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a major incident over pobre 19 and hospitals in the city are overwhelmed and indonesian cleric linked to the bali bombings that killed more than 200 people is freed from prison and is full of opposing lish f.a. cup tie against aston villa is set to go ahead friday's match is on despite a significant culvert 19 outbreak and. welcome to the news hour a u.s. president donald trump has finally condemned the mob that stormed the capitol building on wednesday more than 24 hours later and he's acknowledging his term will end in less than 2 weeks but for many it's too little too late and some long time allies are joining calls for his resignation or removal from office and this includes the conservative editorial board of the wall street journal. gabrielle is

ondo begins our coverage. more than 24 hours after his supporters rioted at the u.s. capitol donald trump in a twitter video finally condemned the violence that shocked the nation to those who engaged 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 democracies and lambasted the pro trump rioters there were protesters don't dare call them protest they were a rightist mock insurrectionist domestic terrorist

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 spray didn't get in both the 25th amendment today and if the cabinet votes he's gone they should do it now president has committed and unspeakable assault on our nation and our people all week asians and the president has become not just from his there even 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 are 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 trump's 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 gabriels on dough. washington so we have john hendren standing by on capitol hill but 1st let's bring in alan fischer who's joining us from the white house so allan you're hurting their brothers on those reports talks of invoking the 25th amendment i mean those calls are just growing louder and louder how likely is it. well what is interesting is

that the tone that donald trump's struck in his address on thursday evening people were wondering whether or not it be able to stay to the script in fact he just tweeted out in the last 20 minutes or so was something that sounds slightly different in tone as well what he actually said is the 75000000 great american patriots who voted for me america 1st and make america great again and have a giant voice joint voice capitalize in the future they will not be disrespected or treated unfairly in any way or form or shape or form it's just interesting that he is taking that sort of tone going back to praising the people who turned up on whedon's day he was a partly according to some media reports here reluctant to criticize them in the address that he made on thursday night he decided to see a form of words before he would agree to it to make the address and was happy with what he had to say ice for the 25th amendment that's really done to vice president

might pence unlikely to happen though for a number of reasons 1st of all mike pence doesn't particularly want to replace the president because he's got one eye on running for the republican nomination in 2024 and he feels that if he did that then he would lose the trump base completely secondly he needs to get a majority of the cabinet and while there are media reports here in the united states that might pompeo and steve were looking for advice on how they should vote and perhaps to get support for removing the president under the 25th amendment the difficulty might pence has there are 3 acting secretaries in the cabinet in the moment and it's not sure what their legal position is when it comes to invoking the 25th amendment under the constitution and the 3rd point is there's not a lot of time left even if the cabinet were to meet and mike pence what to install himself as the 46 president of the united states don't trump would just send a letter saying no no no i'm fine i can do this job and then has to go to congress and that could take up to 3 weeks there's 12 days left of the trump presidency mike

pence sees this as something that he doesn't need to do given the political splatter it would cause and what about reports that trump has been reportedly discussing partner himself. much more interesting he's been talking about this since the summer he wants to go ahead and do that according to a number of reports but there's a difficulty to that they don't know trump has to a degree hidden behind the idea that you can't prosecute a sitting president that comes from a memo from the department of justice in the 1970 s. and certainly is something that bill barr invoked when he came back with the findings of the miller report and there was a suggestion that perhaps there had been obstruction of justice he said look you can't indict a sitting president but if donald trump where to give himself a pardon there's a couple things he has to do it's got to be very specific about the crimes that he's committed these go to see i did this therefore i'm no part doing myself on

this and that's a big big admission to make when he has said he's done absolutely nothing wrong he can't just give himself a general part that the 2nd part of that memory memo from the part of the justice says no no no you can indict a sitting president but a president can't be his own judge therefore he can't or she can't give themselves a pardon so donald trump is likely to go ahead and do it he can do it whether or not he will have to get away with it well that will depend on what the supreme court rules on this and there are certainly many academic experts in the legal field who say that the president simply can't pardon him self so can he do it yes will he do it i would think the chances are pretty high will he get away with it that's for the supreme court to decide interesting ok alan fischer thank you very much for a reporting from the white house and let's get the latest developments now in the u.s. congress and bring in john hendren he's joining us from capitol hill so obviously as you're hearing from alan talks there are reports off invoking the 25th amendment

