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great i was just beginning. to known all those years that the pharisees tell you that. exposing this secrecy and censorship by chinese authorities. and a health system struggling to cope al-jazeera investigation 3 dates that stop the world. this is al jazeera. hello and welcome i'm peter w. watching the news live from our headquarters here in doha coming up in the next 60 minutes battalions of national guard soldiers patrol washington d.c. to counter the threats of violence before joe biden's inauguration. i'm here more again in sudan where violence has claimed the lives of as many as 40 people in west
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are for. desperation in brazil hospitals buckled as 2 new strains of coronavirus run rampant in the city of man hours. here on the news the indian farmers producing power from old straw saving money and helping to clear the air. and i'm far is smile with all that support including an be a star james harden is off to a winning start with the brooklyn nets after pretty good story performance. the center of the u.s. capitol today resembles a fortress 3 days before president elect joe biden is officially sworn into office a militarized green zone has been established and 25000 national guard troops deployed to washington d.c. potentially armed protests are expected elsewhere in the u.s.
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on sunday in support of baseless claims that donald trump won the election he didn't from the streets of washington gabriel elizondo explains the threat that has security officials most worried. washington d.c. is completely on lockdown on this street here you can see these are 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 and
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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 police that they are 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 in 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 it's facing in sudan's darfur region has left at least $48.00 people dead that's according to state media buildings were burned in the capital of west off 4 states the islands broke out over a dispute between different tribes a local civil society organizations says armed groups quotes took advantage of the quarrel and escalated it live now to al jazeera civil morgan in sudan's capital khartoum hit just walk us through what's going on then. well peter it's worth
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noting that it's not one single incident that resulted in the number of 48 people being killed yesterday and today morning according to state officials in west power for the incident occurred between 2 people from opposing tribes in the markets in the capital janina and there was another separate attack on a displacement camp called karim doing also in the west are for and that has resulted in the burning of houses there as well as the local markets now it's worth noting that this incident is not new the situation ensued in west are for and in fact in the whole of the darfur region has been very volatile with ethnic tensions flaring up often especially last year in early january when more than 50 people were left dead due to intercom and violence that is something that the transitional government has been trying to tackle even before the exits of the united nations an african union peacekeeping mission which ended its mission on the 31st of december and now the sudanese officials are saying that they're working and they've sent the
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head of the attorney general the family attorney general as well as other officials to investigate what is happening and the state government has said it's allowed the security forces to use excessive force to be able to control the situation with that which is still unfolding but they say that the tensions are quite high and that the death toll is likely to rise because they have not taken the full figure of those who have been killed in those 2 separate incidents what else do we know about the local authorities are reacting to this. well the local government has imposed a curfew that started yesterday evening saturday evening and that will be ongoing and till further know it says it's not clear how long that would last state authorities say they will make sure that when the situation is in control that's when that curfew will be lifted they've also given the security forces and they are going to use force as the right to use force to be able to control the situation we spoke to state officials just a few hours ago and they said that the situation is still very much tense fighting is still ongoing especially in this place on campus where people have been read
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this place once again many displaced people moving from decorating can engineer looking for better places more secure places refuge so that they can be able to continue their lives it's not clear exactly how long does it how long it would take the state authorities to be able to get the situation in control but they said that they have imposed a local curfew in the city of janina and neighboring villages as well as given the state and security forces the right to use force to be able to get the situation under control you seem to be saying there are different levels of violence in distinctly different areas so the violence isn't coordinated to such. well the sudanese professional association is accusing armed groups which is that is because the transitional government was not able to get the security situation in control but yes peter there are different incidents that have resulted in this escalation of violence and into common violence right now and west are for parts of it started in the city of jenin or the capital of west are for itself and the other
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started in the displacement camp of korean doing also in the west are for just outside the capital so state authorities have imposed a curfew and have given the security forces and organized forces the right to be able to stabilize the situation not just in the capital janina but the surrounding areas as well because they said that the situation has gotten out of control and has now included neighboring areas areas neighboring to jenin and that's what they're trying to do trying to control the situation the death toll right now stands at 48 with many people injured many more displaced from the caribbean and displacement camps people who are already displayed due to 17 years of fighting in the darfur region now once again looking for refuge and safer place to be able to live their lives ok close any more developments you'll come back as i'm sure in the meantime thank you very much. 2 female afghan judges opinion in kabul the car was targeted when they were on their way to work it is the latest in a recent wave of attacks and assassinations the violence comes as the u.s.
