think about the sophistication of exports to britain the fun this is as good as it gets. the spy you're. just. my focus now turns to ensuring a smooth orderly and seamless transition of power. finally acknowledges the imminent and his presidency as pressure grows to force him from office. the whole robin you're watching al-jazeera life my headquarters here in doha coming up in the next 30 minutes the cleric who became the face of the 2002 bali bombings is released from prison in indonesia stirring grief and anger amongst the relatives of the victims. also south korea orders japan to compensate

a group of women used to sex slaves during world war 2 describing it as a crime against humanity. and the u.s. of course more than $4000.00 covert deaths in a day for the 1st time since the start of the pandemic. welcome to the program u.s. president finally condemned the storm the capitol building on wednesday and for the 1st time he's also acknowledged his term will end in less than 2 weeks but for many it's too little too late and there are growing calls for him to be removed from office gabriel elizondo reports. more than 24 hours after his supporters riot at the u.s. capitol donald trump in a 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 election 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 democracy. 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. by spreading can invoke the 25th amendment today and if the cabinet votes he's gone they should do it now president has committed an unspeakable assault on our nation and our people all we care issues are that 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 dough al-jazeera washington well just if you're a is a professor of political science at texas a and m. university says sums condemnation will prove to be enough. i think they'll continue to react to him as as he has when he has distanced himself from from their violence in the past from from charlottesville or other kinds of you know political violence perpetrated by his supporters. you know he has frequently come out after the fact and criticize those acts but in half hearted terms that sort of pale in comparison

to the passion with which you encourage them to act in the 1st place and i think is continue his orders will continue to take heart from the words offered beforehand telling them to go to the capital and to never concede and then they'll see the remarks that follow as sort of an opportunistic or necessary gesture that doesn't really weigh heavily on their on their decision making president has said and done things over the last 4 years since he was a candidate that would normally have been disqualifying for a candidate for the presidency or high office in the united states from you know the access hollywood tape to the both sides commented in charlottesville i am stunned again to you know watch him over and over again and survive and continue to draw support. you know after these incidents and so you know i i think it will be

another case of him having said something that momentarily shocks the conscience of the country before returning back to his established brand of politics and continuing to win substantial support practicing. you know the indonesian fledgeling to the 2002 bali bombings which killed 202 people has been freed from prison. of 10 years of a 15 year jail term australia's prime minister said bashir is release is distressing to the families of the victims most to a foreign tourists including $88.00. nationals jessica washington reports 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 islamiah bashir was one of the co-founders of the group and its organizational head at the time of the attacks in 2002 to me was working as a cashier at a popular club in bali that he and 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 traumatised 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 one of the 88 australians killed in the blast 6 of them were eric to hearts friends he was birch trying to rescue others from the wreckage of

a nightclub he says but she has release is a disappointment he's never regretted it never owned up to it but i thought i could so reminds australian prime minister scott morrison says the release is difficult to accept this is very distressing to the friends and families of the of the australian is the idea to strike into acute. in the bali bombings of 2002 i still remember that day very vividly like i'm sure many of stratagems do the sheer supporters have long called for him to be freed because of his age and poor help but the question of his release has always been controversial now with his sentence 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.

reus in indonesia and it doesn't suddenly sure there are going to be more terrorist attacks 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 filings jessica washington al jazeera. feeley is an associate professor of indonesian politics at the australian national university but he says it's not entirely accurate to call bashir the mastermind of the bombings as he had no operational role. certainly in a stronger year he was regarded as the mastermind of the bali bombings but that in fact is not an accurate description he gave he's listening to the team the people will who want to try to take the bombing they didn't give him any particular details when i approached him in mid 2002 and he didn't ask for the economist but it's likely that the bombing would not have proceeded had he not given his approval

sorrowed he bears a lot of measure of responsibility for he wasn't involved in the operational details and so it's not probably fair to call in the last month when it counts he's not being in good health that's been widely reported he's 82 years of age which is . beyond b.i.g. most internation mean and particularly the fact that he's fading must be one of the older has been knights in the nation job or at least until he was released but the prison authorities have done a very good job at separating him from many of the current jihadist networks in the in the major during his time in jail of the last 10 years yes and so he's not. closely involved as groups and the 2nd or the other thing the star used to be the nation's security forces will have him very closely monitored now that he's free everyone he makes and if we recall he tykes every social media communications we

can expect that those things we closely followed and were he to engage in actions jeopardizing the nation's security it would be locking the police would take from action. a south korean court as all to japan to pay compensation to $12.00 women used as sex slaves during world war 2 seoul says their treatment amounted to a crime against humanity japan's described the ruling as regrettable and unacceptable rob mcbride reports from seoul. the culmination of a case that has gone on for 8 years this was a significant ruling by souls 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 with a good woman who can put anything to the mortal this could have wider consequences japan prides itself on being a civilized 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 were settled by an agreement in 1965 when the 2 countries normalized

relations and the 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 force 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 problem bride al jazeera sole. well still ahead here on al-jazeera another round of negotiations begins between indian farmers on the government after months of protests also the global warming fast track continues with 2020 confirmed as one of the hottest years on record to stay with us here.

