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algis. where every. one person is being killed in me and marras the police fired tear gas and live rounds to prevent anti coup protesters from gathering. hello welcome i'm peter dhabi you're watching on to syria live from our headquarters here in doha also coming up the u.s. gives emergency approval to a 3rd covert 19 vaccine the one dose johnson and johnson job is expected to bolster
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efforts in fighting the pandemic. and brazil's president threatens to cut emergency aid to states imposing covert locked up. also ahead violence spiraling in yemen's mary province where government forces are trying to save their last central stronghold from the rebels. a developing story for you this half hour one person has been killed south of me in miles biggest city and gong in violence between police and anti coup protesters the police have been firing live rounds tear gas and water cannon as they try to end weeks of demonstrations against the military coup has been chaos since february the 1st when the army seized power and detained the elected civilian leader aung sun suu chief tony chang is covering this for us from bangkok joining us live this hour tony what else do we know about the circumstances surrounding the death of this one
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person. in the last 10 minutes we've just confirmed from sources in yangon that one male protester was shot in the side in thing going on in the south of yangon. today his death was confirmed by the local hospital there and this seems part of a wider crackdown that is happening all across yangon in fact all across the country there are more than a 1000 munchkin downtown young gone mainly engineers they've been joined with the railway workers at the moment they haven't been challenged by police but up and down near the university there have been the police have been pushing down hard with tear gas fired rubber bullets and we understand live fire as well more than 5 people have been injured there nearby in play than more than 50 medics and medical students have been arrested in
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a protest there and there appear to be in bloody clashes in daraa as well where we saw yesterday the police taking very harsh measures against the protesters that appears to have continued again today in in myanmar 2nd city mandalay we understand that protester medics has been pushed back in the hospital where doctors have been trapped as soldiers and police have advanced again using life fire so it appears it appears that the crackdown many people have been anticipating has now or is now well underway is the betting do you think on the part of the military there that the protests would have died away but that has not happened so they feel they have got to react and more than just reacting in a localized sense they've got to react across the country. i think this was always going to happen we've seen the screws being tightened in the last couple of days is that police being backed up by the military.
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have taken a less and less accepting view of these protests i think particularly the address by myanmar's ambassador to the u.n. would have been a severe loss of face to the military but i think also there was going to come a time when they could not allow these huge protests to go on all around the country in addition to which it's not just the protesters on the streets but the people involved in the civil disobedience movement of effectively brought many parts of everyday life to a stance and public transport has ground to how many hospitals are working on a skeleton staff and medics refusing to turn out engineers are not going to walk banks and businesses have also ground many banks are only opening several days in the week because the staff just refusing to work so i think this is a very clear message from the military trying to get people to step back into line with their coup ok tony many thanks to inching their reporting for us live from bangkok.
