that the government is now trying to close extrapolate that across the country and the spread of corona virus appears far wider than anyone thought. this is al jazeera. out there on the clock this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes. this will be one of the greatest operational challenges our nation has ever undertaken. president joe biden unveils his coronavirus plan describing it as a full scale war time effort. the games must go on japan's prime minister dismissing talks of canceling the olympics and says they'll be proof the world has

overcome the fires. state of emergency is imposed in the central african republic has a coalition of armed groups threatens to overthrow the newly elected president. respond to threats australia pushes back after google said it could block its search engine that because of a dispute over the place. i'm joining the sports liverpool suffer a shot glass in the premier league and their boss takes the right we'll hear from him in the next hour. or. so the u.s. president joe biden has launched what he calls a full scale war time strategy to beat the coronavirus pandemic which is now claimed the lives of more than $400000.00 americans on his 1st full day in office he signed a 10 executive orders and that includes emergency measures to boost vaccination in

testing and quarantine requirements for international travelers arriving in the united states over in europe travel is being strongly discouraged the european union imposing new measures on the blocks hardest hit areas they will be labeled dark red zones and those seeking to leave will have to get tested and undergo quarantine and the u.k. borders are being kept open for now after the government reportedly considered to ban all new arrivals last week it halted flights from south america and from portugal over concerns of a mutated strain of the virus from brazil the country's already dealing with a separate mutated strain 1st detected in britain or it will get more on the developments in europe shortly but 1st here's mike hanna with the latest on biden's coronavirus plan. to see jake you are in day 2 of the biden presidency and i'm not . a flurry of executive orders 24 hours after the us recorded the worst single day coronavirus death toll these are focused on combating the pandemic the measures

ranging from getting more vaccines to more people to improving safety in schools and work spaces we give to dismiss overnight it's going to take more interest to turn things around but let me be equally clear we will get through this we will defeat is pandemic into a nation waiting for action let me be clear stand this point help is on the way one of the new things in this administration's if you know the answer don't guess just say you don't know the answer yet a familiar face returning to the white house briefing podium sidelined for many months stuck to antony found she is a central figure in the new pandemic task group and he made clear reference to the difficulties he experienced as a scientist under president trump there were things that were said. regarding things like a drug seqlock when another things like that that really was uncomfortable because they were not based on scientific fact i can tell you i take no pleasure at all in

being in a situation of contradicting the president but the idea that you can get up here and talk about what you know what the evidence what the sciences and know that sit let the science speak it is somewhat of a liberating feeling there's been shock at how little planning had been put to to combating the pandemic but there has been no centralized federal strategy it's been left to governors and their states to plan and sometimes fund and pandemic measures administration officials say that when they are sapient assesses for a pandemic plan there wasn't one. many members of congress are dismayed what did we learn this morning we learned this morning that the company ministration had no real plan for the production and distribution of the vaccine just another in a series. they're terrible on

a festive approach to it from the start and americans are reeling from a startling statistic the country has 4 percent of the world's population but 25 percent of recorded coronavirus cases. before assuming office joe biden stood at the reflecting pool in memory of the 400000 americans who have died his message now that there sadly will be many more before the pandemic is brought under control. mike hanna washington let's move on to germany now where the number of people who died from covert 1000 has now gone past 50000 the chancellor angela merkel is defending a decision to extend the lockdown until mid february and she says it would be unwise to ease restrictions given the shouldn't that are now circling circulating the country's been in lockdown since november let's go to berlin now in germany we can speak to dominic casey the chancellor clearly concerned about the situation.

very concerned about the situation and particularly about this new mutation b. 117 the one that was 1st detected in the united kingdom and that has informed her perspective but also that of the federal government and the state governments 16 state governments around here which explains why the preexisting lockdown was extended in through to the 14th of february that types of mask requirements were insisted upon so that people now have to wear a medical mask surgical mask or an f.f.t. to mask when they are on public transport when they're in shops and that sort of thing the interesting thing though is there is also the feeling very much here amongst the federal government anyway that the numbers are stabilizing that the measures that have been put in place are working generally speaking the federal health minister bon has been speaking at a news conference in the course of the past half an hour hour or so about the situation and he's compared to the measures being taken right now to deal with

a pandemic as as if a person were taking antibiotics that people know that if they stop taking the antibiotics before the end of the course then there is the distinct possibility that things could get worse worse than they were before taking the course of antibiotics as it were he saying the same thing now regarding the measures that are in place and said that the difference now is that there is hope yes the pandemic is at its height but through the strategy the double strategy of social distancing mask wearing that sort of thing and the vaccination campaign that there is a definite way out of the pandemic here in germany and that broadly is a view shared by the federal government the cabinet and mostly if you should be said by the state governments the 16 states that make up this federal republic and i guess a situation across the is that is this thing of it trying to hold back infection while continuing to roll out vaccination programs.

