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resident face will just give them one minute to do. it took the found me months to build their brick house and nothing in our defeat demolished. the 1st major protests in myanmar against the military coup calls for full the civil disobedience a growing. hello i'm adrian for the good this is al jazeera live from go also coming up opposition parties in ethiopia's tikrit region say that more than 50000 civilians have been killed in 3 months of conflict. a team of investigators from the world health
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organization visits a lab that's at the center of china's covert 19 conspiracy claims. that soaring covert infections in lebanon now a severe shortage of medical supplies puts it at even greater risk. we begin that end memo where the posse of ousted leader aung san suu kyi says the military has raided its offices in several regions and seized computers and documents a civil disobedience movement is growing 2 days off the military seized power out of remove the democratically elected government stuff that hospitals and medical to puppets in 30 towns have stopped working the group says that the army has put its own interests above the nation which has one of southeast asia's highest coronavirus death tolls overnight there was a public show. descend to the commercial capital young gong people that banged pots
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and pans in protest against the coup aung san suu kyi remains on the house arrest the us is now classified the military takeover as a coup of this growing condemnation from across the world the head of. his now running the country says the removal of suit was inevitable the military claims with no evidence that there were irregularities in the event as election let's go live now to yang on alley fall is one of the few foreign journalist based in myanmar she's with us now to tell us more about these raids against the ruling party's offices. you know we had in the release from right his reason the least need that there's been some raids on the offices so i looked into it because we've actually also been hearing a little bit about that in the last 2 days the energy is. very popular the
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organization and of course before it was an official register party after the election polls are trying to doesn't tell it was it's still listed as a kind of informal party so there are offices of sorts all around the country talking about tiny offices in every little village and which are often in someone's home and you're talking about huge headquarters in a fetal so that information is coming out we try to find a little bit more cooling around and elderly people and i have seen and a statement released directly from the energy being shared on social media which does confirm several different states and regions headquarters and been rated which is something a little bit more than what we hear in the last few days saying that computers have been taken documents have been taken and. the more details yet to come out but it does seem like the military is obviously looking to find some civilian
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criminal ating evidence all. basically a reason to either keep the leadership under arrest or further arrest other people tell us more about this campaign of civil disobedience and the latest on the whereabouts of aung san suu cheat. yes so there has been. a show of defiance really here today we saw last night there was. people came to the balconies to protest the military coup by banging pots and pans people in the streets were also shouting in. homes and she folds and it was really the 1st show of this civil disobedience movement people are calling it's just to show that people were unhappy today we've seen an escalation of that. government offices across the country government run institutions including hospitals and the stuff within those organizations that are refusing to look at
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a strike of sorts because that what they're trying to say the message to give is we will not work school the military we will not work for the military they are not legitimate we will not work under them now most of the hospitals. will to be 70 hospitals start working across the country in many different cities that's a huge number of stuff going to have a massive impact on public health clear it's going to have a massive impact on the country but that's exactly what they're trying to do it seems like the wrong time to do it big 19 pandemic is a lot more has been especially for the region but they're doing it because they think it will show the government the military that they will they cannot control the country the country will not run under that. leadership and so. and also had that she's in a fetal still she's reportedly in her home and is being surrounded that we've seen
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we've heard that neighbors have seen her walking around so she's at least healthy or safe but still detained and there are rumors that she is going to be charged which would make sense because the military obviously wants to keep her away if they've already announced they're going to hold elections after this year long stated. magazine but if they release her and she's free to stand in those elections she will clearly win again she remains extremely popular here so they have they may be looking for a way to try and avoid that they may be trying to bring charges against her that will keep prices way for the forseeable it's all speculation at the moment we're waiting for more details but it does seem likely that charges may come we've seen increased security presence around district court and a lot of rumors flying early fall reporting live there from young on alley many thanks indeed china says that it will provide $10000000.00 doses of its vaccine to an initiative to supply the job to poor countries chinese companies sign
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a farm and back of both developed vaccines they're already being administered in several other countries including brazil and the united arab emirates meanwhile inspectors from the world health organization a visit of the role of g. institute in the chinese city of who han that's where the corona virus was 1st identified the team is investigating the origins of covert 19 and since arriving last month they've conducted interviews with people from research institutes hospitals at a seafood market all of which are linked to the outbreak that's called lives out of beijing and get more from out of serious katrina use of katrina china said that it will provide millions of vaccines under this kovacs initiative. that's right beijing has today on wednesday announced that it will provide $10000000.00 chinese vaccines to kovacs a kovacs is the international alliance of about $170.00 countries which have come together to make sure that developing countries also have access to enough covert
