so it has become, and it has evolved from a domestic issue to a policy issue. why even the minutes of the form is, are, and the minister of justice admit that this is a small contempt. could tell me of the wide uh, you know, last we have
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a freedom of speech. but the majority of these people and swedish people because this is not only a problem in, in denmark, they support uh, the banding of the, uh, yeah, the, these kind of prevents, they want the, they want it to stop. so you'll receive post 57 percent of the things people are against the burning of religious text. and so i think that they made this calculation that the consequences of keeping at least events going more than 100 parents have been phones in recent months. and these consequences will be lots of then it just comes to streaming the rights of freedom of expression in this particular matter, which is, which is a constraining of freedom speech loss. but it's, it's not a major and can stay on it. now. a polls of open to the oil rich west african country of galvan, that's where president ali bongo is seeking
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a 3rd term. the president adds his late father before him have ruled since independence from france. in 1960 gap on 6 main opposition parties have chosen albert and also as their candidates. they hope the former education minister can in 6 decades of rule by the bunker dynasty. observers from southern african countries have criticized the ways in bob with general election was conducted. they say the vote did not meet international standards withheld in a climate of fear. route latasha reports for us from the capitol herrera hits and prisoners collection. observe as a positives and bobby's elections, all sorts of local laws and the guidelines of the southern african development community will. cedric, the african monitors say the electoral commission, vic failed to deliver by this papers to some pointing stations on time. let's say
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they did not have the papers. how unfortunate of creating doubts about the credibility of this process. the pay of party officials are not impressed with fedex. preliminary findings give you respect to give you the respect is bubbling state. so i want to emphasize that point that we just received or the rumblings, the most things of the, of us will abuse use these features. your role is the head for this, but we don't set that works. if i'm missing a of service, also i have concerns about the vote and that's why it is, i mean, resulted president m as them and then god, what you seeking re election?
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i mean high employment and soaring installation nelson and tell me some of the opposition the citizens coalition for change is as main challenge of human rights groups have condemned. the rest of more than 40 poll monitors were trying to compile their own vote count to compare with the official tele, the government and the electro commission have promised a clean election, but some of the opposition feel the process is being skewed in favor of the governing party that it appears to be to say, that's not true. the result of the presidential vote is expected within 5 days of the end of voting. hardaman tests, how old is the head of the director of the british museum has resigned the after a series of suspected sas hardwick, fisher stepping down after almost 2000 artifacts worth millions of pals. their thought has been stolen. member of staff was also fired after gold jewelry, semi precious stones, and other items were missing over a period of several years. will sign you guy,
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go is outside the british museum with more of the resignation of the director of the british museum, completes a week of turmoil for the institution as it tries to get to the bottom of these alleged facts. now, mr. fisher, the outgoing direct to have said that he had noticed that there was something arise as far back as 2021. but it was really in 2022. when that had been a full audits of the objects, the artifacts at the museum. but he realized the extent of the problem. nevertheless, one member of stuff has been sacked on police on now investigating, looking into exactly what happened with the had even been reports from antiquities deal is that something artifacts had already been put on for sale in places such as ebay objects. it was quite tens of thousands of pounds being sold for as little as $50.00,
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but with respect to the security of the artifacts that have been many complaints that that needs to be extra questions off of the british museum. because of course, still being housed at the kaufmann and sculptures otherwise known as the oak and mobiles. now, greece is minister of culture, has said that the whole arguments full them being housed at the british museum for security for safe keeping really now has to be questioned. and there is now normal judgments, arguments then to a ton, those sculptures to that country of origin as soon as possible. so when a guy, yeah, go, i'll just, sarah, nothing to the, you're watching out the 0. and these are your top stories. new shares military john to a has given the french ambassador of 48 hour ultimatum to leave the country. this comes after,
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