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we are the ones traveling the extra mile. there are the media. don't go. we go there and we give them a chance to tell their story, the, [000:00:00;00] the color until mccrae, this has been use our live from coming up in the next 60 minutes. 5 us prisoners freight from child and around the heading to dog ha. it's part of a deal that requires washington to release 5 iranians as i saw in the hague, russia objects to the un quotes jurisdiction, the genocide case,
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prove by you crime active as much and you, you'll demanding an interesting fuels the head of a week of climate tolts at the united nations. and how should i have the bottom law in the us, the it's a big day for students. $1030.00 back shift schools are opening today in a bit to bring mine back in school of fiji for do use the think it's a shock of these like be well comp, sorry, photos by deed australia plus all england heading into the quota photos. it's now 2 weeks from 2, as i see of japan. the we've been getting this news out here in doha. we're a major prison. this won't between the us. and the problem is on the way up to 2 years of in direct negotiations to run is spring 5 of rainy, and americans in exchange,
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the width is expected to release 5 of radians from its dials among casa in switzerland. have old play deposit, facilitating negotiations between around and the united states. 3 of the 5 american prisoners have been named. they all faced charges of espionage in iran. but washington says that being unjustly the tines into 5 arabians accused of secretly working for toronto will be released. the iranian government says the innocent and have been illegally detained as a result of cruel sanctions. us allowed the release of a rainy in funds that were frozen in south korea. that money 1st went to switzerland and then on $2.00 counts, a $6000000000.00 of a rainy and oil revenue is now in a bank accounts. and on the us is to run, can only use that money for humanitarian needs, would be the charge we have on see in the framework of our active foreign policy. we have unlocked our frozen assets in south korea today. god willing,
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these funds will be in the hands of our government and people, and this government will spend it accordingly to the needs of the people. okay, let's go to them. are on con, who's at the pool here? and uh huh. for us, while i'm are and i know there are a lot of moving parts is everything going to plan. so fine. this is a plane is actually now taken off car. ready is a fine, but us citizen, the full mer about apples. uh it will take about 2 hours to reach the or until the actual airport where we are at that stage. um, the free presence will actually be handed over by our country delegation to representatives of the us embassy. um the state department. they're likely to remain in the airport and then fly into the us. and at that stage, when they're in the us, they'll be given the medical evaluation and they'll also be given a security breach. like my present bracy says that the prison is all in good health . and that this is a good deal for all. but it is
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a very controversial then. it began in very early in the morning with the transfer of $6000000000.00 of frozen iranian oil money. that money was frozen in south korea . this was part of the negotiations. as soon as that money was released, it was sent to switzerland and i'm from switzerland central bank. and oh, now the republicans up in arms about all of this, they take the, in effect. the $6000000000.00 is a running sum payment, but to the bottom ministration says, i actually know this was the only way we were going to get this deal done. now the money is in capital, it's in the bank and capital the around. you can access it, but i mean for humanitarian purposes, but the categories and the americans, they, they will be monitoring that very, very closely. so everything is in place uh on the volume side to be running systems they haven't been named, will be released into the us to will be flying back to, to her on the one will go to a 3rd country where he resides. this is
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a result of nearly 2 years worth of diploma mistake going on the last year being very, very intense. in fact, the country mediate has spoke with both sides, but it looks like we have lost a correspondent and we're on cabinet who's speaking to us from the airport in the spring in our white house correspondent, kimberly how could to ground the reaction in the united states and could we, how controversial is this deal? i understand some republicans are climbing buttons, has effectively paid rent, some money to the iranians with the steel. yeah, i think it would be fair to say that there are some republicans i, i think there are probably some democrats that don't like this deal to. i mean, the, i think if you look at this on the face of it, there are some that believe in the united states. but this is not in the interest of the united states to be negotiating with iran in any form or fashion. because
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the feeling is that this might encourage further detentions, and this would boost the writing and economy. and that of the united states with abiding ministration has conceded too much. and so that is the concern that this could lead to further discussions, but the buying and ministration is making the argument, but what this is doing is bring americans, and that is the promise that joe biden made when he became president. and, but anyone who has a family member detention would want to see their family member brought home, and that is what his top priority is. and that is what the opportunity was that was in front of him. and so he sees that. and so that is what is happening and so the binding ministration is vigorously defending its actions. it says that there will be oversight over these funds that have been unfrozen, may also make the argument. this is money that the long to the iranian people in
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the 1st place, it will be used to help the iranian people. and so for that reason, they make the argument that this was the right thing to do at the right time. it can be given all of this is how contentious it is, how likely is it? the disconnection later talks on of the issues between the 2 countries. this is unlikely to lead to any sort of jump start of the j c p. away or any sort of form of negotiation with regard to re igniting talks over the nuclear program with the air. ron, this comes at a very critical time ahead of the un general assembly. but the binding ministration says, making a mistake. this is not in any way tied to ron's nuclear program. there are 2 very separate issues. oh, what the by the administration says this. but be careful to know that in all of this, ron still in the eyes of the united states continues to be
