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to fast the houses near the of the pledging allegiance to good bones. new interim leader after the president is overthrown in the military coup the serial venue. it's great to have you with us. this is elsa 0. live from dough. also coming up, assessing the aftermath. the clean up begins after tropical storm and dahlia hits the us state of florida. remembering those last chiles president launch is a nationwide search for the remains of hundreds of people who were disappeared
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under the regime of august. so, finishing a rare sight, we'll be looking to the night skies for this year's blue, super the, the african union, the united nations and france, or condemning yet another military coup in africa at this time, in the central african country of gabon presidents. allie bond goes under house arrest, and the government has been dissolved military coup leaders of a pointed this man, general bruce, a leaky in game, a. as transitional leader, presidents early bone goes under house arrest, and his family has ruled the oil rich, but impoverished country for 55 years. there was jubilation across the country, but the post president is asking people to rise up from set of goals, capital the car, because hack begins are coverage,
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celebrations on the streets of the capital. the ability get born free, given liberated, big crowds of waiting palm leaves and assigned a victory hug. you have any soldiers hours after they carried out their crew said mos, we're so happy, there's a sense of joy. we'll be waiting for this moment for so long. we saw since so much deserves jump. the name of the man leading the junior high in the east coast in oregon, in grandma has been named as the transition leader. and he is the head of the presidential guard which pledged to protect the president of the bone. go a close aid to bone, go, leap, puts bone, go under house arrest, bringing to an end. the 56 year long bone go family dentist, all the bone go. when seen a strong and invincible appearing desperate, and the lone, appealing for help from his palace, where he's being detained. so i'm calling you to make the noise to make noise.
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mostly how i'm thinking you a call that has fallen on deaf ears following the presidential election on saturday . the vote was marred by a massive fraud, says the opposition longer ordered the shut down of the internet and band international observers and foreign journalist from covering the election. when boned goes, your election was announced on wednesday morning. the soldiers seized power. then nearly from genta vote the election results interesting dozens of electrical officials and accused them of trees. about this the day we have decided to defend peace by putting an end to the current regime in the general elections of august 26, as well as the truncated results are cancelled. the boat is closed until further notice all institutions of the republic, or there's all that the african union has condemned, the latest qu, in the region. but the gap in these people appeared jubilant. these things in national anthem, and chance we have chased injustice and she bone as they're working too. and you
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don't nicholas hawk out a 0. good one is one of frances closest allies in the region and the government has condemned the cool with the government. he's living in france or celebrating the mutiny. they gathered outside their embassy in paris. natasha butler was there . the community is gather. all the people have been telling me to say the double thing for me today. once again, they said this is a peaceful revolution that they, i think sometimes there's just some of ivy for school. we are delighted, i'm 47 and all my life i've only heard about the bung goes. and so if we're going these people, it's a realization that the phone goes off finished. what you're going to see
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is gap on the subject case at the same problems and depends on who needs a knee brace, drones, toys, which press the on the phone very strongly, many different tiers. just phones is amazing. the phone goes family, a critical well. well, people here say has never trickle down to marry people in one and now from this one, disbanded the gap, and these people want to take this to full scale of polls. what's important, i think friends will see that we are capable of fronting our country. well, and we hope the friends support us, but not to recreate a neo colonial relationship, but as an equal economic part that knew what the french government has content when it cools the crew to tell. the hosting of a bronze is closely watching the situation and calls for the results of the
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election once the known to be respect that it so the is this going to be very concerned about? it's interesting. so as i mentioned, facing double and a number of friends in the country is the 0 power. and here's a closer look at who has been named as good bones, interim leader, general bruce leaky, and gamma is the 1st cousin of the deposed leader. he replaced natalie bone. go step further as head of good bonds, republican guard in 2019 and the past 7 the several years. in game a has expanded bongos, personal guard and elite force in charge of protecting the president, his family, and other high profile figures in 2009, he was deployed to morocco and set a goal for diplomatic commissions. the qu, leader is described as a very powerful man and his believe to be a millionaire. he has real estate in the us, which he paid for in cash, according to the investigation by the organized crime and corruption reporting
