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it's my job to shed light on how and why when. america is back. u.s. president joe biden declares a sharp break with the troubled era reaffirming his country's global leadership role. as the whole robin this is observed live from doha coming up in the next 30 minutes economic powers promise more body for fair a covert 90 vaccine access but won't say exactly how many doses they'll hand over also the new york times obtains a confidential u.n. report which accuses trump erik prince of violating the libya is
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a bargain. and the passing that marks the divot people the last male member of an digitas amazon community dies from coronavirus. welcome to the program u.s. president joe biden has declared his country is back sweeping away his predecessor as america 1st foreign policies by address the munich security conference in his 1st international speech since taking the white house health it has more from washington d.c. it's not about pushing the reset on the past 4 years u.s. president joe biden addressed till global conferences with world leaders on friday but delivered one clear message forget the america 1st policies of his predecessor america is back the transatlantic alliance is back i know
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i know the past few years of strain and tested our transatlantic relationship but the united states is determined determined to reengage with europe. biden made clear he believes solutions to global threats must be collaborative during the virtual gathering of the g. 7 and later the munich security conference leaders conferred about share threats posed by china iran and russia. to move you down the creature it is very important that we develop a common transatlantic russia genda which on the one hand makes corporative offers but on the other hand clearly identifies differences and i can only agree with the american president on the question of one makes a strong strong european union unfortunately russia is not working on this at the moment. on the issue of climate change biden underscored he believes the planet faces an axis tensional threat even as the united states has officially rejoined
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the paris climate accord envoy john kerry apologized for precious time last pledge the united states will do all it can to meet a mission reduction targets he urged others to do the same what we do or don't do in the coming months and years will make all the difference as biden repudiated the nationalist approach of his predecessor donald trump he had knowledge challenges to preserve democracy remain both inside and outside the united states democracy doesn't happen by accident we have to defend fight for strength renewing we have to prove that our model is in a relic of history. it's the single best way to revitalize the promise of our future the global conferences were an opportunity for president biden to lay out
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his foreign policy agenda and chart a new course with european leaders all reassuring them that the era of trump style diplomacy has ended can really help at al-jazeera washington president biden also addressed what he says is the most imminent global threat the coronavirus pandemic the u.s. and other wealthy nations accused of hoarding vaccines will put more money into ensuring poorer governments obtain enough doses as well joe biden is promising a $4000000000.00 for the un's kovacs program half of which will be said straightaway the european union says it will double its contribution total of $1200000000.00 and france says it will hand over up to 5 percent of its vaccine supplies but hasn't specified when and the united kingdom says it will donate any surplus doses to help has more under pressure from the united nations and the world health organization g 7 leaders promise to step up their efforts to make vaccines
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available worldwide make sure everybody gets the vaccines that they need. come through this. already announced that i believe in a strong strongly supported ahead of the virtual meeting chaired by britain's prime minister the un said just 10 countries accounted for 3 quarters of the entire global vaccine rollout 130 countries have not received a single dose the w.h.o. has warned of a catastrophic moral failure that will be paid for with lives and livelihoods among the world's poorest vaccine equities not just the right thing to do it's also the smartest thing to do. 37 pledges of funding in future vaccine donations have been welcomed but countries like india and south africa want to share access to vaccine patients what we're calling for ari forms in the how patents are in this
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case we because this should be in people's votes is in many countries as possible we have the capacity to be able to produce. for themselves this is we carry it starting with africa his to wait for left overs from the rich countries is not going to end the epidemic only france and germany have considered making some of their own vaccine stocks available to developing countries now the french president has suggested donating up to 5 percent of existing supply he has support from the german chancellor is among them to come from devon the middle of august i stressed in my intervention that the pandemic is not beaten and to all people in the world have been vaccinated i'll mention after a bit infant the g 7 pledges are progress so campaigners but not enough joe know how al-jazeera. a u.n.
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investigation has reportedly found that the former head of the us security contracting firm violated an arms embargo in libya the new york times says it's obtained the confidential un report it said to detail how erik prince a prominent ally of donald trump allegedly said weapons to a militia commander who was trying to overthrow the internationally recognized government in tripoli breaching the arms embargo exposes mr prince to possible un sanctions christensen as our correspondent in washington d.c. is following events for us just remind us kristen who erik prince is really of how close he really is to former president trump. well erik prince is perhaps best known as the founder of blackwater a private security company notorious for its role in killing unarmed civilians in iraq in 2717 iraqis died and 4 blackwater mercenaries were convicted of crimes in relation to that killing since then he's
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gone on to other things and including being a prominent supporter and major donor for president donald trump and his sister betsy deval trump's education secretary so this is a person who was very well known to the president and had relations with roger stone steve bannon other people in trump's orbit would often go on cable news networks and defend the president and. also worth noting that president sean before leaving office pardoned those 4 blackwater security operators who were convicted of manslaughter and in one case murder for the deaths of those iraqis so it has really the issue is if the contents of the report as we have. how much trouble is mr prince or how much trouble could he be in and how old cold still is this going to make the current american government of the international community.
