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from the favelas of caracas to the battlefields around also i would job is to get to the truth and empower people through knowledge. i witnessed officers being knocked to the ground and hit with various objects that were thrown by rioters former capitol police officers say bad intelligence left them unprepared for the january the 6th insurrection by donald trump's supporters. in this is all deserve a live from doha also coming up lucky to be alive alley police say tiger woods has sustained serious injuries to his legs and
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a california crush. on the streets of georgia as thousands protest against the arrest of a prominent opposition politician. outrage in condemnation nuff to malaysia deports more than a $1000000.00 more nationals despite a court order against it. the former chief of security at the u.s. capitol told senators that officers didn't have the intelligence training or equipment needed to prevent the january the 6th riot 2 senate panels an investigation the failures that led to the attack by donald trump supporters and the deaths of 5 people as political hain reports from washington d.c. there was a lot of finger pointing but few as to how the building fell so quickly. how could this happen america's symbol of democracy overtaken by an angry mob the
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capitol police overwhelmed reinforcements would not arrive for hours these 3 men were in charge of security but before 2 senate committees basically said it wasn't their fault 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 they blamed federal agencies for not knowing what was planned an f.b.i. memo warning of possible violence was sent to capitol hill police they testified it wasn't forwarded to them but they admitted they did have an assessment days before the attack the assessment indicated that members of the proud boys white supremacist groups and tea and other extremist groups were expected to participate on january 6th and that they may be inclined to become violent the intelligence assessment already here. in the case of the members of the power board white supremacists and t.v. and other extremist groups expected it's part. of that but it may be inclined to
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pick up while how much more targets are needed in that they insisted they move the perimeter back as a result but it was poorly guarded and the fence a temporary bike rack asked about when they called the national guard before and during the riot they pointed fingers my recollection was at one o 9 while i was sitting in the command center watching things rapidly deteriorate i made a phone call that a phone call was made in the presence of i believe both my assistant chiefs and possibly my my general counsel at which time i made the initial request that we need to be the mclean national guard the situation's bad on the west front i followed up at 122 to check on the status of the request senator from my recollection i did not receive a request for approval for national guard until shortly after 2 pm and the former chief of the capitol police defended his actions saying they couldn't have been
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prepared for this 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 many senators expressed concern at that saying that is exactly what police here should be prepared for now this was just the 1st hearing up next members of the department of defense and the f.b.i. will be here to explain what they did what they didn't do and why. al-jazeera washington so many is ride so broken out of 3 prisons in ecuador leaving at least $67.00 inmates dead hundreds of police are trying to regain control of the facilities which are home to 70 percent of the country's prison population around half those killed were in the city of cuenca the government says the violence is the result of gangs fighting for dominance. american golf a tiger woods has been undergoing surgery following a car crash near los angeles the 15 time major champion has multiple leg injuries
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police say there was no evidence he was impaired it was the sole occupant in the single vehicle crash the l.a. county sheriff says the cost happened at a known accident site and the woods is lucky to be alive the time it made it cross the center divider to the point that arrest it was several several 100 feet away so obviously they did a case they were going at a relatively a greater speed than the normal however because it is downhill it slopes and it also the it curves that area has a high frequency of of accidents is not uncommon no skid marks no braking so apparently the 1st contact was with the center median and from there then across into the up opposing lane of traffic hit the curb hit a tree and there was several rollovers during that process when rob reynolds is live for us in los angeles rob the lot of people around the world are going i actually going to be very concerned about this because we're talking about
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a nothing who's built an extraordinary golfing career despite the fact that many aspects of his private life have been very public. well i think you're right rob that many people will be very very concerned and upset by this but also very relieved that as sheriff alex dillon gave us said this was not worse than than what it could have been if you look at the damage to the vehicle a modern s.u.v. that tiger woods was driving it's it seems remarkable that. his injuries were not greater now we do know that he underwent surgery we have not had a briefing from the hospital where he's being cared for yet so we don't know exactly when he were how long the surgery last or when he went out and what he's doing now is likely to be in intensive care but looking at the the biography of tiger woods i think you're right that the golfing war was somewhat stodgy
