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when no topic is off the table we have been disconnected from our land we have been disconnected from who we are and would love to hear from you and be part of today's discussion the stream on out is there i. think. calls for a revolution in me and mock the acting leader of the civilian government promises to reverse last month's military coup. i'm robustus and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up justice for briana taylor protesters in the u.s. mark one year since the black woman's death at the hands of police.
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scuffles in london as police break up a vigil for a woman whose murder has caused widespread outrage now there are questions about the officers tactics. police force coronavirus restrictions in brazil's biggest city some continue to party well more than one person dies from the virus every minute. the acting leader of mia mars ousted civilian government is promising a revolution to overturn a military coup mangling king time made the comments in his 1st address to supporters since going into hiding protesters are continuing to defy security forces these pictures were taken a short time ago in mandalay they've come out despite at least 12 people being killed by the military the day before. the new interim and then this is the darkest moment of the nation and the moment when the dawn is close this is the time for our
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citizens to test their resistance against the dark moments. when forming our resistance unity plaits a vital role despite our differences in the past this is the time we must grip our hands together to end the dictatorship for good but tony jones joining us live from bangkok in neighboring thailand tony what more do we know about this call for revolution. world this was made from hiding mannering has been was appointed as has the c r p h which is a sort of shadow civilian government last week we've seen the sort of gathering together of former members or still in india members members in hiding i suppose i should say over the last couple of weeks under this banner of the c r ph they're starting to make themselves known but this is a very definitive statement saying that he called for revolution he also called for
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the arms the ethnic armed groups around the edges of burma to come together and this was an interesting development he made the address wearing his ethnic qur'an uniform he said that the c.p.r. a c.r.p. age wanted to bring together all the troubles and strife of those ethnic groups had been suffering in recent decades and that they would work towards a new federal government and this is a big change too in recent weeks i think the end of the understands that a lot of those ethnic groups feel very ignored by the end of the for the past 5 years they've been in power so this is an attempt to rally them under one banner how effective it will be is another question it's also hard to say how much this is a voice representing the protesters we're seeing out on the streets that is a movement that is seemingly rather more spontaneous young people who have just come out against the coup who are doing or what they want though these protests are
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very much of their own organizing spontaneously rather than being coordinated at some national level nonetheless they and the c.r. ph clearly working very much towards the same aims and that is the release of the door and turn suchi and turn turning back the clock on the military coup you were just before we were talking to you tony of course we were just seeing some pictures taken a short time ago from one delayed some of the protests they are talk us through what's been happening with the port protests and what we think might be planned for the next few hours. mandalay yesterday the crackdown was particularly brutal at least 6 people died on the streets many more were carried off with severe wounds clearly bullet wounds they were being shot with rubber bullets live rounds tear gas in much the same way as we've seen but not just in mandalay have they come out in large numbers in yangon
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on in tech district where there were shootings the other evening in in modern state and once again people are refusing to be cowed by the tactics being used by the 6 security services going out on the streets again to show their opposition to the coup and their defiance of the military tony thanks very much indeed tony chang talking to us from bangkok in thailand. briana taylor's name has become a rallying cry for the black lives matter movement thousands of people in the u.s. will be marching to ensure she's not forgotten she was shot dead a year ago in a botched police raid on a apartment in louisville kentucky mike hanna has more on the continuing fight for justice. protesters once again gather in jefferson square park just as they did a year ago following the police shooting of. among them a mother still grieving every day still mice that don't see. the anger no
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less than it was in the wake of the shooting and for me it would like for me to minister to me the palmer we get is the fact and it matters when the flag just as in mind i'm raising a. brown girl. no no i think you get away with. me. after his investigation in kentucky attorney general had this to say about 2 of the 3 police officers involved in the shooting for him to get in touch the law use of force by mattingly. was justified to protect themselves this justification for a search pursuing criminal charges in this military which. the 2 officers were fired from the police department and the 3rd britannic concern was also fired after
