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the country's big city, and reportedly seized the airport there. the unrest was triggered by a sharp increase in fuel prices. also coming up tonight for more years to police officers. the young recruits of the ali bond discovering in afghanistan, it's not easy to transition from waging war to securing the piece and in australia, backlash against top tennis star novak joke of that she's received a medical exemption to play in the australian open, but will he be allowed to enter the country. ah, i'm burnt. gov. a belated, happy new year to you. it's good to be with you again. we begin this 1st wednesday of 2022 with violence in kazakhstan. protestors there had stormed and set fire to government buildings in the country is largest city, the violence,
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they are follies, days of mass demonstrations over surging fuel prices and appealing for calm the countries president to dave, spoke of deaths and injuries sustained in the projects. and he said that he would act forcefully to end the unrest. ah, thousands of protesters venting the fury at the government arrest sites in the authoritarian ex soviet republic. for 4 days, these people have been taking to the streets protest started in the remote oil hub of gentlemen, but they quickly spread to other cities after the government announced an end to price caps on fuel. now the unrest appears to be spiraling and hitting the country's largest city. amity, in particular, protest is a calling for white, a political changes. police if deployed in numbers in
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a bid to curb the unrest just as you but t a guests and stun grenades have done little to dissuade protesters. neither have hundreds of arrests, nor the imposition of a curfew and movement restrictions on several regions. cassock president costume jamal took, i have had sect the government and moved to reinstate price controls in response. but with protests escalating, the president has vowed to hold firm. i am okay. glo august with us, the head of state and you from today, the president of the security council. i intend to act as tough as possible. stillberg no, no matter what. yeah, i will stay in the cafeteria. catholic's damsel authoritarian government usually tolerates little real opposition. but this time, the protest angus seems to have caught the authorities of god. and for more now, i'm joined by ice cream totally can over. she's a freelance journalist,
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she's currently in prague. she just arrived there this morning from context on i sure is good to have you with this. what are you hearing? what is the latest right now? on the situation? the latest right now, i know is that internet connection has been restored in some series of cause expand . it's been off for around 7 hours and the people whom i contacted the source is on the ground say that it's quiet. and on our key on the street there is no presence of police or any security forces. and we know that protesters have captured the almighty airport, burned down the prosecution office, the city hall of mighty is still burning and several t, v stay tv. officers are also burning. so if it's still
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ongoing and it's, it's going to develop further. so in recovery boards that has sacked the government and taken over the country security council. so do we know who was in charge of the country right now? the head of security council. it used to be done as or by the former president until 2019 and now to guy has stated in his address to the nation that he will now take over the title. which probably means that another by may not be in the country or is not able to control the situation. so right now what we know is that people on the ground say that there is no control over the situation. but took, i've, if appealing to different governments, particularly c s t o to help cause extend,
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curb the current violent protest. and as you mentioned, former president and as are bio, do we know anything about his whereabouts tonight? i know we don't know anything about his location or any of his family and we also haven't heard from him in the last few days when the lar escalating and it's usually the case when there are protests. another vice very rarely publicly speaks about them. and right now we, we just have heard of 2 clients and probably some other people who are working behind the scenes. but it seems to me that the situation is still very shaky and color stand. government does not have enough resources to control the situation on
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the streets in different parts of the country. we understand that it's started over protests over increasing fuel prices. but how do you explain that in conflict on a country that sits on some of the world's largest oil reserves? yeah, that's actually an interesting note because the approaches have started in the western part of context on which you reach in oil and gas and other natural resources. but this part of coverage has also seen a lot of inequality that people there who and gas companies, they don't see the benefits from the natural resources, because extent is extracted from the part of the country. and i think that for people, it was also at the price that on gas reached down, that would increase prices given that people, economic situation was already being very dire and very heavy.
