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$100000000.00 gone missing embers in such a small place where everyone was there for a while it's great easy to corrupt the system. really care about. britain so. it's a film but helped bring down the corrupt government and led to the jailing of the former president. al jazeera investigates stealing paradise. arlan follows other countries in suspending the use of the astra zeneca covert 19 vaccine due to concerns about blood coursing. hello there i've had my head seen at this is al jazeera live from doha also coming
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up more and see could protesters are killed in myanmar now the government's in hiding is also promising resistance to military rule syria's 1st lady is investigated in a case that could see her strips of her british citizenship as bolivia's former interim president is arrested it's over the political crisis and 201929 yes says she's the victim of persecution. but 1st arlen's has suspended use of the astra zeneca cool the 1900 that scene as have other countries due to concerns about blood clots in the move was recommended by a government advisory committee after courts were reported in adults who've had the job in norway the norwegian government joined denmark and iceland in suspending the vaccine on thursday astra zeneca says its own analysis of safety data shows there's no increased risk of blood clots join
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a whole has more now from london the longer that doubt is allowed to persist about the safety of one vaccine that will only potentially fuel doubt across other vaccines it is a very worrying situation albeit that everyone involved at this point is stressing that there is no conclusive link between the astra zeneca jab and these blood clotting events this is a reason today sunday as arlen has become the latest in a string of countries at to call a temporary halt to their rollout of the astra zeneca jab itself the deputy chief medical officer of our own dr roden glynn in a statement earlier citing a report by the norwegian healthful thora to the 4 medical workers in norway mental health workers in norway had developed a blood clot clotting issues within 14 days of receiving the jab it was a temporary halt in norway on thursday also in denmark and in iceland and the
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ripple effect has taken in most recently bulk area in the e.u. and also much more widely than that thailand has just called a temporary halt to its rollout of the astra zeneca job now as i was saying the irish or storage is very clear in pointing out that there is no conclusive link or not alleging that at all they have taken this move they say out of an abundance of caution and that as soon as new information by the european medical association can establish that there is nothing more than coincidence involved here they will revisit their decision. still to dominate wilkinson is that the universe evokes since you here in center for practical afaik he says health regulates have have to balance losing public confidence to think no information and if they overreact well i think the best evidence that we have from the very large trials that this vaccine another sifting through is that the vaccine is highly effective and this.
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will help organize asian and and other respects in the thirty's as saying. that there is no increased risk of korean bill isn't even a theory somewhat of an increased risk for most people the risk of code that is going to be 5 greater than the potential schools increased risk of pulmonary embolus we're all at risk of whom the endless or blood clots all the time there's about a one in a 1000 chance the year of getting of blood clots in the lungs and if that were increased by a small amounts that would be something important to know about for this next thing but we do know this that seeing reduces to a very significant degree the risk of hospitalization and death from cove it and then for many people is going to be a much bigger risk i think they receive nies ing that public confidence in vaccine safety is really important and of course if they ignore information they
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threaten public confidence if they overreact they also threaten public confidence i don't have access to the information that they do and so i don't know whether this is an overreaction it's important to be cautious but it's also important that we get people vaccinated as as soon as possible so that we can bring this pandemic to an end. at least 4 more people have been killed cheering and seeking a process in myanmar earlier the acting leader of myanmar's government urged supporters to keep up pressure on magenta tony chang reports. defiant protesters again marched through the streets of mandalay on sunday in strong voice and in large numbers they were clearly on by the violence of the day before that's when the security services shot dead at least 6 people in a crackdown in myanmar 2nd city and injured many more but with the death toll
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rising a call for revolution from the former vice president now leading a civilian administration in hiding. this is the darkest moment of the nation and the moment when the dawn is close this is the time for us citizens to test their resistance against the dark moments speaking of a new federal democracy the message was clearly aimed at bringing diverse ethnic groups together to overcome the army and their coup. when forming a resistance unity plays 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. these diverse ethnic groups are scattered across myanmar's borderlands divided they don't represent a significant threat to the military who've been fighting them for decades but united they could be a considerable obstacle but there's long been distrust between these groups and the
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n l d the national league for democracy bringing them together would be no small task. in peaceful defiance protesters break the curfew to honor the dead in candlelit vigils across the country you never heard the end of it we come out on the street to show that we are against military dictatorship by breaking the curfew order imposed by one tough we will continue fighting but as the military continues with its brutal tactics on the streets calls for a revolution it's not so peaceful me gain increasing support tony ching al-jazeera . a british a rainy and women's attains in iran since 2016 has appeared in court messines ago radcliffe is facing a new charge of propaganda against the system she was released from detention just a week ago after serving 5 years for a separate conviction a human rights charity has written to the u.k. government saying zakaria radcliffe needs urgent treatments for her mental health.
