we understand the differences and similarities of cultures across the world. so no matter what you see al-jazeera will bring you the news and current affairs that matter to you. al-jazeera. i am. former top capitol police officers say bad intelligence left them unprepared for the january 6th attack by supporters of donald trump. hello i'm barbara starr you're watching al-jazeera live from london also coming up outrage and condemnation after malaysia defies a court order and the ports more than a 1000 the nehemiah nationals enjoyed just 1000 isa protest against the arrest of

a prominent opposition politician even in a crisis that began with last year's disputed election and the wife of mexican drug lord a walk in the elect chapo guzman appears in court accused of helping your husband run is both the $1000000000.00 current. u.s. senators have heard capitol police did not have the training or equipment to prevent the january 6th the riot in congress to senate panels are investigating security failures during the riot earlier this year the former house of representatives security chief rejected claims that not using national guard troops earlier was to avoid looking bad he resigned after the riot along with the capitol police chief and head of security for the son of one of the police officers recalled her

experience facing the via turds i received chemical burns to my face that still have not healed to this day. i witnessed officers being knocked to the ground and hit with various objects that were thrown by rioters i was unable to determine exactly what those objects were i immediately assumed command in the rotunda and called for additional assets officers began to push the crowd out the door after a couple hours officers cleared the rotunda but had to physically hold the door closed because it had been broken by the rioters. live from capitol hill and following developments there for a setback give us a sense of the testimony that senators have heard. well it started with that dramatic testimony from that witness that was unannounced i think it was the senate's way of saying look this isn't about what the capitol police officers the rank and file did on that day it's about what these 3 gentlemen did to prepare for

that day and how they handled it during the insurrection and what we've seen is a lot of finger pointing and not one of them say you know that i made mistakes what they're saying is that they didn't have the intelligence that this could get bad but then they went on to say that they didn't know they had intelligence that members of the proud boys the white supremacists possibly many of them armed were probably possibly going to cause violence and this one senator responded that wasn't enough intelligence for you but what they said they did because of that is they expanded the perimeter. the way they expanded that permit or was to have just a few police officers guarding what looked like bike racks without any sort of riot here it's come out that many of the officers don't have the appropriate riot gear that they would need for a crowd there's also question of the national guard one the police chief is a former police chief is saying i asked day in the days in advance from the national guard the security heads for the senate the house said no they were and then they responded saying look he didn't really request it we just talked about it

and then there's a question about when on the day they wanted the national guard in who made that call the former police chief is saying at one o 9 he called the house security had in the senate he security had was there in the they're saying well we don't remember that call this close to 130 so a lot of finger pointing but i think one of the more controversial statements from the former police chief is when he said that they never prepared for anything like this have a listen. no civilian law enforcement agency to include the united states capitol police is trained or equipped to repel an insurrection of thousands of individuals focused on breaching a building at all costs. i'm proud and appreciative of the capitol police officers the metropolitan police department and the other law enforcement agencies that came to our assistance a clear lack of accurate and complete intelligence across several federal agencies contributed to this event and not poor planning by the united states capitol police

so what he just said there is no one could possibly repel a crowd of that size but think about it i think that's exactly what people thought the capitol police were not only trained to do but prepared to do on that day there are going to be a lot of skeptical questions about how they didn't have the right intelligence we do know that there was an f.b.i. report the day before on the evening before and the heads of security said it did come to the capitol police but not to them so up to her a breakdown in communications on that level but again this is not them saying that we made a mistake we should have had the national guard we should have had actual riot gear and we should have had a plan to make sure that the capitol could be overtaken by a riot is instead they're saying the other guys and did it and i did everything perfectly fine and what the police chief even say that he regrets that he resigned his post under pressure. to go hang with the latest there from capitol hill thank you.

a court in malaysia blocked that their protection of more than a 1000 migrants from after rights groups said their lives could be at risk but that didn't stop authorities pressing ahead sending the group back just hours later protests in myanmar itself are growing more fee brio by the day and this tony chang now reports international reaction is becoming more damning. malaysian immigration trucks transporting more than a 1000 asylum seekers to the coast and ships waiting to deport them despite a last minute court order delaying the repatriation the immigration authorities defined the courts telling 3 myanmar navy ships waiting on the docks the decision overrides concerns that some of those sent back will be under threat from myanmar's new military government. in myanmar itself pay their last respects in front of the

continent the wind. the 37 year old company was one of 2 people killed on saturday when security services opened fire on protesters in the city of mandalay. i feel so sad losing him he lost the guardian of our family and now i need to move on with the only family members. me i'm a senior general min online however made no mention of recent deaths when he appeared on state t.v. late on monday nor did he make any concessions to the huge numbers of protesters who've taken to the streets instead of the general threaten to withdraw the license of media companies that continue to refer to the military takeover as a coup. but international condemnation reaction is mounting fast. a statement from g 7 foreign ministers said the use of blind ammunition against unarmed people is on the acceptable and e.u. foreign ministers announced targeted sanctions today we have decided to set of

