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this is coming to you live from new clashes break out in jerusalem protesters face off against israeli police ahead of a contentious march through the city u.n. security council will hold an emergency session to discuss the violence also coming up $100.00 days of turmoil since the military coup in myanmar. she appears in court today she's just the most visible of those targeted by the security crackdown. soaring corona virus infection rates in turkey have locals
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under strict orders to stay at home the law does not apply to everyone. good to have you with us the been new clashes in jerusalem in another night of unrest across israel 4 weeks of demonstrations over the possible addiction of palestinians in east jerusalem have met with the harsh police response amid growing international chorus calls for calm the u.n. security council is holding an emergency session to discuss the situation. confrontation. escalation. it's an entrenched pattern of behavior between jewish his release and arab
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palestinians who make claims to the same land. this time the hatred flared at the damascus gate at the entrance to the old city. ownership of land is at the heart of the bitter dispute. the prospect of forced evictions of palestinians from east jerusalem has brought arabs to the streets over the past 2 weeks hundreds of them have been injured as israeli police crackdown on the demonstrations. on sunday they were out again ahead of a controversial jerusalem day march through the old city. hard line israeli nationalists use the annual event to celebrate the capture of east jerusalem by israeli forces in 1967. the parade is scheduled for monday though israeli security officials warn it could lead to a further escalation in violence. one of the. facing
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eviction is the kurds waiting for a case to be heard in israeli supreme court that could decide whether they are forced from their homes but the hearing has been delayed. to remain. cool is documenting everything that happens here for social media her family is one of 4 families facing eviction from their homes in the palestinian neighborhood of shakeshaft in east jerusalem right thing settlers could soon move in here but hey at least this is our life as palestinians we are the owners of the land we lived here legally and everything is documented legally. they come here and occupied the place and they want to occupy what remains of the neighborhood you. hate this part of the house has already been taken over by to resettle as
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a decade ago just like across the street where setlist moved into this house they claim parts of this neighborhood is actually their land and have waged a lengthy court battle against the family. almost a 100. jews lived. and jews own the land. nothing changed one thing that the arabs suddenly decided that they are all of the land of the property and decided not to accept the jewish ownership like other palestinian families who live in this neighborhood they have every settled here by jordan and the un after the israeli arab war in 1948 they had lost everything after being displaced at that time israeli law prevents them from claiming their lost properties. unless the supreme court allows a european if there are no other legal options for the family. then with
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a it's very painful very tiring psychologically speaking we're exhausted each one of us has packed a back with the most important papers passport identity cards anything important makes a typical. from school and university in case they picked us and that's what we need to take with us and you see the mission and all that. it's some said residents and supporters come together to break their ramadan fast soon after skirmishes break out at some point riot police harshly disperse the crowd arresting some of the palestinian protesters the eviction back over the homes it's like a symbol of force at stake in the israeli palestinian conflict. check out some other stories making headlines around the world today protests have erupted in several iraqi cities where the killing of a leading anti-government activists. was and he was shot dead early sunday and
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karbala journalist is now also in intensive care after being shot in the head early monday both men are key figures in iraq's 2019 and he government. hundreds of people marched in mexico city over the weekend calling for the legalization of marijuana demonstrators want the right to possess and grow cannabis as well as areas to consume it legislation awaiting final senate approval would allow production and sale for recreational use additional use is already illegal. space x. has announced plans to send a satellite to the moon funded entirely with the cryptocurrency those coins. one mission is to launch early next year it was originally created as a joke and has since grown to become the world's 4th largest digital currency.