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reduces troop numbers there for you contra 40 is live for us in kabul explain to us what happened here. what you know peter targeted assassinations have become so routine across afghanistan and this specially here in kabul than any more it's not a matter of whether there will be another one but who will be next so early this morning at around 8 pm when these 2 female judges were on their way to work their car was ambushed and they were gunned down and killed 2 more people where injured the government said that they are investigating the incident this is what happens every time after there is such an assassination the there is an investigation but the government but what makes this significant today is that in afghanistan there are about $200.00 female judges and what happened this morning is that within just a few seconds a few minutes one percent of afghanistan's total female judges was wiped
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out there are concerns of more many human rights groups and other activists that this this and president wave of assassinated targeted assassinations in afghanistan has one aim not only to terrorize people but also to silence and even slowly and silently wipe out an entire community of civil servants of journalists all of we just today there was another one here in kabul when the deputy police chief of kabul was targeted his the assassination but other people were killed we've seen pilots being gunned down and pilots are the parts of the afghan armed forces that are very hard to replace and train their training. costs a lot of money a lot of time so what according to analysts and human rights activists what we're seeing you may be seeing here is a pattern of afghanistan's democratic institutions and everything that makes up
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a democratic society that took 20 years to build it could be that it's slowly being wiped out with those assassinations peter the afghan peace process is still ongoing could this be the work of people who do not want an afghan peace process. yes all right and that's something that are always keep in mind that all this is happening on the back drop off the peace talks taking place in doha between the taliban a negotiator is from the afghan government now these talks were supposed to have started a week ago but we don't see any process as the 2 sides are trying to decide on the agenda and according to reports this is happening because both are in a wait and see mode on what the upcoming biden aren't ministration will decide on afghanistan so there is a lot that we're going to wait to see on how this peace talks are going to progress
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and there are concerns that this story that assassinations will be taking a toll on the peace process because with all these murders happening every single day people will start losing hope on if there could be a peace when there's so much just death happening in afghanistan peter every single day now earlier thank you so much for the country for the live for us here on the news in kabul. ok here's a taste of what else we've got still to come here on the news for you spoiled seafood we'll tell you why breaks it is being blamed for ruining scotland's fishing industry. more doses of russia's coronavirus vaccine make it to argentina but not everyone in latin america is keen on using it. in sports organizers insist the australian open will go ahead despite growing player anger over quarantine.
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peacekeepers say they've retaken the central african republic city it was captured earlier this month by rebel forces demanding that the government resign. a coalition of armed groups launched an offensive last month to prevent the reelection of president. he was declared the winner but the rebels and political opposition dispute results at least 60000 people have now fled the fighting. is live for us in the central african republic capital u.n. peacekeeping troops say they've retaken control of that city captured 2 weeks ago by armed groups what's the latest from that location. where the u.n. said the rwandan peacekeeping troops were deployed there ahead of a potential operation an ultimatum was given to the armed groups controlling the town after which they left although we've heard reports of gunfire in the area
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since and also reports that. 2 separate control some parts of the town is 700 kilometers from here difficult to confirm but since that happened the armed groups have brought their fight much closer to here the capital the with or without the small towns they still control about 2 thirds of the country's territory and in it most of the country's diamond and gold mines but now it would be just a few kilometers down this road where there was fighting last week it has been reports of a build up of troops and a recruitment drive just a few kilometers from here in the recent days ahead of a possible attack and that left a lot of people thinking that the withdrawal of fighters from bankers who could in fact be prevented preparation for an assault here on the capital and the rebel ultimatum for the government to leave office on sunday later on sunday otherwise they say they will try to overrun.