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project. lexis aqua 0 me is a specialist on african current affairs and is managing editor of semen for africa . he explains why summers celebrating the outcome income on the underwhelming impression that i called is that people were just fed up with the simplest. and they won't have any form of change. and this is definitely change as far as they're concerned because you know, they have the full was up on go and then they have the song on us 56 use a rule. so they wanted a complete, brought to a complete change from that and anything that moves away from that as far as the people couple of concerned is a fresh start, is the change. this is the do next. big stick enterprise. you mean, he didn't have to win a total, but i think that's a fundamental problem or not something we really have to get out here around here. we took over from his father when his father passed away 2009 and using voting to contentious elections and 2009 and 23rd,
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2016. and that is the issue here was not so much that he won the closing package that he took it. and then there were elections and people very quickly moved beyond the music. and the idea that he wasn't gonna live a lot as far as to like his father and the one that is more of a site. and then we saw this with this most recent election with the votes on the sides of the people felt like this was going to remove the site and the fact that it was a coffee, the fact that there was a major blackout. and when i read session observers were just a sense that again, people what allowed to engage in accountability weren't allowed to vote someone out which the basic kind of of democracy for the cooling. the bone is one of several such military takeovers. in recent years on the continent, from molly to chad, guinea burkina faso most recently news year, and now the bon elected president's were ousted by the army. the majority of the crews unfolded in french speaking nations where france has military bases and
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french companies have business interests. gabanos we 8 largest producer of oil in the region at 200000 barrels a day and has the 2nd largest manganese deposits in the world. french companies like put that in l. g and mining joint error. med, dominate the bonds business sector, and despite the bonds mineral, welf 3rd of it's estimated 2300000 people live in policy. the brands also maintains the military presence in the country with around 400 soldiers permanently stationed there is, i'm address reports from the capital of the jail. france appears to be losing its griffin. to reach it is in it uh, 40 and african army has against the truck. in frank speaking africa, natalie is a 10th attempted or successful cool on the continent in so yes, i already post president of global, unable to join to the growing list of french allies sucked by the military in what seems to be a continuous trend in west and central africa. yeah. i liked the closing government
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in guinea. growing insecurity is given us the main course of the change in governments in brook, in a fossil mommy. and is your supporters of the cause in this a hell regency funds that's popping up need is quinton give and credit access to that countries resources. so the problem in the last 12 years western allies fronts, especially we're more interested in our resources, one we will live in poverty and lack of security. this year has for more than half a century to be supplying french nuclear reactors with uranium fuel. but the local population is particularly unhappy that the former colonial power has failed to help improve their lives. now help reigning attacks by i'm goose finishes and elsewhere, which are some of the reasons advised by leaders of the military coup last month. all the countries now under military root in the region, into french sentiments are particularly high in money, and in my leave of june to order french troops to leave. and that is expected
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dropping into share. many times which we call diplomacy of renetta bleach. this repulse from, from england able to what they meant in africa in this contest will be kind of in the ability to, to, to, to mentioned, do you have diplomacy, the population, the eddie, the one to feed themselves. the 1st may be quickly losing its grip and into wasting its former colonies. but i'm going to say the former colonial power must change its strategy in relating to the countries it used to if it wants to remain relevant. now, how many degrees i just need a nearby hurricane and dalia has now we can into a tropical storm, but it is still threatening. florida in georgia, with flooding and powerful, destructive winds. it's on 100 reports. hurricane and dahlia swept into northern florida. is a powerful category 3 storm. it's wins immediately making their mark the mercurial
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eye wall of the storm ripped off this roof top. we left another intact, next door. strengthened by the warm waters of the gulf of mexico and dahlia, briefly reached category for level winds before slowing, as it rolled ashore and floored as lightly populated big bend region. the president promised federal help to effective states. i'm ready to mobilize that support for it. they need, i don't think anybody can deny the impact of a climate crisis anymore. just look around historic slides mean historic slides on the edge of the storms path and the capital of tallahassee dahlia failed this century old oak tree under the governor's mansion. this picture posted by 1st lady casey to status who was inside at the time. the storm left hundreds of thousands without power utility workers are actively working to restore power in all affected
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areas. and they started doing that as soon as it was safe to do so. so those, those restoration efforts are ongoing. after the destructive winds move on, the biggest threat remains a catastrophic storm surge rising and the storms pass in tampa. drone footage shows water spilling over a c wall and onto the sidewalks. some residents using kayaks to navigate for with waters. the flooding is unbelievable. bayshore boulevard is completely under water and dangerous, and i'm seen individuals tried to still drive down and that's a big mistake because their cars are getting stranded from florida. dahlia road through georgia in the carolinas, with plains evacuated ahead. of vidalia is arrival alabama maxwell. air force base staged emergency relief supplies as a dahlia moves on leaving flood waters in its wake, a clean up that could last months begins john henry and l g 0.