targeted measures with ministers in response to these events when we took the political agreement to apply sanctions targeting the military responsible for the call on the economic interest. and still the street protests continue demonstrators in yangon acting out the roles of doctors and civil servants operating under military rule. the protesters are hoping their movement is gaining momentum but at this stage there is no sign the generals are listening. tony algis or. protestors have blocked roads in the center of the georgian capital after the leader of the opposition was arrested 17 people were reportedly injured and 20 arrested earlier in the day a new prime minister was named by parliament after the previous occupant resigned do you think the plan the rest georgie get carriers said it would lead to

instability. well police earlier stormed the office of meta mentally and held him on charges of insider higham and he had been freed on bail but a court last week after his bail fear which he's been refused to pay up and forced to walk or is in tbilisi and he says many protesters want fresh elections. we've had a protest the softening that began outside of the prime minister's office and then the crowd leaves here to the parliament and the. opposition is saying is that this arrest was a big mistake by the government to plunge this country people into the political crisis they standing by what they bring to mom the schoolmarm snow which is the new elections fresh elections he could sing so hoba this country has been a standstill from a political point of view the opposition refuses to acknowledge the results of that election he refuses to go in this apology the boycott will continue. and now

they're saying that they will march on the prison where the committee is being held in detention to morrow and the suits of protests will continue they say peaceful protests will continue until the demands for fresh elections are met. joe biden's nominee for u.s. secretary of the interior has faced questions from senators on energy policy if she is confirmed that hollande will be the 1st native american cabinet secretary she says she will need to strike a balance between energy needs and conservation in her role overseeing national parks and native reservations but republicans say her views on the environment are quote extreme so why is it so significant to have a net of native american woman leading that the partment of the interior well the vast agency oversees 200000000 hectares of public land and more than 300 native

american reservations in the past that the partment repeatedly reduce the size of reservations broke treaties and force that native americans into the pendency many hope that harlan's position managing natural resources will give native americans a stronger voice in government her nomination has been praised by either the co to see you who led the 2016 protests against the planned gas pipeline through their land if confirmed i would be the 1st native american to serve as cabinet secretary this is storied nature of my confirmation is not lost on me but i will say it's not about me and our climate challenge must be addressed together we can work to position our nation and all of its people for success in the future and i am committed to working cooperatively with all stakeholders and all of congress to strike the right balance going forward let's go straight to our white house

correspondent kimberly halkett kimberly how likely is it that she will actually be confirmed. early this morning before the hearing had started there seemed to be some doubt about her candidacy going into whether or not she could be confirmed but this is a hearing that has been going well she has been answering the questions well for the senators including the skeptics and that's resulted is starting to look more positive for a number of reasons and micheline there was some concern because as we've reported before this is divided senate straight down the middle for the most part with the vice president coming to harris freaking a tie vote but the problem was is that to confirm that hollande she would need a simple majority and it wasn't clear that was going to be that simple majority given the fact that at least one democratic senator was siding with conservatives over the fears that she was going to basically ban all sort of fossil fuel

exploration drilling that sort of thing as a secretary as a cabinet secretary managing these federal lands now what has been looking promising for her is the fact that there are 2 conservatives with very large and vicious populations in their states one from alaska the other from the state of maine and they're also women and so there's even some hope as they watch these 2 senators that they may actually even though the republicans vote with the democrats and kind of seal the deal for what joe biden says is a very strong candidate as he said repeatedly he wants his cabinet to look and reflect america and so that's why so many in the united states are celebrating this nomination they believe that it's time for something like this of this nature and the significance as you pointed out cannot be sort of underscore the fact that a native american women could be leading this department given the fact that this is a department that historically has trampled on the rights of native americans and people

of color in this country for decades so this is being watched very carefully by. ultimately it does appear that this is nomination that will make it through kimberly halkett with the latest from the white house kimberly thank you. still to come here on al-jazeera hong kong's governments where it's by a new law all elected officials and must a pledge allegiance to china u.k. farmers facing a new financial threat despite the government making promises for the cows come home. we got more lovely spring like weather across a good part of here now city into the central areas but there is quite a contrast further east where it is basically cold in moscow minus 18 celsius fair

not this warmth that we have across central processor eventually going to make its way further east was plus a scorching weather hit beautiful that moller rare that warm weather will actually will further research as we go on through wednesday going on into thursday but above freezing in moscow by thursday and rising as we go through the next few days you can see how the warms really does win out nicely then so not too bad with a moderate coming in from the atlantic i'm afraid it does mean some spells of western weather sliding across oland into wales pushing into well in england he's in up across scotland once again quite a brisk wind still in place across as western pass muster frauds the low countries pushing across into germany fine try warm and sunny beautiful spring like weather continuing there will be somewhat of weather coming into spain in portugal easing across france as we go on into thursday but too bad space is and what a weather to across the far north of algeria over the next couple of days but for

