ice is the commitment to the human story. but it's also the idea of challenging those and. if a politician comes on this channel they will be challenged and that's what people expect of us they want the questions such. as will be the way so that's what we will continue to do. 0. hello there i must tell you this is the news hour live from our headquarters here and coming up in the next 60 minutes. it's dishonest and the american people don't deserve this any longer you must acquit donald trump's noirs say there's no proof he inside the capitol hill riot as we move into what could be the final stage of his senate impeachment trial. tens of thousands

refuse to give up on their demands a man law and protests move into the 8th straight day. the former head of the european central bank mario draghi has been sworn in as a sneeze new prime minister as a time of both an economic and health crisis. and a call for action and mock funeral held in nepal to express outrage after the gang rape and murder of a 17 year old. i don't think it's time to though they sports 20 time grand slam tennis champion refound adele moves into the australian open for throw and that and more later this news our. sentiments not. around just a few hours the u.s. senate will reconvene for what could be the final day of donald trump's impeachment

trial has no as of pushed back at the evidence presented so far describing the trial itself as unconstitutional they say the democrats are now seeking revenge alan fischer reports that some 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 far from 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 only gets you. are 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 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 former vice president was in any danger because the house rushed through this impeachment in 7 days we don't come here in europe 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 he could call witnesses but really we're looking at moving towards a vote on the acquittal of donald trump so let's talk you through just what happens next in the in the coming hours the senate set to reconvene for the 5th day of trying to 2nd impeachment trial 1st it may voters on whether or not to subpoena witnesses or documents but u.s.

media reporting that both sides are likely to move straight on to the next phase that will have closing arguments house impeachment managers and trump's defense lawyers will each get 2 hours to wrap up their cases and then there will be a final vote which could happen as early as saturday just to remind you a 2 thirds majority of the evenly split senate is required for conviction well now let's speak to what is or castor she's on capitol hill for us this is a political rather than a legal trial and this is all been about trying to change people's minds or talk us through some of the strongest arguments we've been hearing now from both sides. sureness stasia from the impeachment managers side well we saw that emotional video that they showed to the senators which sought to drag them right back to january 6th to relive those moments of uncertainty and fear that they felt while hiding from the rioters that was one piece of powerful evidence and the other the managers trying to build the statue the building blocks rather that they say trump reaching

back 2 months prior had been sowing doubt in the presidential election that he claimed to have won it even though losing all the court battles continuing to press his supporters and inflamed their anger that's the argument which led to that you ruptured a violence we saw on january 6th and also arguing that senator should be using this vote not just as a condemnation of trump but as a measure to protect the u.s. presidency going into the future as far as the trump side well they also have 3 prongs to their argument one that this trial is unconstitutional because it's trying a former president for the very 1st time they also say that the 1st amendment protected trumps political speech they showed videos of democrats using similar language like white in some of their political talk and they say this process lacked due process

for the president and that's another reason they say it's unconstitutional it's notable though the saucier that watch yesterday's arguments from you didn't get that same sort of lot of tory language we've heard a year ago during trumps 1st in each moment rather this one is really focused on the incitement that's alleged on january 6th and really they don't have that many minds that they have to convince in order to secure an acquittal when you say they don't need to change that many minds things are obviously moving very quickly and we do have a pretty good idea of what the likely outcome will be. certainly you know it would take 17 republican senators to vote to acquit and at this point we're expecting no more than 5 or 6 of them to make that vote those are the same members who also voted earlier in the week that this trial should move forward that it is constitutional how do we have such

a clear indication well if you just look at the questions that were asked yesterday in the q. and a session the vast majority came from senators who clearly have their minds made up they were phrases isn't it the case that and they teach it right up to both legal teams to go back to the speaking points that obviously these members agreed with the few questions that really were valid inquiries coming from a life of lisa murkowski susan collins republicans who have been on the fence about trump asking what exactly did the former president know on the day of the riot and how early did he know and why did he not take actions to stop the violence earlier well trump's team did not answer those questions they could have asked their own client for the answers but they said that it was the democrats for be negligent of not having investigated the case going back to the stew process claim but again it takes 17 of the of the republican senators to convict and we're certainly not seen