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well, nbc news correspondent j great jones has no life from gainesville, florida. j update us on damage assessment in florida. that's one and also where the storm is headed now. we heard georgia, how are they preparing for this? yeah, and there is a state of emergency not only in georgia, but the caroline is as well right now. sterile as for a damn adjustment too early, according to officials here, they still haven't made their way into some of the hardest hit areas, but we know that there is significant damage, especially along the coast line, where the value of made land fall earlier this morning with a wall of water pushing into areas. it's never been before with severe winds ripping a part, the small communities alone coastline there. and again, there were teams and, and power crews staged outside of the strike zone. things have cleared. the storm bank fully moved through relatively quickly and so they've gotten in and started
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their work. in fact, we just saw some power cruise here moving through the area in gainesville, they, they've got a lot of work ahead and, and especially again in some of these harder hit areas where they're still standing water and, and people can't get into that. they don't know what's floating in that water or maybe underneath, and so that's going to take some time and, and that means the families that evacuated in those low line areas are going to have to take some time to get back in see what may be left behind but i can tell you this, and some of those communities of the water was up to the roof tops that there will be very little that can be salvaged for some of the most severe areas. right. nbc news correspondent j. great. thank you very much. i is still a head on al jazeera indigenous communities, cloth of protests, as brazil's supreme court considers limiting their rights to ancestral lands. 500 days since her dest buying is really sniper listing is, remember, algebra, 0 journalist, you're reading about ugly,
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and continued to call for just the the route to you by visit comes to a lot of ground, to cover yet again, for the in there. cuz on thursday we'll be getting towards the argentina campus to patagonia with the north italy, wind. temperatures are running on the high side here. santiago at 22 degrees. temperature is also once again on their way up in the now. so walter was sunshine for you. 36 degrees fairly. what though, for the pacific coast of ecuador and columbia central america, now that it's major, hurricane dahlia has moved away. it's still left behind a legacy of rain west cuba rate through to the yucatan peninsula. these are areas that have been inundated as of late. so more rain is not good news. here's where the storm is now making a mess through the carolinas store in search here of about
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a meter high. and i want to peel out now and show you the atlantic, because we've got hurricane franklin, which has amplifying rain for atlanta, canada. there are weather alerts in play for how much rain you'll see. and look at this. soaking through the coast of virginia as a dahlia begins to move out toward the atlantic. finally, some frame for vancouver. 19 degrees. it is a what forecasts for the us pacific northwest. and as we look to the us southwest, we're still tapping into that heat, but breezy for san francisco. gusts 40 to 50 kilometers per hour over the next few days. by for now, the weather brought to you by visit cuts on a city, and it's here all g 0 was meets the italian photographer, exploring the long lasting love story between the city of naples and football. like on a gold mine or less the diego,
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this endless unconditional. the motto donna in the on the houses in the the watching else is 0 reminder of our headlines this our hurricane italia has weakened into tropical storm as it moves north, over the state of georgia. millions in georgia and florida remain under warnings of a life threatening storm surge floods and high winds. one person has been killed in georgia. at least 2 people have died in road crashes related to the store in florida. and crowds have taken to the streets across the bond to celebrate the
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military takeover. military leaders have named a general bruce leaving in de la as transitional. these are the african union and friends have condemned. the agenda has placed the deposed leader and the phone go under house arrest bundle has appealed for help. from his supporters and from the international community. they have been condemnations and concerns expressed at the united nations. gabriel elizondo has been monitoring the reactions of the un headquarters in new york. a double on is currently one of the 10 non permanent representatives of the un security council. and according to un insiders that could affect how the counsel responds to the crew. un secretary general was said to be closely watching the vaulting situation in the country. the secretary general calls on all actors involved to exercise restraint, engaging and inclusive and meaningful dialogue, and ensure that the rule of law and human rights are fully respected. he also calls
