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depressive headlines: the head of unra says more children have been killed during israel's genocide in gaza than in over four years of conflict around the world. about 100 european academics condemn israel's genocide and in gaza saying the regime is systematically racing the territory's education system, and a group of human rights ngos are filing lawsuit against denmark to force the country to end its arms exports to israel admit the gaza genocide.
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hello everyone, it's 5 am in the messige gaza strip and you're watching press tv world news and now our top story on relenting israeli air strikes continue to target palestinians fasting in the holy month of ramadan is hopes fade for sease fire in gaza. the regime's latest air strikes have claimed 11 palestinin lives in the central city of deer abala. local reports say is really shelling their continues up to this very moment. to the north, the jabalya refugee camp and its vicinity remain key targets. this, as the gaza health ministry says aid reaching the north is insufficient, while widespread hunger prevails in the area. and now moving to the south, the entire city of khan unis continues to witness daily shelling as israely forces are blown up number of residential areas there. according to the gaza media office, over 400 palestinians have been killed while waiting in line for life saving aid since. march 1st, the palestinian
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death tool since october 7th now stands at nearly 31,200, mostly women in children. and qatar, which has tried to mediate between israel and hamas, says the two sides are not close to a cease fire deal in gaza. the situation is very complicated on on the ground, the we are not near a deal, meaning that we are not seeing uh... sides converging on a language that can resolve the you know the current disagreements over the implementation of of the deal, but we remain hopeful and we continue pushing for for deal to happen in in the near future. the katatari official said potential deal requires an end to israel's bloodshed in gaza as wells continuous flow of humanitarian aid into the devastated strip. the announcement comes as months of talk. involving the us, qatar, and
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egypt have failed to bring israely genocide to an end. hamas has blamed israel for failure to reach an agreement saying regime is not serious about deal and is just buying time. the resistance movements also said that it's shown great flexibility in talks, but will not settle for anything less than full sessation of israeli aggression and a withdrawal of all occupation forces from gaza. the un secretary general antonio gutieres in message on the occasion of the holy month of ramadan has called for media of cease fire in gaza to honor the spirit of this month. today marks the start of the holy months of ramadan, a period when muslims around the world celebrate and spread the values of peace, reconciliation and solidarity. yet, even through ramadan, even
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though ramadan has begun, the killing, bombing and bloodshed continue in gaza. my strongest appeal today is to honor the spirit of ramadan by silencing the guns and removing of all obstacles to ensure the delivery of life-saving aid at the speed and massive scale required. around 100 leading european academics of sllam what they call israel's systematic annihilation of the education system in gaza. now scholars have signed a protest petition formulated by the euromed human rights monitor. according to official reports, 70% of uh strip's universities have been completely demolished. also, the palestinian ministry of education says around 4,300 students have been killed and thousands injured due to ongoing israeli air. all this
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has been documented in this petition, the written appeal stresses such attacks on civilian objects constitutes grave breach of international law and falls under the definition of genicide. it also called for a boycott of israeli academic institutions supporting palestinian or occupation of palestine over 180 british academics have also recently signed separate petition denouncing israeli onslot on gaza specifically targeting academics and students. now the un says number of palestinian children killed during the first four months of the israel on gaza has topped all those killed in over four years of conflicts throughout the world. head of the un agency for palestinian refugees, unra made the remark in the post on his x account, philippe lazarini said the un figure show around 12,200 children have been killed in conflicts worldwide between 2019 and 2022.
