the war that was discovered in the u.k. and the brazilian warm this is blamed for what is a fairy very high spike in the growth of the virus infection rates in the u.k. but aside from that there is the political issue of forrest johnson's actions he was at least 2 to 3 weeks behind when kofi was heading into your appeals behind spain he was behind and then late so he disregarded scientific advice in september and didn't go into a fire break until much later 3 nearly 4 weeks at least 3 weeks later than people say should have and of course the law be to keep the country going to lobby to keep the hospitality industry for example the. whole host of of demands for boris johnson to get things but to near normal. sort of taken

into a lot of influence was put it to bits to be said put upon the prime minister and he he went with it appears he shouldn't have to and then of course christmas again there's a political aspect to this because he wanted to give news he he gave the country the feeling right across the u.k. scotland northern ireland wales also joined in with this a break a christmas when the virus was rampant and that was against scientific advice again boris johnson took a huge reduce the number of days and restrictions were heavy but nevertheless that was a mistake without any shadow of doubt and the country is paying for it now because the infection rate went up and it's really really went up a lot the new variance develops and this is where the country is at why i know that in fact one statistic is making a lot of people made a lot of people really really. angrier when you look at australia that total number

of deaths is really what one day of deaths in the u.k. at some points and in the past few weeks has amounted to so really yes your throughout europe the the the effects of covert have been bad but the u.k. is the worst and people are coming to terms with that right now and also the grieving the sense of reality the sense of loss the sense of anger in many places is palpable and you can see i've spoken to one bereaved lady near that looked about 2 days ago who was saying that she felt that the statistics were were huge and no one could really give the compassion this woman needs she said look where are isolated this woman is shielding by the way she said i don't know a lot of other people have said that there isn't enough compassion shown by the government

and furthermore there are all the facilities given to bereaved people we're talking about at least half a 1000000 plus according to the counseling agency is and other charities they reckon that there's at least half a 1000000 people when you have got to think that 100000 deaths and families and friends surrounding each single death there and a lot of them are of are isolated a lot of them can't get even leave from work if they are working to actually grieve and because they're not able to share that grief that is a major aspect to it furthermore a lot of the counseling charities are demanding that there should be some sort of national day already and should be announced now this should be a remembered day for peace. to come together to mourn their losses that the human

side of this is not protected enough by the government that's the criticism given however. that best is being pushed by the prime minister in that news conference is now looking at 6 and a half 1000000000 facts scenes shots that have been dispensed already that is some good news some hope but it's going to get worse before it gets better al-jazeera center 7 reporting live from bradford for the moment andrew many thanks indeed let's bring in our series charlie angela who's reporting now from a home in hampshire south of london earlier today we were talking to charlie when she was out in the cold of heathrow airport and she was there because the british government was discussing the possibility shelley of imposing a mandatory hotel quarantine for all arrivals into the u.k. . yes and just keeping an eye on the rest of that press conference

from the prime minister because we are expecting an announcement either later today or tomorrow it seems there's been lengthy discussions because ministers are a little bit divided on what these measures should look like some a cooling for something similar to what is happening in australia where all arrivals a past 2 hotels and forced into quarantine for 10 days at their own expense other ministers are looking for a more targeted approach where only you can resident or british citizens returning from south africa or brazil are forced to quarantine in hotels and that's because those are countries that are considered high risk with the number of cases of those new variants but no decision yet but what the aviation industry says is that any measures are going to effectively close the u.k. borders and they say the u.k. policies are already some of the strictest in europe any travelers already have to provide a negative test before departure and on arrival have to self isolate but the

government is saying that those people are not self isolating a strictly as they would like even though spot checks have been happening by police they have found a number of people breaking that isolation but whatever happens these measures won't be coming into place overnight hotels will have to get ready they've been operating under very reduced capacity some of them have been closed during the pandemics of the navy need to be staffing up quite quickly in putting in covert secure. driving this policy is the fact that the government is frayed of a new unknown covariant developing abroad and being brought into the country a variant there are vaccines here that are being rolled out would. be resistant to and that is really what is driving this talk of new measures according to new hotels as we as we heard from the prime minister their rates are falling. smoothly and they're doing everything they can to protect that we've also seen imperial