yes the interesting thing here is the european union the institutions of the e that is now saying that they want to introduce. dark red spots which basically means travel areas so areas which are hotspots for the coronavirus people who are in those areas would have to be tested and and then perhaps vaccinated as well before being allowed to travel around and that's something which really is well that touches a nerve in some parts of germany because there are some people here who would say that that is an infringement of civil liberties but then they look around the other countries of the seeing other countries in the use of example in france and others to reinforce mosque requirements are coming into force and saying that the e.u. is pursuing as it were this twin track strategy of social distancing vaccination but remember also the one thing that really keen to stress is that they don't want to kill the economy by bringing in measures which will protect the workforce as it were immediately but have a really seriously negative effect on the economy that's the conundrum with which

they're having to deal to lock down as completely as possible risks seriously damaging the economy and we know certainly in this country in germany that is at least that it's already cost many billions of euros that the economy went into recession during the course of the 1st part of the pandemic so that informs what was seeing the e.u. insisting upon really tough new regulations for those to move around but still needing to allow people to move around to keep economies working that's the dilemma are the right thanks for that said the mccain that in berlin denmark has altered all flights from the united arab emirates all to reports of fake coronavirus tests in dubai the travel restrictions will last for 5 days officials in copenhagen saying they received a tip off that pre-departure test taken in dubai might not be accurate travelers michaud a recent negative test on arrival in denmark. well a british government minister in charge of the u.k.'s vaccine rollout says it

covert $1000.00 will go through un fax a native communities like a fire the warning follows reports of vaccine hesitancy among some ethnic minorities in fear is a low uptake in these groups will affect mass inoculation plans and bark reports now from london. 32. very this is where the battle against vaccine disinform ation is being fought community by community this british muslim t.v. network in east london debates tackling some of the many myths that have taken root around the pandemic. whatever the myths whatever the false information out there that is not correct we all need to i mean obviously we are we are british muslims we are part of the society we need to make sure we get. in a recent british survey 42 percent of respondents from bangladeshi and pakistani communities so that they were all likely or very unlikely to be vaccinated and

their figure rises to 72 percent of black and black british people meaning those people who are most at risk of contracting cope with 19 and ending up in hospital or even dying of the virus and now at least likely to be vaccinated. it's a growing concern for the british government that wants to offer a 1st dose to every adult in the country by september if the adult population of the rest of the countries vaccinated the virus will look for a place for it to infect a human for it to infect and if it infects particular communities because they happen to be unvaccinated it will absolutely go through the market and will be hugely damaging while the whole world is searching for a vaccine this is one of many fake news items distorting people's understanding of the virus and the vaccines it claims inhaling steam kills the virus sparks it is

poison specks it is going to change your d.n.a. wild conspiracy theories a deepening public distrust of medical science leading to an angry protest by this man outside a muslim community center offering covert jobs with muslims or south asians it can be this article that scene where. the vaccine specifically pork products which is of interest to the muslim community and then there's other types of which are at all. viruses. work all the vaccine can cause infertility or it can fundamentally change your d.n.a. of course i'd like to order. all of these assholes it's not true and i mean. there's a sense of unease among some black londoners many a keen to be vaccinated but one man told us he thought there might be different vaccines for black and white people. yet because these you don't know what else covert hesitancy also extends to alter orthodox jewish communities again over

fears the vaccine contains pork or is this controversial israeli rabbi popular on you cheap suggested over fears that alters people's sexual orientation conspiracy theories exploited a lack of trust in the government and the health system that for some ethnic minorities appears to favor white people and the more affluent the challenge now lies in building trust in vaccines proven to protect us all the bark at al-jazeera london. or china is battling its worst outbreak occurred in 1000 cases since march its recorded more than 100 new daily cases for more than 10 days straight and testing it is underway in some areas of beijing while shanghai is testing all hospital staff tens of millions of people are facing coronavirus restrictions in the northern provinces china is on high alert as hundreds of millions of people plan to travel during the lunar new year holiday in february and japan's government

has denied reports it's considering canceling the taking olympics the british newspaper the times says the japanese government has privately concluded the games will need to be called off because the current virus pandemic so again as it's. the olympic games jewel to be held last year but were delayed because of the coronavirus pandemic now a rise in infections has forced the government to impose a state of emergency in tokyo and other parts of the country and that's raise questions about whether the summer games will be held in 6 months as planned newspaper reports that you pan's government has privately concluded the games will have to be reshaped jeweled have been denied by the prime minister. regarding the tokyo games it will be a symbol of humanity overcoming the novel coronavirus and the chance to showcase japan's reconstruction from the devastating northeastern earthquake and tsunami to the world we will be well prepared on the measures for the infection. japan has