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19 vaccines and china joined that alliance last october we've also heard confirmation from beijing that the w.h.o. is currently in the process of assessing chinese vaccines for emergency use now vaccines are not the only area in which china is working with the w.h.r. right now there is a team of the agency's experts in one hand the original epicenter of the outbreak they're investigating the origin of the pandemic and during a press briefing this afternoon beijing's foreign ministry said that china was continuing to provide the team with all the access information and information it needs and that it's continuing to be transparent now all of this of course is a part of china's wider effort to really improve its international image which has taken quite a beating since the outbreak began there's been a lot of distrust of beijing a lot of blame pointed at they ging from other countries saying that its lack of transparency or there was a cover up which allowed the outbreak to evolve into
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a pandemic of course this has been rejected by beijing but today the team the team that are in ball had made a very significant trip to the institute of now this is a very controversial location because this is where the trump administration alleged that corvette 19 originally leaked from now they made that claim without any evidence but it's true that dangerous and pathogens including corinna viruses were being studied at this lab now the team spent about 3 hours in that institute and upon coming out one of the key scientists who was a member of that team said that they had important frank and open discussions with the scientists at that lab but at the moment. it is unclear whether they are going to get further access surely you would expect that they would need at least another visit to thoroughly investigate the theory of that leak. but we have to remember because of the nature of this mission how politicized it has been china has mean
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highly stage managing the entire trip they began their field work on friday and this lab is just one of a number of sites they've visited including the market the secret meat market where the 1st pope in $1000.00 cluster was identified and also a number of hospitals now the team for itself has said that so far they've been quite positive they're getting a lot of information in darfur which has previously been revealed but there is a lot of skepticism also around the quality of access being provided to them by the chinese government and indeed the u.s. secretary of state anthony blinken hasn't said that china is a corporation with the w.h.o. has so far fall in short of what is necessary al-jazeera true to your reporting live there from beijing catrina many thanks indeed a group of opposition parties in ethiopia's to greater region says that more than $50000.00 civilians have been killed in the conflict between regional separatists and the ethiopian army it's not clear where the estimate has come from but in the
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past ethiopia's government has said that federal forces have killed any civilians access to the region has been severely limited since fighting broke out in november 4 let's go live now to nairobi al-jazeera as malcolm webb is there can tell us about. what more these opposition groups been saying. these 3 opposition parties in their statement said that the ethiopian government forces were responsible for blindly shelling towns and villages with artillery and destroying them they say that have been extrajudicial killings that have been going and rapes they say that more than 50000 civilians have been killed as you just said and they also say that the government has used food and hunger as a weapon they say that millions of heads of livestock of being killed crops have been burned and that's caused a massive hunger crisis they say that 6000000 people are in need of humanitarian aid there are also repeated accusations that eritrean forces are operating
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integrate alongside the ethiopian government forces something that eritrea has denied and the government denied for a long time until recently when they did say that they might have entered without permission something that the u.s. government has recently spoken out against as well they say that every trained soldiers are integrating they said that they should leave now we saw the response of the prime minister spoke to person who referred us to some of the government's social media accounts one of which on twitter has said that reports of civilian casualties in international media are unsubstantiated and said that the government regrets any civilian casualties but the be no significant numbers of civilian casualties and regarding allegations of sexual violence a few months ago or a few days ago following widespread reports from reports from human rights groups of widespread rapes and sexual violence against civilians integrate the government
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had said it was setting up a task force to investigate these allegations are serious mark webber for the globe from nairobi welcome many thanks. a weather update next here on al-jazeera then u.s. president joe biden rolls back many of his predecessor's policies including those making the u.s. less welcome to immigrants. how do you change the constitution could mean that there's no hope for pro-choice activists in honduras. we got the usual rash of fairy heavy showers across much of southeast asia biggest downpours recently have been in to indonesia over a 100 millimeters of rain in one of 2 spots here pushing over towards pop in new guinea we're going to see the further heavy showers continue as we go on through
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the next couple of days russia showers there into the philippines as well borneo seeing some big thunderstorms north of that not too bad across into china will be one of 2 showers there coming into vietnam but so that aside it doesn't last a fine and dry with some pleasant sunshine heavy showers will continue across much of indonesia some pockets of heavy rain coming in here likely to lead to some flooding as we go through the remainder of this week now there is a flood risk too it's in the western parts of australia we have this circulation here that tropical low just around that western side of wy and that's going to bring some very heavy rain as we go on through the next couple of days let's just hop across the walls a further race was fun a warning has now been issued for raw trouble cycling lucas fabric close to new caledonia still some very heavy showers coming through back into australia more heavy showers and across northern parts brisk winds just around perth we have got bushfire warnings in for say does give some cause for concern over the next few
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days. but the tories terraces of the football oh sure this one club loyalty coming violence confrontation when i was young when there was a football match we were crying because the fans got to go crazy but in indonesia one group of revolutionary supporters has taken a stand against male aggression with a carnival mask a display of peace and unity to fans who make football culture is an angels on al-jazeera.
