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we are coming for you. as the economy breaks down, south africa s migrant community is in the firing line. this is a local branch meeting of an anti migrant group in orange grove, near the johannesburg city centre. it s called operation dudula, and i ve been given rare access. dudula in isizulu literally means to force out . they re planning to go to businesses this evening and ask them about their citizenship, get details, contact details with them. so we had an. and it seems that this is a typical kind of patrol operation that they do. officialfigures put the number of migrants in south africa at 3.6 million people. but with one in three south africans out of work, migrants have become an easy target. singing as night falls, the team sets off for the high street. they sing they want to find the owner of a local shop who they say has information about a recent stabbing. as we ve been walking down the main road and passing shops owned by foreign nationals, this group h ....

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armenians in nagorno karabakh, four days after azerbaijan took control over the long disputed territory. the state department says mr blinken made the remarks in a conversation with armenia s prime minister held in the past few hours. the region is internationally recognised as part of azerbaijan but its population is mostly ethnic armenians, who ruled it as a breakaway republic for three decades. earlier this week, an azerbaijani military operation routed the ethnic armenian separatists, and azerbaijan has begun taking full control of the region. now tens of thousands of armenians have sought refuge in the main city, stepanakert many of them gathering at the airport. they are coping with dwindling food, medicine and fuel supplies. the red cross has managed to deliver 70 tons of aid for the first time since hostilities ended. the organisation s spokesperson, jason straziuso, said the shipments contained basic staples like wheat. it s an indication of how dire the situat ....

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so we had an. and it seems that this is a typical kind of patrol operation that they do. officialfigures put the number of migrants in south africa at 3.6 million people. but with one in three south africans out of work, migrants have become an easy target. singing as night falls, the team sets off for the high street. they sing they want to find the owner of a local shop who they say has information about a recent stabbing. as we ve been walking down the main road and passing shops owned by foreign nationals, this group has been singing songs that contain slurs and also shouting very pointed slurs. loud banging it s all very confusing, and there are no police in sight. why are you getting involved because even with the owner. this is mobjustice. we re trying to make sure that these people who are foreign nationals are respecting us and we are protected in our society. up the street. the next. they sing as they move on, they head towards a spot they say is notorious for ....

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russell brand, comedian, actor, political commentator accused of multiple sexual assaults and the rape of a woman that the programme dispatches called nadia. he s grabbing at my, my underwear, pulling it to the side. i m telling him to get off me, he won t get off. i was distraught, trying to get out of the house with him being so much taller than me, like, holding me up against the wall. further details have now been published about nadia reporting the incident to a rape crisis centre and also a series of text messages that the investigators say russell brand sent to nadia. the exchange begins with him saying, i m sorry, i will make this up to you . and then he goes on to ask, will you everforgive me? it was just as these allegations first began to emerge that he arrived for a performance in london. on stage he was met by fans with cheers and a standing ovation. he has these days, millions of followers on social media. this is anti establishment, anti authoritarian. ....

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out of his business. this is operation dudula, an anti migrant campaign group and newly formed political party. what gives you the right for that? i m a citizen. i m legally here. we re not vigilantes. they say they want all undocumented migrants to leave south africa. we grew up in an apartheid time, when things were much - better than what it is now. but now, the way things - are happening, the government is failing us in law. but critics accuse them of xenophobia and vigilantism. good morning! how are you? the migrants they are the poorest of the poor and are vulnerable. they d rather go to them and rattle them, instead of rattling the cages of the guys living in the glass houses. hundreds gathered in centraljohannesburg for operation dudula s conference. the mood is celebratory. but listen to some of the words. this man is singing, we will go to the gas station, buy some petrol and burn the foreigners . at the conference, members vote overwhelmingly in favour of ....

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