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ALJAZAM News June 22, 2024

Explosions. Debating greeces future in germany. Angela merkel urges politicians to back the latest round of debt talks. First, to yemen, on the exiled government declared the port city of aden as liberated from Houthi Rebels. President hadi who fled to saudi arabia says the proof incident under the control of fighters loyal to his government. As natasha gname reports, there is still fighting in some areas. Reporter there were smiles for the camera and cheers all around as fighters in aden continued to soak in what has been called a gamechanging victory. These fighters allied with the government have fought for almost 4 months to drive out Houthi Rebels from aden. This week they took control of enough of the port city for several government ministers and intelligence officials to return but fighting with the houthis continues on the outskirts. Translator we will buy the help of god clear this area in the next few hours. The president hadi says aden will be the first in a series of victories that will lead to him regaining control of the country. The houthis still control the capital of sanaa. They have proven to be a resilient foe despite months of airstrikes from a saudiled coalition. It is said the tight collaboration led to houthis fall in aden. He as if the strat ski could be duplicated, it could have the same effect elsewhere . The next step is to seize areas where there is resistance on the ground to kind of end the fighting and sanaa is something thats probably going to happen down the road. Reporter people went to the market by goats to celebrate the end of the muslim holy month of ramadan. People filled mosques for friday prayers. Sources say they saw military jets in the skies above, but there were no airstrikes. We are so desperate from the conflict on the ground. People are struggle to go get daily food and we call on go to give us a sign of the relief. The humanitarian truce was intended to give yemenis some relief. Now they must prepare themselves for whatever comes next. Natasha gname, al jazeera. A closer look of why aden is so significant. Its important because it was the home of the hadi after he fled sanaa when the houthis took over the capitol. He was trying to build a power base from the city there the aden is strategically important because its port controls the strait that is a gateway for europe asia and the u. S. By the red sea and the sues canal. The International Airport is important to fighters on all sides. It connects the peninsula with the mainland. A political analyst says there are still pockets of houthi fighters within aden. Reporter this is a major tipping point, but i wouldnt be as optimistic as the president. The president is saying that now, aden is going to be a base of operations where he is going to be launching the major operation of liberating the whole of yemen start from aden. I wouldnt go that far. The people fought against the resistance, the southern res interest. They have no interest in fighting battles all the way to sanaa. Their interest is liberating the south while the houthis have loyalists in the north, not just their forces. They have the federations and confedrations allied with the houthis. Now, the resistance constitutes 90 first of the force that took aden. Force is not willing to go all the way up to the north. So hadi does i want have that much of a force to go liberate the north two explosions have ripped through an open air prayer area in northeastern nigeria. The attack in the city of damatura killed at least five people. Muslim worshippers had gathered to mark the start of eid lets go and speak to yvonne. What happened there, yvonne . Reporter well we have managed to speak to local journalists on the ground and eye witnesses and apparently what they are telling us is that there were actually three explosions involved in this latest attack. Now, one of the explosions was apparently caused by two female suicide bombers who were standing very close to a mosque and they arrived apparently knack commercial vehicle in a very busy area. And then apparently these other two blasts were caused by somebody carrying an explosive device a male again, identified as a suicide attacker who was in one of the small commercial taxis. Of course, the blast took people by surprise. Its not clear at this moment how serious the death toll is or whether the death toll will rise. Now, this follows violence last night in gambe, another state in which at least 30 people are reported to have been killed. So far, the official Security Services by that i mean the military, the police and, of course, on the emergency services, are not commenting on exactly what nature of these attacks were how they actually happened. There has been no official response either from the government so far. A real setback for the president because when he was voted in, he promised he would tackle and beat boko haram if it is indeed them. We know that hes also flying to the u. S. To meet barack obama. Will that be on the agenda . Reporter absolutely. Its bern an incredibly difficult period. Some are saying before the president was sworn in on the 28th of may, not too long ago, there have been at least 12 serious attacks by boko haram in which hundreds of people have been killed. He has made a lot of moves to try and defeat the group from a political or diplomatic level, if you like. He moved the command and control center of the military from the capitol to the northeast, to maidurguri. They wanted military commanders when the chaos is happening in the north. He earmarked 21 million from the treasury to help soldiers fighting boko haram. He traveled to the g 7 summit in germany to talk to leaders there about boko haram and insecurity in the northeast, the African Union summit. He met with the leaders of chad and Niger Republic have been affected by boc boca. In the last few days jane he changed the Service Chiefs with the winds of the military the navy and the air force and the chief of army staff, also the National Security advisorsor was changed. So a lot of efforts on the face of things to