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yes and i should also say that we had al jazeera our team at the united nations has now confirmed and seen experts of that report that was 1st reported by the new york times a violation of the international arms embargo is punishable by an international travel ban it's something that mr prince could see his bank accounts frozen his assets frozen and not an automatic thing there are certainly a lot of international actors that have been accused of violating the arms embargo in libya in particular the russians have also been accused of supporting the same contractor in libya all of this of course raises questions about erik prince and whether or not he used his ties to the president to conduct this.
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reportedly allegedly extensive operation in libya. you know president trump himself raised eyebrows back in april 2019. for expressing support for hoft are what people perceived as support he made a phone call to him and the readout of that phone call said that the president recognized this commander general khalifa haftar as role in fighting terrorism and securing oil in libya and their shared vision for peace just the day before that secretary of state mike pompei o was criticizing hoft our for his attack on the internationally recognized government in tripoli one day before the president called so this statement by the president seemed very out of step with government policy and congress who also had recognized the internationally recognized government in libya so this report raises
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a lot of questions and at this point we don't have the answers to all. all of them but i'm sure we'll be hearing more in the coming days about this is more information comes to light kristen slim with our correspondent force in washington d.c. thank you. forces a fight on hundreds of protesters in somalia's capital and a presidential candidate turned been leading in march through mogadishu to denounce the delay to elections catherine soy has more was. barely heard a protest march started in the other airports when this happened. and intense firefight between government forces and proposition fighters the demonstration had been called by opposition presidential candidates and was being led by some of them they included somalia's former prime minister has a hiding and opposition leader of the last month. they are angry about delays in
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holding a presidential election and the continued muhammad of july for my job and the top post after he stomach's by age 2 weeks ago the opposition blames government forces for provoking the fight. today security forces opened fire against as we lead up peace rally in mogadishu this happened as the event was being widely watched in the media and the world as a result of this some have died and others were wounded but prime minister mohammed was saying says opposition fighters fired the 1st shot every citizen has the right to demonstrate peacefully and for the security services to be the ones to guard the demonstrators and ensure their safety but we will not accept demonstrations guarded by forces outside the state authorities this is unacceptable the constitution does not accept and we won't accept any shape or form. several people were injured in buildings around the airport destroyed by rocket propelled grenade launched by an identified man. 3 other presidential candidates were also caught up in an exchange
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of gunfire between security forces and unknown gunmen at a hotel in the city on friday the accuser president of ordering the attack saying it was an attempt to assassinate them mogadishu is now calm but tense many people say they want an end to the security and sat in but they also know the longer their political leaders feel to agree on how an election will be run and who will be in charge of the country in the meantime there was the situation can get catherine so i al-jazeera. well still ahead here on al-jazeera 1st covert 19 now a bowler the rush to stop a new outbreak from crossing african borders. after a picture perfect landing nasser's the perseverance rover starts sending back color photos from mars those stories after the break.
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it's time for the perfect gentlemen. sponsored park qatar airways hello the weather's looking decidedly spring like across japan over the next couple of days you've got a few wintry flowers to get out of the way just across the far north of the country into hot temperatures in sapporo around 7 degrees celsius but take a look at tokyo chip about 11 or 12 this time of year sas they say is a high of 18 degrees celsius that is warmer still as we go into sunday could touch 20 degrees found high that was stretches across the korean peninsula 16 there in seoul in the 17 there for beijing much of china will be fine and dry a few showers down towards the southwest and we got some very heavy rain meanwhile making its way towards central and southern parts of the philippines. in the form of a tropical storm has its local name and the name given by the joint typhoon warning center my butt winds have around $95.00 clematis pratt gusting to 120 kilometers
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per hour said doesn't mean the potential for damaging winds and large ways very heavy rainfall that's the main threat 150 maybe 250 millimeters of rain over the next couple of days and that could lead to some localized flooding as in italy makes its way into southern parts of the philippines and then pushes across into those central areas elsewhere will say some wet weather coming into the southeast of india but to the north of that is try and find. ways to jump into the stream there is a lot going on in this show and julian on global community when i talk about the misinformation i think we all want our freedom than we are nowhere to be part of the debate don't ever take anybody's one word because there's always a difference when no topic is off the table we have been disconnected from our land we've been disconnected from who we are good enough to keep the new and be part of today's discussion this streamed on out is the era.