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and many people are still saving money even to buy meat and other products. so i think that the official reason that they were protesting because of the increased the oil price, oil or gas prices, is just the people there because there has been, they have been many problems accumulating in the last 3 decades that extend has to deal with. now, journalist eyes ream till you can over joining us tonight with the latest on that situation in kazakhstan, assuring. thank you. thanks for having. while tensions in conflict on continue to grow the world is trying to understand what is behind this unrest. the central asian country has escaped the global spotlight for decades. here's a closer look now at the former soviet republics, recent history and what the protests tonight could mean for its authoritarian rule
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. the gaudy and at times bizarre modernism of cossacks dance, capital northville ton. this newberry city recently shed its previous name as donna and no, no, the man who has ruled the country for 3 decades. the district, you know, so town as i buy it, that kazakhstan into independence in 1991 during the collapse of the soviet union. he ruled as an autocrat wigging elections and crushing any opposition. he also tapped kazakhstan, abundant oil and gas reserves to embark on a cause of modernization and economic reform. the drummer doesn't buy a step down as president in 2019 and his sold loyalist cassim. yeoman took i f as a successor, hostess to you, but he retains his power and his official title. and what is the leader of the nation? for all the glitzy for thought and economic growth, progress remains out of reach full many. according to the world bank,
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half the population lives in remote areas with po infrastructure and widespread poverty. it is in areas like these weather protests of a surging fuel prices began. ah, the unrest could finally pry open as a bias i am grip on the country present. kyle has taken over as head of the national security council position that concentrated power in the hands of his predecessor in afghanistan, the span of a few months young tele, button fighters have experienced the euphoria of victory as well as the sobering reality of ruling the country that they won after decades of war is on the brink of economic collapse. most of the young jihad is have only known war. now they have to adjust to a country that is desperate for economic growth and rulers who can help build
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instead of fight. for 20 years, afghanistan was a country at wool. while the u. s. lead alliance tried to build a nation. the taliban tried to tear it down. then in august 2021, they succeeded. the taliban over and cobble the insurgents. once again, the institutional power was one. now these young taliban fighters room the streets of the capital. as urban police, it's a new chapter for a generation. there's no nothing but your head looks you tell them to call you to call it. but when i started fighting the americans, i was 14 or 15 years old to them. i wrote to us that my brother was a group leader, and i could only take part in some battle colors for my the when i turned 20, i spent all my time fighting with the major di,
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what i'm alone from the glory of the battlefield to the banality of peace. the taliban of inherited the country scarred by war and the people that views him with suspicion and fear. rebundle silicon, the past 20 years americans have occupied our country. and they've attacked us in various ways. now what they called one that told us, and they've created the mindset and people through the media and they portrayed us as bad. people had a lot of on the move out to minute and they weren't there but mighty could to it's a tall order to win hearts and minds. the taliban of launched a correct down on crime in the capital. but now with that can stand on the brink of financial collapse. many would rather see economic manages than more militants on the streets. amazon, the other. the main problem with facing is poverty and joblessness. i of us
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government employees have not been receiving their salaries for the past 3 months out, and there's no labor jobs any more them on it. so these problems are all still in place. but i'll coordinate on when either the off was good adara. and that will test the cohesion of a movement that might have won the war in afghanistan, but now has to overcome the challenges of peace art. here's the look now, some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world. japan's, his north korea appears to have launched a ballistic missile into the sea of japan, prime minister from mio, to sheet it was as expressed regretting that north korea is still launching missiles towards his country. the european union's top diplomat says that russia will face massive consequences if it moves to invade ukraine. joseph barrell has pledged the european union's full support and he did that on
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a visit to the ukrainian capital. today. he says that any russian aggression would come at a severe cost for russia. at least 30 people, including 7 children, have been killed in a house fire in the u. s. city of philadelphia, the 3 story building was divided into separate residential units. it's owned by the cities, public housing authority. staying in the u. s. the german foreign minister, angelina bare bach, is in washington on her 1st trip to the us just taking office. she met today with us secretary of state anthony blinking for talks, focusing on strained relations between russia and the west. there are fears that a russian troop build up on his order with ukraine could be in preparation for an invasion, climate change and shine. and we're also on that on the, on the agenda today. here's what the german foreign minister said just a short time ago at a joint press conference. we jointly re a change at that, russian actions and activities come with a clear price tank. and i renewed my lation of ukrainian sovereignty by russia