but also calls are growing for impeachment john how much backing does that idea one have amongst both parties. it certainly has a lot of support among the democratic party and there are republicans who are also talking about it mitt romney is the one republican senator who voted in favor of the impeachment articles to remove donald trump from office that didn't go through with democrats in the house which is the the body that actually sends the impeachment case to the senate they're talking about doing this is soon as the middle of next week and unlike the last time when they went through a big investigation with 12 days left to go in the administration the talk is that they would skip that whole process and go straight to a floor vote where the democrats have the majority now to remove the president from office that requires a 2 thirds vote in both houses but that's probably not what the democrats are going

for right now what they're worth they're looking at is making donald trump the 1st president of the united states ever to be impeached twice so that's what they're looking at going forward with meanwhile you have a capital that is still in rubble there's class lying on the floor people are cleaning up still replacing the windows replacing the doors that were broken and so the capitol hill police are also trying to decide what it is that they did wrong the other day we went through the capitol yesterday i put together a story take a look. 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 along 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 to go 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 any where they could leaving rubble on the ground some walked around freely for hours and then when it was all over simply walked out. some protesters were escorted out furious at police later. but. 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 organizations and. that's one of the same breaks the reason why you the reason why you don't see the police in sas or they deny access yesterday was because that was their family stormed 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 and john there are still serious questions to be honest about how such a massive security breach was able to happen right at the heart of the u.s. government. that's right and the stakes have grown even greater one capitol hill police officer brian sick nick has now died of his wounds sustained

after he was beaten kicked and tasered during that assault and that's one reason a lot of people are using to talk about the impeachment of donald trump meanwhile there are investigations into why the capitol hill police didn't keep those protesters those rioters out of the building there will be an investigation within the capitol hill police itself within congress probably one from this city of washington d.c. and you heard the questions that people raised in that story when black lives matter was here this town was shut down nobody tried to breach the capitol but the capitol appeared ready there were officers in riot gear standing outside and in this instance having been there at the capitol while this was happening we didn't really see them until the crowd started to get raucous and at that point the crowd was able to chase a few officers through the building and actually beat one ultimately to death so there will be repartee for those there will be investigations on the number one

goal of that is to ensure that this never happens again during the ride john hendren thank you for that update from capitol hill. so donald trump supporters the centered on washington d.c. largely because he tweeted january 6th see you in d.c. now many of them have been linked to q. and on that's a us focused conspiracy theory q and on subscribers believe president donald trump is saving the world from an elite cult of satan worshipping pedophiles before and after the november 3rd polls cumin on believers spread a wide range of unfounded conspiracy theories and misinformation around election fraud and the group's roots lie in pizza gate that's a 2016 conspiracy theory that falsely alleged leading democratic politicians were running a child sex ring from a pizza shop in washington d.c. let's set discuss the group and its origins and speak to brian hughes he's an associate director of the polarization and extremism research innovation lab at the

american university he's joining us from washington d.c. thanks for giving us your time on the al-jazeera news hour so correct me if i'm wrong but this group q. and on was a movement that was largely online on social media but we saw what we saw on wednesday were that believe or as if this group were at the front line storming capitol hill so how concerning is that and how big a threats those q. and on remain. you're correct believers were at the vanguard of the events of this past wednesday this is cause for serious concern to simply put you chaps how to function in a democracy when a large proportion of the political parties who use in these. horror movie style functions. you can't have an informed electorate but also you see that this goes out of social media the internet community into the real world into acts of terrorism. or you know acts of mass shooting such as we saw

a comma. beats again and then on wednesday. so yes it is a threat to our democracy is quite severe. and i was reading a statistic this is according to the pew research center back in september 2020 they found that nearly half of americans had heard of q and on and this in fact is double the number from 6 months before and of those who had heard it a 5th had a positive view of the movement what's behind its growth. well there are several things that the cure without a movement offered are 2 words that here but it offers them a sense of community here she went on to draw is a very stark line between the people who are in the movement who are their allies and the people who are outside of the men who are there and what if you choose to join the movement your shower with affirmation and friendship and if you are