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the u.s. has approved the johnson and johnson vaccine for covert 19 it's the country's 3rd and its 1st single dose jab the f.d.a. the food and drug administration advisory panel had endorsed the single those bags seen for emergency use after a vote on friday 4000000 doses are ready to be shipped april elizondo the latest now from washington. the big difference with the johnson and johnson vaccine is it is only one shot to get and then be vaccinated that's different from the moderna and pfizer vaccines which both take 2 different shots spaced out about 20 to 30 days apart also the johnson and johnson vaccine does not need to be stored or transported at freezing temperatures so that will make it easier to move around and get out to places and into the arms of people that need it as you know the pfizer
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and moderna vaccines both need to be kept in complicated freezing storage temperatures bottom line though is is that health officials here in the us say all the vaccines do the job the f.d.a. has just announced emergency use authorization of us 3rd a vaccine for americans this one made by ensign also did call johnson and johnson it's all the same but this is really good news means we have the opportunity for even more people to get immunized as soon as possible against terrible pandemic early on saturday the house of representatives passed joe biden's 1.9 trillion dollar covert relief package it now goes on to the senate where it will be perhaps met with some resistance from many many republicans however the bill as a whole is very positively by most americans and by almost all democrats it would
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call for many things but primarily a one time payment of more than a $1000.00 to all americans it would extend unemployment benefits as well as put money into schools and local governments to meet shortfalls as well it will now go to the senate and on saturday this is what joe biden had to say to senators as they approach a vote on this bill. now now the mill moves the united states senate where i hope will receive quick action. we have no time to waste if we act now decisively quickly and boldly we can finally get ahead of this virus we can finally get our economy moving again and the people of this country have suffered far too much for too long we need to relieve that suffering the american rescue plan does just that it relieves the suffering and it's time to act i thank you all for being 14th that is the date that millions of americans could potentially lose some of their
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unemployment benefits unless this plan is passed so democrats feel they have about 2 weeks to try to work out an agreement with the republicans in the senate to get this on joe biden's desk for possible signature. is a vaccine experts and a junk professor at the university of michigan earlier we discussed the significance of this latest development. so the good news because this is a fair direct scene and as you know and everybody knows we have a great issue in distribution and obtaining these vaccines that are for vaccine i think people so having a 3rd one is a good relief and and it's going to be. added value and it's also it's one immunization one enjoy one injection and the oral will be on your way so until now we don't know whether we need if there 2nd immunization or not and why and for this vaccine do but definitely there is a an ongoing clinical trial at the in the u.s.
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for evaluating to immunizations and set of 20 minute session to see whether you can up the efficacy from the 66. neighborhood into the 90 percent neighborhood like everybody else many people are asking this question you know how come you know one immunization and 6 this expense and because we are somehow spoiled with the 95 percent that ficus say this vaccine for one immunization you were 8. it prevented hospitalization no severe disease after. in the vaccine a group which means that even though you may have some symptoms you will never get you are not going to get into the hospital and to be in serious the conditions that's number one number 2 is that also that's sort of a major problem which is there was just thinks of warning people back to get the 2nd immunization and this is the only vaccine that is indicated for one
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immunization. saudi arabia says it intercepted and thwarted several airborn of souls by hoofy rebels in yemen targeting the capital riyadh and other southern cities tanks karmas a new offensive escalates in the yemeni province of marie shala bellus reports. saudi arabia into 6 rockets over riyadh on saturday night were very rough to go after the omaha saudi state media said they came from yemen fired by hoofy rebels several explosive laden drones targeted other southern saudi cities. the attack came as who the rebels pushed forward in the northern yemeni province of merab. they launched an offensive against the saudi backed yemeni government here in early february excess a day was the most violent day yet man if you front is one of the hottest war fronts since the beginning of the aggression on yemen this has been the situation