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would have severe consequences. the russian government is aware of this position. and the only way out of this crisis is dialogue. and we can agree on this or let's take a story now to our washington bureau chief, indisposed, she is following the visit for as good evening to you, enos and happy new year to you. let me ask you, we've got a new german foreign minister now visiting with antony, blinking. are we seeing changes there when it comes to their stance on russia? or are we seeing more unity? well, in our brand festival, also happy new year to you and all our followers and viewers here and, and elena burbock and her antony blinking, they really presented a very unified front on russia. after the meeting here in washington saying that russia's military build up near ukraine's board of poses. and i quote that an
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immediate and urgent challenge to european security and that any intervention will draw severe consequences. i think for our international audience, it is important to keep in mind that an alina babcock has struck a much tougher tone on russia than her predecessor. and she warned russia very explicitly that they are, they will pay a high political and economical prize if it makes any militaristic moves towards who kareem and ino, in your opinion. what does today's visit tell us about the state of transit when it ties, particularly between the u. s. and germany? it was a very friendly meeting. as i said, sir, and in a beveled was really in a joking mood. she was here as a exchange student, obvious in florida where the weather was much nicer than right now in florida. so it all showed that the united states and germany are still standing side by side.
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and on alina babble, made it really clear that the united states is still one of maybe the most important ally for germany. but on the other hand, she was also very confident saying that all matters regarding europe has to be, have to be discussed with europeans. she also made it clear that bilateral meetings are also importing important. and i that i think that was a little hint towards the plan meeting of gen of germans. chancellor will love choice with vladimir putin, which some americans didn't a think so highly about so on the one hand, very friendly. but on the other hand, an elena burbock also showed some confidence at her 1st meeting here in the united states, being a german is foreign minister, a road c, w is over the latest to know the washington in his thank you. we want to stay in
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the united states, president biden is appealing to all americans to get vaccinated lives. the u. s. has recorded more than a 1000000 new cobit 19 infections in the last 24 hours. there are worries over how the fast spreading omicron variant could impact the unvaccinated and the country's health care system. in texas as largest children's hospital, grayson was struggling to breathe. he's just 4 months old and has contracted cobit 19 is really skinny. so i just hump day, you know, he's able to get better go. his mother. gov yell thinks that the youngest of her 3 children was infected at a family christmas gathering way. i will talk to him in like a little, maybe really, i think to him i key thing like he likes he. grayson is only one of some 70 children currently being treated here for coven 19 chart,
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the waste. in the past 2 weeks, cobit admissions have quadrupled here. most of the children are unvaccinated. that bar for resilience. death hates moving. you think that? i know how we can do this again and then we keep doing it again. they don't have much of a choice. coven, 19 numbers continue to rise, and not just in texas. nationwide, some 1000000 new infections worry ported over 24 hour period. more than 95 percent are being attributed to the omicron variant. growing numbers of americans are critical of president jo biden's response. a shortage of testing capacity is just one of the problems confronting the white house. if you're vaccinated and boosted, you are highly protect it. and i'll be concerned about i'm a crown, but don't be alarmed. but more and more vaccinated americans are worried and are calling for schools to be closed,
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at least until the latest wave has passed. but new york's new mayor opposes that idea. we can't continue to stop our children from developing socially and academically in the support that they need. so we have to learn how to live with co it and live with coal would cope with a safe way staff at the texas childrens hospital say they expect the situation to become even more critical in the coming weeks. even if omicron usually results in less severe cases than previous variance. the problem is that with so many children and adults infected, even if the percent percent hospitalization rate is lower, we're still could see more children hospitalized over a very short period of time. so that certainly puts a strain on our health care resources. healthcare workers are hoping biologists are right when they say, all mcclellan will pass its peak by the end of the month. where is tennis star
