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possibly, fighters crossing into libya, you image the yours is libya, is not a safe place for refugees and asylum seekers. and that they try to give assistance to those who are the most vulnerable, which for the women and children here. that's just not enough. the . despite the dangers and the price of deportation, thousands of migraines continued to make the dangerous journey to kind of my starting gap in the hope of a better life in the the hello, this is 0. live from bill. i'm for new back to the also coming up a 1st for columbia, a former president of viral rebate is going on trying to over allegations of finding witnesses to discredit suspicions that he had lain with whites when power
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military some send the d as the women. nice freedom, a message for the women in avon, the 2023. no doubt to spice is a warning to jail. active is not guessing how much k vonne has called it a biased and political i'm malcolm web in kenya, where police of banning the hinds of farmers government say it's necessary for the conservation of one of the country's most important sources. the mouth, forrest, the thank you for joining us. we begin in columbia way for the 1st time. a former president is set to go on a criminal trial. formerly during the viral rebate has been accused of bribing
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witnesses. it's alleged that he tried to discredit suspicions that he has links with right wing power military coups last spring. and i call responded in columbia as capital guitar, alessandro, and i'm getting less on to give us the context of this case. and what that does is, so mean as absolutely a folly, this has been a long grinding case started. now almost at 6 years ago, there have been many turns around. but at this point it looks like indeed the former president, that's cool. and we had to go to leave at one of the most powerful petitions and most advise it for the patients in the country. well, uh, face a trial come january. what happened is that the prosecutors had asked to show its case, but that the judges of this high court in bogota have looked at the evidence and
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they have said that there is enough proof for the trial. you go forward and what they're saying is that what do you but has allegedly directed his lawyers at to pay a number of former military men that are in, in prison, to change their testimony in his favor. if indeed this is the case, it would be the 1st time in the history of the country that. b a former president face to will face the quite serious a criminal charges in a penal trial. yeah. and as you say, this is a long running case. it took 6 years just to reach this point today. and it's also been one of the most paula rising and ballistic politicized cases in columbia. what happens next? yes, absolutely. and it continues to be a that way just because how important of how important that
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a variety of it is and how powerfully he is in columbia. in politics at the start of this case, he was being investigated by the supreme court. and that's because it's a time when he was saying that there the supreme court that essentially investigates police stations that while there are in office and he was ordered back in 2022 house arrest. but what he that was essentially refined from is the senate seat. so to move the trial to the attorney general's office, which is seen as politically close to former president would even the best because the current attorney general was essentially a chosen uh 5 by the previous the price you think, even though it was an ally of the of president would even what we've seen so far is the attorney general, who is the prosecution and this case trying to get it dismissed. the issue now with this decision, and this is the 3rd time that
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a judge of this size is against that. just let me so that it will go back to the attorney general office that will now have to present. i mean, dice when thing we're going to have to see if there's going to be a strong one. thank you for that. on this, on that i'm here to lie for, say, in bogota, columbia, a poverty vine, and sand, a desperate hole for a better life in a country far from that own tens of thousands of people on the move in latin america trying to reach the united states and that number is expected to reach more than half a 1000000 by the end of this year. many, i'm making the perilous journey through the diary in gap. one of the world's most dangerous my friend was. and as i latin america, as a lucy and human re force attacks by criminal gangs are getting more frequent and more deadly that a group of migrants cross the river and tobacco cheeky to the latest victims of a growing number of bandits. now operating into that in jungle, going on with it,
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i'm on over to the describe. the men who rob them depend them as border police. they'll send you out a tour armed with rifles and 3 had mercedes, and one was on horseback. one after another, the migrants tell us the same story. of the police told everything a lot of people, the food for the child, the migrants arriving back with you, people with no food or money to continue their journey. some of the women have been sexually molested or even raped 11 year old and we keep with that and his sister said, i eat or among the many children we find, we seem desperate to tell us about their or deal with their parents permission. there were many bandits around, they were math and came out with guns. and when we were on the road we heard a lot of shots and we saw that people got very scared when the bandage shot a man's foot that made me very scared. i was also scared when i saw a woman who was dead in a river alongside
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a child. they were already eating. all that was left was there like thousands of children experiencing the same thing with their also stories of sacrifice and soul source. this is on the way i went across the river and i am was round because of exhaustion. the water was very deep. i survived, thanks to the cuban man, my nephew and another man who saved this haitian woman was dying from dehydration but was saved by 2 strangers. he said o money, she's a human being we kansas a man in her. i told her that i would come back for her. i reached the village and i brought her down on the stretcher. panamanian board to police can see that they need more resources to contain the escalating crime lab in the jungle and keep migrants from danger. danger that's not the turing,
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those risking their lives to escape poverty and violence at home. lucy and human alger, xerox, that in depth, panama. well, in the united states. meanwhile, immigration has become a major campaign issue ahead of next year's presidential election present. joe biden is taking a 2nd term and on thursday, his administration announced a range of tougher anti integration policies, including a new board, a wall construction in texas to curb the number of arrivals at the southern us border. let's go live to oranges. here is on an fisher in washington dc, so a major political you turn from present, biding on thursday over this border wall allen, what's been the reaction in washington? go, let's put it in context. if you go back just 5 years, joe biden was campaigning to be president against donald trump. we talked about building a wall from sheet seat to sun shining, see, and joe biden said there would be not one more meter of the whole being built under his presidency flash forward 5 years. and he is approving the construction. and now
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he says his hands are type that he's got to do this, he's following the law. but he's already said in the last 40 hours, but he doesn't think that was sold. and if it doesn't matter, the new extension, 52 kilometers and the rio grande valley will still go ahead under his watch while i was told that i had no choice that i, you know, congress passes legislation to bill something, whether it's an aircraft carrier wall or provide for a tax cut. i can say i don't want it, i'm not going to do it. if it hadn't been doing it for so long that you try to re appropriate the funds. so definitely try to ask the congress to consider change the law to free appropriate say, don't use it for other purposes, can be more border ages. give me more technical capabilities at the tech fentanyl.
