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welcome back is a reminder of the top story on the al-jazeera within the last few minutes new u.s. president joe biden has signed 15 executive orders and the trumps travel ban on some muslim majority countries mandating masks in federal buildings and committing the u.s. to rejoining the paris climate accord this hours after biden was sworn in as the 46th president of the united states and his inauguration speech at the u.s. capitol he called for unity and then to to what he termed. civil war dividing all

the ticks in his country and his vice president coming to harris has made history becoming the 1st woman the 1st black person and the 1st asian american to hold feel . welcome gratulations have been pouring in for the new president and vice president on their inauguration the french president a man when mccrone tweeted we will be stronger to face the challenges of our time stronger to build our future stronger to protect our planet welcome to the paris agreement or rather welcome back the world health organizations that director general congratulated the pair adding here's to a healthier fairer say for a more sustainable world and their rounds foreign ministry spokesperson said. this said the world knows that only the us can fix itself in practice not just words biden will also be looking to bolster relations with america's southern neighbor

mexico the new administration is looking to reform immigration something mexican president. has over a dog finds encouraging. the cases. we have been proposing that our countrymen who have been working for the years in the u.s. should be naturalized contributing to the development of the great nation so i hope this will be reaffirmed today or in the near future by president biden it's good for mexico into this let's go live now to john holliman who joins us from mexico city and john for the trunk presidency the war with mexico was such a core part of the presidency and the promises so now that trump is no longer in the white house what does a biden administration mean for mexico. exactly as you say barbour and you would think that the mates can president and the mexican government would be overjoyed to have a new president in the united states the war which president donald trump said that

he was going to get mexico to pay for before then he insulted mexicans while his own campaign sitting saying that they were sending criminals and rapists to the united states and when he wanted to get something done on him a good immigration he sort of bullied mexico via tweet for ending terrorists to make that go forward but this spy all of that strange sort of close relationship seem to spring up between mates can president lopez obrador and american president donald trump affected things to the extent that mexico was one of the last countries in latin america to actually congratulate now president joe biden when he won the elections and even that was in a rather tepid letter basically implicitly warning him not to meddle with mexican sovereignty so another relationship has to be sort of for a set and it has to be reset because as the president will preside over the door mention himself he wants to see things happen for his countrymen the in the united

states a number of mexicans are undocumented there and also to try and stop migration coming from central america and president joe biden. has actually placed a $4000000000.00 plan to try and stop that happening so those things say that this relationship should after a bit of a rocky start going forward relatively smoothly and also because simply put from it has to 80 percent of its exports go to the united states so these 2 leaders these 2 government governments do need to get on and we have seen in the past john howard that much of the migration flow from south america into the u.s. and sort of got stuck or cops don't think in mexico that was one of the nature of impacts of the wall and the trump policy each side to tell the future but what do you think is going to happen there. so i think president joe biden now is going to be hoping that that remains the case actually interesting that

president trump didn't manage to complete his board of both but what he did do by threatening terrorists is to make mexico into a sort of virtual wall for him and it makes kerry so the border the national guard was sent to stop central mike american migrants getting through the country that was what president trump's pressure did it also affected guatemala just a couple of days before now we saw a caravan that got stopped there so president joe biden will presumably be wanting that to remain the case and when he was vice president under president obama that's when this sort of measure was used as well mexican police a mexican troops were sent to the border at that point as well to try and stop central american migrants before they even got to the u.s. border so there is the stick part but president pride biden as i mentioned is also using a bit of a carrot he's saying look we're going to put some money $4000000000.00 he's pledging in a plan to central america to work with the governments there and try and stop the

root causes of migration the problem there might be the governments that he's going to have to work with the president of honduras it's alleged by u.s. prosecutors that he is. taking bribes for drug trafficking the president will start with what has been called increasingly authoritarian and the press and the government of who walked a mile in the congress recently tried to cut the budget for malnutrition and one of the countries that suffering from upmove than most in the world so these are the countries is going to have to try and work with not just a myth but in central america but i think in terms of migration they do seem more or less on the same page these 2 leaders of mexico and the united states now don't homan with the latest there from mexico city jones thank you. well it's ironic that it's ironic that when president identified migrants is a potential strike that actually was domestic terrorism that was highlighted by security services as a possible threat for the inauguration in washington d.c.

