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and banning and silencing to be sanctioned in this body. donald trump's defense lawyers accuse the democrats of a political witch hunt and hypocrisy in his 2nd senate impeachment trial. hundreds of thousands of children in yemen are at risk of starvation and death a warning from the united nations agencies who are going and t.v. is of bloodshed. hate crimes against asian americans cost a shadow during lead a new year's celebrations in the u.s. . and on peter sims with all the sports news former world number one telling the fish creches out of the australian open in the 3rd row and better more later in the program. we begin this news hour in myanmar where calls for democracy and

a return to civilian rule are getting louder for 8 straight days now tens of thousands of people have been protesting across the nation against this month's military coup they're demanding that the generals give up power and they wanted to posed civilian leader aung san suu kyi and her allies to be released but despite the growing international condemnation suchi remains under house arrest along with more than 320 people. why in the past few hours tens of thousands of people have also returned to the streets of yangon. largest city they're calling on the military to stop the kidnapping at night as the continues to detain and t.q. protesters and activists and take a look this was the scene in the capital now futile thousands of protesters there on the streets including student union members athletes and people from all walks of life and in mandalay that's me i'm all 2nd city there have been more rallies this time by lawyers people are angry with the military agenda who have seized

power from their elected leaders alleging voter fraud without any evidence well scott who is monitoring things for us from across the border in bangkok scott it does seem that despite all the military's threats that the protests are growing really and in some strategic locations do you think that demonstrators are emboldened by what they heard from the u.n. human rights council yesterday. i think yes partly you know there are you know part of their focus and that has been the themes of their perceptions their rallies their marches as well as the location as you mentioned going to embassies the united nations building is to elevate international the international community attention and response to what's going on in myanmar so it's very important for them to get any type of response from the united nations like we heard the human rights council come out with the statements on friday but what came out of that is well what they were not happy with and that's part of the

reason why they've been going to the chinese embassy in young gone over the last couple of days and that's china the chinese reaction to what's happening in the end more they didn't participate in the vote for the statement that came out of that special session they they they essentially a passed on the vote and then also out of that they said that this is actually an internal. issue for me and more so it shouldn't been brought to the united nations so that obviously does not sit well with the protesters but it does show that direct connection between the chinese government chinese communist party and the military leaders and scott it's been nearly 2 weeks now i believe since i'm frontin she was arrested do we know how she is anywhere from had to the protesters on the streets atoll. no there really hasn't been a word you know we've heard from the end of the that's her party the national league for democracy they have made statements about her her health and that she's ok this is pretty soon after she was detained on the february 1st. early morning

they were detained so really nothing more than that then and now the occasionally saying that she's ok but we haven't heard much for several days but we do know that more people are being detained rounded up at night it was as we saw in that video it's very interesting this here how it's the net has been widened as to whom the police and the security forces are going after it's not just the top end of the leadership or any association with top leadership it's doctors who participated in the the organization of the movement and protests so they're going further afield and detaining even people who aren't directly connected to the government that the military overthrew they're talking now they're aiming now at those who are even just participating organizing the movement so so that is obviously very concerning for the people in the major cities we've seen that in yangon and they've had or scott highs are they keeping an eye on things for us in myanmar from bangkok thanks

so much scott well we can now bring in a voice from yangon means 0 is the executive director of the myanmar institute for peace and security system and thank you for being with us today can you give us a sense of what you're experiencing on the ground there and the actual sentiment on the streets is it more defiance against the military or is it really about a hope for change. well yes that the protests are now and bolding day after days and now we've witnessed that all may just c.d.'s in the end mall experiencing the thousands of protest show coming to the streets however the military response to the protests was different from one city to another but largely the military is trying to avoid confrontation with the protest phase of a young goalless and 3 days ago the military even removed police from the streets so they're like it there is no potential confrontation with the protests. but on

the other hand the military is a resting. the potential ringleaders and organizers of the protests at night so we are expecting that the military may continue to tolerate this cheap protests. in the near future but as some point the military but decide to crocodile in different forms but on the other hand the military feel a little more confidence to consolidate its power in naypyidaw because that is pretty much isolated from most of the protests and that if you know as family under the control of the color of authority use well as scott al correspondent was saying that the didn't divest the t. of the crowds that we've been seeing has been really striking even paints joining and do you think that the tide is turning now we approaching that potential tipping

