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they have no option because they were afraid. praises the verdicts calling the trial the biggest witch hunt in the country's history and hints at a possible political future. also a bolo resurfaces in west africa health workers say at least we people have died in guinea and declare it an epidemic. and dozens of people killed in fighting in the rebels trying to capture the government's last northern stronghold. and the supporters defending champion novak djokovic makes it through to the quarterfinals of this train open. welcome to the news hour former u.s. president donald trump has been acquitted in an impeachment trial for a 2nd time the senate found him not guilty of inciting an insurrection the verdict was expected but 7 republicans sided with democrats trump who was accused of

encouraging his supporters to storm the capitol hill on january the 6th while senators were certifying joe biden's election when alan fischer reports now from washington d.c. . the a's are 57 days for e's 3 for a 2nd time donald trump acquitted of high crimes and misdemeanors by the u.s. senate john trunk former president. is not guilty is charged the charge he incited the crowd ahead of the violent riot at the capitol on january the 6th. 57 senators said he did including 7 republicans but that's not enough for the 2 thirds majority to convict this was about choosing country over donald trump and 43 republican members chose trump they chose trump it should be a weight on their conscience today the day started with

a surprise the democrats asking for witnesses a move which could delay the process we would like the opportunity to subpoena congresswoman herrera regarding her communications with house minority leader kevin mccarthy and to subpoena her contemporaneous notes that she made regarding what president trump told kevin mccarthy in the middle of the insurrection if they want to have witnesses i'm going to need at least over 100 depositions not just one both sides though wanted to bring this to a quick end so reached agreement which meant new witnesses and a move to closing statements from the man who led the prosecution an appeal to senators to meet the moment senators this trial in the final analysis is not about donald trump the country in the world know who donald trump is this trial is about who we are who we are this is almost certainly how you will be

remembered by history that might not be fair. he really buy not be fair but none of us can escape the demands of history and destiny right now trump's team so often echoed the ex president supports this impeachment has been a complete charade from beginning to and the entire specter bill expect the call has been nothing but the unhinged pursuit of a long standing political vendetta against mr trump by the opposition party it is time to bring this concept unconstitutional political theater to an end it is time to allow our nation to move forward with the result in donald trump made his 1st comment since the trial began a statement from his florida home thanking senators for their vote but insisting this is yet another phase in the greatest witch hunt in the history of our country

no president has gone through anything like it but one of his closest allies in the senate who voted to acquit him made it clear the former president was responsible for what happened president troubles for everything he did while he was out of as an ordinary sort of a less structured levitation to iran. or every day. while it went off and got away with anything yet. the decision here means that donald trump will not be excluded for running from political office in the future he could run again for the presidency in 2024 his supporters say he should and he would when but despite the not guilty plea january the 6th will always be attached to donald trump's presidency on the day when democracy was threatened in america alan fischer al jazeera on capitol hill. house speaker nancy pelosi didn't hold back when referring to the 43 republican senators who backed trump calling their refusal to

convict him the most dishonorable act in the country's history. but what we saw in that senate today was the cowardly group of republicans who patently have no option because they were afraid to defend their job respect the institution in which they served and the gallery is standing by for us in the west palm beach of florida were told trump and now resides but 1st let's cross over to washington d.c. where heidi castro is waiting for me as well heidi i mean let's just begin with the mixed messages from mitch mcconnell and what the fallout of this now could be through him mr trump and the republicans. sure so hale so mcconnell well as the saying goes when you try to please everyone you please no one and certainly his vote yesterday to acquit trump but then followed by that whiplash

speech on the senate floor in which he in stark terms said that trump was responsible both practically and morally for the riot on capitol hill well certainly those are not words that the former president will appreciate and as far as the democrats you just heard house speaker nancy pelosi she called mcconnell disingenuous pointing out the hypocrisy of him delaying the start of the trial until trump has left office while then using the fact in his mind that you can't try a former president as his. as his excuse to vote for this acquittal so as a as far as the wider republican party is really the question is whether these 7 votes from republican senators to convict trump whether those are the beginning steps of the party moving past or whether they are the last gasp of a party that will never be the same again i suppose so they really as well heidi as