and because of that washington has been resembling a fortress and the lead up to this inauguration well john hendren joins us live now from the streets of washington d.c. talk us through the security that you're seeing around joe. well barbara what's really surprising about today is that this city was expecting large crowds and possibly protests and we've seen very little of that it seems that as unprepared they were as they were for the january 6th uprising that overran the capital with pro trump suit borders they are over prepared now if anything just let me give you a look around a lot of the buildings here in downtown washington have boarded up and that hasn't proved necessary because if you look over my shoulder here there is a massive presence of national guard troops 25000 of them they're all over this

city and if you look just a little past there that is a tent where the secret service are checking people before. or they go a little closer to the white house so there are tears of security 1st the cars stopped here then you've got the white bear use it at the end of this street that stops anybody but pedestrians from going through and then if you want to go a little closer you can go through that tent be checked by the secret service they will take away any naive scans other weapons mace whatever. but we haven't even seen significant crowds of protesters d.c. is a pretty liberal town votes reliably democratic in so what we really seen is more a sense of celebration in relief those crowds of people who largely came in from out of town to celebrate president trump well they're not here and they're not here in large part because in addition to the 25000 national guard troops there are

thousands upon thousands of state federal and local troops and as you can see the result is that the streets of washington are fairly empty. john hendren with the latest there from washington d.c. john thank you. china has announced sanctions on $28.00 former trump officials including the former secretary of state like pale the ex officials and their immediate family members will be banned from entering mainland china hong kong or macao any companies associated with them will be restricted from doing business with china beijing says it wants to cooperate with president joe biden's a new u.s. administration. well ahead of the inauguration the e.u. commission president hailed biden's incoming presidency as a new dawn ursula on the line said europe was ready for a new start with america joe biden's will be a message

a fueling for deeply divided nation and it will be a message of hope. for a world that is waiting for the u.s. to be back in the circle of like minded states this time honored ceremony on the steps of the u.s. capitol will be a demonstration of the resilience of american democracy and the resulting proof that once again after 4 long years europe has a friend in the white house american politics as we've been hearing are currently deeply divided democrats versus republicans blue versus red but by no means inauguration was a sea of the 2 colors combined red and blue make purple 'd former 1st ladies michelle obama and hillary clinton both chose to wear shades of the unifying bipartisan color as the the 49th vice president camelot harris is seen as

a pledge to unify the country at a time of unprecedented upset and division. where youth poet laureate amanda gorman has sudden has become a sudden star after being the youngest ever poet to perform at a presidential inauguration the 22 year old penned the poem which took in the storming of the capitol building 2 weeks ago but ended on a note of hope for the future. let us leave behind a country better than the one we were left with every breath my brands pound the chest we will raise this wounded world into a wondrous one we will rise from the gold limp hills of the west we will rise in the wind swept north east were our forefathers 1st realized revolution we will rise from the lake rim cities of the middle western states will rise from the sun baked south we will rebuild reconcile and recover in every no knock over

a nation in every corner called our country our people diverse into beautiful will emerge battered and beautiful when day comes we step out of the shade of flame and i'm afraid the new dawn blooms as we free it for there was always liked if only were brave enough to see it if only were brave enough to be an. outstanding well there have been scenes of celebration 14000 kilometers from washington d.c. in the ancestral village of come what harris's family in india the village of which is south of chennai is where harris's maternal grandfather called home her mother was born in india and moved to the us as a student at the age of 19 villagers of hailed the day a proud moment for indian americans. ok let's take a look now at some of today's other stories and start in the united kingdom which

has reported a record number of covert 1000 deaths for the 2nd day in a row in just 24 hours 1820 people died within 28 days of a positive coronavirus test it means more than 93000 people have now died in person 39000 new cases of also being confirmed but more than 4 and a half 1000000 people in the u.k. have now received the 1st a dose of a covert faxing the prime minister boris johnson says he expects the high number of daily fatalities to continue for some time. there will be more to come but what we're seeing is the result of the wave of the new variants that we saw i think just just before christmas and i think it was on the to the 18th of december there was that we we saw it coming through it really has been a very big peak of in infection it's big very quickly not just in the london in the

southeast where it began but are in parts of the of the country. well the corona virus variant 1st seen in the u.k. has now been detected in at least 60 countries that's 10 more countries than a week ago according to the world health organization there are fears the fast the spreading strain could be resistant to current vaccines but new research released by pfizer indicates its job likely provides protection against the mutation and scientists behind the oxford astra zeneca vaccine are reported to be preparing new versions to combat emerging strains. meanwhile the netherlands will ban all flights from south africa britain and all south american nations from saturday it's part of a string of new measures introduced to limit the spread of new program virus variants

the prime minister also proposed that 8 30 pm curfew beginning on friday if imposed that will be the country's 1st nationwide curfew since world war 2 that long next to. the most important measure is that we had the intention of introducing a curfew that means a ban for being outside between certain hours it is a severe measure nobody wants a curfew nobody is applauding this not to mean a minister juncker not the colleen it nobody of course we can't and don't want to take such a drastic step without the approval of parliament if there is sufficient support only then we make a final decision. brazil has recorded more than 1300 new coronavirus deaths in the last 24 hours nearly 213000 people have now died since the start of the pandemic the new numbers were released as health workers in rio de janeiro started receiving vaccinations other states started giving the 1st

covert 1000 jobs on tuesday 2 days after the authorities approved the chinas sin of back vaccine for emergency use the country is battling a devastating surge in infections driven by 2 new variants or than 65000 cases were reported on wednesday. well meanwhile coronavirus infections are rising again in beijing prompting tougher restrictions cases of a new variant 1st identified in the u.k. have also been detected the authorities say they'll investigate anyone who's entered beijing from abroad since the 10th of december a metro station has been shut down and passenger numbers on public transport are being reduced china is hoping to regain control of the spread before the lunar new year season when hundreds of millions of people usually travel. zimbabwe's foreign minister has died after contracting kovac 19 simple c.