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well in a blunt statements u.k. foreign minister dominic rob says it is unacceptable and unjustifiable that iran has chosen to continue with this 2nd holy arbitrary case against nazanin zacari ratcliffe the iranian government says deliberately put her through a cruel and inhumane ordeal nason he must be allowed to return to her family in the u.k. with boats further delay. a police investigation into the wife of syria's president is underway in britain as it is accused of inciting and encouraging terrorist acts during the war in syria the case was opens in response to a dossier filed by an international law firm it could lead to her facing prosecution and the loss of her presence this is in ship 20 cameron is a human rights lawyer and founder of the international firm that submitted evidence
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against us he says she's participated in crimes. our group has been working on this all for the last 67 months and so we submitted evidence that sharon's involvement and incitement i mean current commit. terrorism in syria. some of which is what we would call convention offenses and so these are offensive that involve the use of chemical weapons so once she is effectively inside that plea senators are doing is having and sciences. have resulted in deaths in syria meeting with troops making public statements glorifying the conduct of the army that has resulted in a 1000000 deaths and use of chemical and other forms of weapons and so you know it's not just that she is the lives of the. president she has actively
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are allegations all she has actively campaigned actively participated in in those crimes and so she must face justice for that once the investigation reads rhesus certain stages it is she is something fresh recruits obviously expects that the british cooperation from the syrian regime and of course requests can be made for exhibition request can be made through through the can of reflects a system well that's a that remains is that she will be unable to in syria and she will effectively determine broadcasts. we know that she is campaigning to assume this would leadership and she sees a future as a bit leah so it is not insignificant miracles what what could result is stirring of assistantship even though we're close we don't want that to happen we want to face trial. it will be 10 years ago this monday when process began in syria that
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would descend into civil war with 13000000 people who are either displaced within the country or are sheltering about. many are in camps in lebanon's bekaa valley from where senator reports. in the midst of war a generation grew up in exile at least 1000000 children have been born since 2011 when syria's peaceful uprising began before it turned into war home for many has been informal counts like this in neighboring countries in lebanon's bekaa valley life has been one of poverty and uncertainty that as of now there are around 200 children under the age of 10 in this camp where boys and girls whose lives have been destroyed their future is nothing more than 13000000 syrians that's half the pre-war population remain displaced inside and outside the country nearly 900000 are registered in lebanon the highest number in the world relative to its population and as the conflict enters its 2nd decade with no political settlement
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in sight there could be further displacement. i. live which is actually a serious economy is collapsing and international aid organizations are warning it is pushing millions deeper into poverty many are jobless and hungry the united nations says 60 percent or 12400000 syrians don't have regular access to enough food. but economic uncertainty is not the only challenge there are those who fear for their safety in the absence of a political settlement some are vulnerable where they are and need protection like resettling them in
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a safe country. about 570000. needed to be set up but there are other only 9300 refugees or this. another country and this is a very large number considering that. despite the battlefield being largely quiet for a year aid agencies say the daily suffering of syrians is worse than it has been at nearly any point throughout the conflict and the hardship has not stopped at syria's borders that are happening for the player our life has been reduced to this in syria they waiting for a box of aid and here we're waiting for alba. we lost hope of going back. for those who have already lost so much it may be a long wait for political change in damascus or for humanitarian conditions to improve to allow them to return home. because of valley eastern lebanon
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still to come on al-jazeera with elections looming far right parties in the netherlands capitalize on lockdown anger. and finding ways to perform high musicians in new york are playing it safe during the pandemic. the skies are clearing nicely across japan at the moment we've had some very heavy rain here recently and we are looking at surprising weather as you go on through the next couple of days as this area of low pressure just pulls out of the way most of the area of high pressure squeezing things for the east with so we'll see more in the way of sunshine and warm sunshine as well tokyo getting up every pleasant 20 celsius there is some right in the forecast this central areas try to seeing some
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wet weather up towards the korean peninsula $21.00 celsius there in shanghai on monday as the cloud and the rain sets in that makes its way further east was cooler tucks in behind $58.00 degrees than full shanghai at least will be bright $22.00 celsius there for tokyo as the winds continue to just drive in from the south westerly direction and sheltered by the mountains that should really be quite pleasant little more pleasant there across the korean peninsula into northern parts of china as we go on through choose day at the present weather well this is a pleasant weather to into a good part of india china there are some showers longer spells of right to northern parts of the philippines in particular usual scattering of showers across southeast asia malaysia seems maybe showers have showers too into indonesia but not too many showers in the forecast for india over the next couple of days what's a form sunshine all the way up to the fog will.