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a threat in terms of us interest. the united states still sees a ron as a major human rights abusers so much so that as recently as friday, the united states was again leveled sanctions against iran on the anniversary of the one year anniversary rather of the death of martha mimi for her death at the hands of the morality police along with canada, australia, and breton, as we should point out, that there are further sanctions coming. uh, so the united states is very clear. its still believes that iran is continuing to enrich uranium near weapons the level grade. and as this is a major concern, so it doesn't see this as being in any way tied to the nuclear issue. and it still sees this as being a major concern. still it a, celebrating the opportunity to bring home americans and it sees it as a very separate issue. okay, thank you so much. that is, kimberly how could, for us at the white house, us us, lonnie is a senior research fellow at the center of the middle east strategic studies. he
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said it's the agreement. kudos in the dual to, for the in direct talks between around and the us. and this is the final phase of the prisoner swab, but this could be a beginning for extended and for the talks on the 2 negotiations as well as lifting the sanctions against the run. but there's an issue whether that the americans will be able to do with the, for their election in the us or not at the side thing that talks can move in direction of the targets and the goals of the, the 2015 if the deal. and this is quite important, and so the pool is flow over, effect is important in this regard, and this can be a new beginning for, for the talks between the one and the united states. however, in the way, they have been discussions that how they can spend this money that you ran and then america size. what they have in common is that these are going to be spend for non
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science and goods. and i have been hearing from you in, in the officials that will suffice them to, to be able to buy the commodities that they need in the country. so, um, that will not be any, a specific problem in this regard. as so generally, you know, we can put it that it can be use the amount of money for a non sanction goods, which can include the humanitarian, the goods or the others as well, which are not the number science. but we're going to go back to iran con, who's at the apple here, and our ha, this with the 5 you 5 freed us, prisoners are expected to land and the coming hours of this will i'm, i'm what happens uh, once they do lance, what, what's the plan from their as well to be met by category delegation and also representatives of the us embassy here. and the state department, they'll then be probably remain in this building and they will be transferred to
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how about international airport just down the road. whether we take into the us now, previous present exchanges or to be a guide, then they'll get to the states will be given a medical evaluation and a security debriefing. but this is very controversial. you had my colleague kimberly how can we talk about the fact that the republicans actually think that the $6000000000.00 that was paid was in a fixed a run some, but that was the trigger for all of this this morning. very early in the morning. the categories received a receipt of the $6000000000.00 and that triggered the release processor. the actual money came from south korea. it was sent to switch the women from switzerland to doug how the reason it was in south korea is cuz that's where a ronnie and all funds were actually frozen under the sanctions rule by the americans, the americans. and now have this sanctions wave of which allow that money to come across. now, present pricey has been speaking. is that the you in general assembly in new york, you said that this money will be spent on the iranian people, the needs of the,
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you know, i mean people, but the categories and the us of said the money will be, i only for humanitarian purposes. if there's an inkling that that's not the case, then the americans will also categories to store dish account funds to the iranians, but that's a long way away. right now uh, inside this building is very interesting. the categories that the meat of shuttle diplomacy, iranians, any americans never actually met, face to face, or a different hotels. and the categories when for one hotel to be all that and finally got this deal done. but right inside that building right now. all but the us delegations, and the are on your delegations. i haven't seen the meet, but they certainly both inside the building right now. so that makes for very interesting dynamic. but is this a reprice one? is this a big a, an opening for a big a deal with both sides haven't really sat down to tool in many years. whether that happens as a result of this kind of like sometimes this adjustment that that might be the case
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. however, it seems very remote from where i'm standing and a thank you so much. that is, and we're on con, for us at the if wasn't on the world late is our new york for the 70. i had session at the united nations general assembly that begins on tuesday, a many a questioning whether the assembly has the political will power to put aside your political tensions and address the needs of the world's most vulnerable regions of diplomatic. it is a james based reports from the un headquarters every year. this is the time of year when world leaders come to new york and speaking the un general assembly. last year, ukraine's presence lensky address the gathering by video link. but this time is expected to attend in person. i spoke with president putin facing and the rest learned from the international criminal court is not coming and will be represented by his foreign minister. so gay lever off the u. n. c's,