so more yo was the man who announced the coup that toppled late president robert mugabe in 2017 the former army general who was in his early sixty's died in hospital zimbabwe is currently recording around 50 coronavirus when they've had their a day. the united nations is asking for more attention to be paid to the humanitarian crisis in mozambique it says attacks in the kabal they gather province have now displaced more than a 1000000 people a group linked to ice all is raiding villages in the oil rich area killing and kidnapping women and children. 6 years we've done it yet i have said only be exposed. to me. by means i'm seriously scared. the liver is the. biggest like. men

women and children who consistently fear the attacker. because if you should die. heavy rain and snow have destroyed large parts of a camp for syrian refugees leaving one child dead 2 days of extreme weather have battered the camp a needly save the children says a boy was killed after a wall collapsed in heavy rain families the splay stress syria's war effectively living out in the open with no heating aid workers say when tree conditions are affecting 200 camps in syria's north why am i wash there is no water here in abuja sham camp no food no heat where should we stay please for the sake of mohammed take this rain water. we are about 800 families in the camp our tents of been flooded people went to sleep at other

people's houses and some people were stuck and could not leave their tents rescue teams did not come to help us there were no heaters and children a severely cold. where in the booth. tents had been flooded and children to suffer and there was a lack of assistance the situation is really awful there's been a 5th night of protests in tunisia over unemployment poverty and police brutality the prime minister says he's aware of people's frustrations and accept state covert 19 has only made things worse charlotte bellus reports. the the thousands of tuna's ians protest each feeling disparate and frustrated this week the feelings have boiled on to the streets the coronavirus pandemic has crippled the fragile economy leaving a 3rd and young 2 museums unemployed they blame the government for the problems and

as you take your money out of there is a feeling of deep disappointment with the pandemic may god protect us from it poverty unemployment and the situation we are living in as young people. know the protests have morphed to include police brutality and unlawful detention was still not done with the yes this man says more than 600 protesters have been arrested most in their home and asks why protest is and demanding their release they say this is a government ordered crackdown. it's there c.n.n. called him to the politicians i say one thing if you have something to say don't say it with the police go out to the people and face was the prime minister responded in a televised address another one and i would like of a. i'm well aware that there is anger and frustration in many areas i know that the economic and social situation is a crisis deepened by covert and the measures we have taken to preserve the health

which it is ian's your voice is heard and your anger is legitimate and it is my role and the governments to work to realize your demands and to make the dream of tunisia become true. the frustrations have record across multiple tunisian cities this week from the capital tunis south to specs. and in the west here in kasserine the rights group amnesty international has warned against excessive use of force. use it night protests evolved into running street battles between demonstrations. permits the government has deployed the army in civil susie's and moved out a curfew to quell the clashes. the demonstrations come just days after the 10 year anniversary of the ouster of former president zone bin ali result of prose who says the birth of the arab spring but many to new zealand scoot disenchanted

saying the hope of that time has gone on realized absolutely nothing not at this point you see in 10 years there's no strategy or prospects for the future or even hope for change on the contrary every year the amount of food decreases today in 2021 practically all young people are just desperate. and soon limited to the streets harasses just like they do. this is iraq. egypt's foreign ministry says it's restoring diplomatic ties with qatar to egypt along with saudi arabia bahrain and the u.a.e. ended their 3 and a half year blockade of cattle earlier this month but ties between cairo and doha were faults long before the blockade especially over al-jazeera which has its headquarters in qatar egypt slated the channel's coverage of the arab spring a decade ago and jailed several of its journalists several were released but mccord

hussein has been held for 3 years without trial the french president has ruled out on official apology for colonial abuses in area emanuel mccraw and said there would be no repentance for the occupation of all geria or the 8 year civil war that voted to an end in 1962 a major report has called for a truth commission to help france confront that element of its past a car as previously gone further than any other president meeting the government had and gauged in crimes against humanity. at least 3 people have died in a large explosion in madrid caused by a gas leak the blast the stored several floors in a residence in the latina district emergency services advised the public to avoid the area. and said from me more of our ongoing coverage from washington d.c. with that rena brigade and our team in doha in

a moment now let's take let's leave you with some key moments of joe biden's inauguration. day there. are those who grab it by you do solemnly swear that i will faithfully execute the office of president of the united states 1st the president of the united states. we've learned to guarantee that democracy is precious democracy is fragile. at this hour my friends democracy has prevailed.

may god bless america and may god protect our troops thank you america. and for me to the polls good because the renowned for their courage on the far. one i want to east finds out what it takes to join the elite brigade. on al-jazeera. is there a. case where some of the compensated civilians who we listen to the only music you hear is the only the most beautiful music in the world is silence we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that. just 0. the 2nd episode of the series exposed the rise of the major drug cartels and their

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