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welcome to down from every one of us. even those working quietly behind the scenes . so you can relax enjoy the perfect break in your journey. and when you leave with a smile we know our day's work is done qatar airways welcome to our home. one mule. this is al-jazeera quick rise of the top stories this hour arlen's has become the latest country to suspend use of the astra zeneca call with 1000 back scene
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officials made the call after norway's health authority braced concerns about blood clots myanmar state t.v. is reporting that 2 police officers died of their injuries during anti demonstrations at least 4 more protesters were killed earlier the actual leader of yet most i said civilian government supporters to keep up the pressure on the gentle. british uranian aid worker detained in iran since 2016 has again appeared in court does it is a guy radcliffe faces a new charge of propaganda against the system a trial comes a week after she was freed from house arrest. by the leader of the of ethiopian community and yemen's capital sana'a is calling for an international investigation into a fire that killed at least 44 p. . people mostly migrants from ethiopia local leaders have blamed the who thieves who control the city saying they neglected the migrant process and center the
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united nations says more than 200 people were injured the facility was holding around $900.00 people at the time because of the fire is unknown police in london are under scrutiny over their handling of an unofficial vigil on a a woman who was murdered was one point police handcuffed several women and pull them away the judge said hold the vigil he called off the scene pandemic restrictions and organizers complied however hundreds of people still turned up to pay tribute to sara everett's. 2 except that the actions of our officers have been questioned. we absolutely did not want to be in a position where force with 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 that across the net we review every single event that we police to see if there are
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lessons that can be learned. this event will be no different. well everett's remains for offend on wednesday more than 80 kilometers from london a 7 police officer has been charged but the 33 year old's kidnapping and murder are killing a spot i drage and spurred a national conversation about sexual harassment and violence against women. but libya's former president several morales is backing a crackdown against politicians accused of conspiring to push him out of power former interim leader janine yes was arrested on saturday accused of staging a coup against marlice she says the charges are baseless because you lopez her dan reports. 4 months ago janine onions was president of bolivia now she's under arrest accused of staging a coup against her predecessor evill morales shortly after being detained in the
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city of the me that she was flown to the capital past to face charges of terrorism sedition and conspiracy anya is a conservative senator and at odds with the socialist party that now covers under president luis are sick he's a former prodigy of moralists the former president she's accused of pushing out in 2019 to seize power she says the charges are fueled by political revenge here even though it's an irregular detention because i was never summoned in addition as a former president i'm in a unique situation even amid all the abuse and the outrage i'm here was a group of opponents and supporters gathered outside the prosecutor's office that was a again no there was no coup or the former president was involved in fraud and she took over the presidency through constitutional succession. although divisive
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her detention isn't a surprise while in power our news was accused of siding with security forces to shut down dissent cheek came to power undemocratically 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 was the political crisis goes back to 2019 when proud . testers took to the streets accusing moralists of stealing his reelection under pressure the once a steam president resigned and fled bolivia. anya is then proclaim herself interim president more protests followed and dozens of people died after she took office now other politicians in her party also face charges that were probably longer. we are talking about 2 former minister who's the former minister of justice and the former minister of energy people who have conspired or committed crimes of sedition
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in our country will be investigated. while some say the arrest of on yes could lead to her political downfall it's already reigniting tensions in the south american nation katia lopez of the young college is era. thousands of people have gathered in the netherlands for another protest against coronavirus restrictions this is the scene in the hague where police appear to have given up trying to break up the crowds was behind the demonstration of looking to rally support ahead of elections on wednesday step vasant ports and from abroad to be marched out of his style has been compared with former u.s. president donald trump ignoring covert restrictions the leader of the anti immigration populist party. is trying to attract voters by calling covert 19 a common flu and blaming international conspiracies for being behind the pandemic.