that happen here today. castro there with all the latest for us on capitol hill she'll be watching that impeachment trial for us thanks so much heidi well now richard pacelli is a professor of american politics at the university of tennessee and he also doesn't think this trial so far has changed many minds at all. well turned 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 the footage all time context i think the republicans the defenders of donald trump the attorneys did a pretty poor job at 1st 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 this is

a bring 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 of 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. from britain from running for public office again and number 2 is that you send a message to future presidents that this kind of behavior on that we tolerate 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 class we had earlier u.s. senators from both sides have paid tribute to a man they say is a hero at the capitol riots he didn't get one was awarded the congressional gold medal the highest civilian honor senate majority to chuck schumer thank the officer for going above and beyond. here in this trial we saw a new video powerful video showing calmness under pressure his courage in the line of duty his foresight in the midst of chaos and his willingness to make himself. a target of the mobs rage so that others might reach safety officer goodman is in the chamber tonight officer goodman thank you. oh moving on to me now 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 rallying across the country they want to depose civilian leader aung san suu kyi she and her allies to be released take a look this was the scene in the capital nucky door where student union members athletes and other people also joined in protests is also calling on the military to stop what they're calling nighttime kidnappings as the gentle continues to detain and protesters and activists and in mandalay that's a 2nd city there have also been more rallies this time involving no is but despite the growing international condemnation suki remains under house arrest along with more than $320.00 people scott highly has more now on those protests there is an increase that's at least the word we're getting from people on the streets there who have been on the streets since the protests really began since the movement to get as many people out from many different walks of life out in the streets are saying you know friday we saw spike in numbers the biggest numbers yet they say and

again that's interest paid today in those pictures really indicate that that's probably what's going to be in store toward the end of the day now we will get official numbers because the police are authorities are really counting this is coming from the organizers themselves and there is a feeling that you know that the the security forces are allowing them to do this maybe because it's gotten so big maybe they think they're going to fizzle out but that's not the case because they keep coming out in big numbers what's interesting is they're very pinpoint when it comes to where they gather the biggest numbers are gathering and that's at the embassies and don because obviously for this movement a key key issue is the international community's reaction. knowledge of what's going on in myanmar so that's where they're focusing in yangon there is a large area that they've gathered straight right through you know right after the coup on february 1st this intersection near yangon university that's where they've been gathering as well so you know when you look at on the streets you know it's very exciting to see different walks of life different groups but also how creative

they've gotten in in presenting their protest movement so it's interesting that that's really kind of a. change from from previous uprisings in myanmar that that ended in violence but now right now you know we saw violence on tuesday there right now things are peaceful. well i spoke to his the executive director of the man my institute for peace and security any young gun and he says military doesn't seem to view these protests as a direct threat 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 in a p 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 pretty much. we have 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 are not necessarily directly threatening its power base so they may tolerate. at least for the near future a lot of activists even though they are not arrested a concern that they may be targeted next so yes we all are concerned more or less i think the military government me ignore the current protests and more or less until they probably find some evidence that they can claim that they are legitimize why they have to launch

a coup so now what i thought was a lot of investigations are going on against the n l d on on the potential voting irregularities and also foreign funding and also on the some of the corruption charges so the military may come up with those whatever finding the half that they may come up with a transition a plan. well there's plenty more ahead this news hour including arrests in nigeria as anger grows against the government's decision to reopen a controversial toll gate in lagos. accusations that the u.s. and the e.u. are making it more difficult for venezuelans to access food and medicine. and as cricket fans return to india they are treated to a special performance on the 2nd test against england the best of all that action coming up in sports with peter.

