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and. together they work hard to make their dreams come true. you find that. china's little rock star. on al-jazeera. search teams discover one of the flight recorders that could shed light on the fate of the crashed indonesian plane. there carol this is al jazeera live from doha coming up. u.s. democrats reveal their impeachment charges against donald trump and give the president one last chance to quit is. a win for india's protesting farmers the
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supreme court puts a whole new song contentious new agricultural. questions about the timing of a sudden and sweeping coronavirus state of emergency declaration in malaysia. we begin with breaking news from indonesia where divers have recovered one of the black boxes from a passenger plane that crashed in the ocean with 62 people on board the one the found is the flight data recorder which logs information including instrument readings engine performance and choose the other is the voice recorder which takes the pilot's hopes they'll shed more light on why the boeing 737500 was lost shortly after takeoff from jakarta on saturday. well jessica washington joins us now live jessica what more do we know. who came way here
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a 140 injured hearted this is where the search effort has been coordinated and this is where we just just a few minutes ago heard from the authorities who are coordinating that search they have confirmed that just a few hours ago just under 2 hours ago they found the f d r that is the flight data recorder that instrument is still on its way to this port it is expected to arrive in about half an hour there is no word yet on the location of the cockpit voice recorder but what we just heard from authorities is that they are optimistic that as they have now found the flight data recorder they do expect that the c.v. all of the cockpit voice recorder would be somewhere in the near vicinity we have also heard some key findings from the authorities here aside from finding the flight data recorder they also found 2 underwater acoustic beacons they need those to search for the cockpit voice recorder there are hopes here that authorities will
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now be able to use those in that instrument to find out what happened to flight s.j. 182 investigation into that has already begun to set the transport safety authority here and into nature has released some interim findings namely that as per their earlier assumptions the plane the boeing 737500 was fully intact when it entered the java sea now that they have this instrument there are hopes they'll be able to shed light on what happened on that flight and jessica as we've been saying there was 62 people on board 62 families that means waiting for answers i don't know if there are families still there where you are where all of this is being coordinated from have you heard from them many responses from them about these findings. there are families at the port of. was also worth bearing in mind that indonesia is a vast archipelago there are families affected by this tragedy spread across the
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country we have been speaking with families we haven't had a chance to speak to any after this most recent announcement was made but when we did speak to some brazenly there were still some who were saying that they were still hoping and praying for the safety of their family members or at least hoping for answers. and looks like that's what we're looking at now a live picture we know the even though it's called the black box it says it's often bright orange so it could be found and these flight data recorders are usually kept in the back of the plane where it's thought they're more likely to survive a crash i believe that may be what we're looking at now. the flight data recorder which is obviously being brought out by or farsi is there in jakarta who are coordinating this search and rescue efforts and as jessica mentioned still looking for more on says we will come back to you jessica as more
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developments come to hand for now thank you. the final days of donald trump's presidency are being marked with historic political action and unprecedented security challenges democrats in the u.s. congress have introduced an article of impeachment which charges trump with inciting insurrection during last week's violence on capitol hill a vote is expected on wednesday separately her resolution being voted on as early as tuesday urges the vice president to invoke the 25th amendment this allows for the removal of a president deemed unfit for office away from congress a leaked f.b.i. memos warning of armed protests in washington d.c. and all 50 states in the days leading up to joe biden's integration from washington hi joe castro with this report. this is the insurrection that president trump is accused of fueling as alleged in the single article of impeachment introduced to congress on monday incited by president trump the article
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reads members of the crowd he had addressed unlawfully breached and vandalized the capitol injured and killed law enforcement personnel menaced members of congress the vice president and congressional personnel and engaged in other violent deadly destructive and seditious acts this doesn't mean trump has been impeached that would take a house vote likely to happen wednesday close to a majority of house members have said they'll vote yes in a move that would make trump the only u.s. president to be impeached twice. the impeachment would then move to the senate where trump would go on trial given that his term ends a week from wednesday the trial would be after trump leaves office a conviction requiring the vote of at least 17 republican senators what bar him from holding future office impeachment and conviction at this rate would serve the purpose of keeping him from running again in 2024 and that would be
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a significant safety event so i don't think this is pure theater house resolution 20 house democrats are also trying to push out trump sooner claiming each day he's in office is a danger to the country but a republican objection monday quickly delayed that effort i object to the resolution demanding vice president mike pence invoke the 25th amendment to immediately remove trump from office will return to the floor tuesday pence is unlikely to oblige one reason his own presidential ambitions and other concern about further inflaming the radicalism of some trump supporters the f.b.i. is warning that armed groups are planning to travel to washington to incite more violence and respond if pence invokes the 25th amendment to remove trump from office soldiers now stand guard outside the u.s. capitol with between 101-5000 national guard troops expected here by saturday in