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well again this is i was there a little much of the main news this is the party of me and most ousted leader aung san suu kyi says the military has raided its offices in several regions and seized computers and documents the army took power in a military coup monday. opposition parties in ethiopia's to grey region say that more than 50000 civilians have been killed in 3 months of conflict ethiopian government has yet to respond but in the past it's denied that its forces have killed any civilians and china says that it will provide $10000000.00 doses of its vaccine to an initiative to supply the job to poor countries chinese companies son of father and son of back of both develop vaccines that are already being administered in several other countries including brazil and the united arab emirates. the u.s. says that it's too early to accept a call from tehran to revive the nuclear deal that's after iran's foreign minister proposed a civil teeniest return to the agreement by both sides president hassan rouhani
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says that washington should stop dragging its feet army corps yobbo yet the americans must return to the resolution to international law and a resolution that was passed unanimously by the u.n. security council if we see good will gesture we will show it to you if we see action will show it as well if we see commitment our response will be full commitment let's bring in i said bay got 10 fran correspondent who's here in doha right now i said what does all this mean. well this is about who acts 1st and how each party return to that deal now iran is still part of the joint comprehensive plan of action also known as the 2015 nuclear deal but have been reducing their commitments to that deal after former president donald trump pulled the u.s. out of that deal and imposed sanctions iran was unhappy with the european countries because they couldn't find a way around it so iran is still part of that deal but as it stands iran has
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a large stockpile of enrich uranium in this supposed to according to that deal they're enriching to a higher degree up to 20 percent than in breach of that 2 $1015.00 nuclear deal the enriching in nuclear plants that they're not supposed to also they've installed more centrifuges than they're supposed to as well as more advanced centrifuges which means that they can enrich faster and to a higher degree now iran has said all these steps are reversible all that it takes is for the u.s. to rejoin that deal and lift those sanctions now foreign minister divides raef has suggested that the e.u. could play a mediating role in terms of synchronizing steps so both parties recontact to the negotiating table to rejoin that deal it seems that the u.s. or the u.s. has rejected this it would have meant that both sides save face not only at home but at a broad joe biden has will be scrutinized by the republicans and president hasn't rouhani and his reformists will face criticism and scrutiny from
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a conservative that parliament a parliament that has been passing legislation calling on iran to take tough a tougher stance against the united states so as it stands we're still in the same place where does this leave the nuclear deal and it lives in the same place as it was under former president donald trump and now the irony is that president donald trump has said for president donald trump that this was a bad deal and he wants to renegotiate and bring other issues to that deal one of those issues is iran's missile. program now iran rejected that they said this is the deal on the table iran iran's missile defense program is non-negotiable they see as a vital part of this security now president joe biden hasn't said that this is a bad deal but he hasn't returned to and he hasn't lifted those sanctions those trump era sanctions against iran now this will be viewed inside iran by many that there's no difference between the republicans or the democrats when it comes to how
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the hostility towards iran and how iran is viewed and it leaves the nuclear deal in the same place not to states hasn't rejoined and is a fundamental mistrust between the 2 countries and but the point still stands is that the united states is the one that left and iran is looking to the united states to make that 1st step and rejoin that deal was a serious and said big reporting live there many thanks indeed. it india people a marching through the capital in solidarity with protesting farmers and to denounce a crackdown on them tens of thousands of agricultural workers have been running against new laws which they say will make them much worse off recently security has been stepped up against them all to serious elizabeth for one of the reports hundreds of people have gathered in the center of new delhi and they're hoping to march through kilometers they say in support of the hundreds of thousands of protesting on delhi's street to be met with
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a very large police presence police and riot guess who have been telling them that they don't have permission to protest that there was a pandemic and that no more than 4 people are allowed to gather there police buses standing by to take people away there's also a lot of water cannon standing by but the people who have come out say that this is exactly why they hear this because of what they called police on republic day last week up police have arrested around a 160 people that call charges of rising sedition attempted murder against fun union leaders they've also built a massive security barricades around all 3 protest sites today the government of the state of party are not which is the biggest protest site to reset from the border of delhi and heidi and i have cut off water and electricity which is a huge concern because there are many tens of thousands of people staying there internet services have been cut off for days at the protest site and despite all of
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the police action. protesters that have only been mobilized many more aleve in their villages and around delhi coming to join the protests and the people who are out here today say they have been supported off. across latin america leaders and struggling to control a surgeon coronavirus cases which continue to overwhelm medical services in mexico ambulances being forced. the wait for hours to find open beds if one can be found at all oxygen supply is a limited with many forced to recover at home the russian sputnik vaccine has been approved for use there is a similar story in peru where people are sleeping outside medical facilities to make sure they can get access to walks the demand has put many families in debt with some forced to spend more than 2 years salary in order to help loved ones oxygen tanks are also in short supply in lebanon the world health organization list says in the highest risk stages of the corona virus pandemic one 3rd of all cases
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identified in the past year have been detected in just the last month not a 00 hold a report on the cause or endless. whatever time day or night melissa runs a non-governmental organization that has redirected its resources to providing oxygen supply to coronavirus patients at home there is what doctors call an uncontrolled pandemic in lebanon. i had a gentleman call me at 1130 at night on saturday crying on the phone because of his father and i had to. physically do not have a machine right now please wait until we get a machine and he's like my father can't wait there is a shortage of machines to provide patients with oxygen leading to more appeals on social media for help we have a lot of patients. less and less patients being admitted to hospital because this is. the red cross has been at the front line of this battle.