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no chance of meaningful discussions on ending the war, but they will work towards the renewal of the deal, which allowed ukraine's grain to be exported by ship on the black sea. russia pulled out of that agreement in july. i will be receiving present, soleski. i will be receiving present that along. i'd be receiving the minutes the love at all. and obviously this question will be the on the table of all the discussions. and so i'm not going to say well that i am optimistic or pessimistic. the only thing you can be sure to zip i remain determined. the other key areas of discussion this week is the sustainable development of goals. being out of the scene by the secretary general's deputy and the golf view and headquarters, they've built a special pavilion to highlight the series of targets that you integrate in 2015 to help all of humanity with the slogan,
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no one left behind. but those 17 goals which are marked by these doors are very low away from being met for you and blames the global pandemic inflectional around the world. i'm conflict and of course that brings us back to the war and you cried. the deputy secretary general told me the most powerful countries of the world, the g 20, which met last week, and delhi are the ones who still need to do more with regard to funding and reform of the global system. they absolutely need to step up. they should have done so yesterday we are 7 years late to stepping up to the commitments made an address. what we see is some movements towards saying we will do that, but i think there are many frustrations trust deficit. it's a round. will that happen? will it not happen to you and really hope still be a quantum leap in the fortunes of the sustainable development goals over the next few days, but some different match via the war and ukraine might end up overshadowing these efforts. james base l g 0 at the united nations head all of the you in general
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assembly thousands of climate activists rallied in new york cooling on world latest in the use of fossil fuel for the 1st time together. greenville feature climate ambition, summits on the sidelines. kristin salumi has more from the protest. the world leaders aren't the only ones converging on new york. so the united nations general assembly climate activist came by the thousands from around the world to shouting their message. right now, the impacts of climate change on the caribbean and other parts of the global south are absolutely devastated. and i'm here to bring attention to the impacts of our past. the fuel injection here in the global north is having the argument is like when i come from there isn't going drought in the holding of africa, including canyon. so my idea that is putting millions a trace of buttons of yeah, and got the 9 children that rights to, to deaf education. and what are the demonstration tees up the climate ambition summit on wednesday called by the un secretary general to pressure nations to
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fulfill their commitments made in the 2015 parents agreement aimed at keeping global temperature rise below one and a half degrees celsius activists. are amplifying the call of un secretary leaders possible that message is directed particularly us president, so they're demanding president biden, declare a climate emergency to fight is the number one oil and gas, or in the world right now. america alone is responsible for one 3rd of oil and gas expansion in the world. so we're asking president biden to turn the tide against fossil fuels and face off the phone to do era. some activists have gone beyond demonstrating, and we went up to the summit. 25 well rested on thursday for blocking entrances to the headquarters of citibank one of the largest finance years of fossil fuel
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extraction around the flow. after a summer of record setting heat, as well as floods and wildfires may more stream by rising temperatures. they said, governments can't wait any longer to at kristen salumi. how busy are your a hello summit to discuss the you in sustainable development goals is getting underway in new york. these are live pictures from the beginning, all of that. some of the meeting is taking place here to offer you in general assembly this week is due to last for 2 days. and we will come back to this when the you in the secretary general antonio terrace, is due to speak in the next few minutes or so with judges at the international court of justice. hearing arguments from russia and ukraine, about most goes claims that had launched its invasion to prevent the genocide you're trying to prove because to the united nations highest court days of to rush it and cited last june. t accused as most go on abusing international law or by
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falsely alleging genocide and eastern new crime. russia wants the case to be thrown out and objects to the court's jurisdiction. your creed is not accusing russia of commission genocide. ukraine is also not accusing or russia or failing to prevent a bunch of stuff. on the contrary, ukraine cease, no genocide has occurred too long should been not to reject the keys. because according to the courts do or is brothers. if there was no genocide, they can not be at violation of the engine side. much which jeffrey nice as the former lead prosecutor of slip it on. the last of which for the united nations at the international criminal tribunal for you slot of you. he says, you kind made
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a wise move by approaching the court. we know that ukraine is pursuing and successfully pursuing it, turned criminal proceedings. and to go into any of those proceedings. a favorable decision by this court might be prayed in a might be referred to. i don't think, but i could be wrong, but i don't think at this stage, the determination by international court of justice would necessarily have binding value in the other quotes, not least because there's plenty of evidence that they will have gather that are relying on and they might not require detail decisions of a civil courses effectively. it is but a quote that deals with breaches of treaty in support of its criminal procedures that i'm afraid is also something we must put on hold. because you cry and was very inventive in turning to the quote in its application to have it's