hundreds of people have joined a rally in the pools capital after the gang rape and murder of a 17 year old girl demonstrators staged a mock funeral procession in kathmandu to try to bring attention to rising violence against women. like you need to stop of us we are here to challenge the government to put pressure on the government to get justice there has to be an independent investigation into the teenager's death the murderer must be severely punished because it's going to come to trial but the state has failed us there are so many rape cases and yet none next to none have received justice if tomorrow something happens to me or somebody i love and care about who is going to be accountable who is going to give us justice. 2 years ago the un human rights commission dorothy's in nepal to update their laws on rape and sexual assault in line with international standards more than 2000 sexual assault cases were reported in nepal last year and 20 $800.00 thousands took part in mass rallies after

a 13 year old schoolgirl was raped and murdered from 2017 to $2800.00 nearly $1500.00 charges of rape were brought before the courts but only about 400 of those ended in convictions a 2016 survey revealed that 7 percent of women and girls between the ages of 15 and 49 said they had experienced some sexual violence. well i'm joined now by mona and sorry in kathmandu she is a human rights lawyer and also a former member of nepal's human rights commission and i want to start with a few cases i want to remember that these are people and not numbers. 17 raped and strangled last week as she was going home 1st from school a 12 year old girl raped and then killed in september have body found at the temple 2 days later another 12 year old girl murdered for refusing sexual advances the same month a young girl took her own life after being gang raped and of course that teen raped and murdered in 2800 i could go on what's driving this. so very difficult

thank you very much for connecting with me is a very typical to me to highlight it but i want to highlight that it isn't about a single case but this is a going on cds off incident you know. a pastor many years as humans and that is reported data is like yesterday risperdal are bad it's a 5000 more than 5000 police. cases have been reported in the police but the what about the justice damages are they still waiting for adults to say there is a nor no clear cut answer from the government side and this is it not therefore to did today is only this is the fasting impunity and presenting impunity contacts. so if i go to the scenario if i go

to the scenario. the protection we carry is a protection may carry them is very poor and it is a failed to address the impunity you know. i have been writing many like that on this issue continuously i have been focusing and i just want to. our prime minister address in last december in the parliament before the dissolve near going to dissolve the parliament and he said like. the probably which are known to happen till today you know we we see this as an attack basically on our new constitution and democrats in general and so oh so those so the most important things is a like a you know our current or our statue or current or criminal court and you know the federation of the ways that $35.00 days. the statute of

limitation changed into 180. which is not enough according to internationally standard a minister i know you want to just jump in there because i know that there's also been discussion and debate around the possibility of trying to reintroduce or to introduce the death penalty for offenses like these which obviously serious criminal offense and i'm curious about where you stand on that. no actually the credit or death penalty is i'm against the law a lot of youngsters are now demanding for the death penalty being a human rights lawyer i totally disagree because netball in south asia is standing on against the death penalty and this is not a solution for the criminal frosties are you know this is going to be like. it's a very difficult i just don't want to highlight and i think i have been highlighting

since many days if you see the current investigation system is a highly problematic you know who is a pulitzer netball pulis is serving for whom and they are or they are playing a kind of. 7 on the pressurized political problem you know and they they're a culture of the investigation is a really need to be changed and. according to scientifically you know most of the time the political parties are inference that the cases have been influenced by the political party and then the political polices resistor the reap and coming incidentally you know there is a north such kind of influence by the political party that need to be stopped now as we're all in certain things and we're also now it into a global pandemic rise and and i know that women have also been getting raped at

quarantine centers for instance how much has covert 19 affected the situation when it comes to this. yeah of course the band hated by all over the world and there is also the one of the country where. she has kind of effect on or by the band i make people who have been lost their jaw. chord in turn center have been a fluke or. if i go back in early january february or march it was full of people because the migrant worker have been returned and then there is no clear cut of the. medical treatment but just to going to call the tory protester you know the people who are on this crete and you know the women have been modeling for their right have been never articulate it could leave early

because of the you know a unit a power or a power centric you know. how can i say like clearly clearly my know there is a culture that needs to change. yes mona and sorry that sorry we'll have to leave it there mona but thank you very much for joining us mona ansari a human rights lawyer and a former member of nepal's human rights commission in katmandu thanks for being with us now roadwork is an india state of which are working around the clock to reach a number of villages which are now cut off excavators are clearing rocks and debris from the site where a bridge washed away near riney village much of the surrounding valley was also flooded when a glassy a collapsed into a river on sunday people living in a dozen villages have been relying on food and other supplies being flown in on a helicopter at least $36.00 people have died and around $200.00 are still missing . as.