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these kinds of ultimatums aren't necessarily strictly adhered to but there's certainly a lot of tension here those reports of a build up of fighters down this road and also on another road on that side of the city just about 12 kilometers from the city center another group of armed fighters now the government to defend it has the support of un peacekeepers that they don't tend to engage in direct combat so much as the national army but most of the fighting with the rebels for most of the combat is depended on foreign fighters the russian fighters from the wagner group it's a russian private military company with close connections to the russian government and also rwandan soldiers who were here on a bilateral gauge and now it's not known who is paying for these different fighters but we have just seen them driving up and down this road and apparently heading towards positions where they're facing off with the rebels just down there now all
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this comes just days ahead of a constitutional court ruling that due on tuesday which could potentially confirm the reappointment of president fast into a day or who was announced the winner of last month's elections although the civilian opposition here in the city said that the election was rigged and the armed opposition just down the road refuted the legitimacy of the whole election in the 1st place that people are waiting to see what's going to happen here in the days ahead ok malcolm many thanks malcolm with reporting live from. uganda's president has warned he'll deal decisively with anyone planning to create chaos following his election victory 71 a 6th term in office extending his 35 years in power but his main challenger bobby weiner has denounced the election as complete fraud whiners on the heavy guard in his home in what his supporters say is effectively house arrest catherine soaring up from come part. of the world. well
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it did not come as a surprise presidential 70 has maintained a decisive lead against his opponents from the start of the vote count they little commission declares. 72. hour elected president of the republic of uganda the president addressed the nation after his victory was declared and say despite attempts by some individuals to tamper with about metric identification kits the election was largely free and fair. to you for. invading numbers and voting for their gun deaths and for their buddies. i think this may turn out to be the most. read. elections 62. supporters of the 76 year old incumbent cand out to
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celebrate a very grand to support. this in the being the he is the one with. the electoral commission and the best under the circumstances but already the results have been redacted by bobby why they had evidence of widespread irregularities including rigging in favor of president yoweri with 7050 members they are considering moving to court to challenge. other forms of rigging that are not restricted to for the question of the credits on forms including chasing that will agents at the polling station including forcing people to vote in the open yet under the law i suppose the power of the secret. the result so why not receive nearly 35 percent of the vote and his party the national unity platform has
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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 official 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 opposition strongholds that we know may have been declared by the country remains on edge catherine saw al jazeera. a 2nd night of process 2nd place in several cities in tunis here despite a government imposed lockdown video showing a police officer abusing a shepherd has drawn comparisons to the incident 10 years ago that led to the arab spring many of the issues then corruption poverty and joblessness remain unresolved here's anderson. a man is humiliated in the street by
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a police officer the shepherd is being reprimanded and pushed apparently because his sheep got too close to the local government headquarters. and. the video has led to protests that also include the state of the economy joblessness and police violence they came a decade after a street vendor set himself on fire in protest over the same issues an event that became a catalyst for the 2011 revolution in tunisia and the arab spring. earlier in the day prime minister his mission she had reshuffle the cabinet and told new ministers to carry out reforms including new ministers of health interior justice and energy it had to fit a city with the who had the the aim of this reshuffle is to achieve greater efficiency in the work of the government's policy and plans with and feel with. many view the timing as important thursday was the anniversary of the downfall of president seen a lot of denali who was forced out in a popular revolution that's what the region but with demonstrations banned because
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of the coronavirus there were no commemorations on the streets. bought at least 6 cities protestors defied those orders and confrontations with police officers protesters across the country once again being heard in the capitol. hill al-jazeera. issued exporting industry was promised friction free access to e.u. markets off the brics it is most valuable export shellfish goes almost entirely to france spain and the netherlands but mistakes direction and last minute regulations have all contributed to problems crop and prawns and sitting rotting in their containers john hall explains from glasgow. 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 could be quite sure. it will actually arrive it's very very difficult but we don't know what's up with girls
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a time to wait for you know used to take 24 i was living in france now i can take 234 days in the front last week was the last. we lost at all someone else we could spot for the pilots like that last week about half a ton. and a bit dump it was all right the 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 suffer also for us now you know because you lose so much money you know it's not viable and it will but solutions to now permanent trade rules may be hard to find and the scottish fishing 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