spent $25000000000.00 preparing for the taking of a lympics based of which is public money but a recent poll shows 80 percent of japanese people don't want the games to go ahead this summer. even if japan was able to curb the coronavirus i don't think we can welcome athletes considering the current situation it should be canceled the money we spend on the game should be used for antivirus measures and stated my. 80 percent i want the olympics to get a hat but the other 20 percent i wonder what would happen to japan if it was canceled when i read it going through a lot. and a lympics has been cancelled only 5 times before in war time a final decision on whether to hold the games this year or not is expected in early spring i think the date to watch is march 25th that's when the target really begins for northern japan 4 months 10000 runners crossing the country arriving there will

enjoy 23rd in tokyo it would seem absurd to start the torch relay and then have to have no olympics the international and then pick committee make 75 percent of its income from selling broadcast rights of the olympics if take is canceled it could lose an estimated $2.00 to $3000000000.00 of revenue victoria gate and be al-jazeera. but i'm also heard on the news hour including i saw claiming responsibility for a surge a suicide attack in baghdad that killed $32.00 people find out what it means for the country's security. beyond any criticism thailand's government is accused of using to clone human defamation laws to silence dissent. and 2 of the biggest names in the n.b.a. go head to head on the court will tell you came out on top at least for.

now a 15 day state of emergency is in force in central african republic to combat armed groups trying to blockade the capital of benghazi u.n. peacekeepers have been helping to push back the rebel coalition the groups trying to overthrew the newly reelected president fast in our challenge to the constitutional court confirmed through there is victory with 35 percent of votes this week despite a low voter turnout speak to mark webb who's in a central african republic capital welcome the state of emergency which has been claimed across the country 15 days one of the implications of this and how is it going down. with a coalition of armed groups at the capital bangui where we are just last week it was fought off by the foreign forces that support the government but as far as we know they're still just outside the capital about 12 kilometers to the east about 9 kilometers to the north and they've been threatening to attack you also heard multiple reports that they've managed to bring cells into the city and smuggle in

weapons ready for potential possible attempts at taking the capital and overthrowing the government the prime ministers the president spoke to person told us that the state of emergency suspends the constitutional rights of certain constitutional rights including the requirement. for the security forces to get a search warrant to search these houses to try and find these hidden weapons so the state of emergency they're saying will give them the powers that they need to try and find all these weapons that are hidden in the city and try and consolidate otherwise fragile grip on power. clearly big concerns about security in the country are we hearing anything from the u.n. . thursday there head of the u.n. peacekeeping force here asked the security council to increase the numbers of troops one of the problems here is that the territory is vast across most of the

country there are sounds and villages just connected by roads and most of the country is controlled by these armed groups the peacekeepers mandate to protect civilians and support the government leaves them against a much more aggressive in proactive enemy the armed groups have been attacking and pushing peacekeepers in the last few weeks several peacekeepers of different nationalities have been killed and as we speak right now the main road from here to cameroon which is the main transport route for all the imports that the central african republic depends on fuel a lot of food and other things that's cut off so it's impossible for those essential supplies to reach the city and that's one of the reasons that the un's asking for more troops so you can try and secure some of these towns and keep transport routes as well most american women bondy not them thank you. has claimed responsibility for

a double suicide bombing in the iraqi capital 32 people were killed and more than 100 injured on thursday the blast ripped through a busy market in tire and square iraq's prime minister reshuffled several top security officials following the attack which is the worst in years to speak to sabrina fulton who joins us live now from baghdad so i sold claiming responsibility is it possible to gauge how much of an ongoing threat. well it's very interesting because prime minister most of them you spoke today and he mentioned that the group makes almost quote daily attempts unquote to reach the capital and that there are ongoing intelligence efforts to intercept these efforts and to try to contain these sleeper cells that aim to carry out such suicide bombings that's of course a very interesting insight because mr karr to me has headed iraq's intelligence service for several years so he would have that sort of information even prior to

being appointed prime minister and what is interesting is that of course the focus of trying to contain i suppose resurgence is very much on intelligence gathering on surveillance to try to forge these kind of missions and that's exactly where iraq's security apparatus still needs development iraq's foreign minister yesterday in an exclusive interview with al-jazeera said that they still need to regional support there still that international support they still need a capacity building to be able to counter these threats now of course and with the folk out of me having dismissed several senior security officials it is a very bold move to try to reshuffle these senior positions to really to really try to make sure that this never happens again but the question is to what extent such breaches in security are the result of institutional failures and challenges of course replacing a leader may not fully. address these issues these institutions the security