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it's been $100.00 days now since the military in myanmar staged a coup and detained civilian leader aung sun suu cheat the time since has been marked by protests by elements and uncertainty today sochi is attending another court hearing by video link she faces a number of charges the most serious of which could see her jailed for 14 years since the coup suchi has been under house arrest and has been denied the chance to meet her legal team face to face the junta recently branded a shadow government made up of sponsors that she and other officials a terrorist. well journalist ayman tun recently left me on the arm is now in neighboring thailand good to see you again also said she she was myanmar's defacto civilian leader she's been in detention since the coup what she up against. so i think we're going to very good sense of what she is up against by looking at the sort of charges that have been levied against her
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so the military originally said that they took over the country because of election fraud and yet if you look at the charges that she has and she's now facing she's been charged with the illegal importation of walkie talkies she's being charged with breaking covert allegations she's also been charged with. a fed does fish and secrets act which essentially states that if you. have information that could be helpful to an enemy of the state then you can be charged with this crime something that one would expect a country to have and information and so you know with these charges on top of the fact that her trial has been delayed multiple times and lawyers have not been able to meet with her and in person and they have been having very limited online connections with her and it really shows that the military is not interested in having any sort of fair trial nor are they interested in having any sort of
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justification really for at the original reason for their coup. initially there were massive protests against the crew until the military became increasingly violent where does the protest movement stand $100.00 days in. so we're still seeing protests in the streets now especially outside these larger cities like the capital maybe dar or the commercial capital. but even in the cities where the majority of the violence has been focused we are still seeing griller protests where instead of people and planning to come out and out and will be small part of protests just in certain neighborhoods at random times where people kind of just burst into the street to join a group demonstration and then quickly disperse before the police can come we're also seeing how or where an escalation of violence especially from the side of the protesters we seen a situations in which there have been bombings largely unclaimed but largely
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targeting government buildings like police buildings and ministry buildings things like that have that have been taken over by the military council and we're also seeing a sort of consolidation of power on the side in one just around the national unity government which is a group. unlike the leaders as well as new civilian leaders who have come up during this protest movement really forming a shadow government that is in opposition to the military council. him in terms thank you so much that was during the same interred in bangkok. thank you for having me. turkey is currently under a nationwide lockdown to reduce a surge in coronavirus cases and deaths people there have been under orders to stay at home for a 3 week period until may 17th applies to everyone except foreign tourists they're exempt from the curfew free to walk the streets and see the sights our
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correspondent reports. and this is eastern borders most visited tourist attraction but hardly anyone is here these days. there is a very relaxed atmosphere instead of the usual crowds of thousands it's not only like this at the hardiest sophia but everywhere in the city the few tourists who are here right now pretty much have to themselves. this is. 3 sides. we don't have many travelling opportunities from crane at the moment and istanbul and turkey is one of the many countries that are open for us that's why we decided to come here after like a year. to lock down is a great time to visit istanbul the city is much calmer now under normal
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circumstances it's very crowded but that is different but while those on vacation are happy many locals are annoyed they have to adhere to a strict curfew until mid may. they can only leave their homes for grocery shopping and other essential needs and going to work requires a special permit. if i'm fair my kids are asking why are the tourists allowed to be outside while we are stuck at home. the tourists know that we are a high. i risk country i'm fine with them coming because they know the coronavirus situation here. we have threatened would have to finds if we leave our homes but the tourists can walk around freely that's not fair but there is nothing we can do about it. turkey has one of the highest coronavirus infection rates in europe
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and that's why many people here support a strict lockdown they just don't understand why tourists are exempt but the government is trying everything to keep turkey attractive as a holiday destination because the economy urgently needs a successful summit season. bringing down the number of infections without driving foreign visitors the way many of those who earn their living from tourism think that's a good strategy. like the 70 is a sophia who have barely earned anything for months. so that the pandemic has ruined the tourism industry here but as long as there are still some visitors there is hope at the moment there are just a few but we are happy about every single one is stand bull can accommodate many guests but 90 percent of the city's capacity is not being used right now. none of the sellers here expects a holy day season like before the pandemic. but many are hoping that
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a bit more life returns to the hug is sophia once the lockdown is over. sports now and in the bundesliga mines continued their excellent form under coach boat spends a 11 draw away to frankfurt was their 9th unbeaten game in a row and it means mines are as good as safe from relegation covering all sitting on these see it will open the scoring for the visitors after 11 minutes and minds looks set to hold on for a big tree until a brilliant piece of in problem station by aiden who stitch late in the game secured a drill for frankfurt but the hosts were disappointed to claim just one point as they fall behind dortmund in the race for the champions league. streamliner of the top stories we're following for you here today on the news fresh clashes have
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broken out between israeli police and the palestinians at a jerusalem holy site the violence follows weeks of demonstrations over the possible of fiction of palestinians in east jerusalem u.n. security council is holding an emergency session to discuss the situation. there watching the news i'm terry martin thanks very much. every day. for us and for our society. the idea is on its way to bring you more conservation. how do we make cities greener how can we protect animals and their habitats what to do with all our waste. we can make a difference by choosing reforestation over g. forestation.
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