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welcome back you watch the officer with me as a whole rather a binder of our top stories u.s. president joe biden has declared his country is back sweeping away his predecessor's america 1st foreign policies biden address the munich security conference seeking to reassure allies sidelined during the trip yes al-jazeera has seen excerpts of a u.n. report which accuses an ally of donald trump erik prince of violating a libya arms a bargain a confidential report alleges the prince said weapons to a militia commander who was trying to overthrow the internationally recognized
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government as security forces opened fire on hundreds of protesters on the streets of the somali capital budget issues the violence broke out as a presidential candidate led a march to denounce the delay to elections. nigerian officials say they were goetia to with an armed gang that kidnapped a group of students the exact number of those taken a wednesday as a bone but hundreds of missing evidence just reports from a. killer blows his fortunate to be back all. he injured his leg escaping from a group of kidnappers who attacked his boarding school in niger just got a district his brother didn't survive he was shot dead by the gunman i see it on the way. but i was sleeping when i heard the kidnappers come into our dormitories they started shooting guns when i saw them i jumped over the fence other students also started running everywhere. nearby yet another family is devastated they're waiting for updates hoping that kidnaps son or be found alive. the
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government should help us find our families our only hope lies but the government. hundreds of students are sleeping when they are sailing stormed in now empty beds and deserted classrooms reminded of going attacks on boarding schools kidnapping so run some by armed groups that come on across many northern nigeria estates. in december more than 350 students ducted and eventually rescued by niger security force some parents education is under attack. i haven't been able to sleep since this happened i'm asking the government to please risky my son he will continue with the education despite these types of threats once he's risk youth. he will get back to school. the pressure is mounting on the government to end these types of attacks and parents across nigeria are left
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wondering if students will ever be see the vicious a contact was made with the group holding the students and that they will be released soon although officials insist that money was not part of the negotiation there were reports that ransom was paid for hundreds of students taken from a boarding school in can't get out in december 2020 the world also reports that money and prisoners were exchanged for some students taken from a girls' 2nd school in chibok in 2014. many years the paying ransom to criminal groups is in bolding them given the resources to buy arms and the confidence to strike again immediately is al-jazeera the democratic republic of congo has confirmed another 2 cases of a bowler one of which is far from the center of the outbreak 6 infections have been confirmed overall and 2 deaths the world health organization says the d.l.c. has more than 8000 vaccinations available. in the u.s. almost 20000 doses to getting the west african countries declared
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a new pearl epidemic giddy sierra leone and liberia are all at the center of the world's worst outbreak between 20132016 which 11300 people died dr money is a technical officer at the world health organizations office for africa and he says there's a high risk of a regional outbreak. we are going to vaccinate contact and contact of kentucky who will be identified by your immunities so we're not going to action it under people it's not a it must question if. we are confident that we feel it is strong investigation we would be able to identify i want to contact them to vaccinate them well speck to receive $11000.00 those sunday and that will be stopped no money vaccinating them on monday we have a jewelry conducted in up to this assessment here for this event so. overall
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risk and been. very high to come to live in and do it you know an event and that no event because a few months no one confirmed case in going to. and from more or directly to to correct the you know or was it occur is a sort of around. 1000 kilometer from what. we consider the risk is very hard to come to. the last male member of a once thriving indigenous community in brazil's amazon has died from covert 19 it spells the end of the people as a distinct ethnic group. as will. the last shelter the last few more warriors. 86 year old are more in
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iraq has died from the carpet 19 virus at a hospital in northwestern brazil his passing marks the end of a people the humor indigenous community which once numbered around 15000. is survived by his 3 daughters but they've had to marry into another community because there were no male partners left in their own right are or. why are there for all of us for the indigenous people for those who fought to defend the rights of indigenous communities the loss of a whole people cannot be measured it's a huge loss for all the indigenous people of brazil. several 1000000 indigenous inhabitants of what is now the brazilian amazon when the 1st european settlers arrived here more than 500 years ago the disappearance of the uma is just the latest tragedy in a catalogue of disease deforestation land theft the massacres song over that film
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our hero many indigenous people are dying in brazil many many because we have what we call a government genocide of ethno side and we hold them responsible for these deaths. a report out this week says the covered $1000.00 pandemic has only made the situation worse that many governments including brazil's a using the crisis is not unity to disregard social environmental safeguards to further erode the rights of indigenous people the extent of the increase rapidly as a result of the sort of urgency to enter into. a very very large is going to turn each productive agricultural around. the report says many governments have criminalized indigenous human rights defenders and facilitated the threatened use of violence against them i'm now program 19 even more so to the point where did you through your urging if this is
