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this involved in everything that makes money for the screen. to carry defray the cost so the contents of. the money this year and it goes straight into the coffers of the leadership of people in power investigation bureau $39.00 cash for kim parker one. but talons of national guard soldiers patrol washington d.c. to counter the threat of violence before joe biden's inauguration. this is al jazeera live from coming up. in sudan where violence has claimed as many as 48 lives in the west are for. ugandan opposition leader bobby wine vows
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to contest what he calls a sham election which delivered president yoweri most $76.00 term. and desperation in brazil hospitals back home to new strains of corona virus running rampant in the city of mouse. the center of the u.s. capitol resembles a fortress 3 days before president elect joe biden is sworn into office as green zone has been established 25000 national guard troops have been deployed to washington d.c. potentially protests are expected elsewhere in the u.s. on sunday in support of baseless claims donald trump won the election from the streets of washington d.c.
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gabriel others on though explains the threat that security officials are most worried about. 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 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 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 a bs kind of incidents that worry people here so much and that is why washington d.c. seizes an unprecedented security presence washington d.c. the capital of the united states very much on lockdown. fighting in sudan's darfur region has left at least 48 people dead according to state media buildings were burned in the capital of west nile full state the violence broke out over a dispute between different tribes a local civil society organizations says armed groups took advantage of the quarrel and escalated is go live to have a more when she joins us from sudan's capital khartoum so hipaa is this related to the with drool about what was it 2 weeks ago all's u.n. and african union troops are we seeing a bit of a vacuum now which is why we're seeing violence. well so many displaced people in
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the darfur region not just west are for a state that the withdrawal of the united nations african union peacekeeping mission known as you name it has indeed created a vacuum expression that because the joint forces that was created by the government which includes the police the military and the paramilitary rapid support forest is a joint force that is not accepted by most of the displaced people but the fact is into communal violence is not new to darfor even when the united nations african union peacekeeping mission was still active and had a mandate to protect civilians in late 100-9000 early 2020 more than 70 people were killed into common violence engineer now which is the same place where the incidents are currently occurring we've spoken to state authorities in jenin and they say that what happened on saturday are 2 separate incidents one happened at the local markets in the city of janina and the other was that an attack on the displacement camp of care india which is also in west are for not far from the
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capital and as a result 48 people have been killed and many people wounded and people in the corinthian camp where people have been living for more than 17 years due to the conflict that was going into our 4 are now forced to flee once again seeking refuge and seeking seeking shelter scaping the violence that has happened they say that the situation is still unfolding violence is still happening there are still armed men but they've called on the organized forces to try to control the situation and what about the government what does this say about variability to control the security situation. well they've asked the forces currently in the west are for especially engine enough to use all kinds of force necessary to be able to control the situation but it does speak volumes about how they can respond to such security issues it's not the 1st time this is happening we've also witnessed repeated threats and not just in west africa or other parts of therefore with displaced people and civilians in the region demanding better security
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demanding the government take action to try to make sure intercom in violence and violence generally in the region does not to lead to law does not lead to loss of lives now the fact that the united nations african union peacekeeping mission is moment in existence and that they join for still cannot carry out its work because this place people refuse to accept it shows that the government is having a hard time trying to control the situation the security situation in the darfur region but also people are also wondering why they're not able why the government is not able to gather arms from the various communities and the various tribes were able to bring an everlasting solution to the end to the repeated into common of violence so lots of people in darfur asking questions as to the ability of the government to be able to respond to security situation not just in jenin or but in the darfur region generally thanks so much ever morgan. to female afghan judges have been shot dead in kabul for a car was targeted when they were on their way to work mr latest in
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a recent wave of attacks on the sas the nation's violence comes as the u.s. reduces troop numbers there. of control joins us now live from kabul so filio why were these judges targeted. well you know sammy this targeted assassinations have become so routine and there pattern all too familiar here in afghanistan that it's not a matter anymore of whether there will be another one because there is one almost every day but the question is who will be next and that's how afghans feel they feel like they're standing in line and waiting about who will be next now early this morning around 8 am like you mentioned this 2 judges on there where 2 on their way to work their car was ambushed by a known gunman 2 of them were gunned down some more people aware injured and once again the government has been launching an investigation as to who is behind
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those targeted killings and so far most of his assassination is have been remaining claimed and that's what makes everybody here living in fear because it is like an invisible enemy nobody knows who is behind them the government has been accusing the taliban the taliban deny responsibility but at the same time in a rare tweet the u.s. the spokesman for the u.s. forces here in afghanistan tweeted just a few days ago directly blaming the taliban and saying that the taliban's campaign over and claimed attacks and targeted killings must stop now what happened this morning and the fact that this 2 judges where women is particularly important because the women have been making a lot of gains in the last 20 years in this country afghanistan has about 200 female judges in the country and in just a few moments this morning some one percent of female judges was actually wiped