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right, not to be falsely accused of you of genocide, as you explained in your helpful opening up to have a lift gate is that is cooled. and so imagine a 2 lower ingle, imaginative use of little by lori is not something we often see, but really welcome. when we do see, it just may lead to this decision being of wider application than i suggest. we'll find this and ukraine's nolan. so me region side, i are working on the constant threat of attack russian tanks, tillery, and aircraft across the board at agriculture lands, hundreds of times, residents describe a systematic campaign. a fair sign best property has moved from the village of kindred, difficult of the harvesting season. in wartime, ukraine, navigating open fields near the russian border means risking land mines and unexploded bones always keeping one eye on the sky for drones,
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missiles and russian artillery. it could just be one of the most dangerous jobs in the world. would the people's lives are a priority. we only work when we know it's safe and there was no for us to learn. we take every precaution here, some of our fields a mind. there are other fields we cannot get to because the road to mind of much of the farms in see me region are no go areas because of russian munitions left behind or ukrainian land mines place there. as a deterrent winner, russian shell hit her farm. tatiana lost 27 head of cattle. she describes unrelenting russian attacks and says to me, needs more help me in this bar trick version slide runs every day and watch what is happening here. these spots us an open fire. they are shooting that civilians. there's no military here and they know this, but they still open fire. damage from artillery and showing is fairly common in
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places like this in the assuming region. and that's because we're only a few kilometers away from the border. russian positions are set to be just beyond those power lines behind me. but this is not a normal front line. there are no tanks or trenches or troop movements. none the less communities here say they come under attack on in your daily basis. just as we arrived, a drone dropped of grenades damaging a nearby cell tower, further isolating people here. a russian attack also damaged the local school and leveled the only hospital in this village. many have left. those still here show signs of stress and depression. so it's not fair is fair. what else is that to say? i'm considering leaving, i have 2 children and it's terrifying to live. hey, i feel terrible. i feel that i don't want to do anything. i can't get used to it. we do retention. so the mining work to make farm land viable again could take 10
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years and will only begin after the war. for now, russia continues to target entire villages near the border. ukrainians carry on unwilling to leave, but unsure how much longer they can stay. the same bus route of the old to 0. kendra teeth, village in ukraine. suit me, reach well to libya, now we have risky work as a struggling to identify decomposing bodies in the city of done. the city was devastated a week ago of to 2 dams collapse following heavy rains. thousands of people were killed in 10000 a still missing. the growing concerns about the spread of disease shall strengthened reports. over a week, since thousands of people were killed when 2 dams burst and sent a wall of water and mud,
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crushing through the eastern libyan city of thermal. the search for bodies goes on . many people are still missing and fed dead, many bodies a. so decompose that, identifying them is proving difficult and disturbing. the search and rescue teams that say then, so the, the muscles are the libyan. when i put on the bodies, i swear i cry, i can handle it, but it is god swell. so you have to hold up and put out the body and there was a body that was cut into 2 parts right before us. there is nothing to do but to point out the bodies. what can you do with so many people on accounted for so many presumed dead. the freight of disease increases by today. health workers have been sun and sizing the streets. looks going to be, you know, the lack of medical stuff created a crisis, 3 or 4 organizations are focusing on treating patients and the injured. so this
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created a problem in infection control. the lack of infection control creates a possibility of disease transmission. and they take your life to the united nations headquarters in new york. now summit to discuss the sustainable development goals is getting underway. the main thing is taking place they have the you in general assembly, let's listen into the un secretary general. now, the problem is to build a world of house, but i'm going to send opportunity for all the problem is to leave no one behind. and the problem is to pay for it. this was not the problem is made whether or not that is the permits from the gulf parts of these gym, but it was always a problem is to people people crushed under the, getting the wheels of poverty as people starving. you know, well the plenty children denied the seat in the classroom. families fling conflict seeking
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a better life. better watching helplessly as the children die of preventable disease. people losing hope because they can't find the job. what a safety net, when they needed inside of communities lead solely on devastations dot steps because of changing climates. so the seduce out of just the least the goals. they carry, the hopes, dreams, the rights and the expectations of people every with. and they provide the shortest best living up to organizations and the universal declaration of human rights. now we need 70 feats. yes. yes. today, only 15 percent of the targets are on track. and many out of going in reverse. instead of leaving no one behind. we have these leaving the speech is
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behind. so excellence sees the s g is needs a global rescue plan. and i'm deeply encouraged by the details and why the ranging draft political declaration and the policy that i showed you today. especially, it's good me, it's months to improving developing countries success to the full required for f 50 providence finance. these include squee, a supporter quarter. let's do the same, elizabeth, please. $500000000000.00 us dollars an ear as well as any fixed the depth release mechanism that supports payments suspensions longer lee lending terms and lower rates. it includes the call, can you repeat the lies and change the business model of multi level development banks? so they can massively leverage private finance at the affordable rates, the benefits developing countries. what do you think needs the endorsement of the need to the farm?
