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ALJAZ NEWSHOUR July 13, 2024

This time from inside his own car. Welcome to the news are hundreds of people are marching towards an airport in eastern democratic republic of congo where un peacekeepers a based theres growing anger against the un in the city of beni after persistent attacks from armed rebels despite the presence of the Worlds Largest contingent of peacekeepers on monday people stormed the United Nations compound 4 people were killed the un has denied its peacekeepers fired at civilians. As a producer alan carney is on the line from bette and joins us now just bring us up to date with what we know firstly about the violence and also this march of the public towards the airport. Yes what we know right now we have seen we have seen the same people who are here yesterday storming the un calm they can park again morning we were around here trying to see the damage how it looks like but we could see some of them even right now its raining here in the town of bailey but this is when we have just seen hundreds. 5 of people going around going to the airport they said they have just not even displaced they have just demolishing yesterday they. Are not happy because they could see again. The presence of un peacekeepers then they are not happy because of the they said they are going to finish with the un peacekeepers and the un presence in this area so we have seen but the fear right now in the town of spin here the presence of lesions is more more more more to fight the protesters ive been discussing with some people in this town this morning for the population are afraid because some militia groups are covering from different places they are coming here in town of benny joining protesters and this is going very very bad since org is sort of the is trying to negotiate with them not to go to the airport because this is the last days of the u. N. And the attack at this place is going to be very very bad and a more Violent School be in the coming hours indeed allan the the issue really for the public at large is as you say they feel they havent been protected by these militia groups by the u. N. And that all that anger invented at the u. N. But what have the Government Forces been doing is the u. S. Position is to support the the National Army of the country one of the National Army being doing. The National Army also this is another issues because they protested also accusing the National Army saying that its because of this un was supposed normally according to is mandate to support me so that they can contact the show in a military operation but this did not truly walk for a long time now so the army of the see this is where the militia and the rebels are taking 4 feet from the disorganization this army the other the lack of organization they have not been able to organize themselves these are v. T. C. Rebels this is why the rebels are killing any time they want to take on attacking any area any time so the protesters population of billy not feeling safe even with this National Army this is why they said lets kick out the whole the un then well deal with our own soldiers will make pressure on them because they have seen what we are doing against the us 2 will take over the army this is what they have been telling nadal it doesnt take is the responsibility definitively as im telling you the militia groups 4 hearing more now you can even hear around me people singing exactly the same protest theyre guttering to the airport dealing with difficult bits of the u. N. We dont know what will happen in the coming hours as im saying they need to move of course keep updated with us throughout the day alan carney is all just there a producer there in benny well im a buddhist the head of the United Nations in grand old and benny he spoke to my colleague Martin Dennis earlier about the situation the military base. 1st of course we are aware of the demonstrators who are making their way and we are at the same time making every effort to continue to dialogue with these demonstrators and their leaders as well as to the National Authorities local and in government and in contrast to ensure. And return to peace and security in the region but it doesnt seem to be working so far does it because people in beni appear to be furious at correspondent telling us that people have been setting fire to cars people their young men on the streets with machetes they are claiming that the u. N. That she fired at them there were several casualties yesterday and said that the u. N. Soldiers actually fired live rounds at this at the case. We didnt know. What demonstrators. We have. Our troops and our Police Officers who are trained in red control who provided protection to our compound while it was being attacked for hours at a time we did not fire at demonstrators we have used our Police Officers who have the capacity and the means to control. Demonstrators and this is what happened last night that some of this is going to forgive me what did they use them what does the u. N. Police use and if not live rounds when they are trying to exercising tactics in crowd control what sort of i mean mission to they use. Our Police Officers have to guess they also have the shields and they have the best chance and they have the tactics to. Address. The demonstrations including when they are very violent it is important to note that these than 3 sions were very bright and despite that we. Made sure that we exist say that the bottom was restrained both in terms of our. Reaction to the large crowd that was very very violent and kept coming towards our base for hours. While staying in the region officials northwest kenya say tens of thousands of people have been affected by flooding and landslides at least 52 people have died relief efforts have been slow to reach the region and some roads and bridges have been cut off by flooding several east african nations are being hit by heavy rain and more is forecast from about to the flooding in kenya and of course obama did there is a camp for internally displaced people in the western polka area of the country mohammed lets just start with the situation as it is at the moment in terms of rescue and recovery because obviously the people behind you have certainly found safe haven for the time being. Yes but they have so many problems they dont have clean water or enough food they also dont have shelter many of them told us that they slept out in the open last night and they are appealing for health of course these relief what is going hunting 100. 