the day you sort of see the political toll on so many really to react to what happened in the senate over annoying to me we wait with bated breath we to hear from various voices from across the political spectrum. yes and particularly of course from those 7 republican senators who broke ranks to vote to convict trump and they include senator bill county of louisiana who was on a.b.c. this morning he thinks that trump is a waning forests and he justified his vote to convict saying that the republican party is more than just about one person that it is a party of ideas but contrast that to the statements of lindsey graham another republican who was interviewed on fox this morning and he has the very opposite interpretation of what happens he said trump is here to stay and that those republicans who voted against trump to convict trump will be replaced in graham's

estimation by approach from more right wing factions of the party and he pointed out a an example bill burr of north carolina who is reese retiring he voted to convict trump and lindsey graham says that he will eventually be put replaced by trump's daughter in law laura trump who we've heard rumblings of considering a former a into the senate candidate so certainly you're seeing these 2 door visions of where the republican party is headed played out on television here in the u.s. on the sunday talk shows and that we talked about well into the future of show why did you come straight forward in washington d.c. let's cross over to a colleague got to go he said west palm beach in florida for the president talking about a witch hunt to be vindicated at the movement has just begun but what does what he's going to say on sunday morning.

probably nothing to be honest this is the quietest the former president has been for probably the last few decades the of course is now of twitter but there may be a very good reason why he is remaining so quiet and it speaks to those words that mitch mcconnell made after his 2nd impeachment trial in which he was acquitted donald trump is facing serious legal jeopardy that's maybe why we haven't heard from the man himself and not likely to for several days or weeks even remember he couldn't just get prosecuted by around what happened on january the 6 are also criminal investigations going on into his businesses in new york there is now a no criminal investigation into that phone call between trump and a broad raffensperger the republican secretary of state in the u.s. state of georgia a state that trump lost despite that trump made a phone call to him saying buying me the vote so there is serious legal jeopardy on

donald trump and speaking to the wider picture of the future here there are people within the republican party saying they're now fighting for the soul of the party and trump is very much at the heart of that some people saying look up to january the 6th trump will be for ever tied to those events of people storming the capitol building holding is flags saying we're doing this for donald trump and that could be a real problem for him going forward now lindsey graham who he was just talking about saying trump is still very much at the center of the party he's trying to talk to drum about how the party goes forward with him any but there are those within the republican party that would rather put trump azim behind them but the real question here is what is the republican party now is it the party of marjorie taylor green the representative from georgia who's a cuban on conspiracist who chases teenagers that survive school shootings down the street or is it the party of someone like liz cheney who's far more moderate who did vote. that donald trump was guilty this is essentially

a fight for the future of the republican party that very much at the heart of it very much casting a long shadow over it is the former president dollar j. truck and he thanks very much on the force there in west palm beach let's expand this now with eric our political analyst joins me now from washington d.c. via scott good talking with us again on the program i mean there are 2 political sides of this argument and judgment so let's just start with the republicans we'll get to the democrats in a moment and where this now leaves the debate about the directions even and he mentioned about how they proceed and who leads them based on those confusing comments and actions by the senate but minority leader mitch mcconnell when he also said let me refer to the package that we just saw as well from alan fischer there is no question the president trump is practically a morally responsible provoke thought provoking the events of the day the people who stormed this building believe they were acting on the wishes and instructions of the president he says one thing and does another. yeah that's right he did and i

think what we're seeing from the minority leader is he's trying to not only have it both ways but he's also looking ahead he recognizes his party is in the minority he wants to get back to the majority but he recognizes he's got to keep donald trump's base in the fall but he also recognizes he's got to bring those corporate donors back to the fold as well remember after this insurrection a number of fortune 500 in blue chip companies decided that they will no longer fun either the republican party or members of congress who voted to not who elected not to ratify the election and so that is going to make it very difficult for senators to be able to raise that money they need to be able to compete and elections we're talking some races that can run anywhere from $50.00 to $100000000.00 if you good if you look at the runoff in georgia that race was over $500000000.00 in those 2 senate runoff races so mitch mcconnell recognizes i need

the votes but i also need money and so he's trying to thread the needle and speak to both audience and the thought is the wider picture erick that of course the smaller picture is what donald trump is thinking right now because mitch mcconnell also did say and i'm quoting here that trump was now a private citizen and he possibly suggested that he could face criminal prosecution for his acts by saying he didn't get away with it or he'd get away with anything yet so surely he's looking for all suggesting that that could possibly be a civil prosecution that could be pending that's problematic in itself. oh it is in fact we do know that yesterday's was the opening salvo of the many legal recriminations that face the former president in the wake of this insurrection his exposure criminally and civilly have only grown we do know that the fulton county district attorney is looking into has opened