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since the beginning and except for a small period. after more than 60 years of war there who these more merit because it's the yemeni government's nost northern bestie and to capture it could bolster the who thinks at the negotiating table this is a very critical battle making place it looks like both sides would like to be in a stronger bargaining position and. these thoughts the problem of course is that these short term gains there. could actually derailing you these fraudsters launched by new u.s. administration. the yemeni government has issued urgent calls for the huth east to stop their offensive they warn of a humanitarian catastrophe merab is already home to the largest concentration of displaced yemenis and he's to make his 2000000 people. still the
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government is fighting back on saturday they reported killing 350 hooty fighters in just 30 hours in cold rivoli fits a suicide mission. when the yemeni government urges them into the fighting it's not a sign of weakness we make these calls out of responsibility but regarding the fighting the attacking forces were fewer numbers and they were defeated. but revenge is hard to swallow when you're starving for 2 thirds of the population some 20000000 people food is what they need the u.n. estimates 400000 children under 5 are severely malnourished and that they are in their last weeks and months both sides say the other is putting civilians at risk and yet neither stop shelling shallop ballasts al-jazeera. israel says iran was to blame for an explosion on an israeli owned ship in the gulf of them on thursday as blast left holes in the m.v. hell years for a vehicle carrying no one on board was injured in the course is still unknown
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israeli defense minister benny gantz says an initial assessment on iran responsible there's been no immediate response from iran still to come here on al-jazeera arminius political crisis deepens as the president refuses an order to dismiss the army's chief of staff will have reaction from europe. and protesters in martinique in the caribbean are demanding action against a pesticide blamed via levels of cancer in the rich. now i once again we've got to have a few showers in the forecast for the middle east over the next couple of days but it really is just a few by and large it looks fine and dry northern parts of saudi arabia could catch a lot sharrow too as we go on through sunday those showers creeping up into
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southern areas of iraq furthermore because some wet weather perhaps some wintry weather just around the caucasus for a time that a slide towards the caspian sea as we go on through monday night is a chance of wanted to show was there into kuwait easing across into iran which is what die down here in doha so some pleasant sunshine temperatures around $22.00 celsius and that pleasant sunshine stretches across the gulf of aden as the central parts of africa well really it is going to be down towards madagascar got some very heavy showers showers that into a good part of tans and there are some heavy downpours a possibility but we're still looking at some very heavy showers in and around zambia and zimbabwe that's where the focus of the main heavy right is over the next few days that could cause some localized flooding certainly want to keep an eye on rash of showers there into central and eastern parts of south africa for a time when picking up in cape town could increase the fire risk here still we're focusing on the showers furthermore.
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the politics of division have pushed india into the grip of a historical reckoning i'm afraid to be crossing on to my next. great where do these ideas come from the tragedy of more lives and how much people try to send it . to me because i have been kind of going on and on the border joining me on dish down here on the final part of my journey when i do become a target of the hindu 1st policy in search of india saw on al-jazeera. in the world where. the the auto.
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welcome back you're watching al-jazeera live from doha your top stories this half hour one person is being killed in southern yemen gone myanmar's largest city during violence between the police an anti coupe protesters the police have been firing live rounds tear gas and water cannon as they try to end weeks of demonstrations against the military coup. u.s. regulators have approved the johnson and johnson vaccine for emergency use its 1st single shot option is around 66 percent effective at preventing illness and 100 percent effective in preventing hospitalization. yemen's government subpoenaing for an end to fighting in memory to avoid a humanitarian crisis tens of thousands of internally displaced people are encircled in the fiercest fighting since you see rebels launched an offensive 3 weeks ago. more on the coronavirus pandemic and the global pushback against it the brazilian president has threatened to pull emergency aid for any state's reintroducing lockdowns he says any governor who quote destroys jobs will not
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receive any support from the central government also naro who has had 19 himself has been strongly against most restrictions he has often dismissed the dangers even though more than a quarter of a 1000000 people have died in brazil. was you know millions you know very mergence he aid will come for a few more months and from now on the governors who close down the state and governors who destroyed jobs will have to provide for their own emergency aid. they could always health minister has resigned after it was revealed that several members of his family jump the queue to receive covert 19 vaccines juan carlos of us is the 3rd health minister in south america to go after similar scandals in peru and argentina reports now from buenos aires. the battle to control the color of 19 pandemic in latin america is under way. it is being hindered by patchy deliveries of the vaccine and scandals in the government with
