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he is determined to find out what caused his daughter's death and brought him such heartache. the story of a committed spear and turned activist to find this protest part of the viewfinder asia series on al-jazeera. india's farmers occupy new delhi's most prominent landmark on republic day in a show of anger and defiance against ago. police in the capital used bass on some take asked to stop the farmers but the numbers and the anger proved true on.
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my money this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. 1000000 corona virus cases are registered in indonesia with no indication that transmission of the virus is slowing down. there's not enough vaccine right now to even. reach. them pick our fates are told they're not a priority the covert 19 vaccine. and a 2nd impeachment trial for donald trump the u.s. senate for me begins a process that could buy him from ever holding office again. tens of thousands of farmers in india have descended on the nation's capital to oppose the government's new agriculture laws the demonstrations were staged as the government held an annual parade in new delhi to mark republic. cuts and lopez her
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diane has the latest. was frustrated and angry thousands of farmers occupy india's most prominent landmarks yet conic red who are walking highways and roads they say new agricultural laws being introduced by the government will devastate their livelihoods and favor large companies. what began as protests 2 months ago has turned into a movement with farmers marching into the center of india's capital. in the outskirts of new delhi police fire tear gas when a group of farmers breached security barricades with their tractors. the demonstrations coincide with india's republic day as farmers rallied nearby this. is what another side of the capital look like on tuesday morning a festive display of the country's cultural diversity and military strength is the
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better you. feel the entire country watches delhi on republic day so when the farmers roll the tractors into delhi and the message goes out that the farmers fight is not yet over it's just started we are fighting for rights by entering the city. opposition to 3 agricultural last pass in november is challenging the authority of prime minister narendra modi the reforms will relax rules on the sale price and storage of farm produce the government says the changes will boost incomes and private investments but farmers say they are an invitation for conglomerates to take over agriculture in india it's come up that. we're calling for the modi government to take back these 3 laws so that the farmers get their rights back the government has passed these laws without any discussions without any thought they just imposed them. about half of the country's 1300000000 people work in agriculture the government. the offer to delay the last 18 months
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has been rejected by farmers. they say they will continue to testing and to the law or fully repeal. the law this is a young al-jazeera. must me saying is the deputy editor of india today and is at the protests. so clearly we have learnt that the delhi police have clamped down on the internet as part of the national capital at the concern and right now it is a very very testing situation for the more the government because right now after a period really is reached the red part another parade has taken off and it's oh and go to the red fort and that is the symbolic symbolic of the gesture that the farmers are doing a grave ring off from the road that was designated by the delhi police so in the national capital we've seen multiple parades and the government has the you know
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the varied novice rickets on this one because the farmers issue has always been a very sensitive run the rains are more the government had come riding on the strength all father belfair of farmers trade is a very sensitive issue 9 back to the present that we see that the delhi police that you can grant permission to the farmers to do the parade on trajectory of routes are trite now what we witnessed from the national captain is that several tractors are marching towards the red thought in a move to show their anger and their resentment towards * the more the government has acted on this issue it's created a law and order problem in the national capital. indonesia has surpassed 1000000 cases of co that 19 it's the worst affected in
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southeast asia with almost 30000 confirmed deaths the health care infrastructure is close to collapse doctors say been forced to turn away critically ill patients jessica washington reports from jakarta. on indonesia's most populous island java hospitals are stretched to their limits he's covered 19 patients were able to get treatment but many others are missing out now how to get the not fastened on among we have rejected so many people in the hospital reject patients every day because there's nothing else we can do the doctors having to reject critically ill patients is a heavy burden the. psion it makes me so sad to turn down patients i read the files of patients who are referred to our hospital they can hardly breathe but we cannot help them. the indonesian hospitals association says hospitals on the island of java and bali are close to collapse doctors are forced to turn away patients
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because of a lack of intensive care unit beds and a shortage of health care workers. indonesia's covert 19 task force says in some cities all hospital beds are full and health specialists say on average more than a quarter of people are testing positive for the disease. across indonesia the positivity road is 27 percent it's hardly the w.h.o. standard is 5 percent to ensure that the pandemic can be controlled many have struggled to get care for their loved ones it also must. the emergency unit was full there was a tent for all the positive cases but all the rooms were full so my parents were sent home with medication. out of desperation some families have turned to a local covert 19 data agency to help them get their relative into a hospital often it is too late. from our cases one died in the health center another died in
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a taxi after being rejected by many hospitals another died in hospital because the i.c.u. was full. despite the rise in cases and deaths indonesia's president says the situation is under control. it is out there was a look at we're grateful that indonesia is one of the countries that can control this crisis well that many health workers have criticised the government for failing to properly implement restrictions to stop the spread of the virus and allowing a crisis to unfold in their hospitals jessica washington al-jazeera jakarta. 180 people in the netherlands have been arrested as protests against lockdown measures continued for another night. was in the city of harlem demonstrators set fires and clashed with police the protest sites included the port city of rotterdam ranga centers around a covert curfew and so fast nighttime restriction on movement since the 2nd world