it's time for the perfect jenny the weather sponsored point qatar airways the really deep cold about 3 days ago in mongolia the northeast china isn't quite as cold as it was but that air is still spinning at is still subzero is to producing a lotus snow in japan in particular has some has fallen in these parts of chance to can to the yellow sea and some parts of the creative lesser as well but it's japan that is the focus however temperatures are slowly rising the wind isn't a strong so it's an improving picture come saturday but look how far the coldest gult gone through shanghai to hong kong hong kong maximum temperature 12 degrees you don't see that too often and probably if you live there you don't want to either there's been snow falling or what you might think of the tropical parts of japan but that's also changing maybe back to rain by the time we get to sunday.

rain has been something of an odd story in india recently added the next few days you don't stick to see any on the west coast this time of year but there it is through go or possibly more bar and then running up in towards the north where fog is still a problem in prices at the point jobber august so go with average rainfall in january point 2 millimeters has already exceeded that and we'll see yet more whereas delhi although there staring a bit will still be sitting in fog. sponsored by qatar airways the last episode in the new series exposed the imperial origins of the drug trade commerce was good i'm tired i'm tired it was good for our service thank you very much want to go and tokens passage from the far east to europe and the united states congress the money money money in these mountains is open. drug trafficking

politics and power the air and empires on al-jazeera. all. but about to watch al-jazeera at least a whole rob a reminder of our top stories u.s. president donald trump has condemned his supporters for storming the capitol building on wednesday he's also pledged a peaceful transition in schools growth in his early removal from office the indonesian cleric who founded the group behind the 2002 bali bombing has been freed from president bashir served 10 of a 15 year jail sentence 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 used a sex slaves during world war 2 chance described the ruling us for credible unacceptable . novel and all top story young one police officer has died after being injured in wednesday's riots the u.s. capitol the chief of the department has resigned the event has led many americans to point out the difference between how black lives matzoh protesters have been treated compared to those who end to the comfortable building who a mostly white 100 possible from washington d.c. . washington's mayor calls it an invasion of the citadel of american democracy by hostile forces what happened yesterday is textbook terrorism. but that's not how the thousands of protesters who attacked the u.s. capitol were treated. when black lives matter came to town last summer this is

how peaceful protesters in front of the white house were greeted. with tear gas. flash bang grenades and rubber bullets police in riot gear on the steps of the lincoln memorial when president donald trump on wednesday urged a crowd of thousands to march to the capitol to demand that congress overturn his election laws we're going to the capitol. trespassers some carrying weapons broke into the capitol long it was in session smashing doors and windows invading the office of house speaker nancy pelosi and stealing left ups. capitol hill police retreated as the intruders took over unchallenged. kristen thomas used to work in the senate and she participated in washington's black lives matter protests this isn't a black lives matter protests are the best to me that they would be in jail the worst be that they would be dead and that is the reality of the situation certainly

would not have been able to go to their hotels certainly would not have been able to go back to their home states security forces did shoot one woman to death as an armed group broke in. 3 others died of medical emergencies while the rest of the invaders continued on their rampage they broke in anywhere they could leaving rubble on the ground some walked about freely for hours and then when it was all over simply walked out. some protesters were escorted out furious at police what would you like but yeah the government. there was tear gas and flash bangs but relatively few arrests $68.00 in all 7 for carrying illegal firearms and other weapons the rest for curfew and unlawful entry violations there were $427.00 over 3 days of black lives matter protests in washington that directly again between whites from his organization. that's

a one in the same rate the reason why you there is why you don't see the police in sas or they didn't ask yesterday it was because that was their family storming the capitol when it was all over after his successor pleaded with him to speak up i call on president trump to go on national television the current president praised those who attacked the capitol go home we love you he said they should go home not jail home and after a 4 hour siege in the united states symbol of democracy that is what most of them were allowed to do john hendren al jazeera washington. we wanted states has reported a record number of deaths from the crowd a virus in the past 24 hours and full 1000 of it tops infectious disease experts it is warning that the number of deaths on did sections is likely to keep rising