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my scared if i'm scared of anything it's for our democracy because we have a very extreme factions in our country that are armed and dangerous. the district's mayor has asked for a pretty emergency disaster declaration ahead of joe biden's inauguration to further facilitate security planning but the person who must grant the declaration is trump himself the man holed up and isolated inside the white house as his presidency ticks away and the calls for his removal rage louder. hi joe castro al-jazeera washington. india's supreme court will halt the implementation of controversial new agriculture laws farmers serve been blocking roads and protesting around the capital since november they say the changes will undercut prices the government says the agriculture sector is long overdue for reforms elizabeth branom has more from because of her border crossing. because the supreme court has said
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that it says bennett and implementation of these laws until further orders borders so much opposition to them and also forming a committee to assess the situation have around the laws and the protests against them the court said that it's fine on the committee because the government hasn't been able to resolve the situation the court said it's extremely disappointed and the government's handling of the protests and while farmers here how welcome the court strong rebuke by the government they are here to raising their demand the government of appeals the 3 farm laws and say that suspending the implementation as into now they're also reluctant to take part in any committee because they say they'll be not o'shea to go with the government for weeks now and there's been no result from that now the government meanwhile has told the court you that these laws were the result of 2 decades of deliberations that they didn't push them through the farmers are happy with the laws because it gives them more crimper that they have been engaging with farmers the court listened to all of those from here
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on the farmers of all options to take part in the commission and for that anyone who doesn't genuinely interested in result in this problem that has hundreds of thousands of families protesting on their lives highways terms of farmers who have died having out from the coal that anyone have to solve the problem will appear before the committee which will submit its report to the court the supreme court or the alternative for farmers this is a protest and definitely. malaysia's king has declared a state of emergency and the request of the country's prime minister well hidden. says additional powers and needed to stop a surge in covert $1000.00 cases the country is reporting on average more than $2400.00 new infections every day critics say it's an attempt by an unstable government to cling to power which he didn't deny his own so he has more from kuala lumpur. we don't yasin the prime minister of malaysia has been facing a leadership challenge for months since he came to power unelected in
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a power comes that started late february of last year now and the leadership challenge comes not just from politicians within the ruling alliance but also from the opposition opposition leader and i brought him he said last year that he had majority support in parliament and that he should be the next prime minister and then he he also face challenges from the united lays national organization that's the largest party in his ruling coalition now the politicians in that party feel they've been sidelined by them we need an administration they threaten to withdraw support to force early general election and the prime minister and his televised address on tuesday explaining what the state of emergency will mean now and said it should in a period of calm and stability for the country now in a sense there will be an end to political uncertainty because elections all elections will be suspended until such a time that a special committee that's going to be set up deemed safe to do so but at the same
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time parliament and state assembly sittings will also be suspended and that is really the thing that concerns a lot of civil rights activists and some analysts you've even got the southeast asian members of parliament issuing a statement saying that this feels like the had an administration the government is trying to avoid parliamentary oversight in requesting they study the state of emergency to be declared in the later. still ahead on al-jazeera more on how political consequences are also becoming financial donald trump and his boss. it's almost isn't overwhelmed by the pandemic mexico's help workers make an emotional plea find social media. it's time for the perfect gentleman. sponsored point qatar airways
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when i'm pleased to say we can at long last say good bye to the snow across japan as we go through the next couple of days temperatures on the rise still one or 2 were wintry flour is in play as we go on through wednesday temperatures in tokyo at around 10 degrees for move on into or thursday 14 celsius so there will be something of a rapid thought avalanche risk comes into play here it does turn a good deal dry and brighter said the far north of kata can expect to see some snow flurries from time to time on thursday is fine and dry across a good part of china just some bits and pieces of clouts watch out for the temperatures again starting to pick up but some places the clouds are into southern parts of india heavy burst of rain down towards the fast south of the peninsula we have had warnings in force here those heavy downpours continue through wednesday going on into thursday and there will also basin live is showers still affecting a good part of schrank as it should be with that northeasterly monsoon feeding in northern parts of india dry the fog and smog stays in place here try to across much
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of the arabian peninsula largely clear skies lots of hazy sunshine that sunshine stretching up towards the levant as we go on through wednesday come thursday it's all change it turns cold and wet or for many. sponsored paul qatar airways the 1st episode of a new series exposed the imperial origins of the drug trade commerce was good for them to fire hard was good for commerce of use thanks very much want to go and opens passage from the far east to europe and the united states. congress any money well the money in these mountains is open. drug trafficking politics and power the area and pirates and outages are out.
