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and politically divided community. a microcosm reflecting the plight of a nation with venezuela to see the pollution on and just see you know. a city under total long down $25000.00 soldiers patrol the u.s. capitol just days away from joe biden's inauguration. hello i'm sammy's a than this is a line from the whole so coming up. celebrations as uganda's president 70 seals a 6 but his main rival calls the election a sham. desperation in brazil 2 new strains of coronavirus run
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rampant in the city of menow hospitals buckle under the pressure. and spoiled seafood we'll tell you how breaks it is being blamed for ruining scotland's fishing industry. the u.s. capital has been transformed into a fortress 3 days out from president-elect joe biden's inauguration the secret service has created a militarized green zone in washington d.c. $25000.00 national guards are being deployed across the city roads and bridges are being closed and police are manning numerous checkpoints state capitals are on high alert after the f.b.i. warned of possible violence leading up to the inauguration on wednesday fishel say they've seen evidence of planned armed pro trumpet demonstrations in all 50 states
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to protest biden's victory. gabriel others on those in washington d.c. with more on the security measures. washington d.c. is completely on lockdown on this street here you can see he's a big concrete barriers that have been placed here to block any cars that could try to get in that way and then you come over to this side and you can really get a sense of how militarized this city has become here there are national guard troops on each of these corners blocking traffic they're going to be $25000.00 national guard troops here in the city by wednesday there are already over 20000 and as you can see they're blocking off most of the traffic over here as many of the streets in d.c. remain quite frankly very deserted because of all of this security presence security officials in washington say they are most concerned about a lone wolf domestic terror incident and on friday we're being told by the capitol
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police that they arrested a man that came up to a security checkpoint similar to this one that i'm at right now and he had a loaded weapon with more than 500 rounds of ammunition it's these kind of incidents that worry people here so much and that is why washington d.c. sees this unprecedented security presence washington d.c. the capital of the united states very much on lockdown. the incoming biden administration is planning to use executive orders to undo several of president donald trump's landmark policies it includes reversing the so-called muslim ban trumping acted a week after taking office the policy barred entry of foreign nationals from muslim majority countries and led to widespread protests and the gallacher is in miami in the uk so what the future may hold for the policy. fulfilling a campaign promise to enact extreme vetting president trump signed an executive
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order temporarily banning travel from 7 muslim majority countries in january 2017 the president's reasoning to make america safe and this is the rejection of the nation from foreign terrorists and intruding. in the aftermath protests broke out at airports across the country as those fleeing violence and trying to reunite with their families were prevented from entering the u.s. civil rights organizations branded the ban religious discrimination against muslims no legal challenges were successful in blocking the 1st 2 iterations of trump's travel ban in 2018 the supremes called him out a 3rd version of the executive order to go into force now nationals from 13 countries including north korea venezuela and several african nations are on the list a travel ban has been particularly hard for those hoping to escape the violence in
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countries like syria and yemen when the supreme court made its ruling those trying to reunite with elderly relatives were devastated zet naggy told us his mother is close to giving up she's grateful recently in jordan for 3 years and you know green court decision she finally said listen i read it out. this far. i want to go back in it's disagreement you started and to be honest we couldn't see anything any more. president elect joe biden has promised to repeal the travel bans and increase refugee admissions by 125000 civil rights groups say that doesn't go far enough because the same old same old isn't going to work anymore and as hard as we fought against the trumpet mensuration we're going to fight even harder against the biden administration because we expect them to resolve these issues for those still stuck in the bureaucratic limbo known as
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administrative processing the incoming administration is promises if filled will bring renewed hope president elect joe biden says the travel ban is morally wrong once he takes office he can rescind the order with the stroke of a pen reuniting families will be a long difficult and complex process biden says the policy betrays us values and doing its legacy could take years to gallacher al-jazeera miami florida and the threshold name is in wilmington delaware she explains the policies biden plans to reverse. he said that he would be using executive orders to either overturn things that he thought were not in the nation's interests or that were an example of overreach by trump on the day that he is a dog rated he will be sending an immigration bill to congress immigration is something that has vexed both republican and democratic presidents for decades the
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l.a. times is saying that this bill will hopefully for undocumented immigrants create a path for citizenship the l.a. times also says that unlike previous bills that have been put forth to congress it won't necessarily be contingent expanding immigration won't necessarily be contingent on expanding security and enforcement biden will also in a real departure from trump says that he will rejoin the paris agreement president obama for president obama signed this in 2016 at the time he called this international treaty addressing climate change a landmark decision the following year in 2017 trump pulled out he said that it would create draconian economic and financial restrictions in the united states and would mean a loss of 2700000 jobs to address the pandemic biden is moving forward with a mask mandate he's calling it
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a masking 100 day masking challenge now this is something that the trump administration has not only opposed but been hostile toward well as natasha mentioned biden's immigration policy is the reason why many a making their way in a caravan to the u.s. police in guatemala have stepped up efforts to stop hundreds of honduran migrants on the route somewhere arrested after a group tried to break through a police blockade and head towards mexico. between 7 and 8000 have entered guatemala since friday many of fling poverty and violence there hoping for a warm reception from the incoming u.s. administration. 2 female judges have been shot dead in the afghan capital kabul their car was targeted when they were on their way to work it's the latest in a recent wave of attacks and assassinations which the afghan government blames on the taliban the violence comes as the u.s.