for. now some scuffles have broken out during the latest protest against haitian president juvenile mores . police in the capital port au prince fight tear gas as you can see while demonstrators threw rocks and set vehicles on fire as opponents say he has 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. police in nigeria are detaining protesters in the largest city lagos that's off to activists called for a rally at the very spot where 19 people were killed last year during protests supporters of the n sols movement against police violence angry at the decision by judicial panel to reopen the lekki tollgate it's been closed since those killings many say that

reopening the toll gate is ill timed and inconsiderate to the victims a manager as has more from the toll gate now. the lucky told get represent different things to protest us and the government the protests to see this as a sucker ground they claimed this is why 12 of their members were shot and killed by security forces on the 20th of october 2020 while they occupied thousands of them occupied this particular place to protest against police brutality they said it's inconsiderate of the government to set up or to reopen be told gate at a time when the parties are still only goes to bed by boat to ascertain what exactly happened here now on the part of the government it says it is losing revenue of millions of dollars they say is being lost every week by the state government so what they want to do is to renovate this structure which has been affected by the rioters if you look on top of that. evidence

a bunch of windows and structures on the goal line that was set on fire by protesters what happened here on that day set the tone for the violence we saw spreading across nigeria violence broke out across 36 niger state including the federal capital while we saw riotous attacking government facilities robbing looting and even a burning down properties belonging to private individuals and government so they want to see their calling for the organizers of the demonstrations calling for supporters to come out and mosque to protest what exactly is going to the police and the security forces on their part want to see that not happening and so they got themselves prepared and ready for events of today since yesterday they've been wrecking all the potential flashpoints here in megas trying to ensure that they were not taken by surprise. that things done out on october 20th 2020 now u.n.

envoy says international sanctions are venezuela's humanitarian crisis while he wants. lena dear hannah has now been in the country for the last 12 days and she is adding the u.s. u.k. and portugal to give the government in caracas access to frozen funds latin america hadn't seen him and has this report. it's no secret that the news whale is experiencing a worsening humanitarian catastrophe every day more than his whalen's join the more than $5000000.00 who've already fled the country the majority to other parts of latin america the u.n. high commission for human rights has consistently accused president nicolas maduro of overseeing grave rights violations but a un special rapporteur tour has issued a new damning report arguing that international sanctions are also responsible for making venezuelans lives a misery you know it all sanctions increasingly inforced by the united states the

european union and other countries have access or be to the above mentioned challenges. the special report to us says economic and financial sanctions imposed especially by the united states since 2015 have had a devastating impact on access to polluted medicine fuel water and electricity but the report also recognize that the economy began shrinking earlier in 2014 when oil prices plummeted spurred by mismanagement corruption and pressure controls the government revenue was reported to shrink by 99 percent with the country currently living on only one percent of its priests sanctions income the special report to us says that unilateral sanctions against the oil gold mining sectors and the state owned airline constitute a violation of international law only not enough thought out today the u.n. special repertory has called on the united states in the e.u.

to review and lift the sanctions against venezuela because they have exacerbated a gigantic you. mina tyrian crisis a good step people but opponents who urge the international community to strengthen sanctions to force south what many regard as a dictatorship insists that model has only himself to blame. since 2016 we warned that there was a humanitarian emergency under way in venezuela which the dictatorship denied over and over until we reached a catastrophe hospitals have no goals no alcohol no oxygen in many cases whoever is to blame the new u.s. administration has indicated it won't significantly essentia is unless the movie's accompanied by equally significant political change in venezuela you see in human al-jazeera well it is now time for the weather and has everything. we got some very nasty weather coming in across much of north america over the course of this

weekend by the end of the weekend some parts could see as much as 30 centimeters of snow fall lots of cold air still in places tongue of colder air then across was spinning out of canada that arctic blast is going to write down all the way down into the deep south and we have got weather warnings in force anywhere from the pacific northwest right down to the mexican border as we go on through the next couple of days here is that cold air then the purples they're going to make their way further southward to speak on through saturday sunday going on in some monday gradually seeing that very cold air coming all the way down into a good part of texas minus 9 the top temperature in dallas on monday afternoon minus 3 there for who still as you can see basically cold frigid air coming through dangerously cold weather got some wet weather now in the process of pulling away from the southeastern corner weiss freezing rain on that northern flank of that here comes and next batch of wintry weather that will make its way down across new mexico coming into texas this be going on through sunday going on into monday that