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giorgi are just there a reminder of our top stories this hour a donation divers have recovered one of the black boxes from a passenger plane that crashed into the ocean with 62 people on board on saturday the devices are expected to shed light on the reasons behind the aircraft's sudden plunge just minutes after takeoff. u.s. house democrats have introduced a resolution to impeach president donald trump inciting violence on capitol hill last week they're also urging vice president mike pence to invoke the 25th amendment declaring trump unfit to hold office. india's supreme court has forced the implementation of controversial new agricultural laws pharma say the new rules would undercut prices have been protesting since november big negotiating committee
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will hear their graven grievances and work on the best way to move forward. an international arrest warrant has just been issued of the explosion that destroyed large parts of beirut and august lebanese police are seeking the captain of the ship that dwarfs the highly explosive ammonium nitrate to beirut port 2013 it was stored improperly in a warehouse there until erupted last year more than 200 people died in the explosion thousands of others were injured and many more were left homeless. the european commission president is urging health ministers from e.u. member states to stick to a joint strategy on a virus vaccine the e.u. is negotiating contracts with vaccine developers as a block but some members may be breaking away to make their own deals with suppliers europe's lead negotiator for vaccine contracts is briefing in b.p.'s on
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the latest developments. police in the u.k. will be getting tougher on lock down break it's london's police chief says people who breach restrictions will be more likely to be fined and the policing minister hasn't ruled out stricter measures infections are rising sharply in the u.k. and the office of national statistics says there were more than $90000.00 excess deaths last year the highest since world war 2 paul brennan has more from london well could malthouse the crime and policing minister has been doing the rounds of the broadcast to do this morning and outlining the fact that from his point of view the government is particularly reluctant to toughen up the rules that said he admitted that the government is in his words on tenterhooks watching the data and realizing that if the data continues in the direction that it's going then something tougher is going to have to be introduced figures from last night's show that 32000 people are currently hospitalized just in england alone with coronavirus
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on the important thing to compare is the peak of the pandemic in april 2020 just 18000 were hospitalized at that time so you can see there's a big difference there the issue is philosophical in many ways the conservatives don't particularly want to have to tighten the restrictions if they don't have to they are a party of of freedom in many respects but that said the advice from the medics and from the scientists is weighing heavy on the shoulders of us president lake's joe biden has received his 2nd and final dose of the coronavirus vaccine he rolled up his sleeve during a televised event in his home state of delaware will soon take control of the worst hit country in the world with more than 22000000 recorded infections. illness is a spreading between refugees and migrants stuck and freezing winter weather now the
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ball is near croatia border officials in both and herzegovina have set up sins of heated tents for them after being criticised for failing to axe hundreds of people stuck along the border until now both me and politicians had opposed moves to offer them assistance. so there we are so many on that ship is live for us in branson you can go to governor with more on this and i believe you were at the camps. and they were on friday what are the conditions there like now. well we are currently in by a local which is located around 160 people or meters from the heart and as you can see it is quite cold and snowy here and i have to say that weather conditions are even worse because it is located further in the north of bosnia and herzegovina we
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were there in late in the former camp few days ago and we saw that the armed forces of bosnia and herzegovina finished setting up tents with heating as a temporary shelter for migrants and refugees and there should be some work more done in that area with containers more permanent solution for accommodation for migrants and refugees but the ministry of security and the service for foreign affairs who are right now in charge i don't know how long it is it is it is going to take for them to set up the former camp again because of these extreme weather conditions we also talked to some of the migrants and refugees there they told us that besides better accommodation they need also medical assistance they told us that there are several cases of people with fever
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with freeze bites because they've been sleeping out in the open for more than 10 days and it was extremely cold even then and the with a lot of rain so. there is also some tents set up by the u. red cross in that location as a shelter for grants and refugees while they are getting food every day the red cross is preparing 3 meals for around 1000 people and they've been also distributing some we clothing for migrants and refugees so the situation is much better in that location since 1st days of january but still it is all temporary and the permanent or more
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permanent solution for migrants and refugees there is still on hold because of these severe weather conditions there was a fire at one of the camps just to remind our viewers there was a fire at one of the camps then a lot of people were put on buses to move them somewhere else to put them in another temporary camp but those buses were stopped there was there was local resistance locals didn't want these people there i'm wondering are local softening their stance now with wind to really having sex in. well basically they didn't change their mind they are still keeping some sort of guard in front of that building that used to be a camp for migrants and refugees in the city of the part they simply don't trust the authorities that that location will not be reopened and they say that they
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don't care that it is winter and that it was so cold. they think that the state level of authority is should find a solution for migrants and refugees even in some other part of bosnia and herzegovina not in be proud to because as they say has been fighting this migrant prices and all the problems that come with it for 3 years now . thank you so much for that i've had barely got a smiley on much there. what out on the pandemic mexico's break has been particularly bad for health care workers with record virus numbers in hospitals nearly full in several cities doctors and nurses upgrading with people to stay home when you're about to reports from mexico city.