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i'm like, that's what i want. so all, and how will this play out in the lead up to the election next year? it will tell us, of course, as we'll see this as a when that job 5 minutes at the back. don't. and actually go ahead and build a new section of the board. the wall now by the supporters are split some saying, look, the president had to do something about what the republicans are. branding by guns border will crisis and this isn't a bad option because essentially he's being forced into it. but environmental groups are very angry with dual by they say, look, he's had to wait at least 12 us lawyers to let this border will be constructed to let this project go ahead and he could have blocked it there. he could have done something about it. and then there are groups like the c o u, a big civil rights union here in the united states are saying, the job items, your time is essentially going back on the promises that he made on the sale. you
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would be a key supporter for to buy the good news is he's got a while to the election to sort this out. and he's hoping that the new program that he's a 9th, including this construction of the will, will help him the election. but he can't afford to start anything, many of his core supporters, particularly if donald trump is to be the republican, know many, the latest polls say that the presidential race will be an incredibly tight one. thank you for that unofficial life or say in washington dc. well, you are a pays also facing a growing a migration crisis. the rivals of refugees and asylum seekers has increased in recent years and months leaders mentioned spain discuss the issue, but the block remains divided. sonya go go reports from canada. it was a meeting designed to boost hoops and such expectations. beginning for some auto bullying note, it's great to be here in, in beautiful brun enough to others an altogether gloomy effect in particular on the
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prospect of the european union's enlargement. lead does not selfish, they would look like to let you in and get the source is financially, but you need this informal event ahead of a full so much later this month was meant to set the scene for a new era and a you strategy. but despite a modest show of unity, the grievances among members assisted as a sun set on another e u summit. what now for the blocks i'm bishan. it has managed to coupling together a g, a strategic vision for its future. but it remains deeply divided on one issue, migration. this is the human cost of that debate, the thousands of people who traffic to buy smugglers and to europe searching for a better life. many do not complete the countless, perilous journeys that take place on on safe specials hod line is within the block
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hungry in poland, have repeatedly refused to share the burden of receiving such migrants. citing national security. well the, you need to struggle to find common cause. migration was always, there will always be there. the question is how we are managing it, s t, mural. the question of how to solve it has driven others to find that own bilateral solutions, leaving the you playing catch up on this basically divided issues. sonya jago, i'll just sarah granada. the, the e, ron has condemned the awarding of the nobel peace prize to jail, the women's rights activists now get some hama, d, she setting multiple sentences into iran that amount to more than 30 years in prison meant a charges includes spreading propaganda against the state. the nobel committee said
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mohammed, he was an inspiration to nationwide demonstrations last year, sponsored by the death of my find many in custody. the 23 year old died after she was arrested for allegedly violating yvonne's mandatory. he dropped off. now guess how much he is a woman, the human rights advocate and a freedom fighter. as in awarding to this, she is nobel peace prize. then the wage and nobel committee wishes to all the courageous heights for human rights freedom and democracy in iraq. on august mohammed his daughter says she's proud of her mother's achievements . fortunately, you have 5 more. i honestly, there are no wish to see how proud and more of what she has accomplished. i hope that she will keep on fighting a fight to keep helping people helping women in even trying to help the people of
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our country. honestly, i think i have never been so proud of this. i am proud of her every day. but today, when i got the news, i was really very, very happy for her, and i hope she felt like me when she received news. and here's a view from iran capital tehran found that the money is not being gentleman. as a woman, i very much agree with this, and in my opinion and this society where women do not have any rights, this of all can at least be released for us. that there is at least someone who cares about us. what fine see a single it was set to make political? i would say, in my opinion, and i don't know why this a board was given to this lady. in this case, we have had many piece on positives. on a diamond is any radian born british human rights advocate who was jailed in yvonne's evan prison alongside. now i guess some comedy in 2016, she describes comedies, nobel peace prize, bitter sweet that we all feel overwhelming, joy. but unfortunately, it's also a bit of sweet moments because now i guess is not there to walk across the stage to
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receive her award in us and because she is behind us. and i think that really tells a lot about the state of iran, the state of the protest movement that has been going on, woman life freedom. but she is, i am sure she is very proud of the collective force that we've become. and the fact that the global international world international arena, international communities finally giving for and the purchase movement, the recognition they deserve. we know that evan prison is called that via the university, because most of the prisoners are intellectuals, ph, d, holders, their journalists. there are there people who are political fault leaders and they end up in prison and that's kind of besides the reality of a bronzer, the intellectuals and people who really want to make the country the best it can be end up in prison. so of course, now the now i guess,