point then for the military. i don't think at this point the military may make a move because of the protests military may see the current protests it's mostly nonviolent and also not directly threatening to unseat the military and the a lot of the ministries are still functional. so the protests are calling for civil disobedience to stop walking but on the other hand if need be door it is a bit different a difficult to engage in that kind of protests because it is quite isolated and this is the area but he much. away from most of the populated areas so it's easier more easier to control the civil servants but despite the civil. disobedience movement some of the ministries are functional and so the

military may see that kind of protests and not necessarily directly threatening its power base so they may tolerate for at least for the near future you spoke about a potential crackdown by the military in a different way and where are they obviously seeing quite a lot of arrests as someone yourself has been involved in the peace process in manama given what's happening at the moment do you fear for your own safety i'm sorry i didn't hear your last book i was wondering if you fear for your own safety as we see these arrests escalates around the country. well you know a lot of us. who were involved in the pro-democracy movement in the past are on like a high a lot like you know we we activate our safety protocols and we don't even sleep in one place we lose one after another and a lot of activists even though they are not arrested are concerned that may be targeted next so yes we all are concerned more or less well as we've also been

saying on censorship of this he remains in detention the international community is has a bit of a complicated feel of her i think after she refused to denounce the crackdown on the ranger back in 2017 but still she is a democratically elected leader can you give us a sense of how she's viewed within. where she is still a popular leader a lot of people felt she was unjustly detain and a lot of people are quite supportive of our military detention of don't so suit yourself. that the sentiment against a military among the population so i would say that she has remained popular a.b.n. more but she may be seen differently among some of the political analysts just coming back to the crackdown that we've been seeing the generals have been

restricting the internet and communication channels out of manama einstein that's also reportedly being done with chinese technology we've seen protests outside the chinese embassy how do people there feel about beijing. well the even though the there are some rumors about those technologies a lot of young people. being able to. second then those the technology that restrictions they were able to. get onto traitor or face rhodes on the social media was and they were using myself a cicada technologies as well so i was with some of the faults they have for google you know they can mourn it to all the protests and media. like and we'll. the a tiny and even they know which protest group is coming to which direction and what color dress the a wearing a so it's not the i was a question to cicada

a young people use the technologies against the military who missed him in the 4 i let you go i want to ask you about your own personal experience you left me and i was south during at period of intense repression and you chose to return to your country to get involved in this movement how do you feel right now as you watch all of this take place. well it was a completely 2 different struggle even though old a morris but he much the the same even bill like yeah we were fighting the military who were military hunter back in like in 1988. we didn't have. much time that if you know i remember myself you know i saw the military crackdown. that meds he shot at the protester on the august 1988 the next year i was. the 1st one who threw the cocktail at the troops so

now the situation is quite changed and people have become more sophisticated and people feel like they can protest in many different forms built just like these protests very much like and nonviolent content you experienced in the past and also at the audience also trying to avoid confrontation with the protests are still one last question and when do you think these protests will actually stop if there isn't going to be confrontation with the military could these just continue indefinitely or will we put well there any stop when we see a political change. well i think the military government me ignore the current. law lest until they probably find some evidence that they can claim that legitimize why they have to last a coup so now what i hope is a lot of investigations are going on against that and there will be one on that

potential voting irregularities and also foreign funding and also some of the corruption charges told the military may come up with those whatever finding the have that they may come up with a transition a plan. and in the meantime even though the protests mostly mostly a nonviolent means some area we start seeing some potential confrontation simply say using some life rounds and water cannons so that does the confrontation maybe and a viable in the future or in some degree will continue watching the situation very closely indeed here on out of there that the executive director of the myanmar institute for peace and security and young on thanks so much for being with us. has plenty more had for you this news hour including find out why protesters in nigeria's largest city of lagos have returned to the site of last year's protests.