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a majority of people never wanted breakfasted in the 1st place and many see in these post breaks in trade difficulties evidence that westminster simply doesn't have scotland's interests at heart. langoustine trawlermen alistair roberts calls the u.k. e.u. trade deal a disgrace that told us it was going to be a sea of opportunity. and died off and. our fisheries vanished. when they do come out on christmas eve never even read the deal the agreement. when we were all very busy on christmassy and my case organizing the local nativity trail. roberts and many others think politicians like fisheries minister victoria prentice could hardly care less and
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that's a powerful incentive for those who believe briggs it signals the end of the united kingdom helping to propel support for scottish independence to its highest levels yet jonah how al-jazeera glasgow germany's ruling party has elected a new leader has been chosen as the next head of the christian democratic union that makes him the top contender for chancellor in elections later this year and merkel of course is set to step down after 16 years in power dominic came reports from berlin mean lush that he's led germany's most populous state north rhine-westphalia finale for years now arm in lash it will soon be leaving his national party with a clear direction in mind in mid after i'm vote on the voice i'm aware of the responsibility of the stove and i will give my all to walk to give the through this year to win the regional election in only a few short weeks and make sure that we will win the next general elections and provide the chancellor of germany although this vote needs to be confirmed by the
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entire party membership on friday for many army lash it is a continuity candidate his slogan was there i am the representative of the executive branch so if you vote for me you can be sure you get a leader or you get someone actually who had won elections so none of the other 2 candidates actually ever won an election. governing in his state during the pandemic has been an ordeal for lash it the numbers of infections and deaths there have been among the highest in germany back when the incidence of coded was much lower he argued for less stringent lockdowns hoping to protect the economy as much as the people it's important to point out that winning the party leadership on its own does not bring with it the right to work here the german chancellor angela merkel has already said she intends to serve out her term here so in order to replace the new party leader must win september's general election. but before he
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can do that he may have to deal with another leading conservative marcus's head of the cd used to varian sister party the christian social union many say they would rather vote for him as chancellor congratulations to i mean lash it i'm very happy i think this was an exciting party congress it was a very fair contest it was a very good introduction to 3 excellent candidates and in the end i believe there was a result from which the c.d.u. deserves congratulations it offers an opportunity for great cooperation. but what form that cooperation will take in terms of who runs for chancellor remains unclear meaning there is much still to do with arm in law should wants to replace anglo-american dominant came earlier. well all right brooke is a german political analyst he explains what the change of leadership means for the c.d.u. and the challenges facing. i think for any candidate it became much easier to win back votes because the performance of the other and of people 3rd option has been
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so terrible in recent months and they are also running out of topics that can be instrumental lives to win the hearts and minds of people like high numbers of refugees we haven't seen any pandemic wasn't managed terrible because in the 1st wave of the pandemic we only saw 5000 deaths in germany which was a record low compared with other countries so it became pretty difficult for them to define the chain and that could be seen as a major challenge to the conservative party is the 2nd hand to nominate someone who could lead the conservative party into a brighter future or maybe not a conservative but a party that it finds itself as a center something marital managed to achieve in the 15 years of being the face of the christian democratic union and the chancellor of germany so there are
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a number of challenges and we have not really an idea what someone who only has a regional profile so far will do in the future what its positions in international affairs in european integration as a response to initiatives that come from the french president will be. lost most all to come for you here on the news hour including a good. therapist eyeing another mean mission nasa runs the engines of its most powerful rocket yet but the test doesn't go completely to plan also 11 of the problem and the indian station one job where people are finding ways to ted the leftover stroll from patty into alligator city as an alternative to the pollution practice of crop stubble burning. and a big playoff win in the n.f.l. is a shadowed by a head injury in our will here with that story coming up. how
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it started snowing in a stamboul now has snowed elsewhere in turkey in the high ground but this is the 1st the season it's showing this cold air has reached far sighted and with a low sitting of the black sea is an awful lot more snow to come but more typically in europe they snows in forming thick and fast on frontal systems this one took it through francis's northeastern france now that's a fairly typical picture with that as withstand that snow has been pushed across from monday to fall in austria and quite possibly get stuck in germany and then run through denmark into southern sweden now to the east of that is particularly cold in poland some of the baltic states and russia we're talking about temperatures by day of no higher than minus 12 by night minus 25 warsaw is forecast