tripe and sort things out, but naturally, as you can imagine, with reports like this coming up almost dayin and dayout, there is a sense that all of this work thats going on politically speak can isnt filtering down and having the necessary impact needed on the ground in terms of securing lives and property. Lets leave it there, yvonne. Thank you people around the world are marking one year since malacia airlines 1817 killed all 298 people on board. Flags will fly at half mast on the netherlands on friday and the Memorial Service will be held there. Most of the mh 17 victims were dutch. Flowers have been laid outside the Dutch Embassy in ukraines capitol, kiev to mark the anniversary. This was a scene in australias capitol. Tony abbott unveiled a plaque to remember the 38 australian citizens and residents killed. Calls are growing for a u. N. Backed probe into the attack. Kiev many western countries believe russian separatists rebels shot down the plane using a russiansupplied missile. Mosque moscow denies any involvement. We talk to a correspondant in Eastern Ukraine where the plane went down. I was speaking to you later on. You said it was very emotional for the people. Talk us through whats been hanning throughout the day. Reporter it has been a defendant very emotional people sorry emotional day for people here who have come to mark this Year Anniversary with a number of different ceremoniees. Earlier on, there was a Church Service held in a local church just down the road here with candles lit and prayers said for the victims of mh17. There was quite a small congregation there and interestingly, buses of people were brought in to attend that. Then up the road, you may be able to see behind me there was a group of priests followed by the congregation that brought cruise fixes up to the memorial there directly behind me which was set up by locals a plaque there saying may memory of victims of the civil war, interestingly. Thats how its worded. There was a ceremony around 20 0, 300 people here gathered. Again, more prayers said some poems read out but i suppose what really hit home here is when you speak to the people who saw the events of a year ago. I spoke to one woman whom broke down as she described what she said she said she heard a large actionplosion. She looked out of the window come outside and seen what she said she initially thought was a pair trooper falling to the sky and realized later on it was a woman who had been sitting in a passenger seat falling from skies. Her body found in a nearby coal mine. She described her neighbors house where four bodies, including one children had been found and she said that they still even today find belongings of the victims of mh17. As you say, this is the main crash site. Behind me, there is a large patch of mudied ground which is one of the main sections of the plane fell there, but most of the debris now the main pieces have actually been taken away by the investigators. The investigators come every couple of months here but as i say, there are bits and bobs personal belongsings of those 298 victims that are still found epebb today. Hard to get over those images. Charles stratford, thank you. As we mentioned earlier, russia denies any involvement in the downing of mh17 and says the u. N. Tribunal isntness. Emma hayward is in moscow for us. Here in russia there is growing suspicion about these calls to investigate what happened to mh 17. The russian president , Vladimir Putin had a conversation with the dutch Prime Minister until which he said a tribeb unal would be premature and counterproductive, saying he he believes washington decided who was guilty of causing that crash. The kremlin denies the prorussian separatists brought down that plane, instead claiming that ukraine shot the plane down. , of course, is denied by kiev. Of course here in russia many people feel sad about what happened, but they believe the kremlins version of events. There will be a small ceremony today here outside the Dutch Embassy. But what happened a year ago was a real turning point in the crisis in ukraine and escalated tensions between russia the eu and the u. S. Meanty more plenty more coming up. Sales have slowed but we need one small busy owner in greece hoping to turn page on economic problems. Also ahead. Drumming up hope musicians spread a message of peace as burundi prepares for tension president ial elections. The latest from the open championship where play has renewed. Coming up in sport. Germans chancellor told parliament it would be irresponsible to refuse to help greece. German is one of several eu countries whos parliaments must sign off on the 85 million beuro deal. She was pulling on the heart strings. What else did she have to say, dominic . Reporter jang the members have been debating this motion for the past two hours or so. The vote will come in the next hour. There have been passionate speeches both in favor of it and against it. Angela merkel said that she did acknowledge that it was hard for some people to accept these proposals. , of course, is a reference to some 48 members of her Parliament Party who it is understood will vote against it. She said that this path had to be gone down, as it were that the euro was more than just a currency. It was a symbol of european identity as it were and for that reason it was important that members vote in favor of this motion. As i say, there were passionate speeches on the other side of the argument as well. Notably from the parliamentary leader of the Left Wing Party who effectively said that this motion imposing yet further austerity and the bailout would be an al 0 list of parliamentary democracy in greece referring to the referendum held some time ago which rejected the proposals put to it by the greek government and he also then accused the finance minister Angela Merkel and the leader of the social democrats, the chis chancellor of trying to foist this on to greece and the b. Bundeslag. It will tell us about how german politics sees the future for greece. It is worth mentioning that increasingly opinion polls and surveys have suggested a majority of germans are thinking perhaps