and it's a battle of the ages behind rio de janeiro's new full image a huge elderly population struggling to survive this pandemic. in sports as cricket fans return to india they are treated to a special performance in the 2nd test against england the best of all action coming up shortly with the same. now former u.s. president donald trump could learn his fate as early as this weekend his 2nd impeachment trial is set to wrap up in the coming hours lawyers for trump have been pushing back at the evidence presented so far today describing the trial itself as unconstitutional they say democrats are in the seeking revenge alan fischer reports the talk team too could remarkably short time to wrap up its defense just under 4 hours it argued that the proceedings were unconstitutional were rushed and were

driven by a hatred of donald trump this impeachment is completely divorced from the facts the evidence and the interests of the american people the senate should promptly and decisively vote to reject it for for promoting insurrection against the united states the president's remarks explicitly encourage those in attendance to exercise their rights peacefully and patriotically if you don't fight like hell you're not going to have a country anymore. this is ordinary political rhetoric you have to get your people to fight and if they don't fight we have to primaries the hell out of the ones that don't fight hatred is at the heart of the house managers frivolous attempts to blame donald trump for the criminal acts of the rioters based on double here stay for hearsay statements of fringe right wing

groups based on no real evidence other than rank speculation hatred is a dangerous thing they have not and can not prove mr trump explicitly or implicitly encourage use of violence or lawless action when to walk down to the capitol the and we're going to cheer on our brave senators and congressmen and women make no mistake and i will repeat it now and any time i'm ever asked january 6th was a terrible day for our country the attack on this building shocked us all president trump did not incite or caused the horrific violence that occurred on january 6th 2021 the senate then moved to a question and answer session it was combative it was fractious and it allowed both

sides to repeat the well worn lines this is an article of impeachment for incitement this is not an article of impeachment for anything else so one count they could have charged anything they wanted this process is so on constitutional because it violates due process i'm going to get into the jurisdiction part. the due process part should be enough to give anybody who loves our constitution and loves our country great pause to do anything but acquit. donald trump at no point was the president informed the vice president was in any danger because the house rushed through this impeachment in 7 days we don't come here in and are contrary to what you've heard today we come here in the spirit of protecting our republic and that's what it's all about. there

was a moment of unity at the end of the day when both sides agreed to present the congressional gold medal to capitol hill the officer who led the writers away from the senate chamber eugene goodman actions probably saved lives that day the senate will meet on saturday there is the possibility they could call witnesses but really we're looking at moving towards a vote on the acquittal of donald trump but let's talk you through what happens next in the senate is set to reconvene now for the 5th day of trying to 2nd impeachment trial and fast and all votes on whether or not to subpoena witnesses or documents but u.s. media are reporting that both sides are likely to move straight to the next phase then we'll have the closing arguments house impeachment managers and trying to defense lawyers will each get 2 hours to wrap up their cases and then there will be a final vote it could happen as early as saturday a 2 thirds majority of the evenly split senate is required for conviction well richard is a professor of american politics at the university of tennessee he doesn't think

the trial so far has changed many lines. well it's hard to imagine the beginning of the trial that a conviction was going to come out i think the democrats did in fact of jobbers of showing some footage that people hadn't seen before but in this footage will turn context i think the republicans the defenders of donald trump the attorneys did a pretty poor job the 1st day but they managed to recoup a little today because of the sort of more aggressive tack that the attorneys took today that to they took a few liberties with the truth and so the democrats may want to sort of re you know back when a citizen bring in witnesses for the 1st time and have those individuals testify that what the attorneys were saying was not true for one you know that impeachment is a pretty political weapon and the public's you know split you know in the united states maybe 60 percent support conviction and 40 percent don't but i think the

point is 2 to one is that donald trump am forbidden from running for public office again and number 2 is that you send a message to future presidents that this kind of behavior on the the partisan divide is very bad in this country but i think that you're seeing with 10 republicans in the house and maybe 7 or 6 or 7 republicans cross in the senate with about 140000 people in the last few days renouncing their membership in the republican party we're may actually be seeing a little bit of sort of some move back towards maybe a little bit more towards the middle. and moving on and police in nigeria are detaining protesters in their largest city lagos that's after activists called for a rally at the very spot where 12 people were killed last year during protests supporters of the n. cells movement against police violence are angry at

a decision by a judicial panel to reopen the leckie toll gate it's been closed since those killings 6 many say reopening the toll gate is ill timed and also inconsiderate to the victims well our correspondent made it just cover those protests extensively for us and joins us now live from lagos ahmed you were there during the unrest in october can you talk us through the significance of where you're standing right now . just checking when you can hear me we have been having some communications problems . will be trying to get that address back and bring you new more on that story from nigeria shortly moving on now and at least 4 people have been killed and 7 others injured in an attack near somalia's presidential palace in the capital mogadishu. police say a vehicle rigged with explosives managed to get away from