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this while according to the gaza health ministry, more than 12,300 palestinian children have been slaughtered since early october. the unrachief. has also said what's going on in gaza is a war on children, their childhood and their future. a group of the world's most prominent human rights groups plan to sue the danish government for exports of arms to israel am mid regime's ongoing onslaught against gazans. group has sited concerns that exported weapons are being used to commit serious crimes against palestinians. according to the statement, case will be filed against denmark's ministry of foreign affairs and national police, which are in charge of approving the country's sales of military equipment. meanwhile, the legal firm representing the ngos said it will bring the case to a copenhagen district court within the next three weeks. based on the un
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arms trade treaty, countries must ensure that exports of arms and military equipment are not in violation of international law. back in january, the international court of justice. included israel's actions in gaza could amount to genocide, and now over to the occupied west bank where two more palestinians have been killed by regime forces a military checkpoint northwest of alcuits, the palestini red cresent, the victims are 16 and 23 years old, these fatalities bring number of palestinians killed in the west bank on tuesday to three earlier, a 13-year-old palestinian boy was killed by israeli forces in the show of refugee camp. a video circulating online shows the moment, child was directly hit by an israeli sniper. you could see there israel's far right security minister itamar bengavier hailed the israeli sniper who shot
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dead the young teenager there. israel cured out raids and occupied west bank almost a daily basis since regime began its onslot on gaza early october at of aggression have left over 400 palestinians dead in the occupied west bank. the israel regimes carried out series of new air strikes on lebanon triggering retaliatory rocket attacks from the hezbullah resistance movement against occupied territories. according to that. these officials is really air strikes hit eastern city of balbuck in its vicinity, some the air strikes uh targeted uh area near taraya, city 20 km west of balbuck, this is the first time israel's pounded eastern lebanon since eruption of hostilities between
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the regime and hezbulah. in response, hezbulah fired over 100 rockets toward israeli positions in the occupied gollen heights and northern occupied palestine. hezbulah said it will continue attacking. israeli targets until the regime stops this campaign of genocide in gaza, but the israely military has recently carried out aerial raids even on residential areas in lebanon. and joining us for an update earlier was our beirot correspondent matdy amsala. they do target uh balbak and eastern lebanon in the vicinity of the city. of tarayya and balbak itself, we know that there was total destruction of the buildings that were targeted and one person has been killed previous time, also it was more of an open area that was targeted the previous time like agricultural lands, there was some sort of a
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residence there, but that also let to the killing of two hazbullah members and now with this in place it seems that hizbullah uh has basically become impatient with the israel's presumptuousness when it comes to how they are targeting at lebanon, the fact that they're trying to put lot of pressure on the res. resistance and on lebanon itself with the fact that you do have some opposition from hezballah's political foes when it comes to hisballah's supportive front for the resistance inside gaza and for the people of gaza and so it seemed that this is why hazballah had in retaliation launched some we're talking about more more than 50 rockets that were um witnessed or that were reported in some areas the israelis are talking about more than one hundred rockets from on two different rounds, the group of rockets uh was
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against the galila region, another salvoy was against in the golan heights and it seemed that they many of them landed and struck their targets and how that will play out also is another surprise, the number of rockets that hazbullah is showing day by day seemingly increasing and targeting areas that are further off, yesterday for example uh they targeted areas in the goal on height more and more and so it seemed that they are basically unifying the land when it comes to how they target and what they taند قرن ادبیات خودمون و به خصوص در قلم روی شعر زنان شاعر شاخص بزرگ کم نداشت.