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the international financial actually picture that's i can see this outdated dysfunction and then the fast these can be a game changer. if accelerating, as did you put all this, i have been calling for the new but at the end woods moments and the development of practical solutions by the side of the future. next fit them, but it's kind of disconnected right now to get us to jeez, on put together with businesses and financial institutions, local authorities, doing development system and more you have helped support the way we've high impact initiatives to support 6 back at the areas where urgent transitions are needed. first, we must take action on honey that's you know what all the plans he hadn't good, he's a shopping spent on humanity. and then at pick human rights violation is an investment
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of everyone advised that millions of people on the spot being in this day and age building on july split system. so i'm, it's not like we are modeling finance science. they say the vacations of policy and governance supports 12 companies throw sort of foot systems. so people can excess a healthy and nutritious diet seconds. the transition to renewable energy is what's happening fast enough. we are putting forward new energy calls back to each government's business is a global organizations, armed forces to invest in good capitalizing energy systems, and then shooting a, just an equitable position from fossil fuels to renewable. energy serves the benefits and the opportunities of these all eyes. they should not being spread widely enough. the details of the vibe we must have launched in initiative to support this is the summation across when under this countries support things thrown. good pick logic capacities that the governors and, you know,
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but the financing, all proposed global digital complex will also help kansasgal sites digital systems that provide, instead of successful, all, including students in, not to each communities, got to get them all pulled on. so it does the but these do you need because you want to move as kelly, the not as well. ok because you'll a little but the of the very top is associated the i put notes. ok, those you need because show the color the it looks like most of us. um, i shall continue the process or not. it was the v. hey, these are products. okay, this was a you in secretary general, antonio gutierrez, speaking to the sustainable development goals summit, which is being held for the height of a week at the un general assembly. he spoke there about how countries must keep their promises and it's not just about a list of goals that, that have been outlined, but the lives in hopes of millions of people. well,
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let's bring in petty calhoun who is also at the united nations in new york. gutierrez, so associates, that's only 15 percent of targets are on track of quite remarkable statistics that he is putting out the 2 and a challenge to the countries and the latest that have been invited to the general assembly this week. really i mean it's the jury day in new york and it sort of matches the forecasts in the mood if you look through the you and report of these 17 goals. so basically all countries and then you and the 2015, they adopted these s d g state of development goals. they said they get there by 2030. so here we are at the halfway points. and is james mentioned you and says coven, it's huge factor wars, climate disasters, they are nowhere near and most of their goals. now there have been southern prevention, child mortality, access to banking access to electricity. but if you look at some of the key metrics,
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the splits take hunger and the secretary general mentioned that the goal is 0 hunger. so do you and says in 2020 to 9.2 percent of the world population experience product hunger. so what are the numbers behind that 735000000 people that is a 122000000 more people than 2019 and climate change. obviously, that is this huge part of these goals. now they said obviously if the country, if the world's going to have missed the worst of global warming, that we have to have our global or greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. so you is looked at all of the promises from the $192.00 countries that signed under the pair assignment agreement. and this is a really alarming to the district. they say if those goals are met, it would reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 0.3 percent. so obviously nowhere close to having it. so really what you're hearing from these officials here,
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we're going to hear from about a 110 more. i believe after this, and that's just for me today. everyone gets about 5 minutes talk. we're going to try and see if any of these talk countries have concrete solutions that they can put for to jumpstart these goals. because they said in most of the areas, all the progress that was being made is pretty much been wiped out. like you say, a lot of speakers to come in there obviously is going to be a lot of tool carpet this week, but will be right. should be any action of the back of this as well. any you just heard, the secretary general lay out some of what he thinks the solutions basically one in 3 countries right now, and it's a really alarming. so it's a $61.00, and $3.00. is it risk of not being able to service their debt? and one of them says things this report says is if we're going to lift children out of poverty, if we're going to get gender equality, all of the 17 different subjects that they want to tackle. governments need to spend more money. let's change and pay your debt. you can't produce programs for