a criminal investigation into the president as well as the secretary of state in georgia and in addition we know that the attorney general here in washington d.c. also has a criminal investigation looking at the insurrection that took place at the u.s. capitol so clearly we see a former president who has legal exposure on a number of different fronts and all of this is going to play out in that in the coming days weeks months even years ahead ok so you had 7 republican senators we had custody cullins mitt romney. and a couple of others who voted to convict the wrath of those that voted for them in their respective states is that going to be a wrath or is there going to be a wrath from within the republican party because at the end of the day there are house and senate elections and 2020 to 2023 of the the photo will speak about what they think has happened and who they believe in who they want to follow. well

you're right but i think we have to look at each of the members of the senate republicans who voted we have to look at the individual and look at what role they play in their respective states so for example senator lisa murkowski she has always been someone who has had an independent streak in fact in the last election that she won she won it as a write in candidate so she is not worried about recriminations or pushback or blowback from the state regarding her election prospects in addition to that mitt romney is also someone who has a deep well. of independents and terms of his ability to make decisions in addition to that we know the state of utah has not always been one that was overwhelmingly popular or and thronged with the former president as well so i doubt there will be much concerns about his possibilities of who is in that an election since susan collins actually just won a reelection in 2020 so she's got 6 years before she's up again and then we know

that senator bill burr is retiring so there is no pushback on him because he won't be there sure so i think when you take all of that into account i think many of these members are pretty insulated and also of course senator portman. senator paul foreman from pennsylvania that's a state that joe biden won so that that's a democratic state and of course that might actually embolden him to his voters let's just get that again because the running outside they want to get to the democrats they all fuming but they knew they wouldn't get the votes so what eventually got out of this. well i think what we saw here is. more of a testament to where the republican party stands and you mentioned marjorie taylor earlier and i think we're already seeing that democrats are going to make her the face of the party continue to make donald trump the face of the party and i think

what you're going to see with that is a continued effort to try to alienate many of those suburban voters that republicans desperately need in order to win but right now what we see is they're moving away from republicans and into the democratic camp fascinating turn of events in the u.s. always good to have you on the program thanks feel time and your insights thank you . well plenty more ahead here on the news hour including. 10 years on we look back at the only gulf country to see an uprising during the 2011 arab spring. but in small things they go very wrong for one your to the america's cup challenger save his final. get his health chief has declared a bolan epidemic after confirming 7 cases in the country and it's the 1st

resurgence of the virus in guinea had 5 years 3 people have died between 20132016 at least 11000 people died during a battle epidemic in west africa mainly affecting getting out its neighbors liberia and sierra leone. good to see. you at home while our one of our citizens became ill and unfortunately died his burial took place on february 1st and a few days later some people who took part in the funeral began to experience diarrhea vomiting bleeding and fever the 1st samples were confirmed on february 12th. liberia meanwhile is stepping up its efforts to prevent the virus from crossing the border the deaths in guinea were reported in a town close to liberia and the country was declared free from a bowl in 2015 no cases have been detected since let's cross over to nicholas coups in dhaka unsettles capital dhaka nic we just heard there from health authorities in

getting i mean what is the latest now. well what seems to have happened is that the health authorities following this confirmation following these p.c.r. test that were done on 3 samples of people that were seemingly infected with now confirmed to have a ball while the health authorities have sent around 30 investigators health workers to the area of korea it's a race against time to try to trace those who have been in touch or in contact with patient 0 and we're talking about patients here is this young nurse who was having symptoms of vomiting and diarrhea and fever she went to a health center and there that happened on the 27th of january a week later she was. she died and then she was buried in it during that funeral during the burial that's when 8 other people were infected with the virus and that comes as no surprise because during the last outbreak. the scientists and

researchers from the c.d.c. said that 60 percent of the infections came from funerals burials that's when people get together congregate they wash their hands in a common basin and washing also the body and that's when we see super spreaders and the rate of infection. going really high and that's why health authorities are so concerned because there are cases both in a and then 200 kilometers away and who do to places that are cool to the border with the librarian as you mentioned prompting the liberian authorities to be on higher alert because they don't want to see a repeat of what we've seen in 2013 in 2016 where almost 11000 people died 30000 people were infected it is in countries where health systems are already strained that we saw the most spread of this buller virus and of course this is coming during a global pandemic making it even more difficult for health authorities to try to