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does see a warming on tuesday as that frontal system they landed comes in and temperatures rise considerably and snow starts to fall in fact there could be considerable snow in poland as a result of that storing system and there's more coming in on the changing complection the weather as you can see as the atlantic search takes over in london's up to 11. and prague sees snow so there monday looks fairly far in for turkey the still plenty of snow to come on north korea. from fossil fuels to modern day renewable as societies develop the energy demands increase requiring innovative solutions to meet such demands as a global power development of investment company nebraska power is uniquely positioned to deliver against the stimulants we provide business growth promote social economic benefits and provide innovative safe and fire mentally sound energy
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back you're watching the news our live from on could still be your top stories at least 48 people have been killed in fighting in sudan's darfur region according to state media buildings were burned in the capital of western darfur states janina the violence broke out during a dispute between different tribes. 2 female afghan judges have been shot dead in kabul their car was targeted when they were on their way to work it is the latest in a recent wave of attacks and assassinations. the u.s. capitol is long done with unprecedented security ahead of the inauguration of president elect joe biden a military green zone has been established some 25000 national guard troops are now being deployed. while staying with a story the incoming biden ministration is planning to use executive orders to undo several of president trump's key policies now these include repealing travel bans and boosting the u.s. refugee intake and gallacher reports now from miami. 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 protection of the nation from foreign terrorists and into the united. 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. religious discrimination against muslims and i doubt that legal challenges were successful in blocking the 1st 2 iterations of trump's travel ban in 2018 the supremes court allowed 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 the travel ban has been particularly hard for those hoping to escape the
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violence in countries like syria and yemen when the supreme court made its ruling those trying to reunite with elderly relatives would devastated zet 90 told us his mother is close to giving up she stayed forcibly in jordan for 3 years and you know this ship dream court decision she finally said listen i read it out. this far i want to go back in 19 years it's a disagreement you started and to be honest we couldn't say anything to or 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
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in the bureaucratic limbo known as 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 that reuniting families will be a long difficult and complex process biden says the policy betrays u.s. values and doing its legacy could take years to gallacher al-jazeera miami florida . attention ems in wilmington delaware president elect's home state she explained some of joe biden's other priorities 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 inaugurated he will be sending an immigration bill to congress immigration is something that has vexed both republican and democratic presidents for decades the l.a.
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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
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forward with a mask mandate he's calling it a masking 100 day masking challenge now this is something that the trump administration has not only opposed but been hostile toward. hoping for a warm reception from the incoming administration as many as 9000 hondurans are making their way north the police in guatemala stepped up efforts to stop the refugees and migrants along their journey some were arrested after trying to break through a police blockade and head for mexico governments across central america have made it clear they will not let the caravan pass through. emergency supplies of oxygen and respirators have been flown to brazil's amazon where hospitals are overwhelmed by coronavirus cases people in the state capital manassas have been queuing in the streets to buy oxygen trying to help critically ill loved ones to new coronavirus variance is spreading rapidly across the city the
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military's been taking some patients to other states where hospitals are better equipped. monica is in the house and she has more on this need for oxygen. the situation here in ma now is the capital of the amazon the state is 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 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
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like this take these people here are carrying them on their backs literally so it's a very difficult situation to be currying the cylinders from one place to the other the other thing that we must take into account is that at 7 pm in manaos time begins the curfew so these people know that they will not be able to wait any longer on the streets. brazil has blocked the russian vaccine sputnik 5 for emergency use the regulator says it's concerned about its clinical trials and potential manufacturing issues. is vaccinating with sputnik 5 you know collations began last month when the 1st 300000 doses arrived argentina has now received a 2nd batch medical workers in the 1st in line. when desirous and says despite the vaccines still has a growing problem. so this is the arrival of the 2nd batch of 300000 doses
