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blue heart filled to those the coronavirus are great is just beginning the little known all those years in the us economy without. exposing the secrecy and censorship by chinese authorities. and a health system struggling to cope i'll do the real investigation 3 dates that still the world. an earthquake strikes indonesia so no way sea island dozens of people are killed and hundreds injured. no this is al jazeera live from doha i'm fully back to go also coming up north korea unveils a new submarine launch ballistic missile and military parades sending a message to the world is so different group york city when we continue to watch
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a cry for help hospitals in brazil's amazonas state are running out of oxygen as they try to contain cope with 19 and a u.s. president elect joe biden and i am says a 1.9 trillion dollar emergency relief plan to contain economic turmoil caused by the pandemic. indonesia's civil defense authorities are warning strong aftershocks could trigger is tsunami after a $6.00 magnitude earthquake hit the island. the epicenter is believed to have been about 6 kilometers from the city of my journey at least $35.00 people have been killed and hundreds injured rescue operations are underway to save those trapped in collapsed buildings including a hospital thousands have been displaced by the quake. and by the love we
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believe the still potential for most strong aftershocks like what happened at midnight the buildings were hit by 2 quakes and a piece $28.00 of shocks and because the a piece into is near the beach there's a possibility of underwater landslides so that's why this stills and i mean potential let's get an update from al-jazeera is jessica washington live for us in jakarta jessica what's the latest on the search and rescue efforts what do you know right now. only just a few minutes ago we heard from the indonesian president president joke a widow who said that he has already spoken with the governor went to see the way see he has offered his condolences to the victims and he hasn't stopped at the national military national search and rescue teams on the social ministry to watch swiftly together to war tonight the efforts to support this community communication lines from the area are still down but this is what we know so far that at least 9
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people are dead in the city of mud janae and in mundra monday 26 people are confirmed dead we know that a hospital collapsed and there are reports that people were made under the rubble of the hospital including 2 nurses a patient and a relative of the patient the governor's office there also collapsed but people underneath that rubble have already been rescued now yesterday there was a magnitude $5.00 earthquake in the same area and since then there have been $26.00 authorities in indonesia all warning of the potential of stronger shocks in coming hours right tell us more about the region affected jessica what obstacles a rescue teams facing as they try to reach the people. fully as i mentioned the office shocks have triggered landslides and that is creating. a bit of a bit of difficulty for rescue crews who are attempting to reach the affected area
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landslides have created roadblocks for hampering efforts to reach those affected communities these are small communities on the island of silly way see small communities by indonesian standards in munchen a there are only 150 people who call that city home in only 10100000 people so you can imagine a disaster of this scale has a huge impact on people living in those communities we know that at least 15000 people in have been displaced that is 10 percent of the community that number could rise if they're off the aftershocks there are 10 evacuation centers set up for those individuals and provincial authorities in the affected areas so they are doing all they can to make sure that those people have everything they need thank you for that jessica washington with the on that are with quake in indonesia. and in other world news north korea has unveiled what it says are new submarine launch
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ballistic missiles have been put on display during a military parade to mark the end of the country's largest political convention that's where kim jong only vowed to expand his country's nuclear arsenal the parade and party meeting are being seen as a show of strength famed at the incoming biden administration in the u.s. rob mcbride is in seoul with more on the message behind this new military display. this does seem to be a departure by north korea for the past few years there's been very little evidence of north korea's developing nuclear arsenal while we've had this period of summit diplomacy but this does seem to be north korea saying by the way we have nuclear weapons or did you forget we saw in a big parade back in october again the display of a new type of intercontinental ballistic missile according to the north koreans which he hadn't seen before and also an s.l.b.m. one of these submarine launched ballistic missiles now in this latest paraded this
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is according to the north koreans an updated version on that new s.l.b.m. so this is of a concern to united states and its allies because it does add a completely new dimension to the nuclear threat from north korea in s.l.b.m. means that you know you have you have the power to have a nuclear missile on a submarine that can launch its missile a lot closer to its intended target so for example that is of concern to japan that has missiles that are intended to try to intercept missile other missiles fired from the north korean peninsula it's a different matter if it's dealing with a submarine just off the japanese coast in theory it could also be a concern if this is developed further to the united states but it is thought that their actual submarines are of the older type noisy a diesel submarines which would have a problem trying to get across the pacific but according to kim jong un in his latest statements that too is something north korea is working on that they want to
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develop and obtain nuclear powered submarines. the coronavirus spend demick now in the health system in the brazilian state of amazonas is at the point of collapse because of a surgeon called $1000.00 infections hospital say they're running out of oxygen and it's feared a new variant of the virus originated checked in the state capital mouse could be more contagious when he reports from rio de janeiro. my nose was already in chaos with no room to bury the dead nor treat the sick. now hospitals in the largest city of the brazilian amazon have simply run out of oxygen to save with 19 patients doctors are using morphine to ease their pain while desperate health workers have taken to social media to raise the alarm simple as meter cardboard so you need to have simply run out of oxygen in an entire health care unit there are