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welcome back here's a reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera u.s. senators have heard capitol police did not have the training or equipment to prevent the riot in congress the house security chief who resigned after the incident said troops were not requested earlier over a fear that it would look bad a 1000 migrants from myanmar have been deported from malaysia even though the move was blocked by a court in myanmar itself protests have continued with the e.u. joining growing international condemnation and protesters have blocked roads in the center of the georgian capital after the leader of the opposition was arrested a new prime minister was also named after the previous occupant resigned over the controversy. emma coronel i sport or the wife of the mexican drug lord what kean and chapo guzman has appeared in a u.s. court she was arrested outside washington on monday accused of helping your husband

run his multi-billion dollar cartel u.s. authorities say the she helped the street view the rage of drugs including in methamphetamines cocaine and heroin she's also accused of plotting to help her husband escape from a mexican prison in 2015 before he began a life sentence in the u.s. where manual republic is following developments from mexico city as manuel the hearing has now concluded with that we learn. with the hearing now concluded we know that the judge has ordered that that be held without bond pending a trial and nail the wife of what king of chapo guzman appeared before the court over a phone call over a conference call from her jail cell in alexandria virginia just across the river from washington d.c. unfortunately there are still questions that remain an answered not least of which is the purpose of a mcdonald's visit to washington d.c.

prior to her arrest that's what we don't know what we do know is that she's 31 years old she's the wife of chapo guzman the notorious boss of the city a lower drug cartel she's a dual citizen of both mexico and the united states and according to an affidavit from the u.s. to department of justice she was arrested on several drug conspiracy charges as you mentioned those conspiracy to deliver narcotics including cocaine methamphetamine and marijuana into the united states now according to u.s. authorities it is also believed to have been. involved in the 2015 jailbreak of and chapal this is one of the reasons why we've seen so much international such a large international spotlight not only on el chapo but lifting the syn a low of cartel almost to a legendary status and also shining that international spotlight not only on el chapo but on the guzman family in itself his sons as well as his wife his wife is

also believed to play a quote active role in this in a low drug cartel even before it was taken into custody by u.s. authorities and mexico's president mexico's president under this model was asked about this arrest specifically during his morning press conference on tuesday but the president said that this is a matter that corresponds to u.s. authorities now during the hearing near the end of that hearing that took place on tuesday we heard both from prosecutors and the defense who said that they will be contacting the judge to schedule another here. we do not know when the date of this next year is going to be but this is important to note there are several drug conspiracy charges that the wife of a chopper who's mind is facing if convicted she faces a maximum sentence of 10 years pardon me a minimum sentence of 10 years in prison a maximum sentence of life in prison as well as of a $10000000.00 fine well let up on the with the latest on that story from mexico

city manager thank you it's going to hong kong now with the government has announced plans to require all elected officials to swear an oath of allegiance to china if they refuse to or make it not sincerely they could lose their jobs and be barred from running for 5 years this comes a day after china's top official in hong kong hinted that there would be major changes to make sure it's run by so-called patriots the new rules extend to pro-democracy district counselors who won by a landslide in 2019 between a u. is in beijing for us and she says the move brings hong kong closer into the state. this move will take hong kong one step closer to resemble in any other mainland province it will make it very very difficult for any dissenting voices to hold public office in hong kong now hong kong officials gave a press conference on trees they often in announcing this draft bill which will

essentially require district councils to take an oath of allegiance to the government that is pledge their loyalty essentially to beijing now this also applies to lawmakers and they will also take into account possible hevia and anybody considered to be. not following through with this or the villages to beijing will be banned from election for 5 years now this affects hong kong's 400 or so district council is and many of those district councils won their seats in the 2019 election and what's key to remember is overwhelmingly these district council is pro-democracy or opposition figures now the result of this election was extremely embarrassing for beijing which has been trying to sell the message that most of the people of hong kong offered for the communist party now another similar election was due to take place last year and that was postponed due to corbett and it was expected to take place later this year and analysts were predicting another pro-democracy landslide so this change really is beijing's way of preventing that

