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lives and making sure that you're hearing the stories from people in places like palestine libya yemen and the sahara legion and so many others we go to them to make a afterwards we care we stay. or a union or a. minute. rooney to. we have miles ousted president faces new charges is anti coup protests is ignoring a military crackdown and continue their demand for a return to democracy. ironic like this is out 0 live from the home also coming up warnings of a health catastrophe in brazil authorities call for a nationwide lockdown on the same day the country recalled its highest coronavirus
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death toll. is laid at the end of the tunnel and we cannot let our guard down now president joe biden cautions the u.s. is still at war with cave 19 and announces plans to speed up production of the johnson and johnson vaccine. victims of another round of drug related violence in mexico the government orders urgent action. so minimize deposed president could spend up to 3 years in prison after being hit with 2 new challenges when meehan was among the leaders detained during a military coup last month he's now facing a number of charges including breaching the constitution and violating a coronavirus protocols that protesters continue to rally on the streets to demand military takeover to end we're looking at live pictures from
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a young gone in man but already take as has been fired and face off between security forces and cooed demonstrators. now the current arms crisis in brazil has reached its biggest moment yet one that's got senior health officials calling for a nationwide lockdown the world's 3rd worst affected country has just recorded its highest number of deaths in a day 1641 and i guess past the previous record set 8 months ago a group of 27 state health secretary say more needs to be done to combat the west meant to the pandemic president john polson our presence opposes further restrictions it's threatening to pull the funding for any states that go into lockdown monica you know like if a small enough from generic here in brazil. states and mayors and governors have the autonomy to make decisions they are now extremely
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worried many of them because they're seeing the situation get out of control we're in the summer years so the 2nd wave should have come in what would be the winter which is would be like in june or july and it has started much earlier with the new variant so they have asked for a new nationwide curfew but the president himself has always been against any any sort of measure that he feels will will shut down commerce in any way and he has even said that if anyone takes these measures like lockdowns which are being taken by some cities and states which have run out of space and there are intensive care units he has said well you know if people go unemployed and there's no work and they need emergency aid well the federal government won't help them you should face the consequences of what we've started so it's a very difficult situation for united response as
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a matter of fact this has been the problem since the beginning the lack of unity in fighting this than them. some guy is a journalist based in brazil and he says there's a fierce debate over what's the top priority stopping the spread all rescue in the economy it's a very bleak and scary time here in brazil where i am in sao paolo had a record number of deaths in the state today and this is brazil's richest state one of the neighboring states out palos spent the capital you know there are 220 people at least waiting for intensive care beds in these 5 have die in cuba over the weekend and again that's one of brazil's richest states so what we're seeing here is a absolute health catastrophe and that's exacerbated by the news there is that was 1st detected in my now seen january in the amazon states over amazonas that's those to be more infectious and can even reinfect people that have it have already had
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coded and then just an us a breakdown in communication in direct threats made by the president who's always been against lock down measures you know just yesterday we saw in the capital brasilia we saw a comma association you know creating big crowds protesting outside of the local governance house to not close coma and that was with one intensive cab aid remaining free in the state so very tough time today in brazil across the country exacerbated by the political situation that the vaccines and yeah it's a very tough situation altogether. u.s. president joe biden says he's confident he will reach his goal of delivering 100000000 coated vaccine doses in his 1st 100 days in office he's also praised the collaboration between 2 pharmaceutical rivals the drug company medical help main johnson and johnson single shot coronavirus job offers an attempt to develop
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a vaccine failed johnson and johnson has all to confirm it will be tested on children in expanded trials biden says with the increased production every american adult should be covered when we came into office the prior administration had contract it for not nearly enough vaccine to cover adults in america we rectified that about 3 weeks ago we were able to say that we have enough vaccine supply for adults by the end of july and i'm pleased to announce today as a consequence of the stepped up process that i've ordered and just outlined this country will have enough vaccine supply a safe again for every adult in america by the end of may let's say now from our white house correspondent can really help get. this will be championed as an example of corporate citizenship you're right these are 2 rival drug companies merck as well as johnson and johnson rarely do you see this type of partnership on
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such a large scale but there is a little bit of method to the madness and it has to do with the fact that they both need each other right now merck was an able tried and failed to put together its own vaccine johnson and johnson successful getting that f.d.a. approval as of last saturday but not having the production facilities available and so they were unable to meet the requirements under their government contract so this is why the by the administration stepped in to try and broker this partnership merck is one of the largest vaccine productions and companies in the world and so they have the capacity so what we understand is there will be 2 different facilities in the united states dedicated to getting this johnson and johnson vaccine out one of the merck facilities will be actually producing the vaccine the other will be packaging it into the vials the new u.s.