institutions they suffer from various issues in terms of limited capacity limited quick meant also corruption and political meddling and these kind of problems that also contribute to i saw trying to exploit them. in october in a delayed vote how much. security. well many of the people i spoke to at the scene yesterday were saying that they do expect such incidents to increase head of d.l. actions that they do expect various groups not just to try to stir tensions and upset the early that the capital has enjoyed for several years so it is possible that we'll see more of that in the run up to the elections but we also expect that security forces are likely to be more alert for example today we saw that there were more checkpoints than usual in the capital of course over the past

few years since i was there was totally defeated we saw a systematic removal of these checkpoints we saw concrete barriers come down so of course that is something that would have aided eisel to perpetrate this attack so it remains to be seen whether security will be tightened in the months to come whether we will once again see more restrictions of movement in the capital of. baghdad. a crackdown on anti establishment protests is underway in thailand as the government pursues more than 50 cases under the country's draconian monarchy defamation laws known as less majestic the laws had not been in force for years but that's come into play recently because of mass protests calling for political reform scott had reports now from banco. he's one of the most vocal critics of the thai establishment now protested a penguin rock is facing the consequences in court he's accused of insulting the monarchy under this country's strict laws majesté laws and he's not the only one

dozens of anti-government demonstrators have been charged under this law in recent months earlier this week a court handed down the longest prison sentence ever for less majesté 43 years to a woman in her sixty's proposed she made on social media 6 years ago. every time that this law is in force the monarchy loses its legitimacy it's uncivil to sentence to school and to 33 years it's a political move to threaten the us sorry to disappoint you but we're not afraid and i think i'll support us i'm not afraid i don't want to key is taking is on great putting shame on the south. the law also known as article 112 was sidelined for about 3 years on orders of king. but it's been brought back since protesters started taking to the streets calling for the prime minister to resign a new constitution and reform within the powerful monarchy some thais agree with the law and say the monarchy needs to be protected. what is sun on sea by one tonic

it has taken it upon herself to patrol the internet she says this week's 43 year lens majesté sen's was fair and hopes her work will lead to others being sent to prison panel but i think she got what she deserved this is a sensitive time because people don't want to defame the institution just once they do a ton line they do it 10 tests and that's when they shouted and 3 objects at the royal medicaid the steep increase in 112 cases is seen by some here as a desperate move by the authorities whose previous tactics failed to stem the movement that's demanding reform and it could backfire by bringing more 'd 'd and more aggressive mean issues to try to play odious voice it will only make this situation it will in the political tensions from bad to worse make the situation mom i'll call it i it's nice as these thai authorities are building up

a new richey of all repression. and the potential for volatility will increase over the next few weeks as recently imposed covert 1000 restrictions are relaxed bringing the protesters back to the streets scholar al jazeera bangkok. still ahead here on al-jazeera joe biden sets a new course for america but where does that leave israel after years of fervent support from donald trump. and keeping the faith how a russian religious minority has carved out a place for itself in mainly muslim could start. up to the polls gains and down to japan's government denies it's considering canceling impacts. storm kristoff through the british isles. yesterday and less the river mersey

breaking its banks into its flood plain much of north wales northwest and saw some flooding from the amount of rain fell the storm itself is producing strong winds in scandinavia that is it if you follow the course of the frontal systems touch to it the next area development down in the west and met the breeze a lot of rain for italy the create the croatian coast was there up at height and the community big color than it was probably the focus to continuous rain is going to be southwestern france poach go in some parts of spain stop to keep cold here so the let us know if there is a lot of rain but the cold is returning to eastern europe look at these current temperatures and remember a few days back we were subzero by many degrees when not any more not that it will last innsbruck for example goes back down to subzero once the snow has gone through enough to be on sunday and stays that way for gets colder by the time we get to monday so the picture on sunday there is increasing me the wintry feel returns was

no one of the places including in england and in france the western med does improve to some degree but great should i say shows what the rain is going to do it's windy on the coast and it's wet for 2 days. but. frank assessments you've got colleagues on the ground in the canaries what is the situation there is only one doctor and one nurse or $2200.00 people informed opinions how big does foreign policy figure in the early stages of a bi ministration he comes into office with a huge amount of foreign policy experience in-depth analysis of the day's global headlines how will a place like it lead get the vaccine when there's no money at all the rest of rich countries are fighting for an inside story on al jazeera. criminal drug dealing shifted to places beyond the reach of. the many people in afghan

