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>> world news editor analysis. these are the headlines. he faces no personal charges. the leader of a military coup has been sworn in.
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climate change plays on, burning man has been hit by rainfall. live from paris. thank you for being with us. corruption in ukraine. rest a cop is not charged with
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corruption. there have been scandals. the scandal is one of many, we have a look back. >> the ultimate corruption case. ukraine paid several times more, it appears the jackets are useless. the ones were summer. the minister denied the allegations. as one journalist said, the
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ministry bought it for three times cheaper. this is the latest in several scandals. before the jackets, authorities say there was food purchased. officials have accepted officials bribes.
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>> there were 33 suspects. >> the most striking case was in odessa. >> ukraine and its allies have dismissed it as a ploy. putin claims they will give away russian grain. >> we will be ready. today, i reiterated this.
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we will do this as soon as possible are fully implemented. >> we believe the initiative should be resumed. in this context, we have erin a new package. i believe it's possible to achieve results. >> vladimir putin talks about that. max, police led a coup last week. the office premises elections.
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they insist after elections were loaded. the elite republican guard led officers to detain the incumbent president. >> it was without violence that the committee changed from power away from institution. i solemnly promise to make every
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expert. at least three people are dead. helicopters on the roots of their homes. hale fell in many areas. >> rescue crews went through water. a lot of older people came here for the summer.
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husband and wife were there. now, they are looking for the body. they were caught unprepared. they climbed up on the roof. there was no way for firefighters to enter the area. >> some people were overwhelmed by rising waters. >> we were very worried. we thought the house was coming down. we did not think it could happen. passengers films the carriage.
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>> they not telling us anything. i'm here with my grandson. they are being urged to act with caution. unprecedented rain has turned this into a mud bath. >> it has turned into the muddy mess. events were canceled.
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some were in shock. >> this is giving us the opportunity to support each other. >> new don't expect this kind of rain. >> police said they were probing one death. some on foot. this drove up. organizers are being urged to shelter. >> it's about the spirit of people who are here. >> at this point, the attraction
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is set to go ahead. the survival guide webpage says chapels are scheduled to burn. the area would be around half a centimeter. >> let's bring in richard. thank you for being with us. unprecedented rain in nevada. is this why we should be concerned? >> it's not unprecedented. when they occur, it can lead to flooding that flows off as
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runoff and creates the muddy condition. this unusual event coincided at a time where there were tens of thousands of people. when you are part of the pattern , we have seen recent reports from spain and turkey that are consistent with more intense rain. >> should we be more concerned about spain? >> i think so. it's highly unusual. we have seen some terrible conditions in many locations
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across the world and what we do know is as we pump more greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, the atmosphere can hold more moisture so when it does rain heavily. it creates evermore. >> we have seen distractions. lucky me. >> not concerning to get whether but when you get extreme weather
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, climate change is making these extremes more severe. the heatwave is hotter. but get intense rainfall, we get more heavy downpours. until we cut greenhouse gases, extreme events get worse by cutting greenhouse gas admissions. >> it is up to us to make that change. thank you so very much. thanks for giving us your sense.
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it's not happening quickly. complete change of tone. three dogs barking on command for the danish chamber orchestra for hunting symphony. live dogs on stage. for the barking skills. let's have a listen.
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later this week we are doing a program. >> this is meant dozens of homeless shelters. they were evicted. >> flowers planted.
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$20 million. the makeover has meant displacement and loss of livelihood. >> we are facing problems because of the g20 summit. we were fine making a living. in protest, a group of activists have evidence but they respond we do not have the evidence. that is why we are being evicted, even though we have
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proof. everyone is behaving as though they are blind. farmers, workers and poor are suffering. >> according to the senses, an estimated 1.8 million people are homeless across india. a report said the country had made progress in reducing poverty but the pandemic increased poverty and inequality. >> here in europe, the munich auto show has kicked off. this year's trade fair has been described as the least german in history. tesla still the spotlight. carmakers are struggling to catch up as the focus shifts to smaller ev's.
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germany is stuck in an economic downturn, one analyst asked wayne's the challenges facing the auto industry. >> the car industry is facing problems, there are seven factors involved. production is expensive. the chinese are entering the german market in full force, the models are inexpensive. waxed inflation in turkey has started to fall. >> it is not the figure many were hoping for. data shows prices were up only 60% in august, a sign that a
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policy u-turn is not bearing fruit. people in turkey are losing hope. >> the figures are ridiculous. none of them are convincing, it's not convincing. >> money does not buy you anything anymore. what can i even get? >> it is a rise from july but it is still much lower than last year. last time it soared because of insistence on slashing interest rates. the unorthodox strategy nearly chorused erdogan his reelection. he reversed the policy and appointed veterans. since then, they have been
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working to win over foreign investor trust but the central bank only raise policy rates to 17.5% before raising it to 25%, causing the lira to briefly gain some value. many analysts believe the current rate remains low. >> raising interest rates and still deemed not enough. >> one wonders how people are managing to live. thank you. >> let's go truth or fake. claims of a slave market in ethiopia selling women. truth or fake. >> thus the question. the viral claims began with a tweet on party for freedom and
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they reposted a -- when we watch that, we can see dozens of people on the ground shrouded, we can't tell and whether they are being sold. this is being over 326,000 views so that really shows us the nature of what we're looking at. >> telus.
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this was a challenge. normally we use reverse image searches. when we reverse image search, had left us with one way to proceed and fight similar videos on the internet and that is how we went about this, using keywords and it was by chance we found this video that looks similar to the one going viral. it turns out we were able to find out what it's called, it turns out it's a rite of passage by the community.
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it looks very much like what we saw. to find out more, our journalists got in touch with facebook group to see if anyone could help us locate that video. people did respond, telling us the language is spoken in that region of senegal, although it was not audible enough for people to distinguish what was being said and even more, a father contacted us to tell us his son took part in that rite
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of passage and dated it back to last year. that is the relation we got. >> nothing to do with ethiopia. did you find out more? >> yes. the ritual is considered hugely important in the culture and unlike the claim, it involves boys, not boys. it is important for young boys to be considered men and is considered a marking transition from childhood to adulthood.
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we spoke to a journalist who is also an expert who has completely denounced the sharing of the video but also explains to us the significance of the process. let's listen to what he had to say. >> the video talks about initiation, the passage from childhood to adulthood. everything is false. i will say it again. it is not true. this initiation period has existed for decades and has always accompanied young boys and women, but overall the video is a metaphor. >> now you have it. the importance of fact checking
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and verifying, it's not slavery, it is a traditional rite of passage. >> highly insulting and misleading post. thank you. thank you for watching, stay with us, more to come. ♪ france 24.
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09/04/23 09/04/23 [captioning made possible amy: from new york, this is democracy now! today, a labor day special. >> the person who called me was unlike most of the workers who called. he wasn't from mississippi or louisiana. he wasn't either white, black or latino. he was an indian man, flown in from india, calling from the mississippi gulf coast. and i thought, "what was an indian man doing coming here to clean up after hurricane katrina?" amy: we'll speak to longtime immigrant labor organizer

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