clamp down. with this new ball that outbreak there are vaccine half a 1000000 vaccine available but none of them in west africa and so that's going to be the next step for the guinea and authorities who are already press towards the w.h.o. to try to get that was vaccines on the ground to try to vaccinate people and especially their health workers there will be on the front line to deal with this outbreak so for the update thanks very much nic forests in dhaka. boom is the regional representative for the epicenter africa research branch of doctors without borders and he says it's not clear how the outbreak is getting started it's important to highlight that the same cause will produce the same effect we know all that in those forests in 0 korea around there you have those most likely the past work carrying those viruses so we never will have contact between the human and the animal is very our break we don't know yet how it happened whenever it will be

contact there will be a transfer between the any moles and you might be so that might explain why we have that resistance of the our what is happening here see we are trying to figure out if there is a link between the latest outbreak in with temple because the lady the 1st one we had was a kid was the wife of survival and we also know that the virus can stay for a long period of time doesn't mean it's so easy and the reason why it's happening we don't know yet but we have something that we'll be able to all figure out the full case of has been converted north kivu province of the democratic republic of congo now the new outbreak was announced a week ago the world health organization says as many as 180 people might have been exposed to the virus health workers are now racing to vaccinate people to prevent a bigger outbreak. rebels have attacked security forces in the democratic

republic of congo's 2nd largest city there's been heavy gunfire at a military base in the city of lubumbashi at least 11 people have been killed the military says separatist fighters stole weapons after stopping a base and a presidential guard unit let's get more this from alan carney who joins me now from the capital kinshasa good to have you with us just tell us a little bit more about this attack it's in a very large city. yes 5 it's a very large 2nd city. and also the most reach area in terms of. the country so the rebels. they wanted normally to get the control on to say. this is the main business of the army. so they launched the attack on the presidential guard and not up. but right now the army.

told you've been. told it is allowed to fly from. the town that means that this situation is under the control but at least 11 people were killed many just told us on so i'm wondering victims 4 family killed and civilians 6 militia men were killed as well so now the soul and the police they are conducting touching or perish in this. because we have to to clarify that this militia they are not coming under the military uniform they are civilians and they are mostly from the same area this big dissembling which they resemble 2 people so it's a very difficult for the army to detect them when they are spreading it around the city so this is the parish on the right and now the army conducting. so that they make sure they call this separatist militia and i call them separatists because they are fighting to split that area of the country from the country they are

fighting for a long time ago right now for the independence of atlanta they do believe that the time the. country not a province depending from a political question is from kinshasa. knowing tony thanks so much for the update for us from just thank you. the former president of argentina colors but it has died at the age of by he won 2 elections about the country from 1991 to know that i was born a muslim to syrian immigrant parents who converted to catholicism while in prison during the 970 s. and eighty's treason both looks back at a life that was flamboyant often controversial. cattlemen name was for many argentines a man from another time and another place he was born in the remote mountaineers northwestern province of letter her to syrian immigrants parents. many

became governor of his home province in 1973 when presenting the peronist party founded by the former president one bit on he adopted the style with his scout address and white sideburns of 1000 century rule he rose and brought to one our society's flamboyant some but nash mixing with showbiz and sporting celebrities and driving fast cars. he came to power in 1909 as argentina was suffering hyperinflation sea food with his influential economics minister. he implemented a plan credited with ending the economic crisis along with large scale privatization of state industries he 2nd time in office saw rising unemployment and increasing social discontent. a prisoner during military rule he helped steer argentina from brutal repression although some criticize him for making too many concessions to those same repressors are saying he failed to change the argentine constitution

limiting him to 2 consecutive terms in office but run for the presidency again in 2003 standing down before the 2nd round of voting when it became clear he'd lose to the eventual president nestore kitchener men him was no stranger to controversy convicted of smuggling weapons to gracious and investigated on various corruption charges he'll be remembered with mixed emotions by argentines who lived through the 1990 s. one thing they will all agree on however life with carlos menem us president was never dull. russian protesters have formed human chains across moscow and st petersburg to show support for jailed kremlin critic alexey bizarrely at his wife yulia the peaceful rally is also dedicated to all political prisoners including thousands of demonstrators arrested during mass rallies demanding the values release is calling for supporters to hold have bullet gatherings outside their own homes on sunday to show solidarity. pushing the gator to proceed there's