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as long as incredible award that the best thing that the wrong could do is say it's a political adjuster and play it down to the head on al jazeera, a report from ne ukraine where the entire village is in the morning after a russian miss on a time on thursday. and a crowning glory for simone bias is now the most decorated female jim. this is the the brought to you by visit capital a. hi, we've got some cold weather pushing towards the eastern parts of the us as we go through the next couple of days. but a cloud here that's a very active cold fund. it will continue to drift this way for the east, which as we go through the next 24 to 48000, another system here,
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just bumping it along just to help. it's on its way this weather system here that will not spell the northwest thing was the temperature is picking up. so that will sit around $22.00 cells. just assume of the temperature in new york on saturday afternoon. but notice the sunday, maybe 15 in new york getting up to $27.00 in dallas, so that will continues to trip this way. further. know if it's good test to one. by the time we come to monday, but already 15 in new york by that state, not just that went to weather, driving through some heavy bus afraid could cause some flash flooding for a time. something to watch. awful press queens as well. stone fleet. not too far away, that'll bring more wet weather and i bet it's the side of the canada. just putting 3 new england dry bright to whether start to push back in as we go on into sunday. much of those america away from here is fine and settle still very much on the health side for ally. it's 32 degrees celsius. so the temperature we can expect to say across the car bed, sunshine is showers, as per usual, the heavy, a showers,
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making their way to both east of the quote to you by visit castle. how do they control the information? how does the narrative improve public opinion? how is this as intended? this and we flaming the story? the listening post, i sex, the media, we don't cover the news. we cover the way the news is covered. the teams to the the
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top stories on our coaching, columbia has rules that they will stand trial for driving witnesses. he's accused of trying to discredit accusations that have names with bite wing and military record number of migrants across and into the united states. more than 200000 device from mexico in september, the number is expected to reach more than half a 1000000 by the end of this year. and the want has condemned the awarding of the nobel peace prize to james women's rights activist marcus mohammed. she's setting multiple sentences into iran that amounts to more than 30 years in prison, have charges into a spreading comp, again against the states and ukraine. a 10 year old boy has been killed in russian as strikes on the city of car keys. it comes a day after russia was accused of carrying out one of its worst attacks on ukraine since the war began. when 52 people were killed in a small village in the east zane bus robbie reports from the khaki feature to the
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point of impact of a guided russian missile. in the heart of ukraine's high key breach of the blast wave was so strong, destruction spread for several city blocks. this, the city's mayor says there were no military targets in the area. only civilians live here. i woke up because of the sound, the explosion. it was very powerful. i told a friend khaki was safe, she could come back. now i blamed myself. this deep impact crater is from an attack that happened just a few hours ago. multiple missile strikes in the early morning hours at the beginning of the work day. in har keys there growing a custom to rush in the task. grateful just to survive a day at a time a 2nd bloss site and more devastation. for this woman, survival is bittersweet. she was not home with the missile,
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but her brother's lifeless body was pulled from the roof. hours later news. her grandmother was also killed. investigators collect missile fragments, every piece of twisted metal, evidence of possible war crimes. in the small village of her rosa, the smell of blood still hangs in the air after a missile strike on thursday killed dozens, attending a memorial surface. this is my family, my cell villages. i loved everyone. i feel nothing, nothing at all. they were mothers with children here. i didn't know what the rush just wanted. i didn't know what they wanted to prove that club me, she is. olga says, what happened here is barbaric for 24 hours after this attack. the police are still
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pulling people out of the rubble, while the pulling remains out of the rubble. they're thought to be the body parts of multiple people in this one bag. why? this is a remote community of 300 people. the military races here did not appear to be a military target. is it to civilian structures filled with civilian women who are gone to a local prosecutor. describe these attacks is one of the biggest prime so far the war and even to observers of countless conflicts and the apparent targeting of civilians living in a small village. nowhere near front lines, nothing more than cents. so it's 5. it's the same bus route, the old to 0. what it was and ukraine's hockey freed. this turkey is. foreign minister has told us secretary of state antony blinking,