snow digs even further southeast and could see it's coldest weather for over 100 years that wet weather and wintry weather continues pushing east. well still ahead here on al-jazeera france hold off on a photo of the town but critics want it maybe i risky strategy. it's a battle of the ages behind where did you near as youthful and ally is a huge elderly population struggling to survive. and action from the america's cup challenge of series final in new zealand all that coming up but the sentence for you. as information on governments responses to covert 19 across the world emerges so to as a deeply disturbing question. people in power investigates allegations of systemic discrimination against the pandemics disable victims. has there been

a shameful failure to protect some of the world's most vulnerable citizens. disabled victims to. al-jazeera world goes to morocco to meet 5 would be film directors doing whatever it takes to succeed the soldiers or write the script and i'm often the cameraman the photo engine here and the boom operator not the road to 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 filmmakers in sharjah al-jazeera. the. you're.

getting. that's remind you about top stories this hour donald trump the 2nd impeachment trial is nearly finished the final vote could happen when the senate reconvenes in just a few hours time on friday trump's lawyers finished their defense calling the trial itself unconstitutional. and he could protest as taking their anger to the streets of myanmar for an 8 day they want military generals to release deposed leader aung sun suu kyi who is under house arrest. and hundreds of people are rallying in the polls capital after the gang rape and murder of a 17 year old guy demonstrators staged a mock funeral procession in katmandu to bring attention to rising violence against women. it's really has a new prime minister. a

former european central bank chief mario draghi was sworn in just a couple of hours ago he comes to power as italy faces a double health and economic crisis the previous government collapsed and a dispute about the handling of this pandemic cabinet is a mix of technocrats and politicians from a broad coalition well for more on this we're joined now by john the seaman in rome seem i know a lot of people think of mario draghi as a banker right but he's also very much a politician who i was interested to see even shun social media can you tell us a little more about what sort of a man he is and how he's managed to win this amount of support. well what we do know about mario dr you is that he 73 years old he is an mit trained economist his background in terms of his professional quality the cations are stellar we also know that he was within the goldman sachs event investment banking firm and old so he was the president of the european central bank just before that he was also head

of the bank of italy and it was his time at the european central bank when he was dealing with the eurozone debt crisis that he made those famous words of doing whatever it takes in order to save the euro what's the hope now is that he will be able to do whatever it takes in order to save italy in terms of the both the health crisis in terms of corporate 19 but also the financial crisis that the countries currently in you mentioned those crises at last count i believe italy has the 2nd highest debt in the eurozone and he is also staring down the barrel of a vaccine rolled out those are some pretty big challenges is he up top. well he says that that's what he's been tasked to do by president said timothy rela and he is focusing on doing that i mean he says that the vaccination program is really top of his priority it's really started off fairly well with that but then we've seen things stalwart see things better in certain regions and others the question

remains is whether he can perhaps create some kind of centralized a way of dealing with this in terms of getting that big scene rule out quickly because of course that has an impact on the economy at the difference in terms of a technocrat leader of a government this time around in italy as compared to others in the past is that others in the past may have had to deal with budget cuts and austerity in this situation druggies getting more than 200000000000 euro of the recovery funds from the european union so he'll be spending the question is whether he will be able to come up with those plans by april and then for crewel by the european union will be handing out this money in terms of loans and grants but clearly if you look at his cabinet line up he's put those technocrats in he positions such as the economy minister as well as infrastructure and transport and some new ministries as well looking at the ecological transition or looking at green issues as well as