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president has put sanctions on top russian officials for the poisoning of opposition leader let's novelli this joe biden's 1st big move against vladimir putin's government since taking office nearly 6 weeks ago the measures followed similar sanctions imposed by the european union my kind of as this report is due to go to boot as in the case of the e.u. the us sanctions are aimed at some very senior officials in the putin administration these include a federal service director victor was a lot of listening here to his president the russian prosecutor general eagle cross north and the head of the russian investigative committee alexander by streakin. the buy didn't ministration also announced sanctions under the u.s. chemical and biological weapons control and warfare elimination act against at least 13 russian companies with the threat of more sanctions to follow there is an ongoing review there we reserve the right to take any additional actions at the conclusion of that review and just reiterating that the tone and the tenor and the
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type of relationship that this president intends to have with president putin will be quite different from the last administration earlier the russian foreign minister was dismissive of the imposition of sanctions just go to somebody sure moves a little there isn't much to comment on and so we have numerously expressed our position in regards to illegitimate unilateral sanctions that with or without reason actually mostly always with our reason are used by our colleagues from the united states and those who take an example from them the european union. the view from the u.s. state department is that the coordinated action with the e.u. sends in itself a message to russia that things have changed together they send an unambiguous signal that the united states is working closely with our closest allies and partners in europe to make clear that this kind of behavior is not acceptable we
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will not countenance it we will not tolerate it and there will be penalties going forward the previous u.s. president appeared eager to accept the words of his russian counterpart over those of the americans european allies as well these sanctions signaled that the president incumbent will not and that his administration is beginning to restore a more conventional approach to foreign policy mike hanna al-jazeera washington. the director of the f.b.i. has told us senate says there is no evidence to support right wing claims that fake trump supporters took part in the siege of the capitol building on january the 6th christopher ray described the attack has domestic terrorism and promise to hold the rights to account alan fischer reports now from washington d.c. bureau for this is the 1st time christopher reeve has testified before a senate committee since the insurrection at the u.s.