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اولین شاعری بودند که به جنبه های گوناگون انسانی در شعر توجه کردند زبان مردم خودش هست رنج های جامعه خودش رو می بینه همین رنج ها هم بعدها برای او تنگناها و محدودیت و دشواری هایی رو فراهم می آورد. what is most important is the depth of paris's belief and her vision for the empowerment of women. and welcome back everyone, you're watching press tv, world news. leader of iran's islamic revolution says resistance in palestine will eventually bring israel to its knees. ayat ali khamenei made the remark during meeting with distinguished iranian quran reciters, he said resistance is still standing strong after months of heavy fighting. ayatollah
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khamenei also called for an end to any assistance to israel by some muslim countries. he said those governments helping israel are committing crimes and will be punished for that treason. the islamic movement in nigeria has held a protest against the massacre of palestinians in gaza. protesters marched. the us embassy in the capital abuja and staged a sid in. press tv's danjuma abdullahy has your story. on the first day of the holy month of ramadan in nigeria, the islamic movement held a rally through the streets of the capital abuja in a peaceful protest against the massacre of innocent civilians in gaza. the protest match took the demonstrators to the gate of the united states embassy where they sat down. and submitted letter of protest condemning the israeli genocide in gaza and us
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involvement in the killing of innocent palestinians. america is one of the the major party in this uh killing of innocent female and children in gaza. since october 7th, today they have killed 31, more than 31 innocent people, majorly female and children in gaza. "the demonstrators blame the united states and british governments for using their influence to block a un resolution calling for sess fire. they said every decent government has condemned the israeli terror attacks on the palestinians, but the us government has continued to support the mass murder of innocent palestinians. they are killing female and children, they are they are imposing starvation on innocent female and children, babies have been. is seen under robus crying inside blood, you we see lot of
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fathers carrying lifeless body of their children killed by israelits, anybody that has concernt for humanity should come out today on the street and show his solidarity with palestinians, the demonstrators burn the us and israeli flags as the islam tel aviv's regime impunity and the silence of the international community. many muslims in nigeria believe that israel continuous killing of palestinians in gaza on the eve of the holy month of ramadan is a clear proof of the regime's disrespect for islamic sanctities. the protests here. urging war leaders to pressure israel to end the massaca in gaza, thanjam abdullahi, press tv, abuja, millions of muslims in pakistan once again unite to express solidarity with the oppressed people of gaza. pakistanis a pleasure to dedicate this year sacred month of ramadan to palestinians who continue to
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endure unimaginable hardship and dire circumstances inflicted by the israeli regime our. correspondent nasir khasmi brings us more from islamabad. as the cresent moon marks the beginning of the muslims holy month of ramadan, millions across pakistan have declared their intention to dedicate this month to the oppressed people of gaza. among those joining in this noble cause are abdullah khalid and his family, recognizing the sufferings of the palestinian brothers and sisters in gaza a abdullah and his wife majibin are choosing to donate their money this ramadan to the innocent people of gaza instead of indulging in lavish feasts and excessive spending. we are dedicating this month of ramadan to our brothers and sisters in gaza who are facing so many atrocities and when i imagine that my brothers and sisters
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are having their sour and iftar with all the bombings and all the sirens of ambulances. it gives me goosebumps, we as family can alhamdulillah afford enough, but this ramadan we have decided to make things very simple, very basic as much as we can, so that we can you know save more money and give more charity to the people of gaza. charitable organizations and grassroots initiatives have launched campaigns to raise funds and collect essential supplies for gaza's residents. pakistanis are mobilizing a large. organizing food drives, providing medical aid and boycotting pro israeli products in order to support men, women and children in palestine every mcdonald meals that you consume, the dollars are going to buy more ammunition to kill our children, people don't realize it, people don't realize that the israeli army is getting happy meals every day for free, it's
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ridiculous, throughout the country, mosks and community center. are organizing special prayer sessions dedicated to the well-being and liberation of gaza. through their decision to prioritize the cause of gaza during ramadan, pakistanis are demonstrating the true essence of the islamic principles of compassion, justice and charity. this pledge indicates their commitment to turning religious teachings into practical acts of compassion and support for the oppressed and those in need. kazmi press tv islamabad: chinese and russian vessels of com to iran's territorial waters for joint maritime exercises in the northern indian ocean. drills will continue until friday with representatives from several other countries also participating as observer states. here's report. russia navy warship, russia navy
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warship and china. the maritime security belt 2024 has officially kicked off with russian and chinese vessels entering iran's territorial waters south of the country on tuesday. the naval and airborn units of iran's army and the irgc, along with their chinese and russian counterparts will participate in various operations during this exercise. naval delegations from azerbaijan, pakistan, kazakhstan, oman and south africa have also taken part as observer states. at the first stage of the drill, the naval officers of the three countries as well as the observer states reviewed different phases the exercise on maps and held tactical briefings. later, the naval commanders of