outside of the movement you receive death threats. this is a very common practice of cults and encourages people to study it alienates them from their families which disincentive buys them from leaving the cult once they're in who because they have. shatter their family and then this is how does the group relate to sort of neo nazi and white supremacist groups. well neo nazi and white supremacist correctly recognize that members of chewing on are easy targets for their recruitment numbers of cumin on have already been incorporated into this fantasy conspiratorial world and it's quite closely connected actually to anti semitic conspiracy theories that date back hundreds of years of the belief in a child sacrificing the ball control when will is actually in the region true but

to no one has done is it simply remove the explicit reference to jews from this conspiracy but certainly you're not seeing speaking to a long number it's in a written leap to tell them that what they believe he has actually in the the doing of jewish it means rather than a major global if the president himself has stopped short and door saying the conspiracy theory when it comes to q. and on but what he's done is he said that these are people who love our country what impact do these words have. well you. can do you want on movement is very good at reading. into its trumpets making very nice that are open to give interpretations i don't think trump is unaware of what he's doing and i think she knows what he can say just enough to retain plausible deniability

whilst. devotion of these friends frankly are going to trump has contempt for them i think he views the most. and he doesn't change or wasn't sure if they're arrested he doesn't care if the general innocent civilians or innocent well secured officers like the officer you know only chairs about his days on the acquisition of power and sees them as easy to want. to retain. and i brian his we thank you very much for joining us from washington d.c. thank you. plenty more head on the al-jazeera news hour including this a south korean court orders japan to compensate a dozen women used as sex slaves during world war 2 describing it as a crime against humanity. i mean to some of them picked in one of colombia scoff you really didn't know where to cope with 19 pandemic and the lack of coffee

pickers it's threatening the country's harvest. and in support of straw us former cricket captain is back at the top of this game and he is here with that story on that in a moment. but 1st for the 1st time the united states has recorded more than 4000 daily deaths from the corona virus and its top infectious disease expert is warning the number of deaths on infections is likely to keep rising specially after people traveled over the holiday season rob reynolds reports from los angeles. 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. our 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 states badly overextended hospitals to postpone all non-essential surgeries it's very tough i think 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 let's bring in andy gallagher he's joining us from miami florida and why is the vaccine distribution well behind targets in the. well look at let's look at what the promises were made by operation will be the trumpet ministrations special team in handling all this they said that by the end of 2020 of the $20000000.00 people would be vaccinated that number is closer to around 405000000 so it's about a quarter of the way there but essentially what you've got is no federal plan here a few days ago president told the governors of all the states to get a move on but essentially what he's asking is for hospitals and vaccination centers are already under the stress of 9 or 10 months of dealing with this 19 pandemic to get on with it they're tired they're disorganized web sites a crushing and those needles are simply not getting into the arms of the people that need it most those over the age of 65 in front line health care workers of

which there are about 20000000 in this entire country now there's even talk of reducing the amount of that 1st vaccine so they can make it spread further perhaps even lengthening the time between those 2 doses because that's what the doses require 21 days in between but i'm also hearing reports of people lined jumping in various parts of the country hanging around pharmacies waiting for no shows presumably people over the age of 65 in front line health care workers and then getting the vaccine because otherwise it's dumped once that refrigeration process is ended and those vaccines come out ready to go into people's arms there's only a limited amount of time for that to happen there's even one report in new york of a care facility throwing vaccines away so at the moment it's just not working it's not happening fast enough and certainly as you can see in rob's piece we hit 4000 deaths on thursday just to put that in perspective you know when i was reporting on

the deaths being around a 1000 or 1500 we've almost lost the ability to be shocked by these figures but now the c.d.c. is saying by the end of the month that desk. hold could be over 400000 so the pandemic is still raging across this country there's also this new variant that is more busy very learned and that's now being reported in 8 states so all of this is adding to a sense of fear and we're not even talking about the people who don't even believe in these vaccines and don't trust the government we have a long way to go as a nation to get to that 80 percent vaccination rate that would give this nation some kind of protection going forward and we also have the latest jobs reports and that's come out what does it tell us. what we've we've lost 140000 jobs that is the 1st decline in job numbers since april so what we had in april was that massive layoffs as the covert 19 pandemic really took hold across