a checkpoint at high speed despite security forces opening fire the driver managed to reach of police post and to detonate those explosives no one has it came for sponsibility for the attack. 30 taliban fighters including 6 foreign nationals have been killed at an explosion in a mosque in afghanistan it happened early on saturday in bulk province a statement from the defense ministry says members of the armed group had gathered there for bomb making training the taliban has not yet commented now a former european central bank boss will shortly be sworn in as if he is prime minister mario druggies cabinet is a mix of technocrats and politicians from his broad coalition party wrangling brought down the previous administration in the midst of the pandemic and economic freefall. well still ahead here on out of there will be reporting from pakistan on why there's a shortage of sugar despite the nation being one of the largest producers of it in

the wild. accusations that the u.s. and e.u. are making it more difficult for venezuelans to access food and medicine. and action from the america's cup challenger series final in new zealand all of that coming up but sentence for. hello there still no letup in the cold weather across central and northern parts of europe but i guess was the west we will see a moderate gravity pushing in as these weather fronts slide in from the atlantic introducing somewhat warmer conditions for many but wet and windy as well down towards the southeast got a little circulation here that's going to drive some very unsettled weather across the eastern side of the mediterranean and some snow for good measure into that

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hello again i'm a saucy attained let's remind you of our top stories this hour and protesters are taking their anger to the streets of myanmar for an 8th day they want military generals to release deposed leader aung san suu kyi who is under arrest. donald trump's 2nd impeachment trial is nearly finished with a final vote in the senate expected as early as this weekend lawyers for the former president wrapped up their defense calling the trial unconstitutional. and police in nigeria are detaining protesters in the largest city lagos months after activists called for a rally at the very spot where 12 people were killed last year during protests. we can now go back to on that address who covered those protests last year extensively

for us he joins us from lagos and as we were saying earlier you were there during that unrest in october can you talk us through the significance of where you are standing now. for many of the protesters and for just organizers recycler to go so now trying to understand why the lake just picked up and want to really put the tollgate they look just to govern just looking at it from the revenue point of view they're losing millions of dollars every week because of one collection of tools for the protests just made clear that these are the leaks that this is where trough members of the and movement were killed by security forces something that the security forces have continued to deny what does more vaccine for the protesters was that a commission of inquiry was set up by the lagos state government and other states to investigate events of change of talked about. before and after when right go broke out throughout nigeria that commission of inquiry did not submit its support

us not finished its assignment and the protest as a protest organizers were wondering why they hurried to open the gate when investigations up not come to bed and so that is why they pulled out for practice today eventually the police officers or the security agents why don't you and they were not taken unawares like the last time the portis was taking going across make us and told not to. put him on the protesters and they deployed in mosques hundreds of police officers on the streets with guns buttons and shields trying to ensure that no protest oh no gathering of more than 2 people was recorded to us people were trying to cross the site you'll be asked and find out why and what does your business if you can't give up what makes a nation that dumped you into a bun and then take you to what a moment a police station and lock you up so put them for the protest us this is such a great go they want a moment especially one of the persons we interviewed earlier was arrested this

morning inside the bus he told al did you know that they want a moment to be erected here in honor of victims off to what 22020 they don't want the tollgate to be here until it goes to the government insisted that revenue or money is being lost money that could be channeled for development purposes in that district that's under given that there were $30.00 is out already out in force and clearly taking action today do you think that's likely to deter on the protesters from coming out. what it looks like it's walking for now the participants counted in most parts of lagos state a rest up in bed and there's been no gathering the way we saw them in october 28th . and thousands of protesters gathered on this 15 lane grew rocky highway to a new system that they're not going into i just put it to you but even if you top post. the government shifted to allow people to go home and that was when security

officers while they stopped opened fire at all but it was to just pick somebody up today we will see what goes to the numbers here on the streets of lagos to get. the courts to do space he said security department you're not to sort of break the back of that but just to talk to see it as no doctor but just imagine that we took that which still is systemic about for justice across not going to be gossipy but took much to the distress in. that the lucky tollgate in lagos and for us in nigeria thank you so much i will. now the university of oxford is set to begin assessing the safety and the immune response of the astra zeneca vaccine in children for the 1st time the trials will determine whether the vaccine is effective on people between the ages of $6.17 around $300.00 volunteers will be enrolled and the 1st in occupations are expected this month well meanwhile the straightly a 2nd most populous state victoria has entered

