ministrations doesn't alienate people it doesn't make people feel like i'm not smart enough to understand this booze truth is it any way on. this moment calls for healing and reconciliation president donald trump calls for unity after his supporters stormed the u.s. capitol building and say those responsible will be punished. i'm still robbing you watching al-jazeera live my headquarters here in doha also coming up an indonesian cleric linked to the bali bombings that killed more than 200 people is freed from prison. also south korea orders japan to compensate a dozen women used as sex slaves during world war 2 describing it as

a crime against humanity. boeing accused of lying the american aircraft maker has fired more than $2000000000.00 for misleading regulators about 2737 max crashes. welcome to the program in the face of growing calls for his removal from office u.s. president donald trump has finally condemned the ball violently breached the capitol building for the 1st time troubles or acknowledged his term well and in less than 2 weeks but many say it's too little too late and resignations within the inner circle are now increasing gabriel is on the house will. more than 24 hours after his supporters right at the u.s. capitol donald trump you need twitter video finally condemned the violence that shocked the nation to those who engage in the acts of violence and destruction you

do not represent our country and for the 1st time and in a dramatic shift in tone the u.s. president acknowledged he lost the elect. a new administration will be inaugurated on january 20th my focus now turns to ensuring a smooth orderly and seamless transition of power earlier incoming u.s. president joe biden blamed trump for unleashing what he called an assault on american democracies and lambasted the pro trump rioters there were protesters don't dare call them protesters they were a ridas mob insurrectionist domestic terrorists on thursday a cleanup inside the nation's capital and a return to normal as most trump supporters who took part in the rally and subsequent rioting appeared to have left town and headed home. outside fencing around the entire capitol complex to avoid

a repeat of the day before and there was increased security including the presence of national guard troops meanwhile both democratic congressional leaders and at least one republican lawmaker are calling for trump's removal from office. vice president can invoke the 25th amendment today and if the cabinet both he's gone they should do it now president has committed an unspeakable assault on our nation and our people all week ations and the president has become not just from his remit is a from reality. senior republican senator lindsey graham doesn't believe removal is appropriate but did deliver this rare rebuke of his friend and ally when it comes to accountability the president needs to understand that his actions were the problem not the solution. and in the wake of the riots resignations including 2

cabinet members transportation secretary elaine chao and education secretary betsy divorce president trumps conciliatory message will be seen by many as his attempt to salvage his legacy and rebuild his image in the final days that he occupies the white house the question is it too little too late gabriel's on doe al-jazeera washington kristen salumi is in biden's hometown of wilmington delaware and she has a what he had to say. he very specifically did not say anything about whether or not the 20 fouth 5th amendment should be invoked which would put mike pence in charge of the government he in fact told reporters before delivering prepared remarks that he would avoid that topic what he did say is that the attack on the capital was one of the darkest days in u.s. history he called the capital the citadel of justice he said it was an assault on

democracy he didn't however spare president charm criticism or blame for what happened he said it was the result of the culmination of 4 years of disregard for the constitution and the rule of law and he called those who took part in the domestic terrorists now this was an event to name top officials in the justice department his nominees for that department and by not addressing the issue of the 25th amendment and whether or not any specific charges should be brought against any of the demonstrators i think what we're seeing is a signal from joe biden of a more traditional hands off approach. well the indonesian cleric who founded the group responsible for the 2002 bali bombing which killed 202 people has been freed from prison abu bakar bashir had served 10 years of

a 15 year jail term australia's prime minister bashir his release is distressing to the families of the victims most were foreign tourists including $88.00 australian nationals jessica washington reports now from indonesia. one of indonesia's most high profile inmates is now a free man abu bakar bashir let go into a prison after more than a decade behind bars he was serving a 15 year sentence for his role in funding a militant training camp in indonesia's northwest and was given sentence productions for good behavior but for many the name abu bakar bashir is a reminder of the worst bomb attack in indonesia in history more than 200 people died when bombs ripped through bali's tourist district at the hands of the group jemaah islamiya bashir was one of the co-founders of the group and its organizational head at the time of the attacks. in 2002 too many was working as

a cashier at a popular club in bali and at the end i could hardly stand the pain from the buttons i had to hold on to my intestines i was afraid the inside of my stomach would fall out her burns have healed but her hearing never recovered and she still feels traumatized happy but he said he has done his sentence and that's the role but as a victim i feel so angry in australia memorial sites have been built to honor the 88 australians killed in the blast 6 of them were eric to hearts friends he was burnt trying to rescue others from the wreckage of a nightclub he says bashir has released is a disappointment he's never regretted it he's never owned up to it but i thought i could still remains australian prime minister scott morrison says the release is difficult to accept this is very distressing to the friends and families of of the of the australian to the idea of distractions who were killed in