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the task of organizing the vaccination programs here. the latest is the ecuadoran health minister one caller survive yours who admitted ensuring that his family was given preferential treatment all the more committed we have all committed era's this is a pandemic that has taught us the importance of recognising him. last month as the vaccines arrived in ecuador a country one of the highest per capita death rates in the region he said they would firstly be given to the most vulnerable. because as percent of the people who are on the front line medical staff and also people over 65 years old. many of them are still waiting for the former minister has fled the country. a similar scandal emerged earlier in peru when it was revealed that at least 2 ministers and a former president were among the 500 people to be immunized weeks before the rest of the population. and in argentina
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a few days later the health minister his gonzalez garcia resigned when it came to light he devoted friends and colleagues to receive what had been called the ip vaccines. his replacement call of the sortie has since tested positive for covered 19 and is self isolating. supplies from a number of sources continue to arrive this 1st batch of nearly 200000 doses landing in europe why from the chinese scene of that of oratory. and 40 tons of oxygen donated by chile to prove with supplies of run dangerously no. such protests against handling of the pandemic are increasingly common it's one on saturday and one osiris he said but if you didn't think they'd give it to the president and the vice president then ok but they shouldn't vaccinate the deputies or the ministers that's no good i don't want to even messier from it i've got any side information from independent media that the pandemic doesn't exist it's just
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tests that are full of the holy. war they're angry with the government some still believe the pandemics is a hoax but others are against the vaccine or whatever else people feel their impatience to put the pandemic behind frustrated by the slow pace of the vaccination programs confused by contradictory information and i angered by corruption in their governments the road towards normality is still fraught with obstacles that are trying their out as here i want to cyrus new zealand's biggest city or clones in lockdown after a new case of covert 19 was found there is being confirmed as the more contagious variant 1st identified in the u.k. schools and non-essential shops are shut while all but essential travel in and out of the city is banned the rest of the country is under a slightly lower level of restriction including the limits on the signs of public gatherings new zealand has avoided a high number of infections by banning most foreigners and quickly imposing strict measures when community cases emerge. we have think they've been without loss of
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life i covered 19 for some time but that is still the primary reason we take the strict short end shot from asia's covered kills people just recently we saw the united states market devastating milestone in terms of the scale of lives lost in the country we must never lose sight of the reason we take these measures it is to save our people's lives and to save their livelihoods armenia's president is refusing to fire the country's top general even though the prime minister has publicly called for his dismissal nichole passion young accuses the military of an attempted coup he's faced growing calls to step down since november robin frist a walker reports now from your of on what the pressure is growing on prime minister nicola. with the president on saturday refusing to sign his letter dismissing the
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head of the armed forces saying it was unconstitutional the opposition it's a sign things are going their way and again what would you. letter salute the decision of the president our people are standing with the army the army is standing with the people and now the president of the republic stands with the army . the opposition accuses nicole of treachery over his handling of the war of a new goal to care about. the peace deal he signed in november ceded huge territory to azerbaijan at the cost of over 3 and a half 1000 armenian lives and the war isn't the only reason why many armenians have lost faith in the cold passion yan promises he made when he came to power 3 years ago remain unfulfilled that was easy expectation that only his state months will allowed to arrest or corruption there's or 2 may judges on the stand the
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professional about the no practical efforts were done for that paper so that is nobody is really punished for misdoings they they they lose their optimist and trust in possibility of the progress of the country with pushing on as a leader in. the street protests demanding mr passion yan's resignation have been bolstered by support from the army generals the church and now the president of the republic the prime minister's response on saturday evening was to return a decree dismissing the head of the armed services back to the president asking him again to sign the documents or take the matter to the constitutional court robin 1st the walker al jazeera. now sunday is the final day of the u.s.