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reduces troop numbers in the country now uganda's president is warning he'll deal decisively with anyone planning to create chaos following his election victory. 71 a 6th term in office extending is 35 years in power but his main challenger bobby wind has denounced the election as a complete fraud wine is under heavy guard it is home in what his supporters say is effectively house arrest catherine sawyer reports from come power. group it did not come as a surprise presidential where in the 70 has maintained a decisive lead against his opponents from the start of the vote count the little commission declares. elected president of the republic of uganda the president addressed the nation after his victory was
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declared and say despite attempts by some individuals to tamper with the barometric identification kits their lection was largely free and fair. to you for turning. illegal numbers and voting for the candidates and for the parties. i think this may turn out to be the most. read. elections. supporters of the 76 year old incumbent cand out to celebrate a very grand and the most to support. the he is the one with. the electoral commission and they've done their best under the circumstances but already the results have been redacted by bobby y. ou have said had evidence of widespread irregularities including rigging
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in favor of president yoweri with 7050 members say they are considering moving to court to challenge the results. of the forms of grignon that are not restricted to for the question of the credits on forms including the chasing i will agents at the polling station including forcing people to vote in the open yet under the law i suppose the power of the sekret. the result so why not receive nearly 35 percent of the vote and his party the national unity platform has garnered a sizable number of legislative seats however he told us that his movements have been restricted and visitors including journalists have been blocked from accessing his compound by soldiers surrounding his home security officials say they had information that he was planning to declare himself we know there's also been heavy deployment of police in the military in the capital and other areas perceived to be
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opposition strongholds the winner may have been declared by the country remains on edge catherine soy al jazeera. to new zealand police force with demonstrators during a 2nd night of nationwide protests the crowds build barricades and side fires to block the streets in the city of silly honor the rallies began on friday after a video went viral showing a police officer beating a man the protests come just days after tunisia marks the 10th anniversary of an uprising that sparked the arab spring. where french foreign minister is warning iran is in the process of building up its nuclear weapons capacity johnnie's the degree uncalled for an urgent return to the 2015 nuclear agreement that around started breaching the terms of the deal in 2019 after the us pulled out and imposed sanctions this month iran further advanced its uranium enrichment plans
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. still ahead on al-jazeera the 1st batches of the russian coronavirus vaccine ever arrived in argentina making it the 1st country in latin america to use the sputnik medication plus. another mission to the moon nasa test the engines of its most powerful rocket get with the goal of so i think foot on the lunar surface by 20 to 24. the heaviest share is during this rainy season in indonesia malaysia don't because of the very obviously spaced but they have been recently in north and so the way i see in parts of borneo that's about half the months total there that's
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a clear area at the moment and in the forecast is no in borneo the central philippines or java and islands eastwards where the heaviest share a scene like to fall and that does include of afraid sulawesi once more but less so borneo about time you get to tuesday active weather once again in australia a little bunch of thunderstorms is finally taking shape and to be named and is a tropical cyclone cold kimmie it's not particularly huge winter about gale force will be torrential rain with it and it makes landfall pretty need to care and during monday then it will move slowly inland it does spread rain all the way down the coast because this area already saturated so there will be flooding from this sounds of that there are a few showers in queens and and on the coast of new south wales and on shore breeze has kept to 25 in sydney where warm and that in most of victoria south australia and of course in perth per sub to $38.00 now there's
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a surprise for you. path. to. divorce rates in taiwan are soaring and as a marriage consultant helen knows this only too well. but as the 60th wedding anniversary approaches her own parents are looking hones rather than alms let out early. cannot daughterly love and professional expertise make them see eye to eye. my father my mother part of the viewfinder asia series on al-jazeera.