a full many people are being persecuted in regards to political cases i think our protest will have an impact at least we will show the world that we are here that they are not alone that we stand in solidarity with them. well still ahead here on the news i'm leaving but no longer do beings will be the flower growers in zimbabwe refusing to give up hope that struggling businesses and inspiring remarkable recovery the ski racer who said you know the difference to crush of the world championships in italy straight after the break. how that the weather is set fabric cross the middle east over the next couple days of the middle east further north we have got a little more cloud just coming in across the greece and turkey pushing towards at

least the side of the mediterranean so monday doesn't look too bad around the levant syria lebanon jordan fine and dry but that wet sand windy weather that will creep his way over towards cyprus snow over the turkish mountains by this station signs of something a little more unsettled as we go on into the middle part of the week across much of the middle east though it does look settled fine and sunny highs here in doha of around $24.00 degrees celsius with plenty of hazy sunshine it stretches down across the whole of africa because some showers once again just around lake victoria southern parts of uganda catching a shower at sea what is 2 showers over to us that western side of the democratic republic of congo some very heavy rain the easing across southern parts of africa over the next day or so lively showers there across botswana you might catch a shower or 2 into southern parts of zimbabwe but the wettest weather that is light is just push its way into those southern areas eastern parts of south africa converging winds here so we got the winds coming in from the north easterly direction pushing in from the southwest as well lots of heavy rain.

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a magical race against time. witness our time machine. on a jersey into. the . good. welcome back you're watching algis there is news hour with me said holroyd a reminder of our top stories former u.s. president donald trump has been acquitted in his 2nd impeachment trial 7 republican senators joined 50 democrats in a vote to convict him but that fell short of the 2 thirds majority needed also getting his health cheever's declared a bowler epidemic after confirming 7 cases of the country 3 of those people have

died it is the 1st resurgence of 5 years of rebels of attack security forces of the democratic republic of congo 2nd largest city at least 11 people have been killed in the strike on a military base and presidential guard unit in the city of new bush. the u.s. has warned its citizens and me about to stay at home of reports of military movement in the commercial capital young god the american embassy also warned internet and telephone lines could be disrupted overnight after crowds protested for by consecutive day walls and 380 people have now been detained since the obvious seized power in the coup on february the 1st foreign salumi reports. thousands of people gather in different parts of yangon but all with the same demands they wanted leader aung san suu kyi and others detained since the coup to be released and for the military to hand back control. was

a. rucksack some of the was that was. was. was a mandalay students on it a young protester shot by police during a protest in a dorm last week she remains in critical condition this is the 9th consecutive day of mass demonstrations across the country. some protesters held signs that read stop kidnapping people at night a reference to nighttime raids by police and activists and protesters are arrested in some neighborhoods people have banded together to form watch groups to warn each other when security forces are coming but also to look out for criminals in this neighborhood of yangon residents say they court 4 men they suspect of planning to carry out an attack. they believe the men are recently released prisoners freed under an amnesty announced by the military on friday. we think the military intends

to cause violence with these extra minnows by getting them to infiltrate the peaceful protests then the military will have a reason to extend their power to crackdown on violence. his claim cannot be independently verified a group that advocates for political prisoners in myanmar has expressed concerns that the pardon for more than $23000.00 prisoners is to clear space for the detention of detainees during the current to protest the military is also bringing back with press of laws used by the previous military giunta including a requirement for people to report overnight guests in their homes to authorities around 360 people detained since the coup are still being held but neither the risk of arrest no fear of a crackdown i muffed to deter these protesters from taking to the streets florence italy al-jazeera. kosovo is holding parliamentary elections and the outcome could

affect relations with serbia and the rest of europe and anti establishment party is set to win the most seats but its leader has ruled out any talks with serbia the country kosovo broke away from after a year long war in the late 1990 s. of millions or it is joining me now from the capital pristina good to have you with us of course is not election with many issues for the voter to consider. well i mean reason is a disagreement between coalition partners self-determination movement led by former of course of a prime minister of the and democratic leader of course of all of all going across of all prime minister haughty over the issue of dealing with coronavirus crisis and also the issue of the dialogue with serbia voters here in kosovo are hoping that they will get the government that'll be able to finally gain the political