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on the national army and security forces to guarantee the physical integrity of the president of the republic and his family. the us ambassador to the security council said they were still trying to gather more information about what exactly was going on. we are still investigating, so until we know exactly what is happening on the ground, we won't take any actions, but let me just say clearly we condemn any efforts by military's to take a to take a power by force. while the security council strongly condemned the crew in the chair, that's the exception and not necessarily the rules. the council did not even issue a statement when it came to cruise in chad or guinea in 2021. jewel politics often plays a role with to power for security council members, such as russia and china, strongly believing that the council should not interfere or comment really on the
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internal affairs of other countries. there's also leverage the security council has very little that they can really do to affect the end result of certain things that we're seeing. for example, right now and gone gabriel's on 2 houses here at the united nations. the, the ukraine has launched what appears to be the biggest wave of air strikes into rushes since the start of the war. ukrainian drones targeted these 6 regions in russian territory scoffed city was hardest hits. a large fire started in the airport where several military planes were damaged. there were also attacks near moscow that led to flights and several airports there being suspended and further south. there are reports of drones being shot down in the bronze ca, luca oriole, and re, as on regions. the attacks went unusually deep into russian territory and mark
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a major escalation and ukraine's use of drone warfare. and russia has hit back with their strikes on the ukrainian capital killing. at least 2 people brought mcbride reports from keys a. this was one of the most intensive exchanges of miss island drummond strikes so far in the war. attack. drones struck 6 regions inside russia with the most northerly target and ad based near the city of pus golf. wherever it's reported, more than 20 drones were used. starting lodge fires, full giant principal plains on the ground with hate. although the extent of the damage is disputed by both sides, bosco says it down to many of the attacking drones, accusing key of, of targeting civilians, assisted by its west and back as me system the as give a ukrainian drawing a tax on civilian objects, confirm the terrorist essence of the keys regime. once again,
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it's clear that ukrainian drains, once able to fly those distances without assistance from western satellite information. so we can get worse things monthly, but russia has will, and the strikes will not go unpunished. as is often the case. ukraine hasn't confirmed it's behind these latest strikes, mainly referring to them cryptically as accidents happening on russian territory. but leaders in cave say that ad base is used to launch attacks on ukrainian territory, all legitimate targets. just before daybreak, wednesday, much of key was awoken by a series of explosions as mold in 40 russian drones and missiles targeted the city in waves from old directions with ukraine, claiming to have shut down daily old of them. but they were casualties with several people killed and injured in was said to be the largest russian attack in months with every indication of more strikes from both sides to come from mcbride out as
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a rec, keith or indigenous leaders and activists in brazil are calling for nationwide protests because of threats to their way of life. supreme court judges are about to make a ruling, may limit their rights. 10 sister lands, monica yanna care for reports from rio de janeiro, the indigenous people across brazil, once more facing threats to their survival. for 2 years, they've been urging the supreme court to take action and confirmed their rights. twin sister, lance, tribal leaders warning supreme court present positively that and certainly has bred violence. it was take care of us because sleeping peace knowing that our constitutional rights have been questioned. and then with the mercy of invaders who crab 11th at any cost. the issue at stake is a landmark case establishing