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that i'm correct. we'll continue. it's military strikes in northern syria. that's after us forces shot down to take a strong on thursday. took it has been carrying out a military offensive against curtis that forces in the region. it says 15 p k. k targets have been destroyed in the latest strikes on friday. the kids stepped up a tax against a group of baptists, or assigned bombing non car last week, which the big ticket came responsibility for. and in syria, at least 4 people have been killed in government. death strikes on the opposition house, city of ed live, rescue workers say 20 people including 3 children have been killed since thursday. it lip is one of the last year. we in opposition controlled cities. and they've been asked strikes in syria, is a level region analogy, is there a corresponding film, this video be a path which rebel forces, se included phosphorus bonds. the town of that i to is that is under the control of prep. ok. now the sites and opposition strongholds come a day after a drone,
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a type on the military academy, in the city of homes, at least $8.00 to $9.00 people were killed. wanting to us may find damages in on the ash and sorry for disturbing funerals and city. a haven't stopped during the past 12 years. this is one of the lakes of that joint attack when the government academy coffins are taken to the final resting places. these are the last moments recorded on camera of the graduation ceremony of that cutting me. oh. don't attack tons instead of gratian into a blog bass. the man has to be, we tended the ceremony till the end. and then we went to greece, our relative, then it was that must have sound. i woke up here to ship, not to, you know, as we stood beside my brother, there was a huge explosion. people were around us on the ground. i don't know what happened
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to my brother. why no one claimed responsibility for the attack. the syrian military lane, what he calls on thursday organizations supported by noon into national conference . this is obviously a real crew for whoever is carry it out because it is at a military base. it's cadets, it's targeted and it's using advanced technology. the immediately after that talk, government forces going by the drug of health and live in northern syria. several people are reported to, i've been killed and others injured. the data for see a state give equal to the russian commander and see if you want and go possible attacks and russian or syrian positions. i found, i'm not able to use somebody because of the fall ahead of, according to the deputy head of the russians, send us a reconciliation for in parties by jim colet, terrorist appointed to carry out a series of attacks on the locations of the russian military and the syrian
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government in the hub, friday's funerals didn't end well either. during the 1st session, several drones up here, then the skies above from submitted to the hospital, the author, according to pro governments media. the ministry intercepted them. while it's not yet clear who is behind that tax, it's exposed. how the 12 year was fall from over the way the fighting issue. and the action was just so you know, to kenny in our community to say police and forest rangers upfront and demolished more than 200 homes near a far as reserved the government as over the eviction of thousands of people. it says they're living and legally online, that's part of the mile force and important source of water for millions. i'll come way past this exclusive report from no account for days millison clearly and her family has been watching canyon please. i'm forest ranges,
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setting her neighbors homes on fire, across the valley from where she lives. she's wondering if uh home will be next. the government says people here and living in legally in a forest was as then security officers arrive. when the police chief says we will not leave a single house here. let me ask you, or i can be, i need to, i feel awful. i have no where else to go. they're not respecting anyone's rights. they're just burning houses. government eviction guidelines say residents should be compensated and given 3 months notice this happened in a minute. and it's a similar story all the way down to the funny. the community leaders say more than 200 homes are being destroyed in the last week. ranges have beaten people and thousands of being made homeless. the environment ministry didn't respond to our request for comment for people who lived in this time told us that the families
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being here for generation since the full independence from british colonial rule for the government says this is necessary to protect. one of kidney is most important. what the deal with is the mount forest is the largest highland tropical forest in east africa. the rain full co here feeds more than a 1000 rivers and 6 major lakes. an estimate to 10000000 people depend on it. down on the plains farm is in hud as has been struggling with reducing water levels for you. as scientists say, that's because more than a quarter of the forest has been destroyed since the 1990s, mainly bike were having human settlements. last week, president william retailer said the government will regenerate dates with help from foreign donors. and so the people have to go, what are the problems that during the hot box, while it to us who left a value entirely, we really look at them. but this was dealing the for us now sort yourselves out
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very fast and leave because you're going to put defense router was among politicians who encouraged people to settle in the forest in the 1990s rights group say some of the made money from selling a regular land titles, the forest spin shrinking rapidly as a sense came on. you should call you and he says she was born here 60 years ago in the 1980s, the government told her community they were outside the forest, was of an issue. numbers for that. lots of land now homes in ashley and i didn't know if they've been doing that. we know the forest boundary is hoff academies or away from here. the government sick knows the boundary and taken online and it's important to preserve the environment. but this is not the right way to do it. previous rounds of evictions have also been marked by reports of rights abuses. none of.
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