a 5 day lockdown with artie's they are racing to prevent a 3rd wave of cases sponsored by the highly infectious u.k. kovan 1000 very and there are now 20 cases across the state 14 of them are linked to a single quarantine hotel at melbourne airport which has now stopped incoming flights until wednesday people have been ordered to stay at home except for essential activities like shopping and exercising almost schools and fronts have closed for the winter mid-term break and with no travel restrictions within the country some people are heading away on holiday despite its daily infection rates the french president unexpectedly decided not to impose a 3rd full lockdown critics say it's a risky strategy that talks about 2 reports now from the coastal town of home for in normandy. the february went to holidays underway in france and in all flown out of pecan to arrive to enjoy the picturesque harbor on normandy east coast this

couple say they feel lucky to be here because like most people in friends they had expected to be in lockdown. we are happy to be able to travel as we really thought we would be confined again so we're trying to make the most of things even if the situation means we can't enjoy a restaurant or bar for several weeks french ministers had suggested that a 3rd nationwide lockdown was imminent because kovi case is the high and more contagious strains are spreading so french president emanuel mackerel sudden decision not to impose one took most people by surprise and forced the government to change its tune it is today are. certainly exists apart to avoid a letdown it may be narrow but it's there and will be wrong not to try and follow it. the government has tightened existing measures it's extended a nighttime curfew and imposed more restrictions on shops and travel in and out of france restaurants bars cultural and sports centers remain shot but schools are

open mike hall is said to be worried about the impact of another knockdown on the economy and on people's mental health but with the pandemic showing no immediate signs over beijing in the country it is clearly a political gamble that is going to the president is taking a risk as it's his decision even though the government announced it obviously he wants to protect the economy so he's waiting as long as possible to see if a full lockdown is needed it's a big gamble but if it pays off it will put him in a strong position before next year's presidential election this doctor says there's no room for gambling when it comes to people's lives and without a strict lock down the health situation could deteriorate rapidly this might be a big mistake church really because the situation in france is. really bad so we are seeing. a plateau. or a plateau because the number of contaminations per day is still increasing the

government has not totally ruled out another lock down but they hope the tighter restrictions some regional measures and a stepped up vaccine rollout will help avoid 11 year before the next election it is clear that macro has a lot to gain if his strategy succeeds but he could also have much to lose if it does not natasha batla al-jazeera. moment. well the brazilian says here vader to rio de janeiro is often associated with new beauty and an energetic lifestyle lived out on its famous beaches but rio is also home to an aging population struggling through a devastation pandemic. reports now and the challenges being faced across that generational divide. the beaches of rio de janeiro are always says so freedom and then are g. even in the midst of a deadly pandemic everyone seems to be on the move on land and sea.

side stepping the crisis with healthy exercise and moments of deep contemplation but while rio may look useful it's the brazilian city with the largest proportion of elderly people and they're specially vulnerable to covert 19 this foreign war the lies in the image of rio de janeiro as the city of london beautiful women it was here that 2 musicians the researcher and both of the wrote the song girl for me pretty much. they were inspired by 18 year old in lease up the new walking to the beach in her bikini that girl is now a grandmother and over 60 years old like 13 percent of the city's population vaccination began in rio earlier this month and the elderly are the 1st in line the mayor promised all by march but fighting the pandemic here has been specially

difficult the city's aging population needs younger caregivers who usually live in poor neighborhoods and they have to take a crowded bus to work all the attempts at maintaining at most social distancing possible still very difficult so what happened i think during the 1st big wave was that lots of elderly people were got sick got sick fast because one of their caregivers got here. and. there is. this problem still exist copacabana is a rich middle class dave or hood with the high cove the death rate 3 out of 10 people here are over 60 but in the nearby slum up on the mountain the younger population faces a different problem they would probably survive the virus but will struggle to survive another lockdown. this time of the year this beach would be packed with

tourists from the united states and europe not to know i've been walking from one end to the other called even make hall for what i used to make the vaccination campaign has brought hope to most brazilians but 25 year old wonderly knows who have to wait a long time before it's his turn until the tourists come back life on the beach will be far from carefree monica innocuous al-jazeera rio de janeiro home to some other news now from the americas and a u.n. envoy says international sanctions on making venezuela's humanitarian crisis worse un special rapporteur alina do have has been in the country now for the last 12 days she's urging the u.s. the u.k. and portugal to give the government in caracas access to frozen funds the u.s. imposed sanctions 2 years ago citing corruption under president nicolas maduro and police in chile have used tear gas and water cannon against anti-government