stability much needed in order to deal with many problems that this youngest but also the poorest country in europe have like how to recover the economy and to create jobs places this is the country with very very high unemployment rates also the big issue for the citizens of course of all our visa liberalization is they are not able to travel almost anywhere in europe of debt so the dialogue of serbia is highly on the agenda but it wasn't such a subject during the campaign of course dreadful weather a covert 19 pandemic hitting europe what's your impression of people attending the ballot stations voting on sunday. as you said it's a very bad head weather conditions but no matter that many people came out to cause

their ballots all day is a very very cold and snowy and as i said they hope with their to these elections that their wards will bring. bill there will bring changes in their lives especially especially in the most important things like economy recovery that should be resolved to buy young people start believing the course of all looking for the jobs audience or richard thanks very much for the update of course will to do with you as we get those results as well thank you. people in spain's catalonia region of voting in an election that could reshape its political landscape separatist parties dominate the regional parliament the polls suggest the socialist party which opposes catalan independence could make significant gains and the far right is also projected to win seats for the very 1st time. dozens of people have been killed during overnight fighting in northern yemen the back to the

rebels have intensified attacks against forces from the internationally recognized government trying to seize the city of madiba the government's last stronghold in the north you have it's been locked in a power struggle ever since the huge he's captured the capital sanaa in 2014. the u.n. estimates up to 400000 children if you have a good diet of acute malnutrition this year the year's long conflict devastated the country and the pandemic has only made things worse the heartache has more. ahmadiyya to her is 13 years old earlier this month she weighed just 11 kilograms she arrived at this hospital in sanaa in desperate need of treatment for acute malnutrition. and. the reason she was so poorly fed is because we have no income no work no assistance from organizations or the united nations we had displaced. her family couldn't afford the journey to

hospital so they asked friends and neighbors to help raise funds. and that was 50 men and the reason she has malnutrition is because we don't have food or anything else her father has passed away we don't have anything and because of this sometimes she doesn't eat. a lack of food and other traumas nearly killed to her but her case is not unique. the u.n. says 400000 children in yemen could die from starvation this year if they don't get help but the head of the malnutrition ward at this hospital says offering help is getting harder. we cannot cope with the health situation there are severe shortages and supplies and the treatments needed in examinations everything we as the united nations and other aid organizations to help lift the blockade as soon as possible. severe acute malnutrition means there is a risk of death from lack of food aid in a day the thais and so on are mung the worst hit areas and are closed off from

receiving international aid because of increased regional fighting and a global pandemic nearly half of the aid that was expected this year hasn't come through. even when families managed to get their sick children to hospital sometimes it's too late. with most of these patients they need 2 or 3 days of travel to be able to reach the hospital and so no to their conditions worsen by the time there is a hospital and we usually expect complications. toher has gained weight since being admitted but has a long recovery ahead while famine has never been officially declared in yemen the u.n. continues to warn that it's close we are hard in al-jazeera. demonstrations have been held in bahrain ahead of the 10th anniversary of the popular uprising against its modoc a but it was the any gulf country that saw mass protests during the 2011 arab spring but takes a look back. this is how it looked when the arab spring breached the gulf region 10

years ago mr noted 6000 people protested in the behind the capital mina on february 14th 2011. i attend now it was unprecedented they called the today of rain but today i dressed in behind had begun years before the arab spring the country's majority shah population complained of marginalization by a sunni more knock their initial demands included political and constitutional reform socio economic justice and that at least of detained political leaders at the start of the protests they didn't seem to openly seek a complete removal of the ruling family. but the spectacular success of tunisian and egyptian protesters in toppling well powerful rulers gave a similar hope to those in behind i they occupied madonna's pearl roundabout and

chanted for the creation of a democratic republic. the. security forces intervened in a heavy hand that man. dozens of activists were injured all rested by the end of that day 21 year old idea that had to lay dead dozens more were killed in the months that followed. the killings ignited anger thousands of the occupied the square a few days later. they pitched tents in an attempt to copy what happened in cairo's tahrir square during those initial weeks the behind the government seemed to offer concessions the crown prince called for dialogue and laid out a plan of the constellation and reform but the show a position expressed mistrust was the test as now demanded the actor removal of the ruling family and an end to the