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social programs to lift people out of that poverty. one thing that is a notable is that the developed countries promised that they would do climate finances chain about a $100000000000.00 a year, annually to poor nations, to help them with the climate site. and gutierrez, a said that they had, they had actually sent any of most of that money. he did, mentioned that there needs to be a change to international financing. and the way that countries are paying interest rates is a developing nations are in many cases paying 8 times more and interest, then develop nations. they want to see some restructuring of that debt. so there are some concrete steps that they're going to lay out. but one of the big asks is going to be for every government to just spend more money on social programs, spend more money and finally change, spend more money on clean water and cleaning up the oceans. and right now the global economy is in such a state, it's not clear, especially with the inflation and the ongoing war, and you find food shortages if the countries are going to be able to do that. but
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at least that's the goal over the next 2 days. they're plenty, plenty of work today. thank you so much. that is peggy co home for us at the united nations, the, the more now on the devastating floods in eastern libya risky work is struggling to identify decomposing bodies in the city of to, to dams collapsed one week ago, following heavy rains. thousands of people were killed and 10000 a still missing somewhere else. somebody isn't doing it. he has more on the recovery. if it's there, a typical shift from a z, the min for soul. what we see here is very difficult and very painful. more about this tragedy that hit there, not as being revealed every day, especially in the all why the region and then the also hub on neighborhoods. these areas are completely destroyed. the wounded and families of the dead and injured are describing terrifying experiences,
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rescue and relief teams. are working around the clock and thousands of bodies are still in the sea and on land. the challenges are very difficult for libyan aero been international rescue teams due to the small numbers compared to the size and scale of destruction in the city. entire neighborhoods have completely disappeared, as well as roads, buildings, and bridges that were swept towards the sea by massive floods. rubble is everywhere . the local authorities say the capabilities are limited and their equipment and tools are not good enough to cope with. the scale of the disaster. ongoing appeals are being made to countries around the world to send more modern equipment and rescue team specialized in dealing with such a rare disasters. the government emergency committee has divided the city into 3 areas. the 1st is the section that has been destroyed and people can no longer live in. those who survived will be evacuated to other places within days. the 2nd area is known as the fragile section. it was severely damaged and the houses are no
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longer suitable for living in the residents have been advised to leave. the 3rd section is the least damaged, and residents are being advised to exercise caution and follow health instructions, especially as rescue teams have not been able to recover all the bodies. and there are fears of epidemic spreading said the local authorities have sent the vehicles to all areas to spray them with disinfectants and distributed masks. residents have been war not to use ground water and water from wells to fear that they may be contaminated about 40000 people have left or have been evacuated from the city so far, and more are expected to do the same in the coming hours and days of families and doing still coughing with unbearable losses. they want to find their relatives bodies to pay their respects properly. this is the story of supremeville whose searching for his family members. it is a me a chance to take
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underway, but these are the licensed pictures of the 5 us prisoners boarding a plane in town. it's expected to land in doha, shortly. in exchange. the us has released iranians from its giles bundled the agreement, $6000000000.00 of frozen arabian funds, has been transferred to come to washington, says toronto will have restricted access to that money and can only use it for humanitarian needs. the schools of reopening in central morocco 10 days off to the devastating and it's quick in the hottest sit areas in the atlas mountain students are being educated, intends the you in says the earthquake this place more than 300000 people, thousands living and make shift camps literally and my colleagues send me site in
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spoke to l. just areas, hushing obama, who's at a make shift school in the us. me. this is one of the areas that were devastated by the, as quite a this was crucial for them to stock school. so going to give us sense of life back to normal, would expecting more and more students to arrive next hour for the simple reason that they would be transported from the villages all the way to this area that has been converted into an a make shift. schools are likely to stay here full at least 2 to 3 months before the government decides on whether they would be valid k to 2 schools in the major urban centers, such as the city of bad. i catch all of the areas, but this is quite a significant moment. they've just started school few days before the earthquake. when the quick happened, everything was i ever think changed
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a life that has completely changed. some of the students unfortunately won't be able to make it sunday because they died in the squeak. some of them lost the 2 of us lost everything. good one and good to see anybody speak english here. give me an idea. give us got sort of how do you feel about gets, how does that and then how long is sort of how long please to it. so to show you, she says that she's stressed and that's why this is more efficient as what this is strange. we've never been so something like this. oh jesus do that in a totally different environment for us to see. i'm cisco at all. the savings. okay. she has o, i'm cisco something else. what happened like an off the shock smidgen, fucking, they go courageous and is a thank you. i really appreciated. thank you. well,