this is not the way forward and giovannivery many germans believe they cant trust this greek government. It gives you a sense of how popular feeling is before this vote. Thats a popular feeling. What about the vote . What are you hearing . Reporter it would seem on the face of it that even with 48, 50 members of the cdu, Angela Merkels party voting against it, there will still be a majority because there were about 256 members of the cdu in parliament. There are members of the csu, her alleys and the associate democrats who are part of the grand coalition who will vote in favor of this motion. There will be the linka, who are around 60, 66 in parliament add that to the 48 from the cd. U. Its not a majority against it. It will go through. Thats the feel but what it does for the future remains to be seen. Thank you for, that dominic kane. While a bailout could provide the Greek Economy with some breathing space, startups are still struggle to go stay afloat. We went to meet the owner of an athens bookstore who is fighting to keep it open. Reporter at athens flee thinking zone concept bookstore, you will find everything from brochures to bestsellers, literature to legal guides. A wealth of knowledge lining every wall filling each shelf. It is what is called statement bookshop or activist book bookshop. Its different from traditional ones. The owner believes that in greece, the birthplace of democracy action there should always be an abundance of activism but it also complains in these difficult times, the idea of campaigning for causes has become harder to find and fund. There is a deficit in tunding each others opinions to discuss things that are forgotten easily when you have a financial crisis. She opened her doors three years ago. And for most of that time thought her bookstore had struck the perfect balance between art, ideals and commerce. But all of that has changed. Common areas of the shop once filled with loyal customers are now empty. Pages arent being turned. Coffees arent being served. Sales have come to a standstill. As patrons of this once bustling upscale tained now stay home. It was socrates who taught the world to think critically encouraging discussion and debate. Longstanding intellectual pursuits aretti is proud to be part of traditions she insists must go on. Philosophy booksnally have their own place of honor in the free thinking zone. But these days they are not bringing aretti who is tired of all of the debt deal drama much comfort. We dont have to agree on everything. No. We dont have to. Democracies dont agree but they have to compromise in order to move ahead one step and one step and one step. This is progress. She hopes against hope her country will finally be able to close this ugly economic chapter and that greece will once and for all be able to pursue a better, more prosperous future the. Al jazeera, athens. Egyptian Security Forces have shot and killed six people who were taking party in anticoup protests after eid prayers in giza prove i knew the hundreds took to the streets angry over the militarys use of force against civilians. They are supporters of morsi who is now in jail. Lets get more on this and speak to journalits and vurnlists based in cairo. Could you tell us what happened today . What happened today is that there were a strike after the prayer and sources claim that there were clashes between citizens and those protesting the situation in egypt and this resulted in killing six people and some say the number has increased to eight people and also, there were two explosions around al haram area around the cinema and some people say in front of a Police Station and the neighborhood, too. Also, clashes took place in alexandria and the police prevented some gatherings of people of protesters who were trying to perform the eid prayer. The police and certainly giza province are saying that they were attacked. We know from the path that the police can often be rather harsh on any of the demonstrators. Do you know what the reality is there . The police is tension these days. And for example, sisi was praying in a place near care row and the security measures were really tight and people who claimed the troops all the way from his residence, new kye error, Armored Vehicles and personal, like guarding all the way from his residence to the mosque where he prayed and they wanted the pass without any elements of protests against elsisi because they knew after the prayer which is a time when a lot of people can gather and take to the streets so they were trying to relate we are not trying to protest. In saudi arabia two Police Officers have been injured in a suicide car bombing at a checkpoint in the capitol, ryad. The explosion happened on a road lead to go ohare prison a highsecurity facility. State television is reporting that the bomber was a teenager on the run after allegedly killing his uncle. Investigators say a man in tennessee who killed 4 march marines, before being shot dead by police. His motive . A report. Reporter the gunman targeted. 2 locations over the course of half an hour. First, he sprayed bullets at a military recruitment sent certain. One marine was injured. Then he drove several kilometers to a naval and marine facility. Here four were killed before the gunman died. He was described as having numerous weapons. What we do know is that somebody brutally and brazenly attacked members of our armed services. Reporter the gunman was named as Mohammed Yousef ab yousef ab daliz. He was. 24 years old. In april he had been arrested by police for driving while intoxicated. He was duer to appear in court at the end of the month. Officials say they are looking into whether he was inspired by isil or similar groups but from the president downwards, they have also stressed that investigations are at a preliminary stage i would ask all americans to pray for the families who are grief stricken at this point. I want everybody to understand that well be thorough and prompt in figuring out exactly what happened. The secretary of Homeland Security added that some federal facilities were increasing

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