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by the government and then if all the farmers leave too but the other farmers state other state you see iraq has teams on the ground this is the insurrection president trump is accused. to bring. documentaries like. you're. the w.h.o. is calling on rich countries to limit their vaccination programs to ensure there are enough shots to distribute globally. the whole raman this is out there a live from doha are also coming up lining up on the streets for oxygen crews hospitals are overwhelmed as the country prepares for another coronavirus lockdown . also business when allied to vladimir putin says he owns the huge palace that
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opposition leader alexina valley linked to the russian president. and then go home the streets of rumanians capital after 5 people were killed in a fire at a leading coronavirus hospital. but into the program the world health organization is calling on governments to pause their coronavirus vaccine rollouts once health workers and vulnerable people are inoculated to ensure there's a global supply the un bodies says it's worried about vaccine nationalism when one nation stockpiles vaccines causing others to miss out and as the virus continues to spread around the world more governments are closing their borders france has banned all but essential travel from outside of the european union and singapore has suspended its so-called travel bubble with malaysia south korea and germany and south africa joins a growing list of countries on the u.s.
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travel ban list since the pandemic began more than 2000000 people have died globally and there have been more than 102000000 infections while there's hope that immunization will help contain covert 19 the w.h.o. is warning equal access to vaccines around the world is necessary to speed up a global recovery dr margaret harris is a spokesperson for the world health organization she says vaccine nationalism doesn't work in anyone's favor. my big politically attractive leaders obviously want to be looking after their people but it's very very shortsighted because we need to be vaccinating around the world and we need to vaccinate the people who are most exposed to these fires at the health and frontline workers who are fighting battling this virus for us every day and those who are most likely to be sick the ones that the health care workers are battling to save and that's the older people and people with co-morbidities but that has to happen in every country around the
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world it's no good just protecting one country because of the pandemic will continue to burn on and we it will take longer to end and also the economic fallout will continue we've seen a lot of studies that have demonstrated this is a good example there are countries that are being good neighbors who are saying we were vaccinators top groups and we will provide those doses for others the other way is through the codex facility that was set up by very much the european union was one of the main groups involved britain was is very involved many countries are very involved and that provides access to the vaccines for other countries in the code accessibility so it doesn't matter whether you're rich or poor the idea is equality of access and access according to need bruce beginning strict laws for the 2nd time in 10 months to ease pressure on its overwhelmed whole spittles
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a shortage of medical procedure and is forcing hundreds of people to look for it on the black market they've been queuing up to 4 days and sleeping in tents to secure supplies the lot will last until mid february. brazil's neighbors also imposing new restrictions on travel to and from latin america's largest country concerned about a new crow virus bury and spreads across the region and vaccine rollouts for vied some hope but officials warn there's still a long way to go before the end of the pandemic reports. the rare piece of good news amongst the coronavirus misery bolivia's 1st vaccination a nurse in the country's hearted eastern city of santa cruz messy end of the message of the end i feel good very excited and also a bit nervous a positive she's in the front line doctors want to medic is dying every day the virus has killed 10000 bolivians the government has ordered 15000000 more doses of
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the russian sputnik and the ox that astra zeneca vaccines on plan but we have a plan to combat the coronavirus in the 2nd wave a plan to have stages such as tests test and more tests a plan that has a 2nd element to provision of vaccines that today are becoming a reality for our health workers there's a similar story in colombia where the president announced the national vaccination program is to begin in 3 weeks only in 4 of my last column be honest i would like to inform colombians that at this moment acquisitions are completely closed in order to guarantee the vaccination for the target population that we set out in the national vaccination plan a new lockdown has been imposed in the capital with our borders remain closed trapping these migrants mostly from haiti but also cuba and africa their ultimate destination is united states lab and this year on the request they have made is to be allowed entry into panama that is not possible because there is