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this is it, sammy, it's a totally different life. all these people, they do understand that life is never going to be the same again. however, it has to continue with the president. all the dominican republic has defended his decision to close the border with hazy, the neighboring states are in a dispute over the building of the canal. the president says he doesn't want to confrontation, but what reopened the border until heidi stops construction. john home and reports from the buddha and the hub on, or the dominican republic, defense minister visiting the boat after the 1st time to this country or did it close to neighboring hate say that decision was made pressure efficient farm is to stop thinking a come out on the most that cru river, which the to country ship, we took the opportunity to ask him about the spanish, the dominican republic, simone's novel dominican no, i body is project to is no commitment was and rely with the real book, you know,
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for the most and i don't know quite quite the project, but none of those projects start bucks the cost of the river going on. this one does, and that's why it violates the treating goes to the haitian side is suffering from drought and have a rock to irrigate the phone lines. they continue to dig despite the build up to the dominican troops on the other side, the buddha, the dominican government, wants to show of what it's doing. but at the moment, that's really all this is a show. they can't actually do anything to stop that canal, which is on the haitian side the the, it seems kind of haitian government, even if you wanted to use a political crisis and violence of left to do but incapacitated even most of the cap to pull to prince is in the hands of games. so how else the dominican defense minister does it expect that? let's take you back to the united nations headquarters in new york. the summit to discuss the sustainable development goals is underway because communists shake
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mohammed and abdominal funny is addressing delegates. that's listening to then i did say nations has been entrusted with the responsibility of facilitating government negotiations on the political declaration in cooperation with his excellency, defend winters presented of, of ireland to the united nations that we are gathered here at this very critical moment in the implementation of as did you use when we share one goal, addressing the the most urgent challenges facing the worlds of conflict with and for security crises, this and climate change. i need this to say a commitment to, to peaceful settlements of differences that the and respectful dialogue among our best and of to safeguard the, the developments gains worldwide. therefore, we must give priority to the implementation of effective procedures and measure as, as for the international law to move,
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the difficulty is hindering the right of self determination for those living under for an occupation including the palestinian people. it is also crucial to avoid any steps that would undermine the ability of developing countries to implement sustainable development tools, including good, imposing the course of measure it is in a manner country to the united nations charter and the principles of international law. mister president, simply not. and this occasion we should assert that investments in the future of our use falls to all of us. and by appreciating the opinions of you with empowering and empowering women and the girls and involving them in decision making, that we can build were inclusive and sustainable communities of the vital role played by the state of all thought and development world wide,
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especially in education or use enhanced is the vision of the state in human development that we are committed to supporting the implementation of the hop program of action for the lease development countries recognizes it getting nice thing. the challenges facing these countries in the state of costa is committed to the alignment of the 8 national developments plans with the sustainable development goals. principles of content has made the climate change a top priority and has taken important measures to develop that relevant techniques . mr. president, in the end, let us remember that the past way to build a new world that is the far more equitable and free is through achieving international human solidarity. together we concern our commitments to action and turning the 20th towards the agenda into reality. thank you very much. i as well,
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that was because as prime minister shake mom at the end of the alarm and al funding, he was thinking of the united nations headquarters in new york at the summit to discuss the sustainable development goals that has just got going on to why they said the color she is the goal of addressing the major issues facing the world, including conflicts, climate change, and hung up. well, let's bring in petty calhane again who is at the united nations in new york. what else to come to us from this to say well, you do talk a lot about um it's, it's the obviously a lot is in the scope of their only all out 5 minutes because there's a 11111 of them to get through today. but he did talk about education and the statistics from you and as when it comes to education are alarming. 84000000 children are not in school right now. that has a huge knock on impact for future generations. you talked about the rights of women and girls, and this is the statistic given by the you. and that was somewhat shocking. it said
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only about 50 percent. less than 50 percent of married women worldwide have control over their own reproductive rights. and so women and girls and education is a huge focus of the 17 different places that they are seeing complete slides back on. and one of the things that i think is notable is the number of refugees. it is the highest on record, just trying to keep this in context because i know these numbers can sound overwhelming, but we're talking about individual people making harrowing journeys. 34.6000000 this in the past year, 41 percent of those with children. so these are huge global issues, and one that they've said, and again, this is the halfway point. when the they said that they were going to really change in the next by 2030. and they are nowhere near in most of their goals. and petty, obviously, we know that countries are dealing with high inflation. that is, the global economy isn't exactly doing particularly well at this point in time.