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capitol 8 weeks ago i was appalled like you at the violence and destruction that we saw that day i was appalled that you our country's elected leaders were victimized right here in these very halls that attack. that siege was criminal behavior plain and simple as behavior that we the f.b.i. view is domestic terrorism. some republican senators have claimed among those who stormed the capitol and to trump agitators supporters bent on causing trouble and idea dismissed under questioning by directory based on your investigation so far do you have any evidence that the capitol of terror was organized by quote fake trump protesters we have not seen evidence of that at this stage certainly christopher ray has been director of the f.b.i. since 2017 he was a donald trump appointee after he fired james komi he says in his time in office he's seen
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a tripling in the number of cases involving white supremacy that has been the most deadly area of attacks domestically in the past 10 years he also says there's been a dramatic increase in the number of arrests of people who self identify as anarchists. the big question for rape was the january 6th attack an intelligence failure by the f.b.i. he pointed to a report sent by a local field office on january the 5th it was as you noted raw unverified uncorroborated information that had been posted online and my understanding was that that information was quickly as in within an hour. disseminated and communicated with our partners including the u.s. capitol police including metro p.d. not one not 2 but 3 different ways. directory says an internal investigation is underway to see if the f.b.i. could have done more should have been more proactive in protecting lawmakers from
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threats that were being widely circulated before the attack alan fischer al-jazeera on capitol hill. still ahead here on al-jazeera empty streets and shattered windows we ask only you can but you could help businesses battered by the pandemic. a 7 year old girl caught up in police raids the accuse of being heavy handed with chillies him to dismiss which means. it's time for the perfect gentleman. sponsored point qatar airways how i once again dry weather fine weather across much of the middle east this place is a fair weather cloud just around kuwait pushing across into iran but we have got some showers moving in across the levant so lebanon syria will see some wet weather have
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some showers sissies on the way into northern parts of jordan that what the weather will make its way across northern parts of iraq possibly some snow over the high ground but to the south of that it should be lost if i am dry over the next couple of days a brisk wind if it doesn't stand there coming out of saudi arabia into southern parts of iraq over the next day or 2 so the south of that it is generally dry but want to see showers around the southern end of the red sea this it'll erekat could produce a few showers insists and for parts of ethiopia the wetter weather will be down towards the rift valley some heavy showers there in toronto into where burundi tanzania saying some heavy showers as well but the really wet weather is going to be around the mozambique channel we got a little circulation developing here that may well develop into something a little more ominous is because through the next day or so initially the wetter weather will be across the eastern side of mozambique but as this system but it gets its act together we'll see very heavy rain with. sponsible
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qatar airways jump into the story there is a lot going on in this and julian and global community when i thought of all the misinformation i think we are more afraid than we are aware 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 have been disconnected from who we are good enough to hear from you in the to be part of today's discussion this streamed on out is there a. are you watching al-jazeera or much of our top stories into the mirror master pose president when facing new charges they include
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a breach of the constitution which is punishable by up to 3 years in prison he was among the leaders detained during a military coup last month. brazil has recorded its highest number of deaths from corona virus in a single day 1641 fatalities rich choose to take a pass the previous record said in july. u.s. president joe biden says he's confident he will reach his goal of delivering 100000000 a covert vaccine doses in his 1st 100 days in office he also praised the drug company merck for helping rival johnson and johnson produced its coronavirus. nigeria's president is deploying troops to the north west and has imposed a no fly zone over the state of zamfara is part of an effort to end a wave of mass kidnappings in recent weeks if allah is the release of $279.00 schoolgirls kidnapped from a school in zamfara last friday david autor was a defense and security consultant who specializes in african political instability
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terrorism and organized crime he is concerned that paying ransoms could encourage more kidnappings. fish is becoming embarrassing and you know it would be ridiculous that these kind of much nothing is happening in the stone age and nobody really say anything about it so there is a complicity which the president really needs to address the whole idea will be runs has a counterproductive impact we've seen it get this he seeks must you not be weak we had about the issues in chibok that cheap you have become corrupt become governor and now the just get it you cannot so people can play any that be giving runs full doing the same thing all of my good so it's almost like an established industry but if you are not a victim and you are the parent you would want your child to be free to respect you all without iran's own speed or not what is important is that it goes to