government wait for an. the drug trade guerrilla wars in colombia. and mexico where the cartels have been responsible for a mass in a spiral of violence. the final episode of drug trafficking politics in our territories and just. how to get your watch out there are mind of our top stories this hour u.s. president joe biden has launched what he calls a full scale war time strategy to beat capered 90 days aside executive orders including emergency measures to boost vaccine production requiring international

travelers to quarantine on arrival. the number of people who have died of coronavirus in germany has exceeded 50000 so if you're getting work to impose new travel restrictions on the blocks hardest hit areas. a 15 day state of emergency is in force in central african republic to prevent rebel attacks and groups pressuring a reelected president faster not change to a debtor to quit after speech elections in december. now the top republican in the u.s. senate says he wants former president donald trump's impeachment to be delayed until mid february mitch mcconnell said it would give trump 2 weeks to get ready for the proceedings once the charges presented house speaker nancy pelosi has rejected demands to drop the trial for his impeach just days before the end of his term accused of inciting a riot at capitol hill that left 5 people dead you don't hate our president. do whatever you want in the last months of your administration you're going to get

a just get out of jail card free because because people think we should make nice nice and forget that people die here on january 6th. that the attempt to undermine our election to undermine our democracy to dishonor our constitution no i don't think that you know i think that would be harmful to unity . well joe biden is doing all he can and to mark a sharp change in course after 4 years of donald trump some are questioning how that shift will play out for israel and palestine biden officials have already said that they won't undo the recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital or the moving of the u.s. embassy but they are all signaling a move from trump's unprecedented prove israeli stance hard for to has this i just of robin heard biden jr do solemnly swear that inauguration of a new u.s.

president is a moment of reappraisal for america's friends and foes around the world perhaps none more so than israel whose prime minister has aligned himself so closely with donald trump president biden you and i had a warm personal friendship going back many decades i look forward to working with you to further strengthen the u.s. as well alliance at the same time netanyahu is delivering a very different welcome message for a president he knows will oppose the expansion of illegal israeli settlements issuing approvals for nearly 800 new housing units tendering outbuilding work for 2 and a half 1000 more and with just 5 hours to go before the inauguration confirming building contracts for work to start here that given how much oss the long delayed settlement between jerusalem and bethlehem the palestinians say would be a major obstacle to their future state. it's reminiscent of another major settlement announcement made during a biden visit to jerusalem in 2010 meeting and then vice president furious it's

basically nothing you know poking a thing in the president elect. why he's doing that it baffles me he is going to need the cooperation of president biden an issue sectors iran the reality is biden's pick for secretary. state antony blinken expressed support this week for a 2 state solution to the israeli palestinian conflict along with doubts about making progress on that in the near term nonetheless palestinians have been making moves designed to find favor with biden such as president abbas is announcement this month of the 1st presidential and legislative elections for 15 years. we receive positive messages that we can build on to restore bilateral relations and restore a peace process that is built on the 2 state solution and international legitimacy biden supports the normalization deals between israel and arab states that the palestinians call a stab in the back deals that netanyahu happily emphasized had come without concessions but some see scope for biden to extract concessions from netanyahu in

the future but he would like to have help from president biden in securing additional normalization agreements he knows now that this would require further changes in israel's policy towards the palestinians and to the extent that these are minor he seems to be ready to go down that road the initial phase of the biden netanyahu relationship is likely to be defined by differences over iran the israel palestine conflict may well slip down the agenda of the 1st time but bruised by 4 years of donald trump the palestinians at least have a more familiar style of u.s. leadership with which to engage are a force that are just 0 in the occupied west bank and let's pray now to daniel levy who is a former israeli negotiator and the president of the u.s. middle east project joins us from london mr levy interesting situation now is that the trump and netanyahu best buddies but it's different ball game now although how much do you really think that is the case how much change do you actually foresee.

well nic i think it's somewhere in the middle right there was no golden era in american peacemaking on palestine to return to america traditionally also in the democratic administrations also when biden was vice president was the guarantor of israeli impunity on the international stage the very end u.n. resolution an important resolution was allowed to go through but the the close security cooperation of void didn't of costs and consequences for israeli violations of international law and policies against the palestinians unfortunate i think that's where we're going to be but and there is another side to this ledger the trumpet ministration was so egregious that it would also be wrong to say you know trump was just a slightly more out there version of regular american policy not trumps indorsement