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a lot of people dying if anyone has any oxygen available p. send it to us peace and this video to everyone peace. of police is one of many go to brazil we only have 3 oxygen cylinders left we're having to use the one in the ambulance says. this health care unit 5 patients are taking turns to brief. us amazed. doctors don't know what else to do it's a calamity. human rights watch blaine's the government for the health crisis. and emotional sonora put politics at the forefront of health recommendations and even tried to sabotage the measures taken by governors of different states of brazil to contain the disease. also now those political rival some polls governor. says he will not wait for the federal government to solve the crisis he has been working with china to test its corona back vaccine and his promise to start an
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occupation is in his state fund january 25th brazil's health minister says the country will start massive not collations next week but so far the brazilian regulatory agency under has not approved any vaccine in rio de janeiro for hospitals are also on the brink of collapse people are hopeful the government will finally bring the pandemic under control. we should already be vaccinating people the government should have had a vaccination calendar by now or an awareness campaign to educate people on the importance of a vaccine and steed we have a president who downplayed and politicize the virus saying he will not be vaccinated. while the government has been dragging its feet the virus has been spreading fast claiming more than 200000 lives and the situation is only deteriorating all brazil op waits for a vaccine monica innocuous well just sirrah rio de janeiro u.s.
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president elect joe biden has unveiled a stimulus plan for the american economy with nearly 2 trillion dollars he says his immediate priority beyond unifying the country is to get aid money and vaccines to as many americans as possible biden's urging congress to approve it as soon as his song into office reports from wilmington delaware. a short drive from where president elect joe biden announced his so-called american rescue plan we met william tolson he just picked up 2 bags of donated food from a church food pantry he's been unemployed for 6 months and is hoping the renewed promise of a bigger stimulus check doesn't evaporated we elect them to do a job that they dropped the ball i'm not going to blame it on public is it democrat immigration or everybody because that's their group they're supposed to come together and do what's best for you are on thursday biden announced his
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$1.00 trillion dollars strategy he says the american economy can't be revived without combat in coven 19 is the 1st of what he calls a 2 step rescue and recovery plan in the middle of a once in several generations economic crisis with a once in several generations public health crisis. the crisis of deep human suffering is in plain sight and there's no time to waste. biden's proposal includes $1400.00 stimulus checks for those in need funding for a national code 19 vaccination program and increase testing with a focus on reopening schools and creating a public health workforce with 100000 jobs biden also wants to provide money to combat hunger in america struggling public transit systems and small businesses
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there are 10000000 fewer jobs in the united states than there were before the pandemic some economists say without a major injection of capital millions of americans will remain unemployed but there is some concern among lawmakers about the plans price tag when there is already a more than $3.00 trillion dollar deficit the largest since world war 2 tolson is optimistic biden can unify the country and resuscitate the economy as americans it's what we do tough times we come together as we should biden warns we are in a race against time millions of struggling americans are now counting on the democratic controlled congress to act quickly natasha going to name. wilmington delaware. as still ahead on al-jazeera as seeking entry hundreds of asylum seekers form new migrant caravans in honduras and pursuit of the american dream and the
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u.s. stands by its decision to mabel yemen's movies as terrorists despite u.n. warnings that will be a death sentence for a war ravaged nation will. move . its target for the perfect gentleman the weather sponsored plan qatar airways the winter cold persists in most of europe and if you look at the satellite picture you see a revolution of clouds in some places snowing as well the real deep cold is held up here near moscow but the cold air has come rather than to the into the mediterranean you know what that means cold air of a warm water it has got fairly stormy but for most places that means temperatures below where they should be at this time the a both by day and by night breaks of light if snow the most significant probably turkey and the a moscow and this is a says the real cold air is
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a daytime highs minus 40 is moscow example clearly it's nothing like that cold any any longer in spain or france or the british isles the atlantic comes in comes up against a cold produces some snow as it will do on sunday in france and england for example but in the middle of it all to show you how cold it can get on sunday night i think in prague we've been down to minus 50 so that cold air is welling about in eastern europe and here is a consequence of when it meets the warmest waters of the gene and the mediterranean stormy weather story for greece and for turkey sunder storms was probably rain and hail across cypress and eventually right into the event as well. qatar airways gay com and make sure you're not hyping the situation to be part of the debate my main characters are women when no topic is off the table there was in
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the last allow child marriage to happen legally these are basically archaic walls dads off in the jet mines and legal wise pedophile on arrow online jumping to the quick section and meeting to be part of the discussion this stream on out is the era. welcome back a recap of our top stories on al-jazeera a powerful earthquake on the indonesian island of soloway sea has killed dozens of people thousands more have been forced to flee their homes rescue operations are underway to see people trapped in collapsed buildings including