digital transition so i getting a sense of what his priorities might be i say when he was asked to form the pet the government by president or ella many italians also had to google him to try to find out if he was left or right leaning how much the italians really know about him and how much confidence do they have in him. well that's interesting to note that a recent survey actually put a 70 percent or so approval rating for mario draghi now it's even higher than the previous prime minister and a separate kaante clearly i think a lot of italians know he's a known figure he's a known name he's not to be serious about what he's doing so clearly they're hoping that he will come in there and fix things particularly as we saw a lot of wrangling and infighting and squabbling between the political parties at the moment he seems to have that broad parliamentary majority in parliament and you have the support of the talent people so at the moment it's really

a crucial time perhaps he will get things done initially but we'll have to see how things go down the road already we are hearing members of the 5 star movement in particular certain members not very happy about working with traditional rivals and seeing that made me not give the support to my view drive the eventual confidence votes next week but that would have an impact because in terms of numbers at the moment across the board he has enough to win those confidence motions and will then see if he can hold his coalition together jealous to make up to there in rome great to have you thanks for joining us amy. now the head of the world health organization says the origins of the coronavirus pandemic are still not clear even after an investigative mission in china the experts haven't confirmed the source during their trip to will have was that the virus you remember as fast found in late 2019 the team says it likely originated in

bats but they still don't know exactly how it jumped to humans some questions have been raised as to whether some hypothesis have been discarded. having spoken with some members of the team i wish to confirm that all hypotheses remain open and require further analysis and studies. some of that work may lie outside the remit and scope of this mission. we have also said that this mission would not find all the answers but it has added important information that takes us closer to understanding the all regions of the bias meanwhile 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 in the fast not collations are expected this month. almost schools and france have now shut for the winter break and with no travel restrictions within the country some people are heading away on holiday now despite daily infection rates the french president unexpectedly decided not to impose a 3rd or lockdown on critics are saying that's a risky strategy that house about to reports now from the coastal town of cornflour in normandy. the february went to holidays underway in france and in all flown out tourists have begun 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 from they had expected to be in lockdown we're only. we're 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 markwell sudden decision not to impose one took most people by surprise and forced the government to change its tune just to be our porridge certainly exists apart to avoid a letdown maybe narrow but it's there and we're wrong not to try and follow it. the government has tightened the 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 shan't but schools are open mark or is said to be worried about the impact of another look down on the economy and on people's mental health but with the pandemic showing no immediate solutions over basing in the country it is clearly

a political gamble because 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 it. 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 but this doctor says there's no room for gambling when it comes to people's lives and without a strict look down the health situation could deteriorate rapidly this might be a big mistake church really because the situation in france is is really bad so we are seeing. to 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 butler al-jazeera. nobody and the french health authority is now saying that people who have already been infected with the 19 can receive just one dose of the vaccine all jobs approved by the e.u. are designed to be given in 2 injections a few weeks apart but a small u.s. study showed recovered patients had high antibody levels after just wonder a single this regimen would definitely help speed up front as vaccination program. pro-democracy protesters are back on the streets of thailand's capital bangkok demanding the release of 4 activists they're in custody pending trial on charges of insulting king protesters also calling for a new constitution and reforms to the want to. now the brazilian city of rio de janeiro is often associated with beauty and an energetic lifestyle lived out on

its famous beaches but rio is also home to an aging population who are struggling through a devastating pandemic monahan occam reports now on the challenges being faced across that generational divide. the beaches of rio de janeiro are always says of freedom and then are g. even in the midst of a deadly pandemic everyone seems to be on the move on land and sea. sidestepping 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 cope at 19 this far immortalized in the image of rio de janeiro as the city of london beautiful women it was here that 2 musicians the musician and both of being wrote to the song girl for

me pretty much. they were inspired by 18 year old in lisa pin you know 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 to inoculate 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 the 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. this.

problem still exists copacabana is a rich middle class neighborhood with a high cool 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 and call it even may call for what i used to make the vaccination campaign has brought hope to most brazilians the 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.