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out or thanks so much for you. u.n. peacekeepers say they've retaken the central african republic city of benghazi it was captured earlier this month by rebel forces demanding the government resign a coalition of armed groups launched an offensive last month to prevent the reelection of president falstein our chance for there he was declared the winner though rebels and political opposition dispute that result at least 60000 people have fled the fighting. malcolm webb has more from the central african republic capital bangui. well the u.n. said the rwandan peacekeeping troops were deployed there ahead of a potential operation and 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 since and also reports that. do stupid control some parts of the town is 700
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kilometers from here difficult to confirm but since the armed groups have brought their fight much closer to the capital with or without the small towns they still control about 2 thirds of the country's territory and most of the country's diamond and gold mines 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 on a recruitment drive just a few kilometers from here in the recent days ahead of a possible attack and left a lot of people thinking that the withdrawal of fighters from bangor could in fact be free and preparation for an assault on the capital. there's been a 2nd night of protests in 2 new cities despite a government imposed lockdown a video showing a police officer abusing the shepherd has drawn comparisons to the incident 10 years ago that prompted the arab spring reports. a
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man is humiliated in the street by a police officer the shepherd is being reprimanded and pushed apparently because his sheep got too close to the local government headquarters. there and. the video has led to protests but also include the state of the economy joblessness and police violence became 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 the ministers to carry out reforms including new ministers of health. to your ear justice and energy it had to fit a city with that we had heard the aim of this reshuffle is to achieve greater efficiency in the work of the government's policy and plans with and feel with you . many view the timing as important thursday was the anniversary of the downfall of
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president seen a lot of denali who was forced out in a popular revolution that's what the region but with demonstrations banned because of the coronavirus there were no commemorations on the streets. bought at least 6 cities protesters defied those orders and confrontations with police officers protesters across the country once again being hurt in the capitol. hill al-jazeera . well still ahead on al-jazeera spoiled seafood we'll tell you why breaks it is being blamed for ruining scotland's fishing industry. these are the live shots of the airport from where leaving kremlin critic plans to fly home soon after recovering from being poisoned. it's time for the perfect gentleman the winter storm supply cuts at ways.
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the cold winds backed off a bit about going round more or less to westerly for the creep later and for japan that is still showers streaming across the water so you still got snow to come but it will probably fall in seoul as well as that western side of honshu concentrate in northern honshu and lesser in her car there so we have to plus 3 and so much the same in beijing it's still cold of that of astarte but not as cold temperatures drop there on tuesday with subzero again for most s.s. korea and of course still snow falling in hong sure now that's not true for china virtually bone dry those cows it was in shanghai but we're only 10 and in hong kong at about 17 degrees there's a change of fortune is coming to new delhi as well during the whole the northern plain of india and down through russia stand much of eastern pakistan is covered in fog nothing will move it and the air quality suffers but the breeze is coming up not on monday not on tuesday but by as how we get to wednesday i think
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a fairly strong breeze will mix things up a call to improve and the fog will probably go beyond that it's a fairly dry looking picture the northeast monsoon is in full flow of course that brings a few showers to india mostly they were focusing on sri lanka. sponsored by qatar airways she was a society hostess in beirut in the 1940 s. she was in touch with a lot of people from the lebanese the recrossing to make this work code name was the power and she spied for mossad in lebanon for. what she was doing it was something brave as a woman algis you know well tell us a story of shula coing. the beirut spy.
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you're watching our just here time to recap those headlines at least 48 people have been killed in fighting in sudan's darfur region applauding to state media buildings were burned in the capital of west awful state and going into violence broke out during a dispute between try. to female afghan judges have been shot dead in kabul was targeted when they were on their way to work it's the latest in a recent wave of attacks and assassinations. the u.s. capitol is in lockdown with armed precedented security head of the inauguration of president elect joe biden a military green zone it's been established 25000 national guard troops are being
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deployed. or her name is in wilmington delaware the president elect's home state she explained some of joe biden's 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. 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
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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 a masking 100 day masking challenge now this is something that the trump administration has not only opposed but been hostile toward. russian opposition leader alexina valley's due to return home later on sunday despite threats he'll be arrested russia's prison authorities warn deal be immediately detained once he comes back from germany been treated since being poisoned with almost dying in
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august about he says it was the work of the kremlin they deny to go live now to moscow and alexander god froid so our exams are all kind of reception is he going to get when he arrives. well sam his supporters are organizing for days to come to the airport and greet him but to most probably it will be the police that welcomes him back to his homeland namely after he announced the supporters started organizing saying that they're going to come in big masses and greet him back home immediately also the police said that there is a warrant on him issued by prison authorities and that they will do their best to detain him immediately yesterday evening and this morning we know that some people from st petersburg gnome supporters of the violin and also some journalists of oppositional media have been denied boarding trains and planes going to moscow some
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of were detained there also yesterday here in moscow a prominent activists there are supporting the riley have been warned by the police that if they go to the airport to greet another lead that will be considered illegal again the ring for which they can face administrative fines now prison authorities did promise that they will do their best to detain him when he lands on russian soil what they are claiming is that he violated his probation which was a term of he suspended prison sentence by not reporting to them and by them and not knowing his whereabouts for months even though he did he did inform them that he is in germany and that he is recovering from a poisoning that almost killed him his probation actually expired on the 30th of january but they managed to file a motion on the 29th of january asking the court to basically put him in jail for tree and a half years on the decision that has been taken in 2014 and that was as i said