especially if the people traveled over the holiday season rebels reports. 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 tough for somebody to tell you that you cannot get over the middle 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 vaccine 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. britain's transport secretary says he's concerned that vaccinations will not be as effective against them will contain just a variant of the virus found in south africa now the u.k. has extended a travel ban on passengers from multiple southern african nations and anyone entering the united kingdom allow have to show a negative kovac $900.00 test all passengers including u.k. nationals will have to take a test up to 72 hours before departure. australia's also requiring travelers to

show a negative covert 900 test before boarding a plane there that's as the city of brisbane enters a 3 day lockdown authorities are trying to stop the spread of the more infectious strain of the virus which is now been found outside brisbane's quarantine system for the 1st time israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says the new deal with drug company pfizer will allow nearly all citizens to be that person aged by the end of march the country of $9000000.00 has already inoculated more than 15 percent of its population amnesty international has called on israel to provide vaccines equally to palestinians living under its occupation in the west bank and gaza strip . 2 major cities in the chinese province of her have been closed off in response to its most serious outbreak of the virus in months it's part of a series of aggressive measures including a mass testing program is also hoping to vaccinate 50000000 people by mid february

between the year reports are beijing. works delivering packages across beijing 7 days a week he was one of the 1st in the city to receive a coronavirus vaccination under the chinese government's master program if we're going for it for both my job and my personal life i feel better after be regulated i don't fear the various anymore when i'm working on the costumers are no longer a warrior about me. china says it's planning to vaccinate 50000000 people nationwide by mid february doses are provided for free with 9 key groups including those working in transport and the just sticks 1st in line in beijing 220 vaccination centers have been set up with thousands being inoculated every day this is the biggest impacts the nation center china's leaders are desperate to vaccinate as many people as possible before the chinese new year break from the beginning of february hundreds of millions of people travel across the country to spend the week

long holiday. but there are concerns china won't be able to produce enough vaccine doses to meet its target. i worry whether they can supply enough those is not an easy thing to supply enough things every province is asking for things as supplies tight the roll out comes as authorities battle a new corona virus outbreak in the northern city of. 11000000 people are under lockdown following the discovery of dozens of cases travel is leaving the city must produce a recent negative test to show they're free of covered 1910 chinese provinces have begun vaccinating people using doses supplied by side of the 1st chinese vaccine company to be given the green light by government regulators. the company says it will produce 1000000000 vaccines this year experts say 90 percent of china's population of 1400000000 needs to receive jobs for the country to achieve so-called

herd immediacy. by the sign of hours of vaccines efficiency is about 80 percent so if we get 90 percent of our population vaccinated then around 70 percent of those will receive jass we immune that maybe when it is stopped spreading. china has 2 other vaccines waiting to be approved produced by side of back and the military link company cantina biologics no chinese firm has released final stage vaccine testing data to the public but more than a 1000000 people nationwide have already received jobs under government emergency program started in july china plans to begin its 2nd phase of inoculations for the wider public in march between e.u. al-jazeera beijing playmaker boeing has made it has been ordered to pay $2500000000.00 to settle a criminal charge but it conceal design flaws in it 737 max cross from u.s. regulators the fine includes money for the families of people killed in $2.00 crashes in indonesia and ethiopia that killed 346 people and grounded fleets

worldwide. the united arab emirates will reopen its sea and long borders with qatar on saturday qatar airways has already rerouted some flights through space with the 1st flight from doha to johannesburg on thursday saudi arabia the u.a.e. bahrain and egypt agreed this week to restore ties with qatar after a 3 and a half year blockade. the indian government is holding another round of talks with farmers union street trying to resolve the standoff over controversial agricultural reforms thousands of farmers took part in a track to 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 which they believe will undercut prices but the government has refused to back down saying the reforms benefit farmers elizabeth as a protest site in punjab she explains what's at stake for farmers. were

a small protest in part. where people have forced the closure of a 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's an agriculture laws and september fama say that the laws on leave them at the mercy of large corporations which will dictate prices for their projects and that they will lose minimum prices which have been 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 traveled 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. 202-2016 are tied as the warmest years on record according to the european union's climate monitoring service scientists say unprecedented heat levels in the arctic and siberia were a major factor in the overall rise in temperatures last year but they could stabilize if emissions are rapidly reduced global warming has caused more droughts hurricanes and wildfires. charges are with me so raman in doha a reminder of our top news stories u.s. president donald trump has condemned his supporters for storming the.