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of the sputnik vaccine from russia a 16 hour flight from moscow to one of cyrus those that scenes and they 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 and mostly given to the patients who were injected in the middle of december when the 1st batch of vaccines arrived here the 1st major vaccination program in latin america the number to 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 and other big concern is numbers rise and as the vaccination program is rolled out 300000 is
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a good start but the country of 45000000 inhabitants there's still a long way to go the president of guinea has been vaccinated against corona virus on national t.v. condé received his 1st dose of russia's banksy a small number of elderly volunteers will also be inoculated before the government decides whether to expand extend the sputnik program hundreds of migrants in bosnia-herzegovina hoping to get into the e.u. or suffering in subzero temperatures that's despite attempts by the government to improve conditions after international pressure has lowered burden many. wrapping up against the biting winter cold this building was abandoned during the both the war in the 19th and offices people little 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
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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 a shelter about 900 people were left out in the cold. under pressure from the e.u. authorities have erected warm medical 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 u. ambassador says officials need to do more to be to ensure the dignity of human
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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 rules 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's makeshift camp is in the forests further north of belleek a cloud to say here this fire is the difference between life and death and people struggle to get basic supplies last night. very crude we are suffering very much the daunce the last night and we are getting to know our data and had our. not safe. for children the dangers with a greater. local towns and cities refusing to accommodate these families and croatia
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refusing to let them across the border their only option is to try to survive where they are who are about among the out to sarah back to the states nasa has cut short a crucial test of its main rocket system thanks. for powerful engines ignited for about a minute simulating a liftoff assuming about 2 and a half 1000000 liters of fuel but it fell short of the 8 minutes required of a planned launches to take place later this year as a means to put man back on the moon again by 2024 it's 3 years behind schedule and nearly 3000000000 dollars over budget. it is without question the amount of progress that we've made here today is remarkable and no this is not a failure this is a test and we tested today in a way that is meaningful we're going to learn more and work and we're going to
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we're going to make adjustments and we're going to fly to the moon that's what the artemis program is all about that's what nasa is all about that's what the united states of america is all about this was a successful this was a successful day we didn't get everything we wanted and yes we're going to learn or you have to make adjustments but again this is a test and this is why we test let's bring in francisco diego he's a senior research fellow at the department of physics and astronomy at u.c.l. university college london francisco diego was this test a success or a failed. i would say that every single test is such a success because you will learn and that's exactly what they administrate to yourself so it is a success because he went ok the thing was working fine something went wrong and this is what success comes because you're going to learn from that so this. massively over budget well behind sched joel i thought when the private sector got
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involved with space exploration the days of being over budget and behind shed were meant to be a thing of the past. well we could say that they. were only kicked of the next think human exploration has been the lead for many years since the obama administration and now in the united states he's trying to recover that time. and yes of course there are delays and there are delays with the with the james webb space telescope for example which is delay probably will be launched these year there are delays for that time and over budget all the time i agree with you it should be easier now but being a lot of changes in the not a few years and he said we are suffering from that at the moment why do we do we have to go to the moon again what else can we learn from going to the moon. a lot of things a lot of things exploration of the moon has just started to go bang chilly humanity
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will go on said the london one. who these will be done in a kind of international way the most ambitious part of the program of course is to send people to them on but to the moon is a little bit too far away stuff a lot of resources if you like what i would put my resources in actually to get together and the gate the way or little space to space station in one way should the international space station not on the moon in orbit around the moon that would be a major base to explore and one properly and to find more settlements and remember this is just the 1st step we've got before going beyond tomorrow but that was decades about a 2 or 3 decades i cannot of time but we are living very fortunate we are living in these very early stages and that looking at the steps that we set in the screen at the moment with the full blast one for one minute but that was an extremely spectacular ok francisco but when you talk about resources we're also talking here