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being found guilty of firing blindly into the apartment. brianna taylor's killing sparked off a nationwide protest and govern eyes the black lives matter movement as it became a major force in forging an ongoing debate about how to curb extralegal police action. president biden has marked the anniversary by tweeting out his condolences briana taylor's death was a tragedy he says a blow to her family her community and america as we continue to mourn her we must press ahead to pass meaningful police reform in congress i remain committed to signing a landmark reform bill into law. the reform goal is still being discussed in congress but has substantial opposition from republican members in particular mike hanna al jazeera washington lester spence is a professor of political science and african studies at johns hopkins university he
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says the black lives matter movement has made significant gains. that momentum has been transformed into a durable political shift i don't think we see the electoral results that we saw in the state of georgia where we had 2 democratic senators elected without black lives matter level activism i don't think we would see trump's exit without that activism but what we have to do still is like hold alongside of that the reality the pandemic and it's difficult to maintain social and political movement. in normal circumstances quote unquote normal circumstances but is incredibly. difficult to do so and their own underpants global pandemic where you can't really interact with each other the same way we can't we can't be in public and engage with the public and in the same way the new administration who and this is
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important to note i only supported biden because i felt i had to but what biden is doing as president is transformative we haven't seen a president make the legislative moves that he's made arguably sense lyndon johnson if not f.d.r. so to that extent if we've got a government that's far more willing to make national level shifts and then alongside those obvious shift that we've seen this at the state level that it's possible that we have a sick reduction in black lives matter activism at the same as we have significant movement on our police and police and. senior u.k. politicians are criticising london police for breaking up a vigil for a woman whose murder has triggered widespread anger about the safety of all women for people who are arrested at the event on
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a sale or ever allowed police had tried to cancel it because of lockdown rules the home secretary says the scenes were upset ing and she's demanding a full report but police say the event had become a public health hazard. part of the reason i'm speaking to you tonight is because we accept that the actions of our office is helping posture and. we absolutely did not want to be in a position where for some time action was necessary. but we were placed in this position because of the overriding needs to protect people's safety. let me end by saying this across the mess we review every single event that we police to see if there are lessons that can be learned. this event will be no different. remains were found on wednesday more than 80 kilometers from london she'd been missing for more than a week and she was last seen walking home from a friend's apartment a serving police officer has been charged with her kidnapping and murder her death has resonated across the u.k.
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where 97 percent of women face some kind of sexual harassment many told their stories at the vigil. i'm decline of to turn the corner i'm here with my how you say. we are here chancellor and others i'm judy at i'm 20 and i'm going to copy my name is tonight and i came here today because i believe that this is no longer you know how to deal with by themselves i'm. very sorry to say i think my name is the late mother here because of how the sense of your body being this came down in my teenage girls. are 23 i think that it wasn't all that she. was i would give us a 100 say something like this they need and i hope. in the taxi by a taxi driver i've been in. and i saw that i went to art
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and. someone at my shop got me our van window and i couldn't take no notice i had my headphones running and they pulled out. on to the pavement in fact and i can promise that i trust me. the rules are basically just got to go see a well lit or i can be reached and i. still had a knowledge of 0 bolivia's former interim president said rested amid allegations of a coup but she says it's just political persecution. france faces renewed fallout over its nuclear testing program in the south pacific.
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there friday was hot and dusty friday night everything turned around to give a shit model i'm talking about the gulf states in particular and probably the u.a.e. and the dust is more or less dispersed to be honest quiet weather throughout arabia not so necessary for turkey there's something of a circulation trying to fall when the aegean that's rain moving through turkey and it will be snow for the east and into the caucasus but beyond that it's just gone quiet for a while not so to the south of this with temperatures now dropping in port elizabeth as the wind turns around from that northerly of the interior to a southerly we're developing significant showers over a good part of that western half of south africa they might even work its way up into namibia as well but but swan looks fairly dry most to zimbabwe if you go further north that is where the seasonal rain is and even that is becoming lighter over the next couple of days but this looks significant if you see orange tops in the forecast that suggests the cloud is deep in the rain will be heavy so it's
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moving through the eastern cape moving up to other parts of south africa to be honest which leaves mozambique wondering where the rain has gone well the season is almost over it's in your north it's in malawi and it's in zambia but not many other places. but. all $100000000.00 going to be embedded in such a small thing to everyone i would ever want to it's great easy to corrupt the system. we give out. with it until. it's a film that helped bring down the corrupt governments and led to the jailing of the former president. al jazeera investigates stealing our dice.