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a presidential order to close the borders as a precautionary measure but in addition panama has all of its borders closed earlier has closed its long border with brazil barbados has an air. the lockdown while canada has closed air traffic from the caribbean and mexico until april in mexico the president went before the cameras to say he's recovering from the virus and to announce the purchase of vaccines. i still have come of it but the doctors tell me that i have passed the critical phase i'm now presenting myself to you so that there are no rumors or misunderstandings i am well although i still have to rest he was speaking of mexico became the country in the world with the 3rd highest number of coronavirus deaths more than 155000 behind only the us to brazil a situation made worse by oxygen shortages in the capital despite that foreign tourists taking advantage of mexico's more relaxed travel restrictions continue to
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flock to the beaches the grown a virus. some of us are family already had it. it's not that big a deal and the governments are making it worse than it actually is however for many elsewhere in latin america it can't get much worse the vaccination programs provide hope but on the horizon it's still a long way off when they're al-jazeera when osiris more than 70 percent of hong kong's a 7 and a half 1000000 residents cannot live for a special visa who could pave the way for british citizenship the u.k. government introduced the scheme for holders of the british national overseas or the biennale passport after china impose a sweeping national security law in hong kong china retaliated saying it will no longer recognise the b n o as a valid travel documents russian police have warned people not to take part in nationwide rallies on sunday in support of alexina valley the opposition leader was
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arrested after returning from germany where he was being treated for a poisoning that's been blamed on the kremlin victoria gate and the reports. riot police out in force in central some petersburg ahead of nationwide rallies on sunday to the supporters of opposition leader alexina valmy there was this warning from the russian government but it is doing you mean it's just the russian interior ministry units and other law enforcement will use all necessary measures to ensure public order at sites of mass events moreover we warn that any violent actions against offices or refusal to pay their lawful orders will be prevented individuals to commit such illegal actions will be detained and held accountable to court into the little. government wants to stop a repeat of last week's anti-government protests which took place across at least $100.00 towns and cities but many of the valley supporters are angry after a court this week that he should be kept in jail until his next hearing he's
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accused of violating the terms of a previous sentence by traveling to germany that's where he was treated for poisoning an attack he blames on the russian government only is becoming an increasing problem for president vladimir putin on the one hand they've tried to poison him they failed so now if they point if they try to poison him again at this stage it's going to produce even more backlash but if they don't silence him he's also going to be coming out with more criticism so they're sort of stuck between a rock and hard place this week the government crackdown widened several friends and allies of novell me including his brother were arrested. and he kremlin sentiment has rarely been this public during putin's time in power and it's likely the rallies on sunday will be met with even tougher resistance victoria gates and be al jazeera. meanwhile a russian billionaire says that he's the owner of an opulent seaside mansion which
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in a valley has linked to president vladimir putin business menarche party rottenberg is people's 400 a partner he says he bought the property 2 years ago for almost $1000000000.00 the valley recently released a video claiming it longs to putin it was built using illicit phones the video has been viewed more than a $100000000.00 times. a u.s. court has charged 2 members of the far right proud boys' group over their involvement in the capitol hill siege the men are accused of conspiracy civil disorder and assaulting officers amongst other charges supporters of former president trump stormed the capitol building in washington d.c. on january the 6th after attending a rally at least $150.00 people have now been charged in connection with the riot patika lane has more from capitol hill. well right now this is a huge investigation the f.b.i. taking the lead some agents say that this is the biggest case they've worked on since the today attacks of september 11th field offices across the country poring