00 with not only. Work off looking for the bodies of bulls who are still bodies under. A mud slide or rolling from the hills that these fleas is known for but also the ease and attempt by the government to build the sections of the roll that have been swept away as well as bridges to ennoble relief that is landed. Along the road to reach people who need it more at least 7000 people have sought shelter in these come by Primary School in a place called near quickly and its in the west. County which is one of the was affected by the ongoing flood crisis and right now theyre not getting much help for some medical workers who came from the more unified a hospital in nearby al gore it who are treating them im talking to the medical workers they say that most of them have responded to the problems and theyre treating them for that mainly 24 hours ago i spoke to a representative of the red cross and they said they were coordinating their efforts with the all sora teams with the government and its agencies what evidence have you seen or what reports have you heard of of this any or any of the rescue and recovery relief operations the government has initiated. Well apart from rescuing those who are already in affected areas what the government and we have courts are also doing is because there is a. Week more or 4 in full that has been for us trying to. Defeat which areas in various prawn 2 lumps lives and flooding and take people from there theyre more effective these time they are lifting some of them and taking them some of them have calls to higher areas to ensure that these minimal damage in case incidents like what happened here i repeat that and this is a process that is taking place across the country in the coastal part in that they dont have at the county people are being moved to safer areas and also in central tenure which is prone to landslides people are also being acquitted but the immediate thing people who have been affected by this like those who are here need is food blankets from the very cold mites and its not that they have just lost all their belongings some of them also lost their loved ones we just spoke moments ago to among almost 3 obvious sons and heartsease wife and these 2 other kids in the hospital with injuries when the mudslide that him down from the heel they were living nearby their home and killed his kids and injured his wife and 2 other kids of course is a developing situation that well continue to monitor it with you from that remote part of kenya for the moment thank you i made it out or. Moving to asia pacific now our whole goal as chief executive has admitted that voters have delivered a rebuke to the territories leaders kerry lands been speaking after prodemocracy candidates won a landslide victory in District Council elections she also said that the poll which is normally focused on very local issues was very different this time. We will wear. The large number of voters coming out to cost and vote perhaps not do need to select a preferred candidate to sit on the District Council but also to express a view on many issues in society including i would readily accept that including deficiencies in governments including unhappiness with the time taken to deal with the current unstable environment. Was called hug is a whole goal we had to say which is the 1st time she has appeared carry lamb in front of cameras since this election on sunday and this overwhelming voice from hong kong people that are dissatisfied by the way shes handled the situation the crisis and why and the government quite frankly by voting for prodemocracy councillors in these local elections so that is really kind of the top line out of it now she. Issued a statement on monday pretty much very similar to what she said today that you know she hears the voice from the hong kong people that they are dissatisfied with the way the situation has been in this political crisis but the key here i believe is that what the government does to calm the situation saying and recognizing that people are dissatisfied with it is one thing actually doing something about it is another. Is the founder and convening of alliance for true democracy and joins me now from hong kong mr shanklin just begin with what was she said peoples dissatisfaction with the Current Situation of the deep seated problems in society should also went on to say that the government would listen to the opinions of members of the public humbly and seriously reflect the peoples dissatisfaction is not with is with government policy not with the sort of the deep seated problems in society and i would interpret that as robberies or broken homes broken roads in front or health care or issues of corruption its a very subtle deflection of the blame game is it not. Well so you have to offer some diplomatic statements but these are far from being satisfactory in the eyes of wrong and in the eyes of the prodemocracy movement it appears that her ministration and beijing are sticking to 109 the Chinese Foreign ministry has issued a statement emphasizing on cracking down on the violence. And so on the Chinese Foreign minister has indicated that whatever happens hong kong remains a part of china meaning to accuse the protesters of advocating hong kong independence so we do not see any serious concessions may. Raise and repeat the idea of some kind of