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it watching our visitor reminder of our top stories this hour the acting leader of myanmar's ousted civilian government is promising a revolution to overturn a military coup while he remains in hiding the protesters continue to defy security forces despite 12 people being killed by the military on saturday. protesters in the u.s. are demanding justice for be on the tailor who was shot dead by police last year the f.b.i. says it's made significant progress in the investigation but no homicide charges have been filed. senior u.k. politicians have criticised london police for breaking up a vigil for a woman whose murder has triggered widespread outrage about the safety of all 4
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people were arrested at the event on the wing set out which police had tried to council because a block down it's. former bolivian president evo morales has backed a crackdown on the opposition saying those accused of staging a coup against him should be investigated and punished but that is former interim leaders i mean yes it was arrested on saturday and charged with terrorism sedition and conspiracy she took over when morales fled bolivia in 2019 following violent protests against his reelection and is denies the charges saying she's the target of political persecution. even if it is an irregular detention because i was never summoned in addition to all that you know that as a former president i have a very particular situation but even with the abuse and the outreach and. thomas becker is a supervisor at the university network for human rights and he was an observer fishel observer of believe use election last year he says it's no surprise and us
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is facing such serious charges she came to power undemocratically and within her 1st week she oversaw 2 different massacres and offered immunity to the soldiers that carried out the massacres and for the next year carried out a slew of human rights abuses that are on almost unprecedented since bolivia became a democracy nearly 40 years ago so the writing was on the wall there was calls by the social movements and the victims of the abuses for justice so it certainly i don't think was a surprise nor a political move on yes has said this is politicized but this is really victims that have been seeking justice since the massacres that took place you know nearly a year and a half ago right now there are protests in places like la paz and in santa cruz i think people were have already expressed they're quite upset though the majority is indigenous and. the president luis are say one with over 50 percent and the 2nd place candidate came in with almost 2530 percent less than him the minority is
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quite strong the conservative minority is quite strong politically and economically and i think they will hit the streets and i think there could be conflict over the coming weeks victims deserve justice and there cannot be impunity and i think bolivia suffered from actually this century the past century they've had more coups than any country in the world so you really do need to address that at any moment and i think it's really important you know whether it's tomorrow whether it's in 2 months they really need to address this this pattern of coups and patterns of impunity and human rights violations so though it may destabilize thing temporarily the victims deserve justice. a medical emergency has been declared in jordan after at least 7 people being treated for coronavirus died in hospital when their oxygen supply ran out the health minister has been sacked as the government tries to calm down furious families are a burden mounted reports. and show outside assault
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hospital in a one hour cut to vital oxygen supplies has been blamed on the deaths of patients. get affected intensive care maternity and coronavirus wards a backup supply a right tonight to some. but my father and mother are at the coronavirus isolation zone inside the hospital by coincidence i was inside the hospital when suddenly the oxygen was cut we are starved who said they had run out of oxygen and that they are waiting for a truck for more supplies we received assistance from the civil defense some of them were inside the hospital and they provided oxygen cylinders and then started to resuscitate patients among them my parents'. security forces being called in preventing anyone unauthorized from entering the hospital. these people have no choice but to wait for nice. and has
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a. there was an oxygen outage and there were no measures to prevent this it is known that in all jordanian hospitals there are motors available just in case electricity goes down even before the crown a virus outbreak when there are surgeries at hospitals there is always spare equipment but here there was an oxygen outage. i gave my father c.p.r. 3 times and twice to my mother i called the director of the hospital at 1030 the isolation ward has only one doctor and 2 nurses to serve 50 to 60 patients this is unfair to kick. the fool out with swift health minister nothe year obey that resigned. and king abdullah arrive turn mixed reception from crowds at the hospital he immediately ordered the hospital director to also resign parliament to set up a special committee to investigate and prime minister bush. says there is no
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justification for what happened. the government and only the government takes full responsibility for this very painful incident we will not result excuses or justifications about what happened what happened was horrific so it is impossible to deny or to escape responsibility for the death of one jordanian due to these failings is an acceptable. but there are people here who say the hospital was understaffed and ill prepared and many are asking why a failure like this went unnoticed until it was too late nor about the money al-jazeera. several states in brazil are trying to enforce tougher restrictions imposed this week to slow the advance of covert 19 countries seen a surge in deaths recording around 2000 for the 4th day in a row police armed with machine guns raided an illegal party in sao paulo's nightclub district on saturday more than 600 people that packed into
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a windowless room the organization is facing criminal charges brazil has the world's 2nd highest toll from the virus with more than $277000.00 fatalities almost $100000.00 registered this year and there are warnings the health system is close to collapse with hospitals nearing capacity. ponce is an epidemiologist specializing in mortality data and he believes more people have died but it's not being reflected in official records. when we are talking about registry data we have to understand that there is a lag between the actual death and the numbers being sent into the centralized system by the national registry health secretary's so at the moment since we are seeing that the numbers are increasing there is a greater lag. that they estimate so that when you are actually closer to 2502600 deaths a day we are in my opinion very far from the peak because we have been seeing