protesters hundreds of demonstrators gathered in the capital santiago for a week to march against inequality police there are under scrutiny after all of those shot and killed a street performer last week rights groups accuse them of using excessive force to suppress those regular protests. and also some scuffles have broken out during the latest protest against haitian president juvenile noises. in the capital port au prince as you can see 5 tear gas well demonstrators threw rocks and set vehicles on fire ways as opponents say he's remained in office illegally after his term ended a week ago but he insists he still has a full year left the opposition has also named an interim president. for u.n. agencies are warning nearly half a 1000000 children in yemen could die of hunger in the next 2 months if action is not taken while the conflict goes on nearly 2300000 children are expected to suffer

acute malnutrition this year out of them 400000 likely to suffer severe acute malnutrition and that means they'll die if they don't receive treatment and nourishment now compared to last year more children and yemen are suffering from fatal periods of hunger while the humanitarian response remains critically underfunded well for more on this let's now cross over to cairo and speak to be a tape from the world food program a b it's been what nearly 3 years since the u.n. described yemen as the world's worst humanitarian crisis i feel like this is a story we just keep repeating each time we do the situation seems to only gotten worse. one of the situation has not improved the situation can be described now as dire economic volatility conflicts have stretched the ability of yemeni yemenis to breaking point leaving millions deeply in what we're going to get and families at risk of famine the latest report that we got that yesterday from 4 new

any agencies shows that around about the children under 5 in yemen that are 2300000 children are projected or at least to face acute malnutrition this year and nearly 400000 of these children are expected to die and to suffer and to suffering from severe acute malnutrition if they do not receive urgent treatment so it's a here after a year the situation gets worse the ability for people to continue to cope with this very dire situation is pushing people to the edge who would be i say the bible ministration has said that they're going to lift the terror designation on the heathy is this coming to says so many aid agencies have been requesting what sort of a difference will that make to your access s.w. effie. certainly we didn't know what with this door to our operation so it's a relief because we cannot deal with one more uncertainty when it comes to the situation in yemen we of course welcome the decision of the administration. to

you know either hours to work without further complications and it is ignition of any group in ringback ringback yemen will further complicate the the access the ability of the private sector to get food into the country it's not just that humanitarian agencies yemen has is facing a severe economic crisis now the problem to yemen is not just humanitarian aid but it's also the free flow of through the commodities to the population in yemen because that will impact food prices push more people into hunger and make more and more people vulnerable and the pendant on humanitarian aid what yemen needs also is a long lasting peace so that people can recover and can start rebuilding the future which will take many many years of their last chair i see the u.n. humanitarian response plan said they needed $3400000000.00 and you only got

$1900000000.00 so something's obviously had to be slashed what was cut. for the world food programme we didn't get the funding even though there were quite a lot of generous donors but still we have not managed top you know get all of the funding that we need so we have to slash actually for the assistance there are 8000000 people who have been receiving reduced food assistance since april of that 2020 and the impact is now clear and we can see very clearly in the allotment food security projections things that are getting worse we need at the world food program needs at around happened 1000000000 after $1000000000.00 so mundane operations from february and to join and we're optimistic that someone short some forthcoming contributions from donors will allow us so i would immediately cut to the assistance but it's a very dire situation and the funding needs to come through and we need the funding we need the absence and we need

a long lasting solution to the crisis in yemen it cannot continue like that we're losing people every day to be a test for there from the world food program thanks for being with us about and we wish you all the best with your well thank you. this is supposed to be a time of noon a new year celebrations for most asian communities weld wide but attacks are rising against asian americans and particular problem on the us west coast and warning now some of us may find some of the images and rob reynolds report the stabbing the videos are shocking. in san francisco a man attacks 84 year old vito rotten apoc d. injuring him so badly he later died in oakland's historically chinese neighborhood a 91 year old man is violently pushed to the ground smashing his head on the curb and causing serious injuries surveillance video in an oakland chinatown shop shows an assailant waiting till an elderly woman takes out money then tries to violently

