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Every year 50000000 tons of electronic waste is thrown away the majority can be dumped in developing countries right now electronic waste is the most traded as of this with retracing the 10 through the criminal organizations making big profits and asking why the west is turning a blind. Eye on the trail on aljazeera. A reminder of our top stories this hour demonstrate the rebels have announced that thousands of saudi backed fighters have surrendered during a month long military campaign 3 things have been targeting the southern saudi region of a Spokesman Says theyve also captured several saudi army officers. And speaking at the Un General Assembly the foreign minister of yemens internationally backed government blamed iran for the conflict he thanked saudi arabia for its role in helping to fight the rebels but criticized its Coalition Partner the u. A. E. For supporting separatist fighters in the south. And hong kong is bracing for another day of mass protests a probation rally has be
Open polling stations and maintain a certain level of security across the country but despite that many parties here will be wondering just how valid this result can be with so few people voting and the allegations of vote rigging of voter fraud have already started between the major candidates. So if you come here down there at 4 years is a mere masseys filed assigned we look at one of the armed groups thats refusing to join the peace accords. And got a bit of a drive a couple of days ahead across much of japan want to see showers but nothing really in the way of heavy persistent rain also the Korean Peninsula has been enjoying some fine dry weather its warm 28 celsius monday in seoul and warm as well across much of japan 29 degrees in tokyo then by choose a more rain pushing in from the south and to the west and pushing across into the southern sections of the Korean Peninsula as well 29 in seoul with a chance of some rain showers now plenty of rain really gauge the impact in taiwan
A probation group held 2 events across the territory on sunday a few hours before the march began facing the Chinese National anthem. And in taiwan viewed as a breakaway province by beijing a show of support for hong kong people came out in the pouring rain as part of whats being described as a global antiauthoritarianism day. Its in to support it that the hong kong antigovernment protesters will again come out in force on tuesday its Chinas National Day marking 70 years since the founding of the peoples republic of china the protesters say they will use the occasion to continue their fight against what they say is beijings move to gain more and more control over their city scotter al jazeera hong kong. Now polls have closed in austria snap parliamentary election the early vote was called after former chancellor sebastian curses center right coalition collapsed in the wake of a Corruption Scandal kurtzs Peoples Party is facing off against its former Coalition Partners the far right fre
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