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release and as long as the government or the security agencies allow these kind of musky not to happen you know with a logistics that it takes then i would advice that you know to do all the right ticks to release them including been around for the us ascension to military leaders of the rebels in yemen they're accused of currying weapons from iran and organizing in touch last month the state department removed the terrorist designation imposed on the thieves by the trump of ministration it was reverse their defense it could stop aid getting through and worse and yemen's humanitarian crisis when aid organizations in yemen say their programs will be severely cut after a un appeal for money fell well short of its go target at the global donor conference was $94000000000.00 about $1700000000.00 was raised years of conflict and entrenched poverty have left more than $2000000.00 children under 5 at risk of
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acute malnutrition the u.n. says more money is needed to stop the country tipping into a devastating famine. i think the 1st impact of yesterday's locating figure will literally be exponential increase in the risk of famine in the spread of diseases and as you are nations easily international n.g.o.s basically have to support the yemen at its worst moment in crisis with the purges made yesterday there is a few more months that have been given the prospects for a severe cut food supplies is in. the u.k. finance minister is expected to set out his plan for economic recovery on wednesday . nation's finances are under enormous strain after supporting millions of people through the pandemic should a whole reports now from manchester. the economic damage caused by the pandemic is written largely in britain's deserted city centers shuttered restaurants boarded up shops not everything will emerge intact and nor will the country's region's bounce
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back at the same pace and last year was a really challenging year for a lot of people. but what it really showed was any inequalities that we had in our regions and they've just widened in with since joining the pandemic so for example in the north child poverty levels are the highest one in 3 more than children are in poverty right now and their unemployment it's the highest levels that we've seen since 1904. chef and restaurant owner mary ellen mcteague could only clean norma's the pandemic ripped through the hospitality sector it's an industry where it's difficult to make money it's difficult to stay flat anyway there are so many hospitality business is even less of a healthy economic environment every struggle to keep going so supply is really do you just see it felt like the end i think for a lot of people and i'm constantly surprised that we still head she now prepares
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meals for a local food bank helping those who have suffered far more than herself mary ellen is fortunate to have weathered the covert storm many businesses have and survived and here in the north of england as elsewhere attention begins to turn to recovery in a post pandemic era and whether the government keeps its promise of leveling up bridging the divide between north and south after a decade of austerity and under investment we cannot continue the way that we go in right now in the qualities will concede to why didn't we have a lot of challenges in the north and right now failure is not an option but failure is reality for many of the economic victims of covert 19 normally 12 families using our service at the moment about 3435 a week on average people are in debt but they've got mental really as people have got commitments of their votes in the last job so they can't keep those commitments financial hardships going to really mean it is going to be on the increase no doubt
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about that what the government does next calls for ever greater financial help or hiking taxes to pay the all back will determine how britain rebuilds and whether prime minister boris johnson has promised it builds back better jonah how al-jazeera manchester. the french government has reversed the ban on giving the 1000 vaccine to people over the age of 65 when the job was approved by european union regulators france said there was a lack of data from trials in old age groups the initial bad and has left many reluctant to accept the vaccine. kenya has become the latest african country to receive capered 19 vaccines through the kovacs program more than a 1000000 doses of the astrid zanuck a vaccine arrived at gemma king at the international airport early wednesday the case that scheme aims to provide vaccines to less wealthy countries kenya has recorded more than 106000 coronavirus cases unicef is calling for classrooms around
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the world to reopen as soon as possible with millions of children still out of school due to the pandemic and she set up hundreds of empty desks outside u.n. headquarters in new york the installation is aimed at raising awareness of the 168000000 children it says on able to return to school what we've learned from such prolonged school closures has a profound impact particularly on vulnerable and marginalized children so we're calling for all governments to open schools now they should schools should be the 1st to open during the reopening process to take all actions to do so safely and to also provide comprehensive support as children reenter schools the section of state has spoken with venezuela's opposition leader calling for in his words a return to democracy and a phone call with one of the blinken stressed the importance of free and fair elections washington recognizes quite who is venezuela's legitimate leader after disputed elections that saw president nicolas maduro return to power in 2018.