of settlements indorsement of an extension indorsement of apartheid in effect and the bribery that trumpet ministration was willing to bring into play in those normalization deals sales of much wanted weaponry the f. 35 in the case of the u.a.e. the removal of sudan from the terror list the recognition of western sahara for morocco i think those kind of american deliverables that kind of of alignment with the hard right in israel that will end and so it's going to be about playing in the margins and it's also going to be about how the palestinians play in this arena and corrupt bus and his people not to get their expectations too high and they're going to have to demonstrate some agency and challenge things in their own way right as far as that is concerned biden that he supports a 2 state solution that what chance any kind of progress. well

rhetorical support for the 2 state solution which looks like an increasingly vanishing prospect is all very good but there's a reason israel does everything to undermine that come does everything to make viable sovereign palestinian statehood impossible one is an ideological commitment that not coming in to be but 2 is because israel can get away with it so an american administration that does not address this fundamental a symmetry does not address this israeli impunity does not hold israel to account is bury unlike to make any progress in tunning the corner and heading us in the direction of 2 states for a what about iran finally how much of a concern is there about the us rejoining the j p c o a the nuclear deal because there are reports the u.s. has already been talking to iran for up to 3 weeks. well irrespective of the

veracity or otherwise of those reports we don't need substantiate reports to know that the commitment of the biden administration is to get the nuclear deal back on track all the key figures. who are in the national security foreign policy space were part of that successful effort under obama the truth is that the trump policy failed. iran was not brought to its knees iran has continued with its policies and the trump approach was also a product plot of a regional a broader regional efforts to escalate and to try and bring to a conclusion an axis in the middle east and a victory for the axis that failed the israelis prefer to stick to that failed policy i think they're going to all this issue unlike on the palestinian issue to have to swallow hard i hope the americans don't say ok we'll leave you alone on palestine because we cannot be too problematic on iran it's part of

a broader picture that should be addressed to gether and don't forget that for the israelis despite all the noise about iran it's the ability to continue their policies against the palestinians that drives domestic politics and that has an ideological commitment which runs much deeper than anything that they talk about on the iran front all right face down of about daniel levy. for a good analysis on the situation between 90 states and israel thank you nic now google has threatened to make it search engine unavailable in australia over plans by the government to make tech giants pay for news content the proposals would allow local news websites to be paid for content featured on google and on facebook the google's regional director says the plans opposed unmanageable risks for the country company. in its current form the code remains unworkable and if it became

law would hurt not just google but small publishers small businesses and the millions of a strat ins that use our services every day the principle of honor strict and linking between websites is fundamental to search and coupled with the unmanageable financial and operational risk if this version of the code were to become law it would give us no real choice but to stop making google search available in australia a strive you mike's our rules for things you can do in a strike that's done in our power meant it's done by our government and that's how things work here in stride and people who want to work with that in australia you're very welcome but we don't respond to threats or of the status on which is paid to belinda bonnett who's a senior lecturer in media communications at swinburne university of technology joins us via skype from hobart in tasmania to its abundant vocals a program 1st up this what all google's concerns based on have what kind of money

would they have to pay for news content were they so concerned about i think what they're really concerned about is sitting at a global priest you know so being arab countries having a country that successful at getting mint pay for news content and then other countries perhaps a larger markets would then look at australia and follow suit so very claim is that the new code that's being developed will undermine the benefits of the internet for millions of australians in what way are they arguing that that would be the case well they're claiming that it would in some way break which. only ridiculous and in fact what they would be doing in response to the cody's breaking search them so it's. ok and wide why do you tell us more about why

you disagree with that position right so they're saying that if they had to negotiate if it meant news content and they would in some way effect google search results and in fact they don't need to with google search results they just need to be fair price for news content when he comes up scott morrison the prime minister says they won't be threatened us right away be threatened by this kind of posturing but actually what kind of home can he play. well it sounds like the start any government is not going to fold under pressure and that they're going to kind of stick to their principles and that this is the law that they going to make a new stray and if google doesn't like it. ok and then from google's point of view they say well we'll just pull out of australia are they actually likely to do that to the. well i think they might just saw it in the last

day or so we've heard that google has actually reached. a decision on trunks and has agreed to pay french publishes full content so that it is set in a sense is sitting a president and they were forced to do that even that they tried to get out of the me surely in france by stripping away a new snippets and just displaying headlines but the competition in consumer commission even france came back in may. display the snippets again because it was anti competitive behavior but the upshot is that finally happened in the last day or so and then coincidentally they have decided to pull out all astray completely. past similar laws so maybe they don't want to go through the same thing. yet and how we navigate this is all part of the greater debate on how the search engines

