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from the chinese capital. s. u. s. intelligence suggests fighting in ukraine's east is having a stale mate, the few remaining residents of the city of babylon try to get by without electricity, old water. i'm in the united states. a black democrat law maker in tennessee, celebrates after being reinstated, following his expulsion by majority. republicans, a leading and gun controlled protest. ah, i'm still getting a welcome to the program. rescue efforts are underway to help 1200 people, a drift on 2 boats in the mediterranean sea between italy and greece. italian coast guards as its vessels are coordinating the rescue of the migrants stranded on overcrowded fishing boats. well saw to say they've seen

a sharp increase in crossings recently with thousands of people arriving on the island of land producer in the last few days. but many never make it aid groups. at least 2 people died and 20 is still missing. after their boat sank over the weekend, floating at sea, packed with people and without a captain to steer it. the ship is in a dire state. rescue is carried out a reconnaissance flight to assist the situation with this school from a nearby congo. be so laying out how bad things the boat is leaking with thinking to anyone with this isn't the only boat industries in the area. another one, carrying 800 people is also adrift. thousands of people have tried to

make the treacherous journey across the mediterranean. on this weekend, a lorn, the italian coast guards it almost 2000 migrants had been rescued from vessels in distress. from friday through to monday. official figures show over $28000.00 migrants have arrived in italy since the start of the year. almost 4 times bet in the same period and 2022. many of those people actually in conflicts, violence and persecution. while the numbers are still much lower than the hundreds of thousands rescued during 2015 age groups are wanting more government help is needed to stop lives being lost at sea unnecessarily. the phoenix vice speaks for see, watch international. that's a german organization that runs rescue ships in the central mediterranean. i

started by asking him how these boats can end up with so many people on board. no captain. i mean, this is quite easy to describe because it is a decision coming by smugglers. so therefore, these departures either come to the auto need or are quite a people who are organizing districts or just have money in and not really the safety of the person on the boat. right? so the only hundreds of people arrive on the coast, they all get in the boat. i just pushed the boat off and let them get on with it. that's. that's as far as like, it goes. absolutely. i mean there's different kind of procedures basically. and for us, it's also really unclear how this entire system is work. but this board, for example, to book which is in the east from the us or the journey anyway will take up to 34 days in italy. so to put that amount of money on the boat,

like this is absolutely dangerous and they have absolutely no interest. basically in the safety of the person. now, italian authority to say more than 2000 people have been rescued since friday was likely to happen to them now. and it really is new right when government, which is a promise to track down on migration. so during the night we received information coming from the alarm form, which is an emergency plan for persons with coast guard is next to the boat. so they're trying to clear that in an s good voice is more safer because the weather conditions also during the night were so bad, which makes a rescue operation actually quite tricky and really difficult. um, but of course i mean a while coughs are being washed in the italian strength respite chips are getting blocked at the moment. and these ships who could sail out are getting forced by and you were trying to create to carry out only one rescue operation. and then they

also getting a super far port and white board assigned for this implications with this entire measurement, basically is coming out to the results that we're going to see in the central mediterranean sea right now. what's behind this search that seems to have occurred, this increase in the number of people trying to cross the mediterranean lately? it's really difficult to say, but it's of course, a difficult human rights situation in tunisia and libya that we're going to see in the last couple of years, the crumbling economy in these countries and very high inflation argument, driving people in the country to flee. and in the same time, for example, president tunisia has planned migrants for the current situation, which has led to raises the tax with the country and libya, s face several civil war in the last couple of years, which made this country such a migration of that. we're going to see at the moment, but there are different kind of explain why. so many people are basically seeing

the on to needed at the moment. ok, thank you so much for joining us and adding that for us. i feel it's vice from see, watch international thanks. i to taiwan, where the defense ministry says it's detected chinese warships and military aircraft, still operating ramey island. and after beijing amount, the end of military drills in the area. china carried out 3 days of exercises in which a practice striking unblock aiding, tie, one edging said. the exercise is served as a warning to proponents of taiwanese independence and against a foreign interference. and islands are present sighing when has condemned china's actions describing them as irresponsible. the threat to stability in the region? asked journalist fabbing crunch men in beijing. how these drills have been portrayed in china? yeah, i mean all the big state media, they have published a propaganda video by the liberation army. and i mean the chinese military,