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troops have been sent to the mexican states of yeas ago after the latest round of violence linked to a drug gun 13 people have been killed in the plains been laid on what's considered the deadliest cartel in the country and reports now from mexico city. another bloody crime scene in her state 11 construction workers shot dead in tunnel and it's the latest in what has become a seemingly endless cycle of senseless violence. badia the north from detroit ject area the projectiles in which numbered more than 70 between short and long arms it can be seen that the people were sitting on a bench apparently waiting to be paid for the week's work but when suddenly got into the calls arrived. for the theater last weekend's attack was followed by another shooting 30 kilometers away in lomas the pentagon killing at least 2 people in halle's go even authorities admit the security situation has grown out of
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control yesterday 13 people lost their lives into multiple home he cites all signs point to organized crime. and a long as the. one of us is day in response to the increase in violent criminal activity in states like how least want to what or any gun mexico's president announced the deployment of additional troops from the national guard. ok i put this is there already is a presence we will reinforce the presence of the national guard ya mean the marines in the armed forces of the states i've instructed this i gave this order a month ago and more elements are already being mobilized. in highly school state experts linked to worsening violence to the new generation cartel or c.j. and jeep believed to rival the sin aloa cartel as mexico's dominant drug gang and in recent years violence linked to the holy school cartel has spread to new parts
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of the country the announcement of more national guard troops being sent to hell east coast state is consistent with mexico's national security strategy a strategy that has been largely unchanged since the start of the country's militarized war on drugs 15 years ago. according to government statistics since 2006 mexico has recorded more than 300000 violent deaths nationwide most of which are believed to be tied to criminal activity. al jazeera mexico city. a state of siege could be declared by chile's government in the region home to the indigenous maputo people president sebastian pinera is seeking approval for tougher anti-terrorist legislation to cover the central southern area called kenya he says is to help deal with groups carrying out attacks on latin america to he said even as more than ever these images show some more than 800 police intelligence officers carrying out an unprecedented rate in south central chile in an area
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dominated by indigenous map which is. on this farm police searching for marijuana were attacked by an identified gunman one of the officers was killed. although his death dominated national news it wasn't the only violence that took place that day these photos show police operatives using what human rights experts call illegitimate use of force and abuse against minors here the target was the 7 year old daughter of my poochie activist comedic at the young guy he was killed 2 years ago by special forces police her mother and grandmother were also thrown face down to the ground and detained if the mistreatment dreamin be too much for me this is not an exceptional or isolated case it's part of institutional violence practiced against the people in which children are also victims police intelligence director actually spinosa denies that the child was detained and insists the chilean police
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don't mistreat minors but all of the little oh i wonder why that was. but this recording of them approach a teenager reportedly being grabbed by police suggests otherwise you can hear the girl being told to get killed if she doesn't shut up. the prosecutor is now investigating charges of alleged police abuse against minors on the day of the massive raid but with the government now under strong pressure to declare a state of siege in the rest of region a lot of people are afraid that things will get worse in fact the army has already been given the go ahead to carry out roles in the area alongside special forces police. you know. the situation today's of uncertainty and fear for the safety of the children. honestly 1000000 killers says the violation of my putting children's
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human rights is an intergenerational problem in the media the children all yesterday experience violence from the state the parents of the children experiencing it today so the job of ripper ation and reconciliation is very complex . sharp increase in attacks by an identified m to prove the claim to fight for the future land rights has taken the conflict in southern chile to a new level. and with a new solution in sight a new generation of children is growing up with violence fear and anger you see in human al-jazeera santiago 6 books by beloved children's author and illustrator doctors use will no longer be published because they contain racist stereotypes that zeus is a state said the books portray people who wasted a hurtful wrong it made the decision after months of consultation with teachers and other experts there was a rush to buy the books after the announcement with the titles rocketing up the
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amazon bestseller list but such as a made an unusual discovery off the east coast of new zealand 3 kinds of sharks that glow in the dark scientists believe their luminous underbellies many help the animals hide themselves from potential threats one of the shots is known as a kite fent it can grow up to 1.8 meters make it the largest vertebrate known to be able to produce. let's have a quick check of the headlines here and al-jazeera and mammals deposed president would mean is facing new charges that include breach of the constitution which is punishable by up to 3 years in prison he was arrested along with a civilian leader and censor chief and other elected politicians during a military coup last month priscilla's recalled that its highest number of deaths from current violence and see.

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