the bali bombings of 2002 i still remember that day very vividly like i'm sure many of stratagems do but she has supporters have long called for him to be freed because of his aids and poor health and the question of his release has always been controversial now with his sentence up authorities in indonesia had no choice but to let him go but he will be monitored by police for the rest of his life security experts say his influence has diminished during his time behind bars this doesn't change the equation. in indonesia and it doesn't suddenly sure that there are going to more terrorist acts or that he will do any inciting to terrorists. he often describes himself as just a preacher but for those who survived the bali bombings. will forever be remembered as a symbol of violence jessica washington al-jazeera. a south korean court has ordered

japan to pay compensation to $12.00 women use a sex slaves during world war 2 seoul says their treatment amounts to a crime against humanity calls the ruling regrettable and unacceptable or bright has more from seoul. the culmination of a case that has gone on for 8 years this was a significant ruling by seoul's district court tomorrow. i feel deeply moved it is the very 1st court ruling in favor of these victims of the japanese. the case was brought on behalf of 12 surviving so-called comfort women or their families young women or girls who were forced to work in wartime brothels by the japanese imperial army during world war 2 the court ruled all had enjoyed unimaginable mental and physical pain and had not been compensated they were each awarded the equivalent of more than $90000.00 u.s.

dollars to give them a good compared to anything to mortal this could have wider consequences japan prides itself on being a civilised country yet it has not addressed this humanitarian issue since this defeat in 1945. japan has refused to recognize this case maintaining it goes against the internationally held norm of sovereign immunity that no nation can prosecute another through its courts. we demand that south korea takes the appropriate response to correct this breach of international law as far as japan is concerned this issue is over it says all matters relating to south korea's wartime suffering was settled by an agreement in 1965 when the 2 countries normalized relations and that a further compensation agreement specifically for the comfort women was signed in 2015 that was meant to settle the matter finally and irreversibly tokyo has

been angered by other court rulings in favor of south korean victims of war time for its labor that led to deteriorating diplomatic relations and the trade dispute and this latest ruling looks certain to further sour relations but for south korea's comfort women in this case represents a form of justice after more than 75 years robert bright al jazeera sole. still ahead here on al-jazeera another round of negotiations begins between indian farmers and the government after months of protests and why south africa is struggling to come up with an effective vaccine rollout strategy those stories after the break.

however still flooding in malaysia just south and east of kuala lumpur because of the frequency of thunderstorms coming through the room boosted in their heart in their strength from the coldish north easterly monsoon coldish is all right if you speaking of course and that live in a strong sense to. goes from the central part of the philippines down towards calle singapore and possibly other parts of malaysia or indonesia sumatra and parts of borneo for example that's true for the next 2 days it's been true for the last 2 days as well now straight here by contrast is seeing a slight improvement is still pretty stormy from the point of view of big falls of rain a thunder storms in tropical queensland but not as bad as it was we see some inland showers as well want to see maybe in new south wales that on shore breeze meaning sydney's kept at 25 where's adelaide's of 34 which means the perth well nearly might feel better more sunshine i think in adelaide the name person and that condition continues throughout sunday as you can see significant showers in

tropical queens have but not elsewhere the story in new zealand is not a bad one is a bit of cloud there will be rain in south island on saturday and again on sunday. but. for generations nomadic herders of royal mongolia's clients receive a stream whether it's killing their stock forcing some to abandon vission to the qualities to investigate on al-jazeera. al-jazeera.

talk about what you have to say with me celeron a reminder of our top stories u.s. president donald trump has condemned his supporters for storming the capitol building he's also pledged to a peaceful transition as calls grow for his early removal from office the indonesian cleric who founded the group behind the 2002 bali bombing has been freed from prison bushehr was released early after serving 10 years of a 15 year jail term 202 people mostly foreign tourists were killed in the attack. and a south korean court has ordered japan to pay $90000.00 in compensation to 12 women use a sex slaves during world war 2 tokyo calls the ruling regrettable and unacceptable . but the indian government is holding another round of talks with farmers unions

to try to resolve the standoff over controversial agree cultural reforms thousands of farmers took part in a tractor procession in new delhi as a show of force ahead of the meeting they've been protesting in the capital since november denouncing the changes that they believe will undercut prices but the government has refused to back down saying the reforms benefit farmers elizabeth parar them is that the protest site in punjab she also explains what's at stake for farmers there. was a small protest and party out of one job where people have closure on the petrol station owned by one of india's biggest companies reliance and that's what i am wary of reliance is perceived interest in the agriculture sector people have been coming here to protest every day since the government passed it in agriculture laws and september pharma say that the laws of them leave them at the mercy of large corporations which will dictate prices for their projects and that they will lose