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dominated by. white man and then tiger woods came along and kind of made golf cool again he was a person of color dominating this ancient sport that started hundreds of years ago in scotland and in doing it with such flair and such a conviction and creating a whole qadri of fans opening up horizons for other young athletes people of color knowing that no. sport was off limits to them but as this at the same time as the public spotlight shone upon tiger woods he had a number of embarrassing incidents in in his life and harrowing incidents of a very messy divorce the. revelations of multiple sexual infidelity. on it during his marriage and at one point was
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arrested for driving under the influence and police found him asleep behind the wheel of a car that was no accident at that point and tiger woods explained that he had been taking some prescription medication he realized how strongly it would affect him but on top of all of that tiger woods although he is such a graceful astley you would not think immediately that he is a man racked with injuries he said 5 back surgeries the most recent one just at the end of december. and has had a number of other challenges physically in his career the fact that he won the masters for the last time in 2019 after coming back from stats from serious injuries what's seen as a really on aspiring championship type of moment very typical of tiger woods now whether tiger woods will be a figure on the golf circuit again it's unknown whether he will and whether he will play any more is not not certain at this point but he's certainly made
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a lasting impact not only on the sport but. the wider culture in the united states and around the world. rob thanks very much indeed obviously we're going to be waiting to get any news from the hospital that tiger woods is country in but for now robinson los angeles thank you very much indeed the u.s. and the e.u. have condemned the arrest of a senior opposition figure in georgia nicomedia was taken into custody on tuesday morning is accused of seeking to violently overthrow parliament robin firstly walker reports in the capital tbilisi. surrounding the headquarters of george's largest opposition party police carried out a special operation to breach the building. was opposition supporters resisted but officers soon overwhelmed them taking the camillia the leader of the united national movement into custody. last week georgia's
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prime minister resigned citing concerns about clamping down on the opposition his successor appointed on monday was quick to take out a hard line position to throw. me to god over them i sincerely thank the entire police force for protecting the dignity of our state the stability of our state and once again reminding everyone that we are a state governed by the rule of law which we want someone to live with and i'm sure many here is accused of leading antigovernment protests that turned violent in the summer of 2019 but the opposition says his arrest is politically motivated an attack on a democracy with western aspirations using tactics borrowed from the kremlin. he believes daddy was good parents you know political leaders think it is all about they all these small independent prizes and if you only escalate to should you wish
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their words are all distribution is that regeneration i mean we create the pressure on the georgian and they will come back to remember here in the negotiations and we were negotiated political settlement which really clearly elections georgia has special status as an eastern partner of the european union and its western allies are alarmed we are urging all sites in georgia to shoulder necessary restraint utmost restraint and responsibility to avoid more escalation in the interest of the country and its people the arrest of this senior opposition figure any command has deepened georgia's. political crisis which has been going on for months now the opposition refusing to recognize the results of october's elections and into parliament behind me. efforts by western diplomats to get georgia's political factions to talk to one another rather than one another appear to have failed. instead more
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protests and more arrests may lie ahead robyn for a steelworker out 0 tbilisi. more than a 1000 migrants to miramar have been deported from malaysia even though a court blocks their removal hours earlier rights groups are warning their lives could be at risk protests in miramar itself are growing more intense by the day as tony chang 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 mourners paid their last respects in
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front of the comp in the night when. 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 we lost the guardian of our family and now i need to move on with the remaining family members. me i'm a senior general minong lai 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 the general threatened 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 live ammunition against unarmed people is unacceptable and e.u.
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foreign ministers announced targeted sanctions today we have decided to set of try to get at measures with ministers in response to these events. when we do to political agreement to apply sanctions targeting didn't really to be responsible for the cool on day comic 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 at this stage is no sign the generals listen. tony ching outages are. still ahead on al-jazeera the british prime minister warns climate change is a grave threat to world peace. and the u.s. senate considers confirming the 1st native american cabinet secretary.