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health workers in mexico say they're at a breaking point the still worsening health crisis has taken in especially high toll on medical professionals according to the government's own data almost 2500 people employed in the nation's health sector have died since the start of the outbreak. you know doctors and nurses from the national public health service recently published in emotional plea on social media saying that many of them have reached the point of physical and emotional exhaustion. we're begging you do not expose yourself to come tell you don't become a transmitter of the disease. mexico remains one of the country's hardest hit by the pandemic the nation's economy is hurting as well. on monday restaurant workers protested against containment measures which have led many businesses to close their doors for most of our voters and of going out if. we are workers that are being condemned to unemployment or small business owners that are being driven to
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bankruptcy and we're not the only ones behind every plate of food is along production line since the start of the outbreak in mexico much of the debate over how to strike a balance between curbing transmission of coronavirus and preserving the health of the economy has taken the form of protests like this one outside mexico's national palace. in an effort to curb contagion government officials have reinstated partial lockdown measures in mexico city. at the same time however daily deaths and new coronavirus cases have both soared to record highs pushing many medical facilities to the limit. patients have to wait for 4 or 5 hours there are no bits there are no ventilators there's no oxygen queues are very long sometimes and we have to wait and fight over beds the situation he said of control. of. the national back
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sedation program is slowly being rolled out health experts have stepped up efforts to warn the population of the ongoing risks of the virus. adding another layer of worry has been the announcement that the 1st case of a mutated stream of covert 19 were spotted last year in the united kingdom was recently detected in the mexican state of tamaulipas. al-jazeera mexico city. the coronavirus pandemic has greatly impacted children's education especially in the world's poorest countries a report from save the children warns that 136000000 children in the developing world may not be able to return to school unless $50000000000.00 is invested refugees are dropping out of class at a higher rate than other children in syria teachers say students have the added pressure of supporting their families. the pandemics threatening to create a lost generation in mali. on the outskirts of mounties capital bamako are 14 year old car and 8 year old modibo children trying to get the pension from
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adults with north when traffic holds someone may offer an awkward smile and then uncomfortably look back at their phone if they're lucky one will buy a box of tissues or mask they're selling for these children the corona virus outbreak has meant no longer getting an education and having to earn a living instead want we have to work because the schools are closed because of coated i miss my friends being in a costume i even a smart teacher so used to tell me off i have to do this to help my mom we need the money early $2.00 for a box of tissues abu bakar will make just enough to buy a meal for his mother and 6 siblings to share tonight tomorrow however they may have to go hungry oh well. it was hard enough before coronavirus it's even harder now i can't afford to have them play all day they need to help out any way they can . the children's rights group charity save the children warns that 136000000 children living in poor countries may not be able to return to school unless urgent
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investment is made in education faced with attacks from armed groups in the corona virus outbreak mali has made defense and health their priority to the detriment of education in december the government announced schools would remain shut indefinitely officials say it's to prevent the spread of the virus but with the state coffers almost empty the government doesn't have the budget to pay teachers and keep schools open some parents from mali guinea and are sending their children away to neighboring senegal so that they can attend religious schools or find work but too often the children end up begging on the streets the corning tour of this shelter for abandoned children says governments are failing the children the government. the right group are starting to have the right. trance the success in their life. to protect their privacy the shelters management
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would not allow us to conduct interviews on camera. when you speak to the children here they all share a common story saying that they've left behind their sisters who. dropped out of school but unlike them they haven't come to the city in search for work instead they're back home forced into marriage or the 9 months after the coronavirus appeared on the african continent well some of them are now bearing children. while girls more than boys have suffered from school closures during the outbreak save the children warning it's an entire generation at risk if not more is done to ensure that children like her and what people can go back to school because hawke al-jazeera. several guerrilla san diego zoo in california are the 1st known instance of transmission to great apes keepers a monitoring them closely and say the animals have shown mild symptoms so far they
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were tested last week when 2 began coughing thought they caught it from a zoo staff member. this is al jazeera and these are the top stories in tunisian divers have recovered one of the black boxes from a passenger plane that crashed into the ocean with 62 people on board on saturday the devices are expected to shed light on the reasons behind the aircraft's sudden plunge just minutes after takeoff jessica washington has more from jakarta. what we just heard from authorities is that they are optimistic that as they have now found the flight data recorder they do expect that the c.v. all of the cockpit voice recorder would be somewhere in the near vicinity we have also heard some key findings from the authorities here that of a sign from finding the flight data recorder they also found true underwater
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