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a slowing down of the trend or curbing of the curve in my now about one month 2 months ago people who were presenting to the hospitals with coronavirus symptoms simply didn't have enough i.c.u. beds or oxygen to be able to be saved so the thing is when the system is at capacity we start losing patients that we could actually sing and when the system is under a call apps or over 100 percent capacity so patients are being taken in and being so. put into beds that are not fully equipped to take care of them what actually happens is we are turning away trauma victims people who suffer heart attacks and people who could otherwise be saved because of course it's just a single health system and if it is under collapsed and all attention is geared towards the coronavirus we are going to see higher death toll not just by this
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disease but overall mortality a new coronavirus cluster in hong kong that started in a gym has now spread to one of the city is wealthiest districts previous outbreaks have hit more densely populated areas now blocks of $1000000.00 apartments are being locked down and residents are being tested since january authorities are now isolating districts where clusters emerge the city's been struggling with a surge in cases since november. sri lanka plans to permanently ban buckers the government made the face coverings temporarily illegal after the 2980 s. to sunday bomb attacks critics say is just another attempt to marginalize muslims when reports from colombo. sri lankan government says it's banning the work or to ensure national security. see that and the closing of islamic schools as another way of marginalizing that community in the majority by this country but the minister of
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public security is unapologetic. it affects our national security directly in our early days muslim women and girls never was a burka it is a sign of religious extremism that came about recently we are definitely going to ban it also they are more than 2000 madrassas schools in the country nobody can open a school and teach whatever you want to the children from ages 5 to 6 all children must study in accordance with the national education policy the wearing of the burqa was temporarily banned in 2019 after the bombing of churches and by allegedly islamic militants killed more than 250 people activists the decision to make the ban permanent is actually not a surprise. justice minister who is muslim hinted at it shortly after the government reversed its policy on forced cremation of kuwait in 1000 victims following international criticism but there is no doubt this latest move will
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increase tensions further with the muslim minority in sri lanka the time they are the muslim community has been constantly targeted it's. awful because of the action in sri lanka they just live. in a very. bad on body competently mission policy that's device and now we hear so many other michel us to some form of punishing the muslim community present go to their rajapaksa has also signed new laws under the prevention of terrorism act which will allow anyone suspected of what the government terms extremism to be detained for what it calls 3 habitation for up to 2 years the government has denied starting muslims but many believe that's exactly what's behind these new moves in a finance. colomba. pressure is building on funds to compensate more people in the
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south pacific coast exposed to radiation from 3 decades of nuclear tests that follows a report accusing the government of hiding the extent of contamination in french polynesia. reports. france carried out its 1st nuclear test in algeria in 1960. 6 years later the operation moved to the south pacific 193 tests took place in french polynesia over 3 decades up until 1990 seeks a new study claims france has concealed its true impact we are no reach a certain history in terms of. researches along with the french news sites disclose used a classified military documents and testimonies to recreate the impact of a number of the tests calculating around 110000 people in the overseas territory
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including into heat well contaminated almost the entire population there is a compensation making is a little bit it's not very good at that pressure will continue on the french government to live in a. way that it so happened during that it be a testing period and to allow greater access to compensation. the tests have been controversial since they began sparking violent protests in french polynesia and a $985.00 french secret agents attacked an environmental activist ship on its way to the region sinking it in new zealand there are calls for france to fund a study into potential into generational illnesses the environmental impact and for it to formally apologize if elected tell us a. silent movie. so that the people.
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who. it is not something that it's over and i'm happy that the international community starts to really understand our story. from his previously short french polynesians of its continued financial support following a doctor chapter in the region's history nicholas cage al-jazeera russians and us of launched one of the world's biggest underwater space telescopes to peer into the dark corners of the universe that's been placed about a kilometer below the surface of lake baikal north of mongolia it's designed to observe neutrinos the smallest particles known to exist but in the telescope sensors in water makes them easier to detect. fortune and the tree know is a particle that interacts very very weakly right now through a square centimeter trillions of neutrinos perspectives that originate from the sun pass through us along with even more new chinos that originated at the beginning of
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the universe 14000000000 years ago. would lead by a college perhaps the only way which is called can be deployed to 2 instep we need the greatest possible depth of i kilometer. you can find a lot more pictures and background and all these stories in our websites they address for that is w w w dot al-jazeera dot com that's al-jazeera dot com. and this is al-jazeera these are the top stories the acting leader of myanmar is ousted civilian government is promising a revolution to overturn a military coup while he remains in hiding protesters continued to defy security forces they've come out and despite at least 12 people being killed on saturday. this is the darkest.
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