the entire country and then employers started to bring those people back and now we're talking mostly about the service industry people who work in restaurants and hotels etc they were getting hired back but now 240000 jobs have once again been lost so the unemployment rate stands at about 6.7 percent before the pandemic it was around hoff that now despite these job figures despite the fact there are lots of people who are months without any payment and stimulus bills still being paid the u.s. stock market this morning is opening at record highs so there is a disconnect between what investors are getting excited about and the reality of an economy that is sputtering under the weight of a pandemic that continues to take lives and yelling reporting from miami florida and we thank you. london's mayor has declared a major incident for the city as hospitals struggle to deal with over 1000 says he con is warning that the british koppel it capital is at a crisis point john holl is joining us from london what has london's mayor been

saying what more did he have to say turner. but in the last few hours city con london's mayor as you pointed out there has basically declared a major medical emergency across london hospitals struggling so much now to cope with this surge in infection numbers and record high admission rates it's not clear that declaring a medical emergency by the mayor of london has any particular practical consequence other than being a platform from which mr khan is able to highlight the stresses that london's hospitals are under to give you an idea of the scope of the virus if you like in london at the moment the office for national statistics statistics on friday morning suggested that one in 30 londoners currently has the coronavirus infection and on thursday we heard from london's n.h.s. leaders with dire predictions of what lies ahead in terms of bed shortages on top

of staff shortages with admissions totaling now over 800 every single day that is the equivalent of the entire capacity of some thomas's hospital that's one of the major hospitals here in london every single day with the worst case scenario prediction that by the middle of january within a week or so if things don't start to improve they could be a shortage of $5000.00 or more critical care beds that's a worst case scenario look even in a much better case scenario that still presents doctors and nurses with the appalling prospect in the coming days and weeks of having to make life and death decisions about who they can treat and who they simply cannot and jono there are new border restrictions coming in what more do we know. yes announced by the transport secretary grant shapps this morning people will have to turn up at border posts with a negative coronavirus test taken within 72 hours of travel you may be surprised to

hear that only now the u.k. is instituting this sort of border control this is england only for the moment but it's likely to spread elsewhere in due course other countries have been doing this for some time the government here has in the past insisted there is the science to back up the effectiveness of these sorts of measures at borders it has preferred the quarantine system but frankly such is the desperation now to keep the south african variant of the virus even more virulent than the u.k. variant out of the country but nobody is arguing about these things anymore on the point of whether vaccines are effective on this variant that has been going to concern the secretary raised that this morning himself some cautiously good news out of the university of texas along with pfizer the u.s. manufacture to point to a lab study that they've conducted suggesting there virus is effective against the particular mutation found in both the south african and u.k. strains we don't have similar lab studies to point conclusively to the

effectiveness of the oxford astra zeneca vaccine or indeed the modern of vaccine which has just been licensed on friday for use here in the u.k. so you know some concern perhaps still remains are i don't holler according from london jonah thank you. the headlines on al-jazeera in this news hour the democratic party leaders in the u.s. say they're prepared to impeach president donald trump over the riots of the capital he's now condemned his supporters and pledged to a peaceful transition and the u.s. has now more people in hospital with corona virus than at any other time during the pandemic thursday marked the 1st time the daily death toll crossed 4000 the mayor of london has the clear to major incident over the pressure hospitals are facing due to covered 19 so the concept is the city is that a crisis points with one in 30 londoners infected it's being driven by the more

infectious strain the insidious and cleric linked to the 2002 bali bombing has been freed from prison of a bucket of last year had served 10 years a 15 yard jail term more than 200 people were killed in the attack australia's prime minister said bashir is released as distressing to the families of those who died most victims were foreign tourists including $88.00 australians just go off into reports from the prison and book or one of indonesia's most high profile inmates is now a free man. let go to 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. is a reminder of the worst bomb attack in indonesia in history well than 200 people died when bombs ripped through bali's tourist district at the hands of the group