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it's time for the perfect gentleman the weather sponsored by qatar airways. hello there we got something of a change in the weather for beijing over the next couple of days on sunday temperature touch 26 degrees celsius but with service has been resumed wednesday a top temperature of around 5 degrees celsius so we lost that record breaking february hate little bit of snow just coming into the sections of china as we go through wednesday some rain easing in as well across central parts all making this way for the race was through the elysee heading towards south korea we'll see some wet weather coming through cooling off in shanghai with some heavy downpours which could lead to a little bit of localized flooding showers will gradually make their way towards southern parts of japan some wintry weather there into northern honshu into hokkaido in between not too bad in tokyo with a top temperature of around 11 degrees celsius not too bad now into the philippines
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you see some very heavy rain recently of course with our recent tropical storm punching its way through its face laying out a legacy of showers just pushing into northern areas through lose almost see some wet weather coming in here as we go on through a weapons day somewhat to weather some wintry weather pushing across northern parts of india meanwhile northern areas of pakistan wanted to show was into nepal and bhutan but for much of south asia is fine and dry. sponsored poll qatar airways in india identity politics on the rise what we're seeing is the construction of partitions and cuts and loads of movement of people across the country and as a dark side can do is you do see the grit from his office the majesty of the him fix into something more like the team i didn't see of the british today i meet with victims of violence and discover what life is like for minorities in the country
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join me on my journey in search of india's soul on al-jazeera. george tenet is here a reminder of our top stories this hour u.s. senators have heard capitol police did not have the training or equipment to prevent january's riot in congress security chief who resigned after the incident said troops were not requested because of fears it would look bad. american golfer tiger woods is undergoing surgery after suffering multiple leg injuries in a car accident in los angeles county sheriff says the crash happened at a known accident site that woods is lucky to be alive. the u.s. and the e.u.
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have condemned the arrest of a senior all position figure in georgia because many have was taken into custody on tuesday morning triggering protests in the capital tbilisi is accused of seeking to violently overthrow parliament. joe biden's nominee for u.s. interior secretary has faced tough questions on energy policy on the 1st day of a senate confirmation hearing if it proves a dead hollander will be the 1st native american cabinet secretary responsibilities will include overseeing national parks natural resources and native american reservations she's promised to strike a balance between energy needs and conservation 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
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with all stakeholders and all of congress to strike the right balance going forward maicon is in washington d.c. and he has more on why her confirmation would be significant. not only in that she would be the 1st native american to hold the post of cabinet secretary so this would be very very symbolically important for the position as well is massive that not only controls all the nation's natural lands but it also controls all the tribal land belonging to native americans so it's a very very significant position and something that she she says is very well qualified to do she does have a intense background in terms of land management in terms of various energy affairs now there has been opposition to her appointment from some republicans in particular in particularly those with ties to the oil industry those with known
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ties to the oil industry they point to her background as something of an activist back in 2015 she was aligned to some activist groups protesting a pipeline going across american native american land there some democrats too who see her as too progressive she's a supporter of the new green deal which is not something that all democratic party members subscribe to however that being said during her confirmation hearing she made very clear that she was going to exercise the policy as expressed by the president joe biden marks a hunk who is the editor of indian country today he says holland's confirmation and send a meaningful message to the country. the idea that representation really means something and that you can have a native american serving at all levels of government i think is really extraordinary one of the thing that's just so significant is the native american vote has become more and more important particularly in western state and you could
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see for example in alaska record senator lisa murkowski with the alaska native community strongly behind representative paul and being supportive there is going to be moderation on all sides but really the past 4 years it's all been about energy independence that came up already in the area today whereas in the biden administration the focus is going to be on climate change and so that the middle is going to move a little bit more in that direction pretty much on all of these issues and use that as kind of a metric for how you go forward and i think what she's saying is that there are other kinds of energy that needs to be explored to that maybe we're creating jobs in other sectors to make up for some of these ones that. require more innovation i think she brings just real perspective from far beyond those of well that. seneca's expecting to deliver fewer than half of the corona virus vaccine doses it was can talk to to supply to the european union by the end of june and the official
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quoted by the reuters news agency says the pharmaceutical giant will deliver 138000000 doses the firm had committed to providing 300000000 that means the block could struggle to meet its target of vaccinating 70 percent of adults by the summer . a finnish court has been hearing evidence against a former rebel leader have accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity during liberia's civil war in an unprecedented move the court is in the west african states to hear the case against. he's associated with the revolutionary united front it's a rebel group from sierra leone that fought in liberia he's lived in finland since 2008 and was arrested last march. nighttime protests against coronavirus restrictions are being held in gaol for a 7th consecutive day police fired tear gas and live runs killing 2 demonstrators their reports. look at him on georgina cries i raised