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novak joke of ich tonight? the answer to that question remains unclear. now the tennis star we understand is a corolla virus vaccine skeptic. we don't know if he's going to be allowed to enter australia to play in this month. australian open organizers of the australian open of granted him a medical exemption from the corona virus vaccine. but their country's prime minister says he still has to show that he meets the requirements or that the tenant star could be on the next plane out of the country. is world number one and defending australian open champion. novak joke of it's getting special treatment or not people in melbourne or demanding answers now that job in the public and the vax, a person who really has advocated against it. hell those, you know, prominent tournaments last summer where kind of picked up kind of it himself. he's
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the one that gets medical exams and it's, it's not come down well at all. prime minister scott morrison applied some pressure, making it clear that choke of itchy one will be treated like every one else that he must provide acceptable proof that he cannot be vaccinated for medical reasons, am and to be able to access the same travel arrangements is felipe expedited travels, so we are white, his presentation, and what evidence he provides to support that. if that evidence is insufficient, then he won't be treated any different to any one else and he'll be on the next flight, not. so there should be no special rules that i, that joke which at all, just maybe there's nothing to see here. all stray an open organizer say joke of which had been given no special favor during the process to receive his exemption. they're not allowed to reveal the details of joke of inches exemption application, but they urge the serve to reveal why it was approved,
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if only to call public outrage. or it seems like now some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world. french president emanuel macaroni has vowed to make life for the unvaccinated. so difficult that they are forced to get the jap macaroni used a vulgar expression for getting on people's nerves. in a newspaper interview about the vaccine care though will pay $30000000000.00 us dollars compensation to indigenous children who were taken from their families or human rights tribunal. harm found that officials discriminated over the course of decades against the indigenous population about $55000.00 children. alien dollars should benefit from the honey. nearly a 100 hostages in nigeria have been freed in 2 months after they were abducted for the say. the hostages, including women and children, were released unconditionally armed gangs in the country, often kidnap for rance. the pandemic has hit many cities
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hard in the past many urban centers and declined, managed to re brand themselves by focusing on culture. that's why the european union has named 3 cities, european capitals of culture. this year the title comes with funding to put on a year of events and it aims to put places like a city in luxembourg, on the cultural map. ah, a former steel mill in ash 6 years ago, production here closed down. now the industrial ruin is to become a culture factory, a venue for dance and street art installations tied . yo han started work on this pace long before the official program for the european capital of culture was finalized and gone to familiar. yeah, my whole family worked here a working class family. so this means
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a lot to me and also this, this morbid thing going on here. i like the way everything is decaying again, this is ash 2022 will involve the entire region. the iron and steel industry extended across the border. and so does the cultural project. 19 municipalities are involved 11 in luxembourg and 8 in france. ah, give dick, we really want everyone to participate every community, no matter how small we think they're all important. they each have an exciting history and cultural heritage and of course we want to build it and illustrate it together. oh, fallen on tighten. ash bellville, is a showcase for successful structural change. the old blast furnaces have been integrated into a modern neighborhood startups, high tech, and the university are part of it. a few kilometers away in odon leticia,
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in france, things have worked out less well. those looking for jobs had to luxembourg, but the cultural project is a ray of hope, sir, said michelle, it would be good for our young people if culture comes, if they provide work and careers because there's nothing else here lawyer. the mind just outside the village closed in 1997. nicholas catallo and his friends are now re opening up their grandfather's mind i in or here. now they're mining a rich vein of culture. they are restoring machinery and plan to open a restaurant and an escape room project. nicholas's grandfather came from italy in in ensemble. this pit is a symbol of our immigrant culture. it was the immigrants who made us what we are to day. and we owe that diversity to the mining and steel industries. yours when colon
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steel. we're booming. people from many countries came here to work, creating a unique, historical mix of cultures. jason, very, it's great ish is a beautiful city. they also say it's the most diverse city in luxembourg. it, the multicultural, heart of europe will soon be beating in this order region. you want you to be news. i'll be back at the top of the hour with more will news fall the by the day. i have to send you the truth with with
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