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war let's get more we can speak to staff assamese live for us from the hague quite violent scene steff over the last 48 hours or so are we expecting more protests. i'm here now in amsterdam actually where in the neighborhood also clashes we're seeing now with police there's also already a warrant for this in the netherlands and it's called to corona hooliganism young boys men between the ages of 15 to around 25 i witnessed the much myself and brought to them last night who are really police fighting with police looting shops destroying property and the question of course is why is this happening now they are forced to use this curfew since friday night there's a curfew from 9 pm in the evening nobody is allowed on the streets anymore it's a very strict measure that the netherlands has taken to come by these circolo now
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cyrus but they used curfew as an excuse it seems for something that has been brewing for quite a long time already in the netherlands that is a group with a huge distrust to towards the government towards the authorities who wants the media as well because several journalists were also attacked by. these groups last night and in the last couple of nights so it's a it's a combination of distrust felt by conspiracy theories on social media there's also support for the group the americans will. and also a lot of people here are really struggling to understand why these people in the national unnecessary government has implemented them very late so the infections will pretty much out of control and then district measures were imposed so the combination of all of this has now boren to the surface so to speak and that's what we're witnessing now and yes to answer your question there are more protests or
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riots i have to say announce for tonight as well well steph give us the latest on the situation in the country why the need to start strong measures. well there's a large fear in the netherlands that this so-called british variant. it's also going to hit bad badly in the netherlands and also south africa and to south american ferry and so they basically have to close the borders or so while there are large infections already but these numbers are going down but still has been hit hard because there was this so-called intelligent lockdown from the beginning the government has been criticized for being too lenient and now with this the situation seems to be pretty much out of control the virus is spreading and they come from seoul it any longer that's why did decide to have this curfew but a lot of people as i said don't understand why suddenly these measures have to be so strict while there were so many and from the start. of us and the 1st. in
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many thanks. doctors in israel say the vaccination program is working with almost every recipient free of the 19 off to the 2nd dose tests of people have taken the pfizer biotech vaccine of all session it to be effective against the u.k. strain as rail travel ban kicked in of a night stopping all foreign passengers from entering the country sorry for such has moved from west jerusalem. these vaccine initial findings social almost say 100 percent encouraging what we've had is this plan by israel to native population as quickly as possible in return for giving pfizer the manufacturer actually needed for the majority being used here the very comprehensive data that israel through its 4 main help provided is to begin digitized on its population and
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so pfizer will be able to use israel as something of a massive test of its vaccine and so far as i say those figures not very encouraging a week after the 2nd dose of the pfizer vaccine in one study by one of those health providers they found that of nearly one 130000 who'd gone through that. only about 20 you'd had any interaction in the health ministry put out similar figures for a wide who would be nation as well this does have implications far beyond israel it's these results maintained obviously this is the scientific study there is no control group there's no direct causation that we can establish but this is very encouraging senior advisor on the coded front to president joe biden this is huge tweeting in response to the news last night. well protests have been held in lebanon on the west wing living conditions on the streets coronavirus knocked out.
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this is the northern city of tripoli where security forces fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse crowds to demonstrators threw stones at a government building in the u.k. there is talk of imposing a manderson hotel quarantine for all arrivals most travelers already need to self isolate those concerned people aren't following those regulations people have already been warned not to book summer vacations until the announcement is made now let's in 6 months to go to the olympics the world health organization says athletes are not a priority for the coach at 19 vaccine and then organizers continue to deny reports that take care of games will be cancelled more than $11000.00 athletes are set to compete at the games which is shadow to begin in late july we have to face the realities of what we faced it was not enough vaccine right now to even serve those who are most at risk and it's not about saying it's putting one priority in front
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of another we should address all of these issues over time right now we're laser focused on solving our biggest problem which is vaccinating health workers in all countries and allowing people who are vulnerable from dying from this infection to access to actually still ahead on al-jazeera why iran says the u.s. should recommit to the 2050 nuclear deal before it's too late. 2 years after one of brazil's worst environmental disasters families of the victims wonder if anyone will ever be held accountable. for the. sponsored plight qatar airways. hello the weather doesn't look too bad for japan at the moment it will turn cold as we head
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towards the weekend but low c. dry at present there is the cloud rolling through some rain clearing away as we go on through well whether it's a surprise us guys coming back in and temperatures picking up to around 15 celsius on wednesday off there's that dry weather talking about how much snow just this little area of snow flurries that are all its way through into the northeast of china or across the korean peninsula and it'll eventually push towards the northern parts of japan as we make our way through the weekend and show you what dry by the you do have in the meanwhile slushy dry to the back end of that across a good part of china shanghai at around 10 celsius not too bad in hong kong temperatures here at around 23 degrees in the sunshine feder the sunshine too across south asia looking little dry there it just trying to still want to shout too much of in the air is settled and find we have got the lingering fog of course up towards the northern plains and more of that as we go on through thursday only other side of the arabian sea they saw as he said fair we have got
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a little more cloud just pushing through as that eastern side of the mediterranean it will turn a little unsettled his we had i waits was the weekend and looking rather wet by thursday often it. sponsored pol qatar airways. criminal drug dealing shifted to places beyond the reach of the when many people in afghan government went for an in the drug trade guerilla wars in colombia. and mexico where the cartels have been responsible for a muscle a spiral of violence. the final episode of drug trafficking politics in our territories unconscious era.