jemaah islamiya the shia 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 assailants 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 astronomers the idea of the strike ins who were killed in the bali bombings of 2002 i still remember that 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 age and poor help but 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 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. the leader of an armed group in pakistan has been jailed for 5 years after being convicted of terrorism financing secular 3 is a top commander of the lashkar e tayyiba group he's accused by india and the us of being behind the 2008 mumbai attacks that killed $160.00 people he was given 5 years each on 3 separate charges with the sentences to run concurrently a south korean court has ordered japan to pay compensation to 12 women used as sex slaves during world war 2 so says their treatment amounted to a crime against humanity japan's describe the ruling as regrettable and unacceptable robert bribe 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's 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 1985. 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 bright al-jazeera soul the united arab emirates will reopen its airspace its air sea and land borders with cattle. on saturday qatar airways has already rerouted some flights through saudi airspace with the 1st flight from doha to johannesburg on thursday saudi arabia the u.a.e. behind in egypt agreed this week to restore ties with cats are after a 3 and a half year blockade a summer binge of aid has the latest from doha on the rebuilding of g.c.c. ties. the announcements rigid not have a lot of details comes from the ministry of foreign affairs the undersecretary rather than what we saw in saudi arabia where the lifting of the blockade was announced from the very top the united arab emirates is important because it is one of the most invested countries in the blockade against among the 4 countries and it is gradually lifting those sanctions announcing that the air and sea as well as

non-blocking it against her will be lifted but details about how people will be able to travel how those ties which have been broken for the last 3 years amongst the people who have a family and relations in all of these 4 countries are going to be mended remains to be seen i do united arab emirates if you remember just 3 to 3 years ago launched an active media and social media campaign against that and i please there were attacks on social media there were subversion of various facts and an alternate reality which was presented by the emirates about qatar not all that seems to be gone the united arab emirates is with saudi arabia and other countries agreed that it will lift the blockade but a lot of water has gone under the bridge there is the underlying differences between these 2 countries about foreign policy issues are from the very beginning of the arab spring or also how the economic as well as social ties will be rebuilt because

a lot of people have families in these 4 countries which have been torn apart in the last 3 years there have been a number of cases of students who were not allowed to continue his studies they were not given this a difficult so a lot has gone on between the 2 countries and. as there are no a permanent friends or enemies in diplomatic affairs once a country has invested so much against the other country's people and the gland itself it will be much harder for that country to go back and rebuild ties as they were 3 years ago. new french government figures have revealed a quarter of the country's doctors do not intend to be vaccinated against covert 19 natasha butler reports from uk say on why france has one of the highest rates of vaccine skepticism in the world. in the southern french city of max a graphic design an eco cole has thought long and hard about whether he wants a covert vaccine and he's decided that he doesn't he wire is that the global rush for a remedy mean some safety procedures may have been skipped. i understand that people

want to move on with their lives but the world is playing a game of chance against people getting vaccinated i just don't feel the personal need to do so i mean an age category where my wrists a lower so i'm happy to wait to have more information in the future on possible side effects is what struck many people in france question the safety of covert vaccines researchers say that less than 40 percent of people in france intend to be vaccinated against kovac it is one of the most rights in europe but not entirely surprising because france has one of the world's highest rates of vaccine skepticism immunization was invented by french scientists louis pastor in the 1900 century his legacy is a source of national pride that has not prevented the growth of anti vaccine sentiment in the country that's been fueled in recent times by social media and the pandemic when i hear of it if you get elected again this sociologist says the

french suspicion of vaccines is linked to past health scandals and a lack of trust in government. there are 2 incidents that really marked the french in the 1990 s. people suspected the link between the hepatitis b. vaccine and multiple sclerosis it wasn't true but it created mistrust there was a similar case with h one n one in 2009 in both cases people believe the government was colluding with pharmaceutical companies for financial reasons to find truth about vaccine and that's had a lasting impact. the government's image hasn't been helped by the exceptionally slow start to the covert vaccine campaign in the country partly due to minister's reluctance to be seen pushing vaccines many don't wear out some expose say better informing people about how vaccines work and the possible side effects would help change minds rising infections of clearly created a sense of urgency because doctors and social media are influences to help spread