rob her before racing off researchers see an uptick in crimes against asian americans we don't doubt that a racially motivated are not and so we're not calling about a crimes because we have no clear racial bias and tent. we do know that american idol we have targeted in our data i'm asian american are we are disproportionately represented and that's why it's so horrific among asian communities a wave of attacks has turned what should be a time of celebration the lunar new year and dawning of the year of the ox into a season of fear instead we think it can many and many seniors who lead inside chinatown they are also afraid it will on their own streets in the too violent attack seen here police have arrested suspects and charged them with crimes we've increased our routine patrols and our chinatown area community members are coming

out and walking and be a more visible in our chinatown areas in san francisco community members have started a sidewalk patrol group what we want to do is to make our older really feel safe you know there are a lot are out and about right now to a degree because of the chinese new year and when a new year and we just wanted to feel safe activists say the assaults reflect a bigger problem in us society it's part of the again deep rooted systemic racism in america. see some people as the law and others as outsiders and right now are cast as farmers and. researchers at san francisco state university reported $2800.00 racist incidents involving asian americans last year ranging from verbal abuse and spitting to physical assault rob reynolds al jazeera los angeles. pakistan has one of the wilds top 10 sugar producing countries

. and seeing shortage of refined wine checa explains. all go up august on into 5th largest. country in. the prices of white sugar. and that means that it is an affordable for more people across pakistan and that of course has political ramifications ready for the target on their government led by imran khan. for not being able to control the prices of essential commodities but the government is now moving to import tax free in order to grow. and mitigate that price and also to be able to send a signal that mafia and a card. to keep prices the sugar price has skyrocketed due to the wrong policies of

this government supporting the sugar mafias however to cross. a farmer that also busy producing brown sugar. harvest. they make more money by crushing their own sugarcane and then you get to the still gummy because it does not pay for the extra costs involved in transportation and. produce . beneficial. and is now finding an increasing market within that country. faith. has become quite evident. in the number of patients and the number of. grown children. for the white boy didn't go gold farmers did or did wrong. brownfield because they earn 57 percent more money. now that is going to be played

without a key so we are trying our best produce which has health benefits the government is stopping us from producing it instead it's providing. the sugar industry which mr government is behind him and the poor are suffering with high prices the government also had a portent year to export up 210-0000 tonnes of grown stronger annually that of course related to foreign exchange earnings but the country will have to come to dinner at this price because days after all is a major sugar. and hard up or don't care to produce more sugar in order to bring down the price they are. well still ahead here on al-jazeera has only so much shouting one can take and courage leaves the court midway through in a strange and i can tennis match peter will have that story for you in sport.

what should americans be thinking and doing right now it should be about ideas they don't care about their work is all they care about is making money china is not going to be left out of the pot calling for the bloated defense budget to be kind of the bottom line on u.s. politics some policies in their effect on the world from al-jazeera. the. frank assessments you've got colleagues on the ground in the air is what is the situation there's only one doctor and one nurse for 2200 people and in-depth

analysis of the date global headlines. inside story on al-jazeera root or. is now time for sport and peace as all the tennis action that's caught right in the stars well women's tennis number one and australian open top seed ashley barty has powered her way into this year's 4th round the 24 year old took care of rushes that cut arena alexander over in straight sets on saturday in melbourne 66 for the final schools of the australian inside an empty stadium of the local state government introduced fresh covert 19 restrictions for the next 5 days but he will play american shelby rogers next she's hoping to become the 1st australian women's

champion at this tournament since 1978. body through but a former world number one covering the place of her has crashed out in straight sets the czech clearly frustrated of the dropping the 1st set to countryman catalina 75 and then to make matters worse she threw it away after fighting back to lead 5 love in the 2nd 7575 the final score. now actually i don't think my game is that i mean the top for sure neither at the top no matter how you know i don't want to be like 2 sarcastic and 2 and i got a faster because i just lost so it's tough to like really say but i don't think i was playing amazing. on the men's side 4th seed daniel medvedev could not hide he's frustrations of losing a to set lead the continued shouting wanting his coach to leave the court in an apparent attempt to calm the russian medvedev eventually going on to beat philip crane of h. in 5 sets extends his current winning streak to 17 matches and said just before