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you're watching al-jazeera mind of our top stories this hour tens of thousands of foreigners have traveled to the engine capital new delhi in the biggest show of strength yet against a government event that the iconic red force blocked roads all misshapen demonstrators for months now against new pricing rules. indonesia has surpassed 1000000 cases of coronavirus according to new government figures the rate of infections has been steadily climbing for months old and 10000 have been reported every day in recent weeks. was our dream 80 people in the netherlands have been arrested this protest against lockdown measures continued for another night and centers around a covert curfew the fast nighttime restriction on movement since world war 2.
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we're getting reports from saudi arabia that there's been an explosion heard in the capital riyadh according to local media it was a missile being intercepted over the city this is all the information we have at the moment as soon as we get any more information we will of course bring it to you to to you now what the prime minister just epic is to resign in a bid to form a new government he effectively lost his majority when a vital junior posse in his coalition quits over his handling of the coronavirus pandemic his resignation that's expected on tuesday is seen as a gamble let's go to our correspondent stephanie decker joins us live from rome stephanie can you explain this move to us because on the face of it it seems like a very strange thing to do. it's complicated as italian politics is that he's just arrived at the president's office
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or he will be officially giving in his resignation this comes ahead of a judicial vote in parliament tomorrow that was expected that he was going to lose because he came out of those votes of confidence 2 weeks ago winning the but at a lesser majority in parliament so basically making it pretty much impossible for him to govern a lot of criticism also from those vying for power so what you're seeing now is really party politics at play so we are going to wait to see what presents that has to say it is in his hands either he tells to get another government together one that perhaps will be more acceptable to the parties that have been making it difficult for him and really that are behind this crisis or he could come up with a whole new name all together and get that person to form a government he could also put together a government of technocrats to lead this country forward to the actions of 2023 and there's not an option that most people here will tell you is that least likely to just snap elections this year but i can tell you having spoken to a tie in here over the last couple of weeks they will tell you that now is not
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a time for political games for party politics because you have a country in crisis because this is some of the worst economic situation and debt the country's been in you still have the pandemic that's a real issue it's a country partially on lockdown the vaccination program has been delayed because of a delay in delivery of the vaccine schools are still closed that is causing also a lot of concern and protests and anger here so again we'll have to wait and see how we move forward today but it is a real crisis and one that we're going to have to wait and see how the president is going to handle ok stephanie deck of efforts in rome many thanks. the stage is set for donald trump's 2nd impeachment trial the 1st ever for an american president members of the u.s. house of representatives have presented their case for impeachment to the senate trump has been charged with inciting the violent mob attack on congress earlier this month castro reports. it was just 2 and
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a half weeks ago that the statues of great americans past looked on as a pro trump mob desecrated the u.s. capitol now they watch as house impeachment managers march past to the senate bearing papers that charge former president trump with inciting an insurrection. donald john trump engaged in high crimes and misdemeanors by inciting violence against the government of the united states. the accusation relates to the events of january 6th when trump gave a speech to supporters telling them to march to the capitol and fight like hell is young never take back our country with weakness you have to show strength. the riders broke into the legislative chambers in a failed effort to stop congress from certifying joe biden's election when 5 people died as a result president trump gravely endangered the security of the united states and
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its institutions of government he threaten the integrity of the democratic system interfered with the peaceful transition of power and imperil co-equal branch of government if these proceedings look familiar it's because there are repeat of events from a year ago when trump was impeached the 1st time he's now the only u.s. president who's been impeached twice and the only one to be tried after leaving office some republicans have argued that should make this impeachment illegal the constitutional experts say otherwise from constitutional structure and from our history there is no reason to suppose that he cannot now be tried and convicted on the article of impeachment that was voted while he was still president trump was acquitted in his 1st impeachment when only one senate republican voted against him conviction this time around would require the votes of 17 republican senators then
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and only then could a simple majority in the senate vote to bar trump from holding future public office polls show a slim majority of americans do want trump to suffer that consequence. but as the january 6th riot fades further into memory more republicans appear to be leaning away from conviction the legal teams now have 2 weeks to prepare before the trial begins in mid february heidi joe castro al-jazeera washington. iran's government says the united states should get back to its commitments in the nuclear deal which former u.s. president donald trump withdrew from in 2018 to iran says washington's chance to return to the negotiating table will be limited. on no plan for talks of contacts with the u.s. and still waiting for the official stance of the u.s.