college london who were developing a new vaccine alongside the astra zeneca in the pfizer stock there and now focusing solely on looking at how to tackle any new variant mutations of the virus that come up just showing how important that focus now is for the odd series charlie ensor reporting live charlie many thanks indeed. we were watching that press briefing with the u.k.'s prime minister the us senate confirmed anthony blinken as the new secretary of state the foreign relations committee had already voted to back the veteran diplomat blank and was deputy secretary of state during the obama administration that has close ties with president joe biden let's go live now to the capital of sirius had your castro is in washington d.c. heidi tell us more. well

a jury in this confirmation was widely expected as anthony of lincoln sailed through his committee hearing process yesterday and this vote now is proceeding on a bipartisan basis and he certainly has the numbers now to be confirmed as biden's secretary of state during his confirmation hearing blinken straight away from from trying to from being bored into making controversial statements he took some stances that were applauded by members of both parties in fact it was lindsey graham a strong trump ally who said that lincoln was quote an outstanding choice to be biden's secretary of state on foreign policy challenges that are facing the u.s. lincoln said that on china that the u.s. needs to approach that challenge from a strong position of strength he said that trumps administration was right to be tough on china but that he disagreed with the way that went about enforcing those

policies targeting china on iran and he restated biden's commitment to wanting to re enter the nuclear deal but blinken said that would be no easy task not something that's immediately around the corner he said on saudi arabia that the u.s. would stop arms sales to help fund the war on yemen led by saudi arabia and that the bottom ministration what immediately take another look at the trumpet ministrations late designation of the rebels as terrorist group now this confirmation of blank in typically in a normal inauguration year would have happened earlier but this was slightly delayed because of former president trump's refusal to concede the election which kind of put everything off but the senate is now proceeding with confirming more members of biden's senate even as. expect more fireworks in the coming hours on the

impeachment front of former president trump with those same senators who are now confirming blank in set to be sworn in as the jurors in the trial for former president trump in the coming hours but heidi many thanks indeed did your kessel reporting live from the capitol in washington d.c. . you can see the inside story by the way if you shoot into that at al-jazeera dot com or in coming hours here on al-jazeera in the meantime let's move on to what else is happening in the world right now in india tens of thousands of fathers traveled to the nation's capital new delhi and the biggest show of strength yet against the government they bridged the historic red force just hours after a large military and cultural play parade was held to mark india's republic day follows a demonstrating for months against new agriculture laws which they say will destroy their livelihoods and save a large businesses cartel up as what i am reports. frustrated

and angry thousands of farmers occupy india's most prominent landmark the iconic red fort blocking 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 months ago has turned into a movement with farmers marching into the center of india's capital. in the outskirts of new delhi police fired tear gas when a group of farmers breached security barricades with their tractors. that we had designated routes were purchased as many follow the orders but others who had stones at police vandalized barricades and tried to run us over. the demonstrations coincide with india's republic day as farmers rallied nearby this. is what another

side of the capitol looks like a festive display of the country's cultural diversity and military strength is that by the year. 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 our rights by an. city. opposition just 3 agricultural lost passed in november is challenging the authority of prime minister narendra modi. the reforms will be lax rules on the sale price and storage of farm produce the government says the changes will boost incomes and private investments but farmers insist they are an invitation for alarm rates to take over agriculture in india if. the government has passed these laws without any discussions without any thought they just imposed them. about half of india's