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on this program about a new incoming u.s. president a couple of days ago he announced he's about to start allocating a nother multi-trillion dollar stimulus package because america's finances the american economy is in such a mess because of covert 19 couldn't those resources be better spent elsewhere oh well. i don't have to be careful with that i mean we are of course offering up and let me add all the resources are i mean we are dealing with human lives and there are priorities if these delays the human exploration of space well and so be it we have to save lives because that is the important thing i think the administration and your ministration across the the priorities right ok we have to leave it there francisco thank you so much for coming on francisco to go there thank you c.e.o. . the burning of leftover straw from harvest season in the north of india has long been
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a big contributor to air pollution now efforts to stop it have consistently failed because farmers say there is no other way to clear the land well some have found a way and they're producing electricity in the process elizabeth purana reports now from. a novel way to produce electricity in punjab leftover straw from some of the state's paddy fields is being burnt to generate power for a 50 acre industrial area. could have got the owner says he began looking for cheaper and more environmentally friendly alternatives to pal has factories when petrol prices peaked in 2030 this is a power grab remember these 200 percent on the biggest fall here what we are doing here we are running busybodies for another form or another we are generating high pressure stream and regardless of whom we are going to get our. pace fathers to collect paddy stroll for the factory is no shortage of it in the state which is one
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of india's biggest rice produces about 60 people were employed by saying over the one month of the season last year when 5000000 kilos of straw was connected from 500 farmers. before this we used to burn the house but since these machines and this opportunity opened up we have managed to reduce pollution and by selling the house we also make a profit. as well as converting the leftover stroll to cleaner and atrocity some also selling it to companies which make cardboard out of it around punjab farmers and others are finding ways to recycle crop stubble instead of burning it in the fields that causes pollution to rise to hazardous levels for hundreds of kilometers . and is governments began imposing fines on farmers for burning stubble and 2015 that removed them last month after protests fathers say they shouldn't be penalize
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to where they don't have alternatives to clear their land in time for the one to sowing season the government office follows just over $1.00 for every $100.00 kilos of stubble they collect and daunte but experts say most farmers don't have the expensive machines needed to gather the waste so is the. government. to provide a possible solution to your. kind of. develop electricity plants this 2nd that they have been. developmental vectoring blonde in. excess he saved around a $1000000.00 a year on power since using paddy straw to fuel his factories he also paid baldev singh 27000 dollars last year for the straw and what they both say is a win win situation for farmers industries and the environment elizabeth
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al-jazeera punjab. coming up in the sports news the sailing team trying to stop their america's cup hopes from sinking is here in one minute. news as it breaks the explosion. transmission side knocked out mobile phone and internet service for miles with details coverage many of the how. they are worried about the security situation in parts of the country from around the world. on the success of its vaccines to improve its international image. since the beginning. al jazeera is an investigative unit putting censored and unseen video from blue high filmed as the coronavirus are great is just beginning
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to know no bullshit the fact is only in the background noise exposing this secrecy and censorship by chinese authorities. ha ha ha ha and a health system struggling to cope al-jazeera investigation 3 dates that stopped the world. police climbers have made history becoming the 1st to scale the world's 2nd highest mountain during the treacherous winter season they were one of 4 international teams aiming to reach the 8600 meter summit of k 2 which is on the pakistani side of the himalayas at this time of year winds can reach 200 kilometers an hour
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temperatures drop to minus 60 degrees celsius. time to sport as part peter thank you so much we start with basketball and james harden is off to winning star for the brooklyn nets he put in a history making performance on a night that also saw him reunite with fellow n.b.a. star kevin durant's so how malik reports. is the moment that basketball fans had been waiting for and it didn't disappoint kevin durant's reunion with james harden saw the beard as these known trick in a debut performance to remember for the brooklyn nets i think positive. is part leaving taking on orlando harden exhibited the skills that made him one of the n.b.a.'s most feared shooters durante was also in fine form he scored a season high 42 point i was. walking with
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a bat and one hard and didn't score as many as the nets run out 122 to 115 minutes he wasn't to be outdone the former houston man recorded a 30 point triple double becoming the 1st man to do so on the team debut in the n.b.a. to deny these guys 20 minutes to bring nets fans are now hope cardin and drunk to scare the team to the finals something they did together oklahoma city back in 22 hours this is and we've organization top to bottom and you know me and all i have to do is grow up here and be the best you know james or not be. you know good things will happen incredible you see him. try to figure out the best way to play early on i thought like we will pass and stronger. make everybody comfortable and then he just was modal you know been aggressive just or that opened up a whole all of a sudden the n.b.a. season is looking a whole lot more interesting. i'll just get out of it a dog and the n.f.l.