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government about 10 to their commitments in removing sanctions which is part and parcel of the commitments any progress in this regard is totally dependent on the practical steps of the as she will take to meet its obligations under the result 2231 actually america's time is limited and the window of opportunity for the u. s. and the european union buys of the g c p a remains open for a limited period. dorsetshire is in tehran she says iran is determined to continue downgrading its commitments to the deal until the u.s. is back at the negotiating table. according to a law that was passed in parliament in december the government has to proceed with carrying out these measures and the next step that they will take about is they will reduce their protocol additional protocols under the nonproliferation treaty meaning there will no longer be allowed surprise visits by inspectors into nuclear facilities in the country when iran signed the nuclear agreement in 2015 they also
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signed up to these additional protocols under the nonproliferation treaty as a goodwill gesture they now say a result of the sanctions being imposed on them by the united states they are reducing their commitments to these additional protocols they've already taken the step of increasing enrichment to 20 percent in early january this is now a 2nd phase of what's coming as a result of the united states withdrawing from the nuclear deal the iranian government is now saying it is up to the new u.s. administration to lift some of those sanctions and return to the nuclear deal there is no further negotiation iran is not interested in rediscuss ing the way because it stands as is and the united states knows now what they need to do to return to it so the position here is very clear and there is now a very set timeline for what they expect the biden administration to do.
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australia's national day has been marked with protests demonstrators rallied in sydney they called it invasion day because it commemorates the moment british ships arrived and eyes the country indigenous aboriginal people were killed and many robbed in the process. and we aboriginal people certainly do not support invasion day for us it represents cultural genocide our families ripped apart you can use it as asians i mean in the intergenerational effects of that are still being felt today every day you know it's really very and it's a time when i mean it's not that they don't bring the issues that we're sacrificing mistry i'm not going to go away overnight so until we start getting justice is that's introduced in this country will not stop. hundreds of women have been protesting in honduras against last week's congressional decision to strengthen a ban on abortion it is now outlawed on the all circumstances including right and incest rights groups of course stays votes for the business step backwards for
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women those who have an abortion in honduras face up to 6 years in jail in brazil relatives and friends of hundreds of people killed in a mining disaster in the 2nd anniversary with the memorial service they're also calling for those responsible to be held to account efforts to find recover the remains of those who died are still ongoing in the southern state of minute jarius is under schapelle reports 2 years after her sister went missing natalia do libero still hopes her body will be found some families in the town of jean your continuing to search for the remains of their loved ones they were swept away when the dam collapsed nearby you watch thankful for there my sister can be anywhere in this search for listen i come and pray hoping to find her as soon as i can there's a lot of possible areas we don't know if they're here we pray for everyone to be found. when the dam collapsed at this mining complex 12000000 cubic meters of mud
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and mining waste was unleashed authorities say more than 270 people were killed but people here say that's a low estimate and many more were swept to their deaths to my ofa heda sister was among them along with other families he wants the mines operator valley to be held to account for what happened excavation efforts are still taking place. that would still sol not only did they destroy my family countless families were destroyed the lives of many people today we don't smile is only said notice the state government is seeking billions of dollars in compensation from ballet the world's largest producer of iron ore while the company's former c.e.o. was charged with homicide last year no one has been convicted. of vigils in memorial services provide moments of solitude and reflection many here still feel anger and they say it's hard to move on and move forward when no one has faced justice and al-jazeera. it's been one year since the death
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of one of the n.b.a.'s all time greatest players kobe bryant died in a helicopter crash along with his 13 year old daughter and 7 of his filipino basketball fans and the other created a massive mural to pay tribute to bryant and his daughter giana bryant who was $41.00 when he died won the n.b.a. championship 5 times with the l.a. lakers he was also a 2 time olympic gold medalist. this is al-jazeera these are the top stories tens of thousands of farmers have traveled to the indian capital new delhi in the biggest show of strength yet against the government they breached the nation's most prominent landmark the red fort blocked roads.
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