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7562 and 75 in 2 hours and 14 minutes next up for the world number 2 is meeting with italy's fattier phone uni adele has won the all the open once before back in 2009. earlier 4th seed daniel medvedev could not hide his frustrations at losing or to set lead the continued shouting prompted his coach to leave the court in an apparent attempt to calm the russian medvedev eventually going on to beat philip in 5 sets expenses 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 saw how long tell more because there was a good thing to do when luckily i won. women's number one and top seed ashley barty is powered away into this year's 4th round the 24 year old took care of rushes that kept it in the xander over in straight sets 6264 the school to the australian

inside an indie stadium of the local state government introduced fresh code 19 restrictions for the next 5 days boss who will play american shelby rogers next she's hoping to become the 1st australian women's champion at this tournament since 978. body through but a former world number one catalina pushovers crèche out in straight sets the chick clearly frustrated after dropping the 1st sit through countrywoman catalina off 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. arming the top for sure neither at the top no matter how you know i don't want to be like to thank us to get into negative faster because i just lost so it's tough to like really say but i don't think i was playing amazing. the crickets and the rapid century from robert sharma 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 they lost opener should one kill for a duck in the 2nd over trapped l.b.w. by on the stone and when captain vinod kohli was bowled by monali for nought they were struggling on 86 for 3 but open or rather it smashed a century of just 130 believes he would go on to eventually make 161 as india closed a one on 350 for 6. unlike the 1st test 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 are there for day one including a few england fans to. we've been here in india through go down so we've got the chance a few of us to come to this game today and represent all the england cricket fans around the world i mean so much that they're playing it it means so much have

a few friends here so we're looking forward to 5 days of sunshine and 5 days of cricket and occurs over the end. to go from jordan speed's return to form continues at the papal beach program in california he leads by one shot of the state's thanks to a 5 under par round of 67 and could have been a 2 shot lead if this had dropped at the final hole 3 time major champion speeds tied for 4th last week at the phoenix open best finish since may 29th. i'm just trying to. get more comfortable being towards the top of the leaderboard and kind of feeling those nerves and you start to get more comfortable and 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. so corinne souter has won the women's downhill title at the world championships in italy she flew down the mountain in near perfect conditions in

call tina faster than any of her rivals to claim the gold medal it follows the silver she won in the super g. earlier this week she was 2nd in the downhill back in 29000 but top of the pile today becoming the 1st swiss woman to win the race since 1989. in the n.b.a. on friday 2 talents set very different stages of their careers put on an excellent display 2019 overall 1st pick in the draft zion williamson scoring a career high 36 points for the new orleans pelicans but unfortunately for them a man at the peak of his powers right now who could don't change also helped himself to a career high tally 46 points in his case as the dallas mavericks won the high scoring thriller 143150. 5. in ice hockey is n.h.l. the boston bruins have maintained their place in the top of the east division that's over one no when the over the new york islanders nik richie scoring the only

goal of the game is boston's 10th win of the season so far the 2nd best record in the entire league behind only the toronto maple leafs. scotland 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 they've been forced to make 3 changes to the team that beat england in their opening game of the tournament last week. we've probably seen more injuries in games now because players have been hard. to test matches or games. to build up that robustness for a number of. our players that we did there was a few weeks as we mentioned unfortunately when the start of the game stands and of september as for england the defending champions are looking to bounce back from their shock home defeat to scotland last week their fancy their chances later

against italy 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 never thinking get us back playing on the front foot by front for the rugby which we were at their best that's one of the most damaging teams in the world and that's what we want to get back to the italian luna rossa sailing team has taken a 2 no lead in the america's cup challenger series final they competing in oakland up against ben ainslie as british team any os u.k. luna rossa finished nearly 2 minutes clear in race one and 26 seconds ahead in the race to its best of 13 so still plenty of time for any of us to catch up the winners will take on team new zealand for the main america's cup which starts on march the 6th. we'll even if most sports news again later in the stars and thanks

so much peter well that's it from me for this news hour but don't go away allan back in just a moment with more of the day's news and a whole nother ball less than say what. you say just say and it's time for a different approach one that is going to challenge the way you think you are asking the questions now is your new host of the next season of the show that goes for sale but only television so let's leave simplicity to the headlines join me as i take on the liars dismantle the misconceptions and debate the contradictions. are marc lamont hill and it's hard to get off from right here on al-jazeera. jumped into the story there is a lot going on in this. global community when i talk about the misinformation i think we don't want to feed than we are aware be part of the debate don't ever take

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