monarchy. on march 14th 2011 the gulf cooperation council dispatched 1500 soldiers with armored personnel carriers mostly from saudi arabia and the united arab emirates to behind to support the government. the same day the king declared a state of emergency and now in the security forces to clear the per square by any means. hospitals choked with the wound hundreds were arrested. here on and the protest leaders criticize the gulf countries military intervention describe it as an occupation on the other hand behind this government accused iran of meddling in its internal affairs by supporting the protest movement. the us navy which has its 5th fleet stationed in behind didn't seem to want to put real pressure on the government or to openly support any party in the uprising because of behinds geo political importance being

you know between saudi arabia and iran and hosting the flames are now also a base for the united kingdom there are a lot of interests that are based on behind where and you know when we took to the streets in 2011 when knew that we weren't just up against the behind the government but rather the sixty's you see countries plus their allies the united kingdom and the united states over the years and with other arab spring countries sliding into anarchy and civil war behinds uprising began to fade. most of its shia political leaders were locked up and are still in jail still the leaders of the uprising insist their struggle will continue as long as people's anger and grievances are not heard. rescuers and northern india have recovered 9 more bodies a week after the collapse of a himalayan glazier triggered flash floods 3 of them were pulled out of a tunnel work crews have been trying to reach trapped workers the death toll now stands at 50 with more the 150 people still missing the flood swept away

hydroelectric projects in the area damaged homes a day by riverside villages. the zealand's largest city is going into a 3 day lockdown after 3 people tested positive for cave in 19 essential services will remain open or closed but other businesses and schools will close the zealand has managed to keep the number of inventions down with fewer than 2000 cases since the start of the pandemic. lebannon has begun its vaccination drive after receiving its 1st shipment of the pfizer vaccine caretaker prime minister house and visited the hospital where the 1st shots were given about 28000 doses arrived on saturday a recent degrees of cases filled up intensive care units have led to a shortage of oxygen tanks frontline medical workers say they hope the inoculation campaign marks the beginning of the end of the pandemic at the very important day for us we've been waiting for this pandemic. the great thaw we've had

a lot of cases a lot of these in love and also we're really looking forward to the vaccine so hopefully see some light at the end of the tunnel privileged excited happy that this is happening that it's happening to lebanon on a good thing for once it's working and that approach everybody be able to get the chance to get it. but as well as received its 1st batch of russia's vaccine 100000 doses arrived in crisis on saturday but all personnel are 1st in line to receive the jobs is just one percent of the 10000000 vaccines that israel is says it will receive from russia the government has discussed buying more that seems through the world health organization lead kovacs program but it will require using money that's been frozen because of the u.s. economic sanctions. the crown of i was pandemic proved to the profits of the world's flower of district roses above where were already struggling before the outbreak and now their country is in its worst economic state of years but farmers

are refusing to give up those horrible tast reports from the town of concession. overseas demand for fresh cut flowers plummeted last year because of covert 19 and that affected zimbabwe's biggest rose export company. managers say orders dropped to about 50 percent but this year they say demand is picking up. zimbabwe has high levels of unemployment and more orders mean more jobs on an average day on a summer's day rather we cut into or between 100230000 stems a day we have 700 labor force who are working from 63211323252700 people on cutting so it's a nonstop operation more than 20 years ago flower exports brought in a lot of foreign currency for the country but under then president robert mugabe's

land reform program the government sees thousands of white owned commercial farms since then the industry hasn't been what it used to be back in 2001 the body was the biggest exporter of flowers to the european union then came years of economic decline and now called 19 many guys left but others are still here carrying on. kenya and ethiopia africa's top exporters explain how they've managed to stay in business we were dealing with auction system ok we're looking in and if you're a market that didn't plan only with auction system we deal directly with customers ok and. our main customer base is the supermarkets and supermarkets in europe was still open because it was part of the essential and that allowed us that . they're there for its ability of supplying those markets. called it has batted businesses and economies globally is no different on this farm workers here receive

food parcels every month in addition to the salaries to help them push on and they know the job security depends on being able to export roses to more global markets . al-jazeera concision zimbabwe. well still ahead here on al-jazeera india's cricketers take control of the 2nd test against england the best on their trip coming up in school straight after the break. looking to reassure people in indonesia the government lifestream present djoko would doto getting the country's 1st chinese scene of that code in 1000 vaccine the 1st nation outside of china to grant emergency use thailand malaysia singapore and the philippines have all placed orders this despite a wide range of data on its efficacy from the early trials of the vaccine some southeast asia countries have not yet approved the jab this has led to some questions about the vaccine stemming from the lack of transparency and data the

chinese regulators do not want to give up the control if the submit there. would give up a certain amount of control thailand is looking to start vaccinating high priority people with the scene back jab some here feel is though the lack of transparency around the vaccine is not limited to trial data you have a major type of c.p. group taking a stake in a company that produces set aside a back like some of its neighbors thailand is ordering vaccines from other companies as well. back now the u.s.