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under-served people at the moment are in the hospital right suffering from corona many people in an island have died more than 15000 so it's a serious issue here that's a normal number for a series flu we've had that for thousands of years everyone does have complained to hospitals are full they can't cope with the workflow. well those stories are highly disputed would as part of became the largest just 2 years ago but fell apart after racist anti-semitic messages were made public now is stepping in to a growing sentiment against a loved out with an american style campaign based on conspiracy theories tax on the media. sentiment in the netherlands against lockdowns has grown especially after a nighttime curfew was introduced in january riots broke out in several cities and covert testing facilities were attacked far right parties like form for democracy
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appeared to be benefiting from this anger now becoming we understand i can go anywhere i want to and even if i didn't go out i should have freedom that has been taken away from us and that is horrible. i like what he says about freedom i want schools to reopen i'm a 1st year student and i can barely follow my studies because it's all online license. well good as party is polling around 3 percent of the vote in our anti immigration party the freedom party of us is predicted to win around 20 percent and become the 2nd largest like it did 4 years ago the 1st time it's not about immigration or islam it's about corona yeah it is and i we take a responsible view it as well as a people because we're really in for. the public health as well and making that a big issue not a problem for you it's not about immigration it's well if you look at the polls it's not that i think are responsible for you that we will benefit from it but it's
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not it's not like you want to benefit from a pandemic i'm just doing my job his chances to become part of the government are slim since nobody wants to govern with him because of his views on immigration an islam converse and writer of a book about willis says that even though around one 5th of the dutch electorate voted for far right parties their influence remains limited in the netherlands are sometimes called as the middle finger fold people who are middle finger to the political establishment and want to shock the establishment and how can you shocked us by choosing somebody who is always shocking. their politicians in the debates and that is what will those does the main question is how successful a complaint soley based on covert restrictions will be and many in the netherlands are fed up there's also a large group who do take the fight against a virus seriously that fastened al-jazeera in the. people's frustration with
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log zones and restrictions is colliding with government's efforts to control light breaks arms brazilian police stormed this poem nightclub where 600 people were crowded into a windowless room yes university students are enjoying spring break in coastal cities like miami but many are ignoring compulsory rules and wearing masks they face no such restrictions in texas where the governor has declared masks and limits on gatherings are no longer needed. or catherine this is a psychologist based in cork in ireland she explains why people are growing increasingly frustrated it's. now we are one year on and people's motivation is flagging people's belief that's flying and i think one of the biggest issues is that there is no end in sight there is no if i just hold on for one more week one more month will more season and then life can return to normal so because there is
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no end in sight that is great he can treat me saying to people to teach and teach us desire to reengage with normal life to have all their normal support structures back and it's important to look at the age profile of people who are engaging in these activities so for a young people or for young adults and adolescents they are not impacted by cools it in the same way so the risk for them is no or they're also at a time in their lives for they are highly motivated by being together gathering together in teaching in now collective meseems so you've got the company of lower risk higher now 20 seeking healing at last this behavior on top of that if it keeps the crisis fatigue that many of us are experiencing so on the outside it seems crazy but for the people in there it appears very logical to them they have a valuation risk and determined that the reward outweighs the risk for them.
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concert some other performances will largely forbid the united states thanks the pandemic but some musicians have finds a safe way to play for life kristen salumi reports. by latest charles. and pianist peter do. have played both carnegie hall and the kennedy center. but these days if you're lucky you'll find them playing an empty storefront on a random street corner on manhattan's upper west side. the musicians aren't exactly roughing it steinway donated the grand piano. and they're getting a decent salary thanks to a local philanthropist who came up with the idea this is not typical performance experience by a long shot but it's one of the 1st shows that we've been able to do for an actual
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live audience and. we're very grateful that we can do it here for people that might not go to a concert hall or an arena and just hear different kinds of music that they might not have like before. still these are precarious times for performers according to the local chapter of the american federation of musicians 95 percent of their 7000 local members are out of work we've never experienced anything like this a certainly art of careers have pretty much disappeared except for online before including things like that but it's just not the same feeling of course there's not a grunt work to go around concert halls and performance spaces like the iconic lincoln center were among the 1st places to close in the pandemic and they're likely to be the last ones to reopen not only depriving musicians of their livelihoods but also new york of its life blood. 60 shows with 100
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performers. been schedule organizers can't say where or when for fear of try to lodge a crowd. word is starting to get around this neighborhood known for the arts just give me this energy that makes new york feel a little bit more of the way i think you're going to be that close and be able to see the proportion interact with each other was really fascinating and usually can afford seats that for. a bit like a musical scavenger hunt at a time and a neighborhood where such a performance is the ultimate prize. christian salumi al-jazeera new york. this is al jazeera and these are the headlines arlen's has become the latest
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country to suspend use of the astra zeneca call with 1000 back scene officials made the call after norway's health authority raised concerns about.

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