which basically showed this military drugs as some patriotic war game. i mean they, they shot a lot of fighter jets are taking off a lot of their soldiers receiving orders. and they also showed her a virtual animation of the precision star strikes that the military assimilated against strategic targets in taiwan. so there's really only one message and that is, the chinese military is ready to quote unquote liberate the island. and also will a tech m separate activists. so you will not find any divergent voices because this is really a sensitive met and there's a lot of censorship going on. so this is really the official line that are basically all the media here is following. so is that official lied in response to the recent her visits between taiwan and u. s. m, or is an invasion actually, seeming to become more likely now?

no, i mean the reaction by the chinese military and also the official ret rhetoric was to be expected. i would not say that an invasion has become more likely. i mean, the official line is also that the chinese government makes a clear that they want to, um, a rule over taiwan and that they will also, if necessary, use military force. so i mean, that is quite clear, but there's no, typically a timeline when day would, you know, for example, plan and evasion or, or, i mean, if that will be in the next years, or in 10 years, 20 years or 30 years. i mean, no one really knows, and it's expected that there will be a lot of, you know, building up like the mobilizing of troops and other movements that you could also observe with a satellite imagery. so i don't think it will not happen overnight or with her day to day escalation. but i mean, those military drugs are really, i'm a dangerous because there's a lot of room for. yeah. am escalation that could get out of control because you have a lot of warships and a fighter jets of the chinese army. then you have the time on these troops. you have m u s. m. warships also in the region. and i mean it just one wrong assessment,

run a wrong reaction and they could, that could, you know, start aspire escalation, spiral that could get out of control. i me, we're, we have the front president emanuel macro of the weekend saying that europe must not be a follower of either the u. s. or china and taiwan. and that the block risk entanglement and crises that aren't ours, those are his words. and how was that received invasion? i mean that's basically a gift to beijing. the strategy of the chinese government is to divide a brussels and a washing. they don't want a trans atlantic alliance. they want to convince europe that it should emancipate itself from the u. s. line and, and ironically when macro, who came to beijing actually to, to demonstrate european unity. he has undermined the european strategy. when he says this conflict is not ours. he might actually encourage a seating ping to invade taiwan because,

and the reaction that he might fear from europe might not be that great. i mean that's basically what did the macro was saying. so it's really a very dangerous rhetoric, in my opinion. thank your vote for fiber. credit in beijing is look at some all stories making headlines around the world. the national security minister in israel's foreign government. it's a mob been via joined crowds of jewish settlers as a monster to a former settlement in the west bank. calling for it to be reoccupied. on official settlement at every data was closed by israel authorities in 2021. south korea's national fire agency has issued its highest alert level in response to a fast spreading forest fire. in the eastern city of gang, no official say strong winds and dry weather found the flames of people living near the fire of being moved to safety. and there are no immediate reports of casualties . leash have been pelted with petrol bombs during the republican parade,

or through the northern irish town of dairy, also known as london dairy islands occur demonstrators who want northern ireland to become part of the republic of ireland. hilda march to commemorate the 916 easter rising against british rule in ireland. the u. s. government is reviewing risks to national security following a major leak of classified defense documents official to try to identify the source of the league after papers revealed sensitive details of u. s. and nato assistance to ukraine. and it's war with russia. documents which media report se surfaced on social media platforms also contain military secrets regarding a china and the middle east. so are there likely to be more leagues? he has white house, national security council spokesman john kirby. so we're taking this very, very seriously. there is no excuse for these kinds

of documents to be in the public domain. we don't know who's responsible for this and we don't know if they have more that they intend to post. so we're watching this and monitoring it as best we can. but the truth and the honest answer the question is, we don't know and is that a matter of concern to us? you don't write it in well, officials in ukraine or what are the lakes could complicate its efforts to defeats at russia on the battlefield. a source close to the ukrainian president's is told us news network cnn that the leaks prompted you crate to alter some of its military plans. this, as u. s. intelligence suggest dwindling. ukrainian ammunition stalks could see the battle in the east of the country, having towards the stalemate for the rest of 2023. and it comes as russian forces continued to pound, ukrainian positions around the besieged eastern city of back. what