1300000000 people work in agriculture the government's offer to delay the new mosque for 18 months has been rejected by farmers. they say they will continue protesting until the last are fully repeal. cuts your local civilian. ugandan opposition leader bobby wine says that they police siege on his home was a form of torture it put out a house arrest since the presidential election 12 days ago the quine claim this was fortunately one security forces of the left of the blockade after a high court ruling why is promising to bring down president whatever 70 through peaceful means within a year the law provides for the people of uganda to stand for their rights and we encourage them to stand against one their fragile and results that were read by me is that. mr 70 should not be president of uganda and we encourage the people of

uganda to use all really go and all nonviolent means and ideas that they have to free themselves from the most 70 beat it. out zeros catherine soy is following developments from kenya's capital nairobi. this press conference was held in his home after the police and soldiers was withdrawn income plans to the court order issued yesterday and basically he reiterated that he has overwhelming evidence of widespread rigged widespread irregularities including rigging he did not provide this evidence but he said that he's part of the national unity platform is considering the option of going to court even if they do not trust the system and don't trust the judges will give him a fair hearing then he went i had to call on ugandans to use every means nonviolent means legal means to free themselves this will likely upset many government

officials and president yoweri museveni has also spoken about the election he was speaking in entebbe during the country's labor liberation day celebrations where he said that the election was free but there are some people who are trying to cause trouble he said that the government will not tolerate any form of violence he also said and i'll quote this we are not a shallow force we shall be tossed around by opportunists forget about threats so definitely a looming showdown but like i said bobby wine a strong statements he made but he was also careful saying that whatever is going to happen whatever is going to happen going forward is going to happen using within the confines of the low. france says that iran must comply with the obligations of the try to 15 nuclear deal before the us returns to landmark agreement to rather

that it's waiting for washington to make the 1st move. on no plan for talks of contacts with the us still waiting for the off the shelf stance of the us government about their return to their commitments in removing sanctions which is part and parcel of the commitment any progress in this regard is totally dependent on the practical steps that the us will take to meet its obligations under the reason luzhin 2231 actually america's time is limited and the window of opportunity for the u. s. and the european embers of the g c p a remains open for a limited period al-jazeera stores or barry interference says that iran is determined to continue down grading its commitments to the deal until the us 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 signed up to these additional protocols under the nonproliferation treaty as a goodwill gesture they now say results 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 4 years ago iraq's anbar province was freed from isis group today there are some signs of economic revival there but some believe national government regulations holding it back from further expansion zerah some of the 14 reports now from the provincial capital ramadi the local government wants more control over the regions of. 4 years after it was largely freed from eisel construction in iraq's western anbar province is booming. once complete this mall in the provincial capital of the mahdi aims to be the largest of its kind in iraq. these projects are needed in this province and according to our assessment in feasibility study we believe this project will be successful how precious the jobs have been created at

a time when iraq suffers from economic downturn and rising poverty rates just minutes before this project started i was an employee to project how many young people to get jobs it has helped reduce unemployment in the province it's estimated unbar has a nano sector investment portfolio worth 2 $1000000000.01 of the highest among iraq's 18 provinces the director of un parse investment commission says the relative stability around ramadi over the past few years has created a business friendly environment and i don't bother to my society believes in the authority of the civilian government because of that we haven't had any armed groups. no one is allowed to carry weapons except for the government security forces. the local government in unbar wants to develop vast untapped mineral and gas resources and says it needs to attract more foreign investors especially from the gulf but the sunni province is demanding more leeway to circumvent the shia led

government in baghdad known for its cumbersome bureaucracy and widespread corruption and. we hope the central government gives us more authority in energy and electricity production many international companies proposed projects in anbar because of a limited or a forest in the complicated procedures of the central government things are going to light up with. the local governments push for investment doesn't just aim to develop unbiased economy it also underpins its political ambitions for greater autonomy from the central government in baghdad. but some businessmen say decentralization alone won't solve their problems this investor says it has taken more than 2 years to complete the paperwork for this hypochlorite plant and blames the local and central governments equally. he has spent millions of dollars but is yet to receive a license he didn't want to speak on camera for fear it might further complicate

the process experts say until the government overhauls its regulations few foreign investors will take the risk of setting up shop here seem wonderful teen al-jazeera in iraq's western anbar province an explosion in northern syria has killed 3 people injured 4 others it happened at a busy market in the city of tire. which is on the border with turkey no groups claimed responsibility turkish forces took the town from the kurdish why p.g. group in 2019. protesters internees here have been back out on the streets voicing their anger against poverty and social injustice that are modding the release of other demonstrators who were arrested over the past few days human rights organizations say that more than a 1000 people have been detained including hundreds of children protesters certifying a government ban against gatherings put in place to curb the spread of the coronavirus meanwhile opposition parties are calling for the resignation of the