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welcome back you're watching our just sirrah time to recap our headlines now the u.s. capitol is under unprecedented security head of the inauguration of president elect joe biden the secret service has created a militarized green zone 25000 national guard troops are being deployed. the incoming biden administration is planning to use executive orders to undo several of president trump's landmark policies it will include reversing trump's so-called muslim ballot and rejoining the paris climate agreement. uganda's president yoweri most 70 is warning he'll deal decisively with any unrest following his election victory but his main opponent bobby wine says the vote was a complete fraud he's a supporter is to reject it. emergency supplies of oxygen
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and respirators have been airlifted to brazil's amazon which is being overwhelmed by coronavirus cases people in the state capital man hours have been queuing in the streets to buy oxygen desperate to keep loved ones alive to new coronavirus variants are spreading rapidly through the city the military's been flying critically ill patients to other states where hospitals are better equipped more like a on a carrier is in man hours as more on the desperate search for oxygen. the situation here in my now is the capital of the amazon a state it's very dramatic these people that you see here behind me are in line with their oxygen cylinders waiting for them to be filled up in this factory and they've been they put their names on a list and they're waiting to be called now this is not the only place where they've been we've been following these people around and they've come from other
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factories that have run out of supply so they're going from one place to the other leaving their names behind waiting in the sun and the heat to be able to bring some a breath or are some oxygen some hope for hospitals where their families and their loved ones are now the police has limited the axis of cars here so many of them like this but these people here are carrying them on their backs literally so it's a very difficult situation to be carrying the cylinders from one place to the other the other thing that we must take into account is that at 7 pm in manassas time begins the curfew so these people know that they will not be able to wait any longer on the streets. a 2nd batch of the russian made covert 19 vaccine is arrived in the argentinian capital it was the 1st country in latin america to approve the sputnik vaccine last month it began inoculating its citizens after
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receiving 300000 doses medical workers were the 1st to receive the jab brazil has been considering russia's vaccine for emergency use but denied the request on saturday the country's health regulator said it wasn't provided that the quiz assurances on sputnik's clinical trials and potential manufacturing issues. isn't one aside as he says despite the vaccines still has a growing problem. so this year arrival of the 2nd batch of 300000 doses of the sputnik vaccine from russia a 16 hour flight from moscow to one of cyrus those that scenes and have now been loaded on to refrigerated trucks and taken the length and breadth of this huge country to the capitals of the 23 provinces mostly given to the patients who were injected in the middle of december when the 1st batch of vaccines arrived here the
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1st major back sedation program in latin america the numbers here continue to rise 12 and a half 1000 new infections reported on friday 102 deaths 1700000 people have now been infected less severe than it was back in the middle of last year but the big concern here is that. medics have confirmed the 1st case of somebody infected with the extra virulent virus 1st reported in the united kingdom to the other big concern is numbers rise and as the vaccination program is rolled out 300000 is a good start but the country of 45000000 inhabitants there's still a long way to go russia is reporting more than 23000 new coronavirus cases and nearly 500 deaths on sunday despite high numbers schools have now reopened in moscow the rest of the country will follow from monday the national case tally has passed the 3500000 mark its death toll exceed
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63000 russia could begin mass vaccinations with its vaccine next week. india has begun one of the biggest and most challenging vaccination campaigns in the world the aim is to have 300000000 people vaccinated in 6 months but some are questioning the use of one locally developed vaccine elizabeth for all and explains . these health care workers are registering to receive one of 2 vaccines approved for use in india 3 100000 medical professionals are being vaccinated at 3000 sites around the country on saturday including kitten driver. i'm a little bit scared but i'm also happy that we're being vaccinated 1st i've been named as one of the 1st so i'm happy about it and i want everyone to get back to nature it so we can end up it. the government is planning to vaccinate
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$300000000.00 people in the 1st half of the seer $30000000.00 frontline workers in health care sanitation the police the army and disaster management will be inoculated in the 1st few months they'll be followed by people over the age of 50 and then those under 50 underlying health conditions probably missed a little bit more you describe the scale of the program. there are more than $100.00 countries whose population is less than $30000000.00 and injure will be vaccinating $30000000.00 people in the 1st phase of vaccination itself. the drug's regulator has approved the use of oxford astra zeneca car the shield vaccine and one that's been made india there are questions around wide the indian vaccine by a local company called bottle biotech was given approval when it hasn't finished its final phase trials the government has said that it will be administered under clinical trial conditions but independent health experts say there's not
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a lot of information about what that means. india is the only country other than russia and china to be administering a vaccine that hasn't completed trials and that is going to concern them unscientific so. that's why it was that decision expected that it actually should we have read it a few weeks ago to get that data doctors at one of new delhi's biggest government hospitals have the same questions they want the oxford astra zeneca vaccine and not bought at biotechs but india's health minister says a lot of work had gone into making the vaccines and people cannot choose which one they'll receive elizabeth al-jazeera new delhi. hundreds of wind grunts in bosnia-herzegovina hoping to get into the are still suffering in subzero temperatures that's despite belated attempts by the government to improve conditions after international pressure laura but manley reports.