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there's also the war in ukraine that is putting a strain on many countries. mean, even if there is the political will to do something here, i mean, is they have the money to do is and that is one of the things that they say needs to change, especially the secretary general. he says, we've basically got to completely change the way the world's financing the world banks are operating, have to change the way that is being serviced in developing countries and that they really, it's horrible. this, as you mentioned, governments need to spend more money, property of social services for education, for health care, for infrastructure. and really right now, because everybody, so i'm certain about the global economy. mean, how many times we've been in the us talking about a recession is coming next week, next month, and 2 months. and that's just in the united states. we've seen a lot of developed countries have backsliding, dealing with high inflation numbers. really worried about what's going to happen in the future. so it's not clear that they're going to be able to come up with this
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money. they say is desperately needed if they're going to stop the basic reversal of most of these goals. okay, thank you so much for that is petty calhane says, as the united nations in new york, i can always return to our top story in doha, with a major presence won't between the us and around this onto why these are the latest pictures of a rainy and americans voting a flight to, to, around it's expected to land shortly in, doha, and exchange. the u. s. has released the radians from his giles to have them have also arrived in doha now onto the agreement. $6000000000.00 of frozen writing and funds has been transferred to casa washington says to ron, will have restricted access to that money and can only use it for humanitarian needs. well, let's go to m are on con, who's at the airport here, and how this way? the 5 you freed us prisoners are expected to land in the coming hours. lot of
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moving parts here and run once they do land. what is the plan from their as well just in the last few seconds. we in fact, just before you came to us, the us and bus that actually arrived here at the international airport. the flight has taken off, but we saw some pictures of those freed prisoners walking up the gangway into the airplane, almost a visible sense of relief on the faces as they were doing that. and now we're expect them to arrive here in about 14 minutes to an hour time. what will happen is they'll land on the tarmac and they'll go into the building that the terminal building will be met by the categories, by delegations, from the us embassy. and from the us state department, we don't know whether they're going to stay, hey, or would they'll go to how about international airport, just a few miles down the road. but they will go to the united states of america, where they will be given a medical evaluation and then a security debriefing. but this deal is very controversial since it was triggered
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by the transfer of $6000000000.00. that was a running a little money that was frozen in south korea by the americans under the sanctions rules. that money has now been released. it was sent by south korea to switzerland, switzerland, and send that money to the banks in castle at once. cattle had confirmation receipt of that money, then the prison exchange was allowed to take place only around the inside to arrive around an american citizens will be released in those states in the us. they have us policy. both 2 of those will fly back to, to her aunt and one will go to a 3rd country where his family resides now on both sides. iranian sites that the americans arrested were accused of spies. the american side of the wrong is that they arrested way accused of working for an enemy state effectively. um the running government and they were sanctions busting and that's why they were arrested. but the deal has not been done, but it was catherine mediation effect if you got it done. this was 2 years in the
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making the 1st year a lot of diplomacy going on, visits from the category delegation to washington to, to iran. but in the last year, uh, the delegations both came to the all that was site and different hotels, they never actually physically met. it was the epitome of shuffled light mistakes. and i think tardies going from one hotel to another with deals with advice school, that kind of thing. it's been a very difficult process, but now the guitar is say that it has been very successful. but this doesn't mean by any stretch of the imagination that the is a piece failed in the process between the 2 countries. this is a very isolated deal. they still far apart on issues and they still very remote from sitting around the table and negotiating a final deal. and despite, despite that and but given the success of, of this negotiation, that has been some expectation to have to that could form the basis to tool around other issues between the 2 countries. how likely is that, or do you think that that is completely off the table here?
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well, it really depends on who you speak to. we've been speaking throughout the day to various iranian outlets. one of them is certainly said it could paved the way for more in direct talks. that's the light case scenario. they will be in direct tools between the 2 countries, possibly probably mediated by the guitar is victoria sent me, i have no experience of all of this, and they all seem as being an honest broker. so that may will, could happen. but we'll very far away from seeing those pictures that we so many years ago when the secretary of state john kerry was south around the table with his around him, counts of paul's, they were talking. i know why haven't now the joint comprehensive plan of action, then we're up here on nuclear deal in effect. so that was ripped up by president donald trump with very fall from that. but in direct negotiations that is aware that you're probably going to hit quite a lot when it comes to iran and the us
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a okay. and run, i mean the $6000000.00 that is being held and the banks who decides with that money can be spent because i know that it has been discussion of exactly what it can and can't be useful. well remember, this is around in money in the 1st place. so this data is actually closing controversy in iran as well because it comes with strings attached. they're only allowed to spend this money on the humanitarian aid. now present, riley has been speaking. he's in the even general assembly in new york at the moment. he says it will be spent on the running people. now the countries, um, the americans have said that they begin to close the mountains. what about money is actually spent on it needs to be spent on non sanctioned humanitarian nights, things like food medicines, that kind of thing. if they say, if this is being spent on anything else, then the categories will and the americans will all psychiatric to stop. okay. thank you so much. that is them are on time for us. well that is all for me for this news hour, but i will be back in just
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