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a hospital. north korea has unveiled what it says are new submarine launched ballistic missiles at a military parade in pyongyang the display follows a ruling party congress where leader kim jong un vowed to expand his country's nuclear arsenal and u.s. president elect joe biden has announced the $1.00 trillion dollar relief plan to help the economy might call that 19 includes more than $400000000000.00 to boost to respond to coronavirus and speed up the vaccine world out. now the head of the f.b.i. is warning of potential violence in the run up to joe biden's inauguration next week the agency says they have been calls for on protests on several social media platforms vice president mike pence has great sure ensure a safe transition of power a security stepped up in the capitol mike hanna reports from washington. it looks like a couple under siege fences topped with razor wire being arrested to roam the nation
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seat of government. every increasing numbers of soldiers are being deployed security officials saying that some $20000.00 will be sent by the inauguration next wednesday that's greater than any current deployment anywhere in the world. even the supreme court is being locked down as well as other signature landmarks once thronged with tourists. vice president mike pence met with senior security officials to be briefed on the preparations for the american people deserve. a safe inauguration on january 20th. and encourage you to convey to all of the members of your teams to continue to lean forward to ensure that we achieve a just there but he heard a bleak assessment from the director of the f.b.i.
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we're concerned about the potential for violence multiple protests and rallies planned here in d.c. and it's the capitol building around the country in the days to come that could bring armed individuals within close proximity to government buildings and officials and direct threats from right wing extremists have been growing in the wake of the impeachment vote against president trump on wednesday terrorist tricks was restored in just a few minutes ago the republicans who voted for impeachment a particular focus colleagues who are now traveling with armed escorts out of the fear for their safety many of us are altering our routine. or continue to get. as yet another ominous evening fell the vice president thank some of the national guard that have been deployed to the nation's capital on a scale not seen since the civil war mike hanna al-jazeera washington. u.s. prosecutors say summarises who stormed the capital last week had intentions to capture
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and assassinate elected officials court papers submitted in arizona are asking for this man jacob chancy to be arrested the memo has details of an f.b.i. investigation into chancy it reveals he left a note for u.s. vice president mike pence with a warning saying it's only a matter of time justice is coming chances lawyers say he has asked for a presidential pardon. got to model has more than $0.20 soldiers along its border with honduras a group of migrants is heading its way hoping to make it to the u.s. and for a warmer welcome under the biden administration john heilemann reports. a couple of 100 people gathered in some pedro sula honduras in the early hours of thursday morning to start their journey to an improbable destination the united states. it's
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a far cry from the thousands in the caravans of 201819 who hoped that by sheer force of numbers they could make it to their promise land. but the last one didn't get further than guatemala and this time to the country is deploying security forces and demanding code details from anyone wanting to cross. your own will bring up papers supposedly what they've asked us to bring they asked for the covert 19 test and have all the paperwork in order even if they make it further up the route the mits computers equally tough i so want to try a tool. the answer for many is that they're desperate after a double whammy of tropical storms in november many people have been left with next to nothing but a middle up on the 1st the pandemic then the 2 downpours that left us in crisis and i think that because my child is disabled we can get through if god wants a story they may also hope that in coming u.s. president joe biden will be more sympathetic to them than donald trump but biden's
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team is reportedly already wary of encouraging any rush on the border the many of these people the trip will surely end where it began back in honduras john holeman how does it. the u.s. has rejected calls to reverse its decision to designate yemen's houthi rebels a terrorist group the un warns the move could result in a large scale famine and secretary of state mike on bail says the who these must be held accountable for what he calls terrorist acts christianson and maybe for some the united nations. it was a brutal attack on eden's airport just as newly appointed yemeni government officials arrived killing more than 20 people including civilians and aid workers but what the u.s. has done since blaming iran back to the separatists and designating them a terrorist organization will have more deadly and far reaching consequences that
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according to martin gryphus the united nations special envoy who recently visited the country we fear. there will be inevitably a chilling effect of my efforts to bring the parties together even worse according to the u.n. and aid agencies the move is likely to push yemen over the brink and into widespread famine after 6 years of civil war $16000000.00 people more than half of the population already rely on humanitarian assistance to buy food 90 percent of which is imported aid agencies say the terrorism designation will disrupt the supply chain increase prices and possibly cause suppliers to pull out of the country altogether david beasley has the nobel prize winning the world food program . with the designation. it's going to be catastrophic it literally is going to be a senate to hundreds of thousands if not millions of