and social media is is manage is know ultimately what should that be do you think to oversee this regulation some kind of central body. yeah ideally it would be something like the triple save which the competition in consumer commission. ideally what i'd like to see is platforms like google and facebook paying a fair price for news content and this recognizing that this content is premium content that it gives a certain value to the search results and to social media feeds because news content has facts and accuracy and any kind of currency that other types of content don't have. a go to pull into but at the present that thanks very much indeed for your analysis thank you. now the fishermen in the philippines and angry over government plans to import thousands of tons of fish many lost their

jobs when the volcano erupted last year and the coronavirus added to their problems well and reports now from but i think. fishing has long been a main source of income for many families in towns surrounding the towel bull keno on the island of luzon at least 50 kilometers south of the capital manila but most of the fish beds were destroyed by falling ash when the volcano erupted in january thousands of fishermen lost their jobs including says circling neeson was spent most of his life working in fish pens own bodies and called. the lockdown imposed by the philippine government to prevent the spread of coronaviruses means recovery has been much slower than it might otherwise have been but fishermen say the situation is getting better and that's why the government's plans to import fish is upsetting many here. they're getting more fish know and they're earning again we

don't need more imports what we need is government support fisherman here tell us they're still struggling financially but months after that our volcano eruption they say their harvest are now back to normal. into syria again ization scarlet an artificial shortage and say there are enough local stocks even joining to 3 months closed a fishing season it's estimated more than $30000.00 metric tons will be imported and there are fears that prices of local fish may drop significantly but the government says those who earn a living from fishing shouldn't worry. said we're going day shore and still lost the boat and the ration of that there were unborn i mean we will give that increase though a lot of the joint country species regional. in game there will be no need for the importation of what we are doing right now is to take care of our musical was

there because i want you bill was the most important goal that i know that. although we need fishing has long been seen as the solution to the country's problems the government says it wants filipino fisherman to be able to compete fairly with those from other countries but those who work here say the government does often we sorted to imports in the past and these remain a stop gap solution jim ellis island dog and al jazeera but that's profits in the northern philippines. so lead here at al-jazeera flying down the mountain we get a new perspective on one of scheme's most dangerous courses that's coming up a check it's.

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let me get a welcome back. on as a muslim majority country that guarantees freedom of worship to its minorities the russian orthodox community living in the north as a living example it traces its origins to russia's cossacks who in the 19th century settled in what was the most eastern outpost of bizarre charles stratford has been speaking to descendants of the settlers at a religious ceremony in. russian priest vladimir stupidly cough wins the new bells and he's all for doc's church in northern cuba. they recently arrived from the town of bor in russia almost 4000 kilometers away. members of this small russian orthodox

community have gathered to pray on the day of the orthodox epiphany many of the worshippers can trace their lineage back to cossacks who fought their way into and then settled in this remote region of central asia in the mid 19th century. we get support from local cagas people in from russia it's important because our community is small it is sometimes difficult to find money for things like cult to keep the church woman winter we felix it did very much part of the kid is community the original church was built in $863.00 but was destroyed by fire it was once the center of a small close garrison on the most eastern edge of the czarist russian empire. the current building was constructed in 1912 on the same spot as the original it was renovated last year this is one of 10 churches in the it's a cool region serving an estimated 40000 ethnic russians many of them descendants

of those settled here around 200 years ago vladimir and the cossack leaders lead the congregation chanting the russian orthodox liturgy down to the frozen river they gather on the bank and pray the icy water is blessed before the priest splashes it over them they then collect water to use in prayer and ceremonies at. the most the p.c. at that finney was good everyone should be blessed by the holy water we pray for russia and whole people may god bless them or league with his medals with pride his cossack mother was born here she met his father when he came from southern russia to live here are to world war 2 there it is it is this response of the russians in this region are deep rooted we have been here for generations so we feel like kurdistan is our motherland. their ancestors came from far away to expand

an empire but for these russians killed a star has always been hollow chance trafford al-jazeera asks to northern kyrgyzstan. all right let's move on to spoil his year nic thank you very much let's get more on news from japan where the government has denied reports is considering canceling the tokyo lympics the times newspaper claims ministers have privately concluded the games will need to be called off because of the current virus pandemic but thomas buck the head of the i.o.c. said yesterday there is no plan b. and they remain committed to start date of july the 23rd we've also heard from australia is a limpid committee and they too are adamant the games all going ahead. unfortunately our nature address unfounded rumor the take the games will be cancelled room is only create more anxiety for the athletes in our sports the games are on. the fly will be lit in the 23rd of july 2021 we are well into planning the assembly