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through videos getting tens of thousands of tips tracking down the people who rioted took over the capital violently let's not forget that one police officer was beaten to death his body is going to lie in state here in the capital in the coming days we've started to see some arrests or people who belong to far right extremist groups white supremacist groups they're being charged but with much more serious charges not just entering the capital that just property damage but conspiracies are right now the f.b.i. really focusing on how much planning went into this and exactly whether they're trying to be able to prove whether it was just a spontaneous act by a mob of people or if this was planned if people came to town with communications gear with zip ties with weapons in order to carry out a plot to subvert democracy so we're starting to see the 1st charges of conspiracy but we expect we'll have many more in the days ahead. 2 asian iowa farmers in india have held a day long strike as part of
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a months long protest against new agricultural laws events in new delhi have so far been peaceful after a week of violence which has led to authorities blocking the internet a protest comes laura but none of the reports. these films have refused food for a day. strike to show people in india that protest is nonviolent. this off to protest escalated to finally see this past week on the outskirts of the capital new delhi. on friday the street fights off to supporters of the governing party shouted stolen goods against. the. police disperse the crowds using tear gas. and she's saying a film is trying to rally culminates. these scenes at you can only stay misread. foamers of encounter protest sites for 2 months to demand the government repeals 3
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new agricultural. the government has offered to put them on hold for 18 months the farmers dropped saying they'll only benefit big businesses. although there is heavy police presence the fama say more people have been inspired to join them. i want to congratulate the farmers of punjab and the unions for awakening the other farmers in the country who are fed up with the modi government and are sitting quietly at home these unions have mobilized them to protest on the streets and now this movement is not just confined to punjab and haryana but has spread across the country the indian government has responded to days of violence by blocking mobile internet services in 3 protest locations it's a method often deployed to prevent unrest elsewhere but an unusual move and the captain authorities of blame some of the farmers for instigating the violence but the farmers insist it's a government that's
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a blame barely on it 1st the government tried to remove people from the gaza pool border using force since it had few protesters but the union leaders did not allow that they instigated the locals here to cause a riot through stone pelting and other means these protests have been one of the biggest challenges for prime minister. nearly half of india's population is employed in agriculture 11 rounds of talks between the pharmacy unions and the government has failed to result the crisis now the process is hearsay with time the movement is only getting stronger nor about a manly al-jazeera. well still ahead here on al-jazeera the flames of opportunity nigeria looks to make the most of its wasted natural gas and a glimmer of hope our scientists are one step closer to saving the northern white rhino from extinction those stories after the break.
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it's time for the perfect jenny the weather sponsored point qatar airways the picture developing in east asia may look 1st sight a bit wintry still because snow and or card or minus 12 in valley vast all but me take you to monday and this looks one of them all spring like this rain spreading in a line through china as a frontal system than running through south korea and to a good part of japan warms on this stuff and then turkey's up to 14 but the head of it still pretty snowy in support we get to 5 degrees below snowfall in the wet snow and it's quite warm behind that of the talk goes up to minus 2 much more than that and so and of course in beijing and that meant disappears what time we get to tuesday the biggest showers in the end of the rainy season in indonesia seem to be
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in sort of way say west papua and places to the south further west there are frequent showers but they're mostly light to be honest that's true for the next 2 days of the monsoon that running down through the bay of bengal the northeast monsoon is fairly weak at the moment most showers are just catches for like a not really getting into india and there's not much to disturb the air north it's still persistent fog through most of the north indian playing with poor air quality in delhi and cold wave conditions i didn't get a change very much but the still a few snow showers still possible in afghanistan and northern pakistan. sponsored by qatar airways al jazeera as investigative unit goes undercover tracking down an international organized crime network. i want to. go back to exposing direct links to corruption at the highest level of the bangladesh government. to make sure. you see.