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volunteers have transported more than 5000 patients to hospitals in the past few weeks 4 times more than last year and there are many more on a waiting list. so the 1st. big number of. patients. some hospitals are using shipping containers to treat patients in the parking lot while others have suspended non emergency treatment health experts say registered one of the world's worst 3rd. for the size of its population which is close to $7000000.00. more than 100000 cases were detected in the past month that's one 3rd of all cases identified in the past year. many countries have
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dealt with beds shortages and the need to prioritize care but lebanon's health sector was already weak from years of neglect and a collapsing economy number of cases for sure. that we have. not to. give a patient more. but if we continue like i think. a 3 week 24 hour curfew has brought numbers down but it's not enough and the daily worry of not being able to find a place in hospital or get access to oxygen supplies hasn't gone away. beirut u.s. president joe biden assigned a series of executive orders aimed at reversing donald trump's hardline immigration policies they include the creation of a task force to reunite hundreds of children separated from their families on the trump's 0 tolerance policy there will also be
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a review of the asylum process of the border with mexico. this is about how america is safer stronger more prosperous now we have a fair orderly and you main legal immigration system and with the 1st action today. we're going to work to undo the moral and national shame of the previous administration literally not figuratively rip children from the honestly their families their mothers and fathers at the border and with no plan none whatsoever to reunify children are still in custody and and their parents the 2nd action addresses the root causes of our migration to our southern border and a further action of the 3rd order i'm going to be signing orders a full review of the previous administration's harmful and counterproductive immigration policies basically cross border. and honduras politicians have made it
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nearly impossible to legalize abortion by changing the constitution rights groups say the move is in response to the decriminalization of the procedure in argentina last month i was there was not well off the reports. a trip to an emergency room in. 3 years ago changed his life forever that's when she learned for the 1st time that she was pregnant between 20 and 25 weeks along with it but they only thing that i didn't visit the hospital because of the pregnancy they were the ones who told me i was pregnant but they said my child had been dead for 2 days i didn't even know what to feel. anna says her emotional and physical trauma was suddenly made worse after doctors listed her merge and see it as an intentional terminations of pregnancy which in honduras is a crime punishable by up to 6 years in prison ok i had some markings on my stomach and because of those markings they said it was an abortion and when i was
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discharged from the hospital the police were already waiting. a defense attorney with the women's rights groups. says that more than 60 women or girls have faced prosecution in honduras since 2012 under the country's strict anti-abortion laws in locking in many cases criminalization is due to obstetric emergencies that medical reports list as abortions despite often being inclusive these reports of then used as evidence against women who can spend 34 or more years locked in a judicial process that is long and exhausting. in january of this year feminist activists hope thunderous might follow the leader of argentina where abortion was recently legalized up to 14 weeks into a pregnancy. but instead pondering lawmakers passed a constitutional reform making it nearly impossible to ever legalize abortion in the future human rights organizations have called the legislation in assault on
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women's reproductive rights or as it's currently one of the only few countries in the continent in latin america and. the ban abortions without any explicit. right the country also has one of the highest rates of sexual violence in the world . without women sexual violence every reality. of the new constitutional amendment was championed by hundreds his ruling conservative party and what many see as an extreme political move as the country nears national elections. and where religion plays an oversized role in political decision making. around the world abortion rates are higher in countries where abortions are banned according to a 2017 global study in honduras it's estimated that between 50 and 80000 women risk their lives every year by resorting to clandestine abortion clinics. at 24 years old and a lopez says having
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a criminal record has kept her from finding steady work or returning to school. and his criminal case remains open in the honduran court system if convicted she faces a sentence of 3 to 6 years in prison for the quote interruption of life after the moment of conception mounted up of the al-jazeera. it's good to have you with us hello adrian so they can hear the headlines and i'll just hear a the party of madness ousted leader aung san suu chief says that the military has raided its offices in several regions and seized computers and documents the army took power in a military coup on monday people have begun a growing campaign of civil disobedience and protest journalist alley file has more from the handle so there are.
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