of the day here astride and some athletes will be coming in to talk from overseas that planning will go to all the necessary measures to ensure the astride the athletes a covered free and arrive safely in to take you into the village in tokyo and in the believes the athletes will stay in the village they will go to the training then use they will go to the competition venues and they'll come back to the village so it's a very very different guides it will manage a young pop says it's his fault his team suffered a shock loss to bunny in the english premier league on thursday a $68.00 league game unbeaten run at the home ground of anfield was ended as bernie's ashley bones scored from the penalty spot believes liverpool 6 points behind leaders manchester united in the table. atletico madrid have gone 7 points clear at the top of the table in spain they came from behind to beat about 21 now suarez scored his 10th goal of the season in the 48th minute to draw the level a clumsy tackle on suarez late in the 2nd half allowed the argentine to wrap up the

win from the penalty spot near his rivals real madrid play on saturday the world's best pound for pound box a canal alvarez has confirmed his next fight the mexican will defend his w.b.c. and be a wild super middleweight titles against turkey's avni dream they'll fight in florida on february the 20 seven's alvarez's only lost once in 57 bounce and that was against floyd mayweather jr he lost 14 december when he beat britain's callum smith . on saturday you have seen the biggest day in qana mcgregor steps back into the octagon for the 1st time in over a year he's up against dustin poor in the in abu dhabi with a limited number of fans allowed in to watch it's a rematch of the 2014 fight which mcgregor won by not count work overtired for a 3rd time last year but now sounds far from ready to hang up his gloves. all the money all the belts all everything that comes from that goes you know what lives on

holly loads of fighters holly loads you look at lloyd jones jr is hollowed most toys wins holy just look at them. all you want real to be like a movie you know me it's not a problem out there i'm looking to get in a performer what an amazing highlight that i can see it as an old. and i just want to go back and just enjoy. to the biggest stars in the n.b.a. le bron james and went head to head on thursday le bron and his l.a. lakers are the reigning champions but the milwaukee bucks have posted the league's best regular season record in the last 2 years and they have the regular season m.v.p. and as a combo james was irritated that his rival was chosen as the most valuable player over him last year and the 2 fought it out on the court in milwaukee but on thursday got his own back as the lakers won 113-2106. the utah jazz racked up their 7th win in a row against the new orleans pelicans that's the longest active streak in the

n.b.a. right now once again less star player donovan mitchell had a large part to play with a season high 36 points. the n.f.l. 1st muslim head coach has arrived at the new york jets robert solow was previously the san francisco 49 ers defensive coordinator and will replace adam gates who was fired after defeats the new england patriots sal is hoping his high profile job and coverage more diverse team in the game. you know when you look at a and or and of organizations and you look at the locker room and and it's like the ultimate melting pot of different people and different races and different stories that get together with one possible with one goal and so to be a part of that is as special and humbling that detroit lions also have a new coach but there was a very different feel to his news conference have a listen to this bizarre moment when he was describing his approach the new season

we're going to kick in the teeth all right and when you punches back we're going to smile at you and when you knock us down we're going to get up and on the way up we're going to bite a kneecap off all right and we're going to stand up and then he's going to take 2 more shots to knock us down all right and on the way up we're going to take your other needs out and we're going to get up and then it's going to take 3 shots to get us down and when we do we're going to take another hunk out of you before before long we're going to be the last one standing all right that's going to be the mentality. is having come mountain hosts what's considered to be one of the most dangerous ski runs on the well hits even more hazardous when you're navigating it in a wing suit is for dead devil skydivers dropped in on the registry strive course to get a bird's eye view this guide of his reach speeds of up to 250 kilometers an hour after jumping out of a helicopter above the results of kids hill well cup races will compete on skis on the infamous course of the next 3 days. all right that is all useful for now have wolfie later nick. thank you very much we'll see you later thank you for that that

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a responsibility to change out there is a nice place for them you know on al-jazeera. kenyan journalists in pursuit of press freedom and justice i have this thing desperate situations where someone sick about their culture being up for being cool and investigating government corruption and the national health care system some of the transaction to see nigel decline. to unexplained to africa uncensored and publish will seem some people don't want to publish even if it doesn't mean that the us care whose truth is it anyway on al-jazeera. this underwater treasure is a risk of disappearing juice a coral bleaching caused by rising temperatures. the great barrier a strain the eric eric. and the tourism industry based on stats we will lose instantly if we have another bleaching event of these magnitude

if this continues is just well the opportunity for the corals to recover in between those magic. side to supporting full strong climate policy from the government to reduce emissions without this the situation finally gets worse ready. this will be one of the greatest operational challenges our nation has ever undertaken president joe biden unveils his coronavirus plan describing it as a full scale war time effort. watching also a lot of my headquarters here in doha also coming up the games must go on japan's prime minister dismisses talk of canceling the olympics and says they'll be proof the world has.