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al-jazeera investigations all the prime minister's men. war. on. the back i want you all to 0 with me so rob a reminder of our top stories the world health organization is calling on governments to pause a coronavirus vaccine rollouts wants essential workers and vulnerable people receive their jobs the organization is concerned that rich nations will stop our supplies causing others to miss out. on through is beginning a strict lockdown for the 2nd time in 10 months the government has a need to reduce the burden on hospitals overwhelmed by the volume of patients
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families are resorting to buying medical oxygen on the black market she just shortages. and the russian billionaire says he owns a seaside palace which jailed kremlin critical as in the valley is accused president putin owning hooches friend of the rottenberg says that he owns the property worth more than a 1000000000 dollars the valley has claimed that putin used illicit funds to build the mansion. now hundreds of protesters are called for manias president to resign a day after a fire at one of the country's main hospitals took over 900 patients at least 5 people died in the blaze barbara reports. these charred window frames some of what's left of my hospital after a fire swept through it burning at least 5 patients to death fire crews worked through the night to put out the flames removing the basket from the anthony family and 1st of all i'd like to express my condolences to the families of the patients
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that died it's 4 people 3 of which were found carbonized and the 4th one they try to resuscitate but to no avail. it's not clear what caused it but there's anger over the 3rd hospital fire and as many months protest as suspect there's corruption behind the lack of investment and aging buildings they want the president and the ministers in charge to resign further even more than that i am but a back after 31 years in which we paid taxes and got nothing in return not a single new hospital was built in romania in 31 years although we paid the money was stolen from the romanian medical system we want the resignation of those responsible if things don't change radically. remain as president to promise to get justice for the victims see thoughts but. the situation is somewhat repeating itself we had a tragedy not long ago there were smaller fires that other hospitals and certainly
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the reasons at the us they are under investigation the investigations will bring to light what happened who is guilty and the guilty will be sanctioned but these promises may not be enough to quell growing anger matej bar hospital was built in the 1950 s. and had been recently renovated even before the cave a pandemic remained his health system had been criticised over inefficiency and politicised management this latest fire is certain to put the government under more pressure to reform it barbara and al-jazeera. tens of thousands of people rallied across france to protest against a bill they say will undermine press freedom and make it more difficult to expose police brutality their own griot trust security laws could make it public criminal offense to publish video of on duty police officers footage showing white policeman
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beating a black music producer in november led to several protests demonstrators are demanding an end to what they say is disproportionate violence by police. well 1st it was scotland's fishing industry now it's the u.k.'s animal farmers and meat processors complaining about the impact breaks it is having on their livelihoods whole containers of fresh meat have been left to rot imports is export a struggle with new border bureaucracy chalons has more than yorkshire in northern england. on a. rigid list or owns 50000 pigs and he's struggling to sell them his customers the u.k.'s may meet process is mired in delays with new customs checks for getting produce to europe it's a threat to the whole industry you know if we count function profitably then you know we don't have a business you know we understand that. for periods of time that you know things are profitable but we really need to you know address barriers to news from here
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bricks it doesn't yet look like what boris johnson promised when the u.k. e.u. free trade deal was agreed at the end of december the deal which will if anything allow our companies and our exporters to do even more business with our european friends since early january containers of produce from the u.k. have ended up decaying near dover or rotting in rotterdam other trucks are making the journey empty the existing paper based customs clearance system of export declarations and certificates isn't working for food it has to reach its destination fast and fresh so i'm trying to unpick the pain that breaks it is currently causing it is important to make some distinctions a few of the issues are just to do with implementation that the streamlined board of bureaucracy just hasn't been put in place yet and presumably these issues will dissipate over time but others are hard bakes into the policy changes of brecht's
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it in self and no amount of tech wizardry can make those disappear at the moment is difficult on pick which is which or whether it's a combination of both and what it struggles to figure this out of the industry. worries about whether it can stay competitive it we're getting some feedback the sun yes it's a statement too many problems are there they'll source it from somewhere else you know so you lose customers and they this is trade that you know our business is a build up over the last 40 years supplying sort of continental retailers the government says we've always been clear that there would be new processes for traders and we continue to support them in their transition to these new arrangements we are working closely with british meat processors to ensure they can take advantage of the opportunities and changes being outside the single market and customs union will bring and overall businesses are adjusting well to the new rules and continue to trade effectively i asked farmer richard lister if he agreed with this i think when you're the head then of that supply chain it's quite different
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you know we are at the bottom of the supply chain and everything gets pushed back on 2 wheels so this pick produces you know i would agree with that from the government you know more must be done and it's got to be done soon and the industry says it digitized custom system is an essential place to start brewery chalons al-jazeera yorkshire. for more than half a century the practice of gas flaring the burning of gas produced as a byproduct of oil extraction has affected the lives of thousands of people in one area now the government wants to pass a bill to tackle the issue and raise new revenue from the waste of that shell gas as there is evidence. more from the niger delta. they do oppose the community has been living in the shadows of 3 gas flare point 6970. people here say the flames damage their lives and livelihoods. everywhere.