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a timeframe to limit the number of indigenous reserves in brazil is approved. we tribes living on their territories at the time present, enacted its constitution in 1988 can claim to yeah, using the thing. i mean, there's probably a request of that we have a problem with that date before. 1988, many indigenous peoples were forced out of their territories at gunpoint presented was the military dictatorship and they had no means to fight for the rights of the 1988 timeframe is established. their land claims and hundreds of others will be a note. but even if the justice is rule in their favor, result, indigenous peoples are facing a still greater threat. this time from the conservative dominated congress. the powerful form lobby is pushing for bill that will open protected indigenous territories to commercial activities, such as logging in farming. it also allows the government to reclaim existing
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reserves, environmental say that this legislation not only puts the survival of hundreds of tribes in danger, but also that of the amazon reinforce it with the clear possibility of conflict release from each branch of the government. there's a certainty on both sides of the debate about exactly what land rights in brazil will mean in practice, monica, and i guess i'll just 0. we're just a narrow show. you and president gabriel board has launched a search plan to find the remains of people who disappeared during the military rule of august to pin a shea. this comes as the world commemorates the day of the disappeared and is the 1st time since the end of the finish, the regime in 1990 that the government has vowed to find the forcibly disappeared. thousands of people were imprisoned, tortured and killed as drink and no chaise. 17 years in power, or latin america edits, or lucy, a newman is in the capital santiago. with more on the story. it's
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a very intricate plan, but more importantly, it's the very 1st time that the julian state takes responsibility for trying to find the remains of those people. now it's uh, he did say that, he underscored that it was the responsibility of the state, the states. he said, had killed these people had tortured these people had made them disappear and the state has to find them. not the relatives who have been acting, he said, and i'm quoting him as detectives for the last half a century, trying to find out what happened to their loved ones after they were taken away by the military. there is a responsibility he says, to use science. he said also to make sure that there is enough money all the money necessary. he said in fact, tried to find places where the remains might have been buried. hidden, we know, of course, that many people were thrown out of helicopters or their bodies blown up with dynamite,
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so that it would be impossible to find them perhaps. but out of 1100 people, some remains. certainly clag can still be found after all this time for the best we haven't been us municipality is inaugurated a memorial. so sharing a actually the veteran elders here, a journalist was killed by his really forces in may 2022. the abraham reports from bethlehem and the occupied west back. it's been almost $500.00 days since and is really sniper shots and killed. just need us shooting. i will. i'll click, but no one has been held accountable yet. what about us? it is continue to fight for justice. there are still some of the defying her memory and remembering sitting this is the latest memorial designed by the best policy. and the architect says that you wanted this to resemble the symbolism of the city. the black league show in city and speak to it basically resembling headed off from
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the screen. you have also assembled phones from different areas from palestine to show jerusalem. he says this is kind of the front and sensor of citizens coverage here in the occupied to us bank. and underneath that there's a census. the city is to love in some absence, there is greater presence sherry and will never be absent. be corrupt her report. it's very difficult to begin sharing no memorial, no activity is enough to on. it's not difficult to see shootings fixtures and memorials in different places, impala fine, and elsewhere in the world. but people here tell us that the most important place to stays in is in people's hearts and minds. is that but he is just bethlehem. the if it is a clear night sky,
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then look out of the window and you might be able to see the biggest and brightest moon of the year. it is called the super blue moon and it's the closest. it's been this year as it moves around its orbit. despite the name the moon won't actually appear blue. instead, it's a reference to just how rare are the phenomenon is where the prevents are. carol leg has more this once in a blue moon and is once in a super blue moon. and that's what we have here. i'm joined by some aster photographers, as well as spacing through is yes, and we've been using these telescopes to get a closer look at the moon. this one is rigged up to a laptop. it's giving us a very precise image of the moon. it's that it's brightest and biggest that it has been so far this year and a half to say it's pretty spectacular even to.
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