this footage purportedly shows, parts of buck mood under russian control. vast areas of the city are in ruins. here just a few kilometers from the front lines, inches if your feet, these civilians are collecting aid supplies. the only inconvenience is that there is no running water. without electricity, you can get by somehow, but without water and washing detergent, i asked them and they gave me a bottle. i like to bring it over to the farm today. we can wash our clothes and ourselves killing the civilians. left here are grateful for every bit of help. they can get you off of the aid is brought in by drivers like maxime, who often risk their lives on. so below some time ago it was scarier. she'll

socialist weekly, but now we've gotten used to it, but to welcome you don't pay attention. ah, it will be worse. anything can happen as i say, let go. there's one projectile for everybody or whatever can happen will happen guys. this man fled the fighting and back moot 2 weeks ago on his bicycle. he says the destruction here and just if yar is just as bad as in buck mood only one in 10 buildings is still intact. is it? why is this happening to us? us people who do not have anything to do with this, i just turned 60 and everything that i've made with my own hands. i had to leave behind. i couldn't even take my usb stick with me because i couldn't get into my home. please ludovic.

while military vehicles head to the front lines, a few civilians cling on. many of those still here do not have enough money to go elsewhere. get more from man d. w. special correspondent i abraham, who joins us from achieve welcome i have a. is there any hope for those few civilians that traps in back? well, phil, it's been difficult to get accurate information out of buck mood over the past couple of weeks since it has become a major flash point in this conflict. but what we do know with great certainty, is any semblance of civilian life in buffalo has probably completely disappeared at this point. just to give our viewers a bit of context pre war buttonwood had had a civilian population of about 70000. i'm told by volunteers who were trying to evacuate people from bottom with that, that number now is, you know, around

a 1000 to 2000 or so, and it's mostly civilians like old people who refused to evacuate at this point saying, you know, as we've heard, entrust if you are in the reporting, you know, this is all i had, this is all i know are people who just like the resources, who just can't see what life for them would be like outside of the place that they've known all of their lives. and, you know, we, we do know that this has become an important place, but more for both sides, russian and ukrainian. and so we can say that, you know, life there is probably impossible at this point for civilians and talk us through the ukrainian reaction to this leak of secret u. s. intelligence about the war or can't imagine that and they're, they're, they're particularly amused by this. the korean side has been throughout this war, very guarded about. it's information what it says to the outside world. but what is a great example? it's actually very, very difficult to get exact information from ukrainian officials about what's going on there. we've heard from official saying that this is, you know, that there's,

that there's russian mis information in there somehow trying to dismiss them. but we know, of course, from the american side that at authenticity, the overall strategy of ukraine will not change because of these leaks, the tactics that go into that strategy will likely have to be adjusted to make sure that the ukranian site is not a compromised. at so much and what have a league documents indicates that ukraine's the air the fence arsenal could be depleted within weeks. i'm talk us or what thus likely to mean for day to day life if you cry. that would be absolutely devastating. i mean, the reason why i am able to stand here and speak to you outside with a clear sky. it's a beautiful, sunny day here. and key of is things to these air defense systems that has been what has guaranteed civilian life here in the capital and in many other parts of ukraine. throughout the war of our viewers will remember in the early stages of the

war, ukrainian demands about closing the sky because at the very beginning they just didn't know what was coming at them. you had, you know, a tax from the sky coming on civilians all the time and things to these air defense systems. that's what's, that's what has, you know, to a large extent, a saved civilian lives and life. and of course they've been crucial on the battlefield. so that will be absolutely devastating. phil, thanks for that. i abraham and keep that in united states. we're a democratic law maker, was voted out of office by and the u. s. state of tennessee has been reinstated by local officials and whose nashville district, if publican representatives are voted to remove just in jones last week after he let a gun control protest in the house chamber o celebration on the state house steps. ah,