their message but it's clear that unraveling decades of mistrust won't be easy. or al-jazeera must say. brazil's president insists the country cannot shut down us coronavirus deaths there past 200000 the number of new daily cases has increased to a record of nearly 88000 experts are warning that the outbreak is set to get worse due to the recent christmas and new year holidays. on brazil and the rest of latin america has been grappling for months with surging coronavirus cases the region struggling to get hold of vaccines just as they face another spike in infections following the holiday season from home and has more from mexico city. this wednesday night. second worst daily death in case toll since the pandemic began i believe the hospital in the capital and surrounding area food was the president's

not just worried about those here he said he was ready to provide vaccines for mexicans and the u.s. after the governor of the state of nebraska said the undocumented workers in its meat packing sector would be the last in line to get the job. we are in time for everyone to be vaccinated for our fellow countrymen and we will do everything possible so that migrants are not denied this possibility for him to get vaccines to nebraska might be a logistical hurdle to far but back home the program is rolling out only not fast enough to stop the worst strain of medical services since this began. in mexico city the government's handing out free oxygen refills to the many trying to take care of themselves relatives at home. for them in case it's a form of support that people need without support it would be very very difficult this is better than going to the hospital because i believe that we also avoid crowd in the hospitals this way we're doing now but the captain is on lockdown to

try and prevent help system collapse. further down the continent things will. reduce past 200000 code. yes. and bolivia there's been an increase in serious cases after the holiday season of the resistant amazons with every day we receive requests for intensive care the difference of the start of the pandemic was that we had requests only for hospitalizations we sent them to covert mansion isolation centers here there is no isolation center and evan is asking for intensive care that is why the 2nd wave is much more serious in parts of peru including the cup 2 lima and already battered health system is also in danger of being overwhelmed once again become a huge number of women i.c.u. beds are a problem there's always going to be a problem and it's not just covert there are other diseases. the vaccines are coming and this january the governments of brazil colombia and peru have promised

that they can get here soon enough john homan how does it or mexico city coffee farms across colombia are suffering the worst sort of workers and years farms are missing up to half the temporary workers they regularly hire because of fears of covered 19 low prices for beans. the reports from fredonia. during the normal harvest season this steep mountains of the center isabel farm would be alive with coffee makers. hard at work selecting the best beans of the country's famous wheat arabica but this season hiring the labor has become harder amid the falling prices in the 1000 pandemic. i don't know such as we went from 800 or 1000 workers to 400 and not all at the same time we've been dealing with a reduction for the last couple of years but the pandemic exacerbated it. for

centuries columbus coffee business depended on armies of seasonal workers picking the beans by hand. it's physically demanding and last only a few months older workers can make up to $200.00 per day. but with the added risk of the pandemic the majority of workers this year more experienced older men or venezuelan migrants like the genius of a daniel who took a chance here after losing her job in the coastal city of kut to hannah. i think it's been hard because i was not used to it but you adapt if you think about the family i have to take care of my mother and daughter and cutter hina obviously i'm worried about getting the virus especially since i'm undocumented and contraceptive care. to lure workers and prevent outbreaks farms of introduced bio security measures like hand-washing stations and expanding dormitories to try to reduce the chances of contact but farmers say they're also facing competition from illegal

coca farms that can pay workers more. as that and the fact that the picking culture is disappearing people don't want to do it anymore but some coffee experts believe the solution to these problems lies far away from these fields and the coffee trading market in switzerland where a few major companies like starbucks and this by most coffee in the world keeping prices low thanks to their bargaining power they've been farmers are being paid today 75 percent almost less than they were paid a dear on their danger national 1000 the 3 these are in christmas tree hugger labor and forced migration and of course if you don't change the school business model of the industry you will not find. appeal to the international market the need to change the old ways in a deadly pandemic all point to

a crisis brewing in colombia. leaving farmers and workers at risk. and an 8th round of talks has failed to resolve a months long standoff between the indian government and farmers groups over a group cultural reforms thousands of farmers took part in a tractor procession in new delhi is a show of force ahead of the meeting they have been protesting in the capital since november denouncing the changes which they believe will undercut prices the government has refused to back down saying the reforms benefit farmers elizabeth piron is at a protest in punjab and she explains what's at stake for farmers there. were just small protest and. where people have forced the closure of 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's an agriculture laws and september thomas say that the laws 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 from this in punjab say that they'll have the most to lose from these new laws and that's because punjab isn't india's bread basket it produces 30 percent of all the grains in the country these are crops which 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 went to months in fact tens of farmers have died orders but despite the hardships they say they aren't going to stop until the government repealed its 3

from. and just to bring you some breaking news out of the united states we have heard from the president on twitter and take a look at this he has tweeted to all those who have will not be going to the inauguration on january 20th thoughts of course as the presidents like joe biden's inauguration and just a reminder that this is a break with a long standing u.s. tradition of 4 presidents attending the president elect's inauguration. as the had on the news hour the sports news in the new season takes an unfortunate twist of the abu dhabi open and is here with the story in a moment. oh