government of prime minister. his shuffled his capital last week but the opposition says that that's not enough egyptian whites groups say that more than 60000 people have been detained disappeared or executed since president of the fatah el-sisi came to power in a military coup in 2013 of zeros mohamed vall reports. mohammed is the fatah and no her come out these were just a few of thousands of young activists who paid the price for exercising their right to free speech in egypt during the last 7 years they were all arbitrary arrested and accused of political dissent or links to terrorist groups some went missing for months or years before their families found out they'd been taken by the authorities some were found dead with marks of torture on their bodies the crackdown began in july 2013 that's when egypt's 1st democratically elected

president mohamed morsi was overthrown in a military coup led by his then defense minister abdul fatah. overnight the high hopes of the youths who led the january 2011 revolution turned into foster asian thousands were killed or arrested in a crackdown on muslim brotherhood protesters a problem square in cairo ever since there has been a continuous campaign to silence all opponents an election in 2014 consolidated the city's power but that did not stop human rights abuses according to rights groups while the mother of some center during the last 5 years in exile he recorded the force disappearance of 8636 men 120 knight women and 11 children the number of arbitrary arrests during the same period exceeded 30000 several 100 more were wrongfully executed and this latest report amnesty international said egypt's in authority as have embarked on

a horrifying exec you should spree in recent months putting scores of people to death in some cases following gross unfair mass trials. most of those are fought to be against political detainees according to egypt's opposition sources they say 63000 people have been detained including up to 3000 women 1000 miles since 2013 widespread torture and other forms of abuse often leading to death porter that includes the death of president mohammed morsi during a court appearance in june 2017 after years in prison he reportedly been denied medicine to treat diabetes un experts described his death as an arbitrary killing egyptian authorities deny involvement or committing extra judicial killings but rights groups say there is a lack of transparency over the fate of hundreds of detainees who have gone missing after being arrested or who have disappeared most were political and social media

activists who tried to express their views freely is of sizing the same right for which many of their young colleagues lost their lives during the january 2011 revolution i'm advised of disease. in honduras hundreds of women have protested against last week's congressional decision to strengthen an existing ban on abortion protesters are angry at the couple let's move to outlaw abortion and all circumstances including rape and incest women face up to 6 years in prison for undergoing an abortion. thousands of indigenous people in southeastern bangladesh have been forced from their villages by global warming water resources in the chittagong hill tracts are drying up from their time their child free reports. monitoring lives in bunder barnhill district in bangladesh she says for years ago villagers here grew in abundance of rice and vegetables and the streams provided fish and drinking water but not anymore she says global warming has changed that

yet not dilute mouli here. now it's much more difficult to get water since streams and wells dry up especially in the winter now we have to walk so far to get water and vironment tillis tracks regions are in danger of losing their prehistoric hill streams dream like this all across chittagong hill tracks are gradually drying up villagers have to struggle to get their fresh water needs they're getting increasingly concerned for their future need for fresh water woman here collect water and it's getting harder it's become much more difficult to get water from the streams and wells drying up especially in winter unlike before we have to walk far now to get fresh water social activists say the whole ecosystem of the heel tracks region is now under threat apart from the global warming there are some issues affecting the local people in lots of alters for example the human making earth. like a stall next to starts and a forest traditions and also being

a stock to illegally without any carlson of the local people losing their traditional way of life many among the tribal population are now moving to a settlement to find work yeah a lot of we used to be farmers then but now the environment has changed drastically renee able to farm an email telling us to move to the town just to earn a living. environmentalists but say erratic rainfall drought and landslide in the hilly regions are also forcing people to leave that you took on the hill tracts in bangladesh is the most elevated area in the country and it's actually quite susceptible and vulnerable to the impacts of climate change particularly like sometimes heavy rain and then also droughts and lack of water as well so impacts of climate change will be quite significant in. the paris agreement and climate summits mean very little to the people here as the struggle to survive for them the impact of climate change is already

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