you formerly expelled lawmaker justin jones declares democracy won't die in tennessee without a fight. oh, your message, your call is a lie warmer or soon the holidays with jones is part of a group of democratic lawmakers, now known as the tennessee 3. they let a protest on the state house floor demanding gun reform, including banning the sale of a r fifteens. that's in the wake of a mash shooting. they left 39 year old students and 3 staff members dead, tennessee republican lawmakers who hold a super majority quickly voted to oust the 2 young black representatives. jones and justin pearson saying they broke decorum,

the white woman who protested by their side was spared. and so far there is no movement on gun reform. on thursday, april the 6th, we witnessed a miscarriage of justice and an agree just a fall on our democracy, which resulted in over 70000 davidson county voters. our voters being silenced when our representative was expelled. black voters say this is more of the same in a state that has a deep racist history, which includes the founding of the ku klux klan and activists point to a trend among republican state houses across the country. employ tactics to suppress voters, voices even after an election. but just in general is now has his job back, particularly the young people. thank you for reminding us that the struggle for justice is bought in one in every generation and to the people of tennessee. i stand with you will continue to be your voice here and no exposed to no attempt to

silence as will stop but only galvanize and strengthen our movement. but his fright isn't over. he will have to run for his seat again in a special election. so also as making headlines around the world. huh. when the white house says it's prepared for a long legal fight for women's reproductive rights. this time of access to an abortion pill. a showdown over the drug me fat prestone appears to be heading to the supreme court. f d. i proved it's used 23 years ago, but a trump appointed federal judge a since rule to suspend it. there at least 5 people dead after shooting at the bank in louisville, in the state of kentucky. the suspect of former bank employee reportedly killed 4 people and wounded 9 others before they're being fatally shot himself. 2 police officers are among the wounded door. that would be very resilient. president luis luis inasmuch lula. the silver says he'll invitees, chinese count argent, paying a to brazil. on the eve of his trip to beijing,

luna said he wanted to show our president g projects that would interest that chinese investors marking a 100 days after returning to power. he's promised to put to brazil back on the world stage orders. it was a to india where food has become political. vegetarianism is closely associated associated with being hindu. and now it also is deeply tied to nationalism. this has come to be known as a vegetarian nationalism, includes right when groups routinely forcing the closure of bush's shops during hindu festivals or worse assaulting those, they say a selling beef w's, an ideal bat, and shriek are mad report. these men are the self appointed group of vigilantes. i need a deeper guardia, direct, their searches of trucks at the stall gate. oh, yeah. and then looking for cows.

oh, goes up secret the hindus, but not to muslims. no more than i mostly. my muslims are the ones who kill and eat, or cows, and hurt the sentiments of hindus. guy to stop cow slaughter. we are ready to give our lives and also take the lives of these people and we will not stop in this mission. natal gang, a result of that on the 2 drivers clearly did a fight with one his head to the glass bottle again. uh huh. they see they're taking them to read. did he fall in with their good anyway? yeah. not for slaughter. no, i am a mother

. eventually the vigilantes hand, the drivers to the police officers have been parked nearby for much of the time. ex foot c such so called got which elaine tease as part of your white a campaign against india's muslim minority gazelle. a will hob writes about security and islam. i think the larger message is very clear that the the attack again, has been created off. those who have the 1st right to the nation and those who are the 2nd class it is the governing found the new credit of the off i during the minority communities. okay. i think some sort of i hate campaign against them. ma'am. what did the lease is up which are in the not don't state up arianna. this was 2 weeks ago during the 9 the hindu festival at no ra, 3 state authorities,

post butcher shops, glows during the sacred in lou festivals. his freezer cannot meet good for long enough. it's all rotten he won't be able to sell it. his family depends on the shaw. but this month he's likely to on half of that $120.00 euros. he usually earns that again with his avon got closed. my shop for fear of the mob may go down. i've heard they come with sticks and be butchers and the like. that even if we report such things to the police, we know there will be no help from them. well, madison, i knew it all the butchers in this market are in the same situation whatsoever limited in the business and data fi. it is that the vigilantes might one day come for them. a lot of maldonado, my. his reminder of our top story at this hour rescue efforts are underway to help

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