minimum prices which are being guaranteed by the government decades and farmers in punjab. say that they have the most to lose from these new laws and that's because punjab is known as india's bread basket it produces 30 percent of all the grains in the country these are crops which are assured minimum prices and people here feel that that makes them particularly vulnerable to price drops there are small protests like these taking place all over the state and hundreds of thousands of people from here have also travelled to delhi's borders to protests they have continued throughout the cold winter months in fact tens of farmers have died on these borders but despite the hardships they say they aren't going to stop until the government repealed its 3 from. boeing has been ordered to pay $2500000000.00 to settle criminal charges finding design flaws in its 737 max plane

from u.s. regulators the finding to its money for the families of those who died in 2 crashes that grounded fleets worldwide were both manly. bowings once sterling reputation badly tarnished after it was accused of a major cover up the department of justice said the corporation chased profit over canned lying before and after to its back their craft crashed killing 346 people boeing has agreed to pay $2500000000.00 to settle criminal charges about $500000000.00 to compensate the loved ones of the crash victims and the $1700000000.00 to its customers airlines. in a note to self published on its website boeing's chief executive said it's a step that ignore edges how they fell short of values and expectations.

it has in cash. for. cash this is a relatively small. in october 2018 a boeing 737 max took off from jakarta in a flight that should have only taken an hour. minutes later it plummeted into the sea killing all 189 people on board a few months later in march 2019 the same boeing max model took off from ethiopia's capital addis ababa in clear skies 6 minutes after takeoff it lost contact with air traffic control and hit the ground killing all 157 people on board . investigators say a flight control system pushed the aircraft's nose down an automated feature boeing clearly didn't explain in its pilot training manual. the discovery led to the boxes

immediate grounding the longest in aviation history the greater impact will be on the reputation of. there had been suspicion in the the asian community and certainly in the victims' families that some of the things are going. to stand. since redesigned its my control system and on december 29 a 737 max took to the skies once again in its 1st commercial u.s. flight since the grounding but despite services resuming it would take some time for the company to regain public trust nor about the money al-jazeera. for the 1st time since the cave in 1000 pandemic the number of people in the us who have died in one day has surpassed 4000 the top infectious disease expert is

warning that the numbers of deaths and infections it's like need to keep rising especially after people traveled over the holiday season rob runnels reports of california as one of the worst hit areas. covert 19 deaths in the us reached a new record peak on thursday with more than 4000 perishing from the virus los angeles is one of the epicenters of a pandemic that is raging out of control over 1000 is now everywhere and infecting more people than ever are test positivity rate is 21.6 percent countywide at our drive through and walk to the testing set in the city of los angeles it's 25.13 percent 259 people died from cova 19 in los angeles on wednesday more than all the homicides in the city last year in all more than 11000 deaths have been

recorded in los angeles since the pandemic began we are truly in a crisis mode right now california's public health officials have ordered the state's badly overextended hospitals to postpone all non-essential surgeries. it's very doubt they resemble tell you that you cannot get all the room for something that you desperately need testing centers across the country are swamp with additional cases of the more infectious variant 1st identified in the u.k. spreading in more locations around the country there are also concerns about a variant found in south africa which seems resistant to some covert treatments some of those mutations might have a negative impact on the efficacy of some of the monoclonal antibodies that are used so we're looking into that very carefully some frontline health workers began receiving their 2nd dose of that scene like these in illinois that is they start to

getting you know moving on with life as usual and now all we really hope for is for the rest of the community to be allowed the same opportunity the worst may be yet to come as people infected over the winter holidays start needing care public officials are begging people please stay home don't be stupid i know how tough it is right now i know how much people need to be together i know how much they want to be together but if people die they will never be together a dire warning as the virus continues its relentless spread rob reynolds al-jazeera los angeles. china is hoping to reach herd immunity against current virus by the end of this year with the country one week into a massive vaccination campaign it's planning to vaccinate 15000000 high priority people before the start of the lunar new year travel period in mid february and that figure could reach 1000000000 during 2021. in south africa there are

concerns the government won't meet its target to vaccinate 2 thirds of the population against kovac 19 by the end of the on wednesday reported a record daily high of more than 21000 new infections and 844 deaths all of the government has secured some bank scenes it's still well short of the decks is needed for me to mila has more from johannesburg. in this mobile footage hospital workers in the course alluna told province mourn the death of another colleague to covert 1000 south africa's battling a 2nd wave of the disease so far tens of thousands of health care workers have contracted the virus and more than 430 have died the need for a vaccine is now more urgent than ever so far the government says it will get 1500000 doses of the astra zeneca vaccine by february this fall and we're doing that mean. that provision to achieve it in unity and approach would be seen as