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iran, russia and china held a joint pressure. the iranian navy's deputy commander said, " the main aim of the joint exercise is to help safeguard security in the northern part of the indian ocean. upholding peace and security in the north of indian ocean and having a specialized cooperation in combatting piracy and terrorism in our region are among the main goals of this exercise. we are constantly working to improve this cooperation. meanwhile, chinese and russian navy commanders said the joint exercise further. demonstrates the preparedness of the participating countries to maintain security while also deepening their practical cooperation. 2024 is the fifth consecutive year that these republic of iran's navy is hosting countries participating in the maritime security belt drills in the northern indian ocean region. this year's naval drills
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have kicked off under the moto together for peace and security with participating countries highlighting the importance of jointly safeguarding regional security. press tv, konarak. the indian government has announced rules implement the controversial. bangladesh and pakistan before 2014. the law however excludes muslims from those countries. back in 2019, law's approval sparked. protest across the country and was halted since, the muslim minority in india fears the government is using this law and other similar laws to wide and crackdown on
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them. india introduced this bill in 2016 with the aim of granting citizenship to what it calls a persecuted section of refugees. however, the bill has become one of the most controversial issue across the country since it excludes muslims from availing citizenship. accused the ruling bjp of targeting a particular community on the basis of faith, which experts call unconstitutional. commentators also question the exclusion of persecuted religious minorities from other regions such as tibet, sri lanka and myanmar. india's interior ministry has said in a statement, those eligible can now apply online for indian citizenship. the issue has been one of the key pledges of indian prime minister since assuming. office in 2014, the new legislation makes changes to more than six decades old indian citizenship law, it's unfortunate for
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us that we are not part of this new law, despite the fact we have faced worse persecution any community has faced so far, we have still hope one day india will accept us on the ground of humanity, opposition political parties have accused the ruling party of influencing the elections, saying the moon is to... polarize the voters considering its timing, more than 200 petitions challenging the law are still pending before the court of law. we thank india, they provide a shelter, it's an act of kindness, but we urge this country not to abandon us, knowing the fact we have seen deadly violence and persecution. india, home to roughly 200 million muslims have recently seen targeted attacks and vicious hate campaigns. critics, accused the ruling party of mixing religion with politics resonating with india's majority. munovar zaman press tv. new delhi, india. the uk's national
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health service has been a source of pride for millions for over 70 years, but now nhs is facing some serious challenges and a great deal of criticism. the british medical associations warned the healthcare system is literally collapsing. said puraza reports. britain treat their national health service, better known as the nhs with an almost religious reverence, will grow up using the nhs from the cradle to the grave for the point of use, and that has tremendous significance for our lives. but today, this eternal source of national pride is under increased scrutiny with new figures showing more than 120 th00 people. died last year in england alone from delays in lifesaving treatment. the nhs is a state funded healthcare system founded in 1948. back then
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it cost around $20 billion dollars in today's money to run. last year the government spent more than 181 billion. despite that more than 7 million people are now on the waiting list in england alone. that's nearly 12% of the population. having to wait at least 52 weeks for health consultation, our politicians aren't really serving the public interest, they are serving a neoliberal agenda which is to transfer the country's natural assets and wealth to overseas corporations like united health of america and other big multinationals. the government has promised to cut the long cues, but has made little progress. the situation is no better in the rest of the kingdom in scotland. in northern ireland one in 80 people and in wales one in 20 are having to wait more than year for treatment. there's also the energy costs and inflation that has reduced the value of the.
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nhs budget, meaning it now has to do more with significantly less, add to the mix, a shortage of staff, which means more pressure on exhausted employees. we've had more than decade of defunding since the financial crash, this has led to a real terms wage cut for staff, um, the whole population, the health needs have gone up, we have trouble keeping hold of staff, and we've also lost significant capacity with the nhs through privatization. "we don't have enough feds, we don't have enough staff, and the staff we do have are being treated appallingly. the health service is also coping with aging population. a large number of people now live with chronic conditions like heart disease and diabetes. the covid-19 pandemic severely tested the nhs with its aftermath still posing serious challenges. health officials and experts warn for the uk's national health
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service to survive the..." next government should declare it a national emergency. saipur is at press tv, london. that's right for your latest here on press tv. everyone, thanks for tuning in and goodbye for now. bismillahirrahman.
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