from happening. a 22 year old indian climate activist has been granted bail following 'd her arrest accused of helping protesting farmers the show ravi was that pained in new delhi 10 days ago for sedition authorities claim that she made an online demonstration tool kit which sparked violence she had started a local movement linked to the swedish activist the writer to berg tens of thousands of farmers have been protesting against new laws that they say will hit the price that they receive for their produce. one of the men accused of the murder of a multis investigative journalist has admitted her murder vincent most capped was sentenced to 15 years in prison after suddenly changing his plea to guilty that. was killed in a car bombing in 2017 police say remotely detonated the device in a plot which they claim was masterminded by a millionaire with links to the government jailing came as

a further 3 men were arrested. u.k. prime minister boris johnson has promised a better life for farmers outside the european union at a virtual meeting of the national farmers union he vowed to boost trade and improve standards but some food producers are worried about short term loss. reports. the start of a long process. this wheat is heading to a bread maker they'll sell their products in the u.k. and possibly beyond but the road ahead for british agriculture is less certain than for decades. and addressing the 1st national farmers union or n.f.u. conference since britain left the european union the prime minister paid tribute to the sector as we look ahead to the rest of the year preved course from the shackles of the common agricultural policy i hope that this could be the moment where we start to realise the many opportunities we now have not just for the benefit of our

fantastic promise for all of you before our entire country around 3 quarters of u.k. farm businesses say they're not viable without subsidies they get under the e.u.'s common agricultural policy those are being phased out by 2027 to be replaced by incentives for going green the government says it will pay farmers for things like anti flooding measures protecting wildlife habitats and planting trees now that we have left the new payments and incentives will reward farmers for farming more sustainably creating space for nature on their land based on seeing animal health and welfare reducing carbon emissions but in the short term some farmers who rely on exporting to europe face real uncertainty new customers checks and paperwork mean delays and extra costs the u.k. currently exports around 18 percent of the beef it produces wealth of barley the figures around 22 percent and in both those cases the vast majority of the exports

nearly 90 percent go to the european union. so whatever trade deals britain strikes with other countries in the next few years many farmers here simply can't afford to ignore that european market. but for david hicks would in a few representative who runs this farm in southern england the real worry lies elsewhere the real biggest threat to our business now is that try to use the government will do across the world we could for example see australian based south american beef coming into this country competing directly with my cattle here at a much lower cost that is where the problems lie rather than our relationship with the still with frictionless trade with europe gone some industries like fishing say they're fighting for their survival other producers want to know how they'll be helped to stay afloat in these uncharted post brooks it waters. for its part the government is promising golden opportunities for those prepared to change the

barber al-jazeera in southern england the bodies of an italian and bassett are a hand these body guard killed in an attack in the democratic republic of congo have begun their return to it in vehicles carrying the coffins arrived at the airport in goma head of a flight they can share look at that as it was killed when is u.n. convoy was ambushed in the national park on monday the congolese government blames a rebel group known as the f t a lara for carrying out the attack united nations security council members have met virtually to discuss the impact of climate change on international peace and security secretary-general in tonic the parish described it as that the finding issue of our time british prime minister boris johnson who chaired the meeting called for richer countries to do more to help vulnerable ones at that i have a climate summit in glasgow in november british naturalist david attenborough said

climate change is the biggest security threat that modern humans have faced. if we continue on our current path we will face the collapse of everything gives us our security we have left the stable and secure climatic period that gave birth to our civilization there is no going back no matter what we do now it's too late to avoid climate change and the poorest and most vulnerable those with the least security are now certain to suffer well meanwhile the world wildlife fund is warning that one 3rd of freshwater fish species face extinction this could have devastating consequences for the 200000000 people who rely on freshwater fish as their main source of protein stored or is the global freshwater

in the that the world wide fund for nature he explains some of the steps that countries could take to help save their freshwater species. freshwater environments are only one percent of the entire earth's surface and as this report highlights 51 percent of all fish species on the planet are in fresh water freshwater environments are heavily modified by us by industry by irrigation by energy supply we pollute them we've been draining wetlands on an incredible rate over the last 40 years and i think this report is trying to shine a light on the fact that these critical ecosystems are vital of course to the economy in society who we need to look after them a lot better this species crash is a great indication that nowhere is the nature crisis as evident as in the freshwater environment governments who are meeting this year in china we've put forward with partners a very simple 6 step plan that is very simplistic but implementable it's around flows around water quality protecting and restoring the most critical habitats

ending overfishing and looking increasingly into issues like sand mining controlling invasive species and really removing these those obsolete dams and obsolete infrastructure that we have in our rivers those are 6 simple steps that we are asking all governments to take into that meeting and we feel that if governments can implement this we can make a huge difference in the in the threatened nature of freshwater species around the world. now a reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera u.s. senators have heard capitol police did not have the training or equipment to prevent the january 6th riots in congress 2 senate panels are investigating security failures during the riots earlier this year the former house of representatives security chiefs rejected claims that not using national guard troops earlier was.