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wrapping up against the bison winter coat this duty was abandoned during the both the award in the ninety's and offices people lives who protection they dream of crossing the western border of bosnia herzegovina to croatia a european union state. but with the bogan country refusing to accept the best stock in the city of the hatch is really weird harry that is really cold or turning we don't have water the international organization for migration says it's helping around a 1000 people sheltering in houses like this one. a few kilometers south is sleeping camp the temperature here has been this low as minus 8 degrees celcius in december a temporary camp for hundreds of refugees were set on fire with local authorities unwilling to give them shelter about 900 people were left out in the cold. under
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pressure from the e.u. authorities have erected warm abhi a battle tents and plan to build a larger shelter. this camp is planned for 1500 that number might possibly be extended. the european union is covering the expenses . calling it an artificial humanitarian crisis it's a you ambassador says officials need to do more we need to ensure the dignity of human beings the dignity of migrants and refugees who are here that also means this is an obligation for bosnia herzegovina is a signatory to un conventions it wants to become a member of the european so it has to abide by those walls and by the way there are still a few 100 people out there in the woods who we also need to be taken care. of that makeshift camp is in a forest further north of belleek a cloud to say here this fire is the difference between life and death and people
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struggle to get basic supplies. last night. very crude we are suffering very much with dawn's the last night and we are getting to know our darling and here are. not safe. for children the dangers with a greater. local towns and cities refusing to accommodate these families and croatia refusing to let them across the border their only option is to try to survive where they are more about a manly out to 0. scottish food egg sporting industry was promised friction free access to european markets after briggs it its most valuable export shellfish goes almost entirely to france spain and the netherlands but mistakes or direction and last minute regulations have all contributed to problems general whole experience
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from gas go. scottish langoustine reputed to be the best in the world destined for e.u. markets but even as it leaves the glasgow processing plant no one can be quite sure it will actually arrive it's not a very difficult well we don't know what's often girls a time to wait for you know used to take 24 i was living in france now i can take food 34 days to the front last week was the last. we lost at all someone else we could solve the problems well it's like that last week i put off a time. and a bit dump it was all right up front losses are mounting seafood sometimes left to rot with e.u. customers cancelling orders and prices plummeting because of border checks and failing computer systems but if it's important you'll just stop also for right now you know because if you lose so much money you know it's not viable anymore but solutions to now permanent trade rules may be hard to find and the scottish fishing
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industries main trade body has accused the government in westminster of lying about the benefits of briggs it warning many of its members fear for their livelihoods scottish fishing communities aren't alone among u.k. businesses in feeling the pain of new border checks the difference is that up here a majority of people never wanted breakfasted in the 1st place and many see in these post breaks it trade difficulties evidence that westminster simply doesn't have scotland's interests at heart. langoustine trawlermen allister roberts calls the u.k. e.u. trade deal a disgrace that told us it was going to be a sea of opportunity. and. that's like the shoulder fisherman don't read. but should i believe. vanished or could never really do come out on christmas eve never even read the
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deal the agreement. when we were all very busy on christmas he and my case organizing the local nativity trial roberts and many others think politicians like fisheries minister victoria princes could hardly care less and that's a powerful incentive for those who believe breaks it signals the end of the united kingdom helping to propel support for scottish independence to its highest levels yet don't know how al-jazeera glasgow u.n. peacekeepers say they've retaken the central african republic city of benghazi it was captured earlier this month by rebel forces who are demanding the government resign a coalition of armed groups launched the offensive to prevent the reelection of president foster are challenged by their he was still declared the winner though both the rebels and the political opposition dispute that result at least 60000
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people have fled the fighting many into neighboring countries. nasa has cut short a crucial test of its moon rocket system. thanks. to boost his 4 powerful engines ignited for about a minute simulating a liftoff and consuming about 2 and a half 1000000 liters of fuel or fell short of the 8 minutes needed if a planned launch is to take place later this year nasa aims to put humans on the moon again by 2024 which is 3 years behind schedule and nearly $3000000000.00 over budget. has take you through some of the headlines here and al jazeera now the u.s. capitol is under on press it.

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