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the buffalo bills beat baltimore ravens to advance to their 1st championship title game in 27 years about close win was overshadowed by the ravens quarterback marge x. and being knocked out of the game jackson suffered a concussion on the final play of the 3rd quarter as at the bill stadium the bills went on to hammer the ravens a $72.00 to $3.00 buffalo who have never won a super bowl championship or will face either kansas city or cleveland for the a.f.c. championship title. that has stars are furious over being forced into hard quarantine as they arrive in melbourne for the australian open grand slam champions are among the $47.00 players in hard lockdown after being exposed to austin's tases on their flights several players are angry at being classified as close contacts and therefore put into strict quarantine all others are allowed out of their rooms to practise for up to 5 hours a day we need to do what we can do as best as we can for those players and in
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providing exercise equipment in their rooms and we will do that the course of today and and then keep monitoring the situation obviously our 1st objective is that everyone is remains as healthy as possible and and is not the cause of further spread within the bible and is lower order kept the tourists in the 4th and deciding to house against australia going into the penultimate day of the match sentries from washington sindar and startled soccer helped them post $336.00 in their 1st and ngs at $33.00 runs short of australia's total the ozzies of already began their 2nd innings they closed on 21 for no loss. remember. we should always just to say that i think the start of. one news it is at least if you both in this and you will. be looking for your own homes is there that one thing goes on my mind that if i go home you know. me and
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eventually i know there might be there there there will the biggest well to do south africa have arrived and pakistan for their 1st tour of the country in 14 years the squad touchdown in crouching more played 2 tests and 3 t 20 s. team stop visiting pakistan following a deadly gun attack on the sri lanka side in lahore in 2009 international cricket has slowly been returns a pox on over the last 2 years and britain is america's cup sailing team is cruised to its 4th victory in 4 races in the challenger series in new zealand wasn't a good day for the united states team though they were denied their 1st points of the series after their fellow patriot capsized in high winds they were leading the race at the time. team in yost chance to move and seal an 18 2nd when the overall winner will earn the right to face reigning champions 3 team new zealand for the america's cup in march. ok and that is all yours for for now peter back seat and
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flora thank you very much sammy is here from 11 g.'s 30 minutes about you know we'll use i'll have another news up for you from such team jeanne we will see you very soon for the moment. when the news breaks the next few days our personal security forces have been deployed heavy in hot water like this one when people need to be her. demands have to be fulfilled by the government and then if all the families leave the other 2 but if other farmers state other states al-jazeera has teams on the ground this is
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the insurrection that president trump is accused of fueling to bring new moon documentaries and lightening. the venezuela colombia border has become a stomping ground for trespasses. as desperate people transgress an illegal passage . to feed an emerging field trafficking markets. we follow that perilous journey unguarded through the line of fire. risking it all. venezuelan colombia. on al-jazeera. if you want to help save the world. isn't hero. north korea isolated and heavily sanctioned yet earning billions around the globe
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you're 39 is involved in everything that makes money for this korea. to carry differ as a consequence to the contents of. the money this year and it goes straight into the coffers of the leadership a $2.00 part people in power investigation bureau $39.00 cash for kim part one. but talons of national guard soldiers patrol washington d.c. to counter the threat of violence before joe biden's inauguration. oh i'm sammy's a that and this is al jazeera live from coming up i'm morgan in sedan where violence has claimed as many as 48 lives in the west are for. ugandan opposition
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leader bobby wine vows to contest what he calls a sham election which delivered president your.

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