commission of inquiry into the deep rooted causes of the crisis but this is not acceptable to the people of hong kong because at least he and investigation into Police Brutality must be included in the agenda of the even pary indeed there are. Needs and wants from both sides of the debate and of the arguments but the insistence at the moment certainly from the govern. It would be that there must be an end to the violence you to a certain extent need to allay the peoples fears that all issues will be addressed certainly from your saeed where is the middle ground what can be said that will allow both sides to you might say talk on neutral ground well you can say stop all violence and then we talk you have to say are let us talk and hopefully the talks will lead to when an end to the violence every man show on the part of the government at this stage must be lent to a process of reconciliation must be linked to a process of returning to normal c. Now hong kong people do not see the light at the end of that 10 because simply cracking down on the rioters on the protests will not lead to a peaceful resolution of the crisis and so far mrs lamb has the feels to be the prodemocracy legislators for more than 6 months and she has refused to see our Tertiary Institutions Student Union leaders so there is no dialogue with her you must 1st have a dialogue and with a dialogue you hope to end the violence if there is no dialogue and if the stalemate continues do you see the public coming back out onto the streets again. It is most likely if the protesters do not see meaningful concession from the terry lamb administration they may probably return to the streets although at this stage more than 5000 people have already been arrested so you expect the protests to be of a smaller scale mortice but unfortunately the left for violence of agree. Again. We see what happens in marriage as a trend thanks so much for joining us from hong kong. But more ahead here on the aljazeera news hour including the strongest earthquake to hit albania in decades topples buildings and kills at least 6 people also does libyan ward cleaver have to high level meeting with u. S. Officials signal a change of policy in washington d. C. And in sport the United Arab Emirates saudi arabia and bahrain have all now arrived for the gulf cup here in qatar will have the build up to the opening game. Police in the georgian capital tbilisi have falls protesters to move from the entrances to Parliament People had been trying to block politicians from getting inside the building and holding a session theyve been demonstrating for weeks demanding an overhaul of the electoral system which they say favors the ruling Georgian Dream party theyre also calling for an early election robin forestay walker has the latest from outside parliament in tbilisi. Right now theres a crown over to my right in front of the Parliament Still there with their placards assembled. A collection of Civil Society groups and different opposition parties and they plan to keep up their protest to keep reminding the governing party that they were next on the promise of Electoral Reform i should add that m. P. s have been able to enter the building governing party and these they have held a session this morning and the speaker of Parliament Said that it was time to get on with business and that things should not be allowed to disturb our work that people are expecting us to get on with our jobs but there is also concern constellation amongst n. P. C. Were in those who resigned from government after that vote the other week against Electoral Reform he was saying you know. Its its time to acknowledge that there are a lot of angry georgians out on the streets and that there is a need for compromise we know that the Diplomatic Community is western partners have been urging the government to move forward on compromise that is what were hoping will happen in the coming days ahead because the opposition says they are going to continue their protests outside parliament. Aftershocks have jolted albania following a powerful earthquake that killed at least 6 people think 6. 4 magnitude quake struck just north of the capital of tirana Stephanie Decker has more. The earth shook while most people were fast asleep no ability to go home with. Me i felt it in my bedroom went to my kids room and a door slammed on me both my arms this is more or. The early hours of tuesday turned into a search for survivors some fatalities are being reported hospitals have been treating hundreds of injuries the 6. 00 magnitude quake with its epicenter 34 kilometers northwest of the capital tirana caused a few buildings to collapse its a 2nd earthquake to strike albania in the last few months the last one in september measured 5. 00 and damaged hundreds of homes Stephanie Decker aljazeera. Well earlier my colleague Martine Denis spoke to bizarrely better journalist and editor of b i r and albania thats the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network he says the emergency crews were more prepared compared to the earthquake in september. The demigods quite extensive across central bay now a major emergency crews are still digging with their hands with heavy equipment in the village of sumanda close to the center where 2 building collapsed also in the portal town of portal city of doors there is another collapsed building and theyre still looking for survivors there now wasnt that long ago and well say that albania had another earthquake small in this one it was in september and it that suggests therefore that there is a level of preparedness some months the authorities would you agree exactly i mean the reaction of the emergency crews that we saw in the capital today but also in the coastal town of tourists was much higher much more preparedness compared to the earthquake in september so this may help in a sense aides to the rescue considering that this

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