losing that he's sure i'm going to win the match but he's going to leave me alone to be more calm actually so how long tell more because there was a good thing to do and luckily i won. well medvedev needed 5 sets to win 1st seed stefano city parts of greece completed he's 3rd round match in just 3 states about easily getting the later of sweden's mikhail 646-1612 move on to the next round 3. the crickets and the rapid century from robert sherman has got india back on track in the 2nd test against england india won the toss and chose to bat 1st in chennai but made a shaky start last open a shipment gilfoyle a duck in the 2nd over tracked l.b.w. by only stone and when captain virat kohli was bowled by low in alief to know what they were struggling on 96 for 3 but open a row it smashed

a century of just 130 balls and he went on to make 161 india currently 25345. i. don't like the 1st taste india's cricket board has allowed fans in for this match the stadium in chennai is operating up to 50 percent capacity with mosques and social distancing mandatory between 141-5000 though there are 4 day one including a few england fans to. we've been here in india through lockdown so we got the chance a few of us to come to this game today and represent all the england cricket fans around the world and i mean so much that they're playing and it means so much have a few friends here so we're looking forward to 5 days of sunshine 5 days of cricket and a kids are the end. to go for and jordan speed's return to form continues at the pebble beach program in california he leads by one short at the halfway stage thanks to a 5 under par round of 67 and it could have been a 2 shot lead if the spirit had dropped at the final hole 3 time major champion

spaeth time for 4th last week at the phoenix open space to finish since may 29th. i'm just trying to kind of get more comfortable being in towards the top of the leaderboard and kind of feeling those nerves and you start to get more comfortable more often you're there in these 2 days you know playing with with around the lead you know for the least the back 9 yesterday through most of the round today i felt a lot more comfortable than i did last week which is a good sign in the n.b.a. on friday 2 talented very different stages of a careers put on an excellent display 2019 overall 1st pick in the draft signed a williamson school a real high 36 points for the new orleans pelicans but unfortunately for them a man at the peak of his powers right now lou could own church also helped himself to a career high tally 46 points in his case as the dallas mavericks won this high school thriller 143150. in ice hockey n.h.l.

the boston bruins have maintained their place at the top of the east division that's after one the winner of the new york islanders nik richie scoring the only goal of the game with boston state of the season so far the 2nd best record in the entire league behind only the toronto maple leafs. scott and rugby coach greg townsend believes the lack of top level rugby caused by the pandemic is resulting in more injuries scotland face wales in the 6 nations later on saturday but the being forced to make 3 changes to the team that beat england in their opening game of the tournament last week will probably see more injuries and games now because players 100. test matches all games. to build up the robustness or number of. players that weekend it was a few weeks as we mentioned unfortunately when the start a game since the end of september as for england the defending champions are

looking to bounce back from that shock home defeat to scotland last week a fancy their chances later against its leader who have lost their last 286 nations games. last week we got the information wrong i was just trying to get the information right this week which will likely now thinking get us back playing on the front foot by front for the rugby which we will read base that's where one of the most damaging teams in the world and that's where we're going to get back to the italian luna rossa sailings the mistake or 2 in the lead in the america's cup challenger series final they're competing in oakland up against ben ainslie as british team many also u.k. luna are also finished nearly 2 minutes clear in race one and 26 seconds ahead in race to its base of 13 though so still plenty of time for any of us to catch up with the winners will take on team new zealand for the main america's cup which starts on march 6th. i'll be here again later with most of the things i want to present but that's it for this news outcome i will be here in

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lamont hill and it's time to get out front right here on al-jazeera. al-jazeera world goes to morocco to meet find would be film directors doing whatever it takes to succeed in the solution or write the script and i'm often the camera man the podium near and the boom operator not the root of fame and fortune can be a rocky one juggling the demands of family life with their passion for filmmaking i'll become a great film director and my mother will be proud of from a cousin shall not own al-jazeera. the protests started cheerfully in front of the x. museum in amsterdam hundreds of protesters gathered to demand the government east lock down restrictions and lift a curfew the 1st in the country since world war 2 the threat is that we loose our freedom so the protesters who are not following social distancing rules who will be to leave order to disperse by police but police are trying very hard to call

friends a scenario that happened last week when thousands were rioting in cities across the land. after some protesters started throwing stones at letting off fireworks police on horseback moved in to clear the area. turning back the mass protests in me in ma now for an 8th straight day after the generals who seized power from elected leaders. well again i'm come out santa maria with the world news here on al-jazeera. it asks for a constitutional cancel culture to take over in the united states.

are we going to allow canceling and banning and silencing to be sanctioned in this body. don't.