space probe has been back its 1st images from its orbit balls this is the 1st picture of mars taken by an arrow a probe that shows the planet's a volcano as it's expected to be at a what for what bars here which is $687.00 days we have to wait that long there for sorrow his goals for such a course thanks for the info a certain open champion in fact djokovic has reached the quarter finals in melbourne well number one shook off injury fears to be around it john sunday john i got. the action from day 7. it was touch and go as to whether novak djokovic would even play this match after picking up an abdominal injury on friday the defending champion lost the 2nd set to canada's militia damage and a major upset look possible in melbourne. but djokovic fought back to clinch it in for becoming just the 2nd player to reach 300 grand slam much wins he'll face germany's alexander steroids in the quarterfinals if he

can play on if it's any other tournament than a grand slam i would retire from withdraw from the from the event that's for sure. but because it's a grand slam in you know i want to give my best. another pain for djokovic has been australian player nick carey else he's maintained their feud throughout this tournament this time curial smocked joke which is celebration before his 2nd round doubles exit because i want to walk my back i'm sure doesn't like me we both have respect for each other but a lot of walking at all so it's fun but. there was less drama in the women's competition as rina william stayed on course for a record equalling 24th grand slam singles title she had to work hard to be telling us about 3 sets. but up next for williams's moda hallett who edged out french open champion take to reach have 5th quarter final at melbourne park. serenus your next

to play into. this she is the best if serena can get past hallett she's on track to face new areas soccer in the semifinals the japanese player had to save 2 match points against binion muguruza osaka won the australian open in 2019 and now she's back into the last 8 next up for her and shay still waiting and soccer's excited to face her have you for a few working she is one of those players for me it feels a video game i would when i select her character just to players here because in my mind can't fathom like the choices she makes when she's on the court but it's so fun to watch it's not fun to play but it's really fun to watch the real life shay seaway beat market of under sober in just over an hour to reach have 1st call to finals in melbourne joining al-jazeera. sailings america cup challenges serious

final has been postponed because all current has been put into a high level of coded 19 locked down you know it was made after sunday's races which saw the italian team luna rossa take a commanding 4 new lead over british team in your suitcase in your very nearly capsized at one point and will need to improve quickly there's the capsize almost there luna rossa just need 3 more wins to make it into the main america's cup against new zealand in march wednesday's races have been cancelled but lockdown is only set to last 3 days which means they could very well be back on the water as early as friday. india's cricketers have taken control of the 2nd test against england in chennai after making 329 in their innings they ripped through england's batting line up open aurore burns was the 1st to go for a dark and they collapse after that captain joe root could only manage 6 and england were all out for $134.00 their $249.00 runs behind india which seemed to be benefiting from fans being let in to watch the match and also the condition of the

pitch. so we're going to start. so you make comments about it so that someone above but. so look up. it's obviously. so. early in the game and it's sort of. i'm moving on to the world ski championships in a city an austrian vincent crush my eye has won his 2nd gold medal of the week he picked up the super g. title on thursday and on sunday he took victory in the downhill as well by just opening over one seconds to 29 year old is only the 3rd male skier of the american bodie miller and austria's her money to win both the super g. and downhill at the same bowl championship. one of the other races had a lucky escape while his run like friends in the town lost control over a bomb but somehow recovered landed backwards and then skied safely down

a mountain you can see that in a moment what's incredible is that this happened when he was going at a speed of around 112 kilometers an hour. now to golf and jordan speak is closing in on his 1st p.g.a. tour winces 2017 the american is a 2 shot lead heading into the final day of the pebble beach program in california this was the highlight of his 3rd round holding out for an eagle at 16th hole speed showing some of the forms that helped him win 3 major championships. i like that anxiousness and the nerves that come with this and that's why that's why i love the game and you know like i said i control my own destiny tomorrow you know in golf you know the ball's in your hands so you get to win or lose it and you get to be the one that has the last shot oh not so useful for now more like thanks so you are sorry because you have been watching the i was there news i'll be back with

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