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a case of crimes against humanity. and. some of the regional authorities in brazil have made efforts to reach an vaccinate people in remote difficult to access communities but critics say they've been hampered by a government that has never taken the pandemic seriously and the society that shows little regard for its original inhabitants. less action is taken as you will not be the last indigenous community to disappear. what osiris. a 20 year old woman has become the 1st protester to die after being injured in me and andy q protests she was shot in the head last week when police were trying to disperse a crowd in the capital naypyidaw for the past 2 weeks thousands of people have been demonstrating demanding the release of deposed leader uncensored cine scott hardly reports
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a sight the antec who protest movement never wanted to see the death of a protester. kind had just turned 20 when she was shot in the head as police dispersed a crowd of protesters in the capital naples or doctors say it was a live bullet she had been on life support since she was taken to hospital on february 9th. i want to encourage all the citizens to join the protests until we can get rid of the system. in central yangon security forces extended an area blocked off by barricades. protesters have gathered in the district around too late to go to nearly every day since the rally started more than 2 weeks ago it's the site of some of the largest gathering. elsewhere in yangon a group from the l.g.b. t.q. movement marched against the coup their concern progress for their community could be erased. we don't want to go back to a time when suppress again we don't want to go back to the previous age where the
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military companies so we have gathered here to protest today and. more members of the joint are to face sanctions from britain 3 from the defense and interior ministries will be added to the 16 already sanctioned for human rights violations before the assets will be frozen and travel restricted canada will also impose sanctions this is unacceptable behavior. must. be resisted that we must find our way back to democracy and that those who perpetrate violations of human rights abuses as we've seen in manama must be held to account. in the ancient city of began protesters tap what they believe is the supernatural to counter the military john they performed a ceremony to put a curse on the coup leader general. the temple has been associated with national leaders for centuries the general had visited it just last year to seek divine blessing it's got harder al-jazeera. will preserve
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a nuclear plant in japan has confirmed that water has lead to buildings afternoon. quick on saturday the fukushima daiichi nuclear plant was severely damaged by a powerful earthquake and tsunami in 2011 and new problems could complicate the plant's decommissioning process saturday's 7.3 magnitude quake triggered landslides . the u.k. supreme court has ruled that uber drivers in britain are entitled to benefits like paid holidays and minimum wage judges said drivers should be classed as workers rather than self-employed it's a decision that threatens business model and could have big implications other workers in the geek economy. it's only been on the red planet for a day but masses perseverance rover is already sending back detailed color photographs it's on a mission to collect samples from the surface which nasa hopes will one day be analyzed here on earth is rob reynolds. this is the 1st ever color picture from
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a world more than 54000000 kilometers beyond ours it's one of several sent from perseverance is a ray of cameras this one shows the rover being lowered down by cables to its martian landing spot from the delivery space vehicle. nasa scientists say the rover came through its action packed landing thursday in fine form and happy to say that the rover is doing great and healthy on the surface of mars and continues to be highly highly functional and then just an exhilarating this shot shows one of the rovers heavy duty wheels that it will use to explore the red dust of just 0 crater for signs of extinct ancient life but perseverance won't be making tracks right away 1st engineers will perform system checks update its software and test some of its instruments like a robotic arm and a microphone in
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a month or so ingenuity the drone attached to the rover will take its 1st flight this rover is epic for it it represents. 8 years of hundreds of engineers at the laboratory thousands around the world a total of over 4 founders and human years of investment. and already a detail in this picture has caught scientists attention that rock on the left the one that looks like a hunk of swiss cheese and there are a number of different geological processes that can make holes in iraq like that and to the science team is now thinking about what this might mean and one of the questions we'll ask 1st is whether these rocks represent a volcanic or sedimentary origin and both of those would be equally exciting to the team ultimately perseverance may dig up evidence that life existed on mars at some point in the ancient past that could be
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a sign that life is widespread in our solar system our galaxy and the far flung reaches of the universe and that we are not alone robert oulds al jazeera los angeles. you're watching i was there with means the whole robin to remind of our top stories u.s. president joe biden has declared his country is back sweeping away his predecessor as a barack of 1st foreign policies biden address the munich security conference seeking to reassure allies sidelined during the trip as i know the past few years of strain and tested our transatlantic relationship but the united states is determined.
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