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innocent people in yemen. quite frankly it needs to be reversed the united states has promised to work with the aid agencies but says the move is needed as years of peace talks have yielded little in the way of results i want to ensure that everyone in this council and our briefers their views their concerns are informing how we approach the designation implementation and we are listening we do believe that this step is the right move forward the designation of iranian back to these as terrorists is the final salvo in the united states so-called maximum pressure campaign against iran and it's due to go into effect on january 19th one day before president trump leaves office already there are calls on president elect joe biden to reverse the decision along with the warning that by that time damage will already have been done christian salumi al-jazeera the united
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nations food and wine producer at illegal israeli settlements in the occupied west bank will soon be available in the united arab emirates that the countries agreed to normalize relations last year palestinians and iraqi authorities haven't said if labels showing the origins of settler products will be compulsory as they are in the european union more dangerous chemicals have been found at beirut sports months after a huge explosion killed more than $200.00 people the blast destroyed neighborhoods in the lebanese capital and is believed to have been caused by ammonium nitrate that caught fire authorities have so far failed to answer questions about the explosion or who owns the chemicals as in a hoarder has our report from beirut's. stockpiles of toxic chemicals at beirut's shattered port they have been here for years exposed only after the massive
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explosion in august. and like the highly explosive ammonium nitrate believed to be responsible for setting off that blast these materials are also being kept in unsafe conditions we all inspected and we did shop and sometimes we found things were not labeled michael went lawyer is part of a team of german experts who are helping lebanese authorities dispose of the hazardous materials we make mistakes by mixing or from the neck or somebody mix that then we have a big blast here again and by root in the part. some legal experts say this is another example of a dysfunctional state and corruption by lebanon and the ruling elite who were told about the threat of the ammonium nitrate and didn't act. where did all these chemicals come from who brought them to lebannon there has never been proper control over the port no supervision and no proper monitoring what happened at the port revealed the level of corruption across the state. the
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port had a reputation for being one of the most corrupt institutions in the country for years smuggling and custom tax evasion is have been among the violations documented experts have long compared the way the porters managed to how the state is run little or no oversight by a single authority with influence in the hands of political parties control over the port is in the hands of many government and security agencies and the customs authority which at times don't coordinate and whose loyalties are to different parties the international community has long demanded lebanese authorities fight corruption and reform institutions including the port where officials have said billions of dollars in revenues don't reach the state treasury that's not the only challenge. we aim at increasing the law enforcement agencies capabilities for risk and that is profiling and also inspection of dangers goods which can come in
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containers the blast devastated a city killed at least $200.00 and injured thousands an estimated 300000 were made homeless 5 months on there has been no accountability and questions remain unanswered for many this is not just negligence they want to know who brought the ammonium nitrate to lebanon and the rest of the toxic materials that turned the port into a ticking time bomb for the beirut. votes are being counted in uganda's closely contested election with the final results expected by saturday opposition candidate bobby wine has called the process a process unfair alleging fraud and violence and the vote wine wants to end president you are in the 7075 years in power catherine sawyer. voting in some polling stations started late because of delays in the delivery of voting materials at this station on the outskirts of kampala people waited patiently for an hour
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before they could cast their ballots one thing we had disappointed when they were the government has handed the whole versus the internet is going to working and everything is down presidential where it was 70 voted in western uganda has previously won some opposition politicians and electoral commission officials against what he described as attempts to rig the election. some opposition leaders including the wind his strongest challenger have sent the same message weiner arrived at his polling station to an enthusiastic crowd and later arched them to stay on polling stations to monitor the process and got their votes many voters here say they just want a leadership that is going to provide them with the basics jobs lower taxes for small business owners a reasonable education for their children and this issues have been overshadowed by pre-election violence we've seen in the last few months police crackdown on found
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opposition leaders and their supporters as well as path anality politics maureen. spare parts is disappointed that what matters to her was not well addressed in the election campaigns we're talking many more young people who are not employed many of forced to travel abroad to get jobs that have no dignity they must trace it but they desperate that needs to change the dynamic of the policing of the elections on political analysts a kind of it's could not properly sell their vision to voters the issues in uganda . the issues in uganda today. the issues in uganda are about political disagreement. with should we change. electoral commission says final results will be declared on saturday. the u.s. the european union and civil society groups have already said the process has been
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tainted and lots transparency and accountability many ugandans fear there could be violence if the results are contested catherine soy al jazeera kampala parts of siberia experiencing their longest cold spell in 14 years pritchard's in the region dipped below minus 40 degrees celsius more than a month ago and similar weather is expected until the end of january this week america could fall below minus 50 and schools have been close until the weather warms up again. so again i'm fully back to go with the headlines on al-jazeera a powerful earthquake on the indonesian island of soloway sea has killed at least 35 people thousands more have been forced to flee their homes rescue operations are
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