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well in time for the sports and so the andy thank you so much daryn a little pools f.a. cup tie against aston villa will go ahead later on this friday that's despite an outbreak of coronavirus within the village same well have been forced to close their training ground will select a side largely made up of players from the under 23 squad for the game southampton stand sunday is off after opponent shrewsbury recorded a high number of positive tests or manchester city getting ready for their 3rd round game against birmingham man city's manager says coronavirus has completely changed the way the club prepares for matches now we just do think in the day of the game so because every day can change and can change unfortunately in would you have to do is ok today i have an india to rule the training session and we see how many bridges we have of form a favor president sepp blatter is in

a serious but stable condition after being admitted to hospital in switzerland blotters family said the illness is not life threatening now 84 was removed from faith for in 2015 he was suspended from football by faces an ethics committee that was after an investigation into a $2000000.00 payment to the former head of european football michel pertaining. the los angeles lakers a lot of people become the 1st n.b.a. champions to visit the white house since 26 thing but they said they only do it after joe biden has taken office le bron james is again criticized outgoing u.s. president donald trump note saying has visited the white house during his speaking after his team's defeat against the san antonio spurs lebron blamed trump for wednesday's riots at the castle building. we live in 2 americas. was a prime example of that yesterday and you know if you know or understand there and

also you know after seeing what you saw yesterday you. you really need to take a step back can you want to wonder. if those were my car in a storm in the capital or what will be an outcome i think we are no but important to me law school 39 including 73 pointers to lead the trouble is that i went over the minnesota timberwolves hole and setting a franchise record with 47 points in the 2nd quarter as east 281352170 when that some goals fall into that 6th straight loss my daughter 2nd group came in 2nd quarter i'm really lipitor you know on the difference of. rebound a whirl while i was moving around and i thought that was really really good in you know pretty much sustained. you know for the rest of the world steve smith the

start of australia with a century on dates with the 3rd test match in india in sydney in form a caps in hitting 130 ones and the run of 8 test matches over a year without reaching a 3 figures i'm sort of actually dismissed for $338.00 after a bit of a light or the collapse in response in there with 96 that seeing the clouds. i read a lot of things as as i think i've said numerous times and many people said i was out of form so those nasty i guess come back in the form if that's what you want to call it. was only about 3 or 4 weeks ago i think i scored 2 hundreds of the s. a.j. so yeah it kind of just makes me laugh sometimes when people say that kind of things mr in 1st 2 test matches obviously and come back today. and scored some runs and hope i guess put is you know a decent position so why was. all morning yes

what. is the ball be so that we can create a. funny australian open champion sphere canonise through to the 3rd round of the abu dhabi open the american going through after her opponent kirsten flipkens injured her ankle joint the match. was one set up or was training fine for in the 2nd when she went down injured and will now play 13th seed nearly a prison saver and on ship are also through to around 3 chin is in fighting back from a set down to beat katherine upon the rancor 576-6622 be hoping to better her performance at last year's australian open and she became the 1st arab woman series the quarterfinals of a grand slam. i came all support for me throughout the night but that is i will looking for that are ok great thank you very much and they will see you later and thanks for watching the news hour on this there are back in just a moment right at the top of the hour we'll have more news and all the day's top

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break into song this is as good as it gets. the spy. just. my focus now turns to ensuring a smooth orderly and seamless transition of power donald trump finally acknowledges the imminent end of his presidency as pressure grows for him to be impeached. we're watching al-jazeera live from a headquarters and. also coming up the u.s. reports more than 4000 covert deaths in a day for the 1st time since the start of the pandemic. the british capital a crisis point london's mayor declares a major incident of.