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him like my son such a gentle and calm voice she says this was taken moments before the money died after police shot him in the head she says he had breached a government imposed curfew to get food but police say he was taking part in protests against the current a virus restrictions. 'd on the law and i. see they shot him like a dog threw him like a piece of rock treated him like a hunting animal i want my child back i want to bury him with. army. what's known as the free citizens it started as an online movement calling for people to bang their pots and pans every night during the curfew the protests grew and spilled into the streets across the country in response police have fired tear gas and live bullets to disperse the crowds several have been killed and many injured still the night demonstrations continue fearing for his life this
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demonstrator doesn't want to reveal his identity. sees all. this is a movement rebellion we are not here to just destroy things and make noise we want to be able to open our stall at night. our leaders don't understand our reality they need to set us free and. get on it is what about because richest countries govern for half a century by the bungle family while the family amassed huge fortunes live in poverty president offered a stroke in 2000 and his son is said to be ruling the country and has passed draconian laws infringing people's civil liberties in the name of protecting the population against the pandemic they recently pushed through parliament very rapidly a little to. the political elite as it were when we learned if president became incapacitated people are not quite clear. in
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cells as return to the leadership will already have the presidency the money was in his 2nd year of university when he died in his death georgina didn't just lose her nephew but someone she counted on to bring food to the table 6 in a country that has so far left her poor isolated and now grieving nicholas hawke al-jazeera. police in new jersey there's been looting in the capital niamey after the electoral commission declared mohamed but soon winner of the presidential runoff with more than 55 percent of the vote he swept ahead with his challenger former president mom on the loose men at the polls have been marred by the killing of 7 election workers on sunday all of the tourists has more from neighboring nigeria. one of the warring aspects of this election is that the racial undertones of this election of all my money and money also came from the same region that is
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in doubt there are some issues that have been underlining political activities in asia for a very long time politics is defined by tribe it's defined by race mambos the news coming from the toric minority in. while the majority black population there is mostly that a man and a few other tribes so we saw be a racial undertones during the campaign period during the 1st round of voting and it continued under what you would sutton campaigns on social media about race that defined this particular election especially the 2nd round calling on none. and none are not to vote moment bosal so much will have in addition to the issues of poverty unemployment economic. economic problems as well as the security challenges well of up a very very tough time dealing with the racial divide in at the moment because this
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is another thread coming just before he takes office and judge in india has granted bail to climate activists to decide r.v. i'm saying she evidence that she committed sedition is scanty and sketchy the 22 year old was arrested earlier this month accused of developing a so-called tool kit allegedly to guide people how to support protests by farmers which will last for months police say to encourage violence during a rally in january dozens of farmers have been demonstrating against the laws reforming india's agricultural sector. it added nations security council members have met virtually to discuss the impact of climate change on international peace and security secretary general antonio of the terror has described it as the defining issue of our time u.k. prime minister abbas johnson chaired the meeting and called for richer countries to do more to help vulnerable ones adapt but it's natural as david attenborough also told the group that climate change is the biggest security threat to modern humans
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faced if we continue on our current path we will face the collapse of everything or gives us our security we have left the stable and secure climatic period that gave birth to our civilisation so 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 who have been losing security a mauser. diplomatic editor james bays has more from united nations headquarters this is the highest level meeting of the security council on this issue the u.k. has the presidency this month called the meeting there are some countries that believe climate change shouldn't be discussed in the security council notable among them is russia at some point it was picked up by the british prime minister boris
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johnson in his trademark flippant style. i mean literally people around the world who will say that this is all curly green stuff from a bunch of. munches are not suited to international diplomacy and international politics i couldn't disagree more profoundly the u.s. climate envoy john kerry effectively apologized for his country not being in the paris climate deal for the last 4 years but he said his country was now back in permanently president biden knows that we don't have a moment to waste which is why he moved to rejoin the paris agreement just hours after being sworn in and it is why he has directed toward whole of government approach to address the climate crisis elevate the issues of national security priority and to put america on an irreversible path to achieve net 0
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emissions by 2050 or earlier and i emphasize it reversible by any president by any demagogue of the future the u.n. believes that the commitments paid by countries of the past climate deal back in 2060 now don't go far enough and that's why there's a big build up to another climate summit that's happening in glasgow in scotland at the end of this year. this is our busy everything's at the top stories u.s. senators have heard capitol police did not have the training or equipment to prevent january's riot in congress has security chief of resigned after the incident said troops were not requested out here or to fear it would look bad and some of tennis ryans have broken out of 3 prisons in equity.
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