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our roofs don't last. crops. probably. no good water. life has moved because of that but doesn't leave room for us to get fish now would have to. tell us. he says compensation paid to some has done little to ease their pain. on their own to lower fires like these birds throughout nigeria's oil rich delta. oil companies still find it more convenient to burn away the gas even though it could be used to generate electricity an estimated printer 3000000 cubic meters of gas is being flared every day for 174 points like this costing nigeria about a $1000000000.00 annually the government says it's a waste and if stopped could add $3000.00 megawatts of electricity in a country that to struggling to generate $4000.00 megawatts. because of the
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difficulty in enforcing a total ban in 2019 nigeria launched an ambitious project to increase domestic use of gas and export. this it hopes will cut the waste and save lives and the environment the fact that its environmental friendly it is cheap it also in there was quick industrialization and growth and we didn't. feel out of time he said it's an issue where we can continue to lead men and that's why this project will do 2 things one is to deliver on previous attempts to have a trust african gasified land which will deliver through the military to europe and also to deepen the gas consumption country in boosting domestic consumption government is also promoting the use of compressed natural gas in vehicles but the most effort is to see a drastic reduction in gas flaring we are actually giving out those flares to people to manage and we believe that. be able to take care of all the gas flares
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within the next few years you identified it got interested in new build for it and if you win we give it to you so you can. commercialize the gas that gas that was. being fled and then of course bring some value to the economy. the government is hoping that the petroleum industry bill in parliament for 20 years also pass and attract more investments in oil and gas. that will further boost gas utilization and help minimize flaring i'm told in communities like. we have to live with the damage caused by the gas flares blazing at their doorsteps. and it will bore soko nigeria now there's a glimmer of hope in the race to save the northern white rhinoceros from extinction 2 more embryos have been successfully created bringing the total number to 5.
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reports there are many challenges before a cough is born. scientists in kenya it's early in germany have for years been tirelessly working together to save the northern white rhino from extinction but there have been obstacles with a pandemic affecting one of the most important conservation projects in the world and after several failed attempts to harvest a number of immature eggs known as finally there was a breakthrough in december 14 eggs were harvested from 5 to one of the last 2 remaining northern white rhinos on earth of course the highest number of you ever got from a lion or and we were extremely happy about it outcome and on christmas eve 2 embryos for foals and solves that. at another 2 and bluest of existing scampers all 5 embryos are now stored in liquid nitrogen in a lab in italy the scientists are looking at ways to implant the embryos into
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a star get mother a southern white rhino after roaming in the wild for millions of years the last remaining northern white male names to dan died in 2018 scientists saved his sperm and used it to fertilize the eggs of his granddaughter fatty but neither fast today nor her mother knows gene can carry a cough and this is where southern white rhino comes in we already have done quite a few war a little war with using sound and white embryos for each other less richer than the northern white as told to understand and to develop the procedures so far out of 2 or 3 hours for we didn't get the brain you see but we are understanding what are the problems the challenges don't stop there experts say they don't have much time to save one of the largest land mammals on earth. we have to produce a cough and then the next 2 see years but right now we can't believe got this and
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all of them are kind of emperors because we haven't pulled them that we can produce a pregnancy and therefore we working with info to cells on what i was using exist technology to helping them to have a cough and then get properly is a pool that ample transfers that entire cascade is successful one of the most endangered species in the world once roam central africa in large numbers but decades of poaching and destruction of their habitat led to their extinction in the wild while the embryos raise hope the process of saving the northern white rhinoceros still faces many challenges including whether a car borne from this process would even survive so it's just. your geologist there with me cell robin a reminder of our top news stories the world health organization is calling on
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