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conservative political action conference on the most anticipated speech is the last the former president will trump that will be his 1st major appearance since he left office he is expected to make a pitch for it but to the divided republican party to unite behind him john hendren has a story from the conference in orlando florida so thank you feedback thank you for being here this is not the republican party that party is it war with itself one part the moderates are hoping to move into a post trump era the conservative political action conference is home to the other half proudly pro trump activists and would you vote for president if you were in a heartbeat most people look at president i think i don't like the way he looks i don't like the way he sounds they don't look past that they don't look at the policies and i follow him based on policy moderates need not apply not here former vice president mike pence senate majority leader mitch mcconnell and congresswoman
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liz cheney all moderates who have disappointed trump you know going into the heart of the stars of sea pac or trump stalwarts like former secretary of state mike pompei o a potential 2024 presidential contender who sounds like he's running against president joe biden already in the last few months we've been called clowns and deplorable and ignorant rednecks. because the evil resistance the new york times think i'm the worst secretary of state of all time but i'm proud of our fight and i'm proud of our accomplishments and that we have truly been the status quo. and then there's house republican leader kevin mccarthy who's made no secret where his allegiance lies in the party's divide it was forgotten man and woman but donald trump listened to the voice that no one else would listen to and we're never going to forget that people are those people and that's what we're focused on trump memorably announced his long shot bid for the presidency at the end of an escalator
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donald trump speech to see packed his 1st major address since leaving the white house is his most into paid since he took that escalator ride into history outside of c. pac the former president's visit his drawn both supporters. and detractors . but inside she packed there's little doubt who the attendees favor for the presidency in 2024 john hendren al jazeera orlando protesters in the french overseas region of most uneek have cold on judges not to throw out a long delayed case of a pesticide poisoning the insecticide that's called cloete code was used to decades on the caribbean island even after it was banned on the french mainland is being blamed for high levels of cancer across the region people are now demanding compensation some of it easy it is absolutely necessary to be here today to fight
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the criminals those who have polluted martinique those who are destroying us those who have already ported our ancestors who in slaved our ancestors who today want to poison us want to see us disappear enough is enough now it is time for the fight to resume. well dr arthur caplan is the director of medical ethics at the new york university school of medicine piece has cancer rates in martinique out of control and the toxin also affects the nervous system of children it really said spector development of children it's horrendous that this. pesticide was allowed to be used actually aerial spraying around the island so it got everywhere sadly i do think they put business ahead of health i think there was racism here they didn't do it in france they wouldn't have done it there but they did it in a place where they if you will were once the colonial power and i think did not care enough about the health of the citizens there are undoubtedly we're going to
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see health effects for many years to come maybe decades to come that pesticide lingers in the soil and obviously crops grown there are going to have it and then risk exposure people class just exposure to the world wind and so we're blowing around i hope that france will do the right thing step in provide the necessary health care in the compensation. now an oil spill has devastated the coast of israel has begun to affect southern lebanon it happened earlier this month and environmental groups fear it could take years to clean up catchy lopez who began reports. the sand on tire beach in lebanon is contaminated and soaked in tar. it's a residue from a massive oil spill that started in israel's coast now the beginning of a tedious cleanup effort entire is underway to protect the environment and the city's tourism and i mean it's sort of empty you'd be even a nature reserve is suffering from approximately 2 tons of tar 90 percent of which
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is hidden under the sand we're trying to extract it as soon as possible so we can protect the turtles hatching season. the spill is considered israel's a biggest environmental disaster beaches have been shut down and there are reports of turtles and birds covered in oil. the sale of fish and other seafood from the area is now prohibited but not all fishermen are following the guidelines now as they are muddy sean we're still eating the fish the entire village many of my friends and people i know bought it and were not affected the tar floats on the water it damages the reefs and seaweed the beach and our equipment like nets and boat but the fish don't eat anything unnatural. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says nearly $14000000.00 have been earmarked to clean up the country shoreline should move to an oil tanker leak off the coast to suspected to have cost the spill and tons of tar continue to wash up the mediterranean coast environmental
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groups fear it could take months or perhaps even hears to clean up the damage. al-jazeera. and what's believed to be in the roman equivalent of a wedding limousine has been uncovered under the ruins of pompei this 4 wheel chariot was perfectly preserved for more than 2000 years before being found by italian archaeologists last month thanks but say the chariots was too big and ornate for everyday use and was for festivities and parades most likely carrying uli words to their new homes. this is an answer 0 these are the top stories one person's been killed in southern yang on me and last largest city during violence between the police and he coup protesters the police have been firing live rounds tear gas and water cannon as they try to end weeks of demonstrations against the military coup tony chang is
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