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suspended sentence these days after he announced his return to russia the only one that were silent was kremlin was the office of the president and the government and they kept quiet about this return ignoring as if it is not happening actually what will his return mean for the opposition movement. well you see i don't think it is actually sort of coincident this to chose to return with. the company called by the other which means a victory because at this moment of the very fact that he wants to return to russia ease of victory for both him and a signal to the opposition supporters that they should not be afraid on the other hand political analysts here are saying that he actually if he wants to have political future in russia he cannot stay too long abroad he cannot be an exiled opposition or because then the his supporters bays will in the near future actually
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go down but the thing is that he actually faces there is a real threat that he might end up in jail and there is another court cases that or charges that were recently brought against him sort of this possible jail term can be a very long and if he indeed if that happens then staying too long away from the public eye can have a the same effect but the fact that he chooses to return to the country where he almost got killed is a strong signal to his supporters and to the opposition and that this is seen as an explicit challenge to authorities and to the kremlin and especially because of being in germany and recovering from from his poisoning a huge pointed out to 14 as the one that organized his attempt on his life something that. denies but in the end he's supporters are repeating and
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are convinced off. i will have to watch what happens later on when he arrives thanks so much alexandra there. now uganda's president is warning he'll deal decisively with anyone planning to create chaos following his election victory here where iemma 71 a 6th term in office extending is 35 years in power but his main challenger bobby wian has denounced the election as a complete fraud why is under heavy guard at home in what his supporters say is effectively house arrest catherine sawyer reports from kampala. 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 a little commission declares. our elected president of the republic of uganda the president addressed the nation after his
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victory was declared and say despite attempts by some individuals to tamper with the barometric identification kits their lection was largely free and fair. to you . in big 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 celebrates a very grand and the most to support. this one of being the he's the one of them with us the electoral commission and they've done their best under the circumstances but already the results have been redacted by bobbie y. ou have said had evidence of widespread irregularities including rigging
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in favor of president yoweri and with 7050 members say they are can feed moving to court to challenge the. other forms of grignon that are not restricted to for the question of the credits on forms including 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 gianna lists 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
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heavy deployment of police in the military in the capital and other areas perceived to be opposition strongholds the winner may have been declared but the country remains on edge catherine soy al jazeera. emergency supplies of oxygen and respirators have been airlifted to brazil's amazon where hospitals are overwhelmed by corona virus cases people in the state capital morales have been queuing in the streets to buy oxygen trying to help critically ill loved ones 2 new coronavirus variants are spreading rapidly through the city the military has been flying some patients to other states where hospitals are better equipped brazil has blocked the russian vaccine sputnik 5 for emergency use the health regulators says it's concerned about its clinical trials and potential manufacturing issues but argentina is vaccinating with it inoculations began last month when the 1st 300000
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doses arrived argentina has now received a 2nd batch medical workers have been the 1st in line search and rescue operations continue in indonesia after a powerful earthquake hit the island of solo se the 6.2 magnitude tremor struck on friday killing at least 73 people and injuring more than 800 nearby villages and towns have been empty this forest is warn of more aftershocks. nasa has cut short a crucial test of its moon rocket system thanks thanks for the boosters for powerful engines ignited for about a minute simulating a lift off and consuming about 2 and a half 1000000 liters of fuel but it fell short of the 8 minutes needed for planned launches to take place later this year nasa aims to put humans on the moon again by
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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 know that this is not a failure this is a test and we tested today in a way that is meaningful we're going to learn and work and we're going to 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 and 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 tast and this is why we passed the scottish food exporting industry was promised friction free access to european markets after bragg's it but mistakes and last minute regulations have left lobsters crabs and prawns sitting rotting in their
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containers journal reports 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 when we don't know what's up with girls the time waits for you know used to take 24 i was living in france now i can take food 34 days to the front last week when. we lost it all someone else with good products well it's like that last week about half a ton. 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 us know you know because if you lose so much money you know it's not viable anymore but
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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 breaks 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 in 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 what.
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should his vanished. when they do come out on christmas eve never even read. 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 apprentice could hardly care less and 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. and let's take you through some of the headlines now the u.s. capital is locked down with unprecedented security ahead of the inauguration of president elect joe biden a military green zone has been established and 25000 national guard troops are
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being deployed at least 48 people have been killed in fighting in sudan's darfur region according to stay.

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