drawn out of the box in the beginning we think it was for. our communities and therefore we sort of broke. through this is to do with the issues we're going to south africa expects to get millions more doses of a vaccine by the 2nd quarter of the year to immunize 10 percent of the population but that still tens of 1000000 short of what's needed to immunize the majority of all 59000000 south africans this is despite running trials for 4 vaccines 4 months and planning to manufacture a millions of doses for pharmaceutical companies professorship their model has been leading one of the trials at the barack one of the hospital in some way to the notion of talk if you could convince made 67 percent of the population better and of continuing to run unfortunately tests with all due respect very naive for a 1st month we would need to fix an $850000.00 people per day 7 days a week from

a 2nd one to $1.00 with 4 victims that required 2 doses of vaccine we would need to vaccinate $300000.00 people per day every day of the week and political year for us to get to 67 percent of the population the health care system is already overwhelmed and simply doesn't have the resources to cope with an extensive immunization program. coming up with an effective vaccine rollout strategy is not the only challenge for the government according to a survey for the world economic forum conducted in december almost half are also african say they won't take over 1000 vaccine a new more infectious variant of the virus in south africa has raised questions about how effective existing vaccines may be as south africa faces a resurgence of covert 19 that is already exceeding the 1st wave experts are worried about a 3rd and 4th wave especially as vaccines for most of the country appear to be

a long way off from al-jazeera johannesburg south africa. the u.k. is increasing its capacity to immunize as many people as possible as covert 1000 deaths and infections rise more than 52 and a half 1000 people tested positive for the virus on thursday that's around 10000 fewer than wednesday prime minister boris johnson said almost 1500000 people have now received the 1st dose of a vaccine if all goes well these together should have the capacity to deliver hundreds of thousands of vaccines per day by january the 15th and it is our plan that everyone should have a vaccination available within a radius of 10 miles and it follows from that that the limits will not be on our distribution or power but on the supply of vaccines and i have no doubt that we have enough supply to vaccinate these 4 groups by that they be the 15th

deadline and we also have the distributional network to do it and to continue an expanding program done that priority list. the arrest of $53.00 government critics in hong kong including pro-democracy politicians has raised concerns about whether the territories opposition can survive and the detention has instilled fear in many people who say they're now unsure about what is and isn't legal adrian brown reports now from hong kong. 2020 was not a good year for hong kong and the start of this one hasn't been much better adding to the gloom the mass arrest of opposition figures many people we approached didn't want to talk about that story just as sure although this man did. this hong kong is no longer the old hong kong hong kong has changed completely this has never happened before he doesn't care. why should i be afraid they all deserve to

be arrested they wrecked hong kong and even before the arrests the pro-democracy block in hong kong's parliament had been all but eliminated through disqualification and resignation the question now is whether the opposition can survive. lukin hay is both chairman of the democratic party and a district councillor the pro-democracy camp won a landslide in local elections in 2019 he now worries that beijing's next move could be against tom kong's lowest tier of government in hong kong whether the opposition can survive really depends on the people depend on the hong kong people and i have faith in people as long as we are still here as long as we didn't give up tom you chose me as hong kong sole representative to china's highest political body it passed the new security law which those arrested are accused of violating

it is legal. illegal do you really believe they wanted to overthrow the government yes by not i think the society was able and peaceful in the coming. because everybody know that we have to invest in the security if the arrest of so many opposition figures what happened this time a year ago that almost certainly there would have been protests but for now demonstrations are effectively outlawed with the authorities now intent on stamping out even the faintest signs of dissent human rights lawyer mark daly is a friend of the american solicitor who was among those rounded up john clancy since being freed without charge of his arrest left daily shocked former priest when the most peaceful reasonable guys you're going to going to meet i sit on a committee with him in the last. and you know it isn't

a violent bone in his body. china's influence is also spreading in other ways civil servants must now take oaths the tree in full song kong is a part of china an official priority is now the promotion and protection of national sovereignty as well as. security adrian brown al-jazeera hong kong. your child is there with me still raman in doha a reminder of all top news stories u.s. president donald trump has condemned his supporters for violently breaching the capitol building he's also promised that there'll be a peaceful transition on january the 20th this calls quote for him to be removed from office i continue to strongly believe that we must reform our election laws to verify the identity and eligibility.